I'm sorry people for this supper late update! I didn't have time to write the Xmas Special :c So sad I know… I'm really sorry, I promise though, that from now on I'll work extra hard to get to update more often! And to celebrate that decision –and as apology- this chapter is extra cute! Hope you like it! Also, Review\Comment please!
"White"
"What is it? I wonder…"
"Oh. My. God!" Utau's eyes were wide open.
Let me explain the current situation: Mashiro Rima. The little annoying class skipping lover was eating with us. Yes us. It's been about a month since me and Ikuto started to date –officially-, so I'm kind of part of the "Harem Group" now. I really like to be with them, they're fun and refreshing, it is Utau though, whom I am closer to; we get along pretty well. Today we decided to have lunch on the garden next to the last school building and some sort of miracle happened because the Mashiro Rima is having lunch with us. I've known since a while now that she is a member of the group, but I've noticed that they don't talk much about her, and when they do they say: "She's at it again." , I never figured what that meant and once I even asked Ikuto but he said that it was «complicated». Although Mashiro is on my class I've only seen her a few times.
Utau was staring at the little girl, soon she glared at Utau.
"S-sorry…"
"Whatever." Mashiro sighed.
"Hum… So… everything ok?" Kukai asked.
Mashiro didn't answer; instead she glanced at him and sighed –again. The guy sitting beside her was also a rare face to meet. Fujisaki Nagihiko was a friendly guy, he smiled shyly and sighed saying:
"Don't mind her Kukai, she's in a bad mood."
"I can see that."
"Tsk." Mashiro Rima closed her bento and left without a single word.
I looked at them and realized their concerned expressions.
"Nagi…" Yaya started.
He sighed and nodded. "I know, she promised she wouldn't try anything so…" he sighed again "I'm leaving. See you guys later. It was nice meting you Hinamori-san!"
"Uh… yes… same here." I smiled and he left.
After we all finished our meals Utau and Yaya asked me:
"Please don't misunderstand the current situation about Rima ok?" Utau said.
"Yeah, Rima is cute! And she's Yaya's friend!"
"It's… fine, really. But how do you want me to sympathize with someone who doesn't even talk?"
Yaya and Utau's eyes met.
"Well, you don't have to... it's just that she's been thru a lot and her current status isn't… stable." I could see that Utau picked her words very carefully.
"Ok… I get it but still, she should treat you guys so bad. If your friends then what's her deal?"
Yaya was teary and Utau sighed.
At the end of the day Ikuto waited for me on the school gate and then –as usual- he smiled at me and kissed my forehead grabbing my hand ready to walk me home. Today we were going to his place.
"You should try and talk to Rima." He said out of the blue.
"Excuse me?"
"You know… talk." He said as if he didn't notice my indignant look.
"And why would I of all people do such a thing?"
He looked at me.
"You're good with people so... maybe you could help her out."
"I'm good with people?" I asked him raising one eyebrow; he nodded "Even if that's true, how can I help someone if I don't even know what their problem is? And she doesn't even talk to you guys very often, what makes you think she'd talk to me?"
"Like I said... you're good with people."
I sighed.
"I don't really understand what you mean by that but… I'll try."
Ikuto looked at the sky and then said:
"Why don't you guys throw a slumber party?"
This guy was having the craziest ideas today.
"What?"
"You know... have a girl's night… girls talk… "
"OH... and I'm guessing you know what girls talk is about right?" I said teasing.
"Y-yeah.. you talk about …stuff." He replied slightly blushing. I chuckled.
"What kind of stuff?"
"Hum… clothes, nail polishing, hair… clothes?"
I laughed at him and he blushed embarrassed. My boyfriend… so cute.
"And boys. That's our number one subject." I said smirking. He squeezed my hand as if he was afraid that I'd let go.
"Boys…"
"Oh yeah… that reminds me, I met a super cute boy the other day! We should indeed hold a slumber party; I want to give Utau details." I teased still smirking.
He was frowning and said a little pissed:
"Tsk… I should really mark you as mine since you're so slippery."
I chuckled softly.
"Really? And how are you going to do that?" I challenged.
Ikuto sighed and then looked at me in such a passionate way that my heart skipped a beat. "Like this." He said.
There was no one around and the road was illuminated by the scarce twilight lights, so when he pushed me against a tree- without looking away for one second -I panicked.
"Wha-wha-what are you doing?" I also couldn't look away, but seeing those passionate eyes of his were making me dizzy. "I-Ikuto… let go of me! " He got closer and closer, to the point where I could feel his breath on my neck. "Ikuto! Sto-Stop it!" I struggled to free myself from him but he wouldn't let go. He lifted my arms and grabbed them by the wrists with one hand. I looked up and felt my face burning. I struggled again:
"Ikuto! LET G…" my sentence never met its end because Ikuto silenced me crushing his lips against mine.
Even thought it seemed a violent act from him, I soon noticed his kiss was soft and loving. It was a long kiss, just like the first time he kissed me, and when he finally let go of my wrists he was ready to finish the kiss, but I wasn't, so I threw my arms around his neck and pulled him closer to get our lips together again. With one hand I grabbed a hank of his hair to reassure he wouldn't pull back until I said so.
I couldn't believe what I was doing. I was holding him tightly; kissing him so fervently, that I could feel flames growing and eating me from inside. How in the world did I get the courage for such a thing? And for such a long time too. When did all that tension come from? But I couldn't feel embarrassed about that. On that moment, I could only think about us.
When we finally stopped, I still didn't let him go. I stubbornly kept holding him tightly, and therefore, even though we weren't kissing, our faces were extremely close, leaving him no other choice then to rest his forehead on mine. We waited for our breathing to get under control. Ikuto's eyes were closed. I noticed that it was so dark, I could barely see him, but still the idea of him being there so close to me still got my heart racing. At last, Ikuto opened his beautiful eyes, my heart skipped a beat and I unintentionally gripped him closer. He was slightly blushing and when our eyes met and I noticed that under a full moon, the light in his eyes was deep, so deep that I felt like I was falling; I completely lost my balance and Ikuto grabbed my waste in order for me not to fall. He chuckled softly on my ear and when he rested his forehead on mine again, he whispered like a secret:
"Long kisses are dangerous, if you'll keep losing your strength we shouldn't do that anymore…" he smirked and I pouted felling my face burning and closed my eyes because I felt dizzy again, then he grabbed me tighter and said: " I am happy thought." I probably blushed harder and figured he'd make fun of me, but instead he continued: "We haven't been together for that long but, when we're like this, I feel like holding you forever." I opened one eye to see what kind of expression he had and when I saw his heart melting smile I sighed relieved and smiled closing my eye again. I was about to reply but then Ikuto said sighing: "Seriously, I know you love to kiss me but not noticing this ?!…"
I opened my eyes pissed at his tease and noticed he was holding my left wrist at the level of my eyes. I blushed even harder -if possible- to what I was seeing.
"It's beautiful." I told him. He smiled, pleased at my reaction.
A thin silver wire wrapped my wrist. When turning my wrist to observe the bracelet so carefully and painstakingly decorated, I found a small bust of a wolf carved rocked, swinging back and forth, and beside this was a small moon that subtly shone under the moonlight. Observing both figures, even though I was amazed, the whole bracelet seemed to me so … fragile.
Ikuto touched the small wolf and said:
"You once muttered that I looked like a lone wolf, so I figured that with this, you'd always remember me." (S/N: recap chap. 2: Amu did think about it and without realizing said it in a whisper, though I'm only revealing this now haha xD if Amu didn't notice and she's the narrator, she wouldn't say "and I said it out loud without realizing." It would be stupid. )
I realized a small tear was running down my cheek. Ikuto gasped and grabbed my face with both his hands, worried he asked:
"Amu what's wrong? Are you feeling bad?"
Ikuto… this is just as fragile as you… I thought, remembering all the pain he went thru and realized his wound was too deep to close. Then I hugged him tightly and whispered to him:
"I'll protect you. I won't leave you." By saying that I He probably figured what I meant because his body stiffened and then he hugged me hard.
After a while he rested his head on my shoulder and said:
"Amu…" His voice sounded strange, so I patted this head trying to make him feel better then he continued: "you're curiously passionate today." I stopped my hand. "Are you by any change expecting…something?" I realized his voice was sounding strange because he was holding a laugh.
"!" I was blushing hard."Y-you… you were… YOU IDIOT! PERVERTTTTTTTTT! I THOUGHT YOU WERE FELLING DOWN!"
I struggled to get away but he pulled me and I bumped against him and with our bodies sticking to each other he smirked and said:
"Earlier you seemed pretty troubled about what I was doing … who'd have thought that I, while so innocently giving my girlfriend a bracelet, she'd go and think that I was going to rape her." I blushed harder and although I wanted to reply back, I couldn't remember anything to say. "Well, of course rape isn't the correct word right? Because it would only be considered «rape» if the act was one sided, but thinking about that so passionate kiss of yours, I'm guessing it wouldn't be one-sided…" Ikuto's lips brushed against my face and then he whispered on my ear: "would it?"
My heart stopped for a moment and then I finally got the words:
"I~ku~to~~" He probably realized my wrath because he quickly let me go and, with a wide smile, he started to slowly move back. "I'M GOING TO KILL YOU, YOU PERVERT!" I yelled blushing and he ran away laughing happily while I was furious and at the same time embarrassed at his sly comment. I ran after him, but obviously couldn't catch him. When we got to the house, Utau opened the door and blink a few times seeing that I was all messy and puffy, while Ikuto was as wonderful as ever.
"What happened to you?" She asked and Ikuto held a laugh because I glared at him.
"Don't ask…" I answered tiredly; blushing at the sudden flashback crossing my mind.
Time skip~
"What a good idea!" Utau squealed happily gathering her hands together.
"Right?" Ikuto agreed sitting on the sofa –casually- sipping the tea on his cup.
"I don't know…" I said. I was sitting beside Ikuto.
"Why not? It'd be wonderful!"
"Yup, and make sure go hold the slumber here." Then Ikuto looked at me and smirked: "I would love to see you in your nightclothes."
I stared at him bewildered. And then looked back at Utau and stated.
"We are definitely NOT having a slumber party here."
"Fine by me."
"I think it's going to work though…"
Utau sighed and said:
"It will work, Rima is shy and… a little rude, but she'll behave."
I sighed.
"Well then... let's try it." I admitted defeat.
Utau smiled victorious and Ikuto sighed unsatisfied by my side saying:
"I can't believe I won't have the opportunity to assault you in the middle of the night."
I looked at him dumbfounded.
"Where are you wrong in the head?" I wondered.
He smirked and I put my tongue out.
Time skip~
My father came to pick me at Ikuto's house and after getting home and asking my parent's permission about Utau, Mashiro and Yaya staying over for the night in the Saturday, I took a shower and then jumped to my bed.
Lying there I remembered the kiss. I touched my lips with my fingertips and blushed thinking about my reaction.
I can't believe I actually grabbed him with all my strength and didn't let go. Why did things go that far? I don't usually react like that… but when I thought that he'd… he'd... we…
I squealed quietly and hid my face behind my hands.
Why am I being like this?... it's stupid, you're being stupid Amu!
Then I remembered when he pulled me closer felling butterflies in the tummy… and blushed harder again.
Darn it Amu! Damn you Ikuto! Why did I have to fall for you?! And fall so deep… I rolled to the side and moved my knees to the chest I think… I might love you…
I stared at my precious bracelet and slightly touched the wolf with my lips.
I fell asleep soon after.
Time Skip~
It was a normal week. Kukai and Utau fighting, Yaya being Yaya, Kairi-kun studying, Mashiro and Nagihiko-kun not showing their faces much and Ikuto being a pervert…
"Like I said! I didn't think about it, never crossed my mind."
"Oh? Really?"
It was Friday and Ikuto wanted to go to the meadow again, so I went with him. We were lying on the grass and he rolled to the top of me, holding my wrists to the ground so that I couldn't escape, and his face centimeters apart from mine. I blushed –like always- and he smirked getting closer to whisper on my ear:
"See? It's the same reaction from the other day: your hearts betting faster," he kissed my neck, and then dragged his lips to my cheeks "your face turning red," then again he moved and stopped on my lips, we weren't touching, he looked into my eyes and said: "and desperately wanting to be kissed." I could feel his breathing on my lips.
It was like this all week, Ikuto wouldn't stop making me feel embarrassed about the other day, though he always says: "You know it is because I like to see you troubled.", so today I decided I'll keep cool and definitely get my revenge. I thought of a good idea so I waited for him to try and kiss me, when it happened I obviously didn't let him touch me and even though I was blushing and my heart was racing I kept cool like planed and used all my strength to change his "game". I rolled to the side doing what he did to me. Ikuto was shocked, he looked at me speechless and I took advantage of that.
"You know you keep telling me all that over and over again since I kissed you the other day." When I leaned down his eyes went wide-open. Victory! I thought "Yes I kissed you passionately so what?" Then I whispered on his ear "I'll tell you a secret: I like you…" just like he did to me I dragged my lips to his neck and continued: "you are my boyfriend…" and then my lips slightly touched his cheek "isn't it natural for me to kiss you?" then I stopped centimeters apart from his lips and looked him in the eye "Your heart's also betting faster, and your breathing is out of control, you're blushing" and then I almost touched his lips while slowly quoting him: "and desperately wanting to be kissed." Then I kept quiet for a moment and casually rolled to the side leaving him a treat of what he usually does to me.
Well done Amu! Victory fells great! I guess he'll stop mocking me for a while."
Ikuto remained in silence for a while which got me wondering what was on his mind. I sat and tried to look at his face but he had it covered by one arm, I could see he was blushing.
"Hey Iku—"
"Do you understand that what you just did was bad in many levels?"
"Ah?" He was seriously out of his mind. Did he think he would mock me like that whenever he wanted and I'd never get my payback? He must be kidding me… "What are you talking about you perverted idiot? You tease me like that all the time why wouldn't I treat you the same way?"
"It's diferent." He replied still covering his eyes. "If it's me it's fine."
That pissed me.
"Whaa? You…!"
Ikuto suddenly pulled my down and kissed me. Then he squished my cheeks with one hand and I got to see his frustrated look, for the first time both of us were blushing.
"You don't understand… if you do that again I might really attack you."
My eyes went wide open and I was speechless. I was speechless for two reasons, first: because I had never seen such a cute Ikuto; second: because he was serious.
He sighed and then let me go and sat.
He kissed me in the forehead and then smiled kindly and said:
"So… is Miss Amu ready to the slumber?"
My mind was blank but since he touched the subject…
"No?"
He chuckled.
"Why not?
"Because… I don't really understand what I'm supposed to do."
"Just be yourself."
"Wow that's a big help." I said throwing my hands in the air.
"But it's true, Rima appreciates honesty."
"Hm…"
I pondered that but couldn't stop felling concerned. Ikuto touched the bracelet on my wrist, which startled me.
He was smiling while playing with the little wolf.
"You're wearing it." He said. I blinked a few times stunned at his sentence.
"Of course I am."
He chuckled then sighed and stood.
"Come on." He helped me stood too and then carefully kissed me "It's getting late, we should get going."
I sighed. I loved that place and hated the fact that we couldn't stay there any longer.
Ikuto wrapped his hand in mine and we started walking our way back.
"You know…" I started.
"Hmm?"
"We should camp here someday. I'd like for once to gaze at the stars lying on the grass there."
He laughed and I blushed.
"Wha-what?"
"Nothing… "He held my hand tighter "We should definitely do that someday."
Time skip~
Utau, Yaya and I were chatting about sever things but Mashiro-san –like expected- felt out of place.
"N-Nee… Mashiro-san." She looked at me with those big eyes." Can I call you Rima?"
She shrugged and said: "Whatever."
Yaya and Utau where observing us carefully. Rima probably thought that our conversation was done because she was back at reading "Shugo Chara!- The light Novel", but she was wrong.
"So… What do you like to do Rima?" She didn't even look at me. Yaya tried to soften the atmosphere replying:
"R-Rima-chan likes cute things! She likes servants very much and she likes funny things and…"
"Shut Up!" Rima demanded with a much higher tone than the usual. Yaya was teary.
That for me was like pulling the trigger. I stood and screamed:
"What the hell is your problem?" She didn't reply.
"Hey Amu, you shouldn't-" Utau Started.
"I shouldn't what? Not defend a friend after being hurt? And on the top of that by someone who's supposed to be a friend."
I noticed Rima trembled a little after what I said. Maybe she does care for them. Whatever, she can't treat Yaya like that!
"So? Not answering?" I asked.
After a while she glanced at Yaya and sighed saying:
"Because I saw the white."
Ugh... the chapter maybe turned out to be a little too much D: sorry… I tried to make it up for not writing the Xmas special but no worries, it won't turn into M LOL xD but I think it was important to write at least once the tension between the two of them... don't know, you guys tell me on the Review\Comment right?
Also the Rima thing is developing, finally! How will the relationship between her and Amu be? This story is developing more into a drama than I first wanted it to be… I'm on a journey to finding my most emotional side… things are getting serious… pff xD yeah right. Oh well, overall I think the chapter turned out to be pretty cute. People don't be shy ok?! Review\Comment PLEASEEEEEEE! I really want your opinions on this! Oh and please do help spread the popularity will ya? LOL kidding… but seriously... Review\Comment
Till the next Chapter!