Hey guys! This is chappy 14! And it's pretty damn longxD Ok so yeah…hope you enjoy this chappy!
Chapter 14: A Night at the Carnival
They all had to squeeze in Utau's car, since all of them walked to work. And the fact that Utau had a small sports car wasn't exactly helping.
Rima declared she sat at the front, even though she wasn't tall enough. But nobody ever listened to that rule anymore. So Rima sat in the front next to Utau while Amu was squished in the back with all the guys.
"God, why do you have such a small car?" Ikuto said cramped in the car.
Amu was right in between Ikuto and Kukai. On each turn there was always someone shouting.
"W-Watch where you're t-touching K-Kukai!"
"Ow!"
"Guys, I'm being pushed against the car door!"
"Didn't I tell you it would be easier if you sat on my lap?" Ikuto sighed.
"No!" Amu shouted.
Another turn.
"AHHHHH!" Amu found herself pressed against Kukai.
"Woah, take it easy Hinamori." Kukai half-smirked.
"Sh-Shut up Kukai!" Amu squeezed out her arm to push Kukai's head away from her.
"OW!" Kukai tried to rub his sore head but couldn't fit his arms out.
Nagihiko was nearly flattened from being pushed against the car door all the time.
Why was it that every turn was right? Whenever they turned Amu would always be pressed against Kukai and not Ikuto.
"Hold tight, this one's gonna be a sharp turn." Utau hollered, and before anyone got a chance to react, she turned a sharp left. Which was a success for Ikuto.
"KYYYYAAAAA!" Amu screamed before finding herself pressed against Ikuto's chest. Hard.
"Aww, Amu. Never knew you wanted me this bad." Ikuto wrapped his arms around her in return. She grew red, and even with the whole car being dark, Ikuto could tell she was blushing.
"URASAI!" Amu shouted, fidgeting to try to get herself not in a position that didn't look wrong. Which only made it worse. After another turn, Amu got squeezed out from between Ikuto and Kukai and on top of both their laps.
As Amu tried to balance herself out and squeeze back in, Utau made another sharp turn.
"WAHHH!" Amu slid to Ikuto's lap and had her chest pressed against his face and her stomach pressed against his chest.
This turn was very long…When the turn finally ended, Amu fell onto the car floor.
"What was pressed against my face, your back?" Ikuto asked, rubbing her eyes.
"N-No, it was my ch-" Amu stopped herself from making a mistake. "I-I mean o-of course it was m-my b-back!"
"No wonder. It was hard and flat."
Amu punched his face. Or was it Kukai's? She couldn't tell.
"O-Oi!"
Yup, it was Kukai's.
"Sorry, accident!" Amu exclaimed, trying to get off the floor. "Umm….help?!"
"Nahh, it's less squishier when you're on the floor." Amu could tell Kukai said that.
"Well, it is…." Nagihiko.
"Either the floor or my lap." Definitely Ikuto.
"Fine. I'll stay on the floor." Even though he couldn't see it, Amu stuck her tongue at him.
"The floor has ants on it, in case you wanted to know." Utau said, keeping her eyes on the road.
"A-Ants?!" Amu jumped up from the floor.
Another turn.
"YAHHH!" Amu slid all the way to Nagihiko this time.
And then the car stopped. "We're here." Utau got out of her seat and turned on the light in her car to see what funny position everybody was in.
Ikuto was squished, but had a bored expression on his face. Kukai was rubbing her head and face, and looked like he was in pain. Nagihiko looked a bit pale from being flattened. And well, Amu, she was on the car floor, unconscious.
"Out, people!" Utau barked.
Ikuto stepped out of the small car first, stretching and yawning like a cat.
Kukai sort of lazily dropped out of the car, still feeling sore everywhere.
And Nagihiko barely had enough energy left to carry the fainted Amu out.
"Rima, wake up!" Utau opened Rima's door.
"Well, way to ruin my beauty sleep." Rima rubbed her eyes and stepped out. "What happened to you guys?"
Everybody looked like they were drunk, except Ikuto and Utau.
"And what's with her?" Rima pointed at Amu. "Did she die?"
"No, she just…fell asleep?" Nobody really knew what happened to Amu.
"Oh yessssss…." Amu said, dizzy. "We were driving to Mexico, riiiiiight?"
"She's…lost it."
Utau grabbed Amu by the collar of her shirt. "WE ARE IN A CARNIVAL! NOT MEXICO!" She slapped Amu's cheeks back and forth.
After the tenth slap, Ikuto stopped Utau. "Ok, I think that's enough."
Everyone waited for Amu to react.
"Whhhaaaaa?" Amu said, seeming worse than before. "I thought we were in Mexicooooo!"
"I got it…" Kukai muttered, he took a water bottle out and uncapped it. He dumped all the water on Amu.
Everybody waited carefully to see what she would say next.
"I get it…We're not in Mexico…"
Everybody gave out a sigh of relief.
"We're in TURKEYYYYY!"
Everybody gave up. If water didn't do it, then nothing could.
"AHAHAHAHA! I like CHEEEESSSSEEEE!" Amu said, pointing at Ikuto.
"Naruto." Ikuto said flatly, hoping it would wake her up. If water and slaps couldn't then anime probably could.
"Huh?" Amu blinked. "We're at the carnival already?"
"Finally!" Utau exclaimed. "Well we've would've inside by now, but something was in the way!"
"What was?"
Utau ignored her and started heading inside the carnival already. "Stupid anime freak…"
"Did I do something wrong?" Amu looked at everybody.
"N-No…Utau's just carsick!" Everybody decided to keep this a secret from Amu.
"Well, then let's go to the carnival!" Amu headed to the carnival, all of a sudden excited by all of the bright lights that complimented the night sky.
"Do you even have any money?" Ikuto raised an eyebrow at her, following close behind.
"Well….eheheh…." Amu froze. "I was thinking…."
"I'm paying for you aren't I?" Ikuto sighed.
"Thank you!" Amu exclaimed, before skipping into the carnival.
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"Let's all go on that ride." Utau pointed at a very high rollercoaster.
Everybody agreed. Except one person.
"U-Uhmm, a-about that…I think I-I'll-"
"Everybody's riding it Amu. You don't have a choice."
"I'll just wait here."
"No, you're coming with us!" Utau dragged Amu by her shirt.
"W-What?!"
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"AHHHHHHHHHH!" Amu screamed on the rollercoaster.
"Amu."
"H-Hm?"
"The ride didn't even start yet."
"But the feeling of knowing you're going to drop 100 feet into the ground is scaring the hell out of me!" Amu screamed.
"Well you could always hold onto me." Ikuto smirked.
"N-Never!"
A few minutes later…
"AHHHHHHHHH!" Amu screamed, clinging onto Ikuto for dear life.
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"Well that really woke me up!" Utau exclaimed. "Let's ride more rides people!"
"Heh?" Utau looked around. The only person left was Kukai. "Where'd everyone go?"
"Well I think Amu ran straight for a trash can, and Ikuto followed her. And Rima and Nagihiko went to the bathroom." Kukai explained.
"W-What? Everybody left us?!" Utau yelled.
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"I'm guessing….you hate roller coasters." Ikuto said.
Amu glared at him. "I do not! I-I just…really dislike them!"
"Hmm…maybe a haunted mansion well help you…." Ikuto said, eyeing a haunted mansion.
"H-Haunted m-m-mansion?" Amu stuttered.
"Is Amu scared?" Ikuto smirked.
"N-No! If you w-want to go in the m-mansion, then l-let's go!" Amu said, stomping her way to the haunted mansion.
He smirked. This was going to be fun…
"Welcome! Are you here with you're older brother?" The 20 year old lady asked Amu.
"No, he's my boyfriend." Amu said, glaring at her.
"Aren't you a bit young to be dating, now?" The lady treated Amu as if she was in grade school.
Amu twitched. "Listen you-"
"And we'll be going now." Ikuto dragged Amu away before a single swear word could come out.
"U-Uh, I r-r-really don't th-think this is s-safe…" Amu stayed close to Ikuto.
"Nothing in here's real, Amu." Ikuto rolled his eyes.
"How come there are no windows in here?!" Amu exclaimed. "And where are all the other people?!"
"It's just a haunted mansion. Stop getting so wor-"
"Worried? Me? P-Please! I am s-so not worried!" Amu said, stuttering.
"BOOO!" A ghost popped in front of Amu and Ikuto. Ikuto didn't even flinch. Or blink.
"AHHHHH!" Amu screamed at the top of her lungs, falling on her knees. That really freaked her out. Amu could feel tears from the shock form in her eyes. This was so stupid. Amu was crying because of a fake ghost. She couldn't let Ikuto see. He would keep making fun of her!
"Amu, are you…okay?" Ikuto asked Amu, who was still on the floor.
Amu wiped her tears with one hand. "P-P-P-Perfect…."
"Look, if you're really that scared then-"
"I'm fine, really." Amu said, making sure her voice didn't sound like it was shaking. She walked behind Ikuto, quietly tugging on the back of his shirt. She felt like a little kid again.
Amu could hear different people screaming after each few minutes. She couldn't see anything though, it was pure darkness.
"Wow, I think this really is a mansion." Ikuto stopped walking and Amu bumped into him.
Amu looked ahead and saw a very small light that led to a staircase. She guessed the light was there so no one would trip walking up the stairs.
"M-Maybe we sh-should stay on the f-first floor." Amu said.
"Hmm? I thought you said you were fine." Ikuto smirked while walking up the stairs. "But if you're too scared, I'll just go up myself."
"W-What?! You're going to leave me alone?!"
"Well, you don't want to go up, right?" Ikuto asked, almost on the second floor already. She could hear him disappear already.
Amu crossed her arms together. Everything was silent. She bit her lip. Amu hated to admit it, but she really was scared without Ikuto there with her.
"Must Kill…." Amu slowly turned her head to the side. A ZOMBIE!
"AHHHHHHH!" Amu yelled, running up the stairs as fast as she could. This was so scary! Amu was scared out of her mind. On the last step she tripped and fell onto the second floor.
A hand went on her shoulder. "Boo."
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Amu yelled as loud as she could. She could feel her heart beat quicken in fear. Those tears were coming back. God, she really was scared of haunted mansions. Well, there was a reason she didn't watch horror movies! Or any non-anime movies for that matter….
"Ow…..you're going to break my ears."
"I-Ikuto?!" Amu couldn't believe that guy had the nerve to scare her!
"All I said was boo." Ikuto rolled his eyes.
"Well you know I hate it when you do that!" Amu exclaimed, wiping her eyes again. She was a high schooler for goodness sakes.
"You don't get that freaked out about it when I do that regularly."
"Well, we're not in a haunted mansion regularly either!"
Ikuto sighed. "Whatever, let's just go one direction."
"Right."
"Left."
They said at the same time. Ikuto and Amu glared at each other.
Ikuto smirked. "Well, I guess if you want to go left, no one's stopping you."
Amu widened her eyes at the dark hallway.
"And I'll just be going my way then." He said, walking to the right hallway.
"W-Wait for me!" Amu screamed, catching up with Ikuto.
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"What do we do now?" Utau sighed, walking around with Kukai.
"EVERYBODY! ALL YOU CAN EAT HOT DOGS! JUST TEN BUCKS!"
Utau's stomach growled at the sound of the speaker's voice. She turned to the hot dog stand.
"You hungry?" Kukai asked.
Utau turned a bit red. "I-I guess it wouldn't hurt to eat a few hot dogs…"
"Woah, you're going to try to eat more than one?" Kukai joked. "I thought idols had to watch their weight."
"I bet I could eat more hot dogs than you." Utau glared and pointed at Kukai's chest.
Kukai grinned. "You're on Utau." And they raced toward the hot dog stand, each with ten dollars.
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"I want…that one."
The worker ran to get it.
"No wait…that one."
The worker ran to the other side.
"No..actually that one…"
The worker, worn out, sprinted to the other side.
"Wait, I want that one!" Rima pointed at a stuffed bear with a clown suit.
"I'm sorry, you need to have the highest level in order to get that prize…" The worker said, out of breath.
"Nagihiko." Rima ordered. "Get the highest level."
"Rima…I'm almost out of money…" Nagihiko said, thinking about all the attempts they used to try to get the best score.
"But…then I'll be sad…" Rima turned to Nagihiko, crying.
"We all know those tears are fake." Rima squinted her eyes, and suddenly stopped crying.
She pouted. Nagihiko sighed in defeat. "I guess another try can't hurt…"
Rima smiled smugly.
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Amu stayed close to Ikuto. "Why can't you find the exit?!"
"There are no lights in here. It's not that easy." Ikuto muttered. They were on the second floor, lost.
"Hm?" Amu saw a door. "What about this door?"
"I don't think you should-"
Amu opened up the door and came face to face with an enormous black spider. "AHHHHHHHH!" She slammed the door on the spider.
"Don't go opening random doors." Ikuto rolled his eyes.
"But I want to find the exit…" Amu whined.
"We'll find it faster if you stop screaming every other minute." Ikuto said, walking to a different direction.
"I bet everybody else is having fun…And we're stuck here in a haunted mansion…" Amu mumbled, following right behind Ikuto.
She felt a hand on her shoulder again. "Stop touching me Ikuto!"
"What are you talking about?" Ikuto asked from in front of her.
"I'm serious!" Amu said. "You can't scare me this time!"
"Amu, I'm not even near you." Ikuto said.
"W-Wha…? Th-Then…" Amu turned her head back and saw….A SKELETON HOLDING A SYCTHE.
"DIE…….." The skeleton murmured.
Amu drew in her breath to scream, as Ikuto quickly covered his ears.
"GAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Amu yelled, running forward with full speed, only to collide with Ikuto's back.
"Ow!" Ikuto said before turning around to Amu.
"Why is it that these people always scare ME?!" Amu asked. "Why not YOU?!"
"Because I can't get scared." Ikuto smirked. "And you're…the complete opposite."
Amu kept stomping her feet, walking behind Ikuto. After the fourth stomp, it was so loud it jolted…bats.
"What the hell?! How do they have REAL bats?!" Amu exclaimed, surprised.
Every one of those bats starting soaring everywhere around Ikuto and Amu. They seemed a bit mad about Amu stomping into their nap.
Amu shut her eyes tightly and wrapped her arms around the person in front of her, hiding her face into their back. "AHHH!"
"Maybe we should go to a haunted mansion everyday…" Ikuto smirked.
Amu grew red, realizing she was hugging Ikuto. But she didn't want to let go. It just gave her…a relieved feeling. Like she was being protected.
"And this is the part you let go of embarrassment." Ikuto raised an eyebrow. "You're really scared, aren't you?"
Amu bit her lip. "Of course not…" She mumbled into his back.
"Hey, I think I see the exit." Ikuto looked ahead. Amu lifted her head up. It did look like an exit door. They quickly opened up the door.
They were no longer in the haunted mansion. They were in the backyard.
"A-A-A-A G-G-G-G-G-GRAVEYARDDDDDDD?!" Amu exclaimed.
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"Oh my god…I am…so full…" Kukai mumbled, not able to eat another hot dog.
"Hah! Guess I win then!" Utau exclaimed, stuffing one last hot dog into her mouth.
"That's not very lady like you know?" Kukai laughed.
Utau stopped chewing with her mouth open. "W-Whatever…" She said after swallowing the last bits of her hot dog.
"But I win! Now give me ten bucks!"
"Fine, fine." Kukai sighed, reaching in his wallet to pull out a ten dollar bill. "Here."
"Yes! Now let's play a carnival game!" Utau started walking and her eyes were mesmerized by a hammer game. "That one!"
"Can you even carry that big hammer?"
"Is that a challenge?" Utau asked.
"It is if you're up for it, Japan's little idol." Kukai grinned. They raced once again to the strength game.
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"Nagihiko. You better make this." Rima said, standing next to Nagihiko. "For the sake of my bear."
He sweat dropped. "Okay…" He held the basketball up, and took his aim on the basket. He concentrated on the basketball net.
He dribbled the ball without looked down. "Yosh!" He threw the ball at the net. And….made it!
"Congratulations! You got the highest score!" The worker exclaimed.
"And the rest of my money…" Nagihiko muttered.
"Which prize would you like?"
"I'll get the bear." The worker handed Nagihiko the bear in the clown suit.
"Here ya go! Thanks for playing!"
Rima's eyes sparkled at the bear with the clown suit. Nagihiko held up before her. "And…what do I get for getting you this bear?"
Rima bit her lip. "Well I can't kiss you if you're standing so tall!"
Nagihiko sat down on a bench. He smirked. "There."
Rima turned a little red before leaning in for a kiss. Nagihiko wrapped his arms around her waist and brought her closer to him.
"There." Rima said, out of breath a few seconds later. She sat on the bench next Nagihiko.
"Here. But can you carry it? It's almost as big as you." He handed her the huge bear.
"Oof!" Rima squealed out, carrying the bear. It was big. "I think I can handle a stuffed animal…"
"Ok…" Nagihiko said on the bench. Rima wrapped her arms around the enormous thing and rested her head against his arm.
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"Great….This is even worse…" Amu sighed.
There was fog everywhere and cemeteries. You could hear creepy sounds in the background. There were stone crosses sticking out from the ground.
"Everything's fake in here." Ikuto assured her.
"Well it seems real!" Amu exclaimed.
They walked in silence, so far nothing had tried to scare Amu. Yet.
Amu was studying each of those stones stuck to the ground. "Hmm…" All of a sudden a hand stuck out from the ground. Amu widened her eyes.
Before she had time to run, the hand grabbed onto her leg and lifted her upside down and off the ground.
"KYYYYAAAAAA!" She screamed, holding her skirt up. She came face to face with a zombie who was upside down. From her point of view for that matter.
"Wow…" Ikuto studied the arm that lifted her up. "Never knew it was legal to do this…"
"Well can you HELP ME HERE?!" Amu exclaimed, trying to kick her legs free.
"But Amu-koi looks cute when she's embarrassed." He smirked, leaning into her face.
"I'm serious Ikuto!" Amu yelled, rocking her feet back and forth.
"Put your hands down first." He ordered.
"Then my skirt's going to fall!"
"That's the point."
"…."
"Do you want to get out of this or not?"
Amu sighed, and stubbornly put her hands down, turning extremely red. Her skirt dropped down, revealing her underwear.
"It's plain and white." Ikuto sighed, unsatisfied.
"Put me done already you pervert!" Amu yelled.
"Is that the way you talk to your savior?" He smirked, enjoying every minute of this.
Amu gritted her teeth. She pulled back..and knocked her head against Ikuto's.
"Ita!" Ikuto rubbed his head. "And I thought that head was hollow…"
"Shut up!" Amu screamed. "Let me down already you BAKA!"
Ikuto finally let her down, in fear of being bonked on the head again.
Wow, it actually worked…Amu was soon freed.
"Success!" Amu was finally able to look at things in the right direction. "And it's the exit!"
They looked forward to see a big exit sign and people walking out of it.
Amu dashed to get out of this scary place. "Free at last!"
"Well that was pretty boring…" Ikuto said of the haunted mansion. "Everything looked fake."
"It's a huge Pikachu stuffed animal!" Amu exclaimed, sparkles in her eyes. Pokémon was the first anime she ever started watching…
Ikuto raised an eyebrow and turned to what she was pointing at. It was a prize for one of those carnival games. And it looked like this one was the one where there were a bunch of empty milk bottles you had to knock down with a sack of beans.
"Come right up folks! Five dollars for three shots!" Talk about over expensive…
"You don't even have any money you idiot…" Ikuto said, dragging her away.
"I have emergency money!" Amu pulled out a hundred dollar bill.
"What the hell?! You said you had no money!" Ikuto exclaimed, thinking about how he paid for her ticket.
"Hellooo? This is EMERGENCY money, it's only for emergencies." Amu rolled her eyes as if it were obvious.
"You call this an emergency…?" Ikuto twitched.
"Yup, now let's go!" Amu headed towards the booth. For a fact, Ikuto knew Amu wasn't going to knock down any milk bottles. More like the random bystanders.
"I'll get three please!" Amu slammed down the hundred dollar bill.
"Ok, here's three." The worker gave her three sacks.
Amu licked her upper lip and drew back her arm.
"Miss." Ikuto whispered from behind.
Amu threw it at the worker's face.
"IKUTO!" Amu yelled at him.
He smirked. "What? I can't help it if you get distracted so easily."
Amu gritted her teeth. "I am NOT distracted."
A few minutes later…
Amu handed the worker her last five dollars.
The worker tried to smile, even after getting hit by Amu more than ten times.
"Miss." The worker ducked.
Ikuto chuckled at Amu's glare.
"Am I bothering you Amu?" This was payback for having to pay for her ticket.
"O-O course n-not!" Amu tried to maintain her anger.
She tried throwing another one.
"Amuuu's gonna mess up…." Amu turned to him and crushed the sack she was about to throw, resulting in beans spilling all over the floor. She gritted her teeth.
"E-Eh…" The worker said, scared. "That gives you one more miss…."
"I know that!" Amu snapped angrily.
She drew back her shaky arm. And threw it.
Ikuto decided not to say anything this time, because it was her last shot. But alas, with Amu and her terrible aim, she didn't make it anyway.
Amu turned slowly to glare at Ikuto, squinting her eyes.
"What? I didn't say anything." Ikuto said.
"Well you did say something…THOSE OTHER THOUANDS SHOTS I THREW!" Amu exploded.
"Actually, it was 299 shots." Ikuto had calculated it in his head in half a second.
"What's the difference?!" Amu yelled, obviously mad she didn't get the Pikachu. She stomped away. "I'm going to go to the bathroom…"
Ikuto sighed and put down a five dollar bill after Amu left. "I'll get three sacks."
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"Winner!" Kukai put down the hammer. "Guess that makes me the winner."
Utau rolled her eyes. "Whatever."
"Hey, pay up." Kukai wiggled his fingers.
Utau stubbornly took a ten dollar bill out of her purse and slammed the bill in his hand. "Well, I went easy on you anyways."
"Face it, when it comes to strength, boys are always better." Kukai grinned.
"I said I went easy on you!" Utau said, walking away from the place in defeat. She sighed. "Now what?"
"….Walk around?"
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Rima opened her eyes.
"You're finally awake." Rima looked up to Nagihiko, still on the bench.
"How long was I asleep?"
"Around twenty minutes." Nagihiko said.
"Great…" Rima rubbed her head and yawned.
"If you're still sleepy, you can just-"
"It's ok." Rima jumped off the bench. "I'm bored anyways."
"Bala-Balance!" These two boys were messing around.
Rima's head shot up to the boys.
"Oh no…" Nagihiko mumbled.
"It's wrong…everything's wrong…." Rima had fire in her eyes. She ran up to the kids.
"YOU DAMN KIDS! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?! YOU GUYS SHOULD BE ASHA-"
"MUMPH!" Nagihiko put his hand around Rima's mouth. "Just pretend you never heard that. Sorry for interrupting!"
He carried her back to the bench.
"MUMPHMUMPHMUMPH!" Rima yelled moving her hands up and down. Nagihiko let go.
"What the hell do you think you're doing Nagihiko?!" Rima shouted at him. "And where are those brats?"
Nagihiko sighed. "You shouldn't swear in front of kids…"
"They were doing it WRONG!" Rima exclaimed.
"Will cotton candy calm you down?"
"…….."
"…..fine…"
"But only the pink kind!" Rima said, crossing her arms.
"Let's go then." Nagihiko held her hand and led the way.
"Wait, I didn't want to go too!" Rima said, but followed in fear of being dragged.
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"I honestly don't get how you can get so happy over a yellow mouse." Ikuto sighed.
"It's not just any yellow mouse! It's PIKACHU!" Amu yelled, pinching Pikachu's red cheeks. Her mood drastically changed when Ikuto won the Pikachu for her.
It responded by shouting out, "Pi-ka-chu!"
Amu rubbed her head against it. "It's so CUTE!"
They were walking around the carnival. It was pretty dark by now, but the carnival was dazzling with all these bright lights so it made everything seem twice as lively.
Amu stopped walking. She looked ahead.
"What's the hold up?" Ikuto raised an eyebrow and followed Amu's gaze.
She was staring at a one of those teacup rides. "I wanna go on that ride…"
"Isn't that for little kids?" Ikuto asked.
"I've always wanted to go on one!" Amu said. "And you're coming with me!"
"Do I look like an idiot?" Ikuto knew he wasn't going on that ride for sure.
"Here! Let's play rock-paper-scissors!" Amu held up her hand. "If you lose you have to go on with me!"
"Rock! Paper! Scissors!" Amu yelled. "Eh…"
Amu picked scissors and Ikuto picked rock. "B-Best two out of three!"
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"God, there's nothing to do here…" Utau said in a bored tone.
"Just relax then, Utau. It's a carnival after all." Kukai leaned against a booth stand.
"Relaxing is boring." Utau mumbled. "But…I guess I am a bit tired…" She sighed, leaning against the booth stand next to Kukai.
"It wasn't that bad with just the two of us, right?" Kukai asked, staring up at the stars.
"W-Well…I guess…" Utau looked at the floor.
"Utau." Kukai turned toward her. Utau stared back at him in response. Without any words, they leaned in. Slowly and closer, they could feel each other's breath.
"Hoshina Utau! Is that you?!" They both jumped and turned red, facing forward. "Oh my god, it is! Can you please sign my shirt! I love you're music!"
Utau furrowed her brow. She felt a little disappointment. "Ok…"
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"What do you mean your ran out of pink cotton candy?!" Rima exclaimed at the worker next to the cotton candy machine.
"W-We're very sorry, but we o-only have blue." The man backed away.
"I can see that." Rima squinted her eyes at all the blue cotton candy.
"We'll get blue then." Nagihiko said, not wanting anymore trouble.
"H-Here you go sir!" The worker shoved the cotton candy to Nagihiko, a bit frightened by Rima.
"Come on ,Rima…It tastes exactly the same as pink cotton candy." Nagihiko held a piece out in front of Rima.
She crossed her arms and turned her head away from the blue blob. "It's still not the same."
"For me?" Nagihiko tried.
Rima remained silent. Nagihiko sighed in defeat. He guessed Rima wasn't going to-
She opened her mouth wide and bit the cotton candy off Nagihiko's fingers. She swallowed it silently.
"You really do have problems expressing your emotions don't you?"
"….Shut up…."
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"Hahahaha!" Amu laughed aloud. "You look so stupid!" She pointed at Ikuto, who was squished in a teacup with Amu. It was ok for Amu, with her small figure. But Ikuto was a bit too tall for this ride.
"Shut up…" Ikuto said. "Why teacups of all rides?"
"I told you, I've always wanted to ride one of these!" Amu said, wiping a few tears from laughing to hard.
Ikuto sighed. "Well the carnival is leaving tomorrow anyways…"
"Hey, Ikuto…are you ever going to look for your dad?" Amu asked all of a sudden.
"What's this all of a sudden?" Ikuto raised an eyebrow.
"I just think it's…weird. If my father went missing, I would keep searching for him." Amu explained. "So why haven't you?"
"Guess I've just been busy with school and stuff…" Ikuto put his arms behind his head and looked up to the sky.
"Do you think you'll ever find him?" Amu asked, staring at his expression.
"I'll probably bump into him one day. And if I don't, I'm sure he'll at least come here if something important ever happens." Ikuto said, looking like he was in deep thought.
"Am I ever going to…meet your parents?" Amu asked, feeling her cheeks get a bit warm from asking a question like that.
"Hm? You want to meet my parents already?" Ikuto smirked.
"W-Well, it's j-just that I-I've always wanted t-to meet your p-parents! It's n-not because I-I-" Amu started.
"Don't worry…you'll meet them someday." Ikuto said, patting her head.
"H-Hey…" Amu tried to straighten her hair out after Ikuto messed it up.
BOOM! CRACK!
That made Amu jump and grab Ikuto's hand without thinking.
"Relax…It's just the fireworks." Ikuto said. Amu noticed how warm his hand was. It gave her a nice feeling.
Amu turned her head to the sky. She widened her eyes at all the fireworks. They were…beautiful.
"Wow…" Amu murmured. "They're beautiful." She continued to look at the sparkling fireworks with the wind gently blowing her hair.
Amu turned back to see if Ikuto was staring at the fireworks. She watched in awe as his hair blew in the breeze and his face was tilted to look at the sky.
"Why are you staring at me?" Ikuto turned to look at Amu.
"I-I'm not!" Amu stubbornly looked the other way.
"Now that I think about it…" Ikuto smirked. "I never did repay you for what I did with Saaya, did I?"
Amu turned red. "W-Well, w-whatever about that…"
"Does it bother you?" Ikuto asked, leaning in to Amu. "That Saaya and I kissed?"
Amu could feel her pulse quicken. "Didn't I answer that question already?" Amu snapped, not wanting to repeat her answer.
"So you were jealous." Ikuto stared into Amu's eyes. The fireworks exploded in the background.
Amu was too nervous to hear them. Ikuto was too close to her. She could feel herself start to sweat and pant harder. And not to mention her face looked like a tomato. Although she didn't try to back away at all.
Ikuto leaned in all the way, slowly, cherishing the moment as the fireworks created dazzling lights behind them. The tea cup was still going but was twirling slowly.
He planted his lips on her, putting his hands around her tiny waist. It took a few seconds for Amu to finally kissing him back. She wrapped her arms around his neck, playing a bit with the bottom strands of his navy blue hair. Every other thing in the world disappeared and it felt like it was just the two of them. She began panting a little, but continued to kiss back. Amu suddenly felt something creep over her thigh. She felt a warm hand putting pressure on it.
She blushed harder; suddenly realizing Ikuto was groping her thigh. CLICK!
"I am sooo twittering this." Rima smirked, looking at the photo she had just taken of the two.
Amu opened her eyes wide and pulled away from Ikuto just as the ride stopped. She clung on to the sides of the teacup, panting hard. She turned to see Rima with her cell phone standing next to Nagihiko, who was just finishing up some blue cotton candy.
"R-Rima?!" Amu exclaimed in surprise.
"Yeah…way to ruin the moment…" Ikuto turned to the couple.
"Sorry, Rima just decided to take the picture out of nowhere." Nagihiko apologized. "But that was a fairly long kiss."
Amu looked away, turning pink. It felt so weird to know her friends saw her making out with Ikuto.
"Found you guys!" Utau pointed at Rima and Nagihiko. "And you people too!"
"Wait up…Utau.." Kukai was out of breath behind her, as unbelievable as it sounded.
Amu and Ikuto soon got off the ride to join them. "So we finally caught up with each other."
"Well, all of you people left me and Kukai at the rollercoaster!" Utau crossed her arms.
"Well it wasn't my fault Amu had to barf." Ikuto started laughing.
"Shut up!" Amu wacked him with her Pikachu.
"Pi-ka-chu!" Ikuto glared at the squeaky voice of the yellow blob as it knocked his head backwards.
"Well what do we do now?" Nagihiko asked.
"There's one last ride I still want to go on." Utau said. She turned to look straight to her right side. "The ferris wheel."
Everybody turned around to see a bright ferris wheel. "Fair enough, let's go." Rima responded, making her way to the ferris wheel along with everybody else.
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"Two at a time, people!" The worker exclaimed, opening up the entrance to a ferris wheel ride. Rima and Nagihiko went in first.
After that one, Utau and Kukai stepped in. And lastly, Amu and Ikuto went on.
The ferris wheel started moving after a few more people went in.
"Wahh!" Amu's eyes sparkled as she pressed her face against the window, staring up at the city lights. It looked beautiful, even more than the fireworks. It amazed her how lively the world could be outside her room.
Ikuto looked outside as well, but he didn't get up from his seat.
Suddenly, music started blasting out of the speakers of the ferris wheel. It was Collide by Howie Day.(A/N: I don't own this song, but I suggest you play it while reading this part of the story to add special effects:3)
The dawn is breaking….
A light shining through….
Amu lifted her head up to see where the music was coming from. Ikuto did the same.
You're barely waking….
And I'm tangled up in you, yeah…
Amu took in the slow song. It sounded so peaceful. Ikuto suddenly gave out his hand to her. Amu looked up to him. He had a sincere smirk on his face this time.
Amu hesitantly put her small hand in his and turned to face him. Ikuto was standing up now. She didn't really know how to dance…
I'm open, you're closed…..
Where I follow, you'll go…..
Amu tripped a little, but Ikuto held her in place so she wouldn't fall. Her face turned a bit darker than pink as she tried to hide her embarrassment. Ikuto chuckled a little, making Amu turn all the way red. That was the first time she ever heard him chuckle like that though…
I worry I won't see your face, light up again.
They started to slowly dance, staring into each other's eyes. There weren't any words needed for this moment. Amu had a light shade of pink on her cheeks. Her heart stayed still as they moved from foot to foot.
Even the best fall down sometimes….
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme…
Amu twirled around with the help of Ikuto's hand guiding her. It was all in slow motion. She twirled back to him, with her head resting against his muscular chest.
Out of the doubt that feels my mind….
I somehow find….
Amu stared straight into Ikuto's eyes, as he stared back.
You and I collide…
The ferris wheel suddenly stopped, and they noticed that it was there turn to step out of the ferris wheel.
Amu was still a bit speechless from everything that had just happened.
"Watch your step, kids." The man said.
She stepped out, right before Ikuto, the music still drowning into her ears. He wasn't saying anything either.
"Looks like somebody's in lovey-dovey mode…." Utau teased, looking at them.
Amu snapped back into reality. "W-We we're so not!"
"Well at least you guys weren't the only ones…" Rima grinned at her cell phone, revealing a picture of Kukai and Utau kissing.
Utau immediately turned red."H-How-Why-W-What?!"
"Does this mean you guys are officially a couple now?" Nagihiko asked, curiously.
"Yup!" Kukai seemed a bit more cheerful than usual, putting a shoulder around Utau. She bit her lip, but didn't move away from him.
Ikuto yawned. "I think it's about time we head home."
Utau flipped open her cell phone. "It's only ten. Have some spirit in you!" She slapped Ikuto's back to wake him up, resulting in her earning a glare from him.
"Let's go hang out more than! We never really got to hang out as a group that much!" Kukai said.
"I agree." Nagihiko replied.
"Well, I'm still not tired, so me too." Rima agreed as well.
"Yeah ,let's go celebrate our teenage youth!" Kukai grinned, shooting a fist into the air.
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"What a night…" It was midnight and everybody was tired from going crazy in the last two hours in the carnival.
"I know…both Rima and Amu fell asleep…" Utau said, taking another huge gulp out of a large cup of hot coffee.
"Well it's because you drank a whole two cups of coffee." Ikuto said, with Amu on his back sleeping soundlessly.
"Hey, I need to stay awake for the car ride." Utau drank down the last bit of coffee, throwing it in a trash can. "Now let's get on the road! Whoo!" She seemed a bit hyper…
Nagihiko simply grinned. He was carrying Rima bridal style and placed her in the passenger seat.
"Well go in first Nagihiko." Kukai offered. Nagihiko sighed, ready for some more pain during the ride back home. Kukai went in after him. Ikuto sat down, placing Amu on his lap. He was slightly smirking at her sleeping face. Her head was against his chest with her legs dangling above the ground, stuck together.
"Yay, it's better when she's on your lap." Kukai could finally lift his hands up.
"Of course it is." Ikuto kept smirking.
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"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" A scream pierced through the whole mansion.
"What's wrong, Saaya-sama?" A maid rushed in.
"Nothing." She snapped, turning back to her computer after the old lady left. She had just logged onto Twitter and saw what Mashiro Rima posted. A picture of that geek and Ikuto-kun making out?!
"He's mine, and only mine!" Saaya started to chew violently on her handkerchief. How did he not like her kiss? She was Saaya for goodness sakes! YAMABUKI SAAYA!
"What does that thing have that I don't?!" Saays started shouting at her computer screen.
She gulped down a bottle of mineral water. She took a deep breath. "It's okay, Saaya…You'll get revenge."
"Very soon."
Ok, this chappy was freaking longXD I tried to shorten as possible as I could but putting Kutau and Rimahiko moments in there took some more space than usual! I didn't exactly intend to really highlight the other couples, but I saw how cute Rimahiko was and really got into it. Well yeah, hoped you enjoyed this chappy! Please review!