Getting Married to Him?

Amu is 21 and her parents are afraid she won't ever get married. She's rejected every single proposal. So they talk to a friend of theirs which happens to be Aruto Tsukiyomi. He tells them about his son Ikuto Tsukiyomi. They arrange a marriage for them. But what if Amu doesn't like Ikuto? How will she learn to like him?

August 15:

Going back, and reading the reviews from readers who reviewed this story, and all the support you guys have given me—it makes tear flow out of my eyes—knowing that you guys have been supporting me , my stories, and giving me constant motivation—wanting and waiting for the next chapter to come out—perhaps afraid that this story will be discontinued, I suddenly realized how terrible and cruel I have been. But then again, many of you probably moved on to other stories, much better than this one. (I mean, I am obsessed with Ulquihime fanfics...err...yeah I'm a huge UlquiHime fan now. SORRY! I'm not a totally devoted fan! XD Anyone else an Ulquihime fan? :o)

So, this time, I give you my most sincere apology of all the times I have apologized.

I'm sorry.

To make it up to you, I'll work hard to write the next chapters, and I'll include everyone that reviews in the chapters that follow this.

I hope you accept my apology, and that you will continue giving me your support and motivation. Thank you!

~sniffles~ I'm getting all worked up again.

And I've already created a fictionpress a while ago. Posted a few poems and stuff. So if you have time, please check it out! I have the same pen name.

Disclaimer- I do not own Shugo Chara or any of the characters.

This chapter is dedicated to Foxgrl18 and OishiiMochi

Stupid

'You've reached Ikuto Tsukiyomi. You've called at an inconvenient time. Leave me your name and phone number, I'll try calling back as soon as possible. Please leave a message after the to-" Utau pressed the end call button and her eyebrows furrowed in frustration; her lips curved downward in a frown. This was the millionth time she had called her brother, hoping for him to pick up the cellphone. But instead, it was the damned voice mail that kept answering. Where on earth is he?

"That's it, Ikuto! I'm going to find you! You son of a-"

"Whoa, calm down Utau!" Kukai exclaimed, as he entered the living room to where his wife was currently at.

"Kukaiii! How can I calm down at a time like this? When my got damn brother won't pick up the got damn phone and the fucking voice mail keeps answering? I..." Kukai put a finger to her lips to stop her rambling.

"Utau take a deep breath and tell me what happened with Ikuto, and then we'll work it out." He said slowly, like a teacher talking to a kindergartener.

"Okay," she whispered. "so this morning I decided to call Ikuto because...you know about Amu and all. And I wanted to talk to him about it and…" Her voice broke off into an inaudible whisper, and then she started crying. Kukai frowned, and pulled his wife in for a hug. Her rubbed her back, whispering soothing words into her ear.

"Don't cry, Utau," he whispered. "It hurts to see my poor angel cry like that. I swear I'll kill Ikuto the next time I see him!" He declared, abruptly breaking from the hug.

"That's the problem," hiccuped Utau. "I-I don't know where he is!"

"What do you mean?" he asked. "Did he just, POOF, disappear, or what?"

"I don't know, Kukai! Honestly, I don't know!" she cried out. "Like I was saying, I was calling him to see if I could talk to him about Amu and everything, but every time I called, no one picked up. It was always that stupid, stupid voice mail! And we all know him well enough to understand that Ikuto always pick up calls!"

Kukai thought about what she said for a few minutes, and Utau nervously waited for his answer, biting her lip to keep herself from crying. "Okay, let me get changed first. Don't go anywhere without me, kay?" He gave his wife a look that sternly said he meant it, before going up the stairs.

Utau sighed in defeat. "Sure. I'll call Aruto first."

The young woman reluctantly grabbed the phone and plopped down on a stool.

"Utau?" answered Aruto.

"Yes, it's Utau."

"How have you been doing? Is it good with Kukai?"

"I've been doing well. And we're happy together." she replied curtly. Just how long are you going to keep up this act, Aruto? I know you still hate me.

"I sense that you have not called me to have small talk. Am I right?"

"Of course I didn't!" she seethed. "I would never call you if not for something important!"

"Then tell me, why have you called?"

"Because of that idiotic son of yours! Where is he?!"

"He's my son, but also your brother." he replied, avoiding her question.

"STOP IT! Stop acting like you're superior and you know everything!" she yelled, "Because guess what? YOU DON'T."

"Is everything all right?" Kukai asked, worried, but she ignored him.

"Is that how you talk to your old man?"

"You know very well that you're not my old man!" she snapped. "Stop wasting my time with bullshit! Tell me if you know where Ikuto is or not!"

"Well, Dear, if you hadn't married that insolent fool, then maybe I would still be your father. And Utau, you're wasting your own time. You're the one who called."

"He isn't an insolent fool! How many times do I have to tell you? You know what? Aughh! Forget it! I'll go find Ikuto myself!"

"Utau...don't be angry at me. I really didn't mean to disown you...but it just happened so fast, in that spur of moment, it just happened. I want to take that ba-" BEEP.

She hung up before she could finish the sentence. Utau felt so infuriated, but at the same time, she was overwhelmed by sadness. She felt like a stick was lodged in her throat, and her heart felt as if somebody had plunged his or her fingers into it, trying to pry it open. And all this caused her to hyperventilate. Utau suddenly felt like there was not enough oxygen and she took deep breaths to try getting rid of the unpleasant feeling.

Whenever she talked to her father, Aruto, she would get emotional, and it would bring back bad memories. The reason why she cut him off before he could finish saying, "I want to take that back" was, because Utau felt that if he did, she would burst out crying at that moment. So she cut him off. She didn't want him to know she was still depressed about it. Because, although Utau was his daughter no more, to her, Aruto was still her father, and she didn't want him to worry about her. Even though he was a total jerk.

Both of them sat in silence, a sad aura hung over, and around them like a storm cloud. Kukai, who wasn't use to the still silence, was the one who finally broke the awkwardness by apologizing.

"Utau...I'm sorry. It's my fault, I, I'm sorry. Maybe if...if..." His voice trailed off as he tried to find how to put his thought into words.

"It's not your fault. How many times have I told you? He just has problems. Don't listen to him!" she snapped and wiped her tears away. "Are you ready? Let's go find that stupid brother of mine."

"Ikuto, Ikuto, Ikuto..." Utau muttered, while looking out for him as her husband drove around the city. Look what you have done now. If only you hadn't agreed to that stupid bitch. Why didn't you just take the ring by force? It's just a stupid ring anyways! Rare or not! IKUTO! You stupid, stupid, baka! Amu's hurt because of you, and now you disappear. What kind of man are you? Running away is such a cowardly act! UGHH! Having you as a brother drives me insane! And to think I used to have brother complex. You-you—augh!

"Utau..." Stupid Ikuto. You aren't superman, geez. Don't expect everything to go the way you want! Just what do you think you are? "Utau!" The hell? Don't interrupt me! Look at you, getting so rude! I'm...

"UTAUUU!" Just who the hell keeps interrupting me? Gosh!

Utau finally woke up from her dream to her husband yelling her name in her ear. She looked around. They were parked on the side of the road, sandwiched between two cars. On her left was the fence that caged in the public garden. And on her right was a line of cars, waiting impatiently for the green light to flash.

"UTAU!" he yelled again, not aware that she had awoken. She cringed at the sudden loudness of his shouting. Then, angry that someone had woken her up, her aura began to flare a deadly purple. And her eyes stared fixed at Kukai, scrutinizing his every movement.

"What..." she said, boiling with anger. "is it that you want..." Kukai turned to look at her, oblivious to the fact that she was on the brink of throwing a tantrum. She had whipped her head around right then, knowing fairly well that he would turn to her, so she didn't see his face.

"Utau...this is no time for you to be angry at me for waking you up from your sleep." The seriousness in his tone of voice caused her to turn her head around to face him. Her eyes widened. One look at his face, and all her anger disintegrated into ash.

His eyebrows slightly curved with just a little crease in between his eyebrows. His green eyes wide with concern. The corners of his mouth tilted downwards, but not quite a frown. Kukai looked like a lost puppy.

He lifted his head, his worried green eyes meeting with violet ones. "I saw Ikuto with another girl when you were asleep, and I was driving around. They were laughing, and holding hands, walking down the sidewalk and into the garden. It looked like they were having much fun...but not only that," he paused. "I saw the girl kiss him on the cheek, and he didn't seem angry or disgusted. He simply ruffled her hair and laughed."

Utau's heart sank. She knew this was going to happen, and Kukai just confirmed her worst nightmare true:

1. Ikuto is dating another girl.

2. He might be in love with her.

I'm sorry again! I hope you won't hate me!

And sorry for the crappy chapter! I typed this up late at night, when I should have been studying for tests and quizzes...=...='

See? I haven't changed much...still a procrasinator.

I'm finally getting used to all the projects and quizzes and test! Like, phew!

And yay! My cousins got me an eReader! Hehehe. And reading manga on it is cool! So I told my best friend, and she got one too!

And boo! I'm moving to a different state by the end of this school year or this summer. Sad...I'm moving from the North all the way to down South. And I'm reaaalllly gunna miss all my friends! ~sighs~

And just because I said that I'd work harder to create more chapters, don't expect me to be updating any faster. That's probably not going to happen. (sorry to burst your bubble)

I read a ton of manga these past few months. They're all pretty good!

So happy!~ I reached 114 reviews. Love ya all!~

Neways, I HOPE YOU WILL REVIEW for this chappie too! And make me happy!~

-Sylvir