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This chapter will be half amu's pov (normal one) and Ikuto's pov

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Amu's POV

Above all things, I hate being ignored the most. It's something that I just can't handle and by the end of it I end up going insane. But it always didn't last long. At my old town my friend was mad at me for forgetting her birthday. She swore that she wouldn't talk to me. It was like torture. Worse than torture, it was a complete and utter nightmare. Though nightmares and torture are near the same on the scale of being absolutely horrific. I tried to apologise to her, but she didn't listen. In the end I tried another tactic. It was the only thing I could think of that would make her talk to me again. I threw her a second party. Although, it was a surprise. She was stunned when she stepped into her house and loads of people stood up and shouted,'surprise!'. The look on her face was priceless. But this time I can't throw a party and everything would be better. No, because there wouldn't be a point. This time I don't know what I did. I have no clue whatsoever. But I know I'm being avoided. That's obvious. If only he was easy to find. Ikuto is never at school lately. He even said to me,'So I guess I'll see you in school.'

Well that was a plain flat lie.

That's why I am really agitated and am dying to know what the hell I did and why he's not at school. Calling him is useless as well, he's either switched off his phone or ignoring my calls. I never ever thought that I would be like this. Like I'd be so desperate to see him again. It's so...

So weird.

I shouldn't think anymore about that. So what if I want to see him again, it doesn't have any special meaning. Yeah, I think I'm just sinking deeper into a pit of confusion. I slapped my forehead to clear my thoughts as I blinked and looked forward. I've been blanking out Rima. She's staring at me with a very annoyed expression. I hate being ignored but I'm actually ignoring Rima. I'm quite the hypocrite. I smiled back at her awkwardly but her expression did not change. We were at the lunch hall and for some reason I could hear the shouts and laughter of people around me louder than normal. Fill in the awkwardness here. Rima played with her spaghetti bolognese as she twiddled it around on her fork. Was she ever going to eat that or was she just going to stare at it? I sighed as I prodded at my own food. I'm not hungry, not one bit. I'm not turning anorexic, hell no, I just don't seem to have much of an appetite today. Rima dropped her fork as she looked at me sternly with her amber eyes. I could feel her stare even when I wasn't looking at her. I was now just worried of what she was about to say. And how I was going to react.

"Amu," she said, "Are you that oblivious?"

I looked up at her shocked at her statement. Oblivious? She could tell that I had no clue at all what she was talking about. She sighed and shook her head.

"What do you mean?" I asked her.

She snorted at me a small smile playing at her lips. I stared at her, maybe I didn't want to know. I looked down at her spaghetti bolognese not wanting to meet her eyes. Somewhere deep inside, I had an idea of what she was going to say. Even if I didn't realise it at that point in time.

"Have you ever thought of the possibility that Ikuto could like you?" she answered as my eyes grew wide.

What?

Ikuto liking me? I gasped at this thought not sure what to think or say. I don't understand it. I don't know why but I just can't process it. I shook my head, I don't know. Rima watched me carefully, we were both wondering what I was going to do next. I snorted. Where did she get that idea from?

I burst out laughing as Rima stared at me expressionless.

She didn't seem to find anything funny. Nor did I, for that matter. But I felt that if I didn't laugh this horrible feeling inside me would not go away. I had no idea what it was and why I was feeling like that. But I couldn't bear it. Maybe, I thought it was impossible that Ikuto could ever feel that way about me. Or maybe I was scared to realise it.

Funny notion, eh?

I took a deep breath calming myself down.

"I seriously don't know," I told her as I looked back down at the spaghetti, "I just can't imagine it."

The spaghetti seemed to be really interesting, huh? I laughed silently but hid it from Rima. I looked at her from the corner of my eye and saw something I hadn't seen before. I narrowed my eyes wondering why she looked shocked. I followed her gaze as I looked behind me.

Holy shit.

"Ikuto," Rima said as Ikuto smiled back.

Did he hear that? Go on, laugh it off. Admit the truth. Say something dammit. I thought he wasn't going to come today. I thought he didn't want to talk to me. But here he was standing right in front of me. And he had heard everything. Everything. I looked at him trying to see if I could decipher anything from those sapphire eyes. But I couldn't. He was as easy to read as a god damn piece of paper. Completely blank.

Then something changed. One second he was expressionless the next he was smirking. Like normal. It was odd how he suddenly changed. But why would he be like that? Maybe he hadn't heard it at all. Maybe I'm worrying for nothing. He leaned down towards me as he kissed me on the cheek, again. My face grew red as I stood up clenching my fists. He chuckled at me.

"I can't believe you did that, again!" I shouted at him.

He snickered in amusement. I was jumping to conclusions, he seems to be just fine. And not ignoring me at all.

"That's what you get when..." he stopped when I interrupted him.

"You let your heart win," I sang back at him.

I just couldn't resist.

He stared at me a little lost for words and then he laughed back at me.

"You had to sing that Paramore song didn't you?" he laughed, "Seriously."

I giggled as I heard an annoyed cough coming from our table.

"You did it, again," Rima snorted.

Oh, I ignored her again. I apologised to her as she shrugged. I kind of got carried away. Especially with him kissing me on the cheek for the second time. I was just so mad that I forgot that Rima was actually there. I didn't mean too. She could tell that I was sorry as she smiled back at me reassuring me that she had gotten over it. I turned to Ikuto who had now gone silent. He looked at me his eyes reverting back to being blank. Which one was the act? His normal smirk-y self? Or this blank look? I really didn't want to know.

"I've got to go see Kukai now," he looked at me with a somewhat serious look in his eyes, "Bye, Amu."

He turned around as he walked away his body language confusing me further. Heck, I had no clue at this point. I sat back down as Rima smirked at me.

"You see what I mean?"she looked at Ikuto's direction and back at me.

I stared back at her not understanding what she meant. She rolled her eyes.

"It's freaking obvious he likes you. So don't deny it."

I wasn't in denial. I just didn't know what to think. Rima could tell that I wasn't convinced.

"Think about it. Would he have kissed you on the cheek if he didn't like you?"

"He's a pervert," I answered

She shook her head as she leaned back in her chair. She pushed the plate of spaghetti forward and stood up. She looked at me straight in the eyes.

"Just think about it."

I watched her go. What was there to think about? I thought back on the past few weeks I had spent with him. He's a natural pervert, that's why he always acted like that. It didn't mean he liked me. But, there was other things to prove this theory wrong. Amu, you don't understand...do you? He had said that to me when we had gone ice skating a few days ago. I was still wondering what the hell he meant. Amu, what do you think I feel about you. That was another thing. He had asked me that question before as well. I shook my head. Thinking gave me a headache.

Ikuto's POV

Why the hell am I so agitated? Just because Mashiro mentioned to Amu about that and now I feel so...

I can't even think of the word.

Where is Kukai anyway. I said I had to see him but I don't even know where he is. He's probably somewhere thinking up a plan to confess to Utau, which he hasn't done yet might I add. He really needs to just say it. You know what, I should take my own advice. Or I could just shut up. I didn't even realised that I liked her until recently. But like my life, there is always going to be a problem. And that problem is why I'm still here watching Tadase win. He likes her too, he has the same feelings. If I don't do something then I'll have the image of her and that Kiddy King together for the rest of my life. I don't want that, if that happened I wouldn't be able to stand it. She's so content about it too. Even if she does know, and I'm beginning to believe she has, she's so freaking content. It hurts me. I don't know why but it does. It's like she could care less. But then again, I could be wrong. I don't want to know that she knows. Especially if she's going to reject me flat. Especially if she can't even imagine it. I've never seen her blush around him, never. I smirked, it's obvious he doesn't get you like I do. But still, he's actually going somewhere but I'm still in the same place, frozen and unable to move. I don't want to watch. I shook my head as I finally saw Kukai. Thank god, I was wondering where he was. I stopped when I saw who it was next to him. I gritted my teeth.

Why the hell is he here? I walked up to them as Kukai grinned at me.

"Hey, Ikuto," he smiled.

I looked at Tadase as he looked back at me. Are you starting a fight, huh? Because I'll surely fight you for Amu. I clenched my fists. Damn him. Damn him to hell and back. And then back to hell again. While you're at it, stay there. Don't ever come back.

"Why are you here?" I questioned.

Tadase could notice the anger in my voice. He glared at me.

"Is that any of your business?"

I twitched with anger. He was asking for it. If he wasn't careful the next thing he knew he'd be in hospital. Or maybe even worse.

"Yeah."

I wouldn't let him see Amu. I won't stand to see him call her 'Amu-chan' again. He won't even get close. Tadase raised his eyebrow he could probably feel the killing intent in the air. Kukai, however, looked a little wary of the situation.

"If you must know, I'm transferring," Tadase answered.

I stared at him shocked. He was what? There was nothing I could do about that. I stared at him unsure of what to say. My mind went blank as Tadase snorted. Not good, not good at all. I could already see that from now on things were going to get a little tricky.

End of Chapter

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