CHAPTER 3
Everyone was already gathering at the front of the school excitedly. Well I wouldn't say "everyone". I'd rather go with every girl. All the guys stood to one side, unhappy about what was going on. I even saw one girl yelling at her boyfriend to leave her alone because Ikuto Tsukiyomi was coming to our school. It was absolutely despicable and pathetic and I felt bad for the guy. The more I looked at all those people waiting for Ikuto, the angrier it made me. I couldn't stand the crowd's loud talking and murmuring and excitement. It made steam blow out my ears!
Since I decided that I wouldn't just sit in class the whole day, I decided to watch his arrival. I didn't want to look like a loser who sits in class all day doing just about nothing, so I sat on the benches outside. I was a pretty good distance away from the crowd, and the bench I was sitting on just so happened to be my favorite. Why? Because it was the only bench in the whole school that had a decent tree over it to provide shade. And it was a fruit tree too, so the smells were delightful in that area. No, I wasn't becoming one of the girls at my school who were obsessed with him. The weather was nice today, so I just wanted to sit outside. And his arrival was just an excuse. I just really wanted to savor the cool breeze today, and the nice sunshine.
I glanced at my watch and looked at the time. The bastard was going to arrive anytime soon. Oddly, I started to feel something inside me. It was this weird feeling that made me almost…excited? No, that wasn't the word I was looking for…or was it? . It was almost as if I really was excited though, because this feeling inside me made me impatient for his arrival. I shook my head violently and tried to get the thought out of my head. I never really even looked at the guy before. I mean, sure I've been around tons of girls with pictures of him in their hands, for the past week. But, I never really took a good look at any picture of him before. But what does it matter? His looks won't force me into liking him. I'm FAR from liking him! I despise him. And that's a true fact.
Suddenly, I heard tons of screaming from the crowd. He was here already. I knew it. I got up from the bench and smoothed out my uniform skirt. Why the hell did I do that? It's not like I was trying to impress anyone…was I? I cleared my throat and tried to stretch my neck so I could get a better view. I couldn't even see anything with everyone jumping over him, so I got closer to the crowd. For a mere second, I saw something dark blue that was shining under the sun. Then the dark blue was gone. Then slowly, one by one, the crowd seemed to part in half. I tiptoed and saw several giant bodyguards pushing them away. Then I saw the blue again. And under the blue, was an amazingly handsome face. That couldn't be him, could it? This guy is too handsome to be Ikuto Tsukiyomi. But it really was him. Just my luck.
I took another look at him and noticed his dark eyes. They were, indeed, dark, but shown like diamonds. I had to admit, they were mesmerizing. My eyes trailed down to his lips. They weren't pink or red or any color close to those two. They were a bit pale, but they were still beautiful for some reason. I think I might have skipped his nose. Yes, I did. So I stared at his nose next. It wasn't huge, nor was it small. But it was…well it was perfect. It looked like angels from above sculpted it. Then I took a look at his whole face, and took it all in. Wow. This guy was…hot. Oh, what the hell am I thinking? I'm supposed to hate him right now! Maybe I really should've stayed in class for three whole hours!
Suddenly, everything around me froze. Everyone, everything, even nature seemed to have frozen right before my eyes. The screaming even stopped. What I was experiencing was unexplainable. It was scaring me. When I had nothing else to look at, I looked at him. Then I understood exactly why everything in the world had stopped. He was looking at me. He was really looking at me. But it scared me. I had no idea why it scared me, but it just did. Maybe it was because his dark eyes seemed to be looking so deep into me, that I could feel his vision burning a hole through my heart. Or maybe it was the fact that because he was even staring at me, because the minute I looked right into his eyes, butterflies started eating away my stomach. What I felt…it was also…unexplainable.
I took in a deep breath, and the second I exhaled, everything, everyone, and even nature resumed its normal routine once again. But I didn't. It seemed like it was my turn to freeze now. And it seemed like it was also his turn to freeze, because when the world started to move again, we suddenly stopped. We just stared at each other for the longest time. It felt almost like a year, maybe even a century. When the girls around him tried to wake him from his daze, all he did was ignore them. It was only minutes before everyone registered what he was doing. They all turned in the direction he was staring at. And the first thing that everyone saw when they turned around, was me. Their eyes were glued to me, but some how kept moving back and forth from me to him. Some girls looked envious or angry. Others looked confused. I really couldn't take it anymore, so it took all my consciousness, all my will, and all my force to tear my eyes away from his. It was difficult for me though. It was almost as if he was holding me there with his eyes, staring me down, forcing me to stay and keep looking into his eyes. But eventually I managed. And when I tried to walk away, I felt like lifting my feet was the hardest thing to do. It felt like using my legs to lift two giant cinder blocks. And yet, some how…I managed.
Come on, Amu! Walk faster, walk faster. Just get away from this place as fast as you can! Go anywhere else, but this place! Escape! Escape! I began to walk faster and faster and before I knew it, I was running. I was speeding. It was almost like the wind was helping me. The wind…was pushing me to run faster and faster till my legs felt numb from the cold air, and till my lungs were charred from my heavy breathing burning it. I didn't know where I was going and I didn't know how I was going to get there, but I didn't care. The whole situation back there was just too awkward to bear. But isn't mom going to kill me if she finds out that I skipped school? No, this won't do. She'll ground me, and then I won't be able to have any privileges for like a month or two! Crap! As much as I hate this, I know I'll have to go back…crap…I really don't want to. I don't want to face that scene again. It was just plain awkward and I don't know what will happen when I get back. I don't even want to know!
My conscience decided to take me over, and abruptly made me stop running. I silently cursed to myself under my breath and turned around to run back towards school.
"Amu…*pant*…you are really…*pant*…in for it now…*pant*…aren't you?" I told myself. In time, I got back on my school campus and made sure that not enough people stare at me. Unfortunately, I forgot that the welcoming of Ikuto Tsukiyomi was three hours long, and the three hours were barely a quarter over. I groaned angrily to myself and threw my head back to stare at the cloudy blue sky.
"Why can this never end?" I accidentally yelled out loud. A few heads turned to stare at me weirdly. I went over to sit down on my favorite bench and think over things. What happened back there? Was I having a moment with that jerk? That's…impossible. I can't like him…do I like him? No! That's unacceptable! Stop thinking such retarded thoughts, Amu. You hardly know him—no—you don't know him at all. All you know is that you and him just stared at each other for a very long time. It means nothing…right?
Frustrated, I shook my head violently and got up from the bench. I stomped past some people that were standing around, the crowd and Ikuto Tsukiyomi, and walked straight into the building. The thing is, when I walked past the crowd, I could feel his eyes on me. You know how I knew? Because, I felt this weird energy when I walked past him. I had this feeling in my gut that told me so.