Hi Hi~! Yesh, Here's chapter 2 :D Okk, I wanna introduce myself 'cause I'm kinda new to this. My name's Miya~! This is my first fanfic and I DON'T own Shugo Chara XD

Thanks for reading my fanfic 3 BTW; Huge thanks to Jess, who helped me on this one XD Your awesome!

Here we go!

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[Recap]

"Amu?"

Heh, I'm even hearing things now, but it couldn't hurt to check. The voice was like velvet and my name rolled off their tongue. It hurt to hear after all this time because I knew when I turned and he wasn't there, It would hurt me so much. My longing for him had surpassed my every thought for the past 6 months. How could I possibly study with him in my mind? I craned my neck slowly and that's when I saw it. More like, I saw him. Ikuto. Still as perfect after all that time, the man who appeared in all of my thoughts stood before me. The beauty radiating from him was overwhelming, the moon shining on his perfect face making my heart skip a beat and my knees go weak. After all this time, he has most likely moved on, found someone better than me. My feet started to walk towards him. His expression was unreadable. In his eyes I could see shock, pain, anger but relief and hope. What would happen now?

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I reached him and slumped aginst his warm body. His smell was like a drug to me, it was the smell I had dreamed of for months. I lifted my arms from my sides and wrapped them around his neck. He stiffened and stayed in his position. Why was he acting like this? It was so unlike him. I choked out a sob and collapsed onto the floor crying. I didn't care who saw me, or heard me for that matter. Why was he being so cold? He'd changed so much. He was still the same man I had been dreaming on for months, but something had changed. Even as I sat on the floor crying, he just observed with a stern look on his face. I attempted to dry my eyes, but cried even harder as I saw the bracelet I had worn for the past 6 months. The valentines gift from Ikuto. I looked up at him, my eyes pleading but he looked away. 6 months, 6 months of boys asking me out, not many friends and not knowing the area, just so I can get an education and all the time, hoping and praying that when I returned, he would still love me. Did he find someone else? Did he lose interest? How could he do this to me.. I don't understand, I knew I should never have left. This was so unfair. I hadn't left him, quite the opposite actually.

I tried to call, text message and at one point I even tried to get back just to see him. But then I saw sense. It's not good having to spend 6 long months away from someone you love. Especially when half the boys are all asking you out and you have to keep making up excuses. It's not my fault I fell in love with him, and it's not my fault that he loves me back. I kept in touch with my family though, but now they're gone. What happened? I mean, imagine 6 months away from your family, friends and your loved one, not knowing if they are ok. It was torture. Though now I'm back and none of them care enough to stick around. Why did I bother?

Whilst studying in college, I'd had alot of people interested in me. I got asked out on dates by various people. "Sorry, I'm washing my hair" or "I've gotta revise, maybe some other time." were my favorite replies, except, there never would be another time. It was that easy to say, though maybe it was too hard for him. Maybe she was some tall, pretty blonde who was the same age as him. Maybe a gorgeous brunette or a black haired beauty. Not a small-three-years-younger-than-him-with-strawberry-hair kinda girl. When I got to my college, I was so excited about the place I would be living in, I immediately went to the flat that I would be sharing. The people inside were not what you would call 'nice', they didn't get me, so they ignored me. They thought I was an idiot because of the way I customised my clothes and because my hair was pink. I made a few friends but when I did, they weren't in any of my classes. I felt so alone. All I did was think of him, I longed to be back but I wanted to learn so I stayed. He still looked away, like he was trying to avoid my next question.

"W-Why are you doing this?" I stammered, tears continuing to fall. He was so close, but so distant it hurt to see him like this. My eyes locked onto the side of his face, concentrating, willing for him to answer.

"Doing what exactly?" he replied. His voice was so cold. It hurt to hear it. I wouldn't mind it so much, if it wasn't directed at me. I winced slightly and he turned his whole body away from me, staring at the sky.

"I-I'm so h-happy to see you, but you...seem so different." The tears were slowing down, but they were still there.

"I-I've had time to grow up. I've realised I can't keep playing around anymore." he replied coldy.

What?

"Eh? What do you me-" I said, my voice rising.

"It's best if we don't see each other anymore."

My eyes widened. The tears threatened to fall again as the pain kicked in. My whole world was slowly caving in on me. The sky darkened as if it knew I was troubled, and the silence of the surrounding area stabbed into my heart.. just like his cruel words. He was everything I cared about, the only thought in my mind, the only one I loved. He was giving up on me, like everyone else in my life. The anger started to seep through. Why was he hurting me like this? Just because I had decided to try and have a good life. I didn't just go for the education, I went for various other reasons. Such as, maturing. The 3-year-age-gap thing didn't really help sometimes. I wanted to prove to him that I could cope without my family around. Another was to challenge myself. I didn't think I'd be able to last a week without him. I knew in my mind it'd hurt. But, I thought I'd try.

"Y-You." I pointed my finger accusingly at him. He looked at me, bewildered. "You're just like everyone else. I trust them and they let me down. My family. They're gone. They didn't tell me! They just got up and went! My friends; They were upset when I left for college but at least they were happy for me! Eventually though, even they stopped replying to my e-mail and text messages and declined my calls. Rima was the only one I'd heard from in all that time! At least I know she genuinely cares about me! I didn't make too many friends at college and I depended on all you guys to talk to me, but no, not a single word from anyone except Rima!" The tears started to come again. The wind blew back my hair making the tear streaks on my face more visible.

"But I thought you were different. I didn't think this would come between us. Yeah, So I got over the fact you never called me or replied like the others, but I thought that maybe you would understand that this is a good thing for me. Not a day went by that I didn't think about you! Why can't you see that by doing this...It's not good for me! This moment was different in my mind, because in my mind you cared!"

He winced, "Infact, I don't have anything good in my life anymore. My family is gone, my friends have abandoned me and now you, the love of my life. GONE. So what's the point in living?" He just stared at me, his eyes were wide with shock and pain. He didn't say anything. "Exactly! There isn't one! I wish I'd never come back! How could you?!" I screamed out to him.

His expression didn't change, the shock still etched on his face. The wind started to pick up and the green leaves that shimmered in the light of the moon, rustled. The rain started falling and splashed into puddles like the tears streaming down my face at that very moment. I stood up then, my legs shaking a little, my vision blurred by my tears. I stared at him and he stared at me. Our eyes connected and I saw love in them. How could he say such a thing? I turned away and started to walk, thinking about what had happened. Did he love someone else and is that what I saw in his eyes? My thoughts were changed as he grabbed my thin wrist and slammed me against his warm body. What was up with him?That's when everything happened to quick for me to comprehend. In a second, I was staring into his eyes. The pained expression he wore made me cringe.

"Are you an idiot!? How could you even think of hurting yourself for me? I'm not worth it..." He said looking at me directly in the eyes.

"W-What?"

His arm was snaked around my waist, and the other around the back of my neck playing with my hair. I unwrapped his arm and pushed him away. He looked away, pain evident in is eyes.

"How could you say that? You're my whole world." I whispered and he instantly looked back at me. His eyes were wide with shock.

"I'm confused, I thought you just said you were breaking up with me" I said quietly.

Once again, a lone tear fell from my eye. He reached forward and brushed it away.

"I wanted to see if you still cared about me...I'm so sorry, but you don't know how hard that was for me." He said the pained expression returning.

I reached forward and planted my lips on his. My heart did backflips and the electric jolt surged through my body. I had waited for this moment for so long. The kiss was so soft and gentle, but filled with so much passion. It hurt to pull away.

"Baka, I could never stop caring about you" I whispered against his chest as he pulled me into a hug. We stayed like that for quite a while. I didn't care though, as long as I was with him. His arms were wrapped around my back and all I could smell was him. I was in heaven. My eyes started to droop after a while and he carried me to the bed and laid me down. He slid next to me and draped his arm across my body protectively. I could feel his breath on my cheek as he leaned down and rested his head on my shoulder. His hair tickled me and I giggled. The sound was new too me, I couldn't remember the last time I had genuinely laughed. He looked up at me with a smirk on his face and I looked back up at him smiling sleepily. Actually smiling.

"I love you" He whispered.

"I love you, too" I mumbled, drifting in and out of consciousness as the lack of sleep finally got to me. The last thing I saw was the look of dread in his eyes, like he was wishing I hadn't said that.

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Dun Dun DUUUN! xD Well, Well, Well! I think I made a few mistakes in my last one [Gomen ^^;] Also, I'm sorry if there are mistakes in this one, but I proof read REALLY carefully XD

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