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Chapter 14

A Broken Heart's Betrayal

I couldn't escape the eerie feeling that had swept over me.

I sat up I bed and swung my feet over the side. Something was wrong, and I couldn't sleep till I found out what. I banged on the door.

"Open up!"

The doc's face appeared. He smiled.

"Awake already?"

"Open the damn door"

"Why?"

"I'm leaving"

"And going where"

I roll my eyes.

"Like you care"

"True. True"

He pulls his keys out and inserts them into the lock. I hear a click and the door swings open. I head out and make a beeline for the stairs. I ignore whatever it was the doctor yelled at me as I hurtled to stairs.

It was still dark.

Couldn't have slept longer then an hour. I raced into town. I was worried, something was terribly wrong. I stop running when I reach the school. It was dark, and all the students had gone home. I sat on the bench and tried to catch my breath. And the sound of footsteps reached my ears. I sigh. Who was here this late? Whoever it was coming this way. As there voices grew louder I could hear Amu and her three shugo charas. The other belonged to a boy. But I didn't recognize him. Amu rounded the corner and saw me. Her eyes lit up and she ran over. Her male friend, a blond boy, followed her.

"Hi Akki"

Great. Amu sits down next to me.

"What are you doing here?"

"I could ask you the same question."

The boy answered that one.

"We're sleeping at the school tonight. Amu and I were going to get food for the rest of us."

He smiles and Amu's face goes bright red. Huh, a crush. I sigh and stand up.

"Leaving already?" Amu asks.

"Yea…I was looking for someone…"

"You mean Ikuto?"

Suddenly the thought hit me. Where was Ikuto? Furthermore…where was Zane? I didn't see him when I bolted out of the house. A knot forms in my stomach and I turn back to Amu.

"You have a way of getting a hold of Ikuto?"

"Yea I have his cell."

"Call him."

Her face turns red again.

"Why?"

"Because I asked nicely"

That was a lie. It was more like I command.

She sighs and pulls her phone. Blonde boy is just standing there watching Amu. What a weirdo. After a minute Amu hangs up.

"Didn't answer."

I turn and start running again. I don't respond when Amu calls "What's wrong?"

I call out to Zane.

And he doesn't respond.

Where are you?

What's going on?

Answer me damn it!

Nothing. The knot in mu stomach gets bigger. Something was defiantly wrong. My feet carry me toward the park. As I got closer, something told me I wouldn't like what I found. I keep trying to reach Zane.

Where are you?

Why do you care?

ZANE!

Yes, who else.

He sounds nervous.

What did you do?

Nothing.

Liar.

I'm serious Akki, I haven't done anything.

Where are you?

The park.

I'm on my way.

I cut the chatter there. Before he gets to respond.

Almost there.

The park was in sight. I speed up. My legs feel like jello but I keep running. I'm a block away. The trees were right there. And so was Zane. I could sense him now. He seemed antsy or upset. Something was defiantly wrong. The knot was huge now and as I broke through the trees, I knew something bad was up ahead. I reached the park and headed for Zane, who was in the center. I can't help but think of the night I sat here, under a tree, and thought about Ikuto and Utau. That had started it all. Somehow it seemed fitting that I ended up here again. I slow down. Zane was just up ahead. And he was talking to someone. The voice was familiar. The realization hit me like a ton of bricks. IKUTO?

I burst onto the scene. And all hell breaks loose.

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?

Zane was there, and so was Ikuto. They both looked shocked by my entrance.

"Akki! What are you doing here?" Zane asks, looking a bit nervous.

Ikuto looks on in awe. And amusement.

I march over to Zane first.

"I could ask you the same question. What are you doing?"

I point at Ikuto.

"And what is he doing here?"

Ikuto looks surprised.

"I was looking for you. And found him." He points to Zane.

I return my attention to Zane.

"And what did you tell him?"

"…that you were in trouble"

Ikuto laughs.

"More like you're dying"

I clench my fists.

"You idiot. You were trying to bring him back with you huh?"

Zane looks away.

"DAMN IT Look at me!"

He sighs.

"I had to Akki, you weren't going to so I was."

"You had no right."

He looks back at me. He's pissed.

"I had no right?"

He takes a step forward. Ikuto and I tense up.

"YOU had no right Akki. You had no right to tell me to die for your little crush. This affects both of us. You don't get to decide for the both of us. If you want to die for him that's your choice. But I for one want to live past seventeen!"

Ikuto walks over.

"What is he talking about?'

"Say out of this."

"Yea right"

"Ikuto please…just go home"

He sighs and shakes his head.

"Not this time Akki"

I turn to him. Tears are falling. I'm not even sure when they started. This time they don't faze him. He wasn't leaving. Suddenly I'm pissed. And not just at Zane. At Ikuto. He was in the way. And this all started over him. If he would just leave I could die happy. If he wasn't here I could be happy. I narrow my eyes. And I do the unthinkable. I slap him.