Okay so I know I am the WORST updater EVER! I am so so so so so so so sorry! I've been going through a lot of school related things, as well as some emotional things. I slipped into a depression a while back, so I've been battling with that for about a month or so. Plus one of my best friends has decided she no longer wants to be my friend anymore for rather stupid reasons. So that was a factor to pushing me further down. I didn't hurt myself at all, don't worry. I was just at an emotional low and it was hard to deal with.

But I am okay now, but really finding it harder to write. I'm starting to lose a bit of interest in this show, as well we never really got closure on who Amu chose. And now its over...so yeah... But I am DAMN determined to finish this story. And its nearly done too, so I will finish it.

Okay so I think I should mention that you Amuto fans are gonna hate me for a bit of this chapter, and I apologize about that, but its part of the story, so I had to do it. But I changed a few things...otherwise it wouldn't have been Amuto.

Also, I was diagnosed with ADHD. So if my mind seems kinda...off and everywhere, then that's why. It makes SOO much sense though!

So without further adieu, I give you, chapter 14!

Amu was still in a bit of shock, due to what had just happened. She ran home and pondered what had just happened in her head. She was wondering about what Tadase had said before. "Stay away from him, he's bad news."

She originally thought he said that because Tadase didn't like Ikuto, but now she wasn't so sure. Was Ikuto really a bad person? He had just tried to suck her blood...or was it something different...? She really couldn't tell at this point and time, but she knew she would have to confront Ikuto about it at school. She walked into her house sighing. Her first date with a boy, and it ended up a disaster...it had been going great though. Amu changed into her pajamas and opened Miki's cage. The window was opened next then Amu hopped into her bed. Tadase's words kept running through her head, "Stay away from him, he's bad news." Because of this, Amu's night was rather restless.

She awoke at 1:00 am and growled, finally tossing her blankets aside and getting out of bed. She heard knocking...coming from downstairs. It made her wonder who would be pounding on her door at one in the morning, but she figured it had to have been a vampire, or Nadeshiko. She slowly moved downstairs and opened the door. The first thing she noticed was that a storm was going on. It was pouring rain and there was lighting. There was very little thunder, which was rare for a storm like this. She suddenly remembered that someone had been knocking at the door and turned to the person on her front step. It was Tadase.

"What are you doing here Tadase?"

"Can I come in?"

"..Yes," his clothes were soaked all the way through, meaning he had been out for more than a few minutes, and he had been walking. He was dripping water onto the hardwood floor. "I'll get you a towel."

She sped off and returned with a few towels and some of her dad's old clothes. She ran back and threw the towel at him. He took it and dried himself off as best he could. Amu held out the clothes. "You can change into these."

She led him to the bathroom and he ducked inside to change. Amu waited outside the bathroom door, just looking at a picture on a wall, but not really seeing it. He came out a few minutes later and smiled weakly at her. "Thanks."

Amu nodded then led him downstairs. She sat him on the couch and looked at him. "What were you doing out in the rain?"

"...Thinking."

Amu decided not to question him about it. Instead she looked at his face; it looked tired, even though she knew he couldn't sleep. He also looked upset, almost depressed. Amu did the only thing she could think of and wrapped her arms around him in a hug. He stiffened at her touch then relaxed. He slumped against her and closed his eyes. Amu let out a quiet giggle. "Tired?"

Tadase laugh a bit then was silent, and Amu just held him. He pushed away from her and sighed. "Hikari is going to kill me..."

"W-Why?"

He looked away. "I'm breaking her rule."

"W-What rule?"

Tadase shook his head. "Never mind about it."

She looked at him with a worried expression; he was acting so strange to her. She placed a hand on his check, making his eyes snap open. She turned his head to hers and gazed into his pink eyes. "Please, Tadase, tell me what's wro-," that was all she got out before she was silenced by his lips on hers.

His body was turned to hers now and he had a hand on her hip. She was shocked at first, freaked out even, but her instincts took over and her eyes slowly slid shut, deepening the kiss by wrapping her arms around his neck and pulling him closer. They stayed like this for about a minute-though it could have possibly been more in Amu's mind-before Tadase pulled away suddenly. He looked at her in shock for a few seconds before giving her an apologetic look, standing up from the couch, and speeding out of the house. Amu just sat there in shock watching him as he left then staring at the door after he was gone. What in the hell just happened?

She touched her fingers to her lips. She was so confused right now. It always felt right when she kissed Ikuto. When her lips were on the blue haired male it felt like breathing, yet it took her breath away. When she kissed Tadase, it felt like waves crashing against rocks. All in all, they both felt good. So who do I love? Ikuto? Tadase? Both of them? GAH! I'm so confused! Amu flopped down on the couch and covered her head with a throw pillow. "I hate my life," she whined before falling asleep, running her thoughts through her tortured mind.

Tadase walked through the storm to the woods. Jiro didn't notice him at all, but it wouldn't matter if he did or not. He had to tell Hikari. He had broken her rule, and she had asked him not to hurt Amu, but he might have now. Tadase knew that she and Ikuto had gone out and he knew he had kissed her. That had made Tadase's blood boil just thinking about someone else's, ESPECIALLY Ikuto's, hands on Amu. He had walked around in the pouring rain for a few hours before getting up enough courage to go see the young vampira.

It went differently in his mind. He was suppose to tell her he loved her first and if she loved him back then he would kiss her if she let him. But he just couldn't hold back his urge to kiss her. What he did was stupid and he knew that.

When he reached Hikari's house, he almost felt like turning back. However, he walked up the stairs and knocked on the door. Hikari answered and looked at him questionably. "What did you do this time?"

"I...I...I kissed Amu."

Hikari nodded for a second before her eyes went wide. "You did WHAT?"

Amu awoke at 7:00 am, still on the couch. She jumped off the couch and looked outside the window. It was raining so hard it was almost impossible to see outside. There was thunder and lightning as well. It seemed like everyone had a power outage. Thankfully, phones were still working and she called the school. She was informed that there were no school today.

Amu hung up the phone and turned on the generator. The generator only worked for seven hours, then rested for three, then it worked for another seven, and so on. She cooked herself some breakfast than flicked on TV. Amu eventually got bored so she called up Nadeshiko.

"Hello?"

"Hey Naddy, what's up? You sound awful."

"I got a cold..."

"How'd you do that? You never get sick!"

"I walked outside and looked for Tadase for hours."

Amu stomach knotted fora second then she took a deep breath in. "Did you find him?"

"No. I had to get Tanaka to pick me up."

"Well I better let you go then. Get better okay?"

"Yeah...thanks. Bye."

Amu sighed and threw her phone down. She tried to call Utau, no answer. So she called Rima, but there was no answer there. She knew Yaya wouldn't answer her phone on a thunder storm so she just gave up. "Maybe I could go bother Hikari..."

With that in mind, she ran upstairs, got changed and ran back to don her jacket and boots. She turned off the generator before she left, just to conserve energy. She bolted out of the house and made it to Hikari's house in no time. To Amu's surprise, Hikari was sitting on her porch. "Why hello Amu. Nice day out isn't it?"

The sentence wasn't at all sarcastic. "Um...sure...," Amu walked up to the house and onto the porch. Hikari was gazing up out at the sky, smiling. It was odd for Hikari to be up, last time Amu checked, Hikari still slept in the morning. She sat down beside her mentor. "What are you doing up?"

"I finally took that potion that'll make me stay awake. It feels nice actually."

"I thought you liked your sleep."

"I did, but I kept getting woken up. I seem to have an annoyance coming to me every night."

"Tadase?"

Hikari sighed. "Yeah..."

She was silent after that. Amu looked out at the rain as well then the door came out. Tadase strode out in only his boxers, his blond wig nowhere in sight. "Hey Hikari, where's the milk?"

He looked at Hikari then noticed Amu. He turned his head so he wasn't looking at her. Hikari sighed. "Why must you always insist on walking around my house in your boxers? I mean it's not like you sleep."

"I wasn't comfortable lying on the bed with a whole bunch of damp clothes on."

"Whatever. Anyway the milk is in the fridge. Just look for it."

Tadase muttered a, "Thanks." And went back into the house. Amu was looking at the ground.

"He told me about last night you know," Amu's head snapped up and she looked at Hikari. Hikari wasn't paying any attention though. She was still staring out into the clearing. "We may have a problem..."

Amu turned to see Ikuto walking into the clearing. He had his hands up, showing he meant no harm. Amu could hear Tadase growling in the background. Ikuto walked up to the porch. "Hello."

Hikari sighed and walked back into the house. Amu watched her go then turned her attention back to Ikuto. He was holding out a red rose to her. "I am sorry about last night."

She accepted the rose. "I-It's okay...So what are you doing here?"

"Well there's a party that the council of myth is holding. I was hoping we could go together...sort of a way for me to make up my misbehavior."

"O-Okay, I'd love to."

Ikuto smiled and sat down beside her and smiled lightly. "I enjoyed last night a lot...but I only wish it would have ended a little differently."

"I-I had fun too. A-And I w-wish it c-could have ended differently t-too."

She was so nervous around him, but even more so that Tadase was around. She was still so confused about who she really liked. "So I suppose I can consider you my official girlfriend then, yes?"

Amu nodded quickly, not looking at Ikuto's face. He smirked and pecked her lips lightly. "I'll pick you up at your place around eight then."

"O-Okay..."

Ikuto smirked and ran off. Hikari came out frowning. "You are breaking my rule."

Amu was slightly dazed. "What rule?"

"The one about falling in love."

Amu was quiet for a second. She had forgotten about that. "That's not fair."

"I know, but you can still date him for a bit okay? Just be careful...I don't want to see you hurt."

"I will be, thank you," Amu looked out at the waterfall, just to gaze at the cascading water. Her mind wandered to Tadase. "Can he hear us in the house?"

"No...he left."

Amu hadn't even realized his presence was gone. She sighed and Hikari looked over at the pink haired female. "He loves you, you know," Amu fell out of her chair and stared up at her. She stood up abruptly and looked elsewhere. Hikari chuckled a bit then gave Amu a serious look. "He does. This is his first love in all his years as a vampire. Apparently he didn't like anyone back when he was human either. You're the first one he's loved."

Amu looked away. She wanted to say something, but what? She couldn't find the words. Finally she sighed and faced her teacher. "I might love him too."

"Might?"

"W-Well I think I love him, b-but I also think I love Ikuto. I just don't know what to think anymore! I can't break it off with Ikuto if I actually love Tadase, but if I love Ikuto, then I'll hurt Tadase! It feels so right to kiss Ikuto, it's like breathing! But it also feels right kissing Tadase!"

Hikari mulled the information over in her head. "I don't know what you should do, I really don't. But listen to your heart when you're in need," Amu sighed and looked up at the sky. More lightning flashed and thunder rumbled in the distance. The rain was as hard as ever. "I think we should go inside. I have a massive generator so we can watch movies."

"Alright..."

She went inside and sat down on the leather couch. A few minutes later and Hikari came back with popcorn and pop. They watched movies together for about four hours. They had lunch as well. Finally 7:00 pm rolled around. The rain was slowing down and the thunder was further away.

"I have to get going."

Hikari smiled and nodded. "I'll be going to the party as well, along with Tadase. So we'll see you there."

Amu nodded and waved before running out of the house at top speed. She got back to her place in no time there was a note on the door that said.

'Dear Amu,

I forgot to mention the party is formal, but not necessarily a black formal. Wear whatever color you want.

~ Ikuto'

Amu smiled lightly and placed her hand on the doorknob. She noticed the hum of her generator, which made her on edge; she knew she turned it off before she left. She walked in and was greeted with dresses all around her living room and a smiling Nadeshiko.

"I thought you were sick."

"I lied. I went out with Ikuto to get you some dresses to chose."

Amu beamed at her friend then looked at the dresses. Most of them were black, but that didn't matter to Amu. She ran in and out of the bathroom, trying on different dresses for Nadeshiko to see. Finally she decided on a deep crimson number. It had two small straps that were barely visible. The dress was to her knees and she was able to move around pretty freely as the bottom half flowed out, rather than stuck to her tightly. She chose red and black striped flats for shoes. For jewelery she grabbed a black velvet choker with a ruby heart hanging from it. Simple silver hoops were what she decided on for earrings. Nadeshiko did her hair happily. It was straightened then two pieces were pulled from the side to the back and made to a little pony tail, with a large chuck that was straightened underneath, but otherwise untouched. "There! All done!"

Amu examined herself in the mirror with the whole outfit on. She frowned lightly. "I need some make-up."

Nadeshiko nodded and insisted on doing it. Amu gave in and let her do as she pleased. When her friend was done Amu saw she had on a light blush, kind of sparkly red eye shadow, ruby red lipstick and black eyeliner with mascara.

"Oh my god! This is perfect! Thank you so much Naddy!"

"Hey don't thank me. Thank your boyfriend."

"Well I'll thank him for the dresses. But I get to thank you for the hair and the make-up and going with him. So thank you."

Nadeshiko giggled. "You're welcome."

There was a knock on the door and Amu smiled happily. A bubbly feeling was in her chest.

"That'll be him."

Amu lightly jogged down the stairs. Nadeshiko walked and got to the top of the stairs when Amu opened the door. Ikuto was standing there in a plain black tuxedo. He held out yet another red rose (The first was in a vase in the living room). "Red I hear is for romance."

If Amu could blush, she would be a tomato right now. She took the rose carefully. There are no thorns on it and the stem was short enough that she could stick it behind her ear, which is what she did, and it suited her appearance perfectly.

"You look beautiful-no, stunning-no...breathtaking."

Amu was so embarrassed she didn't know what to say. Ikuto smirked and kissed Amu softly. "T-Thanks for the dresses...,"she whispered as they parted.

He smiled and beckoned her to come outside. He was holding an umbrella over himself and her when she stepped outside. Amu turned to look at her friend who was beside her. "Are you spending the night?"

"No. Tanaka is waiting for me. But I'll just shut off your generator first. Have a great time!"

Amu shrugged and waved goodbye to her best friend. She walked away with her arm slung around Ikuto's. She looked back at her friend disappearing into her house. Little did she know it may be the last time she ever saw her again.

So how many of you hate me for that Tadamu kiss? All of you? Yeah I thought so. I hate myself too. Eh, but it had to be done. ANYWAY, I will do my best to get another chapter up in March, but I have some non fanfiction related things to write. Three in total and at least two out of the three are M rated. But the third, which I actually have to work on first, may turn M too depending on how I feel. But I owe someone that piece, then the next piece I am doing that has to be M, is also for someone else because I owe them. The third is me wanting to test out how dark my mind can go. But it'll still be fun. and I also have to do school work and all that jazz, so it'll be harder for me to update. Sorry.

Anyway please review, though I can understand if you don't...