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Chapter 2:
"A Start of a New Friendship"
I awoke up with a start; it was only 2:00 AM. Because of yesterday's events, I have had nightmares. I had a dream, where I was getting tortured by none other than the one and only Ikuto. He was the ruler of a kingdom and he treats me like a toy or a slave in the dream. With all the drowsiness, I fell back to sleep again, this time I WAS having the time of my life until my alarm clock rang and woke me up just when I was at the good part. Aw…
"Sigh…Another boring day at school, well I should get prepared now."
Today was our activity day, when we exercise, do some stretch ups and stuff like that. So I took a bath, changed into my uniform, tied my hair into a ponytail, brushed my teeth, and in no time I was already feeling refreshed! I ate my breakfast and was done in a minute's time.
"I'm going first mom! See you later!"
"Okay, bye honey!"
As usual, I rode the bus to school, chatted away with my friends when there was time before class started.
"Hey guys, I heard that the other transfer student Ikuto is going to school today?" asked Miki.
"I wonder what he will be like though, any guesses?" Su said.
"I think I know." I replied.
"Really? How do you kn-?" She was cut off before she was going to ask.
"Yo Hinamori." Arg. I wished he didn't call me. It's too attention attracting. Great. I feel people are staring at me from across the room.
"Uh….Hi Ikuto….." I muttered.
"Hey Amu, how does he know you?" Ran whispered.
"Let's just say lots of things had happened." I whispered back.
Followed by Ikuto came Utau. She hugged Ikuto and then started going towards our direction. I was like screaming "What kind of relationship do you guys have!" in my head. When I was about to ask her, she stopped me before I could ask me and said-
"Surprised? Sorry, I guess I never told you I had a brother." She chuckled a little.
"So, you've met my little sister huh?" Ikuto said while ruffling Utau's hair.
"Hey! Meany! Now my hair's a mess." She said while pouting.
"You sound like my sister, Utau." I laughed. "And yeah I know your sister. We have been friends for a long time already."
*sfx School bell rings!"
*Oshiro-sensei comes in*
He spotted Ikuto and said: "I see you've been planning to stay in class from now on?"
"Maybe." He said it so bluntly but still lots of girls were swooning over him.
"Okay then class-"
*Door slides oven revealing a prince-like feature.*
"I apologize for being late Oshiro-sensei." All the girls go "Kyaa!" again but this time it was 2 times louder now that there's Ikuto with him.
"It's all right. You may now sit down…" He told Tadase. But I feel like he was thinking the same thing I was, that is-"That's why I hate pretty boys! Oh God I think my ears are bleeding!"
"Now Tsukiyomi, please introduce yourself."
He stepped on the platform and said:" My name is Tsukiyomi Ikuto, I play the violin and I have a sister that is the girl sitting besides Amu. That's pretty much all of it."
"Great Tsukiyomi; your seat is besides Tadase, the one who just came in."
"Glad to meet you Ikuto-kun." Tadase greeted.
"Whatever."
"Okay class. Today I'll be teaching you…"
*Class over! Time for some exercise!*
"Ah….I always loved stretching!"
"Don't get used to it; we still need to jog all around the field." Utau said.
"Then race ya to the end of the field!"
"Hey wait for me Amu!"
"Can't catch me!"
After a while I glanced back to check if they were still behind me, but I guess I was too fast for them. I didn't pay attention to where I was heading so I accidentally tripped and bruised my leg pretty badly; It was bleeding, I tried to call for help but the pain in my leg was too much so I wasn't able to shout. It hurts so badly, what am I supposed to do?
*Ikuto's POV*
I was walking around when I saw a glimpse of a pink haired girl lying on the floor. Without thinking I ran towards her; when I saw her face, I realized it was Amu.
"Amu, are you alright?" I said in a slightly worried tone.
She didn't reply; she was hurting so badly that she can't speak. I carried her and ran as quickly as I can to the infirmary. Some people took glances at me but I didn't care. My priority was to get Amu's leg healed quickly. I stopped for a moment to tell our instructor and then her friends realizing what was going on went with us. I thought: "Don't worry Amu; I'll get you there fast."
In no time we were at the infirmary, I gently lied her down on a bed. The doctor told us to wait outside and so we stepped out of the room.
"Will she be okay?" Su fretted.
"I don't know…I hope she is though." Utau said slightly feeling not so assured.
"Thanks Ikuto….for helping Amu." Miki smiled.
"No problem." I said regaining my cool composure.
"So…." Utau said slyly. I do not like that kind of face she does. "Do you like Amu, Ikuto?"
"What? No!" I blushed. Amu's friends were turning their heads toward me. Is it getting hot in here or is it just me?
"Oh… This is getting interesting…" Ran smirked.
"I have disinfected her leg and wrapped it in bandage now. You guys may now come in." Thank goodness she popped in at the right time.
*Amu's POV*
I shouldn't have gone myself into this mess! It was so embarrassing that Ikuto had to carry me all the way here! Ouch... I think it still hurts…
"Amu…?" Somebody said. It was my friends after all.
"Hey guys! My legs feeling all better now see?" I tried to stand but eventually fell. Good thing Miki caught me just in time.
"Uh huh. Your leg's feeling all better." Miki said in a sarcastic tone.
"Well maybe not. Ehehe…" I replied.
"I told you to wait for us! And what did you do? You got a bad bruise in your leg and Ikuto had to carry you all the way here!" Nag nag nag. C'mon Utau you sound like my mom. I already feel bad for it okay?
"I'm really sorry for making you worry guys..." I said.
"We forgive you Amu-chii. But you have to treat us to some cake later!" Yaya said in a childish tone.
"Why?" I pouted.
"Ha-ha…" We all laughed.
"Okay Amu, we'll see you later!"
"Bye!"
There was nobody else in the infirmary besides Ikuto and me. I feel like the temperature just rose. So I broke the silence.
"So…Um…Thanks for carrying me all the way to the infirmary…" I stammered.
"No problem." He said looking at another direction.
"I think you should get back to class now." I said.
"Oh right…Well then, bye." He walked away.
He finally left. I feel relieved. Wait…what? Why do I feel relieved? What is happening to me?
*Ikuto's POV*
That was close….I really don't like being alone with a girl… Utau was just joking when she said that I "liked" Amu. I have nothing to worry about. I better get back to class.
Everywhere I walked, I felt like lots of girls were whispering behind my back. I overheard some of them say:
"Hey why did Ikuto have to carry Amu? I wish he would've carried us instead! I'm so jealous that Amu's so lucky!"
I grinned. So the girls are jealous huh? No surprise. Suddenly someone bump into me.
"Oh sorry! I guess I should've watched where I was going." He said.
"That's cool." I didn't care so much.
"Oh by the way, my name's Kukai!" He said in a cheerful tone.
"I'm Ikuto."
"Oh…so you're the new transfer student?"
"Yeah. Pretty much."
"Hey Kukai! What took you so long?" Someone said.
"Oh sorry Nagihiko. This is Ikuto; can we let him join…?"
"Sure. The more the merrier."
"Do you know how to play soccer Ikuto?"
"Yeah."
"Then join us!"
"Okay…"
I never expected to have the time of my life besides playing with my violin. We laughed, joked and we did everything friends normally do…Wait. Did I just make friends?
*Music class!*
*Amu's POV*
Yes! My favourite time of the day! I just love me and my piano! I'm pretty lucky that my leg healed quickly, because I'd blame myself for missing even ONE session of music class!
"Yes! I made it!"
"But just to make sure is your leg REALLY fine now Amu-chii?" Yaya said.
"Yeah yeah." I reassured them.
"Well okay…but once you fall nobody's going to catch you!" Utau said playfully.
*Ikuto, Kukai and Nagihiko come in sweating from head to toe*
"Wow, what happened to you guys?
"I beat Kukai and Nagihiko in soccer that's what happened." Ikuto said.
"That's because you lied to me about-" He blushed.
"Because he said what?" Utau asked curiously.
"Nothing." He looked away.
"I said that Utau was waving to him when we were playing soccer."Ikuto whispered in my ear. I chuckled. Wait. Does that mean Kukai likes Utau? Oh this is some very interesting topic…But how did Ikuto know Kukai liked Utau?
"Hey Ikuto, how did you know Kukai liked her?" I whispered.
"Well, basically she sometimes told me that there was a guy named Kukai who was always greeting her but whenever she smiles back he would always be looking at another direction."
*Teacher comes in and starts class*
"Okay, each of you will pick an instrument and you will learn how to play it. Since we lack the number of instruments, the pros will be sharing the instrument they picked with the newbies, now go!"
So I picked the piano, Ikuto picked the violin and then the rest. Since I am a professional pianist now, I would be teaching Utau how to play the piano, and Ikuto was paired up with Nagihiko. I forgot to tell you that Miki knew how to play the flute, so she got paired up with Su, but she wouldn't be sharing it with someone else because…I mean, gross much? Instead Su got another flute instead.
"So Utau, the basics of how to play the piano is to learn the notes first. Since you know how to sing, you must know the notes right? Do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do?"
"Yeah…I do."
"So this is…." And so I helped Utau learn. Surprisingly, she learned pretty fast, as well as the others too. In no time at all, we were actually having fun.
"Class ended*
"Okay class, see you tomorrow. Make sure not to forget how to play those instruments, because you'll be playing them again the next day."
"Ah…I just LOVE Music class!" I said as I stretched.
"Ha-ha…Wait until what you're going to feel after English class!" Utau teased.
"No-!" I yelled in terror.
And so class started, we were learning Pronouns and stuff like that. Ugh. My headaches, I feel like my nose is going to ooze blood out. I wish time would go faster!
*Finally, today's classes are over!*
"Tomorrow we have a test; be sure to study well, because this time it's going to be a hard one."
"No-!" Everyone moaned.
"Thank Lord class is over!" I said as I stretched.
"Hey class wasn't that bad, wasn't it?" Ran said encouragingly.
"Yeah." I said sarcastically. "It's so fun."
"You see? Class can be fun once in a while." Su said. Somehow, she doesn't seem to get the sarcasm in my voice. She never does.
"Su, she doesn't really mean it. It's called 'sarcasm'." Miki sighed.
"Oh….sorry-desu." Su said in her angelic voice. She is just too cute to ignore!
*A couple of blocks away from Amu's house*
"Okay so this is where we split! Bye guys! Good luck on the test tomorrow!"
"Bye Amu!"
"Bye and right back at you!"
"Goodbye-desu!"
All right! I need to study! The last time I didn't….well let's just say it's a BIT close to the passing grade…But to tell you the truth, my grade isn't that bad at all if I studied. When I got to my house, I rushed into my room and started studying. My whole family was totally surprised. Mom even asked: "Amu, are you sick?" I was like: "Mom! Don't you ever have faith in me?"
I went to my room and started studying.
"Alright! I need to pass this test or I'm dead!"
"Okay so….." I started memorizing stuff until my head exploded. I took a break but suddenly I saw something move outside of the terrace. I got my badminton racket and slowly walked outside the terrace. That 'something' showed up in front of me and said: "Boo." I freaked out and whacked it with my racket. Well, if somebody did that to you wouldn't you react the same way?
"Ouch…." Ikuto said as he rubbed his head.
"Wha-Hey what are you doing here!"
"Thought I could drop by your house, but I didn't expect to have this kind of a greeting."
"Gomen…but you should know better than to sneak up on someone!"
"Yeah whatever. But next time you do that again I'll hit you with a racket!"
I laughed. Maybe he wasn't such a bad guy after all. But if he keeps visiting my room all the time he will be confirmed as a pervert!
*Ikuto's POV*
"So what brings you here?" Amu asked.
"Uh…"
Actually, I don't even know why I came here. Oh man I am stupid. I wanted to say something until I saw one of her drawings at her desk. She noticed me staring at it and was going to snatch it but I got to it first.
"You never told me you could draw." I said while observing the drawing.
"You know I don't to tell you EVERYTHING." She said in a sarcastic tone. "Now please give it back."
"Not unless you catch me first!"
We had a lot of fun. I feel like a child again. We laughed and chased all around the room. While Amu desperately attempted to get the drawing back, I thought: "I wish I could have fun like this everyday. Can't believe I'm saying this but, I wish this moment would last forever, even though it's kind of embarrassing to be playing like when we were kids." Since I was really tired, I stopped and handed the drawing back to Amu.
"WHY DID YOU DO THAT!" She asked furiously.
"Uh…for fun…?"
"Well…You couldn't gotten something else than my drawing! You could've torn it you know!"
We both laughed and talked about school and other stuff. This might be the first time I had ever liked a girl like this. But not as in like, wait…you get the point.
Elena-chan: Really sorry guys! I update REAL slow! Gomenasai! It's just that I'm busy in school, well sort of; another reason is that mom FORCES me to sleep early, so I couldn't have the free time to write.
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