Bunnii: calm down, people. I've been more tied up than a calf at a rodeo. FML people my college life hasn't even started yet and I already want to drop out. This is getting too complicated just to set up my classes. My school is a bunch of idiots. Anyway, sorry for the delay. I'm writing a Genesis yaoi, an Angeal Hewley story with a secretary, a Black Butler story, a DNAngel story, and I'm rewriting my Sasuke story because I like my new ideas better. I'm trying to do a lot at once and thanks for sticking around, people. Anyway, if anyone has any ideas for any story they want to hear, just let me know and I'll try my best (: Enjoy.
Pruu was laying on her stomach on her bed, doodling in her notebook while humming a little. She smiled and let out a giggle at what she was doodling.
Like any love struck teenage girl ,she was doodling hers and Ikuto's names in her notebook in purple and blue ink. She loved the color purple. It was the color of Ikuto's eyes. She blushed a little when she saw Airi looking over her notebook. "Don't judge." Was her only sentence. She was so happy everything with her and Ikuto had worked out wonderfully. She hadn't seen him at yet all day because she had to stay home since she got back from the hospital. Maybe she'd see him once school got out? She started giggling and making girlish noises while rolling around on her bed and holding her pillow. The thought was exciting and so romantic to her. She calmed down and then looked to Airi. "Let's look our best for today, alright?"
Airi nodded excitedly, her ponytails bobbing with her head, "Right! We need to look cute!" She giggled. It was so great that her creator was getting so excited. Maybe today would be a fun day?
After showering, Pruu was rifling through her closet, looking for something cute to wear. She had a robe on to cover her undergarments, but still had yet to find a cute dress or outfit to wear. She didn't want to overdo it or underdo it. At all. She wanted to look perfect. Then she found it, the perfect outfit!
Giggling, she put it on. It was a pair of very slimming black skinny jeans that had a cute silver studded belt hanging off the hip. And the top was a light gray over the shoulders sweater top. Pruu looked the outfit over and smiled. She loved it! She got started on her makeup and smiled at Airi more when it was done. "There, perfect!" She giggled excitedly.
"But what about your hair?" Airi asked. "You haven't done a thing with it."
Pruu paused and looked back into the mirror. She was right. But she never did anything with her hair. It was just always a short, croppy, unruly mess that just did what it wanted. She started to pout. Maybe she should try growing it long again? Did Ikuto even like girls with long hair? She gently grabbed one of the bluish green locks. "What am I going to do with you?" She couldn't do anything fancy and she didn't have any cute bows or anything to put in her hair. She didn't have rubber bands since it was too short either. She didn't even have headbands or anything. She sighed. She had nothing for her hair.
"Pruu-chan! Pruu-chan! I have an idea!" Airi smiled and floated around excitedly before she hurried into Pruu's bathroom. She emerged with several black bobby pins. "Look!" She started putting them into Pruu's hair, making them crisscross into little 'x's and moved the hair from her face in a cute fashion. "There!" She smiled excitedly, her orange eyes sparkling with happiness. "I did such a wonderful job!" she cheered.
Pruu nodded her head. Airi made her hair look so pretty even though they were just a few bobby pins. Would Ikuto like it? Scaring both her and her Chara, Pruu's phone started to ring. She went to the phone and picked it up. "Moshi moshi? (Customary Japanese phone greeting)"
"Hey, you home?" Ikuto!
"Yes. Are you out of school?" Of course she already knew that, but she couldn't help asking it anyway.
"Yeah. Hey, do you want to go to the park or something? It must be boring just sitting in your house all by yourself." She could practically see his smirk. She blushed lightly.
"I'd like that very much. I'll meet you there? I've got a surprise for you." She was hoping he'd like the way she dressed up.
"Really? Looking forward to it then. "I'll meet you at the park by your house." She could tell he didn't want her traveling too far from home by herself. It was kind of sweet. "And I'll be there in about ten minutes."
"Sounds like a lot of fun. I'll meet you there. Bye bye." She hung up after hearing his own goodbye. She jumped around excitedly. "I'm going to go see him! I'm going to go see him!" She was so excited, she could just die! She quickly grabbed a small purse with her keys and wallet and rushed downstairs. Her parents were at work. She put her cell phone into her purse and hurried out of the house and down the street. The park was only a few minutes away so she could get there quickly and she wouldn't really have to wait long for Ikuto at all.
The park was a very quiet one. There were a few children playing on the playground sets together and there were some people sitting on the benches. An old man feeding the birds, a couple strolling their baby along, someone walking their dog. Everything that would be expected in a park. Pruu loved this park for that very reason. It was so pretty and at night, the streetlamps lit up and sometimes someone would come by and play music. Like a guitar or they would do small parlor tricks. It was a lot of fun. She smiled at the thought and sat on one of the empty benches.
"Hello, miss."
Pruu looked up excitedly, expecting Ikuto, but it wasn't him. It was some brunette boy with brown eyes. Not Ikuto at all. "Hello." There wasn't a need to be rude, though.
"What's a cute girl like you sitting on a park bench all by herself? You should be on the arm of a gentleman, being treated like the lovely lady you are."
Pruu laughed nervously. She knew he wasn't a threat since they were in a public place, but his pickup lines weren't the best she'd ever heard. "Well, actually, I'm waiting for someone. Sorry."
He smiled nonetheless. "That's all well and good. Maybe I can get your number so maybe some other time I can take you somewhere nice? Hm?" He smiled at her charmingly.
"I don't think her boyfriend would like that," came another voice.
Pruu immediately perked up. "Ikuto-kun." She was so happy to see him. She wanted to just jump up and hug him, but not only was that not in her character, but this other guy was in the way.
Ikuto smirked at the guy. "Excuse me, but I think I'll be taking her somewhere nice. She'll be on no other arm but mine, thanks." He reached over towards the little koi girl and pulled her towards him. "C'mon, Pruu-chan. Let's go." He started pulling her along with her following like a little puppy.
"Hi, Ikuto-kun," she greeted with a smile.
"Really, Pruu, such a klutz," he mused. "Getting into all sorts of trouble. And attracting other people, how rude." He was just teasing her and one of his hands held hers and the other was in his pocket.
Pruu blushed lightly. "Sorry." But, he hadn't said anything about how she looked. Did he notice yet? She didn't want to pester him about it.
She was then distracted by the little miniature of Ikuto. Yoru smiled at her happily. "Pruu-chan, nyah!" He cuddled against her cheek. "You look so cute today!"
Ikuto looked back at the comment and then looked forward again.
Why didn't he say anything? She thought. Was it not cute enough? Did he think it was overdone? She didn't know where she went wrong. Suddenly, she noticed Ikuto was taking her away from the park. And the street they were going along has a lot less people that the main street. "Ikuto-kun, where are we going?"
"A more secluded park," was his answer.
"But why?" She couldn't understand, and looking at Airi gave no answer either because the little black haired Chara just shrugged.
"I don't want anyone seeing you," he said. Finally he looked back at her. "Why would you dress like that, knowing you were going outside? It's almost like you want someone to hit on you or something."
What could he mean by that? "Ikuto, are you saying you're jealous?"
He scoffed and smirked at her. "Jealous of what? No one can beat me." He moved closer to her, sticking his tongue out teasingly. "You're my cute girlfriend, aren't you?"
Pruu blushed and avoided his expression. "Ikuto, you're so mean." He always made her blush. Couldn't she ever make him make a face like hers?
He kept smirking before he made her look up at him. "Of course I am. But only a bad boy like me can keep a girl like you. You're secretly a bad girl."
"Am not!" she interjected. She was a good girl!
Ikuto smirked more. ""Whatever you say." He kissed her lips, tasting her briefly before he pulled away. He grabbed her hand again and they started walking again. He liked seeing her blush. It let him know that she still only had eyes for him. No one could do to her what he could. The only problem was the people that stared at her. He wished she had only dressed in something like that for him, not to go out. He sighed inwardly. It couldn't be helped. Even if she just wore jeans and a tshirt, she'd look incredibly cute. He wouldn't win at all. He would just have to make sure everyone knew that she was his. And he wouldn't let anyone have her. Her smirked at that.
Pruu blushed and looked at her feet, still holding his hand. Why did he always try to make her blush? She made a sound of surprise when she bumped into Ikuto's back. "What's wrong?" She looked up at him.
"What have I told you about looking at your feet when you walk? You bump into things." He stuck his tongue out teasingly.
Pruu rubbed her forehead, careful not to mess up her hair. "I was only just thinking. I just have a habit of looking down when I think." It wasn't like she meant to walk with her head down. "Be nice, Ikuto."
He just kept his signature smile on his face. "But I am nice. I'm going to take you to somewhere you'd like."
Somewhere she liked? Pruu liked that idea. The least she could do was do what he asked her to do. "Okay, I won't put my head down. Can we go please?" The thought of being somewhere she liked with Ikuto was really exciting and she didn't want to waste time just standing on the street.
Ikuto chuckled at her, tugging her hand gently. "Let's go then. C'mon, Yoru."
Yoru gave a large grin and nodded. "Alright! Let's go, Pruu-chan, nyah!" He floated ahead, making Pruu laugh a little bit.
"Let's go, Airi-chan," she called to her chara, who smiled and followed. Pruu then looked to Ikuto. "Charas are supposed to be our would-be-selves, right?" She was trying to get the whole thing clarified.
"Yeah. Everyone has one. Sometimes they come out, sometimes they don't. Why?"
"Well, I was just thinking… Airi is my would-be-self. Brave and bold, and even a lot more honest. So, does that mean Yoru's happy-go-lucky, fun-loving nature is your would-be-self, Ikuto-kun?"
Ikuto paused to think for a moment, then shook his head. "Not really. That's just Yoru." He didn't really continue his explanation.
"Oh…. But what happens when we find our would-be-selves and become the person we want to be?"
"They disappear, I suppose."
Disappear? Pruu looked over to Airi with a worried look. She didn't want her to disappear! She turned back to Ikuto. "But what if we never become our would-be selves?" Would they stay?
Ikuto shook his head again. "They either turn into X eggs or they disappear. That's what happens to adults who never became what they wanted. Charas are made from our innermost dream in a way. When you reach a certain point where you can't reach it, you don't have that dream. Sometimes people just give up on them. Then it's either and X egg or they disappear."
Pruu looked over to Airi and Yoru, who were floating around and laughing, Having fun. Someday, they both would have to disappear someday? Why in the world was that even fair? Bringing someone into your life and then ripping them away? It just wasn't fair. "Ikuto… What's an X egg?" Airi had mentioned it before, but she never had the time to ask about them.
Ikuto sighed. The sunny mood was starting to go away from the air. He was starting to think explaining any of it was a mistake. But, her finding out from someone else wouldn't be any better. At least he could be gentle with it. "X eggs are usually when someone gives up on their would-be-self of has it taken away from them. An example would be someone loves painting and wants to become famous in art. They have the makings of a chara right there. But say a parent prohibits it or someone jabs the art and makes a fool of that person's artwork. That negative feelings they get gather into the egg. If enough gets into the egg, it becomes an X egg. That's when they give up on the dream all together. That's pretty much it though. Sometimes you can bring it back, but most times you can't." He had no other way of explaining it.
Pruu kept frowning. She didn't like that idea at all. She supposed that all the X eggs just disappeared, or went to where the chara eggs come from. She tightened her grip on Ikuto's hand a bit. "Thank you for telling me." She could tell he didn't want to tell her, but she was glad he did. She would rather have known than have it come to her blindly. She couldn't let Airi disappear disappointed or become an X egg. That would be the most horrible thing in the world.
Ikuto tugged her hand a little. "Come on. We're almost there." He didn't know how to cheer her up. He wasn't good with people. He didn't know how to make her smile and it bugged him. He knew how to make her blush and how to make her cry. That wasn't good at all. He wanted to be able to make her laugh and smile like Yoru could. What bugged him most was that he cared so much to want to make her laugh and smile. But, just walking out and making her sad would just make him more irritated. He just didn't know what to do with the girl that was holding onto his hand. He hoped taking her to the park would cheer her up a bit.
Pruu managed a small smile his way. She walked a bit faster to match his pace and hugged his arm, her other hand still intertwined with his. She rested her head against his arm for a moment and inhaled deeply. She felt relaxed around him. She really didn't want to talk though.
Ikuto could only squeeze her hand as a response. He pointed over to a small park. "It's right here." He smirked teasingly at her. "Is it out of your character to play on the swings like a little kid?"
Pruu blushed a little. It was. He saw right through her.
But, a little music note appeared on her cheek when Airi gave a small smirk in the background and Pruu looked at Ikuto with a large smile. "I'd love to!" She paused and her face froze whilst her pale cheeks became a rosy red all around. Airi was always making her embarrass herself!
Ikuto just chuckled again. "Then let's go. I'll give you a push." He pulled her over to the swing set and let her sit down. He started giving her light pushes so she would start to swing. He didn't want her going to high and freaking out. The mental image of her falling off was already just too much for him. Yoru sat on his shoulder and smiled his usual catty smile.
Pruu smiled at Ikuto as he pushed her, then looked over towards a construction site. When the swing returned her to Ikuto, she looked over towards him. "That's going to be the new building where my father is going to work, did you know?"
He just shook his head and looked over towards the site. His face turned up in confusion. That was supposed to be one of the new Easter buildings. Maybe she was mistaken? "You sure? Who does he work for?" Maybe he was working the construction there on the building.
Pruu smiled. Her dad pointed the building out to her once before when he was taking her to the doctor. "Yeah. He works for the Easter Corporation. It's that company that does pretty much anything, you know."
Ikuto almost didn't give her another push, but his cat-like reflexes corrected him before she collided with him. He didn't know her dad worked for Easter. Was he one of the people involved with the Embryo research? No, that would be impossible. Pruu wouldn't have been able to have a chara as long as she had. He couldn't alarm her though. "Really? I didn't know that. Must be boring working for a corporation."
Pruu shrugged. "I'm not sure. Daddy doesn't bring his work home with him. My mom works there too. She's a Sales Representative in the company. I think it's pretty cool." She smiled. Her parents were always so good to her. She looked back at Ikuto. He never brought up his parents. Would it be a bad idea to ask? She looked over to Airi. "Would it be a bad idea to ask him about his parents?" she whispered.
Airi shrugged. "Maybe. Wait until he brings it up." Her creator and Ikuto had just made up. It would be a horrible idea to risk putting a rift between them so soon.
Ikuto tried to seem nonchalant. "I still say it sounds boring." He hated working for Easter. But, he had no choice. He was distracted from his thoughts though when Yoru tugged at his collar insistently. "What is it, Yoru?"
"I can sense other charas!" he said quietly. "It's the Kiddy King and his Guardian dork friends, nyah!"
Ikuto sighed with irritation. Now of all times? He had no idea they passed through this park. Where the hell were they going? He looked over towards Pruu and stopped the swing carefully. He didn't have time to fight with Tadase right now.
"Ikuto?"
Ikuto smirked. "How about we go somewhere else?"
"Let's get ice cream, nyah!" Yoru suggested enthusiastically.
"Ice cream?" Ikuto didn't look like the person to like sweet things. What was going on? "Um, okay?" There wasn't a reason as to not trust him.
Ikuto helped her slow on the swing and she got off, grabbing his hand once again and walking alongside him. "Is everything alright, Ikuto?" she asked curiously. They had just gotten to the park and he wanted to leave already? That didn't make any sense at all.
He looked over at her with his normal calm face. "Everything's fine. Don't worry. You'll get wrinkles all over your face."
Wrinkles? That was what he responds with? "You're so mean," she said with a pout, continuing after him still.
At her comment, he chuckled again. He seemed to be doing that a lot recently. "I'm mean, huh?" He leaned closer to her, inches away from her face. "Tell me what a mean person would do."
Completely flustered by the closeness, Pruu turned her head away. "I dunno," she muttered quietly.
"Can't hear you," he teased.
"I don't know," she replied, louder this time.
With another smirk, he turned her head with one finger and kissed her. It wasn't one of his normal kisses. It was one of the rare one where instead of her nearly dying of embarrassment because of the boy tasting her lips, he just had his lips pressed to hers. Not a peck- it was too long to be considered that. Their lips fit like two puzzle pieces. A chaste kiss that made goosebumps rise on her skin and her eyes flutter closed. But she was only able to enjoy it for a moment, because once she reacted, he pulled away.
"Is that what a mean person would do?" he asked.
Sheepishly, she shook her head 'no'. This boy was dangerous. But without him was even more deadly. She was liking him more than she had ever liked a boy ever.
"No, let's go." He gently tugged at her hand and she followed.
When Airi floated alongside her with a jeer, Pruu flushed more. "No judging," she repeated quietly.
"Pruu and Ikuto, sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-" She was interrupted when Ikuto grabbed her by her tiny collar.
"Such a mischievous little chara, aren't you?"
Suddenly becoming shy herself, Airi retreated into her egg, which Ikuto easily grabbed a hold of.
"Ikuto, give Airi back," Pruu said with a small laugh. Looks like her and her chara were alike after all.
With a smirk, the indigo haired boy held the egg high over her head, cat ears appearing on his head with a 'pop'. He felt like teasing her some more. It was amusing for him. "No, I don't think I will."
"Ikuto!" She tried hopping up to grab the egg, but was too short. "No fair." This was pretty fun for her. He was such a tease.
Letting go of her hand, he took a step back. "Who said I was fair?" He could be very unfair at times. He had forgotten why he even wanted to leave. He was enjoying teasing her right where they were. She was easy to tease.
"Ikuto!" Someone yelled, catching the attention of both the teens.
"Dammit," he muttered under his breath. That was why.
Just as Yoru had warned before, there was Tadase and his group of Guardians, come to ruin his fun.
Tadase was already in his character change form, the crown and cape adorning his small face and a staff in his hand. He pointed the staff at the neko boy threateningly. "At it again? I'll teach you this time, cat!"
Pruu was at a loss. She had no idea what was going on. Why was a grade schooler threatening her boyfriend? Why did he look so funny? What was going on? She looked at the boy nervously, then back to Ikuto. His irritated expression didn't give her any good news.
"Stand down, Kiddie King. This is no place for brats like you. This is my business."
The blonde boy glared angrily and then ran to attack Ikuto. "I'll stop you for sure!"
Ikuto kept his irate expression as he jumped back and dodged the attacks. This was starting to get annoying. "Don't you have a playground to be at?"
The other children that were with Tadase quickly joined Pruu's side.
"Don't worry," said one with long dark hair. "We'll get your egg back."
Pruu looked at them like they were insane. "What are you talking about?" She worridly looked to Ikuto. He wouldn't harm her egg, they were just playing around. "He's not going to hurt Airi!" Why would a kid suddenly attack her boyfriend? Why were they all in weird outfits? One had a kimono, another looked like a cheerleader. What was wrong with those kids? Confused, she watched the fight continue- with Ikuto ducking and dodging, and the little boy furiously trying to strike a hit.
At one point, the boy threw his staff at Ikuto. And that was it.
Worried about Ikuto's safety and that of her dear chara, Pruu rushed to try and help her boyfriend.
Thankfully, Ikuto had been quick enough for the staff to miss him, but it had struck his wrist instead, knocking the decorated egg from his hand.
Time seemed to move slowly for all parties involved as the egg fell towards the ground. All watched wide eyed as it plummeted down towards an absolute doom.
However, with a 'pop' and a flash, everything changed.
The egg had thankfully not smashed onto the ground. During the fall, the frightened and jumbled Airi had released herself from her shell and initiated an immediate Character Change. Pruu was indeed in for a surprise.
When the egg had not made contact with the ground and was out of her sight, Pruu looked around only to be even more surprised to hear the chara's voice inside of her head.
'A Character Change! We did it, Pruu-chan! We became one! We're Mechanical Diva!'
'Mechanical Diva…?' she asked quietly.
'That's one of the things you do with a chara! Like when I have you do little things that are in your character! We're like a super hero now!' She giggled excitedly.
Indeed she had changed. Her cute outfit had changed into a little black dress with a cream colored corset top and lightly poofed out black sleeves. A microphone was connected to her ear and curled around to her mouth- like the ones that singers used, she thought. The back of the dress was pulled together with a medium sized bow and bows tied to her wrists as well.
What in the world was happening to her? This was all too strange for her. Nevertheless, her attention suddenly fixated on Ikuto, who was just looking at her in shock.
Quickly, she hurried over to her boyfriend and stood in front of him, between him and the blonde boy. "You leave Ikuto alone!" She didn't know how or even if she could, but she would try and defend him the best as she could if she had to.
"Whatever, he's told you is a lie!" the boy responded. "Don't let him take your egg or get the Embryo! He works for the Easter Corporation!"
"Yeah!" agreed the pink haired girl suddenly. "He's evil!"
What" Easter? An evil corporation? What was wrong with these kids? "He's not evil! He's my boyfriend!"
A moment of silence passed in the park, and Pruu's stern face was starting to flush as time passed. She had said that so loud….
"WHAT?" the pink haired girl yelled out. "How can that perverted cat be your boyfriend?"
At that question, the blunette paused herself. Ikuto wasn't a pervert. He had never acted perverted towards her. Questioningly, she turned her attention to Ikuto.
Ikuto looked a little uncomfortable. He had a LOT of explaining to do to his girlfriend. A LOT. "It's not what she's making it out to be. I'm not interested in a little kid like her." Curiosity wasn't what killed the cat. It was the stupid decisions it made in life. Like not leaving the park immediately. Like teasing Amu.
Pruu looked to the pink haired girl. "Who are you?"
She took a defensive stance. "Hinamori Amu!"
Amu? This was Amu? This was the girl Utau had said Ikuto had chosen over her? This little grade schooler? She looked to Ikuto. "Ikuto-kun, you like grade school girls better?" She felt like she was going to cry.
"It's not like that. I didn't even do anything to her. I just teased her a bit and she overreacted. It's not like I like her or anything." This was not going to be a good day for him.
Not wanting to look at him with her upset expression, she looked back over to the kids. "You leave Ikuto alone! He's not evil!" He was nice and sweet and caring. Nowhere near evil at all.
Suddnely, startling everyone in the group, Ikuto had grabbed a small pellet from his pocket and thrown it to the ground, having it explode in a cloud of a smoke. Swiftly, he grabbed Pruu's hand and dragged her away from the park. They both hurried away from the coughing and confused children until Ikuto decided that they were far enough. They stopped around the corner of a convenient store in a small alley, where no one would question thier odd appearances. "Are you alright?" He hadn't wanted to make her run but he had no choice.
"What was that thing you threw?" Was he suddenly a ninja or something?
"I'll explain later. Come one, I'll take you home." With a subtle 'pop,' his ears disappeared and Yoru peered sheepishly over his shoulder.
"No! You'll explain to me now! Why was that kid fighting with you? Why did those kids say you were evil? And what are they talking about when they say Easter is evil?" She wasn't budging until he talked.
After a sigh, Ikuto leaned against the wall. "Here? Can't I just get you home and explain?"
"No."
With another aggravated sigh, he let go of her hand. "Tadase and I have history. I don't like talking about it. And Easter has a secret division that's experimenting and researching about charas and character eggs, okay? I work with them so that's everything. Now can I take you home?" He figured the whole truth would just complicate everything. Explaining the Embryo and how Easter was collecting 'X' eggs to try and achieve it. She was already mad at him. All of his attempts to cheer her up and make up with her had now gone down the toilet.
With a less subtle 'poof' of her own, the Character Change had come undone and Pruu looked normal again. She looked to her side to see Airi floating alongside her, beaming with excitement. Her attention returned to Ikuto. "You're keeping things from me? Are my parents working with this division? What in the world would make them evil? I don't understand, Ikuto." She was feeling less angry and more confused. Her parents weren't doing anything bad, were they? She couldn't imagine her parents being a part of anything bad. She just couldn't.
With a sympathetic exhale, Ikuto reached over and pulled the smaller girl to his chest. "I'll explain it all soon, okay? Not now. Just calm down and let me take you home." The last thing he needed was for her to get sick again. She wasn't at school already that day so she probably needed a lot more rest. "I've never met your parents other than at the hospital and they obviously never met me before so I'm sure they don't work in the same division. They probably don't know about charas so calm down."
Thinking with the logic he put in front of her, she nodded her head. It must be a small division if he knew who was in it. She figured she would save her questions for a different day. She didn't want to fight with him. "Promise you'll tell me?"
Ikuto chuckled half heartedly. He never made promises. "Sure."
After a moment of silence, Pruu thought a bit more. "Did you see me? That was crazy. I didn't know that happened with charas. So is the cat ears the only one you can do?"
He nearly snickered, grateful for the subject change. "Yeah, you were something. Would have been something else to see you actually use an attack or something." He couldn't imagine her fighting though. She would probably cry if she had to fight someone. "And no, I can do a full change like you. I just don't do it. I don't really feel the need to when I fight Tadase. He's not going to beat me." His voice was quiet, no cockiness or anything. Just quiet as he stayed where he was.
"Oh, I see…" She stayed quiet for a few more moments. "Ikuto?"
"Yeah?"
"Can I go home?"
"Yeah." He let her go and grabbed a hold of her hand. "You tired yet?"
"A bit. And I don't want to be out too late." She kind of wished that things would go to the same comfort level it was before Ikuto got into a fight. She still felt comfortable holding his hand and talking to him, but there wasn't a joking sense to the air. A kind of awkward feeling to everything. Would it be like this from now on?
Thankfully, they were not far from her house and reached it in no time. Looking at her driveway, she noticed her parents were still not home. Probably still at work. It would be an hour or two before they got off work.
After unlocking the door, Pruu walked in and turned back to Ikuto. "You coming in?"
"Are you inviting me?" he asked with a slight smirk.
"If you'll come in, then yes." She didn't want to be alone. She liked Ikuto's company. Liked being around him- even though their day had been less than perfect, she still wanted to be around him.
With a chuckled, Ikuto walked into the house and closed the door. "Do you want to take a nap on the couch?"
She shook her head. "We can go up to my room if you want? I can make tea or something?"
"It's okay. You don't need to." He smirked a bit more, feeling a bit playful again. "Inviting a boy into your room. A bit bold isn't it?"
Her pale cheeks flushed a bright red. "I have no ill intentions and you know that." She walked up to her room, being followed by two charas and an indigo haired boy.
The instant that they entered the room, Airi went over Pruu's desk and laid herself down, content that she had been able to transform with her creator. For her, it was the best day yet- even if it had been a little bumpy.
Following suit, Pruu laid herself on her bed, exhausted. Too much information and events. Too little daytime. She smiled a it though when Ikuto laid down next to her, their faces almost touching.
"When do you want me to leave?" he asked. He didn't want to stay when he wasn't wanted.
"When you want," was her soft reply. She wanted to take a quick nap, then she would be up and ready and maybe see if Ikuto could stay for dinner.
He chuckled and after a moment of fumbling, had pulled her dark blue blankets over the both of them. "Comfy?" he asked rhetorically.
She didn't answer him though. She was too tired to utter a response. Her hands subconsciously searched for his and held on lightly when he grabbed hers with a small smirk. She was an odd one.
Beneath the warmth of the blankets and the silence of the house, he was surprised when he himself was feeling tired. He would just rest his eyes for a few minutes, then he would get up and go back before Pruu woke up. That was what was going to happen.
Well, that was what he had planned. He hadn't expecting his "eye resting" to end up with himself actually falling asleep under the blankets with her. He guessed he was pretty odd too.
Bunnii: I know it's been a while. This wasn't my best chapter but tell me what you think. I'm just getting some stuff out of the way. The introduction of the Guardians, the establishing of further information about Easter, ect. Well, I'll make a better one soon. I really wanted to get a new chapter out. It's been too long. Well, it's almost 2am here and I need to make Pokemon cupcakes for Christmas. Have a good holiday, my lovies! Please review as it's been a while. Don't forget to read and review on my ANIMA Lover as well. Much love!