(A/N: I do not own Shugo Chara. Please review! I'm trying to update as fast as I can )

Chapter 5

There was a knock on Ikuto's door. Ikuto peered up from his sheet music that he was studying and went to answer the door.

"Hey, Tsukiyomi-san!"

Ikuto gave him a small smile. "Hello, Kukai."

Kukai gave Ikuto a big smile and then a big hug, too.

"Kukai, what are you doing here?"

"I just wanted to come and visit you!" Kukai said with a grin. That boy was always so energetic.

"Okay." Ikuto shrugged. He didn't mind Kukai being around him… at times. He sat back on the couch and Kukai sat in a neighboring chair. "Did you talk to Utau lately?"

"Yeah! She's working really hard, isn't she?" Kukai said with a smile.

"I guess so. I don't really follow what Utau does a lot."

"Really? Oh, I guess so with all of your music, right? Hey, didn't Utau say that you were only staying in Japan for another week or two? Then you're going to France right? With the orchestra?"

"Yeah—" Something suddenly dawned on him. He had been so caught up with Amu and Amu and Amu… that he forgot… about…

Suddenly the sound of Utau's singing was heard... from Kukai's pocket. Kukai blushed as he took out his phone and looked at the screen. He had one of Utau's songs as his ringtone. Ikuto was staring at him. Was that supposed to be… cute? Or…? Kukai laughed nervously.

"U-uh, I have to take this call, u-um, I'll just be a minute!" Kukai stood up and walked towards the… bathroom… to answer the call. Ikuto watched him leave. Did Utau know that Kukai put one of her songs as his ringtone?

Ikuto shook his head.

There was a bigger problem at hand.

He would be leaving in less than two weeks to France. Then he would continue traveling with the orchestra. He wouldn't be back in Japan… for…

"Hey, Tsukiyomi-san? Sorry, but, I have to go. See yeah soon!" Kukai said, leaving abruptly.

Ikuto hardly heard Kukai.

He wouldn't be back in Japan for almost a year. What the hell would he tell Amu?

Kukai ran towards the park. The phone call… Amu hadn't called him in a while, and her voice sounded strained. She had asked to speak with him about something important. She sounded like she was almost going to cry…

"Amu-chan!" Kukai called to the pink haired girl sitting on the bench. She looked up to see him and she smiled widely.

"Kukai!" He ran up to her and hunched over, catching his breath. When he stood up, he gave her a hug.

"Hey, Amu-chan! What's going on? You sounded… Is everything okay?"

Amu smiled and Kukai instantly could tell that it was forced. "Yeah, um… Can I talk to you about something?"

"Of course."

Amu looked at him, sadness etched in her expression. They sat down on the bench and she began. "Kukai… I met this boy, and I think I might… really, really like him, love him even, but I'm so confused. I-I only just met him and he's so mysterious! Kukai, you should see him! He always wears a hoodie and sunglasses, like he doesn't want me to know what he looks like or something, and he refused to take them off! Kukai, I don't know what to do! On our first date, h-he got a phone call from a girl named Utau, who later he said was his sister, and he had to leave so suddenly. He said it was because he had a rehearsal or something. B-but before he left, h-he kissed me! A-and, he visited me at my house and he said he would come back and he kissed me again and—" Amu put her head into her hands. "Kukai… I'm so confused. I think I might have feelings for him, but how can I when we just met? When he is so mysterious and I hardly know anything about him?"

Kukai had been silent while Amu was talking and a few things stuck into his head. Mainly, the boy's sister's name was Utau.

"Amu… what was is this guy's name?"

She looked at him, confusion still on her face. He realized that she had been crying through her confessions.

"I-Ikuto. Suzuki Ikuto." Ikuto? But… Suzuki?

"Hey, does this… Suzuki Ikuto have a Chara?" Amu looked at him.

"Y-yes… how did you-?"

"What's his name? The Chara?"

Amu looked at him. "Y-Yoru. He's a small, dark blue cat. With a cross on his shirt. He says nya a lot…" Amu and Kukai's eyes widened simultaneously.

"Do you know Ikuto?" Amu cried out as Kukai exclaimed, "You know Tsukiyomi Ikuto?"

There was a moment of silence between them as they stared at each other.

"Did you say… Tsukiyomi Ikuto? As in… the famous-" Amu asked slowly.

"Yes! That's Utau's brother! I have no idea where Suzuki came from, but her brother, I've met him, has a Chara just like that, and the Chara's name is Yoru! Amu-chan, you've been dating Tsukiyomi Ikuto!"

Amu looked at him, her eyes wide and her face pale.

"B-but…" Amu shook her head. "N-no! That's not—that's not possible!"

"Amu-chan, think about it! That's how come he's been trying to hide his identity from you! He's a famous violinist!"

"N-no! No, that's not… No…"

"Amu-chan! Think about it! It all makes sense now, doesn't it? Rehearsals? Sunglasses and a hoodie? Mysterious?"

Amu looked at him. Had she really been with… "But, Utau doesn't hide her identity from you… she didn't…" Amu turned pale and dropped her head. "Utau didn't lie to you."

"Amu-chan, he probably had a really good reason! Anyway, it's different with Utau and I, I met her while she was in her studio, so she wouldn't have been able to keep her identity a secret."

"Even if Tsukiyomi Ikuto was the boy… he lied to me. That's that.

"Amu-chan, don't think about it that way!" Kukai said. Amu stood up. She had had enough.

Was it true? She didn't know. Either way she was furious with Ikuto, no matter what his last name was. If it was Tsukiyomi, she would be furious because he lied to her. If it was Suzuki, she would be furious because he was so mysterious and wouldn't reveal himself to her; he would always wear that damn hoodie and sunglasses. He had asked her to trust him when he obviously didn't trust her.

Amu turned around and started to run. She would run back to her house. She would shut out the world. She wouldn't allow 'Ikuto' back into her life anymore, no matter how painful it might feel in the future of losing him, she wouldn't let him back into her life. She had had enough.

(A/N: Updating soon! This is not the last chapter!)