Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters from shugo chara. If I did, Tadase would be long gone by now. Oh that, or he'd be gay o.o; and he'd end up being alone. Anyway, enough of my babbling!
Note to the Readers: The last chapter was pretty short, and I apologize. I'll make this one longer.
I watched as Amu's facial expression changed from sad to shocked. What does that mean? Does that mean she's just shocked, or she doesn't want to, or what?
"No way." she has an anguished look on her face. "I can't believe that I'm the person you're being forced to marry. I'm so sorry." Amu says while sobbing. "Hey it's not bad at all. At least you're someone that I like." I say in an imprudent way. I feel my face abruptly turning different shades of red as I look away with sheer humiliation on my face. "I'm someone that you like?" Amu says with sheer inquisitiveness within her voice. "Maybe." I mumble while blushing furiously. "No way, I would have never guessed." I'm so dumbfounded, I think it's pretty obvious that I like her.
"How can you be so sure you like me if you only met me yesterday?". "Because I can tell. You interest me. At times you try and act all cool and unnervous when in reality, you are. Plus I like someone who can be cheerful, and cool." I say sheepishly. "Oh I see." She says while blushing. By now I have escorted her inside our house, and we're sitting in the living room.
"What's this? Oh that's right. You told me you make songs right?" She says with a cheerful grin on her face. Before I can respond she's already reading it, and I reprimand myself for not putting it inside of my room before she came inside. "Whoa this song is so beautiful. Who's the song about?" She says innocently. "Um. I don't know I made it up." I lie. "Wait a minute." She says as her eyes grow wide. "Is this song by any chance about me?" Amu says with amazement in her voice. "Maybe." I say while my gaze is fixated on the ground. "Oh my gosh it's beautiful! But how do you know what my singing sounds like?" Shit, I've been discovered.
I slowly make my way close to her ear on the couch. "It's because the day before I met you, I had a dream about you. You were singing a song, and I thought you sounded amazing." I whisper tenderly inside of her ear. Her face turns several shades of red as she blushes. "That's incredible. You are truly prodigious. You must have a bunch of confidence to tell me the truth about discussing your sentimentality." The more I talk to her the more I have to force myself not to do anything too rash. "Thank you." I am so not confident with my sentimentality.
"So tomorrow we're going to be officially engaged. Seems like it will be interesting." Amu is now smiling brightly. I lean in unable to control my feelings for her anymore, and our lips gently brush. When we separate, there's a faint blush visible on her face. "I'm sorry, I got too egotistical with the situation." I apologize quickly. Amu shakes her head and says, "N-No, it's fine it just took me off guard.". "Can I ask you something?" I ask cautiously. "Sure, go ahead.". "Do you like Tadag- Tadase." I inquire, whilst I correct myself at the same time. A blush sweeps across her face. "Yeah, I do." She murmurs quietly. "Okay." Is all I manage to say. "However, I also like you too Ikuto." Now that really surprises me. "Then let me ask you something else too. Are you going to indulge in this arranged marriage, or do you want me to force my father to cancel the arrangement?" I say firmly, whilst I feel remorseful for inquiring the question.
The room falls silent after that one question. Her facial expression seems agonized, and I feel myself inch closer to her face; I caress it gently in my hand. "I'm sorry, that wasn't alright for me to say. I just thought it would be alright to say just because of the situation." I say while frowning. "No don't worry about it. Earlier today I went on a date with Tadase, and he acted so conceited. Also, my parents even disapproved of him when I got back. I'm not sure I really like him that much anymore." Her face looks solemn. "Then why did you say that you like him?" I ask with curiosity. "Because I meant I did in the past." Poor thing I feel so sorry for getting her involved in this.
I embrace her suddenly in my arms, as I intertwine my hand in hers. "I'm sorry I got you involved in all of these conflicts. I truly and sincerely am sorry." I say with sincerity within my voice. "It's not your fault. If this didn't happen, my feelings would still be set toward Tadase. I like you too Ikuto." I love her more than anything I've ever loved. The only think I've ever loved is my mother, who is dead; my father (who is missing), and not my current father but my missing father, and playing music and making songs. I never thought I could come to love someone this much. "I love you Amu. I want you to know, I support whatever you choose. Whether that be us being married, or us canceling the arrangement. I just want you to be confident with the decision you make, and to be happy." I whisper tenderly in her ear.
"I want to be with you." She says quickly while she disentangles our bodies from each other, then leaning over and gently kissing me on the lips.
Review, and I just might update soon. Thanks everyone. I know everything is happening quite quickly, but that's how my story is going to progress.