Taste of Summer

A cute little short story for readers of the Awakening… Even though school has broken up for the holidays, it seems trouble is still stalking her. Can she escape it, and, more importantly, does she want to? Amuto..x

Lorelei: MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Amu: It's not Christmas anymore… ¬¬

Lorelei: Oh… HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Amu: That was six days ago… ¬¬

Lorelei: Oh… Okay then HAPPY-

Amu: Shut up! ¬¬

Lorelei: *Pulls out a bazooka* What chu say?!

Amu: I SAID LORELEI DOESN'T OWN SHUGO CHARA OR THE CHARACTERS!!!

Lorelei: I thought so… =]

Sayu: Oh, I'm goooood.

Ikuto: How did I end up in this situation?

Hika: YAY! Let's begin!

Everyone: So random…

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Chapter 3: Confusion, Bad Luck and a Catboy

Years, weeks, hours passed, all compressed into those excruciatingly drawn out seconds. Amu had officially reached the redness level of a ripe tomato, and everyone else had achieved the Olympics standard of looking gormless, except, that is, for Ikuto, who was in a league of his own, winning the most perverted smirk award along with most inappropriate behaviour when stalking a young 'cool and spicy' girl to the beach. Who knows how all that fit into such a short time…

"TSU-TSUKIYOMI IKUTO!" cried Tadase, leaping back, stabbing a finger at the winner of the smirking competition; his mouth had fallen open in a perfectly square shape that matched his head nicely, and his eyes had grown to a size much like a pair of tennis balls. Well, at least that means he has some, somewhere.

Nagihiko wrinkled his nose, exchanging a look with Kukai. He raised an eyebrow and his mouth opened repeatedly as if he were forming words. At least he looked reasonably composed. "Amu… Do you… uh… want some alone time?" he asked finally, slightly awkwardly.

She opened her mouth to speak; she couldn't have them thinking she was happy with this! No way, that would be so incredibly wrong it would be like topping a chocolate cake with chilli sauce. Bad comparison; she was not something sweet, and he was most definitely not the hot topping, but simply, it was a foul combination that could only lead to a trip to the bathroom. Wait… That was a bad way of putting it too!

She was completely blowing her top; steam was pouting out of her crimson eyes. Her eyes were wide and a grimaced pulled at her lips; simply, she looked mentally disturbed, which, in her eyes, was exactly anyone in this situation would end up, but she was just unlucky it seemed.

"N-!" she began, about to set things straight, when a hand slid over her lips and sealed them tightly shut. She felt a shiver run down her spine; a cringe, not anything else. It was not to be misinterpreted.

"G-get off Hinamori-san!!" exclaimed Tadase, clearly unnerved by the whole situation. His face was slowly heating up, his lips quivering with discomfort.

"Hmm? She seems to like it, if I'm not mistaken she was trembling with pleasure just now…" He chuckled, that prize-winning smirk plastered over his face. He leaned down, his breath tickling the bright red ear that clashed so dramatically with her her; "Isn't that right, Amu…?"

"It was a cringe, Ikuto! A CRINGE!" she wanted to scream, but with his hand stuck over her lips there she couldn't produce much more than: "Om nom nom NOOOM!" which, as one would expect, did not sound like a produce. Instead, it sounded like she was feasting on his supple skin, which she most certainly was not!

"Oh, do you want to play some games? I bet you'd be tasty…"

"NOOOOOOO!" she wanted to squeal, as her friends faces became thoroughly disgusted, a reflection of what one looks like when they go to a toilet and realize the flush hasn't been used. They each took a step back, and she ended up crying out, which, as before, was easily mistaken for: "MMMM!"

"Wow, Amu, for such a young girl you're really not innocent in the slightest." He sniggered, his laugh making the locks of hair surrounding her ear flutter. She felt his lips closed around her ear; she froze. Nip. There was silence, like the quiet before a storm. Ikuto could feel how rigid she was; he could sense what would come next"5, 4," he began counting down. "3," He felt her begin to twitch. "2," Her breathing became heavy. "1." She cracked. He pulled back immediately to enjoy the show from a safe distance.

She first began shrieking in such a high pitch it was beyond the understanding of anyone present, unless they had a bat to translate for them. She raced around in circles, her hand clasping her ear, her face a delightfully deep maroon and continued to babble out nonsense.

"Did he just bite her ear?" breathed Nagihiko to Kukai, his eyes fixed on her as she went psycho on them all, in the same way the dodo bird may once have done when it was cornered.

"Uh huh." replied Kukai, intent on the scene. It was like watching a soap opera, except funnier because he knew her.

Rima narrowed her eyes and raised an eyebrow. She cast a glance around at the boys present and realized that her best friend was getting all the attention. She pondered whether or not she should steal the spotlight; it was an argument that could not be settled. Amu was being gawped at, not because she was fantastically beautiful or something such, but because she was running around like a headless chicken. Drawing eyes back to Rima would involve compromising her standards and trying to look more like an idiot than her friend, however, she would then be the focus…

In the end, she settled for filming Amu with her phone. It would provide a means of distraction whenever her boy-slaves were being too irritating.

"OHMYGOSH! YOUCOMPLETEANDUTTERFREAKYPERVERTIAMGOINGTOKILLYOU!" yelled Amu, moving from phase one; completely out of control in a traumatised fashion, to phase two, completely out of control in an unstable, in-need-of-anger-management-classes fashion. She whipped around, her face a fantastic shade of purple, that is, for a flower, not a face. She bore a resemblance to one of those crazy bulls that attack the red flags, expect she was a crazy girl who attacks the perverted boy with cat ears. "YOU!" she exclaimed, thrusting a finger in his direction, which brought a smile to his face, the smug kind of smile that only pleases creepy fan-girls. (A/N: Like myself)

"I know, you can't resist me, but I'm in high demand."

She glared evilly at him, cracking her knuckles. She stomped towards him, slamming her feet on the ground like an elephant. He was taller than her, but she wasn't intimidated, she was in phase two after all. She swung her hand back and brought it through the air like a knife towards his face.

But then, he caught it. He tugged her into his muscular chest, once again, and suddenly she was silenced. He let that trademark smirk play at his lips, holding his face close to hers. "But I think you're high priority; I'll put you to the top of the list…"

Tadase was still gaping at them; he hadn't seemed to have moved since his mouth first turned square. Perhaps he was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. It was plausible, after all, before his eyes, was a boy who often had a tail and cat eyes touching the girl that turned into the girl that he had a crush on, and not just friendlily. Not only this, but it was also a boy he named as his pure enemy.

Then his eye started twitching, in the same way an insane person's does when they are destined to end up in a straight jacket. It seemed he was breaking free of the disorder; his hands curled into tight fists and he was trembling, supposedly, with rage. "Tsukiyomi IKUTO!"

Ikuto glanced at him, rolling his eyes, his features expressing his boredom loud and clear. "Yes, you said that ten minutes ago, Kiddy King. I'm busy right now,"

"So what, is this like a continuation of your date?" asked Kukai curiously, apparently not bothered too much by the weirdness of this situation. However, he'd seen weirder; Utau kissing Ikuto, her own brother. No doubt he was prepared for the worst since then.

"WHAT?!" demanded Tadase and Nagi, and even Rima. She threw a dirty look at Amu; she'd never told her any of this. She would have to make sure Amu gave her all the dirty details later; otherwise this video would be mass produced.

"You know, they went on a date in the middle of the night. Ikuto mentioned it when we found out Utau was Ikuto's sister…" replied Kukai, blinking. Didn't they remember? How could you forget a moment like that? Then again, maybe the creepy discovery of the brother-complex had disturbed them so much they hadn't been aware.

"No….?" Their faces were all screwed up, Amu was violently shaking her head, and Ikuto seemed to be enjoying himself, as per usual. Seriously, is there any situation he cannot manipulate?

"Oh… Wait… You weren't there…" muttered Kukai, realizing his mistake. He swallowed; this wasn't going to go down well.

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Amu: OHMYGOSH! YOUCREEP!

Lorelei: Uh oh… Phase two.

Ikuto: I'm so fine.

Lorelei: I knoooow! Aren't you just?!

Amu: IMAKEELYOU!

Lorelei: *Kicks out of the way* Stop it, I want to talk to Ikuto.

Kukai: Heheheh. I kinda messed up there, didn't I…?

Amu: YA THINK?!

Lorelei: Okay, when Amu's done screaming, please rate and review! xDD I love hearing from you and I'm more likely to update if you REVIEW!