Recapture moment.
"Because the last time I skipped was with Ikuto!"
"I can't believe we're skipping first period!" Amu complained while leaning against the car window.
Yukito finished his chocolate doughnut and licked his lips. "I told you not to talk about him when it's the two of us… matter of fact don't talk about him ever."
Amu stared down at her fingers brushing each other. "But, I can't. He was my first-."
The pinkette's eyes shot wide open as Yukito disrupted her by sliding a chocolate doughnut in her mouth with his own.
"Now what was that?" Yukito pulled away with a laugh.
He chuckled to see Amu blushing madly over their encounter and popped another doughnut in his mouth.
"That's not funny!" She said nibbling a piece of her doughnut.
She decided to get back at her boyfriend by taking a picture of him stuffing his face with doughnuts.
CLICK! Amu snapped a picture with her phone of Yukito's cheeks looking massive.
He swallowed it quickly and reached for her arm. "Amu give it here!"
"No way!" She giggled putting the camera behind her back.
"Amu," He said glaring at her. "Don't make me kiss you."
Amu threw the camera in the air in defeat and pouted. "That's not fair!"
"Hey life isn't either." Yukito added sarcastically and wadded up the empty doughnut bag.
Amu watched happily as her current boyfriend got out the car to throw away the bag. Still, no matter if she enjoyed the very presence of his; she couldn't stop wondering about Ikuto. And to make it even more interesting, he had almost every detail like him. His familiar shaped face, his voice, his toying smirk. Just what were the odds?
Yukito who met Amu's stumbling eyes smiled. This made her blush all the way up to her ears. But, as a car pulled up across the street Amu noticed his expression harden. She noticed him looking at the person across the street quite disturbed.
Amu took one look at the girl who came out of the car and seemed to think Yukito knew her. She was pretty, her image almost delicate like a flower. Her cute, curly, toffee colored hair that was a bit passed her shoulders hit the sun brightly. Her cute natural flushed cheeks, her cream shaded lip gloss, her sparkling light brown eyes. She looked like she was made of innocence. Particularly, she was a beautiful pure looking girl.
Yukito steered his way back into the car slamming the door behind him. It only took seconds before he was on his way getting away from the sight of that girl.
Amu noticed his enlightened expression to a rather serious one. She has never seen him more serious looking before. She hesitated in the car of asking why Yukito was acting like he saw a ghost. And more importantly who was that beautiful girl?
The rode to the school was rather abnormal. She didn't think Yukito couldn't go without talking more than ten minutes. The silence was taking affect on her. She didn't want to seem coming off too strong with questions either.
As Yukito parked the car, Amu glared at him until he stared at her which was longer than usual. When he met eyes with her it seemed he played a fake smile.
"You okay?" He nuzzled her hair.
Amu nodded continuously and Yukito gripped her hands. "Then shall we?"
"We shall." Amu smiled, but wandered back to the mysterious girl.
Ami felt vexed about Shugo's home. She didn't even believe this horrid place was his home.
Does this place have AC? MAYBE A HURRICANE HIT HERE!
She didn't know what was worse, this very house, or the overgrown man staring at her.
She stared at the many beer bottles lingering on the floor.
"What you drink?" The man questioned grumpily.
"No way aha-ha-ha." Ami's laugh died down as loneliness joined her again.
Ami felt very uncomfortable. She had been standing for about what seemed like twenty minutes since she was too afraid to sit down in a chair by that man. And he kept staring at her. She wanted Shugo to come back as fast as possible.
Finally, Amu heard symphonies of chimes as the door opened. She quickly got up with open arms, but gasped upon seeing Shugo with a bruise on his right eye and about two or three cuts on his arms.
"AMI WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?" He widened his eyes in shock.
"I wanted to see if you were alright. W-What happened?" Ami said keeping her attention on his injuries.
Shugo looked away from Ami. "I'm fine, just go home!"
"N-No you're not," Ami said cautiously going towards him. "You're hurt you need to be treated."
"What I need to be is away from you." He answered harshly.
Ami's heart felt like it was stuck by needles. It was painful to hear Shugo say such things. She knew something was wrong. That he was lying.
"You should just listen to him," The man said wheezing with laughs. "You may want him now, but you ain't gonna want him later."
The hurtful words that were added by Shugo were just as enough. But, more from this man made Ami even more furious. She had no choice but to slap the man.
"You stupid little b-." The man raised his fists at Ami, but Shugo quickly grabbed onto the man's knuckles.
"That's enough." Shugo stared at the man intensely.
The man growled and grabbed a nearby beer bottle by the table. He hit it towards Shugo's chest causing him to stumble a bit.
"SHUGO!" Ami rushed toward him, but Shugo just dusted it off.
"Let's go Ami." He took her hand and guided her to the car.
Ami did as she was told and gazed at Shugo pained. It was clear that those injuries were the cause of that violent man.
When Amu and Yukito made it into their Physics class Amu noticed her boyfriend halt upon seeing the familiar girl from yesterday.
"H-Hi Yukito." She answered in a fragile, soft tone.
So she does know Yukito…
Amu noticed Yukito tighten his fist. "What are you doing here?"
Despite the harsh tone he gave off, the innocent looking girl still held a sweet smile. "I wanted to go to school with you."
The classroom's silence seamed again as Yukito obviously was a bit tense.
"Well you shouldn't have. You should just go back to America."
The girl's warm smile drifted a bit. "But it won't be the same without you."
Amu couldn't help, but to feel in a state of confusion and panic. She thought she should have known and prepared herself for this. Of course Yukito is handsome and popular. Of course he would have a dozen ex girlfriends or so.
"You should just go. I'm happier here." He said turning his face from her and walked to his seat.
Amu jumped up alarmed as the girl met eyes with her. She walked gracefully over to Amu and smiled. "Please don't misunderstand; I'm Yukito's childhood friend Lily."
Amu reverted back to Yukito's conversation with my Dad about his future career.
"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"My childhood friend that I knew for a long time, she has a sickness I want to cure."
Her thoughts broke when she extended a hand and smiled. "It's nice to meet you."
Amu quickly shook her hand and smiled. Even though she was relieved, she still felt intimidated and jealous at how beautiful she was. "I'm Amu, nice to meet you too."
"Amu." Yukito called her over still a little tense.
"What'd she say?" He questioned as soon as she sat down.
Amu replied slowly a little confused. "She was just introducing herself."
Yukito laughed uneasily. "That's good."
"Yeah." Amu added with a hint of confusion.
She didn't get why Yukito was so abnormal around Lily. What exactly happened two these two she thought. And why was Yukito trying to avoid her?
The minute the bell rang Yukito sprang from his seat and hand signaled Amu to follow her. As Amu was leaving, she noticed Lily give a slight sad smile at the two.
The brunette and the raven haired had no idea the two could remain silent most of the time. Each was directly across from each other in Ami's room soundless. Ami was so distressed about what she had witnessed at Shugo's house. She kept wandering her mind in thought on how Shugo's personality certainly had something to do with this. And most of all, she was extremely pained and saddened that Shugo had to live this way.
She bulked courage in her heart and spoke with a quivering voice. "Shugo…"
"What?" He snapped angrily. "What do you want from me?"
He stood up bunching his fists together. "Why do you even try to get close with me? Don't think you can just barge into my life and try to fix it. Because you can't! You can't even handle it!"
Shugo stopped screaming breathless as he met eyes with Ami's sorrowful eyes.
Ami took a deep breath and looked to Shugo confidently. "I don't think. I know I can fix it. "
She scooted closer to Shugo and never dared to draw away her eyes from him. "I want you to tell me what's going on with you. I want to help you. I want you to find that very place you were longing to fit in. I want to understand you. I want to be there for you."
She paused looking to the astonished Shugo; tears feeling her eyes. "And more importantly I want to love you and know that you're not alone. You don't have to endure it alone."
Shugo dropped to his knees stunned at Ami. Why did the words she said made him feel filled with happiness and joy? Why did it sound like he was waiting his whole life to actually hear this? He glanced at a runny nosed weeping Ami and placed his right hand on top of her head.
"Alright I'll tell you. I was an orphan."
"Ah! He looks so good in his karate uniform!" Yaya squealed shuffling camera shots of Kairi in her hands.
She stopped shuffling when she noticed her pinkette friend silent again. She nudged her as she saw her friend peering outside the window.
"S-sorry Yaya, I'm just not myself today." Amu responded sadly.
Yaya set her snapshots of Kairi on the desk and folded her arms. "What's it?"
"N-nothing." Amu murmured. She didn't want to tell Yaya because then she would go ballistic on Yukito
Yaya narrowed her eyes not buying what Amu said. "Hinamori Amu, I know I have known you since fifth grade. Now shoot!"
She gave in exhaling and clamping her eyes shut. "I-I just think Yukito had something going on with his childhood friend Lily."
"That pretty transfer student from America?" Yaya uttered unintentionally.
She flinched as she made her friend gloom even sadly. "Ah! I meant that suspicious person! Aha-ha! You know what they say about them Americans ha-ha."
Amu gazed back outside ignoring her friend. She sighed as she pushed her hair behind her ears. "I want to tell him. I really do, but do I really have a right to know? After all I still feel terrible about always bringing up Ikuto."
Yaya thought for awhile trying to figure out how to answer her troubled friend. She thought how she was supposed to help her friend when she can't even help herself to get a boyfriend?
"To tell you the truth Amu…"
She discontinued speaking when the door opened to Kairi with a folder clutched in his right hand. "I'm here to get the prints for the Student Council Activities."
"Fate!" Yaya hollered aloud causing Kairi to flinch.
She dashed to Kairi for a hug in seconds and caused some on lookers to smile and cheer.
"Y-Yaya this isn't the right environment suitable for your behavior." Kairi said nervously looking around.
Yaya ignored his comment and continued to snugly closely to him. "I'm so excited for our date!"
"Woo!" Classmates cheered.
Kairi fidgeted a little red and separated himself from Yaya. "It's not a date. It's lessons for karate class!"
Still, even if Kairi tried to make it clear Yaya smiled happily. "I'm just happy I can be with you!"
Amu watched over the couple admirably. It seemed her energetic friend never failed to prove her feelings for Kairi. Amu was inspired that she always tried hard to be with the person she liked the most.
Kairi coughed a little embarrassed and headed for the door. "Since I've got the prints I'll see you at lessons; I shall take my leave now."
After Kairi left Amu watched Yaya spin back to her seat in a trance.
"About what I said Amu you shouldn't doubt faith."
"When I was five years old my Mother set me up for adoption." Shugo stated.
Ami fought back the urge of asking why and bit her lip. "T-Then how did you meet him?"
Shugo, who was sitting criss-crossed in front of Ami, pulled his legs up for support. "When I was about ten I was adopted by a nice woman named Yoko."
"She was a kind, caring Mother to me. She was the only real family I ever had, and I was the only real family she had since she had problems with her family." Shugo said with a smile.
"But she was sick," He added with his smile dying down.
Shugo looked to the ground as he spoke fast paced and unsteady. "And, I was just ten one winter morning when I found her dead."
"Ami, who just about felt like she needed to cut off her tongue to refrain from asking questions, remained silent. She figured Shugo should finish his story before adding comments and questions.
"And so, of course I told you about her having problems with her family. Ultimately, because they refused her to be with a poor guy she loved. Well, they were my care takers now. And let me tell you it felt as if they cast me aside as trash."
Ami couldn't take it anymore and flooded her eyes with tears. "No one should refer to themselves as trash. That's so sad!"
She calmed down when Shugo patted her lightly on the head. "And so, when I couldn't take it anymore I left. I left that cruel, unforgivable family and set aside my own journey at age fourteen."
"Now I wasn't dumb enough to quit school since I wanted to prove those people that I wasn't a person to give up so I made a deal with that man you saw earlier." He spoke hastily.
"W-What kind of work?" Ami moved her eyes to Shugo's injuries a bit frightened.
Shugo noticed Ami's reaction and suited for a more nonchalant response. "Labor work."
"That's it? Labor work?" Ami said bemused.
"It is what it is." Shugo chimed in with a smile.
Ami recovered with a laugh after she was relieved that maybe that was why he had gotten those injuries, but then she remembered that man throwing the beer bottle at him. "But why did that man?"
"That man," Shugo sneered. "When he's drunk he uses me as a personal target."
"But Shugo," Ami butted in sadly. "You shouldn't let him do that to you."
He shrugged his shoulders. "He's the one that gave me a job and place to stay. What can I do?"
Before Ami could speak, she was interrupted by her Mother suddenly opening the door. "You could live with us!"
"WHAT?" Papa screamed in agony.
This is it; I am going to ask Yukito what happened between him and Lily.
"Hey," Yukito stepped into the car and gave Amu a quick kiss.
Amu played with her fingers a bit pressured, and took her attention to Yukito. "Yukito can I ask you something?"
"Nope." He answered bluntly.
"But why? I'm your girlfriend!" Amu threw a tantrum a bit angrily.
Yukito started the engine and began to drive. "Then let me ask you questions about Ikuto first."
Amu gulped. "Ikuto?"
"Yeah," Yukito responded. "Tell me why he's so great and everything even though he left you?"
Amu was shocked to find that Yukito was screaming at such a question. Was this a trivial manner he had problems with before?
"For me, I thought he was because he brought me to be the person I am right now." Amu spoke a little disheartened.
"He allowed me to feel that I was okay to be myself to everyone. That I should accept myself and not matter what people think because they aren't the ones that will be in my life forever!"
Amu wiped the tears in her eyes and continued. "And he brought me to you Yukito. I'm thankful for that. So no matter what, we're in this together."
Yukito stopped the car in front of Amu's house and leaned over for a kiss. It seemed the two were refreshed and calm as they met lips together. Yukito gave Amu a smile and opened her car door for her.
"Let me allow escorting my Princess to her palace. " He bowed and mocked with an England accent.
"W-Wait," Amu halted him. "You don't me carrying me like a-WAH!"
She was flushed pink when she was whisked away in Yukito's arms and spun around.
He put her down once they were in front of her house and held onto her waist due to her still feeling dizzy. He laughed at such a cute sight and bent down to press his lips against hers once more and waved. "Bye Princess."
Amu turned around shyly with a sheepish smile and proceeded to enter her house. She was appalled to see two luggages downstairs.
"Um, what's going on?" Amu questioned.
"Oh Amu!" Ami squealed tugging Shugo behind her. "Shugo's going to move in!"
Amu examined an embarrassed Shugo quietly nodding and took her attention to the over joyed Ami. "Is Dad okay?"
In just minutes they were joined by her Dad being a bit spastic. "I-I'm fine.
Amu' grew wide eyed as her father twirled a bit to the right then hit the floor fainting.
"Mom," Ami called. "Dad fainted again."
I am so SORRY you guys! I'm sorry for that long delay! I hope you had a good Christmas and New Years! Ah I'm a bit late, but hey I'm still going on with this story. (Or else I'll get jumped!) Ha-ha just kidding!
Love youuu!