Morg: Heyo! Because it has been requested and because the story was next on my list anyhow, here's an update!

Ikuto: Took you way too long.

Amu: I don't even like this story much and I agree.

Morg: I'm writing it now so you can sit down.

Ikuto: This is why I'm glad you don't own us.

Amu: You procrastinate too much. Ikuto and I would be so bored.

Morg: No you wouldn't! ;)

~Alone With You~

"We promise to call you if we need anything. I'll miss you, Kukai. Thanks for helping us out."

The young boat captain hugged the young pregnant girl back. Ikuto and Amu had become amazing friends of his in their time together. Crossing the ocean and hiking in Africa did that to people and he was glad that he was a part of it. "I'll meet you anywhere, anytime. Anything for you, Amu."

"Glad to know that our friendship is valued so much."

Laughing, Kukai hit his hand against Ikuto's shoulder before pulling the taller boy in for a quick hug. "Of course I meant you as well, Ikuto. We're buddies as long as Amu wants to keep you around."

Wrapping his arms around her waist, Ikuto pulled Amu closer to him. She leaned back against his chest as they both looked at Kukai. "I will never let her go."

Giggling, Amu put her hands on top of the larger ones resting against her tummy. "I don't think I'll ever ask him to leave."

Grinning that shit eating grin, Kukai pulled them both in for a hug. "Then we'll be friends forever!"

Unable to argue with that, Ikuto nodded his head. "Thanks man."

Nodding to the other, Kukai moved back towards the doctor's house. He waved once more over his head before disappearing inside. Amu missed him already.

Janel leaned against the side of the Jeep that Amu and Ikuto would be using to get to Europe. Or, at least, as far as they could. It was, however, in better condition than the one they'd used in South America. The doctor herself had stored everything Amu would need for the rest of her pregnancy into the back of the Jeep. "Don't forget to have regular checkups to make sure everything is all right."

"We won't."

"And call me regularly to let me know where you are and how you are doing."

"We will."

"That phone I gave you isn't traceable so you should be able to use it however you need it. I won't let anyone else know that you have it."

"So you said."

"Amu, take your pills on time!"

"I will."

"Ikuto, you make her do something outside of her comfort level and I'll kill you."

"I wouldn't do that."

Sighing, Janel felt as though she was lecturing two children. The way Amu and Ikuto stood before her, just allowing her to say what she wanted wasn't helping her feel like she wasn't. "Is there anything else you need before you go?"

Amu shook her head after thinking about the question for a moment. "No, we have everything. Thank you so much, Kimi-chi, for letting us stay here with you."

The use of her Japanese name brought tears to the eyes of the doctor that swore she wasn't going to cry as she said her goodbyes. "Please stay safe."

Taking the crying girl into her arms, Amu hugged Janel tight for a moment before Ikuto joined in on the embrace. "We won't let anything happen to each other or the baby."

Janel pulled away while nodding her head and wiping her tears. "All right, All right. Now get out of here before I call your parents and tell them that you two are mooching off my good nature."

Amu gave the girl one last squeeze before heading around to her side of the Jeep and climbing into her seat. She waved again after fastening her seatbelt.

Ikuto looked down at the still crying doctor for a moment before giving her one last quick hug. "Kimi, seriously. Thank you."

"Just remember that no one else is allowed to touch that baby except for me! I don't trust anyone else."

"Will do. Hopefully we'll see you soon."

Janel waved one last time before returning to her house to figure out what that crazy guest of hers had gotten into while she'd been saying her goodbyes. That boy seriously couldn't be trusted.

Opening his door, Ikuto was about to slide in when Amu turned those pleading eyes on him. She wanted something and even though he wasn't certain what she wanted quite yet, Ikuto knew she would get it. "Something wrong, Amu?"

"Well no." The pinkette fidgeted for a moment with the strap holding her in her seat. "I was just thinking. I haven't gotten to practice my driving for a while."

"No."

"But Ikuto!"

"No."

"Oh come on! I need to learn!"

"Not now you don't."

"Yes I do!"

"Amu, Janel just told me to not let you do anything that would put you and the baby into harm's way! I'm pretty sure that that includes letting you drive."

Pouting, Amu crossed her arms and turned to look out the windshield. "It does not and you know it."

Sighing, Ikuto slid into his seat and quickly put the belt on. He started the vehicle and pulled out of the doctor's drive, following the GPS north. "Don't be upset with me. I just don't think it is a good idea right now. Do you remember France?"

"That doesn't count!"

"And why not?"

"Because we were attempting to get away before the men that Tadase had called caught us. If I had let you drive then the chase would have lasted longer."

"What makes you say that?"

"Because you would have obeyed some of the traffic laws during out escape. I don't know them so of course I was just going to do whatever needed to be done in order to get us away."

Ikuto wanted to palm his forehead. Amu wasn't arguing her case well and he told her so. "Declaring that you'll break laws in order to get to where you need to go isn't a very good strategy when it comes to talking me into letting you drive. You might kill someone, Amu."

Rolling her eyes, the pinkette gestured the barren land around them. "And who am I going to kill out here? There's no one here!"

Not wanting to admit that she had a point, Ikuto huffed before settling into a more comfortable position in his seat. "I still say no."

"You're a dick."

"I don't even know if you are actually angry with me or if it is the hormones making your emotions spin out of whack."

Scowling, Amu looked out her window. If Ikuto was going to be a bastard then she wasn't going to speak to him. Their journey across Africa was going to be very quiet. There was no way that man was getting any road head from her either.

Forty seven miles down the road, Ikuto realized that Amu's silence was going to last for a while. The girl was honestly upset with him. "Amu, I'm sorry if I made you mad. I just don't want anything to go wrong while we're doing so well right now. No one knows where we are and where we are heading. Let's just be happy for that and enjoy the time we have not frantically running so that we can stay together."

Ikuto had a lot to learn if he thought his words were going to do anything to appease her anger. "Do you think that by letting me drive everything is suddenly going to go wrong? It isn't like I'm going to somehow make the car explode or have all the tires go flat at once, and I'm pretty certain that by touching the steering wheel, a signal will not suddenly go out to my mother to alert her to where we are."

The point he was trying to make was completely lost on the fuming girl beside him. Ikuto honestly didn't know why they were having an argument about this. "I'm just saying that I want to enjoy the peace we have for a little while. I never said that you couldn't drive ever."

"Kukai let me drive his boat! How is this much different? It is a straight road!"

"First of all, the fish were terrified when you drove. Second of all, I just said that I'd let you drive. Just not right now."

"You! You are such a bastard! You just keep walking down that path of yours and you won't be getting lucky for a long time!"

Now she was threatening no sex. "Amu, I said you could drive in a little bit. Just wait."

"I'm not even angry about the not driving thing! Stop being so mean to me!"

"I'm only teasing. I love you."

"Don't you pull out the 'I love you' card now! Too late for that!"

Crazy hormones and Amu certainly didn't mix. Besides, how could she honestly say that she was going to withhold sex when Ikuto knew that she'd have an urge sooner or later and basically rape him again. Not that he minded. However, if his comments were making her angry then Ikuto just wasn't going to say them anymore. "Fine. I apologize for the teasing. I really do love you though."

Turning her head to look out her window so that Ikuto couldn't see the blush on her face, Amu felt all of her anger just disappear. Being pregnant was weird. "I love you, too."

Smirking, Ikuto knew that Amu was just being shy now. Taking his chance, he slipped his free hand over the divider between them to take one of her hands in his. They sat there for a while, cruising down the bumpy dirt road, hand in hand.

Hours down the road with the two having conversations about nothing and everything-including a few more petty fights-Amu and Ikuto pulled over to eat some of the food that they'd brought with them. Sure they passed through a few villages, but the less they stopped the smaller the chances of someone remembering.

"How does peanut butter and jelly sound to you?"

"No pickles?"

"Sorry babe, Janel didn't think you'd like them after being in the heat all day."

"Fine."

Smiling as he watched the girl he loved grumble about having no pickles for her peanut butter and jelly sandwich, Ikuto made certain that Amu ate everything. She did have to eat for two. "As soon as we get somewhere with pickles, I'll make sure to get you some."

Grinning, Amu planted a kiss on Ikuto's lips. "Thanks!"

Licking some of the peanut butter that had been left behind after the kiss ended from his lips, Ikuto just couldn't help but kiss the girl back. His kiss lasted a lot longer and was a lot deeper than the one that she'd given him. He pulled back after swirling his tongue through her mouth. "You're welcome."

Amu's face was a bright red. There was no doubt in her mind that she was blushing really hard. How could Ikuto just do that to her? Now all she wanted was to taste another one of his kisses. Instead she took a bit of her sandwich, which tasted a lot drier now that she'd had something juicier in her mouth. "Damn it!"

"What?"

"Don't you play innocent with me!"

"I'm not playing anything, Amu."

"Yeah, right. So that kiss wasn't supposed to turn me on?"

"I was just letting you know that you are welcome."

"Bastard."

Ikuto couldn't help the smirk on his face. Sometimes Amu was a handful when her hormones kicked in. And sometimes he wanted to drop to his knees and thank any and all gods in the sky. The look she was giving him now. That 'I'm going to rape you' look was a turn on. One that Ikuto was extremely happy that he was the only one to ever see it. "Don't say such hurtful things, Amu."

Growling, she jumped him.

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Morg: Ah, I would cut it off there.

Ikuto: Are we having sex randomly on the roadside again?

Amu: Looks like it.

Morg: Don't try and pretend you don't like it.

Ikuto: I never said that.

Amu: I will. I don't like it.

Morg: I bet the readers do!