Chapter 8: Singing Again
A/N: Konichawa! I am updating ALL of my stories now so R&R! Also, I'm sorry I haven't updated for a long long long long long looooonnnnnggg time. Here ya go then!
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Ikuto's POV
Amu skipped all the way to the dorms and acted as if she hadn't been listening to my every word before the firework exploded.
"Amu, didn't you hear what I said at the fireworks show?" I asked, suspicious of her. Amu tilted her head and gave a genuine confused face.
Had she really not heard me? "Why was it important?" Amu's sweet voice filled my head and I hesitated to answer.
I smiled and lied," No, I was just wondering if you knew that the girls' academy you're staying at closes at eight. So there's no way to get to your dorm." I held back a smirk and stared at Amu. She was evidently hiding a nervous expression.
"Oh um, darn and my brother won't be back till tomorrow afternoon!" Amu obviously lied to cover up the fact that she can't be her 'brother' and herself at once.
I walked around her and paused under a streetlight for dramatic effect," You could stay in my dorm."
Amu went limp for a few seconds but stood straight and replied," O-okay, s-sounds good to me." She swallowed a lump in her throat and continued to skip in front of me casually, but she looked like an idiot cause of her nervousness. I laughed under my breath.
I got a lot of stares from guys but they knew I liked to take girls into my dorm. I got a few blankets and threw them Amu. She was knocked onto the floor but she got up quickly and tackled me. We ended up on the ground, her on top of me. Worst of all, Kukai stepped in.
"Sorry, I was just wanting to borrow your shampoo. So who's this beauty?" Kukai was smirking now. My face heated up.
"This is Ami, Amu's twin. She can't go back to her dorm, so she is staying here. And thank you for interrupting!"
Kukai laughed and Amu blushed, which made me angry," Hehe yeah you weren't interrupting, nothing was nor was going to happen. I'm Ami!" Amu flirted with Kukai while I made her bed and grumbled to myself.
"Do you have a boyfriend?" Kukai asked confidently.
Amu snorted," I just met you, think you are?" Amu pushed him out of the dorm and locked the door.
"Urg, he has some nerve thinking I'd date him after three minutes of meeting him. I'd rather date you! And that's saying something." Amu lectured, this made me frown but I shrugged it off.
Amu smiled and calmed herself," But tomorrow I can go back to the academy and leave this hell." I let out an exasperated breathe and Amu looked at me suspiciously.
"What, what did I say?" Amu flung her arms in the air and stood up from her laying down position.
"You'd understand if you were a girl, if you had to deal with guys like that, if you had-" I cut her off.
"I KNOW YOU'RE A GIRL!" Amu stood shocked.
"Well of course I am, duh." She said pointing at her skirt.
"No I meant that you and Amu are the same-" I was stopped by a knock on the door and then an arrogant laugh created by Saaya... my ex-girlfriend.
"Ikuto, who is this monstrosity? Why would you choose her when she isn't half as beautiful as I am? She looks like some skank with no money; you could find better on the street." Saaya laughed and pressed her body onto mine, I almost puked from disgust.
"Listen Saaya, I thought we already went over this. The reason I don't like you, basically hate you, is because you are an arrogant, conceited bitch." I said with all seriousness. Amu was laughing so hard in the background and Saaya looked like she had just been struck by lightning.
Amu finally stopped laughing and grabbed Saaya, who still couldn't talk, shoulders and lead her towards the door.
"You heard him and for the record, I am not dating him!" Amu slammed the door and sat down on the bed next to me.
"Now what were you saying?" She looked up at me with sparkling eyes.
"That... that your brother is lucky to have a sister like you." I couldn't get myself to say it. I guess it'll have to come some later time.
Amu's POV
Ikuto wasn't awake yet and my "brother" isn't supposed to get back until noon; so I decided to take a shower. In the shower I began to sing "What The H*ll" by Avril Lavigne : Do not own)
You say that I'm messing with your head
All 'cause I was making out with your friends Love hurts whether it's right or wrong
I can't stop 'cause I'm having too much fun
You're on your knees
Begging please
Stay with me
But honestly
I just need to be a little crazy
All my life I've been good but now, woah, I'm thinking what the hell
All I want is to mess around and I don't really care about
If you love me, if you hate me, you can't save me, baby, baby
All my life I've been good but now, whoa, what the hell
What... what... what... What the hell?
So what if I go out on a million dates
You never call or listen to me anyway
I rather rage than sit around and wait all day
Don't get me wrong. I just need some time to play-ay
You're on your knees
Begging please
Stay with me
But honestly
I just need to be a little fun
All my life I've been good but now, I'm thinking what the hell
All I want is to mess around and I don't really care about
If you love me, if you hate me
You can't save me, baby, baby
All my life I've been good but now, whoa, what the hell
La la la la la la la la... Woah... Woah...
La la la la la la la la... Woah... Woah...
You say that I'm messing with your head
Boy, I like messing in your bed
Yeah, I am messing with your head
When I'm messing with you in bed
All my life I've been good but now, I'm thinking what the hell
All I want is to mess around and I don't really care about
All my life I've been good but now, I'm thinking what the hell
All I want is to mess around and I don't really care about.
If you love me, if you hate me
You can't save me, baby, baby
All my life I've been good but now, whoa, what the hell
La la, La la la la la la, La la, La la la la la la la
Steeping out of the shower and then out of the bathroom after getting dressed, I saw a smirking Ikuto... Not good.
An announcer stepped onto the stage," And now Hinamori Amu and Tsukyomi Ikuto!" I stomped onto the stage nervously. Thanks to Ikuto, I am now singing a duet in a contest. Luckily I made Ikuto sing with me. Also I got my friends to sing as well. But I'm first.
"Hi we'll be singing, Good to You by Mariana's Trench!" The crowd went wild and we began
Ikuto: Everyone's around, no words are coming out
And I can't find my breath, can we just say the rest with no sound?
And I know this isn't enough, I still don't measure up
I'm not prepared; sorry is never there when you need it
Both: And I do want you to know
I'll hold you up above everyone
And I do want you to know
I think you'd be good to me
And I'd be so good to you
I would
Amu: I thought I saw a sign somewhere between the lines
But maybe it's me; maybe I only see what I want
And I still have your letter, just got caught between
Someone I just invented, who I really am and who I've become
Both: And I do want you to know
I'll hold you up above everyone
And I do want you to know
I think you'd be good to me
And I'd be so good to you
Both: Whoaaaaa-ohhhhh-ohhhhhh, Whoaaaaa-ohhhhh-ohhhhh,
Whoaaaaa-ohhhhh-ohhhhhh-ohhh-ohhh-ohhhh,
Whoaaaaa-ohhhhh-ohhhhhh, Whoaaaaa-ohhhhh-ohhhhh,
Whoaaaaa-ohhhhh-ohhhhhh-ohhh-ohhh-ohhhh,
I would
And I do want you to know
I'll hold you up above everyone
And I do want you to know
I think you'd be good to me
And I'd be so good to you
Amu: I'd be good to you, I'd be good to you,
Ikuto: I'd be good to you, I'd be so good to you
Amu: I'd be good to you, I'd be good to you
Both: I'd be good to you, I'd be so good to you
I was nearly crying in the end, why had Ikuto picked this song?
"Amazing, pure talent! Now next..." We left before the announcer could finish. After Ikuto and I got in the car, I started crying.
"Why are you crying?" Ikuto looked worried.
I sobbed and said," The last time I sang for someone, I was with my dad, who was about to leave for jail."
"Oh, were you and your dad close?" Ikuto tried to sympathize.
"No, I barely knew him, but he asked for me to sing to him. And despite his crimes against me and my family, I did." Ikuto looked like he wanted to ask for more info but I couldn't tell him.
"What did you sing?" Ikuto raised an eyebrow when I laughed.
"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." Ikuto let out his own laugh and smiled sadly.
I hugged Ikuto sideways in the car," Thank you for making me sing again."
Ikuto moved closer to me and I put a finger on his lips. I smiled as I shook my head and got out of the car as we parked in the Waizu Hana parking lot.
-At the Mall- (As Ami)
Yaya ran towards me with Rima and Utau following," Guess what, guess what, guess what!"
I sighed," If this is about the joint talent show the girls' and boys' schools are hosting, I'm telling you right now that I'm not singing."
The girls frowned, Yaya whined," Ami-chii! You're amazing and there may be talent scouts!"
Giving in, I said," The song has to be meaningful and not some stupid rap stuff. That's IF I sign up!"
Yaya, Utau, and Rima joined hands and jumped up and down.
"And to make it fair, we'll perform too!" Utau agreed. I smiled and I headed towards the boys' academy to change back into Amu.
-Amu & Ikuto's Dorm- (As Amu)
Ikuto came out of the shower shirtless and saw me," Back now? Your sister kept me busy so whatever."
I put on an act," Sorry about her being here."
Ikuto smirked devilishly," So where were you for a whole day or two?"
I froze and opened a book to study, looking bored," I went to a funeral for a close friend's of mine's mother. I spent the night comforting them as well."
"I'm sorry, nice of you to take help them." Ikuto frowned and narrowed his eyes.
I nervously continued," Also traffic was terrible and the car has terrible gas mileage and-" I was stopped.
"Amu or Ami, I know you're a girl! I've known since the day we decided to skip and the nurse found out."
"I... I eavesdropped and heard it." The last thing I knew after that, I'd fainted.