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Chapter 16: ….maybe not so safe after all….

It was pretty late at night when I went to sleep. God, how my heart would leap out of my chest when I was with Ikuto. Why did he make me feel so excited and anxious all the time? Oh, that's right…I like him. Oh screw it, I don't just like him, I LOVE him! But, you see there's a dilemma with that. I can't tell him because we've only been dating for what….24 hours? Just a little more maybe. My charas were soundly asleep in their eggs by the time I got into bed and drifted off to a deep sleep…

It was around 12 noon when I woke up to my mother lightly shaking me.

"Amu-chan… Amu-chan!" she said a little louder, "sweetie it's noon. It's about time to get up."

I groggily awoke from my slumber and glanced at the clock. Oh…it's noon….which means I have..um… AN HOUR??????!!!! CRAPPP!!!! I only had one hour to get ready and get down to the aquarium. I stumbled out of bed and ran into the shower. A five minute shower in my head turned into a twenty minute one. I walked out of the shower thinking that I had fifty five minutes to dress and get the aquarium and took my time getting dressed. BAD IDEA! I looked at the clock and thought I still had fifty minutes left. I see the time was… HALF PAST 12!!!????

"Oh no!! I'm going to be late! I'm leaving mom!" I yelled running down the stairs.

"Hold it right there!" she said.

"What?!" I groaned holding myself back from pouncing on my mother for making me more late than I already was going to be.

"You have to have breakfast before you leave…" she smiled.

"I'll eat something on the way!" I said leaving the house before she could rebel against my words.

I ran out the house at full speed. Ugh….I hope I'm going to make it on time! Where are Ikuto's super fast cat powers when you need them?

I patted my little chara box hanging from the side of my waist to make sure the three were not going to puke from the 'rough' ride.

"Hey you guys ok in there?" I asked them.

"Yeah..we're…fine…desu" the three answered back. I started running faster, making every head on my way there.

I finally reached the aquarium…WITH 1 MINUTE TO SPARE TOO!!!!

"Hinamori-san?" I would know that voice….plus he's the only one who still actually called me by my last name.

"Hi Tadase-kun!" I said turning around, putting a smile on my face, "where is everyone else?"

"Oh they're inside. Yaya-chan wanted to see the dolphins and she took everyone along with her."

"Oh ok…" I don't know why, but Tadase's presence just seems so incredibly annoying right now. I wish he would just disappear. Wait, what am I saying? Tadase's one of my best friends. I can't believe what I'm thinking……I just find him so irritating…like a pestering fruit fly that won't go away… Tadase…how, no why, no…how have my feelings for you changed so drastically?

"Um, Hinamori-san?" he snapped my trail of thoughts.

"Yes?"

"Is everything alright, you seem to be spacing out?"

"Oh no….was Ikuto right?"

"What was that?"

"Oh, um…nothing…nothing…" I said waving my hands in front of my face defensively.

Oh no…maybe I do space out a lot! Do I need a therapist? No, Amu! Snap out of it! Don't listen to what Ikuto says…then again, he IS my boyfriend…ahhh I just love that…Ikuto is my boyfriend.

As if God wanted to ruin my life, I saw Ikuto walking across the street.

"eep!" I squealed.

"What? What is it?" Tadase asked confused.

"Oh it's nothing. Let's just go inside… hehehe" I said suspiciously.

"O-Ok.." Tadase said leading me inside the aquarium.

I jolted my head back to see Ikuto smirk at me and follow us inside the aquarium keeping a safe distance.

Ikuto + aquarium + guardians = disaster….

This could not be good… not good at all.

At first things were going great. We all looked at the fish and bought some food. We even watched a dolphin show for Yaya. Then…then…then it happened. I saw Ikuto stalk us to the dolphin tank and he covered my eyes with his hands.

"Guesss whooo???" He childishly whispered in my ear.

"TSUKIYOMI IKUTO!!!" Tadase yelled. There goes Tadase's tademark screech.

This is what I feared yesterday…instead…it's happening today.

"What are you doing to Hinamori-san?!" He yelled at Ikuto.

"Jeez, you've known her longer, Kiddy King, and even I call her by Amu now. Don't you know how to say a person's first name?" Ikuto said a bit annoyed.

Wow…that's EXACTLY what I wanted to tell Tadase a while ago…except less harsh words. Maybe Ikuto being here isn't so bad…wait, no…it's going to be catastrophic. It MUST be dreadful because he's wearing that signature smirk of his that I know oh too well.

Ikuto then said, "I was just passing by, Kiddy King. But now, I think I'll take a little trip into the aquarium myself!"

"What why?!" Tadase asked in panicking voice.

"What do you mean 'why'? I'm a CAT. Must I spell it out? C-A-T! I am a CAT and CATS love FISH. It's just a thing that CATS like…FISH." Ikuto stated as if he were talking to a mere five year old. (aka…Ami)

I kept an eye out for Ikuto throughout our whole outing. The meeting was about to end and everyone was ABOUT to go home when:

"Hey, AMU…" Ikuto said walking up and wrapping his arm around my shoulder.

I…k….u…t…OOO!!!!! YOU ARE GOING TO GET IT NOW!!! DID DOING TIME WITH MY DEVILISH LITTLE SISTER TEACH YOU NOOOTTHIINNGG???!!!

"Tsukiyomi Ikuto!" Tadase yelled. Jeez, Tadase-kun….that yell is getting annoying…

"Is that really all you can say when you see me? My name? I know my name too….Kiddy King." Ikuto added on a smirk at the end of that.

"Well….at least I don't….at least I don't!!" Tadase was stuttering to find words to say.

"Oooo good comeback!" Ikuto applauded his feeble attempt.

"You are sickening! I WILL RULE YOU!" the Kiseki side of Tadase was emerging…

Oh God…..I just wish I could chara change right now and hop away…..oh wait! I CAN! Oh wait…no I can't…I'm in an aquarium in front of all these people. Just when we were ABOUT to leave…Ikuto HAD to come here and mess everything up. He is going to get it…he is going to get it GOOD.

The two kept arguing as Rima pulled me aside.

"What's going on here?" she asked, her face with that blank look over it as usual.

"W-what? What do you mean?" I asked trying to sound as innocent as ever.

"You know you're a horrible liar. Don't even put an effort into lying, Amu- chan." She lectured me.

"ugh…fine I'll tell you, BUT!"

"But what?"
"You have to PROMISE not to tell anyone else…"

"Fine…Unlike you, I can actually lie my way through things…"
Wait…does that mean I never know when Rima's telling the truth? Oh great! Another thing to worry about! I thought summer vacation was supposed to be fun!

"Well….?" Rima pushed.

I let out a heavy sigh, "I'm….dating Ikuto…."

"OHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!" Rima exclaimed, which made everyone look at us.

"It's true…we ARE dating." Ikuto added in.

Damn his amazing cat like abilities to listen in on other people's conversations.

"Um….Hinamori-san? Is this true? I KNEW IT THAT THEIVING CAT WAS LYING!!! HAHAHAHA!!!" Tadase was going just a tad crazy….

Ikuto….look what you've done now.

End Chapter 16

SORRY THIS IS SOOO LATE!!! I don't know if this is happening to anyone else, or if…idk, but I've had this chapter ready for quite some time now, but fanfiction wouldn't let me upload or even story traffic. Anything up with that? WELL PLEASE R&R!!! I STILL NEED IDEAS!!!

*And another note: Please go and read Amuto95's stories! They're AMAZING I TELL YOU AMAZING!!!! (-oh and the Jonas Brothers movie was AMAZING TOO!!)