So guys, lifes a little shit, am I right? I have a stupid science fair project due in November and my teachers is terrible. She gives us all this other work and we're still expected to have it ready. Like honestly. Anyway, heres chapter 38!
Amu's P.O.V:
"I can't believe you're even considering this!" Ikuto shouted as we burst in through the front door of his house.
"Ikuto, he said theres only a 25% chance I'll lose my memory." I said, turning around to face him.
"Yeah, and if you do lose it, you'll never get it back. Doesn't that scare you the least bit?" He asked.
"Of course it scares me Ikuto. But you know what scares me more, that I can't stand in a stupid crowd without wanting to throw up or scream when a boy brushes against me." I exclaimed, I could feel my face getting red from anger again.
"I don't want to lose you again, and this time maybe permanently." Ikuto said.
"Its my choice Ikuto, and you'll have to deal with what ever I choose." I said, turning around to run up to Utau's room. Ikuto grabbed my arms and spun me into his arm, then kissed me gently. I pushed away from him and sighed.
"This isn't a problem that will resolve with a kiss." I said, his eyes were filled with pain. I ran upstairs and opened Utau's door, she was talking to Lulu. I groaned and threw myself in between them on the bed.
"Amu, whats wrong?" Lulu asked.
"Well, Ikuto and I visited the professional, then got kicked out since Ikuto almost punched him in the face." I said, Utau's and Lulu's eyes widened.
"What happened?" They asked in unison.
"Well, he said he could cure me." I said.
"Isn't that a good thing?" Utau asked.
"Let me finish. He said that if he cured me, there would be a 25% chance I would lose the my entire memory, permanently." I said, Lulu and Utau frowned.
"Amu, are you considering this though?" Lulu asked, I nodded and she shook her head in disapproval.
"Amu, if I was you, I would rather keep my androphobia and my memory then lose my entire memory." Utau said.
"But you don't know what it feels like! None of you understand, only..." I suddenly stopped.
"What Amu?" Lulu raised an eyebrow at me.
"I need to go visit someone, I'll be back later, maybe." I said as I ran out of the bedroom. I ran out of the house but then I slowed down, because it occured to me that I have no idea where this person is. I got out my phone and started texting the person, hopefully they'll respond.
Rikka's P.O.V:
"We cleaned the whole house, everything is sparkling!" I exclaimed, while Hikaru was just panting on the dining room chair.
"That was the most intensive cleaning I have ever done." Hikaru panted, I smiled.
"I used to clean alot in my old apartment, it was a small apartment, but you would be suprised how much dirt and trash it can store." I said, shivering in disgust. I heard a beep come from my phone and look at it.
I really need to talk to you, just tell me where you are. Ikuto isn't with me.
-Amu
Hmm, I wonder what she wants to talk about. She better not be lying, because I do not feel like facing Ikuto yet.
"Can Amu come over? She said she needs to talk about something really important." I asked, Hikaru nodded. I texted her Hikaru's address. Five minutes later, the doorbell rang and I got up to get it. I look through the peephole on the door and saw only Amu, so I unlocked it and opened it.
"Hey Amu, come on in." I said, she walked in with her eyes looking at everything.
"This place is sparkling, was it recently cleaned?" She asked.
"Hikaru cleaned it yesterday, he is quite responsible." I said, Hikaru looked at me strangely but I sent him a wink. I grabbed on of the stools and sat down on it.
"Hikaru, rub my back." I said.
"Like hell I will." He grumbled.
"Fine, Amu, you won't believe what I found in Hikaru's room." I said with an evil smirk. I already felt Hikaru's hands massaging my back, Amu was slightly confused but I just shrugged.
"Anyway, whats up?" I asked, groaning slightly from Hikaru hitting a pressure point.
"Well, when you got cured by Mr. Iwate, did he warn you about something?" She asked.
"What do you mean? Lower Hikaru." I said.
"Well, he told me theres a 25% chance that I will lose my memory. Ikuto isn't taking it too good, he got kicked out for almost punching the poor man, and now he is yelling at me for even considering it." She said, sighing loudly.
"Ah yes, I remember him warning me. I still didn't have a choice, my mother said I was weird and stand out too much if I didn't get the hypnosis. I do sometimes forget things easily, only really strong memories I can still remember." I said. I guess my fourth grade story was pretty important to me if I can still remember it.
"Oh, well I still have one more question." Amu asked.
"Shoot." I said, motioning for Hikaru to go higher.
"Well, how did you get androphobia?" She asked, I felt my heart race. The terrible memories filled my brain, I can't cry now though.
"Wow, I have to use the bathroom, I'll be right back." I said, looking away from Amu. I ran upstairs, running into the bathroom and locking it, sliding my back against the wall while crying. I don't want to remember, why can't I just forget it?
Amu's P.O.V:
"Well, how did you get androphobia?" I asked, Rikka suddenly went pale.
"Wow, I have to use the bathroom, I'll be right back." She said, avoiding eye contact with me. She ran upstairs, leaving Hikaru and I in a awkward silence.
"I didn't know she had androphobia." Hikaru said.
"Yeah, and as do I." I chuckled.
"But you have a boyfriend." He said.
"Ikuto and another boy are the only exception." I said, Hikaru nodded his head slowly.
"Well, in my opinion, Ikuto shouldn't even have a say in it." Hikaru said.
"Are you saying that because you think that or because you hate him?" I asked.
"Maybe both." Hikaru shrugged, causing me to chuckle slightly.
"Well explain your reasoning to me." I said.
"Well, he doesn't know what you go through everyday, so why should he have a say? It also sounds like he is being selfish, not thinking about the benefits for you." He said.
"But also losing my memory and never getting it back is a big loss." I said.
"So? Memories may hold some nice moments. But mostly, the brain only thinks about the most terrifying or scarring. Memories only give you pain, nothing else." He said, my eyes widened slightly. This boy is only fifteen, but yet he speaks like he has the experience of an old man. I wonder what this kid went through that made him like this. My eyes began exploring the house, it looked pretty average. Like I mentioned earlier, also sparkling clean. It doesn't seem like he came from a bad house, maybe he is one of those smart kids.
"Hikaru, what happened last night? Why do you stab the guy?" I blurted out, quickly regretting asking it.
"Because he was going to shoot Rikka." He said, like it was that simple.
"But you only met Rikka."
"Does that mean I should let her die?" Hikaru snapped, then I saw a light shade of pink on his cheeks. "Listen, I don't make a lot of friends, ok? If you saw me at school, you could see that I don't give an approachable type of look. Rikka was one of them who wanted to become my friends, not try to flirt with me because of my looks." He sighed, this boy just keeps suprising me. So he gives off more of a scary look at school, wonder why.
"Are you antisocial?" I asked.
"Are you regularly so questioning?" He spat.
"And you wonder why you don't make too many friends." I muttered, but he heard.
"I know why I don't make friends. I don't want any, because the world is just filled with assholes!" He exclaimed, then leaned back against his chair.
"Not everyone is an asshole, Rikka turned out ok." I said, he looked at the stairs then back at me.
"Yeah, shes one of them." He mumbled, I could see his lips twitch into a slight smile. Just then, Rikka came running down the stairs and smiled at both of us.
"We should go see Ikuto, I think we need to talk to him." She smiled, her voice a bit shakey. Hikaru and I nodded, we all walked out the door and started heading towards the Tsukiyomi household.
"Yo Ikuto, get your butt in the living room." Rikka shouted, slamming the door open. She stood with great pride, like she beat her enemy in war. Ikuto came running down the stairs, he spotted Hikaru and walked towards him.
"How dare you take-" Ikuto started, his hands held out to choke Hikaru. Just as his hands were going to make contact with his neck, Rikka grabbed the back of his shirt and pulled him back, slightly choking him.
"Not now Ikuto, now we have important matters to take care of. Besides, if you get close to him, I'll snap your spine like a twig, got it?" Rikka asked, smiling sweetly at the now pale-faced boy. Whats with the sudden attitude change, does everyone have some sort of personality disorder? Rikka dragged Ikuto to the couch and threw him on it so he sat down.
"So Ikuto, first you think you can control me and now you think you can control Amu?" Rikka asked, Ikuto raised an eyebrow.
"Control? I'm not controlling anyone, I'm just protecting everyone." Ikuto argued.
"Protect? All your doing is holding us back from doing what we want to do." Rikka narrowed her eyes at Ikuto, I guess she was trying to show dominance over him.
"Amu shouldn't take the hypnosis though, she might lose her memory permanently and forgot every one of us." Ikuto said, his eyes shimmered slightly. Was he...?
"But you don't understand what it feels like to go through a terrible fear of something everyday." Rikka said, Ikuto was shaking and he suddenly stood up.
"And you don't know what it feels like to lose half your family, and then you're first love twice! You think you're the only one who is suffering, at least you know you have the chance to meet the rest of them! At least you knew about the rest of your family!" Ikuto shrieked, we all stared at him with wide eyes. He panted heavily while tears were rolling down his face.
"Ikuto, I'm sorry." I said, yet he just kept looking down at the ground.
"I'm sorry if I came off controlling." Ikuto murmered, running up the stairs. We could hear the door slam and the lock click. Rikka fell onto the couch, her eyes wide.
"Thats right, I am so stupid. I'm not the only one who felt pain, Ikuto did as well." Rikka said, Hikaru put his hand on her shoulder, trying to comfort her.
"I need to go see Mr. Iwate, I have my final decision." I said, Rikka stared at me.
"But Amu, you should also be able to be free of this curse. Just give it more time." Rikka said.
"No Rikka, I'm not risking it." I said, and stormed out of the house. I can resolve my androphobia myself, youtube has a tutorial for everything.
Right?
I walked into all the way into the middle of the city, which was where his office was. Everything was so lively here, people walking in the fanciest designers on their high-tech phones. Skycrapers were the only buildings here, no normal houses. The most expensive cars you could ever dream of were only driven here, no one I knew could afford them. The endless chatter and gossip filled the air, also along with the smoke from diffrent cigarettes. I coughed slightly as I entered the building, walking straight to the elevator. I pushed the button and I felt it rise. The door opened and stomped down the hallway, and burst in through the door. Maybe not knocking was rude, but I needed to see him immediately.
I walked in to see the one of the maids massaging his back, while the other one was giving him a pedicure.
"Why hello Amu~, pleasure seeing you here~." He said, shooing off the two women.
"I've came to a decision, I'm not taking the hypnosis." I said, putting both hands on my hips.
"Aw~," He whined. ", and why is that~?" He asked.
"Ikuto has been through enough, and we don't want to lose each other again." I said, he chuckled slightly.
"Ah yes, young love. It is quite beautiful, and blinding actually." He said sadly, his peppy tone disappearing.
"What do you mean by blinding?" I asked.
"It can keep you from doing things that can benfit you in the future, I even have enough personal exprience to say that." He stated, looking out the window.
"If you don't mind my asking, what happened?" I said as politely as I could.
"Of course, please sit down." He gestured towards the snow white couches. I sat down and looked at him, he sighed.
"I was about your age too, when I thought I met the girl of my dreams. I wanted to go to college, I wanted to help people as much as I could. But she, she wanted to travel the world with me. So coming from a rich family, I supplied everything, the van, food, gas, all the regualr essentials. Heck, I even had a private jet for when she wanted to go to America. But when we traveled to Tokyo, I found her in the van, sleeping with another man. Of course after that, I left her and went to college like I originally planned." He sighed.
"Of course afterwards, I knew that she was only using me for my riches. I also figured out that she was seeing that man all along." He chuckled sadly.
"But Ikuto would never use me, or cheat on me." I interjected.
"I'm not saying he would, I'm just saying. Don't let love stop you from something that might help you in the future. Look at me, I became successful, but maybe if I never found her with him, I would still be out there. I wouldn't have helped so many people with their problems, I would have never been where I am today." He smiled at me.
"But what will androphobia have to do with the future, if I stay with Ikuto, it won't matter." I said.
"Please do not take this the wrong way, but most relationships never work out Amu. Promises are never held. Also, your career may be in jeopardy. I'm pretty sure wherever you work later on in life won't enjoy you beating up a man everytime they bump into you or touch you." He said.
"Well, I'll just-"
"Avoid them? Weird, you remind me so much of Rikka when she was arguing with her mother about this." He chuckled.
"Rikka told me how her mother didn't give her a choice." I said, he nodded.
"Exactly, I remember her crying that she would forget her memory and how she really didn't want to. It really broke my heart." Mr. Iwate looked downed at his desk, rubbing his hands together.
"Mr. Iwate, can you please tell me how Rikka got androphobia, when I asked her, she completly ignored my question and left the room." I asked, I knew it was wrong to ask someone else, but my curiosty was getting the best of me.
"Of course she would, she wasn't really one to talk about it openly. But I can tell you, but what I say, doesn't leave this room." He warned, I nodded.
"Young Rikka was in middle school, seventh grade I believe. From what she told me, she had a huge crush on this guy, the most popular guy in school to be more specific. One day, she worked up he courage to finally ask him out, and to her suprise, he said yes. They had a great first month, which is the usual length a middle school relationship lasts. Rikka broke up with him because she stated he was getting too overprotective and creepy, always questioning where she went or who she was with. He agreed to the breakup and handled it quite well, but something was still off."
"The next day, the boy went up to Rikka, kissed her forehead, and said 'hey babe,' which was their usual routine in the morning when they were going out. Rikka stated that they broke up, but he claimed to have no memory of it, so she broke up with him again. The next day, he repeated it, and still said he had no memory of the breakup. This continued on for about a week, Rikka was out walking from her friend's house to go back home. It was night time, barely anyone was around when she passed an alley, and suddenly got pulled into it. It was the boy, who suddenly started beating her up. 'No one breaks up with me, I am the most popular boy in school, I break up with you!' He shouted that repeatedly while throwing punches at her."
"So she pretended to be his girlfriend, yet he would go insane and just start punching her when no one was around. After a month, her mom finally noticed all of her bruises and scars and reported the boy to the cops, he apparently had mental problems. So Rikka was always afraid of men since that incident, so I cured her." He finished, I felt my heart break listening to that story.
"There are so many insane people on this planet." I murmered.
"Yes, some do not understand the pain they inflict on others, yet others just enjoy it." He sighed.
"Yeah, we call those sadists." I said, he chuckled sadly.
"She told me she forgot most things from her past, except for things that really affected her." I said, his eyes widened and a slight smirk formed on his lips.
"Really? Now, that wasn't supposed to happen." He chuckled, I raised an eyebrow at him.
"What do you mean? You said everyone has a chance of losing their memory if they take the hypnosis treatment." I asked.
"Yes, but she didn't get the hypnosis treatment, I gave her another one. Its not supposed to make you lose your memory." He said, my eyes widened.
"Why didn't you recommend that treatment to me?" I asked, I felt a little angry. If he had mentioned it from the beginning, my fight with Ikuto would have never happened.
"That treatment is supposed to be a last choice, and I haven't decided if you need it yet." He said, the smirk remained on his lips.
"If I break down on the floor crying right now, will you give them to me?" I asked, I was entirely serious.
"Amu, please leave for now, I'll call you when I decide." He chuckled, I huffed and stormed out the door. I can't believe him, hes supposed to help me, not keep things from me.
Rikka's P.O.V:
"Rikka, maybe we should leave, Ikuto needs some time to recover from this." Hikaru said, I nodded and we both headed out the door. As I was about to close the door, I couldn't help but look back, hoping Ikuto would just storm down here and tell me not to go with Hikaru. Yet, thet didn't happen, so I just closed the door and walked side by side with Hikaru. Its not fair, why can't life be like a story book? Then all of this wouldn't have happened, we could all just live in a great castle and live happily ever after.
"Are you ok?" Hikaru asked, shaking my shoulder slightly.
"Yeah I'm fine, I'm just thinking." I said, he nodded and we kept walking. A car passed us and honked loudly.
"What the hell! We're not even on the road, jackass!" I shouted, the car stopped and I regretted everything I just said.
"God dammit Rikka, I'm not taking my chances, run!" Hikaru shouted, grabbing my arm and running towards the house.
"Please wait, I just want to talk!" The man shouted.
"Don't look back, maybe he didn't see our faces yet." Hikaru said, I nodded but yet, the voice sounded strangely familiar. We made it to the house and Hikaru quickly locked it when we ran in.
"You and your big mouth, we could have got killed." Hikaru grumbled, slipping off his shoes.
"Shut up, it wasn't my fault." I said, Hikaru rolled his eyes and went into the kitchen. "Wait, why didn't you want him to see our faces?" I asked.
"Just in case we ever see him again, he wouldn't know its us and try to kill us again." Hikaru said, I nodded slowly. Suddenly, I heard a sound that resembled a whip crack and covered my ears. It was just like in my dream, when Hikaru's parents were...
"Nanami!" I shouted, Hikaru was confused by the sound and my scream. I ran into the hallway, where the family photo was cracked and went through the same door as my dream and was horrifed by the scene in front of me. Nanami was in a fetal position on the floor, she was completly naked, her clothes thrown off to the side. Her father'e eyes were wide, he looked insane and was breathing heavily. Nanami's body was covered in red blotched, even some scratches that were bleeding, they looked like they were caused my someone clawing at her nails. Suddenly, I felt someone dig something into my back, I turned around and saw her mother with her long nails out.
"Rikka, why did you come in here?" Nanami whimpered, I fell down to the floor.
"Who is this wretched child? Why is she in my house?!" The father yelled, I yelped as his belt hit me. Hikaru ran into the room and observed the scene in front of him.
"What the hell! What are two doing to Nanami and Rikka?" He asked, the parents just stood there. Suddenly, the father had a sadistic grin on his face.
"Hikaru, just leave and pretend you never saw anything, or else you'll get punished." The father said, Hikaru smirked.
"Like hell I'll forget this, I knew you were insane but I never thought you would beat my darling sister for your stupid relief. Honestly, if you think about it, as the parent, you should have known what was happening to Kinji and stopped him yourself." Hikaru spat. The father let out a scream and charged for Hikaru, who easily dodged him and let him slam into the wall.
"I knew you were out of it, but at least put up a proper fight." Hikaru said in a bored tone, yawning and looking at his nails.
"Hikaru, stop being so cocky." I chuckled, struggling to get up.
"You get Nanami and get out of here, I'll handle the two grown up morons." He rolled his eyes, I nodded and grabbed Nanami and her clothes. I ran out of the room and into the living room, Nanami was still crying slightly while I was dressing her.
"I don't want Mama and Papa to be sent to jail, I still love them." She whispered, a frown met my lips as I finally slipped on her shirt.
"Your Mommy and Daddy need help Nanami, and once they get that help, you can see them again." I said, holding the side of her face and wiping some tears with my thumb.
"Promise?" She asked, golding out her pinky.
"Pinky promise." I said, squeezing her pinky with mine. I heard wailing sirens outside along with red and blue lights flashing through the windows. Someone must of heard the father's shriek and called the cops. Cops stormed into the house, two of them approached me.
"There was a complaint from one of the neighbors, what happened?" One of the cops asked.
"The parents are a bit insane, please just enter that hallway and go to the first door on the right." I said, pointing towards the hallway, the cop nodded and followed my finger. "This girl needs medical attention, please take her." I said to the second cop, he held out his hand but Nanami just grabbed my jeans and looked up at me.
"I'm scared." She mouthed.
"Its ok, he is nice." I said, she nodded and slowly put her hand in the cops. He took her outside and I saw her being put into an ambulence. The cops came out of the office, pushing the father and the mother out, who had their hands cuffed behind their backs. Next came out Hikaru, who had one of his hands wrapped around a cop's shoulder, he had a black eye and it looked like his leg was injured.
"I told you not to get cocky." I said, he chuckled.
"This won't kill me, I've been through worse." He said with a smile, I smiled back as the cop took him to the ambulence. I followed behind and sighed with relief and looked up at the sky.
"At least the parents were finally discovered, right Kinji?" I thought, then I hopped into the ambulence as it took Hikaru and Nanami to the hospital. I looked out one of the car windows, night was beginning to fall. I stared at Nanami, who was snuggled against Hikaru, where are they going to go now? This is the only thing that worrys me now, I don't think I could stand it if they had to go somewhere far away, not being able to see them.
Mr. Iwate's P.O.V:
I sat at my desk, pondering about the pinkette that was here about a couple of hours ago. Even if I did give her the other treatment, will it work on her? She really wants this, maybe I should tell her that she can. I grabbed the key that was in my pocket and unlocked one of the drawers on my desk, I opened it and saw the pills. I took them out and spun the office chair so it faced the large windows. None of the lights were turned on, so the only source was the pale moonlight that shone in through the windows.
I held up the pills and shook them, hearing the rattling. I opened them and poured one into my hand, and swallowed it.
"And to think, they don't even do anything." I chuckled slightly as I stared at the moon.
OOOOOOO WHATS MR. IWATE HIDING? WHAT DOES THE LAST SENTENCE MEAN? Before you guys ask me that, it will all be explained soon enough. If you guys think you know, then tell me in the reviews! I wanna know what you guys think. I hope you enjoyed this chapter!
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