Chapter 8

-Ikuto's POV-

I was stiff. My body was very rigid in a tight position in my hotel room couch as I was wondering what Amu and this "Tadase" were doing together.
My fists were clenched together as I could not bear to see the image of now my Amu with her old sweetheart.

When she told me in dinner about this person, she looked away and probably blushed from her old memories of him.

How envious I am right now! I want to know so badly to whatever happened between them.

Did they go out? Did they have previous relationship? Did Amu go crazy over heels for this guy?

My head is full of thoughts right now that my head can't work properly at this moment.

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Amu's POV

There he was. He was gracefully standing there, his golden hair shining, and his warm smile penetrating my train of thoughts.

Each smile that he smiled at me gave me a sudden electric signal to my old heart.

He was walking towards me now. Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god. I thought to myself.

"It's been long Amu, you look even more beautiful."

His face structure was perfect, his blue, clear eyes looking at mine, and his warm smile.

I was stumbling to find the right words. There were a gazillion things that were going around in my head. Things that were like…

"You idiot! How could you have not figured out my feelings before!"

And…

"Why did you even bother come to see me? You're making me more annoyed just by seeing your handsome self. Maybe even intoxicating!"

But by then when I was going to jump back into reality, Tadase leaned down towards my face level, "Are you okay? You look, not well."

"I'm fine, it's been long too. You look dashing as always." I added

He smiled, "Come on, I'll treat you to lunch. We should catch up on whatever the heck we did over the years."

Suddenly, he grabbed my hand and lead the way.

I stumbled for words to describe this moment.

Warm, just like always.

Soft, as silky as always.

Strange thing was, my heart was confused. It belonged to someone else that I loved. Not him. He wasn't allowed to make my heart beat flutter than Ikuto.

I was glad that Ikuto stole my heart before Tadase came.

If Ikuto didn't come, I would've been the high school loser that I was, and still fall madly in love at this very moment right now.

As he was leading the way out of the building, it felt awkward to keep holding hands for the rest of the way, so I sneakily slipped my hand off. (Hopefully he didn't notice)

As expected of him, we went to a mini café. It was so him. Bright colourful inside with delicious desserts on the menu.

He started a conversation as we settled into our table.

"So, how were you? I didn't get to keep in touch with you, and that was pretty rude of me weren't I?" He put both him hands on his cheeks and leaned towards me with elbows on the table.

"Well, Rima was distracting me a lot with her obsession for her love of everything,"

He chuckled. His melodic voice stayed the same too.

"Rima bugged me a lot too."

I raised one eyebrow. "So you kept in touch with her but not me?" I teased.

It was hilarious. His face was stressed as if he was looking for the right words to prove me wrong.

"It's okay, it's a good thing that we're catching up right now anyways." I reassured him.

He exhaled in relief. "Did I mention that you look even more beautiful than before?"

I blushed, "Stop making me blush you jerk!" I thought to myself.

We then talked and chat about other minor things in our lives.

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It was pretty late, maybe 6 o'clock. Tadase walked me to my hotel.

It felt like a tight, weird atmosphere… Like I had this gut instinct that something unexpected was going to happen.

Then..

He caressed my cheeks with his gentle fingers and leaned in for a kiss.

Gentle as a whisper, softly against my lips…

I was still, frozen, my eyes wide from this incomprehensible action of his.

I knew he wouldn't want to end it… So I just waited so that he would be the one leaning away.

Few seconds after…

"Good night." He whispered in my ear and walked away.

My mind was flooding with thoughts now.

What the hell… This is just too much to take in.
Tadase has shown no preference or interest in me in high school. Why now?!
Why now when my heart already belonged to a person that I felt safe with?
Why would he kiss me?"

I almost felt mad, enraged inside of me. Now he's going to make me feel guilt overflowing of me when I see Ikuto.

I quickly then rushed into the hotel.

I quickly press the elevator button repeatedly.

I needed someone to help me feel better. Get this crappy feeling out of my head. I needed to see him.

The door opened. And hell, he had the perfect timing.

Nobody was inside but him, so I quickly entered and pressed the close button.

"Amu, Why were you late? I was going to-"

The angry feeling that I built up from Tadase, I quickly shut Ikuto up with a kiss.
I pushed him against the wall and kissed him as hard as I could. My hands gripped on his shoulders and enclosed the little space between us.
I could tell that he was confused by my unusual behaviour, but I didn't care. He was just going along fine with it after a few seconds.
For all I know right now, I wanted him.

A/N: Sorry for the late updates. Been busy sometimes and I get really tired lol. School week was torture for me, and I've been feeling a bit down lately.
Anyways, hope to see reviews please! I love to see feedback and comments. I'll try to update as fast as I can for the next chapter (: