Grrr…I'm angry. There's this really rude girl at my school right now. I think she's really stupid for trying to pick a fight with an upper classman, I mean she's a Fishy, I mean freshman. I'm not going to pick a fight, I have better things to do than argue with a senseless little girl. Anyways, I'm sure she'll end up making more enemies. I sort of feel sorry for her, lol.
Chapter 52: Wonder
Amu had to recollect her thoughts as Ikuto continued to stare at her. Souko placed a hand on her shoulder.
"I'm afraid Yuki went out on a date with Tadase this evening." She said in a apologetic tone. A lump in her throat made it hard for her to speak. She cleared her throat and turned to Souko.
"That's too bad, I really needed to speak with her." Amu said. Souko smiled weakly.
"No one's here actually, they all left to go out. However, you could stay and wait for them. You'll finally meet my son." She said giving me a slight push. I stared up at him, trying to control her heart.
"I heard a lot about you…" Amu said. Not necessarily the best way to introduce oneself. He smirked.
"Same here." He said. Amu noted a bit of mischievous in his voice, almost playful.
"Come sit, dear. I'll prepare some tea." Souko said heading to the stove. Amu took a seat at the table. Ikuto followed from behind and sat across from her. Amu shifted awkwardly. She then spotted a small chara peek from over his shoulder. It was a small catlike chara. Very cute.
"You have one too?" Amu said in surprise. The young man still had a chara, he was already an adult, yet, his chara was still with him. The small chara perked his ears in the air.
"Nya, long time no see." He said. Amu was startled. So they new her. She stared up him.
"Do I know you?" Amu asked him. He smirked again.
"What do you think?" He asked her. Amu felt herself blush a little.
"I don't know, I lost my memory. It's funny, if were my friend once, why don't I remember you? I recovered more of my memories, but you're still a mystery." Amu explained.
"Maybe, I might be more than a simple friend." He said. The chara started snicker. Amu grew a little annoyed. He was toying with her, he just had to be.
"You're right, we were enemies right? I discovered some journals in which I have written a lot of things about you. Trust me, it wasn't very appealing." Amu said narrowing her eyes. Ikuto placed his hands behind his head and leaned back. She wondered what he was thinking.
"Could be, I don't seem to remember." He teased, emphasizing on remember. Amu then glowered at him.
"You didn't turn out to be as great as I though you were." Amu mumbled. She caught Ran and Su giggling, they looked at her and giggled again. Amu frowned. Ikuto leaned forward, his eyes bore into her honey gold ones.
"I'm only making up for lost time." He whispered. Souko came in with three cups and tea. Amu tried to get her mind to be coherent, his deep blue eyes kept making a mess of her thoughts.
"I haven't seen you in a while, Amu, what have you've been doing?" Souko asked. Amu received her tea with a smile.
"Well, I finally started working at my new job today at the local florist in town." Amu said. Souko smiled.
"Oh, that's great. Are you doing well?" She asked.
"I'll get the hang of it eventually." Amu smiled back.
"Tell me, Amu, what are you planning now that you are out of high school?" Ikuto asked. Amu gave him a small glare as he smirked.
"Go into designing. I want to create and make clothes." Amu said. Her heart stung. Miki used to help her with that. Miki.
"Really? Care to be my personal designer." He said. Amu felt her neck go hot.
"That's not funny Ikuto." Souko said a little sternly.
"Just a small joke, mom." He said. Amu tried to ignore Ikuto's snide remarks as she continued to converse with Souko. He would sometimes just stare at her as she spoke, making her feel uneasy. As Souko went to the kitchen to put up the cups, Amu turned to Ikuto.
"Tell, me, what's your chara's name?" She asked. Ikuto grabbed the chara by the its small tail.
"Nya, Ikuto!" It cried. He placed the small chara in her hands. He rolled on her hands and stood up. It shook its little head. Amu gently closed her hands on him. "Nya, hey!"
"What's your name?" She asked it. Ikuto watched as Amu scratched its little ears. The chara purred.
"Yoru, nya." It said smiling and twitching its tail.
"Aren't you cute." She said laughing. She let him go and he walked on the table. He lifted his little claw in the air.
"Nya, You have no idea how much you have been needed, Ikuto has-"
"Has been worried." Ikuto cut in as he grabbed Yoru by the tail again. "I'm not the only one remember." He said. The front door opened and Amy flew from her chair and darted to the door.
"Yuki!" Amu cried out. She flung her arms around her. Yuki stumbled backwards; she would have fallen if Tadase hadn't caught her. Scott and Utau were right behind them.
"Amu?" Yuki asked in bewilderment. Amu clung on to her best friend. It was almost like a reunion. She remembered everything and finally Amu was able to take everything in. She also saw how much Yuki changed.
"I remember! Ran hatched and I remembered! I remember all of you! Except for you Scott, you're new." Amu said laughing. Yuki's eyes went wide. She hugged Amu tightly.
"I've missed you so much, so much! All this time I knew that you would come around. Oh, Amu!" Yuki cried. Amu then hugged Tadase and Utau. She then flung her arms around Scott just for the heck of it. She quickly let go.
"Welcome back, now we can introduce ourselves properly." Scott said taking hold of her hand. His amber eyes continued to burn. Ikuto suddenly appeared at her side.
"Don't." He said. Scott let go of Amu and gave a challenging smile. There was this low tension that only Amu felt, everyone else was oblivious to it.
"Stay the night, we have a lot to talk about. Hang on, my room's a mess." Yuki cried. She ran upstairs.
"So you decided to show, mom was getting worried." Utau told her brother. Ikuto gave a yawn.
"Yeah, well I was lucky enough to drop by the same time Amu did." He said. Utau glanced at Amu.
"Do you know him?" She asked. Amu bit her lip and then shook her head.
"I don't." She replied. Scott smiled.
"I can try to help you, by giving you a good bang on the head." He joked. Amu gave a small laugh.
"No, no, that's fine." She stared at his eyes. They were filled with the same intensity as Ikuto's, they too shined with playfulness and mischief. Amu was trapped at a fork in the road…
"Amu, it has been a long time since I've seen Yuki so happy like this. Bit by bit, things are getting back to normal." Tadase said happily. Utau gave an abrupt huff as she walked away. Bewildered, Amu watched her leave. Scott then followed her upstairs. He was always following her…Amu wondered…
"Okay! The room's decent!" Yuki called running back down the stairs. Amu bid Tadase and Ikuto good night. Yuki and Amu were up late talking about any subject they could come across. They were eating ice cream, enjoying the time together. Anokoku was ecstatic that Ran was back. There was only one chara missing.
"Hey um, Yuki?" Amu asked as they were getting ready for bed.
"Hm?"
Amu blushed. "I find your brother very attractive." Yuki froze.
"What?" She asked weakly. Amu thought if she had said something wrong. She shrugged.
"I sort of like your brother." She said. Yuki groaned.
"Oh no, Amu, you're going to start a war zone…"
