DISCLAIMER: I don't own Shugo Chara.

SIDE NOTE: This is in Amu's point of view.

SIDE-SIDE NOTE: This'll be the last of her FULL chapter p.o.v's! She'll appear in half-chapters, but, otherwise, this is it!

Day Fourteen

I haven't been to a Guardian meeting in a while. I know they won't like me attending the meetings after the mishap with Ikuto, Tadase, and Kukai. So I've been catching up on my studies (who knew!) and helping my family out with chores around the house.

Not to mention, I've been sneaking out to meet with Ikuto.

My family doesn't know about us. I've tried to keep it the best secret around, too. Ikuto asked me: "How come you don't want your family to find out you have me as a boyfriend?" I don't have an answer to that. Maybe I'm afraid of what my family would think. But that'll change! I promised him that!

"Don't worry, Ikuto! You'll meet my family!" He smiled to me. I am always a sucker for his smiles!

"Maybe one day, you'll meet my whole family," and I nodded. I know his mother and sister are here, but his father is somewhere else in the world. I will meet them! I swear!

I'm home right now. Since I haven't been going to those meetings, I've been able to come home really early! And, from that, I can work on my homework! Unless Ikuto distracts me, which happens to be what is going on right now. He's sitting on my bed flipping through some magazine I picked up from a store down the block. He's also correcting my homework when I seem frustrated—when am I ever frustrated?!

"This should be a two, not a four", "Your English is terrible", "You spelt 'the' wrong", and so many more corrections are driving me crazy! Finally, I slam down my pencil and look up at him—who has a big smile on his face. "I am not asking for help!"

He shrugs. "I know, but you're too cute when you're having troubles," I sigh and turn back around to my homework. "At least you are trying, Amu," he rubs my head and I smile. Yes, that's an accomplishment. "But," he continues. But?! "I'm bored, and seeing you do homework puts me to sleep," I turn around and face him again.

Well, he is 21, and I would assume this stuff would bore him. I stand up from my chair and notice how much taller he is—I'm so small! "T-Then," I whisper. He arches an eyebrow. "what do you want to do?" He smirks and steps forward. Soon enough, I'm on my desk. What the..!? He places two hands on the desk around me and leans forward. Is he going to kiss me? Then, he says:

"I want to meet your parents." I smack his forehead and I blush tenfold. God damn him! He leans away and rubs his forehead—that didn't hurt!

"Why did you have to ask so intensely!?" He shrugs.

"See how much you would blush," he pinches my cheeks and I start to laugh. He smiles with me and rubs my cheek—I'm sure there's a red mark somewhere on there. "So when can I meet them?" I look down and think about it. When would…? Then it hit me.

"Tomorrow!" I jump up from the desk and accidentally kick Ikuto in the shin. He focuses his attention on his new injury and I hold in my laughter. "Oh, oops," he rubs his leg and looks up at me.

"Did you really have to hit me?" I shrug.

"I wanted to see how much it hurt," he chuckles and straightens again. He is just too tall to intimidate! "But, tomorrow! We can do this tomorrow! Both my parents are off tomorrow, and Ami gets home before me sometimes, so we can do it then!" I smile and he nods.

"Then tomorrow awaits, dear Amu." He kisses the top of my head. I blush; I'm still not used to his kisses. He walks over to my window and opens the sliding door—I should really lock that at night, too. I realize that he's leaving and rush to the window, but before I get there, he jumps from the patio. Damn him and his athletic tricks! I step onto the wooden planks and look down on the ground. He's smiling up to me.

"Tomorrow, Ikuto!" He waves and starts to walk down the street. Soon enough, I don't see him, but I keep looking outside. I somehow forgot about my homework after that, too.

* * * *

Somehow, this didn't turn out the way I wanted it to, because my family is gone and Ikuto is left on the couch with Ami and I. I stand from the couch and excuse myself; I need answers! When I enter the kitchen, my mother is standing in front of the sink. "Why him, Amu?" she whispers. "Why not someone else, like that nice blonde boy?" She's really holding something back.

I don't know why him. My heart was the one that chose him! (And, of course, I chose him, too) And I know why not Tadase: he was too self-centered! He gave me attention, but I couldn't do the same for him. It was too hard. "Because he's always been there," I whisper back. She turns around: why is she angry?

She looks down on the floor and sighs. "I cannot approve of this, Amu, you know that," I step into the kitchen more.

"Why!" I hope Ikuto can't hear this, or Ami for that matter, "Why can't you approve of this? You have for everything else!"She throws down a dish towel into the sink.

"Because he left you, Amu! How can you forgive a creature like that for abandoning you!?" But, he came back. "How do you know he won't leave again? He did it so easily before!" He told me he wasn't going to leave again. "No, Amu, I cannot approve of this because he has caused you nothing but pain. He does not love you," But…he does. She smiles and I am still standing there. "I wish I could say 'Okay, I approve', but…he's done too many things to you in the past."

She turns around to the window above the sink and sighs. "I'm sorry, Amu," she walks away from the sink towards me. Please, don't touch me. She rubs my face from probably some tears and smiles. "You understand, right?" I nod. I can't shake my head to her, but I know I'm lying. She hugs me and I stand there, just waiting for her to go away. She does, and I can hear her climbing the stairs. I hear my parents' door close and I feel someone grab me from behind.

It's Ikuto; I can tell these arms from a mile away. He holds on as I start to cry. "Amu?" He loosens his grip on me and I turn around. I know, I've been crying too much these past couple days, but I can't help it. No one…

"No one likes us together, Ikuto," I shake my head and wrap my arms around him—I'm holding on so tight I must be crushing some organs in there. But he wraps his arms around me and I cry into his chest.

"We're the modern-day Romeo and Juliet, Amu," I know he's smiling, trying to make me feel better. I smile as I continue to cry; I can't help that! In my mind, all I can hear myself repeating is: don't leave, don't leave, don't leave… And I think I slipped one out by accident, because he is leaning away from me and wiping some tears away.

"I'd never leave, Amu, you know that. It was a mistake before, and I won't make that mistake again," he leans back into the grasp he has on me and rubs my head in reassurance. I must hold him to this promise. I can't see him leaving again, anyway, so maybe I'm worrying about absolutely nothing. I whisper into his chest: "I love you" over and over again, and he kisses the top of my head.

"I love you too much to leave again, Amu. And if no one likes our relationship, so be it. As long as I'm here, we're going to continue to love each other, even when no one approves of our love," my heart skips a few beats and I hold on even tighter. This is the Ikuto I know.

And this is the Ikuto I love.

Aw, such a sweet ending. I was going to have this chapter skip around a bunch of times, but I thought it was too confusing myself, so I erased that chapter and made this..."beauty."

NEXT CHAPTER! I'm excited. It's going to be FILLED with drama and hits and yelling and maybe some cursing? I don't know! Ha-ha.

The reason I didn't write the flashback from the previous chapter (when Ikuto meets her parents) is because you already know what happened. You don't need to read it again! So, now, you got Amu's point of view on the whole thing AFTER it went down! I'm so clever.

I'll be replying to any reviews next chapter! So, if you have questions for me, comments, critiques, ANYTHING, write it! I'm replying to all of them from chapter 10 to this chapter, so HURRY! I don't know when I'll update next, so BE WARNED!

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Until next time!

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