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Amu and her friends strode into the grand hotel. She swiped her vision across the opening room, eyes widened. This room alone seemed as if a master architect had carefully sculpted each and every marble column. The granite floor they walked on even seemed too perfect.

She grinned. If they weren't staying here for four days without paying, it would probably cost 500 a night or more. Obviously for the elite.

They ambled over to the 'magnificent' check in counter. Utau was taking care of the rooming, and Amu admired the room a bit more.

Minutes later, room key in hand, they took off to their room. Apparently, Utau said they would be staying at an elite family suite, and the top of the building. It included a room for each one of them, a balcony in each room that out looked the beach and sea, and even a private hot tub in each room!

Scratch 500$ a night... Amu thought. More like 2000 a night!

(After they had gotten in an elevator and gone up to their suite, unpacked their bags etc)

Amu stood in her large room, undressing for the night. A few minutes ago, they had gotten into their room, and talked about what they would do for the rest of the night. They all agreed that since it had gotten late, and they were all tired from traveling, that they would go to sleep a bit earlier.

Plus, it had started raining, so they really couldn't do anything anyways since it was raining. And it had started thundering, too.

Amu and thunder didn't get along. She was a tomboy, but she had a few fears. Spiders, thunderstorms, and a few minor things.

She mentally groaned. She thought that her fear of thunderstorms was unreasonable, but when it actually started to thunder hard, she would loose it.

Amu finished undressing. She wore a blue button up shirt, with a somewhat low neckline, and sweatpants. Nothing to showy, besides the neckline.

After getting her teeth brushed and brushing her hair and a few other things, she bounced onto the king sized bed.

She lied under the covers for what seemed like hours. Her body was exhausted, but her mind just wouldn't shut up and stop jumping all over like a kid who just ate a king sized bag of skittles.

Plus, the thunderstorm outside wasn't helping much. Amu was shaking in fear from it, and trying to shut it out, but the thundering seemed to get louder, and so did the pounding of the rain on the windows.

A loud BOOM of thunder reached her ears, and she jolted up, panting. When she looked out the window, she noticed the bolt of lightning just before it disappeared.

She jumped out of the bed, her mind racing in circles. I can't do this anymore! And she found herself running out of the room and away from the thunder.

Once she was out in the hallway, she crouched down into a ball, and willed the thunder to stop.

For a while, the thunder actually did stop. Amu finally came to her senses. As she stood up, the loudest thunder of all boomed, and she screamed, and curled into a ball on the ground.

(Meanwhile, Ikuto, in his room)

An ear ringing scream reached Ikuto's ears. In an instant, he recognized the scream to be Amu's.

He literally took flight off of his bed, and sprinted out into the hallway.

And there, he saw Amu. She was curled into a ball on the floor, her golden eyes wide with horror, her mouth open, trying to hold back another scream.

"Amu?!" Ikuto demanded. "Are you all right?"

She looked up at him, and an smiled an obviously fake grin. "Yeah I'm fine."

He stared down at her, concern filling his eyes.

She stood up, and yet another loud thunder boomed, and her hand flew over her mouth, trying to muffle the scream as best as she could.

"Amu...?" Ikuto held his hand out to her, but she shrugged it off, and continued to her room, her hand still over her mouth.

I will not show yet another weakness to him! He already knows I'm afraid of spiders, and now this?!

This time, the loudest thunder yet boomed, and Amu fell to the floor, but she got up again, gasping loudly.

When Amu was little, she actually wasn't a tomboy. Instead, she was a girly girl, and had many fears, and she was often called a weakling by her classmates. Can you blame her?

Ikuto strode to her, and simply picked her up in his arms, bridal style.

"Let go!" Amu hissed, and thrashed about in his arms. Normally, she would have broken out of his arms, but her strength had been sucked out from her fear.

Even while she didn't have all her power, Ikuto had trouble holding her.

He carried her into his room, and set her on the bed.

Ikuto got in the bed, and put his arms around her in an iron grip.

Amu struggled, but this was his 'iron grip' that she swore not even the strongest person could get out of.

"Let go!"

"No."

"Why not?!"

Ikuto paused for a moment, before saying, "I"m not letting go till the thunderstorm is over."

"I... I refuse to show you another weakness!" She struggled with as much strength as she could summon at the moment, but she was exhausted, but she still almost made it out.

"Amu. You're the strongest girl I know. In fact, I have more fears then you do."

She looked over to him. "What kind of fears...?"

Ikuto sighed. "Actually, I'm afraid of rodents. Any kinds of rodents. From the littlest mice to the largest rat."

Amu found this surprising. "Any others?"

"I'm also terrified of heights, although I have learned to control the fear over time. But it's not my biggest fear."

"What is?"

"Loosing you."

She felt blush creep up her cheeks. "That sounds like a corny line out of a romance movie."

He didn't say anything, but she noticed that he grinned a bit.

(About an hour later)

Finally, the storm died down. Now it only rained heavily.

Amu and Ikuto had both stayed up the entire hour. When Amu would become scared, he would comfort her.

As soon as the thunder stopped, she left the room, as said a quick goodbye to Ikuto. She was still embarrassed from that event.

She headed back to her room, and once inside, she face palmed.

I swear it's like I'm part of some sappy romance novel...

Next Chapter, Chapter 46,

~~~~~Swimming At The Beach & Jealousy~~~~~

Amu and her group goes to swim at the beach. The girls are all over Ikuto, and Amu becomes incredibly jealous. Will she finally come to a conclusion on her feeling? Find out in the next chapter :).