Rawr! Oh my god, its 6:40 am and I still haven't gone to bed ¬¬

Its official, I have a fanfiction problem. A serious, serious problem. However, I did go to bed at stupid hours the night before, and got up at like 5pm yesterday, which would explain why I'm still not tired. Wow, healthy…

I'm not even sure what day it is today!! *checks*

Saturday! Yay! Shugo Chara Doki Episode sixty…something comes out today and the subbed version will be out tomorrow! *Dances* It's an important episode for amuto fans too! Yay!

Anyway… Chapter 5 is here =] I love this story now, so I'm gonna go ahead and make it a long one. I'm trying to come up with a new title and summary o.O

I hope you guys appreciate me staying up at stupid hours to write this thing :P Its xmas break, so I might aswell!

Oh god this A/N is much too long… on with the chapter!

Disclaimer: I don't own Shugo Chara *sulks*

Title that has not yet been decided…

Chapter 5

"That was really good." Ikuto said as he lay down on my bed and closed his eyes.

"Yeah" I agreed, "but I ate too much! I feel sick"

"Aw poor Amu" said Ikuto teasingly, but I didn't answer. Of course, Ikuto didn't like it when I didn't reply. Where was the fun in teasing me if I didn't get mad? He opened his eyes and sat up, looking a little concerned.

"Amu?" he said softly. I was sitting on the edge of my bed clasping my stomach. I felt really ill. Not only did my stomach hurt, but I felt dizzy too. My head was pounding; maybe it wasn't Mama's gorgeous Christmas dinner that made me feel ill, I didn't think being full up would cause a headache. I felt myself sway slightly as I tried to stand up and then I felt two arms around my waist as Ikuto gently pushed me onto the bed, pulling the covers over both of us. He was sitting up, leaning over me and he pressed the back of his hand to my forehead.

"You're really warm Amu" said Ikuto. I let out a deep breath as I lay there on the comfy mattress, staring up at Ikuto with wide eyes. At the time, I wasn't really sure what he had just said, but he sure looked cute saying it, so I smiled.

Ikuto was confused, probably because I smiled about my forehead being warm which indicated I had a fever, and I seemed to be happy about it. He raised an eyebrow.

"Amu, you still there?" he asked. I responded with a simple "Mm" as I gripped my stomach again. It really hurt. Ikuto frowned at me. I turned over onto my side and brought my knees up slightly, attempting to ease the pain. Ikuto looked worried as I pushed the covers off of myself and brought my knees up higher.

"It's boiling hot Ikuto…" I said weakly. He nodded and lay down beside me. I was facing the other way to him and he slipped his arm loosely around my waist. I panicked a little when he lifted my top up slightly, but I relaxed when he starting stroking my stomach gently. It actually helped too.

"I dunno how you manage to always know what to do…" I said, my words sounded clumsy as I tried to make some sense out of my dazed thoughts. Ikuto smiled.

"I have a younger sister Amu." he reminded me casually, which made a lot of sense. Utau craved attention from him every second of the day, and surely, if she was ill, despite the fact he found her annoying, he would comfort her. He is her big brother after all. I was surprised to see this protective, loving side of him, I doubted that many people got to see it, which made me feel kind of special.

From what I'd gathered, Ikuto and Utau's parents weren't around a lot, and they were divorced so I assumed that Ikuto and Utau often looked out for each other. That would explain Utau's odd feelings towards Ikuto, if she had no parents to depend on, Ikuto would surely look after her. She saw him as her 'hero' which caused her to develop feelings for him. Talk about sibling love… Maybe it wasn't that, maybe Utau was just…weird. Well I thought it was weird, because of the whole brother and sister thing. Kinda sad though, she loved him so much, surely knowing that she'll never have a chance with him hurts? That's probably why she always acts so stubborn and overly confident. I, for some reason, really like Utau. She was a lot like me after all. She and I were gradually getting closer and closer and despite the fact I hardly saw her, she was quickly becoming one of my closest friends.

I smiled as I thought this. It was nice that we got along now but I hoped that my relationship with Ikuto wouldn't affect that. Not that I had a relationship with Ikuto, but, we acted like it, and that was enough for Utau to want to kill me…

I was trying to stay awake, but Ikuto's touch was sending me into a gentle sleep. Just as I drifted off, I felt him kiss me on the cheek. If I wasn't so ill and sleepy, I would have probably realised what he had just done, and totally freaked out, but I thought nothing of it because my brain wasn't working properly… I'd obviously remember that when I woke…

So I fell asleep beside Ikuto again, his hands doing wonders for my painful stomach and I knew he would watch me sleep. I didn't care though; I was way too tired to even process what had happened during the past few minutes.

I had no idea how long I had been sleeping for when my golden eyes finally opened to find myself snuggled up in Ikuto's lap. He was holding me tight and rocking me slightly which surprised me. It seemed almost out of character for him to be so caring, but I liked it.

He smiled as he noticed I'd woken up, but his firm hold on my waist and back didn't loosen. I felt so protected, like nothing could ever bother me again. Clearly, I was wrong though. Something could bother me. That something was knocking on the door as Ikuto held me closely. I silently prayed it wasn't for me. I didn't want to move. I had never ever been so comfortable in all my life.

"You feeling better?" asked Ikuto softly, ignoring the increasingly loud knocking on the door. I nodded and gripped his shirt weakly with my left hand. I wasn't fully awake yet, so I didn't really understand what was going on. All I knew was that I was there, with Ikuto, and that was fine by me.

"Amu!" called my Papa from downstairs. I groaned.

"Yeah?" I replied with a weak voice. I knew exactly what he was going to say.

"It's for you honey!" he said loudly. I muttered and tried to get up but failed miserably. I was so, so tired.

Ikuto chuckled at my feeble attempts to lift myself out of his grasp and I sighed in defeat. The older teenager lifted me up effortlessly and let me down gently. I stood in front of him and blinked a few times as he neatened my hair for me. I mumbled a thank you but I'm not sure he heard me. It took me a while to realise he was holding my hand as he led me downstairs, and when I did notice I blushed but I didn't let go.

We arrived by the door and I greeted my friends Kukai, Yaya, Tadase, Rima and Nagihiko.

"Hey guys" I said sleepily. I rubbed my eyes as they slowly adjusted to the daylight.

"What? What's the matter?" I asked as I took in their surprised expressions. Well most of them looked surprised, Tadase looked absolutely horrified. I began to worry, what were they staring at? I blankly looked to my left and then it hit me. It hit me hard in the face.

I was standing at the door as if I had just woken up, on Christmas day, holding Ikuto Tsukiyomi's hand. That was why they were gaping at me, and damn, I didn't blame them. This was not gonna be easy to explain… Oops.

Yup it's short, but it is now half 7 in the morning and I'm about to go to bed. That's just plain wrong. Hmm…

Oh well! Please review! And yeah, I left you guys hanging, again, mwahaha!

What happens? You'll have to wait till the next chapter which I will probably write tomorrow. I mean today… Or whatever the bloody day is. Oh god… It will be updated soon. There, that works.

Night! I mean, Morning! :S

SayoChan x