Deathly Jester: And I'm still alive! It's a miracle! =D I've just started Highschool! I'm super excited and we've even got a French exchange student! By the way some of the lines are from the play I was in, I thought they were perfect for this chapter. ^^

I don't own Shugo Chara.

======Ikuto's POV======

I had just helped Amu move into one of the spare guest rooms, she seemed really happy, yet stressed out at the same time. I wonder if she's having doubts. I was thinking about the matter for a while when I ran into my dad, not literally, otherwise I think he would have been more angry than he seemed. And he was not in a good mood when he opened his mouth to speak.

"Ikuto, how long do you think you'll be playing this game?" he asked his voice flat. My mind raced rapidly. What, does he mean Amu?!

"This is no game; I'm in love with Amu," I stated bluntly. He shook his head, exasperated, as he started walking me down the hallway.

"Really you can't believe this is real! You're throwing your life away for some girl!" He whispered sharply. I just looked him in the eyes, he should have understood, I mean he's in love with mom, and his parents didn't want them to be together!

"Dad, she's not just some girl, she's—" Before I could finish I was cut off.

"I know, she's the girl you had an accident with and got pregnant," His ice cold glare shut me up, I learned at a very young age not to talk when being talked to, or when my father's glaring at me.
"Look, Ikuto I know you might have feelings for this girl, but really think about it, who her are parents? Do you even know that?! How much do you know about this girl?" He just looked at me now, as if to say 'you know I'm right'. I could only whisper now, my patience thin with my own flesh and blood.

"She's adopted, so I can only guess her biological parents are dead." And with that I just walked away, silently fuming, but for my own sake and Amu's, I did not speak any more on a temper. I knew his mouth was hanging slightly; he had just insulted me about an orphans parents.

After I calmed down for a while, I went to Amu's room, I had realized somewhere in my fight with my father he'd taken me right to her room. That jerk.

"Amu, are you in there? I know you heard the conversation earlier, I just want to say I'm sorry for not sticking up for you right away, I was afraid of what my father would do," I said as I pressed my forehead onto her door. When I didn't hear anything, anything at all, I got worried.

'No need to get worried, she's just in the bathroom, I'll just wait on her bed for her,' a solitary comforting theory made itself known in my head. With that mindset, I sat down on her bed and prepared to wait for as long as necessary.

And so I waited 30 minutes. She still had not returned, and I could feel a panic attack coming over me.

'Where is she!? Did she just get lost in the house? Is she eating food, constipated…Did she run after hearing our conversation!' The last thought burst forward, unbidden, unwanted. I loved her to the moon and back, and I did not want to lose her to a misunderstanding that could have been avoided entirely had I simply moved the conversation a little bit away from her door.

I started running all over the house, yelling her name. After another 30 minutes had passed, I fell to the floor, exhausted and far more worried that I had started out. I pulled out my cell phone and called someone I knew would know where she was. At least, that was my last-ditch and desperate hope.

"Hello?"

"Rima?! It's Ikuto, I-I can't find Amu anywhere in the house, I think she might have run away after hearing what my father had to say about her, and I think she might be angry at me…Please find her…Please." I could feel the warm tears falling down my face. I could not help it, the reality of what was going on hit me. The girl I loved had run away because she thought I did not care about her, along with my child. I had no idea where she was or how to make it better or make her understand. So yeah, I'm a man whose eyes got a bit wet.

Rima got off the phone with a not-too-reassuring yet confident "got it", and I was left with a deadline phone in my hand, a missing girl on my brain, and an ever-growing ache in my heart.

======Yet again, 30 minutes later=====

I was sitting on the front porch when Rima's car pulled into the driveway, I could see a flash of pink in the windshield, and I knew it was my Amu. I didn't care if anyone inside the house saw me like this, I didn't care. I started to break down slightly, grateful that she was back and unhurt. She and Rima seemed to be talking about something for a few moments and I decided to let them talk. Who knows, maybe Rima was calming her down as only best friends could. After a little while, Amu got out of the car and waved Rima off. She then turned to face me.

I couldn't take it, seeing her look so small and scared. I crossed the yard in a few long strides before I grabbed her and pulled into a tight embrace.

"Please, don't ever leave me again! I'm so sorry I didn't say anything back to my father, Amu. I'm sorry that you couldn't hear me protect you from that, at least," the true sentiments flowed freely, and all I could do was apologize and hold her in my arms. I was praying that she would never leave me like that again.

"I-I'm sorry I ran away, it hurt when you didn't say anything back to your father…I guess it's my screwed up emotions and everything clashing into my life, I'm so stressed out. So I freaked out and ran…I'm sorry." She buried her head into my shoulder, and I held her to my chest. We stood there for a couple of seconds, both taking in what had just happened in the past 90 minutes or so. Misunderstandings happen easily, but it takes true courage to come back and make them right.

"I was wrong…you really do care for her. I wish you both the best," my father's surprised voice caused us both to look at him. Truth be told, I didn't know when the heck he came. Maybe he heard the entire thing…? Jeez, talk about embarrassing. At least he understands now…

"Thanks dad…" After that he just walked back into the house, leaving Amu and myself standing in the middle of the lawn. I walked her up to the front porch, where we both took a seat. Amu's face lit up as she remembered something to tell me.

"Oh yeah, Ikuto, Rima booked our band a gig for next week," Amu stated proudly.

"You're in a band…" I smirked slyly. "When did this happen?"

"Around when the girls and I found out I was pregnant…Utau, Rima, Yaya and myself."

"Hua…I'm going to have to come and see you perform! Have any songs written yet?" I asked her with my smirk. I bet they didn't have anything written. She's only known for a little while that she's pregnant.

"Rima wrote two songs, I wrote one, and Utau and Yaya are working on a few. Over all we'll have…five or six songs." Okay maybe I was wrong.

"Can I hear your song?" Kitty cat eyes were in place, there was no way she could say no.

"No."

"B-but…why?"

"Because…You'll hear them when everyone else does. Besides," she smirked as she leaned back in her chair. "It won't sound as good with just me doing my part without everyone else, would it?"

I had to laugh at that. Only Amu could make such a childish reason work. Only Amu would have a girl band around her while she's pregnant. Only Amu would be kind enough to come back after what had happened. Only Amu…

I could fall in love with only Amu. And right then, I was really glad I had.

DJ: I think this chapter was cute! I had fun writing it, even though it took me forever to come up with an idea! *Face-palm* I hope you all liked it, please review, because if you don't it makes Amy and myself feel really sad and updates take forever…And we don't want slow updates ne?

God bless

~Deathly Jester~