Chapter 2
"Ikuto…. Wake up!"
Silence
"Come on, Ikuto. You promised to take me to the sea aquarium, didn't you?"
Amu pulled Ikuto's right arm to make him stand up but it seemed like he was still glued to the bed that he didn't stir even for a centimeter from where he slept.
"Ikuto… please…I want to go there so badly…"
"You are still running a fever, aren't you?"
"No, I'm not anymore. Look!, the thermometer shows 36 degrees. I'm a healthy teenage girl!"
Ikuto sat on his bed then scratched his eyes. After that he grabbed both of her arms and drew her closer to him. He placed his forehead on top of hers.
"I…Ikuto… what are you doing?" she flushed red like a boiled lobster.
"I'm checking your fever"
"I told you I don't have it anymore"
"Well, I just want a confirmation"
"Roger, Mister Police officer"
"Amu, I'm not a cop"
"Well, you sounded like one"
"Whatever… Well it seems that you are not running a fever anymore so let's go to the sea aquarium"
"Yay!" she cheered happily as she skipped around his room.
"Look at that blow fish, Ikuto. It seems like it's gonna pop!"
Silence
"Ikuto, are you listening to me?"
Amu turned her head to her left side and found Ikuto staring at a group of swimming mackerels with both of his eyes in heart mark shape and cat's ears on his head.
"No, bad kitty!" Amu grabbed the baseball cap from Ikuto's right hand and puts it on his head so the people around them won't see his cat's ears. Luckily no one has been paying attention since most of the people are busy admiring the sea aquarium.
"You should be careful, Ikuto. What if someone notice your cat's ears?"
"Well, you can tell him or her that I'm doing the costume play"
"You know that you can only do that at certain places in this country, don't you?"
"Yeah… I know"
"Anyway, I'm hungry!. Let's go to the fast food restaurant on the first floor"
"Didn't you eat Taiyaki ten minutes ago?"
"Taiyaki is not a main dish, Ikuto. Anyway, what would you like to have for lunch?"
"You" he circled his arms on her neck and blew air to her right ear.
"Ikuto, quit teasing me please" she pushed him away. Both of her cheeks have turned slightly pink and some people who saw them giggled.
"Fried potatoes and fish nugget will do me fine" Ikuto answered.
"Two fried potatoes, one fish nugget, one hot dog and two cokes please" Amu ordered.
"The total is 1500 yen" the waiter said.
Amu was going to open her wallet when Ikuto stopped her and paid instead.
"Ikuto…."
"I'm a working man, Amu. Let me pay the food"
"Thanks"
Amu followed Ikuto to the unoccupied table. They sat down and began to eat their meal.
"Try this fish nugget. It's yummy!" Ikuto offered her a fish nugget with his right hand.
"Really?" Amu was stretching her right arm to get it when Ikuto drew the fish nugget back to him.
"Use your mouth not your hand"
"What?. Do you mean that I should eat it directly?"
"Certainly"
"It's embarrassing, Ikuto. Moreover, I don't want us to be called Bakapuru (notes: stands for "Baka Kappuru" which means Stupid Couple) by the other visitors"
"I don't mind that"
"As you wish" she leaned forward and gave a bite on the fish nugget directly from his hand.
"Good girl" he patted her head.
"Let's go to the touch pool after this" Amu concluded.
"Look, Ikuto!. A sea cucumber!" Amu grabbbed a black sea cucumber.
"I have never seen a black cucumber in my life"
"It's a sea cucumber, Ikuto not vegetable"
"Amu, it's getting late. We need to go to the station so that you can catch your night bus"
"But I still want to enjoy this place"
"We can always visit this place anytime you want. Your mom will get worried if you miss today's night bus"
"Okay…"
"All the passengers for the night bus No. 54 heading for Kyoto city please gather at the bus stop No. 2" the announcement said.
"See you on the next holiday, Ikuto" Amu said.
Ikuto embraced his girlfriend and gave her a quick peck on the lips. She could feel his warm lips pressing on hers possessively.
"I bought this for you" Ikuto handed her a medium size paper bag.
"Wow!, that's very kind of you. Can I see what's inside?"
"Sure, go ahead"
Amu opened the paper bag and drew out the contents. She was surprised to see a medium size blue colored smiling dolphin holding a heart shaped plastic photo frame with a picture of her smiling together with Ikuto inside.
"Ikuto, when did you print this picture?"
"When you were looking at things at souvenir shop I found a digital camera photo printer and manage to print out one of the pictures we took at the sea aquarium"
"How sweet of you!" she cheerfully hugged him and planted a kiss on his left cheek.
"Hey, I want it here not there" he protested while pointing at his lips.
"I'll do that on our next date" she winked on him and walked into the night bus.
She waved her hand to him after sitting on the couch and he waved back at her. It tore her heart apart when she realized that she won't be able to meet her boyfriend until next month due to distance and their limited budgets
Amu sat lazily on her chair at her new high school. She just has finished her self introduction in front of the class.
"This new school is quite nice. I'm sure that you'll get used to it, Amu chan" Suu whispered from inside the drawer.
"I'm not sure about that" Amu answered coldly.
She rubbed her eyes gently. She has been crying the whole night yesterday. It is too hard for her to accept the reality that she is now miles away from the person she truly loves.
"Students, there is one more person I would like to introduce to you as the new member of this class" the teacher said.
"Amu, it looks like another transfer student is coming" Miki warned Amu who seemed like she has forgotten her soul somewhere over the rainbow.
"Nice to meet you everyone" the transfer student said.
Amu turned her head so that now she's facing the blackboard and her eyes went wide when she saw the figure of the transfer student in front of the class. She could see the transfer student smiling at her friendly.
"What the heck is Tadase doing here?" she screamed inside her heart.
To Be Continued
