We walk together down the road, it's a peaceful walk. Nothing bother us and it was really calm. I quite enjoying it just being like this, not too much on our minds. Just simply, calm and quiet.
I don't know if Amu enjoys it was much as I do, if she is a person that enjoys things like that.
When I look up to meet her gaze, she looks away. Why would she look away so suddenly? Did I do something to embarrass her or did she not want me to notice that she was looking at me?
"Amu-chan is something wrong?" It was out there faster than I had planned to but it is for the better.
She shook her head. "N-No, but I was wondering if I should ask you the same question Tadase-kun... You have been so out of this world today. As if something is bothering that you don't want to share."
A soft smile, close to an apologetic one appeared on my face. "I am sorry that I worry you so much. I have no intentions to do so. There is nothing wrong with me, I promise you that. I just have a really odd day today, everything is weird and I am unable to find peace. This walk is really is helping me a lot so I have to thank you."
"If you are sure Tadase-kun. You have to know that if there is ever something that you can tell me, I will listen and help as much as I can." A determined glint was visible in her amber colored eyes.
"I will keep that in mind and will use your good advice when needed, thank you." I really meant every word I said, I really appreciate that she wants to help me out.
"You really start to sound like a king Tadase!" I nearly jumped when Kiseki shouted right into my ear. My heart started to beat faster because he had just triggered my fight or flight reaction.
"T-Thank you Kiseki..." I managed to bring out, sounding like I was either scared or out of breath. "I want to advise you to not shout directly into my ear. It would damage my eardrums and it made me jump. Keep in mind that people can't see you and it would really look weird for them to see me jump like that."
The purple haired chara nodded. "That would indeed be a problem, I see what you mean Tadase. I will keep in mind to keep my voice down when I sit on your shoulder." He sounded strangely genuine.
I guess talking like he wants me to, trying to use his tips in my daily life and some of them working when toned down and used in very specific situation, really makes him proud. Maybe this is his way of showing it.
"The small king is finally growing up it seems." A voice spoke up, sounding like it was more above us than it was behind us. I looked up to face a rather familiar face.
"Well Ikuto, I have to tell you that for someone who is almost 16 it should be expected that they at the very least had grown up a little." I didn't mean to do much with that statement. It was my genuine opinion on the matter.
I had dropped -Niisan a few years prior, mostly because I requested to do so. Since he didn't enjoy me calling him that anymore I decided to use the kind route and do what he asked me.
He jumped down from where he was seated, walked over and runs one of his hands through my blond locks. "That is the answer I wanted from you. Already acting like an adult."
Before speaking up I removed his hand from my head. "You know as much as I do that I live alone with my ill grandmother. So, I have to do everything from keeping the house clean, doing the laundry to making sure she eats and gets her medication. I act older than I am merely because of those reasons."
The way I had put my words must have upset him or at least made him worried. The expression on the man's face, not looking like someone in their 20's changed as if he grew worried about me.
It is a face I rarely see him use though. Then again, we weren't on good terms for most of my early childhood. It took a few years of fighting between us, a lot of eggs gone bad and a little help to get us back to a point we could talk to each other like normal people.
I have to thank Amu though, without her help it is very likely that we would have just continued to ignore and from my side hate him for what happened. A misunderstanding from my part caused most of the mess.
Though he was hoping that I would do that, it was his intention to make me cut him out of my life. He didn't want me to be hurt by the trouble that he thinks he would get himself into, before knowing if he would.
Personally, I didn't know how to react when I found out the truth behind what happened that night. Realizing that what I had seen was only a part of the truth and that it was created to keep me away… was a lot to react to.
It took me a few days to really give everything a place so I could start using the truth as a guiding force.
Our interactions do remain very rare though, not because we don't want to. From my side, it is more the lack of time, I am always busy. If it isn't for school it will be with trying to do the household.
My parents moved out of the house a few years ago and they wanted to take my grandmother with them. Yet she wasn't willing to move out of the house. Since they had already paid for the house, it being closer to my dad's current job, we had a problem on our hands.
So, we either had to force my grandmother out of her home, which she really didn't want or we had to find a way to find an easy way to dad's workplace without moving out of our old home.
A younger me came up with the plan. The way we have been living for years now. My parents with my younger sister live a few cities away, closer to dad's workplace.
I live in the house that belonged to my grandparents, after the death of my grandfather the house belongs to my grandmother. We decided that I would stay for her sake, though my status as a King at Seiyo Academy also made them think to keep me here.
They were very proud when I received the title of King and they didn't want to remove me from it before it was really needed. Only handing the title over when I graduated was their view on it.
And that is in fact how it went. I stayed there and graduated from Seiyo Academy at the age of 12, with the rest of my year.
Graduating back then was a really weird feeling, one of the reasons why my parents let me stay here was gone. I felt weird when it did.
"You know that you don't have to do that, do you?" It felt a while ago that someone had said anything but Ikuto was the one to speak up.
"I am aware that I don't have to. I have chosen to do this, so I will do it to the best of my abilities." I was in no way lying, the idea of me staying back was an idea I came up with.
The frown on his face was more visible now. If it wasn't there it was there now. Look of worry, not one of anger. Or that is what I would guess from it.
He turned around to leave, he waved at us and started to walk off. Followed by Yuro, who he still has around him, who looks as confused as I look at the moment. We both don't understand why he went from worried to this.
To not cloud my mind with question I will not get an answer on I decided that I would just drop it. Ikuto has his way of doing things, like a cat. And like them he has a habit for being unpredictable at times.
I turned to look if Amu is still there, I didn't expect her to still be there. Our 'fights' are really getting old by now and they sure aren't the most interesting to watch.
But when I turned to look where she was before, she was still there. And I felt glad that she was. Can't tell why but it really did.
"I would have understood if you had left Amu-chan, I know that you don't like watching us behaving like this." I tried to sound gentle, caring. It was hard since I was really confused right now.
She shook her head and the kind smile that was there before was still there. "It's fine Tadase-kun, it was more a verbal disagreement than a real fight. It is better to see you two disagree like this than the way you two tackled problems before."
A light chuckled escaped me as we started to walk again. "I guess that it is. We are not shouting at each other so it is a change indeed."
I don't know if Kiseki's changed attitude towards Yoru has something to do with this as well. Not that there was an extreme change but it is noticeable. Kiseki is milder when he talks to Yoru than when he talks to other charas.
As if the two also have put their differences aside. Still then.. how do they get along on this level. There are other charas that are on the same level of 'friendship' with him and he still treats them as subjects.
Yet that is not the case with Yoru, at least it isn't anymore. Yoru used to be the lowest person in Kiseki's eyes, yet now he is almost like his equal.
He is my chara and it is me who most of the time doesn't understand him. I don't know if that is a bad thing really, is it bad that I can't understand what is going on in his mind all the time.
I look at the chara on my shoulder. He is thinking as much was for sure. His little brows almost touch each other, his fist is under his chin and he uses it as a support for his head.
I smile and turn to focus on the road ahead of me again, making sure that I won't run into something. Today has been a very weird day and I just want to do my homework, so I have more time to do other stuff tomorrow. When I finish that I will go to bed.
It wasn't long after that we had to say goodbyes and that we would like meet together when we walk to school on Monday. I walked the remainder of the road home.
It wasn't that much of a walk, the part I always try to spot some animals. When I don't see them, I try to talk with the people that are outside. People know me because of my grandmother and they like to talk to me to know how she is doing.
Today, no one was outside. I headed home in silence, even Kiseki was quiet. It is odd but it was a nice change to not have a head ache of him shouting in my ear on our way home.
When I entered the door of the house a weird feeling washed over me: Discomfort?
Why do I feel this way? Why do I feel discomfort when entering my very own house?
No comfort in the usual things? Scar two!