Love Triangle

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Ikuto Tsukiyomi was missing but arrived at Amu's house. He kissed her after confessing to her. Tadase had done the same thing right after Ikuto did it. Amu isn't sure who she should go to.

Chapter 2:

The next day was very rainy. I grabbed my umbrella, and walked out into the pouring rain. I walked to the bus stop where I usually meet Tadase, but he wasn't there which was very odd. He usually comes on time, and being late wasn't his thing. I waited about twenty minutes, but he still hadn't come. So I just walked to school without him. I had to be alone in the cold rain, I felt like I was in one of those shoujo mangas where I, the heroine, is attacked by someone and my man is coming to save me! But I'm not sure who my man is! I feel so terrible for not choosing one...but really, I do want Tadase to be mine but...honestly, I really like Ikuto for some reason.

When it was lunch time, Tadase still wasn't here. It's strange for him to do something like this. He hardly misses school, inplus isn't he urging to see me? He confessed to me, so of course he should. I needed to go to the royal garden where the guardians were having lunch today. It was raining really hard by now, so I had to run quickly and carefully. I was soaked when I got to the door of the royal garden. I was so cold that I was shivering! So uncool! When I walked in. I set down my umbrella and I heard a high pitched yell in my ears. I realized it was Yaya. she was crying like usual. It was really loud because of her baby character. Rima had tears sliding down her face which was unusual, and when the tears reached her chin they went crashing into what seemed like a pool of sadness. "What's wrong?" I was concerned about what was happening. Rima seemed out of character, but unlike Yaya, her baby character was still really annoying.

"I-I'm so sorry you have to hear this Amu-chan, but...Tadase...h-he is really sick," Nagihiko said with tears rolling down his face.

"How sick?" I managed to get out those two words. I was too shocked at their reaction of his sickness. I mean, it can't be that bad! Can it?

"H-he's sick...w-with scarlet-fever," Rima said sobbing between her words. Everyone was panting deeply. Only Rima managed to stop sobbing so hard and she looked at me straight in the eye with her eyes still wet. " And...I know you love him. He's like family to all of us.

I was so sad and scared that I couldn't blush on what Rima had said. I knew that scarlet fever was something that was deadly. What if Tadase's grandparents didn't have the money or time to take him to the hospital for proper treatment and medicine? No, not at a time like this that I had to think negative thoughts. Come on positive thoughts, come to me! I can't cry here, stay strong, Amu!

"He's in the hospital now. We are going to go see him today after school if you'd like to come." Oh, yes! They atleast have time to give him treatment!

"Yeah...I'll call my mom for permission." I tried to hold back the tears as best as possible, but I just couldn't becase of the situation I was in. Tears rolled down my cheeks without effort. I got down on my knees, and I put my hands over my face. Yaya stopped crying and crawled over to me. She curled up and sat next to me, shocked at how I was.

"Amu-chi are you alright?" I removed my hands from my face so that my eyes were locked with Yaya's. She had tears rolling down her red cheeks. I smiled.

"Yeah...I'm fine. I'm just shocked at...at what happened with Tadase," I said.

"If you ever need us we'll be there for you," Rima said overhearing our small conversation.

"You can talk to us if you need to," said Nagihiko.

"Thank you, guys." I smiled at them awkwardly, I was still feeling a little weird.

It was really hard to take in. The thought of Tadase being sick with that kind of sickness. It was horrible. I felt alone, like the others were blocked out from my life. Even though they said it was OK to talk to them about it, it just felt weird telling them. We all sat in silence, taking in all we had just experienced. For we had never experienced such a sad thing in our lives. Thunder cracked across the sky. A chill went down my spine once it did.

"It's almost time to go back to class," said Nagihiko,"in about 5 minutes."

"OK, I'm going to go back to class now. Come on girls, let's go. I signaled for Ran, Miki and Sue to follow. "Bye guys!"I yelled on the way out. I heard everyone yell back as I shut the door. I was thinking of Tadase all day. I tried to hide it. But I was dazed out during a quarter of class!

After school I met the others at the royal garden. We discussed that we'd meet at the front door of the hospital at five o'clock, which was two hours from now. I walked home in sadness and alone. What if something where to happen to him? What if they gave him the wrong medicine? What if he dies? No, I can't think like that, I love Tadase, and not that cosplay freak Ikuto. I should wish the best for Tadase. Well, now that I think about it, Ikuto is kind of nice. No, he teases me all the time, but was he teasing when he said he liked me? I don't know, well he kissed me. I'll think about it later. My mind should be focused on Tadase. Should I make him a gift? No...I won't make him a gift.

When I got home it was three twenty. I want to go to the hospital early. I had about an hour to get ready. I usually have Miki pick out what I wear when I go out to see Tadase, but I didn't care what I wore at the moment. I only care about seeing Tadase. I picked out a white skirt with ruffles and a sleeve-less purple shirt with a white colar, and two white clips that go in my hair. My shoes were black flats, and I had a pink and white beaded bracelet on my wrist. Before I got dressed I took a quick 10 minute shower. After I dryed my hair and brushed it, and got dressed it was 4:00. Since there was time left, I decided to get him a present even though I said I wouldn't. Make up your mind, Amu! I had enough time to get some flowers and a card. I left a note for my parents saying that Tadase is sick and I went to go see him and I should be back around 7:00 or 8:00 at the latest. I took my allowance money and went to the flower shop. After I got some flowers and a card It was 4:25. They were beautiful pink traceliums. They started with a T like Tadase, so I thought these would be kind of cute. I had enough time to go to the bakery for some cookies for Ami and Tadase. Of course Ami would love any kind of cookies, but I'm not sure what to get for Tadase. I got some chocolate chip cookies fresh from the bakery's oven. These cookies are loved by everyone, so of course I got those. I wasn't sure what to get really! I got one bag for Tadase and one for Ami. When I was done with that It was four fortyfive. I let Ran, Miki, and Sue run ahead to the hospital, they flew far ahead of me once I said that. They raced each other to see who would get there first. I assume that Ran will win. I took my time and tryed to brace myself for what I might see.

When I got there it was four fiftyfive. I saw Yaya and Rima standing at the front the door. They waved at me, I waved back too. When I reached the spot they were standing at I asked, "Where is Nagihiko?"

"He's not here yet, but he should be here any moment," replied Rima, "well not any moment...maybe like a second. He's here..."

I turned around and she was right, he was running over here with Rhythm following. When he got there he wasn't even breathing hard. He really is an athlete. He was dressed in jeans and a blue polo. That really is his kind of clothing. Nothing too fancy or too dirty.

"So, are all ready?" he asked.

"YES!" we all answered eagerly.

We entered the hospital, it was huge. although there wasn't many people here. Nagihiko walked up to the front desk.

"Hello ma'm, we'd like to see if we can visit Tadase Hotori," he said politely.

"Yes, please wait patiently while I check to see what room he's in."

We stood at the front desk for a moment in silence until finally she spoke up after typing quickly at the computer in front of her.

" Oh...I'm sorry he's very sick right now, he has scarlet fever, it's highly contagious. We don't want you children getting sick. But I think we have two extra computers we can use to video chat him."

"That will be fine ma'm, thank you," said Nagihiko

"OK, I'll go get the laptops and give one to your friend. I'll show you how to get to the video chat, " said the nurse. She left the front desk and started walking down the hall.

We all sat down in a corner filled with chairs. There was a coffe table nearby with some magazines.

We sat in silence for a while. We all had really nothing to say. I finally spoke up.

"Well I think since you're his best friend, Nagihiko, you should talk to him first."

"Are you positive about this Amu-chan?" he looked into my eyes.

"Yes, Nagihiko, it's OK,and Rima and Yaya can go after, I'll go to him last." The nurse came back a few minutes later with one large laptop. It was a simple gray laptop that looked average. Nothing different from those other laptops.

"I gave the the other laptop to your friend, and it's ready to go. I have the video chat all set up so you don't have to do it. Please follow me." We followed her to an empty room on the 5th floor down the hall.

"Who's first?" the nurse asked.

"We decided that he's going first," I said looking to Nagihiko.

"Ok, go on in," the nurse said. Nagihiko went in locking eyes with me as he went in with the laptop. the nurse then guided us to several chairs on the wall of the empty room that Nagihiko was in. The nurse left, and the hallway became silent. I sat down next to Yaya and Rima. Yaya usually complains when she has to wait, but I guess she was too sad to do so. We sat there in silence for about ten minutes. We all had really nothing to say. I heard a click in the door knob, and Nagihiko came out with red puffed up eyes and tears rolling down his face. We all got up and embraced him, he embraced us back. After about a minute of hugging and crying, Yaya and Rima went in together. Nagihiko and I both sat down. His foot tapped nervously like he felt uncomfortable being alone with me. I looked around, the halls were empty and you couldn't hear a thing from the room Yaya and Rima were in. The only thing I heard was the tapping of Nagihiko's foot. That pitter patter sound started to annoy me a bit. About 5 minutes later Nagihiko finally spoke up.

"I hope Tadase's OK." he said.

"Didn't you ask him when you were in there?" I asked.

"Yes, but he said he was really sick and he had to stop talking to throw up," Nagihiko said sadly.

"Oh..." I said. We sat there again for about five minutes until again he spoke up.

"Um...Amu-chan...do you-" Before he could finish his words, the door knob clicked and Yaya and Rima came out. They were crying much like how Nagihiko was crying. I did the same to them as I did when Nagihiko came out. Finally it was my time with Tadase. I said bye to Yaya, Rima and Nagihiko. I wonder what Nagihiko was going to say...I should ask him later. When I got inside the room, I shut the door as quitely as I could. It was awfully small, and there was a small black table set up in the center of the room. It had the laptop set on it neatly and a lamp towering over it. The ceiling light was on, and a few feet away there was a window with a view that was beautiful. I walked slowly to the chair by the desk where the laptop was. I braced myself for anything I was about to see on that screen. I took deep breaths and stepped closer, and then another step and another, until I was one step away from the chair. I took the last and final step to the chair where I sat down. What I saw suprised me. It was the Tadase I knew. There was no chords attached to his face like in those hospital shows. There were no bandages around his face. There were no doctors surrounding him. He was all alone with me. Of course behind a screen though so I couldn't kiss him or anything. He looked up and I saw his beautiful magenta eyes. His blonde hair was lovely, even though it was digital for now. "Oh Tadase!" I then broke into tears. I smiled widely. These were tears of joy, huh? I've never really experienced this.

"I'm fine Amu-chan, I really am!" Tadase told me.

"You have scarlet fever though!" I said sobbing.

"It's not as bad as it seems. It's just like a regular sickness. Don't worr-" he had to stop talking to throw up. He grabbed a damp towel and wiped his face. I know he was just saying that to try and make me not worry, But we both know that that wasn't going to work on me.

"Yeah, but ten times worse." I'm pretty sure he could see my tears coming down. This was so embarassing! Crying in front of him? Oh no!

"Don't worry, I'll be back soon. I'll be back at school with you, and with the guardians in no time. While I'm gone make sure you take care of everyone, OK?"

"OK I will," I told him.

"I also need you to do something else for me," he said.

"What is it?" I asked.

"I need you to wait for me. To be here when I come out. To be able to welcome me out of this hospital when I get out...I want to see your face first when I leave this jail cell," He said with tears rolling down his face.

"I will, for you Tadase."

"I love you Amu-chan, with all my heart."

"I love you too, Tadase." I couldn't tell if I was blushing, I probably was but I didn't care, I was with the person I loved.

"I must be going now Amu-chan I have to go eat supper. The nurse is here. I'm sorry that we only had three minutes together. Bye, I love you."

"I love you too tadase-kun. I 'll see you soon, bye." The screen went black. I couldn't see his beautiful eyes anymore. Tears rolled down my eyes. I sat there crying for a moment. I shut the laptop carefully. I stood up and walked over to the door step by step. When I came to the door I reached for the knob. I turned it and opened it. I stood there for a moment frozen in time it seemed like. I saw Yaya, Rima, and Nagihiko come to embrace me. It had been obvious that they had seen my crying.

we walked to the elevator, and pressed the button to the 1st floor. We waited about 30 seconds until the door opened. Nobody was inside so we all went in. I stood in the back corner of the elevator. Nagihiko stood next to me. Rima and Yaya stood in the other corner. We stood in silence like that the whole time. There was not even elevator music to break the silence. The elevator stopped and the doors opened. We all walked out, then Nagihiko walked up to the front desk again. He set the laptop on the front desk and waited for the nurse. When she finally came a few minutes later we thanked her and I left the flowers, the cookies and the card I bought for Tadase with a note saying to give it to him on the front desk. That's when I realized: where did our shugo charas go? I last saw the girls run off to the hospital. When we were walking out of the parking lot I asked, "Hey, where did our guardian charas go?"

"Oh, I forgot to tell you that. When yours got here I told them they could go play. Then Rhythm went to go find them. Before they all left I told them to go back to their house after they're done. I think they are done by now." said Rima.

"OK, thank you."

"You're welcome," Rima replied. We all said good bye and went home. On the way I thought about Tadase. I really was looking foward to seeing him when he gets out of the hospital.

THNK YOU! everone sorry if its a little short. I want to save some good parts for the next chapter. Watch out for the next chapter! BYE!~ From FunEveryWeek's friend