Ok, so i did get only 2 reviews 030 so for their sake, i decided to put the next chappy up anyway and see how it goes from there. See, it goes both ways, i give you what you ask for and you give me what i ask for in return :) which is only a simple review~so please review ne? id appreciate it much! it motivates me too so yea..want updates? then review! :D ill promise to update weekly since i can now :P first time writing and uploading it via my blackberry..and it works much better for me than via my laptop. anyway that. also, reread the whole story and..meh, changed the writing style hope u guys wont mind :x niway hope u like it please review and sorry for the wait!
Disclaimer: dont own.
Because surely someday,
you are meant to fly in that sky
No matter how many times you stumble
What's important is one thing
Having a dream
Just do not close off your mind
Even if you get hurt, you stifled you tears and endured it
Because I came to see you like that from the closest point
Even though you don't say anything, I understand
How hard you have tried no matter when
If you get lost try again
however many times
You can do it over
For you - Azu
BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP
'Goddamnit pick up the damn phone!'
BE-
"Hello?" 'Finally!'
"..Rima?"
Said girl frowned recognizing the voice "Are you stalking me or something? How the hell did you get my number?"
The voice on the other line snorted "Tch. Don't flatter yourself..I got connections-"
"Stalker."
Ikuto sighed "Whatever floats your boat. Look, I got enough problems so-"
"Tch. No shit sherlock."
"Damn woman will you please stop interupting me? !"
"Yea..sorry..don't think so."
Another heavy sigh was heard through the phone, to which the girl just rolled her eyes to irritated. Hey, could you blame her for her attitude? The guy basically stole her bestfriend's heart years ago and left her -actually the other way around, but not the point- and then after finally coming back and showing his sorry ass again after 8 years -again, other way around- he doesn't even bother giving her heart back, noo..instead, he breaks it all over again..harsh. So being the good friend she is to the poor girl who unfortunately fell for the jackass, she figured she would make his life a living hell for doing that to her bestfriend, and so, that brings us here, her turning into the sarcastic bitch she is to the heart-stealing jerk he is. Then again, if we look at the whole situation through his eyes, can't really blame him either..right? He was oblivious to the whole my-bestfriend-is-in-love-with-me thing since he also had a im-in-love-with-my-bestfriend thing..just yea, the other bestfriend. Then he finds out she just disappeared into thin air..poof..gone! No trace left behind, nothing. He, being blind ofcourse, gets angry, since he's being blamed after meeting again, 8 years later, since according to him, ofcourse he didn't do anything wrong..cause yea, he wasn't the one who just left whithout saying anything. Even if he did, he didn't know what the hell it is he did to cause the whole drama, since again, well, he was blind to the whole drama-thing going on..and then she didn't want to tell him? What's up with that? Anyway even after making up, forgive and forget, his drama is still on-going since he gets himself drunk and fucks his secretary ending up getting her pregnant and finally a forced marriage..and then he's got a daughter, who doesn't exactly like the whole im-getting-a-mother thing..so..yea, cutting him some slack wouldn't be so bad. Meanwhile, said boy grew impatient and irritated, like he said, he had enough problems going on and didn't need such..whatever he got from her. But then, he couldn't exactly snap at her either since, well, you know, she's a certain somebodys bestfriend. So for now he had to put up with her.
"Can't you just stay quiet for one second and listen?"
"Sure,"
"Thank-"
"One. And if that's all, I'd appreciate you not calling again,thank you too!"
"What the-wait! rima!"
BEEP-BEEP-BEEP
Yup, bitch she is..cold and sarcastic..more cold actually than sarcastic now, but she still is. She's a sweetheart really..most of the time, a sarcastic pretty doll of a sweetheart. Just yea, you gotta be close to her..and not a guy who steals and breaks the hearts of peoples bestfriends. Like him.
"Rima..? Who were you talking to?" Ah, she's talking normal and calm once again. Hinamori Amu is a fighter..even if she'd cry her heart out and break down the previous night, she wouldn't stay sulking the whole year..so no matter how much of a bastard she now thought he was -yea not really, she just liked to convince herself she did- she would just get over it and move on, pretend like nothing ever happened and make the best out of it! And Rima loved her for that, she smiled
"Just a annoying stalker~"
The pink-haired girl giggled "Ah."
"Hey, you'll be fine now right? Have a work interview so i'll be back..not sure what time, but i'll be back kay? Don't do anything stupid again."
Amu pouted "Mou~well sorry for having a heart."
Rima smiled softly, glad her friend was semi-back to her old self. "Just promise me you'll be fine kay? Even though you're a trouble magnet, I still love you! bye!"
Amu couldn't help but smile, she loved her bestfriend. "Can't promise but sure! Bye rima! You take care too and good luck on your interview!"
With one last glance at her friend Rima closed the door leaving her behind. Amu sighed and walked over to her boudoir to see how much of a mess he managed to make her look again, that bastard, she wasn't even recognizable..she looked like shit..like, really..brown eyeliner, black mascara, bronze shadow-y eye shadow, foundation all scatered and darkened by her mascara and well, let's not start on her clothes since that too was a mess. Not to mention her eyes had big eyebags under them, she looked like a panda..at least a cute panda. With big red swollen eyes. And her nose, her nose was red too...great, the bastard managed to turn rudolph the red nosed reindeer into amu the red nosed panda..a cute red-nosed panda who just had a bad day..a very very bad day. She scoffed at herself, so much for the whole shit-happens-get-over-it attitude..oh well, a shower and cucumbers could do miracles..or so she heard. Just when she was about to sink in the bath filled with nice warm water and sweet scented bathing soap and flower petals and bathing salt and you know it would be such a waste to dirty the water...any case she was interrupted by a phone call..talk about the devil. How dare he call her? More importantly why? Didn't he get the hint? 'My god he's impossible..' There it went again..her heart began racing again..in a bad way..she frowned, even though she had the shit-happens-get-over-it attitude, if something would happen again, involving a certain someone, she would just break down again..its a cycle really..ok, so maybe she didn't fully..uhm..well, the shit-happens-get-over-it attitude didn't really work when it involved the certain someone..I mean, who was she kidding? It was just because he wasn't there at the moment that she pulled it off..but he just had to ruin it huh? He just had to call..so she did the most rational thing she could think of. She didn't want to ruin her efforts, she finally admitted shit happens and you had no choice but to get over it. Life doesn't stop with each drama. So she simply ignored her ringing phone dipping herself in the water after rinsing herself -she didn't have the heart to dirty the water- and turned on the radio drowing in the music, turning deaf to her ringtone. This time, she really would get over it and move on. -like the other times she told herself that, look at her now, didn't move an inch forward- but hey she could always try right? practice makes perfect afterall. And hell she practiced more than enough she swore to God she'd get it perfect this time! She'd be over him!
Ikuto's POV
'Damnit!' How could I have left her like that!
Flashback
"Or else what? Dad you promised mommy! You promised her she would be the only one for you! You promised her you wouldn't betray her! You promised her you would never leave her for someone else! How could you break your promise that easily dad! Daddy do you even love her? I don't want her as my mommy…I don't need some substitute daddy you're enough for me…you said so yourself right? We're happy like this..daddy no…please no.."
"Amu...Listen to me, i-"
"No! I don't want that! If you do...then..then...I'll run away from home!"
"Amu!"
She didn't say anything back..she just sat there glaring at me..I sighed, "Amu.."
"No daddy..please.." Her glare was replaced by more tears, "promise me daddy?" I sighed
'Why do you have to go and make things more complicated?' "I..promise." Amu blinked and wiped her tears away, running towards me and hugged me
"Thank you daddy!" I knelt down to her level and just hugged her...what else could I do?
"Go to sleep now Amu."
"Okay daddy!"
After putting her to sleep I went back down. My mom was talking to Haru. Haru..If only haru just...ugh..no. I shouldn't blame everything on her. But damnit I don't want it to end like this either!
"I-ikuto?"
"What!"
She flinched at the tone I used..even I did. I didn't mean to snap at her. Everything was just too much. "Sorry..." She still smiled at me, even though you could see it cleary in her eyes, that she was scared.
"I-it's okay..a-ahm..about the marriage-"
"No."
My head snapped back and there she stood. She'd actually look cute..her cutely messed up hair, wearing a pyjama dress and then her Mr. Bunny in her arms..only the glare was what kinda ruined it..though she still looked cute. "He won't marry you." And that. That ruined the cute picture too.
"Amu..just go back to sleep alright?" Then her glare was directed at me.
"Why? Am I too young? I'm still a kid right? That's why I should leave it to you adults to handle right?"
I sighed, I didn't have time for this "Yes." Her glare hardened. She didn't look cute anymore.
"No."
"Amu sweetie, listen to your dad-"
"No! He won't marry you so stop trying-"
"I'm not trying anything!"
"You are! You're trying to marry him! Just because he got you pregnant! Well, yes maybe 100 years back you would have to get married but things change..if you're worried about his image then don't cause no one knows! No one will..so just leave us alone! You love him but he doesn't love you..don't you get it? Doesn't love mean that the other persons happiness is more important than yours? You love him right? Then just leave him alone..leave us alone..leave me alone..breaking our family only shows the opposite of what you claim! I won't let you break-"
"Amu that's enough! That's no way to speak to a older person!" I didn't want to hear it..because even though she was only 8..she thought like an adult..she was mature for her age..she made sense..because it was true. The glare disappeared and she had a sad look on her face. I hated it when I was the one who caused it.
"Why? Why are you taking her side?"
I pinched the bridge of my nose. They say it somehow calmes you down but I don't think its working. "Amu, I'm not taking side-"
"You are! You promised me you wouldn't marry her just minutes ago..tell her you won't marry her dad!"
Haru began crying..I sighed, I didn't hate her..I liked her in fact. Just not the way she liked me. I didn't want to hurt her, but I didn't want to hurt my own daughter either..but I didn't have much of a choice
"Amu, I already made my choice and-" I stopped..she looked at me..a look that said I betrayed her.
"You promised me...you lied to me..you lied!" Something wet trailed down my cheek as I watched her run back upstairs, hearing her bedroom door slam. Haru made an attempt to go after her but I didn't let her. She just looked at me and apologized over and over again. I walked to my own room slamming the door shut and my fist automatically connected with the wall. 'Damnit!' Why do things like this always happen to me? Why me damnit!
After several hours I finally fell asleep. I woke up the next day still feeling tired even though it was already 11am..but when I woke up, I wished I didn't. When I checked on amu, she was gone.
End of flashback
'If you do...then..then...I'll run away from home!' Damnit! I looked everywhere..anywhere she could possibly be! But nothing..where the hell could she be! How could I be so careless!
Normal POV
Its been 7 hours and Amu still wasn't found. Ikuto was at the verge of losing his sanity as worst-case-scenarios started playing in his mind giving suggestions to what might have happened after the girl's walk out. But he refused to believe it..partly since most of the things he thought of were completely unrealistic..which just further proved he was slowly going insane. He was at a dead end. He didn't know how to continue his search..he was planning to get the police involved but that would just catch the media's attention. He still had two other leads but they didn't exactly want to coorperate..they being his bestfriend and her bestfriend. Not that he'd need Rima's coorperation..I mean, it couldn't be her anyway, she was evil, but not that evil. He only needed Amu but said girl didn't want to coorperate either. God really did hate him, he thought. His mother, on the other hand, already did go crazy. Unlike her son, she already began believing all the thoughts her mind was making up about the disappearance of her granddaughter. Ikuto had his hands full alright. Just where in the world could the little brunette be?
DING-DONG-DING-DONG-DING-
"Coming! Jeez!"
A slightly irritated dirty blonde haired 12 year-old came running down the stairs towards the front door wondering who in the right mind was daring enough to disturb him from his, uhm..trance? Tasou Ryuichi; The boy wanted to be a writer when he grew up. He always did have a passion for reading and grew up wanting to someday write a story of his own, which would someday be a best-seller he hoped. He was a guy though, so novels and romance weren't the stories he had in mind, he was more into fantasy,fiction and crime. Like sherlock holmes for example, or harry potter..he was aiming in that direction. With the boys intelligence and imagination he should be able to make it. He had lots of ideas and the moment he got one he would pick up a pen immediately, the moment he'd start writing the ideas would just keep flowing in. So that's why, he didn't like being disturbed, because once he stopped, so did the story. He wouldn't know how to continue where he left off. So that explained why the young writer was aggitated. He almost finished a soon-to-be best-seller! He just hoped he would be able to remember everything his mind made up. He sighed as he opened the door, he was about to snap at the person but there wasn't really anyone to snap at. Which only annoyed him more. 'My awesome story was ruined because of stupid pranksters?'
He closed the door and turned around but then
"Boo!"
"Aah!" He wasn't scared. He was just startled. His voice was just a tad bit higher than what a normal boys voice was supposed to sound like. So no, it was absolutely not a shriek. He glared, at the person "Damn you Amu. How'd you get in?"
Giggling the girl just stuck her tongue out "Hi to you too yuu-kun! Simple, I snuck in while you were too busy ranting in your head about your dream being crushed and what not." She smiled.
Said boy just snorted "What are you, a ninja?" Amu shrugged and walked into the living room, since the place was basically a second home to her.
"I'm just awesome like that."
Ryuichi rolled his eyes mumbling things to himself, along the lines of 'weird girl' 'stupid' 'idiot' and 'bad luck'.
"Anyway..what are you doing here?"
Amu looked back at him and smiled "Well, your mom said I was welcome anytime~so here I am!"
"Yea, well, she may have said so but I'm sure she didn't mean it, so bye-bye kiddo!" He smiled back. But it was more of a sarcastic fake smile. Amu just rolled her eyes.
" 'Kiddo' has a name. Geez."
"Right. Amu."
She smiled, "Thank you!"
"But. Amu is a kid. Therefor, I shall call amu, kiddo." And her smile turned into a pout.
"Hmph. Whatever."
Seeing her pout the boy just chuckled rolling his eyes and walked over to her ruffling her hair. Which earned him a glare. Not that it scared him though.
"See?" 'Kiddo' just stuck her tongue out "But seriously, why'd you come?"
The girl blinked, all anger directed towards the boy in front of her vanished.
"Right! Ne yuu-kun, is your mom home?"
He rose an eyebrow at her, "Why?"
"Just answer my question."
"Don't want. That all? You may leave then." And again the fake smile. That smile by the way really got on the brunettes nerves. Oh how she'd love to wipe it off his smiling face.
"Mou yuu-kun~"
He sighed as he looked at the teary-eyed expression. "No, she's in england. She should be back any second though.."
And right on cue, the door opened revealing a middle-aged woman, probably early 30's. She smiled as she saw the young girl.
"Amu! Its been quite a while since your last visit~missed yuu-kun?" She loved amu. She loved her son. She loved them both so much..she even loved them together..as in couple together. Amu almost choked on the apple she took.
"N-no! Tasou-san! U-uhm, I came for you actually.." The girl was flustered, earning her a chuckle from the boy next to her. She glared at him..he just winked in return forcing her to look away. Tasou Hina just giggled at the two kids in front of her. She knew about the girls crush on her son, so she enjoyed teasing the two, because her son liked her back, despite the age gap. He just didn't know it yet. He had yet to realize it.
"Ok ok, sorry. So amu-chan, what brings you here?"
"Yes kiddo, please do tell why you ruined my moment again. I almost finished the story...damn you."
Amu ignored the comment, "like I said, I have a name. Which is Tsukiyomi Amu!"
"Right, sorry. Again, why are you here kiddo?"
"Ugh! Hmph. Because Hina-san, I have a nice new scoop for you~"
His eyebrow twitched. She ignored him. She completely ignored him. Even though his mother caught the amusing fact, Amu's announcement caught her first. The woman was a journalist by profession. She was one of the best in her field. And country. She even managed to get a scoop from the u.s, something about corruption and misuse in the u.s banks or something. So hearing this, she was sold. She took her pen and notepad ready to take note.
"What's up?"
Amu smiled sweetly at her, "Daddy is getting married!"
Amu went home right after her interview with Tasou Hina. Which of course didn't go without any scolding, crying, hugging, kissing and all. With the crying, hugging, kissing coming from her grandma of course..her dad did the scolding part. She did get a hug and kiss from him too though. She got grounded. For a month. Which she didn't like..at all. But she could live withh it, she was happy. Why? Because it was the day after all that. Which meant a new day. Which meant a new newspaper. Which her dad was going to read...and burn probably.
Hikaru's POV
Hinamori-sama is just wasting money by paying me if she just does most of the chores herself..I sighed, the woman was too kind-hearted for her own good. Well, at least I can still get her newspaper regularly..not that she bothers reading it. But as soon as I picked up the paper I knew this would be the first -and probably last- newspaper she would read. But before I could even bring it to her, the paper got snatched out of my hands. I blinked turning around,
"A-ah! Mashiro-san!" I bowed and smiled going back to my chores. The woman was scary. She glared. Not at me though..at the paper. Without wasting another second she rushed to Hinamori-sama's room. And with the loudest voice she could muster,
"AMU! YOU NEVER TOLD ME THE JERK WAS GETTING MARRIED!"
There on the front page, big bold underlined letters said.
TSUKIYOMI IKUTO GETTING MARRIED!
so there you have it. Welcome! so now that u have something to review about, please do! the next chappy'll be up depending on the reviews i get :) hope the new writing style was oke..and yush mabe a lil romance for lil amu-chibi :D it oke? meeh, dont really like the 8 n 12 year old thing myself but they'll grow! xD plus jsut randomly threw him in..no idea what his role'll be..if he gets one..maybe he's gonna be a one-chap char too..dunno..what do you think?