I do not own any of the characters in this story. They belong to the wonderful Peach-Pit, the creator of Shugo Chara. This story however, is copyright to DaTenshi Yuki. Please do not plagiarize or use for other works without permission. Thank you and enjoy!
"I-ikuto?" she whimpered underneath him. He looked down at her trembling form. Suddenly his eyes roam further up. He wanted to look at her, feeling the need to see her face. Slowly his eyes went up and up until….
Amu sighed for the nth time that afternoon. There was just too much craziness ever since her make-up with Yukito.
First was that Yukito have been clinging onto the pinkette much more lately. It's not like the mother of the bluenette mind much but it's a little bit more than the usual.
Utau and Rima have been driving her crazy asking if she remembered anything that happened between her and Ikuto. She told them a flat-out no because Ikuto told her that they didn't do anything. Nothing at all! Period!
And lastly….she didn't know if it was her but lately, it felt like Ikuto has been around her more than she would've liked. The blue haired man has been following her around like a loyal little dog lately from going to class to walking around on campus and eating lunch together with Yukito as well and sometimes to Tsukasa's house.
It bothered her that Ikuto was always so nice to her yet she still felt uncomfortable around him. Mainly it's because she still has feelings for the man and she knew for sure he'll never like her that way. And she doesn't want him to feel responsible for the things he done to her should he ever found out the truth about Yukito. She doesn't want pity at all. She raised Yukito herself and therefore she doesn't want to tie him into her life because of the child.
Her thought was broken however when a familiar voice was whispering near her ears, too close to her liking, "Amu."
The said girl jumped from the sudden breath on her right ear and she squeaked. "Oh my god, Amu, I'm so sorry!" Amu turned around to see Ikuto looking worried; she shook her head, "I'm fine," she panted, "My ears are just sensitive, it's all."
The man's eyes lit up, "Really, me too." He said and walked next to her, "Are you going to lunch with Yukito?"
Amu nodded, "Yeah." Ikuto smiled, "Mind if I come?" There it was again, asking if she mind that he would accompany her and Yukito. It has been like that for the past week and it's not like she could say no to him when he was asking so nicely.
"Sure."
After Amu and Ikuto got Yukito, they went to the regular café they would always go to. Walking in and they would always be greet by the same blonde waitress who would bow to them, "Good afternoon, Amu-san" and when she saw Yukito her smile went wider, "Hi Yukito-chan!" she waved and the bluenette smiled back with a happiness of her own. "Lulu onee-chan!" When her eyes turned to the blue haired man she gave him a curt nod, "Hello Ikuto."
Lulu brought them to their table and gave them a menu each. She bowed and said that she'll be right back. The blonde walked to the further end of the table and winked to another blonde who was hiding her face with the menu.
"Ikuto has been eating lunch with Amu-san for a week now." She giggled, and the menu was lowered to reveal purple eyes. "You can put the menu down; they can't see you here from where they are." She concluded and the menu was on the table. "Good, I want to see them without having to hide." Utau said.
"I'm surprised that Ikuto is actually looking at a girl," Lulu admitted, "But then again, Amu-san is very pretty. Oh I have to go take their orders." She said and went back to their table.
Utau called Rima, "Hey Rima, did you do that yet?"
"It should happen today or in a few days; are you sure it's a good idea?" The girl on the other end of the line asked.
"Well, I don't know actually; but let's try it anyway." She said
"Okay." And both parties hung up.
"Amu," the said girl looked up and Ikuto continued, "I was wondering if you're free today." He said and Amu looked down at her folded hands, "O-oh, well I uh." She knew there's nothing to do today after class. All her work is in the process of getting done. The pinkette was ahead of everything she needed to do. The only thing she does all day is taking care of Yukito.
But she's not going to tell him that, knowing that the possibility if she says yes would means she would need to spend time with him.
At the same time though she couldn't help but knowing what he wants from her, "I, well actually, I'm pretty much free today." She said and looked at Yukito, "I just take care of Yukito every day after school when I get home." She patted on the child's head as the little girl continued coloring on her little coloring book.
When she looked at the blue haired man, there was a wide grin on his face, "Do you want to go see a movie today?"
The pinkette scratched the back of her head, "I-uh…"
"A movie?" I want to go too." both parties turned around to face the voice of a third person.
"Hey Amu-chan, Ikuto." Tadase smiled, walking over to them.
"Tadase." Ikuto acknowledge.
"Hi Tadase-kun." Amu smiled and Ikuto felt a slight jealousy in the pit of his stomach. How is it that when Tadase comes over, the pinkette could smile so freely but when she sees him it looks like she wants to run away from him as if he's a plague.
"So what's this thing about a movie? May I join too?"
Ikuto shrugged, "I just ask Amu about going but he didn't reply yet." Both men turned to looked at the pink haired woman, waiting for her reply.
"Uh…" she felt a little bit self-conscious that two guys are looking at her, then her eyes turned to Yukito, "I have to take care of Yukito." She quickly said.
"Yukito can come with us; we'll watch something rated K." Ikuto responded.
"But there's practically nothing that three adult could watch that's rated K."
"Tsukasa can take care of her while we go." Tadase cut in.
"I don't want to bother Tsukasa-san; he's already done enough for me practically every day."
"I'm sure he doesn't mind. Besides Yukito-chan and Kei-kun are playing together anyway; he wouldn't mind taking care of her as well." Ikuto said while patting the little bluenette.
"Um…" she scratched a non-existence itch on her cheek. Damn, she has no more excuses. To be honest, she doesn't really want to go anywhere but just have a peaceful evening with Yukito. The pinkette felt pressured. She then turned to Yukito and cup one of her cheeks, "Yukito, do you want to play with Kei-chan today?" she asked
At the mentioning of her friend, Yukito immediately smiled, "Yes!" she beamed excitedly. Amu sighed, smiling at her daughter, "Okay." Then she looked at Ikuto and Tadase, "I'll go then." She tried to strain a smile, but it felt weird on her face.
"So what are we watching?" she immediately asked to hide her uneasiness.
Ikuto and Tadase looked at each other, as if wanting the other one to respond. "I thought you want to watch something." Tadase said. "But you want to come too so I thought you had a movie in mind." Ikuto talked back.
"Well you have anything in mind?" Tadase asked and Ikuto shook his head. Amu raised an eyebrow, "If you didn't have any in mind, why did you ask me?" Amu asked amusedly.
Ikuto shrugged to mask the beating in his heart. In truth he only thought about how to spend time with the pinkette, he didn't think that far.
"I figured we should go somewhere since I have nothing to do and I was thinking if you're free too." He quickly said.
However, the blonde next to him knew better but didn't say anything. "How about we pick a movie once we get there?" he said and both the pinkette and the bluenette nodded when finally Lulu bought in their food. She turned and saw Tadase; her face instantly blushed.
"H-Hotori-san, good afternoon." Lulu greeted as she put Amu and Ikuto's food respectively. She held the menu to her chest, "What would you like to eat; I'll get it for you?" she asked.
Tadase smiled, "I'm fine; just hanging around." Lulu nodded, looking down, " I-I see." She said but Amu was looking at the blonde girl and saw a little red tint on her cheeks, "U-um I'll get back to work then. If you need anything just ask." She said and walked back to the counter in a hurry before Tadase opened his mouth to say his thanks.
Amu smiled. Does Lulu like Tadase? She mused.
A hand suddenly shot out and the female protagonist screamed causing Amu to jump in her seat.
Ikuto chuckled, "You okay Amu?" he whispered. Amu nodded but with the way her hands are covering her face and she was slightly peeking through her fingers told the man that she's not a fan of horror movies. He leaned closer to her ears, "If you want you can hold onto me." He suggested.
Thank goodness it was dark in the theatre; otherwise he would've seen the blush on the pinkette's face. The credits started to roll up and the movie was over.
Tadase sighed, "Thank goodness it's over." He said. "You don't like horror movies too, Tadase-kun?" Amu asked.
Tadase shook his head, "I'm not into it this much." He admitted, "Then why did you recommend we watch it?" Amu whined, still trying to recover from what she saw. The blonde laughed, "I just wanted to watch it since I haven't in a long time."
Amu pouted and then sighed, "I don't think I'll be able to sleep tonight; I'll keep thinking of those things jumping at me." Ikuto chuckled, "You could sleep with me; I'll keep you safe." The pinkette widened her eyes. The way he said it made her thought of…
That night. Immediately her heart started to clench a little. Tadase looked at the pinkette and noticed the reaction on her face.
He knew what she was suddenly thinking about and why she was making that face. Her expression went from a frighten woman to a wanted-to-cry expression. He wrapped an arm around her shoulder, smiling, "Or we could stay up all night and talk."
Amu immediately smiled to cover up her sad face, "Y-yeah, sure." Ikuto looked at the two in front of him. His eyes are mostly focused on the arm on the pinkette shoulder. He gritted his teeth but tried to remain calm when they were near his car.
"Let's go eat at Tsukasa's." Ikuto offered but both Tadase and Amu weren't paying attention to him as they started to laugh with each other.
Ikuto started the engine which got the attention of both the pinkette and the blonde. They went inside, smiling with each other.
"Let's go eat at Tsukasa's place, Ikuto; he just texted me that we could come over." Tadase said. Ikuto gripped the wheels tightly, "Yeah." He said as calmly as possible. "Let's go."
I'm sorry! I missed like over a week of updating this! DX I thought I did the update already but when I went to look back on the profile and reread it for any mistakes I realized I didn't.
Okay, enough of my stupid mistake, anyone got a little jumpy while reading this? I know I did when I wrote this. I was trying to bring out the jealousy in Ikuto.
Most of you already caught on that Ikuto's a little OCC, or a lot. That's actually intentional. I mean if you immediately tease a person when you first met, that's just too weird. That and when you're an adult you tend to be a little bit more mature. Don't worry; I'll make sure there's a whole ton of teasing after the next few chapters later on.
Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter and look forward to the next one!
DaTenshi Yuki