I am so so so so so so so sorry for this extremely inexcusable late update. It is totally profound, and I still hate myself for not updating sooner. Gomen!!!! I have been so busy with school, I have to memorize 6th grade easy, 6th grade medium, 6th grade hard, 7th grade easy, 7th grade medium, 7th grade hard, 8th grade easy, 8th grade medium, 8th grade hard words for the spelling bee that I now hate myself for applying to. And on top of that I had to study 3 hours each day studying for my stupid finals and then when I had my finals I had half days, but when I got home I had to study MORE. –sigh-. And then I just wanted to use my vacation as a time of rest, but coincidentally, that didn't happen either. Long story short, I am so pissed and so tired and I just want to get this chapter out so people won't hate me. :x
Gomensai again! You don't even have to review!!!!!!!!!!! I don't care. I just finished blowing off some steam with my friend, so I'm ok with it. Please enjoy The Great Escape! Chapter 7.
Amu POV:
After another try, the key clinked down on the door again, proving that Ikuto had failed.
Again…
"Damn it." He grumbled disgruntled.
I sighed, and he shoved the bag through the crack…(A/N: hah I was reading this again and it sounded kinda funny xD)
Again…
This was getting old. What was that, like the 20th time he tried? Sigh.
"I have complete certainty that the bag won't grab the key anytime soon. And if it did, then how would you be able to shove it in the keyhole anyway? We have to think of something else, Ikuto." I said lightly, impatience boiling in my voice.
"It'll work!!" He yelled. I winced at the sound of him. The key clinked against the door again. His jaw tightened. "It'll work…" He whispered, a little desperate, his nerves fraying.
I kept my mouth shut. What else could we do? I mean, it was hard enough to think up that idea. Wow, when was the last time I ate? My stomach seemed to ask the same question, grumbling demonically. I tore a piece of turkey off that Ikuto had thrown to me earlier, and shoved it in my mouth.
He kept trying, I kept sighing (A/N: ughh. I am so lame at rhyming. You should see me at school :[] ). I half-heartedly hoped that my charas would sense something wrong. Not like they haven't already. However, they haven't seemed to make any progress towards saving us. Neither has Tadase…what was up with him anyway? Just asking me out on a random occasion? Pff.
No. I told myself. He didn't do anything. Why would he set me up? He's one of the nicest people I've met, ever. And plus, he's with the guardians, so why would he turn on them?
Well, he also likes power.
"SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!" I screamed, with my eyes closed. I was breathing heavily and my eyebrows were furrowed together. Realizing what I had just done, I clasped my hand over my mouth in extreme embarrassment. My eyes fluttered open to Ikuto staring at me bewildered. I smiled sheepishly. He just rolled his eyes and chuckled a bit.
"Amu, when will you introduce me to your friends?" He asked stupidly.
"Oh shut up you stupid cat." I muttered. He just smirked and drew his attention towards the baggie apparatus.
I blankly watched him fail, once, twice, three times, until my eyes gave up on me. They slowly became acquainted with the bottom of my eyelids. My body turned numb and my breathing calmed to a slow melody. The last thing I heard was the key clicking against the metal wall.
Ikuto POV:
You know, this is a waste of time. I have to think of something else. I mean, there must be something here that's right under my nose that can get Amu and I out of this living hell.
Amu and I.
I smirked, and peeked over at Amu. She was sleeping, how cute. It would be even cuter if her arms weren't stained with blood, of course. However, they didn't even bother to give us a sink, and I wasn't going to pour that brown liquid all over her. I shuddered at the thought.
"Once more, and if it fails, I'm using another strategy." I muttered. I actually didn't know what I was going to do for "another strategy", but I refrained from thinking about it and tried to pick the key up.
I could hear Amu snoring in her sleep and I started to chuckle. She reminds me of Yoru…
…Wait did I seriously just say that? Ok Ikuto stop, just focus.
I couldn't focus though. Amu was so loud that it was hard to even hear myself mentally speaking. I started to laugh. She's such a weird girl.
Click
My laughing silenced. My happiness turned into anger. I take my mind of something for a few seconds, and then I lose my pl-
…
The sound from the key hitting against the hard metal wasn't from the outside.
It was from the inside.
I stood there and stared,
and stared
and stared.
My eyes started to widen. My heart skipped a beat. My mind went blank. My fingers trembled as I reached out for the key that stuck out from the bottom of the crack. I touched it.
"Muuuhhh…" I mumbled.
What the hell was that.
I really didn't care. A smirk replaced my hanging jaw. I turned toward Amu. She was still asleep, and even though I was so happy I could have wet my pants, I didn't want to wake her up. I looked back at the key, extremely content of my most recent accomplishment.
But why didn't I unlock the space in the wall right now? Didn't I want to get out of here now? Did I really become attached to this little pink haired freak? (A/N: Don't get the wrong idea of the word "freak" here people, I'm just trying to work a playful side of that word)We hadn't spent much time together, most of the time that we had was just me trying to flip the key, and her sleeping.
Not that I had a problem with her sleeping. She needed it. I would have been spending my time sleeping if I had a couple of broken ribs. I'm getting side tracked again. So why didn't I just unlock the space now? I slumped against the hard metal wall, fiddling with the key that was as hard and cold as the metal prison. I looked over at Amu again. She stopped snoring, and her face seemed more relaxed.
Was it because she seemed like just a lost child? She didn't ask for this, but neither did I. We seem like runaways almost, acquainted by fate. Maybe not fate. No, that sounds romantic, and Amu and I aren't lovers so I'm not leaning towards that.
I just stared at her while thinking about my answer until my eyes started to droop. Gradually, they closed.
The last thing I heard was the key clicking against the metal wall.
Amu POV (Dream Sequence~ xD):
A crisp breeze encircled itself across my body. I was wearing a pink and green vertically striped summer dress that came to about my knees. My pink hair was let down and was billowing in the wind. I was barefoot and my toes were aloft a patch of lime green grass. I looked straight and a gorgeous panorama of mountains lay before me. But the worst of it was…
I was on the edge of a cliff.
An endless fall awaited me at the bottom. The balls of my feet were trying to balance on the edge of the cliff, though, I couldn't move at all. It was extremely difficult to balance myself to not fall into the abyss, but whenever I stopped to rest a little, it seemed like falling would be easier to do. I looked in front of me, momentarily averting my glance from the pit, to see Ikuto standing on the grass in front of me. He reached out his hand. His face was hard as stone.
I didn't want to grab it. I didn't want to. That was how all love stories end up right? When you get vulnerable the person that loves you cradles you until you're nursed back to health, and then they get married. I didn't want to get married to Ikuto.
But, the hand was tantalizing. I stared at it wistfully, but then out of the corner of my eye, something yellow, which must have been a sunflower, caught my attention. I leaned over just a bit not to break my stability, and it was honey colored hair belonging to…Tadase?
He also had an outstretched hand and a smile on his face. The smile was pure, too pure. It made the rest of his features look a little evil. Tadase wasn't standing on grass like Ikuto was. He was standing on this blackened rock pillar in the middle of the crevice, which seemed to be the only thing that was extended upward from the ditch.
Even though Ikuto and Tadase were the probably the same distance across from me, Tadase seemed to be closer. I withdrew a deep breath, staggered, and before I could fall I jumped from the rim to the pillar. I wound my hands around Tadase's back, breathing heavily, and crying a little. I momentarily glanced back at the meadow to see Ikuto with balled fists and an even crueler expression plastered across his face. He stalked off down the hill.
I tried to say sorry, but the words never came out.
Thanksies for reading !!! Sorry again for the late update, I so fail at updating on time. However, I think I didn't do too bad on this chapter, the dream is an absolute must in the story for it to work out in the end. And uh sorry for the Tadamu there, it's crucial (Amuto romance level at -5% *sweat drop*). Merry Christmas to you guys, happy new year. :) Thanks for reading my story. And OLIVE I love you too happy birthday my little onii-chan all grown up *cries* sorry for the late birthday reply and not answering your emails. I'm sending you a card tomorrow
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