Amu and Ikuto walked out on to the beach. They were the only ones there. It was pretty chilly today and there was a slight chance of rain.

"Okay, Amu, which way do you want to go?"

Amu looked both ways before she answered "Right."

They moved closer to the shore and started walking down the beach.

They chatted while they walked. They poked a dead jellyfish they found on the shore. Then it moved and they both left in a hurry. They walked along the beach, Ikuto on the left closest to the water and Amu on the right. They soon came to a large black jetty jetting out from the sand. Amu moved up on the beach so she didn't have to jump over. Ikuto jumped onto the jetty and then started to walk up the beach on it until he was near the tree line.

"Why'd you go all the way up here?" Amu asked after she ran after him up to the tree line.

Ikuto grabbed onto a fallen tree and pulled himself onto a branch "I am now in an official game of The Floor—or in this case the sand—is lava. Care to join me?"

Amu laughed and said "You're such a dork."

Ikuto leaned down on the branch and held his hand out to her, "I'm serious."

Amu rolled her eyes and grabbed onto his hand as he promptly pulled her up onto the branch beside him. He grabbed another branch above him and swung onto the trunk of another fallen tree and started to walk up the incline. He turned around and waited for Amu to get onto the trunk because she took the more time consuming route by sitting down on the branch and sliding off onto the trunk. She caught up with him as they started to walk toward the head of the tree where branches started to stem out. Ikuto grabbed onto the large branch that was in their path and leaned off to the side using it as a balance. Amu did the same, but leaned to the other side. They leaped and they climbed and they slid from tree to tree to fallen tree. Ikuto leaped and crawled agilely from trunk to trunk to branch to branch. Amu on the other hand, fell behind and a couple times Ikuto had to come back and save her before she fell into the lava. They eventually both had to jump into the lava together when they ran out of trees a few dozen feet ahead. Although the sand was rather warm because of the sun, Amu and Ikuto stayed perfectly un-scorched and very much alive. They continued to walk down the beach. Ikuto watched the waves roll in from the sea but Amu was paying attention to the land far in front of her. Suddenly, she dashed off in front of Ikuto.

"Ikuto, come here!" she yelled back to Ikuto.

He followed her at his lolling pace.

"Hurry up!" she yelled.

He sped up his pace to a brisk walk.

Amu gave a loud sigh as she picked something up off the ground and held it gingerly in both hands, "Ikuto, get your butt over here!"

Ikuto rolled his eyes in a fashion that involved his whole head (partly so that Amu could see, and partly to get hair out of his eyes) and started to jog over to Amu, "What is it?"

Amu held her hands out to Ikuto revealing a baby sea turtle coated in a thin layer of sand.

"Is it still alive?" Ikuto asked.

Amu nodded, "It was trying to wiggle out of my hands when I picked it up."

Ikuto pointed out to the water, "Then take it out there so it can live."

"What? No, you do it!" she started to hand him the turtle.

"Why me?"

"Because I'm wearing nice clothes, that's why," Amu put her hands on her hips assertively.

Ikuto gave her an exasperated expression, "Do you have any idea how much the jeans cost alone?"

"Oh, so you're going to choose your jeans over the life of a poor, defenseless, baby sea turtle?"

Ikuto, for the life of him, could not think of something witty to say in reply. He handed the turtle to Amu, "Here, hold him." He started to pull off his jeans.

"What are you doing?" Amu said as a heavy blush tinted her cheeks.

He looked up at her with a slightly annoyed expression, "Well I'm not gonna ruin them." He continued taking off his pants and then draped them over Amu's shoulder then took his shirt off and did the same then took the turtle from her hands. He looked out at the water which he knew would be freezing then looked back at Amu, clearly very annoyed. He took a couple brave steps into the frigid waters, and then quickly backed out.

"Just jump in," Amu said. She had folded up Ikuto's jeans and was holding them in her arms. "You know, like jumping into a cold pool."

Ikuto sighed and tried not to clench his fists in fear of squishing the turtle. He took a few steps back and then jumped as far as he could into the water. He landed where the water was up to his belly button. Goosebumps covered his whole body, his boxers clung to him, and now he was shivering. He dipped the turtle into the water and attempted to walk out further into the ocean. The cold water made his body cringe. He stopped when the water was about to his ribs and suddenly dove all the way under until he was touching the sand at the bottom of the surf and then let the baby turtle go. He quickly swam back up trying desperately to keep the water off of his face because he felt like he was freezing solid. He quickly rushed back out to the land and shivered on the shore a little bit.

He walked over to a fallen tree and sat down on the trunk. He glared at Amu, "Come here."

Amu walked over to him, "What?"

He quickly wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close to him, stealing all her body heat and dryness.

Amu tried to pull away, "Ikuto! Stop it! Let go!"

He nuzzled his cold nose into the crook of her neck "Resistance is futile." He pulled her closer, getting her clothes all wet in the process. After a couple more long seconds of hugging, he released her. He grabbed his shirt and pants from her. He pulled on his shirt and it clung tightly to his frame. He draped his pants over his shoulder, not too sure what to do with them. He couldn't put them back on yet because his boxers were still wet. Oh well, he'd figure it out later. He addressed Amu, "So do you want to keep going forward or turn back? I think it should be about lunch time by the time we get back, we can go out."

Amu shrugged as she pulled her now damp clothes away from her body to keep them from clinging to her as Ikuto's did. They started walking back to where they had started. Ikuto splashed in the water on the way back and played the game where you try to jump over the waves that were rolling in.

"You're such a kid, you know that?" Amu said to him.

Ikuto continued to play his game, "Am I really? Why is that?"

"You're playing games in the water. You're jumping over waves. Isn't that a game that 5-year-olds play?"

He shrugged nonchalantly, "Maybe it is and maybe it isn't. Who cares?"

Amu simply shrugged in response.

"Oh, before I forget, it's supposed to be rather hot tomorrow. Do you want to come back and actually get in the water?"

She thought it over, "Yeah, I guess that would be fun."

They walked all the way back to where they began their journey. The Ikuto remembered that he was still in his boxers. Not that anyone would notice because first off no one was really here today and second off his boxers disguised nicely as a cheap bathing suit. Unfortunately, his boxers were still wet which meant he wouldn't wear them with his pants on top, and he couldn't go into a restaurant without pants on. That was just wrong. They started to walk out into the parking lot when Ikuto veered off to the right.

"Where are you going?" Amu asked him.

"Bathroom," he walked off quickly.

Amu waited beside the bathroom for Ikuto to come out. He reemerged wearing his jeans and holding a wadded up pair of boxers in his hand. Amu stifled a laugh when she realized what his solution was.

"Do you have any idea how uncomfortable this is? Don't laugh. It's completely not the same for girls," he walked off toward the motorcycle wherever he parked it.

"But still, it's funny."

Ikuto just waited by the motorcycle so that Amu could get on first. She grabbed her helmet and he grabbed his and he stuck his wet boxers in the compartment underneath. She sat down and he sat down behind her and then they zoomed out of the parking lot. They soon pulled up to a restaurant that wasn't too far away from the beach called Johnson Creek Tavern. When the two walked in Amu was amazed to see the walls covered in money. All over, every inch of the walls, covered in one dollar bills that have dates on them, phone numbers, flags (a lot of Canadian ones in particular), and silly scribbles over the president's faces. They were quickly shown to a table toward the back by the bar where even more money hung from the railings and even on the ceiling.

A server came up to their table and introduced herself, "Hi, my name is Stephanie and I'll be your server today. So can we start you two off with a drink?"

"I'll have a water and," He looked back at Amu, "You want a coke?"

Amu nodded, remembering how bad her English accent was. She could read, she could write, she could understand, but she could not speak English for the life of her. Well, not very well. She would need some help, which Ikuto promised to give her while they were on tour.

"And a coke," Ikuto finished the order.

"And how about an appetizer?" she asked.

"Ah, no, I think we're fine, thank you."

Amu picked up the menu that was already at the table when she sat down and started to read over it. Ikuto did the same. Ikuto settled his decision on a cheese burger. "Amu, what do you want?"

She wanted to say it in English but didn't for fear of embarrassing herself. Instead, she pointed to "Fried Shrimp" on the menu.

"What? I'm sorry. For the life of me, I can't remember how to read right now. Will you please tell me what it is you want?" Ikuto toyed with her, but also encouraged her to try to say it in English.

Ikuto forced Amu to say the words in English although she still said it very poorly. When Stephanie came back Ikuto ordered for the two of them and they chatted and ate. Ikuto spoke English to Amu with his perfect English accent and Amu replied in Japanese with her Japanese accent. They paid and then headed back to the house. Amu noticed how nice and pretty the marsh looked as they were climbing up the bridge on the cycle and the unique smell that the mud gave off that was different from anything she'd smelled before. Maybe those big cities that Amu had dreamt off weren't all they were cracked up to be. Soon enough, they arrived back at the house. Amu and Ikuto started to walk up the stairs and Ikuto went ahead and claimed shower first since he had to get into the water. Amu seemed that this was a good idea and let him have shower privileges first.

They walked into the house to see Shiragin sitting on the couch—with another man's arm wrapped around him.

Amu blushed and covered her mouth when she noticed. Ikuto looked down at her and brought his hand up to his forehead in a "facepalm" sort of way. He cleared his throat to get Shiragin's attention.

Shiragin lolled his head to the side as he looked back at the two, "Oh, hey Amu, hey Ikuto."

Ikuto gave Shiragin a "don't you have something to tell her" face and pointed to Amu who still had her hand covering her mouth and a deep blush on her cheeks.

"Oh yeah! Amu, I totally forgot to tell you, but I'm gay. Just so you know."

A/N – Ohoho, you naughty Shiragin, you. Lol so yeah… sorry it took so long to get this out. Mostly fluff again. But its okay, I have plans for more romantic, perverted, and witty things to happen in the near future. Especially when they get to the Bahamas. Remember to review! (: