Recap:
"I-uh... uh... I-I! UM... AHHH!" I scream and start crying hysterically into Kukai's chest. He hugs me tighter as a whole bunch of tears start wetting his shirt. I tried covering my mouth again to prevent more noises from coming out but that didn't stop the tears from flowing. He hugged me tightly and rested his chin on my head "It's okay, Amu, let it all out" He started petting my long pink mid back length hair. So I did what he said and removed my hand and closed my eyes. I took a deep breath and started crying into his neck "K-Kukai..." I muttered
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Kukai's POV:
I hugged her a little tighter "Amu... it's okay. It's always gonna be okay"
"K-Kukai..." She muttered
I pulled her away from me putting my hands on her shoulder "Amu... look at me. Look at me!"
She lifted up her head slightly and stared at me right in the eyes without responding waiting for me to continue, which I gladly did "Amu! You have to listen to me! I don't know what's going on with you and your background but I know it was rough from what I've seen today! But still! Don't forget who you are! You're that cool and spicy chic that everybody looks up to! You're always happy and cheerful and won't let nobody get you down! You don't let anybody under your skin and it's always been that way! You don't let anybody see you cry and you're so oblivious to things around you. Don't forget that! No matter what happens! Just don't forget who you really are! Do you understand me?"
She nodded and slightly smiled. She wiped her tears and hugged me "Thanks for that"
"Wow, most serious pep talk I've ever heard" Ikuto snickered
Rima chuckled "Yeah, talk about 'tough love'"
Amu giggled "Kukai..."
"Hm?" I continued petting her strawberry colored hair
"You... you told me the good things about me... but... but tell me the bad" She backed away with a serious look. I froze "Huh?" so she crossed her arms "Tell me the bad stuff about me, and my personality. I want to know the cold truth, not some beautiful lie"
I smirked "That's my Amu-chan!" I ruffled her hair
"Let's all take turns saying stuff we don't like about her!" Ikuto suggested
"Only if you do it to all the girls" Amu demanded
They nodded. Utau giggled "Sounds fun!"
"Who's going first?" Rima asked
Amu smiled "Me"
"Okay... Amu... um..." Nagihiko was first "You tend to be bossy sometimes and also let emotions control you... uh, only sometimes though. You... um, tend to keep too many secrets to yourself and refuse to let us help you. We're so close yet you insist on being independent..." he finished
Ikuto started "You have pink hair, you read too many books, you have no social life, you're extremely bossy, you like to argue alot, you keep too many secrets to yourself, you're very agressive when angered and you have fat ancles" He finished
Utau hit him in the stomach "DUDE, THIS IS SUPPOSED TO CHEER HER UP!"
I cleared my throat "Kairi?"
Kairi thought for a minute "You work too hard or everybody around you and refuse to let us help... that's it"
Amu giggled "Thanks... Tadase?"
"Um, when you're in charge, you tend to get carried away and yell at anybody who messes up. You are very competetive and agressive. You are angered quite easily and you read tooooooooooooo maaaaaaaaaaaany booooooooooks!" Tadase complained
"A-Alright" Amu looked unsure of what to say "U-Uh, K-Kukai?"
"Hm? Oh... right, heh" I rubbed the back of my head sheepishly "You tend it over react and be wayyy too sensitive sometimes, you can be a total drama queen but you don't cry enough. You keep all of your emotions bundled up inside and don't let anybody help you with anything... and um... Amu?"
She looked up at me "Hm?"
"Um... Nagi... Ikuto... Kairi... Tadase..." He counted them all
They all nodded saying "Rima?" "Utau?" or "Yaya? in unison
I knelt down on one knee and pulled out a ring at the same time as all the other boys. I opened the box "Will you marry me?"
... their was a long pause, I looked up at Amu, she was staring at me in shock
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Amu's POV:
WHAT!? DID HE JUST PURPOSE!?
I heard Kazue whisper "You already know my answer" and then a slight yelp
I heard Utau cry "YES, YES, YES!"
I heard Rima "Nagi, of course!"
I heard Yaya yelp in surprise "KAIRI! OH, YES! YES!"
Kukai smiled at me "The only one we're waiting for is you"
I started to cry "Kukai! You jerk! Look what you did! You made your fiance cry!"
"Does that mean yes?!" He asked me excitedly
I playfully hit his chest as he stood back up "Of course, Baka!"
He stood up and put the ring on my finger. I smiled "Kukai, it's beautiful"
"Yeah, almost as beautiful as you" Kukai smiled
"OH MY GOSH!" I heard Utau scream "IT'S SO PRETTY!"
Kazue whispered again "Tadase, I love it"
"Nagi! You know just what I like!" Rima cried
Yaya stayed silent, I looked over and she was kissing Kairi... I smirked and looked back at Kukai who hugged me tightly. I winced and Kukai aparently noticed "What's wrong?"
"Oh... um, nothing" I shyly smile at him
"Amu... I'm not stupid, I know you pretty well by now" He took my arm and lifted up my sleeve. I winced as the cold breeze flowed on my open wounds gently. Kukai looked shocked "Amu... did you...?"
I ripped my arm away "Like I said, it's nothing" I put my sleeve down
I looked around and everybody was staring at us. Izumi stepped in "Amu cuts"
Everybody gasped. Utau ran over to me and hugged me "Why, Amu!?"
"She has ever since she was little. Ever since our parents were barely ever home and her bullies were so bad but our parents never gave her the time for her to tell them" Ryo explained
I held my arm "I did ever since I was little... like he said. It's nothing different, and I always wear long sleeves"
"Is this how you got your lonelyness, anger, and sadness out?" Rima asked me
I looked around and slight nodded. Rima walked up to me angerily and slapped me across the face "BAKA! BAKA BAKA BAKA! WHY WOULDN'T YOU TELL ME!? I THOUGHT I WAS YOUR BEST FRIEND! WHY WOULD YOU HIDE SOMETHING LIKE THIS FROM ME!? WHY WOULD YOU HIDE SOMETHING LIKE THIS FROM KUKAI!? YOU DON'T THINK WE CARE ENOUGH ABOUT YOU THAT YOU THINK YOU NEED TO KEEP SECRETS LIKE THIS FROM US!? YOU'RE SUCH A BAKA! BAKA! BAKA BAKA BAKA! I HATE YOU! I CARE TOO MUCH ABOUT YOU FOR YOU TO JUST CONTINUE ON DOING THIS!"
I was stunned but I nodded "Baka... you don't think I wanted to tell you sooner?"
"I never thought about it that way" Utau whispered
"I didn't want to do this to myself but-"Amu..." Miki interrupted me
"We're going to have a party to celebrate your engagement!" Ran sneaked up behind Kukai
Kukai looked at her, obviously confused "Um, why're you still here? Didn't you leave?"
"Oh come on! We wouldn't leave like that!" Ran smiled and hugged him tightly "I just couldn't!"
"We?" Kukai asked
"Couldn't?" I asked
Rhythm put his arm around my neck "C'mon, let's go celebrate"
"By the way, where's Su?" I asked
Ran thought for a minute. Utau looked confused "Um, you mean the lady you beat up when you were disguised as Dia?"
I nodded. Miki came back and looked at me, confused "She'll be at the party"
"When's the party?" I ask
"Um... in a couple'a'days" Ran smiled and let go of Kukai
Kukai looked at me "Are you gonna tell Miki, Daichi, Rhythm, and Ran?"
"Tell us what?" Daichi came up behind me
Rima grabbed my wrist "Baka, here, decided not to tell the the biggest secret we'd ever wanna know about her. That's what!" She lifted up my sleeve forefully, I winced "Please stop that" I begged. She shook her head as Miki walked up to me "You've been cutting ever since you were little... I know that much but... I thought you stopped cutting when you met Kukai because he saved you from those bullies. Look, Amu-chan, I've known you ever since you were little... real little, since we were kids but you need to get over this. I know about all of your fears and why you cut in the first place but your mom gave you that bracelet, remember? That should be enough to calm you down"
I looked at my golden bracelet with a whole bunch of charms on it. I slight smiled "Yeah" I played with the charms
"Hey, I have an idea!" Ikuto announced
I looked at him, shocked "Huh? You have an idea? The baka cosplay neko has an idea?! That's a first! Now've I've seen everything!"
He hissed "Ughhh, why don't you tell everybody what every charm on that bracelet is for?"
Miki nodded "That's a good idea"
"What?" I looked up "Alright" I looked back down at my bracelet "The traffic light charm is for when me, Chiyo and my mom were stuck at a red traffic light, our car broke down so we had to pull over. Our car got towed and we were towed with it. When we finally got to where we were going, he had to sneak the car outta there while Chiyo was distracting the guard dog. She loved up to that little guard puppy and called him cute when he was obviously a vicious beast. After we got the car outta the lot, we stopped for icecream and stuffed our face" I slightly giggled
Rima smiled "Good memories always last! Um, what about the heart?"
"Oh... the heart is when me, Chiyo, Mai, Ryo, Izumi, my mom, and my dad were locked in a church because the door shut and it wouldn't open. My dad and my mom were already wearing a tux and a dress because they just came back from my cousin's wedding. I was a brides maid so I was in a dress and so was Izumi, Chiyo and Mai. Ryo was the best man so he was obviously in a tux. Izumi was always the childish one who would yell out who she loved for the whole world to hear... fortunately for her, she didn't like anybody. She yelled out 'IT'S GETTING HOT UP IN HERE' which made us all laugh, then my dad and my mom got bored while they were waiting for someone to get here after they called help. So they decided to get married... once again, and they didn't even divorce but it was just for fun. I was pretending the be the priest while everybody waited. Once I announced 'You may kiss the bride' they kissed and then Izumi jumped up yelling 'YES! YOU MAY HAVE A HAPPILY EVER AFTER FOR THE REST OF YOUR SHORT LIVES!' which made us laugh more. After we got out, my dad took us all out for frozen yogurt. As soon as we got there, me and Izumi had an eating contest... while everybody else laughed at how funny our faces looked" I explained
Kukai smiled at me "You have a lot of nice memories of your mom, don't you?"
"Yep" I popped the p
He smirked "And the guitar?"
Awkwardness filled the air then I took a deep breath and broke the silence "That one was when me and Izumi were taking guitar lessons that my mom would drive us too twice a week. Me and Izumi would play around with all sorts of guitars they had there and talk about each one. I knew each one by name but I forgot them by now, Izumi quizzed me and I got them all correct, even the trick questions and some she didn't even know. One time I told her what one was called and she immediately got obsessed, she kept climbing to get it since it was on the top shelf. She knocked it down off the shelf but I caught it, she hopped down saying 'thanks' I just smiled at her. She took the guitar outta my hands, my mom came running over and she looked furious saying 'You both are in SO much trouble when we get home!' which made me and Izumi both giggle. The owner of the shop saw us and walked over saying 'Wow, you're a natural! In reward of you saving that guitar, how about I give it to you for free?' and I looked shocked. I didn't want to take it because it's too expensive a gift but he insisted to I took it anyway. Me and Izumi stuffed our faces with cake when we got home. It was a really fun food fight. She accidentally splatter a drip of cake on my new guitar when she was stuffing it in her mouth. We had like 11 cakes. I saw it and immediately wiped it off. I looked over at her 'Hey... um, Izumi, I need a favor to ask of you' and she smiled and asked me what. I immediately picked up a cake and shoved it in her face. She wiped it off of her face and licked the cake off of her fingers. She picked up a cupcake and shoved it in my face on my nose. I obviously looked furious. I grabbed a hand full of cake and through it at her... THUS BEGAN THE GREAT FOOD APOCOLYPSE!" I joked
Kukai snickered "Yeah? Cool, how about-"That's enough!" Ikuto interrupted Kukai "It's getting late, tell us tomorrow"
"Amu...?" I heard a voice behind me, I immediately turn around to see who's there
I blinked "...Who're you?"
"...You forgot me already?" The lady asked in a slight chuckle "Well, it has been 3 months years! It's not like I care that you forgot me but... EHHHH heck with it! I'm..."
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EUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU WHO COULD IT BE!? REVIEW AND GIVE ME REQUESTS ON WHO IT SHOULD BE, HER TWIN, HER MOM, HER BEST FRIEND, HER SIBLING, HER BULLY!? GIVE ME IDEAS!
Ikuto: I don't-
Amu: SHUT IT, CAT!
Laura: BAKA COSPLAY NEKO!
Ikuto: I was just going to say-
Yaya: NOBODY CARES WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO SAY!
Ikuto: Not even for candy?
Yaya: ...
Amu: xD Laura-chan doesn't own Shugo Chara
Laura: I OBJECT!
Ikuto: Oh yeah? What's your objection?
Laura: I DON'T OWN SHUGO CHARA YET!
Yaya: The series is over, you won't be able to own it... ever
Amu: ... She's right, ya know
Ikuto: GOSH
Laura: NOT IF I MAKE A SEQUEL!... MOVIE
