Yoooo guys, so I just realized that this series is ending soon, maybe one more chapter and then thats it :( I have already been thinking about the next story that I am going to be writing, which is going to be option two from my first story. But I was thinking, what if I added some twist to it, like a supernatural twist? I think it would be a lot more fun to read and write. I even already have some ideas about the plotline and I think it will turn out great. So, enough with that, to chapter 39!
Rikka's P.O.V:
I sat in one of the chairs and the hospital's front lobby, everything was painted white. The floor was tiled white while the walls were painted white, suprisingly the chairs were a blue, so at least they added some color. My foot was tapping impatiently, waiting for the doctor's to give me the results of Hikaru's and Nanami's injuries. Mine were already treated, the doctor said the claw marks weren't too deep so I was fine. Finally, one of the nurses that worked here approached me.
"Please follow me, I'll lead you to your friend." She said, I nodded and followed her. We went through some hallways when we finally stopped at door labeled 102. She took out some keys and unlocked the door, she opened it and I saw Hikaru laying on a white bed with a doctor besides him.
"Are you his friend?" The doctor asked, I nodded and went besides Hikaru, who weakly smiled at me.
"We gave him some medication, so he might be a little out of it. The black eye was probably caused by a punch, and he nearly broke his ankle, someone stepped on it and dug his heel into it. We gathered that information from the footprints that we found on his ankle." The doctor said, flipping through his clipboard.
"Thank you doctor, and Nanami?" I asked.
"She is currently asleep, she will have some lasting scars but she is mostly fine." The doctor said, I smiled and looked back at Hikaru.
"Woah, its Rikka. Haha, when did you get here?" He asked, laughing weirdly.
"Like I told you, he will be out of it. I will leave you two alone." The doctor said, then they both left.
"Hey Hikaru, how are you feeling?" I asked, ruffling his hair a bit. He giggled like a little child, he looked so cute like this.
"Wow Rikka, do you feel that?" He asked, I raised my eyebrow at him. He grabbed my wrist and put my hand on his chest. "Do you feel it?" He asked, his eyes wide and his mouth a bit open. I could feel Hikaru's heartbeat, but it had a much quicker pace then a normal heart.
"You mean your heart is beating fast?" I asked he nodded and stared down at where my hand was.
"Its weird, when ever you're near, its like that." He said, I felt my cheeks heat up and my heart race. I wonder why that happens. He grabbed my cheeks with both of his hands and pulled at them.
"My face is like that too!" He exclaimed, I giggled and pushed his hands away. This medication sure does make him weird, yeah, thats probably answer to all of this.
"Hikaru, its the medication talking." I chuckled, yet his face became stern.
"No! I really feel like this, yet I can't admit it." He puffed his cheeks and crossed his arms.
"Well you're admitting it now." I whispered, his cheeks became red and he pulled at them.
"See, its happening again, they're really hot." He said, staring at me. His crystal blue eyes stared into mine, my heart pace quickened.
"Hikaru, you're acting really weird." I said, yet my eyes kept lock on his.
"Don't you understand! This like a confession or something! I used to think you were annoying and your determination pissed me off! But the more time we spent together, the more I thought I couldn't live without it. I just kept thinking I shouldn't let another person into my life, afraid they would leave me. But you slipped under my skin and snuck into my heart Rikka!" He shouted, I stayed silent and let it all sink in. It can't be true, he doesn't love me, its just the medication.
"Hikaru, you don't mean any of this." I said, he grabbed my head with his hands and crashed against my lips. I was about ro resist, until his tongue darted into my mouth and caressed mine. He pulled me down onto the bed, so I ended up on top of him. He smirked and placed his hands on my back, and quickly pulled me into another kiss. My hands started to play around with his hair, while his hands just kept pushing me against him. He nipped on my bottom lip slightly, causing me to moan. I pulled away and started panting, he just smiled at me.
"I told, my feelings are true." He whispered, I smiled and placed my hand on his cheek.
"Well, you stole my first kiss." I said.
"Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" He asked.
"Maybe a good thing." I said with a chuckle, he smiled. I heard someone clear their throat and I looked at the door to see Souka standing there.
"So you kids finally hooked up?" She asked, a blush crept onto my cheeks as I hopped off of Hikaru.
"How did you know we were here?" I asked, ignoring her question.
"I know everything about my children." She said, I smiled slightly. Even being considered as her child made me happy.
"Anyway, theres someone that wants to see you at home." She said, I raised an eyebrow at her.
"Who wants to see me?" I asked, she just smiled.
"Just come on, Hikaru will be fine without you for a night." Souka said.
"I don't know about that!" Hikaru exclaimed while Souka dragged me out. I chuckled and we both exited the hospital and got in her car. We drove in silence, but a comfortable silence.
We parked in the driveway and I saw a car that looked like the one that honked at Hikaru and I. Fear took over my body as I felt all the blood drain from my face, Souka grabbed my hand and dragged me to the front door. I felt my body freeze as she opened it, I walked in and saw a man sitting on the couch. His elbows rested on his legs and his hands were entertwined to make a fist together, with his head resting on it.
"Aruto, we're here." Souka said, Aruto? The man raised his head and I could finally see his face, his facial structure matched Ikuto's and his hair was midnight blue with some grays in it. He was wearing a black shirt with some jeans and a pair of black converse. He dresses quite young from what I expected, which was a old snooty man in a grey power suit.
"Rikka, is that you?" He asked, I nodded. He ran up to me and hugged me tightly, so he did care about me. He pulled me away but kept his hands on my arms, his eyes traveled around my body until they met my eyes again.
"You really resemble your mother, you know?" He said, I saw a tear slide down his cheek.
"I thought you didn't care about me, I thought you hated my mother and I for leaving." I said, shocked to see even a single tear.
"I would never hate you guys, I just wish she at least left a note or sent some pictures." He said with a sad chuckle.
"So you still love me?" I asked, I felt some tears stream down my cheeks. He nodded and buried my face into his chest, he hugged me tightly while I kept crying on his shirt.
"I'm getting your shirt dirty!" I cried, he chuckled. I pulled away and looked at him.
"So you were the man who honked at me when I was walking with Hikaru?" I asked.
"Yes, I didn't really like the language you used now that you mention it." He smiled, I chuckled an hugged him again.
"Well isn't this a sweet family moment?" I heard someone say, I looked up to see Ikuto at the top of the stairs, a smirk plastered on his face.
"Ikuto, I am so-" I started, until he came down running and cut me off with a hug.
"You're forgiven, you little brat." He chuckled while ruffling my hair. "I was too overprotective, and all for no reason. You can spend as much time as you want with Hikaru." He said.
"Aww, now how am I supposed to sneak out if you just let me?" I whined, he laughed and looked at Aruto.
"Hey pop, how was the business trip?" Ikuto asked.
"Don't call me pop, it makes me feel old." Aruto sighed.
"Well-" Ikuto started.
"Don't finish that." Aruto growled, pinching the bridge of his nose.
"Where is Utau? Dinner will be ready at eight, since we had to start it late." Souka asked, putting both hands on her hips.
"In her room with Lulu." Ikuto said.
"Well go get them." Souka said.
"Lulu, Utau, get your butts down here for dinner!" Ikuto shouted.
"I told you to go up there and get them, not to shout." Souka sighed, walking into the kitchen. I giggled, it was great for everything be back to normal. This is what a family is like, and I was happy to be apart of this one.
~The Next Day, After School~
Hikaru was finally back to normal, and everytime he looked at me, he blushed and looked away. Though what he said was true, the medication made him be more...outgoing with it. I met him in front of the school, where he finally looked me straight in the eye.
"Hey." He said, wrapping his arms around my waist.
"Oh? Whats with this sudden action?" I smirked.
"Well you're my girlfriend now, I just feel a bit embarrassed at school." He admitted.
"Well we're still in front of the school, any of our classmates could see us." I said, looking around, but seeing no one.
"Well since its after school, I can do this." He said, then he leaned in and kissed me.
"Well doesn't that just make me want to gag." I heard someone say in a sickly sweet voice. I turned around and saw Tomeo and his friends there.
"Haven't seen you in a while, hiding your face because you're embarrassed of being beat up by a girl?" I smirked, yet Tomeo kept a cocky grin on his face.
"I heard Hikaru almost got arrested and stabbed a guy, then got his little weapon taken away." Tomeo sead, taking a step closer towards us.
"Yeah, so?" Hikaru asked.
"Well now you don't have anything to threaten me with, like you did a couple of days ago." He said, my eyes widened. So thats why Hikaru was carrying around that sword, to protect himself from Tomeo. "So now I can beat you up for it." Tomeo continued, cracking his knuckles against his palms.
"Not on my watch." I spat, Tomeo started laughing.
"Really girly? You and that little weekling against all five of us?" Tomeo said, gesturing at his little group of friends.
"I've done it before, I can do it again." I said, putting my fists up.
"Yes you have, so this time I took the precautions and slipped steroids into their drinks." Tomeo said with an evil grin.
"Steroids?" I questioned, but then one of his friends charged at me. I didn't have enough time to dodge him, so I got slammed into the wall behind Hikaru and I.
"Rikka!" Hikaru shouted, he was about to help me until another two of Tomeo's friends tackled him.
"So what, are you going to kill us?" I asked as the guy who slammed me into the wall kept a hand on my throat.
"Now that you mention it, thats a great idea." Tomeo said.
"Good going Rikka, you and your big mouth again!" Hikaru shouted.
"I do not have a big mouth!" I shouted as I kicked the guy in the stomach. He fell down to the ground, I ran over to Hikaru and kicked one of the guys holding him straight in the face. With his free arm, Hikaru punched the other guy holding him in his stomach. The guy fell to the ground.
"Its seems like your short temper can help us in this situation." Hikaru smirked.
"I don't have a short temper!" I shouted again, knocking out one of the other guys charging at us. The guy who slammed me against the wall got back up and charged at me again. His fist same towards my face, I grabbed it and twisted it, the flipped him. He groaned and stayed down, I smirked. The last and smallest jumped onto Hikaru's back, pulling at his hair.
"What the hell is with this one!?" Hikaru shouted, trying to pry him off. I pulled him off Hikaru's back and threw him on the floor. He started spazzing out and foam came out of his mouth.
"Gross." I muttered, what happened to him?
"What the hell, this wasn't supposed to happen!" Tomeo shouted, kicking one of his friends that were laying on the floor. Suddenly, the principal came running out.
"What is this tomfoolery! Tomeo, did you start another fight?" The principal exclaimed.
"I-I-I swear, it wasn't my fault." Tomeo stuttered.
"You're coming with me young man, and we're calling your parents." The principal said, grabbing Tomeo's ear and dragging him to the school.
"Not my parents!" He whined, Hikaru and I started laughing.
"So Tomeo was just some stupid kid whos afraid of his parents?" I asked.
"Seems like it." Hikaru said, he kissed my cheek and I blushed.
"What was that for?" I asked, holding the cheek he kissed.
"For helping me, if you weren't here, I would probably have some serious injuries."
"Well, you're welcome. I don't really have a big mouth, do I?" I asked.
"Maybe." He smirked, starting to run away from me.
"Get back here, you ass!" I shouted, chasing after him.
Amu's P.O.V:
After school, I quickly ran to Ikuto's house. He didn't come to school today, and I haven't spoken to him since yesterday. I knocked on the door and waited for a reply, and yet I didn't get one. I twisted the door knob and saw it was unlocked, so I walked in. I saw Ikuto sitting on the couch watching TV.
"You know, even vampires have the decency to wait to be invited until just walking into a house." He said, looking at me with a stern look.
"Ikuto, I'm sorry." I said.
"For what? For wanting to get the hypnosis or for getting Rikka to gang up on me?" He asked.
"Both, I decided not to get the hypnosis." I said, he looked at me and his eyes were filled with relief.
"Really?" He asked.
"Yes, if it means not being able to be with you, then I'd rater be terrified of men forever." I said, he smiled and walked up to me.
"Thank you for choosing me, I really appreciate it." He said, and he leaned down and kissed me. This time, my tongue went into his mouth and I started roaming his mouth. He moaned slightly, and the vibrations caused me to moan. His hands started roaming into my shirt, and I allowed it. He pulled away and gave me a questioning look.
"You're allowing me to go into your shirt?" He asked.
"Yeah, why not?" I shrugged.
"Can I unhook your bra?" He asked.
"Maybe." I said with a devious grin, he smirked an leaned down again, but a vibration in my pocket caused us to stop. I took out my phone and read the text.
Amu, come over to my office now, I've made my decision.
-Mr. Iwate
I bit my lower lip and looked at Ikuto.
"Rima texted me, she has an emergency." I lied, I knew if I told him the truth he wouldn't allow it.
"Oh, but when you get back, you're not getting off that easy." He said with a smirk.
"Yeah, can't wait." I said with a wink, leaving Ikuto wide-eyed. I ran all the way to his office, I can't believe I'm so close to getting cured. I ran into the building and into the elevator. I ran through the hallway and didn't even bother knocking on his door, I ran into the office and he looked at me as I was panting.
"Please, take a seat on the couch if you are tired." He said, a little worried about my condition. I sat down and stared at him.
"I've decided that you can take the other treatment." He said.
"Well what is it?!" I exclaimed, I couldn't contain my excitment. He opened one of his drawer and took out a container of pills, he tossed them at me and I caught them and stared at them strangely.
"Pills, the special treatment is pills?" I asked, a little disappointed. I thought the other treatment would me some sort of magic trick or something.
"They are medically proven to treat androphobia, just swallow one and it should work in under five minutes." He said, I stared at the pills in shock. I never thought this was the special think that would cure me.
"And you're sure these won't make me lose my memory?" I asked, he nodded and I sighed. I opened the container and put one pill in my hand, I stared at it. A flashback of my memorys with all of my friends came back. This can cure me, I can finally be normal.
"Cheers." I muttered and swallowed the pill. I didn't feel any diffrent for about a minute, until I felt my heart somehow loosen.
"I think it worked, but how do we test it?" I asked.
"Simple." He said, he got up and walked over to me. He grabbed my hand and pulled me into a hug. I can't believe it, I didn't want to punch him. I didn't feel any panic, my heart wasn't racing, my palms weren't sweating, I quickly hugged him back.
"It worked! It really worked!" I cried.
"Of course, I am a professional after all." He said, I chuckled and started jumping up and down.
"I'm cured! I'm cured!" I shouted, the doors opened revealing all of my friends. "What are you guys doing here?" I asked. There stood Tadase, Nagi, Kairi, Kukai, Hikaru, Lulu, Rima, Yaya, Utau, Rikka, and in front of them all, Ikuto.
"I knew you lied to me." Ikuto said.
"But Ikuto, he cured me, and I can remember everything." I said, everyone's eyes widened.
"How?" He asked.
"These pills." I said, holding up the container.
"Amu, it was still a high risk." Nagi said with a frown.
"Yeah, I was worried Amu." Utau said.
"You should've at least told us." Kukai said.
"What if you couldn't remember me?" Yaya asked.
"Maybe that wouldn't be a terrible thing." Hikaru rolled his eyes, earning a glare from Yaya.
"I remember taking these." Rikka said, taking the pills from my hand and looking at them silently.
"And you, who do you think you are giving Amu these pills when you knew she could lose some of her memory like Rikka." Ikuto snarled at Mr. Iwate, who just started laughing.
"Amu, Rikka, could you please go down to the lobby and tell the receptionist to call me when you get there?" Mr. Iwate asked.
"Why?" Rikka asked.
"I need to tell your friends something in private." He said, I shrugged and Rikka and I made our way to the elevator.
Ikuto's P.O.V:
We heard the phone on his desk ring and he answered it.
"Hello? Are they down there? Good, make sure they stay down there, don't want them listening in, now do we~?" He said, then he hung up and stared at us.
"Well?" I asked.
"Well what?" He asked, looking rather confused.
"You were going to tell us something, thats why you sent Amu and Rikka downstairs." Kairi said, pushing his glasses up to the bridge of his nose.
"Ah yes, now you didn't have to worry about Amu's memory at all with the pills." Mr. Iwate said.
"And why not?" Kukau asked.
"Because they were inert pills~." He said, then he started laughing loudly.
"What the hell are inert pills?" I asked.
"I've heard about them before, they're sugar pills, as in they have no actual effect on the person taking them." Rima said.
"Exactly pretty girl~!" Mr. Iwate exclaimed, causing Rima to blush.
"But if they have no effect on Amu, why did you give them to her?" I asked.
"Ah, I see, you used that method." Kairi said with a smirk, I shot him a questioning look but he ignored it.
"Now I get it, I've heard about this treatment before." Tadase said, yet I was still confused.
"What the hell are you guys talking about?" I asked, a little pissed off.
"Allow me to explain." Nagi said. "He gave her a sugar pill as a placebo, which is intended to deceive the recipent to make him or her think that they were cured." Nagi said.
"Huh?" I asked, Nagi sweat-dropped.
"Let me put it in dummy form." Utau said, I was a little angry at her for saying the word dummy. "A placebo is meant to trick whoever takes it into thinking it has real medicine or drugs in it, so they are actually cured." Utau said.
"Since there are no drugs in it, then how was she cured?" I asked, everyone sighed.
"Its meant to trick the brain Ikuto~. If you feed them false information, and not tell them that it is fake, they actually feel their condition to get better, or that they are completly cured~. That is know as the placebo effect~." Mr. Iwate exlained.
"So Amu and Rikka were never cured, just tricked." I said, they all nodded and I sighed. "That is too much for me to understand." I said.
"I still can't believe thats an actual medical treatment, to deceive people." Yaya said.
"Doctors even get payed for it." Lulu rolled her eyes.
"Hey, it takes a lot of talent to trick people like that~!" Mr. Iwate comlained, we all started laughing. I can't believe Amu is finally cured, she can finally go through life normally now.
"Thanks Mr. Iwate, you really helped Amu." I said.
"You can thank me when you pay the bill~." He chirped, I growled and he started laughing. Now Amu can finally live a normal life, thats a relief.
Amu's P.O.V:
I sat in the lobby with Rikka, we both sat in silence.
"I wonder what they're talking about in there." I said.
"I know, but I probably shouldn't tell you." Rikka said.
"Ahh come on, now that you told me that you know, I have to know." I whined.
"I'll tell you one day, but not today." Rikka said with a wink and a finger to her lips. God dammit, another secret that I have to figure out myself. I looked up at the ceiling, maybe its better if I don't know for now. I'll find out one day, but for now,
I'll enjoy my now normal life.
So finally Amu got cured by being tricked. Great ending, am I right? I will have an epilogue posted shortly or tomorrow. I really want to thank you guys for all of your love and support. I can't believe we even made it this far, this was a great story to write and hopefully to read.
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