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I blinked several times as my eyes burst open as I stared at the window. I looked to my right where Ikuto had been playing with my hair like a child the night before. He was no longer there. At first I thought 'good riddance' but I felt a sudden knot twist inside my stomache. I shook my head, nah, I didn't feel anything. I sighed as I stretched my arms out wide and fell with a big smile on my face on my bed. I was still kind of sleepy as it was only 6am so I was glad for the lovely feeling of my covers. I had slept sitting up so my neck was killing me. I rubbed it as I looked at my hair. He said my hair smelled like strawberries, and yeah, that was true. I had washed my hair with my special strawberry scented shampoo after all. I slowly closed my eyes.
Have you ever thought of the possibility that Ikuto could like you?
Rima's voice rang through my mind as I jolted upwards trying to shake the thought out of my system. Why am I thinking about that of all things? If I had to think about I should be thinking about why on earth Utau wanted to give me a ticket, the girl she thought and probably still thinks 'is stealing her boyfriend'. But no, I had to go and freaking contemplate over that of all things. But Rima had told me to 'think about it'. I crossed my legs, I don't really understand Ikuto, sometimes he's so evasive. He confuses me too, some of the things he's said in the past. The ways he's acted. But I just think he likes to tease me. I know he does. Damn, if only I could mind read. Hah, that's never gonna happen. As well as that absolutely insane thought of Ikuto liking me. Maybe Rima was jumping to conclusions? Or maybe, just maybe, she could possibly be...
My thoughts were interrupted when I heard a stifled laugh. I narrowed my eyes knowing fully well who that belonged to. I twisted my body round so my head was hanging from the other side of the bed. Was he being completely childish now, playing a pafetic game of hide and seek. I laughed, still he's dead when I find him. I looked down under my bed scanning it very carefully when I got the shock of my life. Ikuto's hand grabbed mine from no where and threw me off the bed. I did a somersault off the bed and landed with a hard thud on the floor. The stifled laughter grew louder as I rubbed my head and glared at the direction it was coming from. Ikuto was laughing his head off not seeming to notice the death vibe I was sending him.
"Really?" I winced accidentally touching a bruise.
Great, now I have a flipping bruise on my head. Thank you, Ikuto. You should be happy. Damn, I am not letting this go. No way in hell. He was still laughing. He was opposite me and as he took one look at me he quitened down. Though he was still laughing silently. I kicked him hard but my version of a kick must have been like a tap on the shoulder to him. He didn't feel a thing. Why was he still here? And what was the point of him even doing that?
"I hate you," I muttered under my breath.
He stopped laughing and pouted.
"Aww, did I make Amu mad?" he teased.
Mad's an understatement, buddy. I sent him another death glare as he pretended to be scared. I immediately sent him another punch but again he felt nothing. What was he, made of stone? I can usually throw a good punch, but this guy felt absolutely nothing. That really pissed me off.
Ikuto smirked, "You're cute when you're mad."
"Well I'm about to get real adorable," I grinned maliciously.
He understood exactly what I meant. He stood up quickly as he rushed to the balcony. Too bad for him but the door was locked. He opened the door with ease as he ran outside. I gaped at him. I thought I had locked it. Maybe he had opened it before. No, stop thinking about how the door is open just make sure he doesn't get away. He jumped onto the balcony edge as he smirked at me.
"Catch me," he paused, "If you can."
And then he jumped off with such ease and gracefully landed on his feet. I stared at him leaning over the balcony as he looked up at me.
"That's not fair!" I exclaimed.
He snickered and stuck his tongue out.
"See you later," he waved at me and walked away.
I watched him go my mouth wide. I can't believe I just let him go that easily. I smiled, at least I can get my own back when he comes later. Hah, I'm not letting you off so easily Tsukiyomi Ikuto. Today will be very fun indeed.
I was right about Ami being jealous when she found out. When I asked my parents whether I could go I was waiting for them to say no. Instead they asked me who I was going with. I gritted my teeth thinking about what had happened earlier. I told them it was Ikuto and my mum gasped with delight saying how lucky I was to know Ikuto so well and that I should be grateful to even be in his presence. My reaction to that: calm down mother.
But my dad was a little less convinced. Like normal, whenever he hears me talking about boys he goes on full alert. But the idea about me going to a concert with one was crossing the line to him. Even if it was 'Tsukiyomi Ikuto.' He said no, saying I was too young. Of course I retaliated back saying I was definitely old enough to go to a concert. I also pointed out that Ikuto was older than me and-lie-more mature. He tilted his head deliberating. Ami stared at all of us her eyes pleading that the outcome would be that she ended up going. But that didn't happen. My dad finally gave up sighing and gave me a talk on how I should be responsible and that I should have my phone on at all times. He went on for a while as I nodded politely. He finished talking as I smiled from head to toe, I wonder why I'm so happy about this anyways. It's not like it's my favourite concert ever. I hardly listen to Utau's songs, though I do know that she has a wonderful voice and she can definitely sing. I shook my head, I'm just happy is all. Nothing else. Ami walked over to our mum and dad crocodile tears beginning to form. We all looked at her knowing what was going to come next.
"Can I go with big sister?" she asked.
It was really hard to say no to those sweet eyes and Midori found it the hardest as she was the one that would have to do so.
"No, dear. You can go when you're big enough," Midori said sweetly.
But this didn't make things any better. The waterworks had already started. Ami started to cry and scream as our dad and mum tried to calm her down. I sighed as I trudged upstairs hopefully she would quiet down soon. I was about to climb up the stairs when I heard the door bell ring. Midori looked to the door and then to Ami.
"Amu, can you see who it is, please?" she asked.
I nodded as I made my way to the door, unlocked it, and opened it revealing who was behind it. Rima stood there with a sheepish look on her face playing with her petit fingers as Nagihiko smiled at me with the biggest grin I have seen in my life. And Kukai has some large grins. Speaking of Kukai, he was there too. Though he wasn't smiling as much. He had a sad look plastered on his face that made my heart tug. I wonder what was wrong with him.
"Hey, Amu. Do you wanna go with us? We're going to the amusement park," Nagi suggested.
I loved the idea of going to amusement park and really really wanted to go. But there was the time I had to think about. I turned my head to look at the clock seeing that it was just past 11. Plenty of time. I grinned as I rushed to where my parents were and asked if I could go. They were still busy with a screaming Ami but they nodded. I jumped in delight as I ran to where my friends were and shut the door behind us.
"Let's go!" I squealed.
Kukai chuckled. I turned to him happy to see that there was at least a hint of a smile on his face. I hope it would stay there, it wasn't Kukai if he wasn't smiling. I raised my eyebrows wondering what had made him laugh.
"You seem to be really excited about going," he said.
I nodded smiling, "Hell yeah!"
Now it was Nagi who laughed, everyone seemed to be amused by me today.
"She's acting like Yaya," he chuckled.
I looked at him quizzically.
"Who's Yaya?" I asked.
He looked at me, "She's my band mate. She's very hyper, extremely,"
I laughed, she sounded quite the character. I wouldn't mind meeting her as she sounded nice. Maybe some day I will. The amusement park wasn't that far away from my house but god was it massive and amazing. Just the outside of it made my heart race with anticipation. We bought our tickets as I grabbed Rima's hand and rushed inside. There were so many attractions that my head was spinning on what to go on. I looked around and saw a rollercoaster called Death Roll. The name even sounded like it would be a hella lot of fun. I turned around and pointed at it.
"That one!" I insisted than suggested.
Kukai looked at it and grinned nodding. Nagi seemed to be fine with going on it too. I turned to Rima hoping she would want to go on too. She stared at me like I was crazy and then back at the ride. She gulped.
"Can't we just go on another ride first?" she asked.
Kukai shook his head, "The great Hinamori Amu has spoken, we are going on that ride."
Rima clenched her fists a horrible feeling forming in her throat. Nagi looked at her narrowing his eyes. Everyone else was quite oblivious that Rima absolutely hated rollercoasters. I had sort of noticed but I was too excited about the ride so I didn't really catch on completely. Kukai, however was definitely oblivious. He seemed to be a little too over excited about the ride. He was practically jumping.
"Come on before the line gets too long!" he exclaimed as he grabbed my hand and pulled me to the line.
Rima and Nagi followed us as Rima squirmed with the thought of going on it. Nagi put a hand on her shoulder as Rima immediately shrugged it off.
"If you don't want to go on it, I can stay here with you," he suggested.
Rima glared at him, "No, it would be worse to be stuck with you, cross dresser."
She walked off after us as Nagi sighed and slowly followed.
We were near the front of the queue and every step closer made me squeal with delight. Kukai and I were talking non-stop about it and Rima began to look a little green. We finally were at the front as we took our seats. Unfortunately for Rima she was at the front with Nagi. She turned around where Kukai and I were sat behind them.
"Why the hell am I at the front with Nadeshiko?" she complained.
Kukai and I smiled at her awkwardly. I loved rollercoasters but I didn't want to go at the front this time. I felt a little sorry for Rima who was already terrified about it. I was about to get up and swap places with her when the ride jerked forwards. I fell backwards on my seat as we slowly worked our way to the top. Kukai patted his knees grinning like a banshee. He wasn't acting depressed anymore when I first saw him. That's good.
Rima clenched her fists, the hairs at the back of her neck sticking up. We approached the top giving Rima a clear view of how far up we were. She shivered with fear, goosebumps appearing on her arms. Just before they fell Nagi held her hand tight as Rima gave him a look that said, 'let go'. But she never got to say this as the ride tilted down the track and sped so fast making Rima scream so loud that everybody had to cover their ears. My arms and Kukai's were in the air as we screamed and laughed never wanting the ride to end. Unfortunately for us it did. It came to jerked stop as Rima jumped out as quick as she could letting go of Nagi's hand. Kukai and I stepped out as we walked away from the ride.
"That was so amazing!" I exclaimed.
Kukai nodded high fiving me. Rima shrugged the goosebumps still on her arms.
"Are you ok, Rima?" Nagi asked.
Rima glared at him, "No I am not. Why did you hold my hand right then?"
Nagi shrugged smiling. Rima gritted her teeth and looked away from him deciding it was best to say nothing.
"So what are we going on now?" I asked.
Kukai's face lit up.
"We have to go on the helter skelter," he insisted.
I nodded, that sounded a good idea. Rima wasn't so convinced. She shook her head.
"No. I am not going on another ride like that. I'm going to choose."
Kukai pouted, "But the helter skelter isn't as bad as the roller coaster."
Rima shook her head still refusing to go on. I sighed, Rima did seem to hate the last ride, so maybe it was right that she would get the choice for the next one.
"Ok, you can then," I said.
Kukai stared at me his mouth gaping. He was going to say something but he snapped his mouth shut and pouted.
"Fine, but it better be fun," he gave in.
Rima smiled as we walked to her choice of ride. I looked up at it and gulped. So Rima preferred this kind of ride to the fast ones. I definitely was more comfortable with the adrenaline racing roller coaster than this. Why did she have to chose this ride of all rides. Why?
"Rima, do you even know what this ride is?" Nagi asked.
Rima looked at him like he was stupid.
"Course I do."
Nagi didn't seem to convinced. Nor did any of us for that matter.
We walked to the ticket booth as they gave us our tickets. The line wasn't so bad here and it wasn't such a long wait. We sat in the seats of the ride as it started to move forwards. I clenched my fists.
"Amu, are you alright?" Kukai asked worried.
I nodded, "Yup, just peachy."
He laughed at my expression noticing that I was definitely no where near alright. If Ikuto was here he'd be teasing me about now. Wait, who cares about Ikuto right now. I was just waiting for that to happen. Kukai looked in front.
"We should have invited Ikuto here," he mentioned.
I looked at him. This whole day would have been completely different if Ikuto was here. Even though I was seeing him later on today I knew that I would have experienced hell if he was here. But I would of had an amazing time anyway. But I am enjoying myself now, so it doesn't matter if he's here or not. If Kukai wanted to invite anybody it should have been Utau. Although, she has preperations for her concert this afternoon. So she probably couldn't come. The thought suddenly struck me, how was the relationship between Utau and Kukai nowadays. He hasn't talked to me about it since when he confessed his feelings for her. Did he ever tell her? It was something I was desperate to ask.
"Kukai, how is Utau..."
Even before finishing that question Kukai's grinning face suddenly disappeared and was replaced with the same depressed look I had first seen today. I never got to finish my question as something jumped at me. This was a Haunted House Ride, after all. The ride became faster as I closed my eyes shut. I could hear screaming from behind me.
"I thought this was just a normal relaxing ride. Why the hell are there things jumping up in front of me. And scary things too!" Rima squealed shutting her eyes when a disfigured body covered all over with blood appeared in front of her face.
Nagi rolled his eyes, "Rima, this is a haunted house ride. Of course it's going to be scary."
Rima opened her eyes and blushed at her mistake. Throughout the whole ride my eyes were closed so tight that if I opened them again they were sure to hurt. But I didn't want to see another thing right in front of my face. I'd rather be surrounded by darkness than that. I could still hear the creeping noises in the background which added on to my fear.
"Utau, I think she's planning something. And it's not your Christmas present, Amu," Kukai suddenly said.
That's when I finally opened my eyes as we reached the exit. I stepped out of it feeling a little unbalanced. Kukai followed suit as I looked at him narrowing my eyes.
"What do you mean?" I enquired.
He stopped and looked at me.
"Let's just say that she mighty pissed at you. Probably for how she broke up so easily with Ikuto," he stated.
I gasped. If what Kukai was saying was true then that meant that there must have been a hidden reason by the tickets she had given to Ikuto to give to me. When Ikuto had broke up with her she didn't fight for him like I thought she would. She gave up so easily. I should have realised that she had some kind of motive behind that. Now I feel like a total idiot. What ever she was planning, I've fallen into her trap. But, Kukai could be wrong. But it made more sense from what he had said.
"She should understand that I am never ever going to steal him. Can't she get that and move on," I questioned.
Kukai shook his head putting his hands in his trouser pockets.
"No that's not it. It's that Ikuto is the one who likes you," Kukai pointed out.
I gaped. First, Rima and now Kukai. Why did everybody assume that Ikuto liked me? Utau thinks this too. She's got it wrong again! Rima walked up to us rolling her eyes.
"Don't even mention that topic about Ikuto liking her. She's in denial," she snickered.
I stared at her in disbelief,"I am not in denial!"
Rima snorted and looked at Kukai as Kukai's mouth formed an 'o' seeming to understand what Rima was saying.
"You see what I mean," Rima said her attention now on me.
Kukai nodded, chuckling. I stared at him, for goodness sake. Why does everybody have to gang up on me? The thought of Ikuto liking me is just so...
I understand why they are all jumping to conclusions. Sometimes he acts like it, maybe, but that doesn't mean that he really is. I am not convinced until the guy tells me so. I don't care what Rima, Kukai, or what anyone else says. I will not believe it unless he actually says it. I looked at the time noticing that it was coming up for four. I gasped. If I didn't go I would be late for Ikuto picking me up.
"Hey guys, sorry, but I got to go. I need to go meet Ikuto," I stated.
Rima, Kukai and Nagi all grinned and gave each other knowing looks. They all said bye the looks on their faces permanent. I walked away surprised they hadn't gone and said something to do with the idea of Ikuto liking me. I expected they would and I was right.
"Bye! Tell Ikuto to make a move on!" Kukai shouted after me.
I turned my head, yup, I knew he was going to say something like that. I waved to them as I made my way out of the amusement park.
It didn't take much time to get back to my house as I was power walking and also it was near. I came to the door of my house, ready to knock when somebody-Ikuto-wrapped his arms around my neck and pulled me back. I waved my arms about trying to get him off me. I could hear him silently chuckly at me as he finally let go.
"You're late," he pointed out.
I glared at him.
"Well, you're a pervert."
He pouted, tilting his head. Even though I really didn't want to admit it, he looked kinda cute. I shook my head, he wouldn't sway me. I hadn't forgotten that I still needed to get my own back for this morning. Now I just had to think of what to do. Ikuto looked me up and down and smiled.
"You look cute today."
The comment made my heart pound. I knew he wasn't being sarcastic, the tone of his voice was enough to prove this. I felt heat on my cheeks suddenly realising that I was now blushing. I was seriously losing at this point. Ikuto smirked and leaned over smelling my hair, again.
"You still smell like strawberries," he grinned.
"It's shampoo."
He nodded and smirked taking a strand of my hair and kissing it.
"I know, I love the smell of your hair and you," he said.
Here comes another blush. I know I said that I would believe that he liked me when he said so. But this doesn't count, does it? He's kind of saying it indirectly too. I looked at him seeing that his eyes were full with so much sincerity. I really didn't know what to believe any more. But I had to know.
"Ikuto," I started, "Do you like me?"
He choked and stared at me shocked. I stared at him back wondering how he was going to respond. His eyes softened for a split second but the look was soon gone when it was replaced by another smirk.
"I am not answering that question because you didn't answer when I asked you that before. So there," he grinned.
What? I didn't think that would be his response. Actually I didn't know what his response would be, but not this. And he was wrong that I didn't answer when he asked it.
"I did. I said I didn't like you, that's the damn truth," I stated.
Ikuto shook his head snickering, "No it's not, you really are in denial."
Okay that's another thing that's starting to annoy me. Everyone is saying I'm in denial, when I'm not. Especially about me liking Ikuto. If I did, I would know. Ikuto suddenly took hold of my hand.
"It's ok, you can be in denial as long as you like. Just tell me when you realise," he said.
I snorted, "You'll be waiting a really long time."
"Fine, at least I know that you will like me, someday," he shrugged.
I raised my eyebrows as I tried to make him let go of my hand. But he was refusing not too. I sighed as I dug my nails into his palm. He let go of my hand quickly looking at the blood now on the palm of his hand. He stared at me in disbelief.
"You don't have nails, you have claws," he rubbed the blood off, "Jesus,"
I smirked, that was a little taste of pay back, there was more to come. We came to his car and as he was about to go to the driving seat I jumped into it instead. He stared at me a little lost for words and then laughed.
"I'm driving," I put bluntly.
He walked to the other side and opened the car door.
"Ok, but if you even leave a tiny scratch, you're dead."
Bring it on.
End of Chapter
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I'm not very good with cars so just imagine for yourselves what Ikuto's car looks like.
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