Me:: *stretches arms above head* Sorry about the delay in this chapter but finals and graduation took priority...

Ikuto:: *glares* Don't lie, you no-good-lazy-ass-writer

Me:: *trembles* Waaa~aaah! Ikuto is scary when he's angry!

Amu:: Thanks to ChisaMaxx & Foxgirl18 for reviewing... *whispers* that's the only reason why she bothers to upload chapters now...

Ikuto:: Yeah... Feed her reviews and then next chapter she'll write an Amuto smut chapter

Me:: WHAT? O.O

Ikuto:: Don't act innocent... you're 18, Csi-chan!

"…to sleep with only memories is harder every night…" – Alone in this bed [Framing Hedley] –

A Month Later –

Ikuto's P.O.V.:

I rolled onto my side, closing my eyes irritated from the lack of sleep I had been getting since I came home from the hospital a month ago. I couldn't shake that uneasy feeling that something was falling apart. I sighed, thinking back to how I reacted when I saw chibi king with Amu…

She probably hates me

Can you blame her?

No…

Baka.

Who are you calling an idiot?

The idiot who is now picking a fight with himself!

I frowned, silently deciding that arguing with myself wasn't going to help me. At all. I sat up, feeling a couple drops of rain hit my face.

"Guess I better get out of this rain…" I mumbled, standing up and walking off.

Amu's P.O.V.:

Splash!

I ran straight underneath a lone tree in the park; I sighed eyeing at my bags in my hands.

"Stupid Ami…" I growled under my breath.

"What about Ami…?" A pair of midnight blue eyes appeared in front of me; only a few inches from my face.

"Whaaaat?" I squeaked, surprised and slowly backing away until—

"Woah! Close one…!"

My foot had apparently slipped on the wet walkway in the park; in front of me, holding me by my waist, was Ikuto!

"I-Ikuto?" I stared at him, wide-eyed.

He just bit his lip as if trying not to say something; I found my footing again, noticing the front of my shirt had gotten drenched. My face immediately heated up; I swung around cursing under my breath hating the face I was wearing a white t-shirt. I felt something heavy land on my shoulder; I glance over and saw Ikuto had taken his jacket off and stuck it on my shoulders.

"Here. Wouldn't want some creep to hit on you…" He mumbled, turning so his back faced me.

"Thanks… again." The last part came out barely audible.

We stood there for a while, not saying anything; the rain hitting the pavement was all that we could hear.

Should I ask him about the picture?

How the hell should I know?

You're me… One of us should know.

You forget…

Forget what…?

Exactly.

I groaned, my head hurts from all the confusion every event has brought me since I came to here. I caught Ikuto looking at me but when I turned to ask him what was wrong; he turned away looking depressed.

"You can give me it back later…" I watched as Ikuto ran off into the rain, without another word.

I sank down against the tree; "I don't get it… Why are you the only one that leaves me with such emotions?"

Every time I'm near him… my head always becomes a mess and then I can't think straight. What the hell is going on?

I thought back to all my recent episodes [as my mom calls them] of my memory bursting back…

Waking up from so many vivid nightmares and dreams…

Fuzzy flashbacks of the past…

Feelings of déjà-vu…

I dragged my knee up towards my chin, resting my head on top of it; I listed everything I had "re-learned" [another of my mother's terms] lately…

I've dated Kukai, Nagihiko, Kairi…

Kukai cheated on me with Rima…

Nagihiko with Yaya…

And Kairi with Utau…

Rima, Yaya, and Utau were all my best friends back then…

I remember running somewhere important after each heart break…

But I can't remember where I ran to.

"I know it was somewhere special to me… somewhere safe I could go… but where was it?" I muttered, thinking out loud.

I stood up, wrapping Ikuto's jacket tighter around me: "So how does Ikuto and Tadase tie into all of this?" I sighed.

I ran out from under the protection of the tree straight to my house. I was walking past Ikuto's house when I felt something wash over me; I froze in my tracks as something hit me…

Me:: Sorry about the short chapter... IT WILL BE WORTH IT! I PROMISE!