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"Of course you did! Because you don't like me being with Ikuto, from what I saw at the ice cream parlor! AHH!," screamed Hanon her anger getting the best of her, her hand was getting ready to slap the little pinkette.

Akane backed all the way to the wall. A loud slap was heard all around the room when skin made contact with skin. A gasp followed by loud crying immediately filled the room.

"I'm so sorry" said Hanon in a desperate tone.

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Suspense surrounded everyone and the cry of a little girl rumbled around the room. Not one of the onlookers dared to speak or move. Hanon's eyes where now filled with unshed tears of hopelessness, she couldn't take her actions back. "I'm so sorry," chanted the girl like a mantra.

She reached out her hands to the little rosette in front of her, but was stopped midway by a death grip on her wrist. Knowing exactly who it was she didn't make any move to face the person, " Ikuto that hurts." A yelp of pain escaped her lips when Ikuto gripped harder and with venom dripping from his voice said, "Too bad."

The pinkette crouched to the floor, tears running down her cheeks, and loud wailings emerging from her. The left side of her face was red as a tomato. "Mommy! Mommy!" she started crying, which made Ikuto realize the Akane needed him so he pushed Hanon aside making her stumble a bit. He crouched to her height placing his hand on top of her head. He softly said her name and Akane flew to his arms, burrowing her head in his shoulder wetting his clothes. She circled her arms around his neck while he patted her tiny back. After awhile her crying turned to sniffles so he gently pushed her away and checked her face.

It was swelling up a little and she had a small bruise by her eye, it was surely done by the ring Hanon had on her finger. He turned around looking at the people behind them that still didn't dare move, "Someone get some ice for her." The boss immediately scurried to the mini kitchen they had to get the said item. Turning his attention back to the little girl he gently put his hand on top the left side of her face causing her to wince, "It hurts," she mumbled closing her eyes.

"I'll put ice on it so it doesn't hurt as much" he said pushing her bangs back revealing her forehead. Softly kissing her forehead and he said, "You're a good girl okay." The boss was back with the bag of ice and Hanon seeing it as an opportunity for forgiveness took the bag from his chubby hands and walked cautiously to Ikuto and Akane. Akane saw her approaching and on instinct hid herself in Ikuto's chest her body between his kneeling legs. The man seeing the girls behavior turned around to see his girlfriend with the ice pack.

His eyes turned cold and he glared viciously at her, ripping the ice pack harshly from her hands not letting her get any closer. "Go now," he stated. "But let me say sorry," pleaded the woman. "No, I said GO!" he yelled not even glancing her way, the man was disgusted with just looking at her. "But –" she said in protest. Ikuto shot up, Akane protectively in his arms, "NOW! Or do you want me to do the same thing you did to Akane."

Hanon flinched but she didn't leave, "Why! Why do you care so much about this girl! She's nothing special to you!" Ikuto raised his hand in a threatening manner, "So, you hit a little girl! If she did something bad you tell them not hit them with the force you would a grown up person! You could have hit her eye with that damn ring of yours and caused her left eye to swell up maybe lose its sight! Besides she apologized, so she recognized her fault and you still go and hit her in a rage! Look! Look at her Hanon! She's a little girl, she's learning!"

Anger started to boil inside of her, she was just so mad, why was her boyfriend against her! In her anger she spat, "So WHAT! SHE'S JUST A WHORE'S DAUGHTER WHY DO YOU CARE?" The man tightened his lips into a thin line, his jaw muscles protruding from the sides and without a second thought he slapped Hanon across the face.

Her blue hair now covered her gaping face. She was speechless. "Amu is not a whore! Don't you dare say another word! Now leave! Immediately, before I do something worse!" He glared intensely at her making her blood go cold. Hanon gave him one last glance before she ran out of the building. "Everyone else leave!"he said slumping down the wall, the pinkette still in his arms holding tightly to his shirt, "Please…"

The boss nodded and ushered everyone to the mini-kitchen. Ikuto sighed and rubbed his eyes before pulling Akane away and placing the ice pack on her face. His anger was taking its toll on him but he didn't show it. Little fingers went up to his face and caressed his cheek, and he saw Akane smiling at him with tears still in her eyes.

After a while Akane pushed the ice pack away since she didn't feel half of her face due to the cold. All the time Ikuto had his eyes closed with his back resting on the wall. He was breathing deeply trying to control all the emotions that were overwhelming him. "Ikuto, did I do something wrong?" asked the pinkette looking down at her hands.

The blue-haired smiled sadly and put his finger under her chin making her look up at him, "No you didn't do anything bad. The one that did the bad was Hanon." She just nodded and hugged Ikuto, and with slow shaky breaths she dared to ask another question quietly, "Does Ikuto still love Akane?"

Ikuto's eyes turned glossy. He nodded and hugged her tightly, "Yes I still love Akane " He cradled her in his arms and for some reason he didn't know started sobbing quietly. "… I'm sorry I couldn't protect you," he said whispering into her hair feeling helpless reminiscing on the events.

While changing he heard some chaos starting in the room outside his changing room door. He immediately pulled down his shirt and put on his pants to see what the commotion was about. He never expected to find Akane backed up to the wall whilst Hanon had a raised had ready to slap the girl. Filled with shock the man's reaction was slow. He couldn't make it in time to take the blow instead of Akane.

The deafening slap of a strong slap was heard followed by a child's haunting cry of pain. Anger filled him. He didn't care that is was his girlfriend he was gripping tightly, causing her immense pain. Someone had hurt Akane and it brought him to a point where he couldn't control his actions, but he had to, it being the little rosette would not take his violent performance well. But when Hanon had insulted Amu he couldn't take it and settled with slapping her with enough force making her head tilt with the impact. When he remembered her leave the room his mind went back to reality.

After a while of the man letting out his emotions he found that the person he had in his arms had gone asleep. He looked at her gently, pushing her pink locks out of her face. She was definitely Amu's daughter, besides the fact that they both had the same pink hair, he remembered her smiling face and realized that her eyes were the same as Amu's. They were like an open book letting everyone read their emotions. He caressed her unswollen cheek. He still wondered who the father was but it didn't matter because now the two rosettes where surrounded by friends that would help them along the way.

He swiftly got up and headed to the mini-kitchen surprising everyone when they saw his red and slightly puffy eyes. "I'm sorry for the commotion, I will make it up to you, and well thank you for your patience in giving us our alone time," he said with a stoic face. He stood there a few seconds before the boss said, "No problem honey, I just hope everything goes alright with Hanon and the child." Ikuto nodded and he left.

He got to his car and placed Akane on the back seatt buckling her up and making a pillow with his and her sweater before he drove off to her home. When he got there Akane was still asleep, so he went to leave her at her room and lied next to her to be there in case she woke up with any pain. Laying there staring at the pink ceiling with nothing to think about at the moment he dozed off to sleep.

A couple hours later golden eyes fluttered open. Light snoring could be heard next to the rosette so she turned around to find her babysitter asleep on her bed. She giggled and started braiding his long midnight blue bangs, getting bored 5 minutes later she decided it was time to wake up the man. She poked him and whispered his name several times but he didn't budge. So she did the only reasonable thing to do and crouched and counted to three. Akane jumped on him with a loud scream to his name. The moment her knees made contact with his flat stomach, his blue eyes shot open with a loud painful groan.

"Yes! Ikuto woke up!" exclaimed the girl and fist pumped the air and she had seen her uncle Kukai due several times. The blue-haired man gasped for air and glared at the culprit, "Why did you wake me up like that?" She just laughed and hid hair face in her tiny palms. His glare softened and he just said, "Don't do that again cause it hurts me, promise?"

Akane nodded and exclaimed promise hooking her pinky with his. Ikuto sat up his braids undoing themselves. He peeked to the side seeing the little girl humming contently with legs swaying back and forth on the edge of the bed. "So…" he started bright big eyes turning in his direction, "do you like brownies?"

"Yeah!" she screamed running downstairs to the kitchen knowing well what was the question's real meaning. Ikuto laughed lightly and ruffled his hair. He didn't know how she could have so much happy energy after the event she went through today and he absolutely didn't know how she could make so many expressions pain free with the nasty green and purple bruise she had next to her eye. The man sighed and got up following the little girl.

Akane was wearing the mini apron her mom had made for her for such occasions as baking and Ikuto dressed Amu's white frilly apron seeing that it was the only one available. They immediately started the batter, when they saw that it was a chocolaty thick consistency Ikuto dabbed his finger into the mixture to taste it, but instead of placing it in his mouth he drew a quick heart on Akane's cheek surprising her. The rosette looked up at him and he winked. She dabbed six tiny fingers into the rich chocolate batter and made Ikuto turn to face her. She placed her chocolate filled index finger on top of his nose leaving a little dot and then drew three streaks down either cheek.

"What do I look like?" he asked posing in front of her. "Kitty! Kitty!" she answered. "You are such an artist, " he said while pouring the mix into a baking container and then the already preheated oven. He turned around to see the counter table filled with flour, chocolate chips all over it and various eggshells too. "You're going to help me clean this," he stated to which Akane immediately took off her apron picked up the all the clean chocolate chips and dashed to the living room, "So that's how it is ehh?"

He went to the living room and saw her putting on some DVD, "Okay I'll let this one pass but the next time you're going to help me okay?" The pinkette took her seat on the couch in front of the television and nodded smiling happily. The man nodded and went to clean the kitchen to clean, still in Amu's frilly apron and with chocolate whiskers on his cheeks.

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