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Neko in Distress
Thursday.
"So obviously you lost, right?" Rima asked while searching through a pile of clothes for a suitable costume. Rima, Yaya and Amu were currently in the mall finding the costume. They should have been in school though, but classes were suspended because of all the advance preparations for Sunday.
"Yes but at least I-"Amu stopped midway to suppress a blush. This morning she had woken up in Ikuto's room, in an extremely awkward position. Ikuto's head was resting on her stomach with both of his hands securely wrapped around her, their legs were also tangled. If anyone were to see them, she was sure that they would immediately think of the worst. Not wanting to be there when he woke up, she quickly jumped out of his bed and headed for the window.
"At least what?" Yaya chipped in while she grabbed a pink dress. Amu turned a shade of red and quickly thought of an excuse.
"Um, because I-I got to y-you know see h-his r-room? Yes his room!" Amu lied and quickly grabbed the costume nearest to her and pretended to check it out.
Rima and Yaya each raised an eyebrow at the pink haired girl.
"We know you're lying." Rima said while glaring at her.
"Why would you say that, Rima-chan? I would never keep anything from you girls."Amu tried, clutching the costume she was holding.
"It's obvious." Rima replied rolling her eyes while Yaya nodded in agreement.
"Really, how can you tell then?" Amu bit her lip.
"Number one, you're stuttering. Number two, you're blushing. And Number three," There was a pause. "The costume you're looking at is for boys." Rima finished with a roll of the eyes.
Amu blushed and looked at the costume. It was indeed a boy's costume. She placed it back in the pile and began searching.
"Well if you don't want to tell us, we'll just have to force it out from you." Rima grabbed her costume choice and entered the fitting room.
"What are you going as anyway?" Amu asked the two girls.
"Yaya is going as a baby." Yaya said while jumping up and down. She was wearing a loose pink shirt and an over-sized diaper, a bib was wrapped around her neck. She also had a pacifier necklace.
"That's good… I guess." Amu sweat dropped as she looked at Yaya. Suddenly the curtains opened and revealed Rima. She had on a blue genie outfit, with bangles on her wrists, waist, and ankles. She also had a blue choker with an African design in gold.
"Wow Rima-chan you look good." Amu exclaimed while gaping at Rima's costume.
"Thank you." Rima replied though she didn't look too convinced. She looked at Amu and noticed that she wasn't wearing a costume yet. "Amu, what are you going as?"
"Umm, an Angel." Amu replied cautiously. Rima frowned.
"Sorry, but you're not going as an Angel." Rima replied as she pulled out Amu's hair tie letting Amu's soft pink hair drop. Amu looked at Rima searching for any trace of humor in her eyes bout found none. She was serious. Dead serious.
"Why not?"
"Don't you want Ikuto to notice you this Sunday?" Rima asked with a hint of obnoxiousness in her voice. That question made Amu freeze in place. She looked at Rima and saw a knowing look in her eyes.
"What are you talking about?" Amu asked trying to sound as naïve as possible.
"Please, even a blind man can see the sparks between you two. Every time I look at the two of you it's so obvious especially with the constant flirting and bickering." Rima threw Amu a costume and pushed her inside the curtain cover dressing room.
"Yaya will also help Amu-chi look for a costume to impress Ikuto-san!" Yaya proclaimed and joyfully left to find a costume.
Inside the dressing room, Amu mentally thanked the curtains for covering her blush. Thoughts speeded in her mind. Was it that obvious? Even in public? Was Ikuto aware of that? She thought that she hid it pretty well considering the circumstances. She wore the costume and walked out of the dressing room.
"Wow you look like your dress for the kill." Rima commented smiling with contentment.
Amu twirled around in her costume. Yup, Amu was dress to kill and the person she wanted dead was Ikuto. She was wearing a dark purple. The dress she had on was short; it flowed down her waist and stopped above her knees. There were layers of sheer material making it not see through. On her back there were purple wings, sheer and shinny. In her opinion she did look like a beautiful dark pixie.
Rima gave her a supportive round of applause while Amu did more twirls. Suddenly Yaya appeared and started running to them. Upon seeing what Amu was wearing, she burst into tears.
"A-Amu-chi already found a costume without Yaya, without looking at what Yaya picked." She wept causing some onlookers to glare at Amu. Amu gulped at the starring people.
"Relax Yaya, how about I try them on to show you?" Amu asked bending down to pat Yaya on the back. All of a sudden Yaya's tears vanished.
"Thank you Amu-chi, I am sure you'll look good in them." Yaya gushed while hugging the life out of Amu. She dumped the costume on Amu and smiled.
"Yaya will go with Rima-tam and help her pay for the stuff, see you." And with that Yaya left.
Amu sighed and glanced at the costume Yaya had given. It was bright pink, much too bright for Amu's liking. It was a long and girlish dress that flowed down to the ground with shiny beads. Complete with a plastic crown. From the looks of it, it seemed like Yaya had picked it out from the kiddy section.
Amu headed for the dressing room and changed. When she finished, she scanned herself in the mirror and gasped in horror. It was the most unfitting dress in the world- probably in the universe. It looked uglier on her then when Yaya was holding it. Speaking of Yaya-
Amu searched the place for Yaya. No one was present. Amu breathe a sigh of relief, she would surely never live if anyone were too see her in this thing.
And like always it was Ikuto's cue to appear.
"Don't tell me you're going to the dance wearing that." Iktuto said from behind.
Amu gasped in shocked and turned around to hide from Ikuto. Ikuto chuckled and walked towards Amu's hiding place.
"I can still see you there, princess." Ikuto taunted. He was obviously entertained from all of this. Amu stood up, blushing.
"I-It's not like this is my costume, Yaya f-forced me to wear this. I-I would never wear something like this." Amu pointed at her princess costume.
"Whatever, I was actually here to ask something." Ikuto said in his stoic voice. Amu looked at the older boys in shock. Her heart leaped for joy. Was he going to ask her to the dance?
"Well you guessed it."
Amu blushed inwardly. Did she say it out loud? How could she be so stupid? Now Ikuto would probably think that she was some kind of crazy fool.
"Yes, I am asking you to be my date," Amu mentally leaped for joy. "But, don't get to cocky. I am just asking you because it would give me a good excuse to reject all my fan-girls' invitations and-"Ikuto paused and let out a smirk. "Don't think I haven't forgotten about our bet Amu, being your date means I get to keep an eye on you and stop you, before you attempt to run away."
"Although," Ikuto glanced at Amu's outfit. "I still wish that I asked a girl with higher fashion sense."
Amu's smile turned into a frown.
"EXCUSS ME MISTER, WEREN'T YOU LISTENING TO WHAT I JUST SAID? I SAID THAT-" She was cut off by a hand covering her mouth.
"Relax and just show up." Ikuto pushed something onto Amu's hand and left, leaving a red Amu standing in the middle of the store.
Amu sighed and glanced down at what Ikuto had left. It was a Rose, as red rose. Amu's frown turned into a smile once again. She started happy dancing around the store, not noticing the glances she was getting from random people including her two friends.
"Rima-tam, why is Amu dancing?" Yaya asked looking at Rima with big eyes.
Rima rolled her eyes at her friend's clueless expression.
"She's dancing because she finally found herself a date."
How was it? Looks like Amu and Ikuto will end up as each other's date after all. But, Amu still doesn't have Ikuto's boxers.
How will she get?
You just have to find out.
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