Me: Sorry for the delay peeps! I was a little behind on some stuff so I forgot to update this story. Ma bad XD Anyways, here's chapter 14~! I have a feeling this story is going to be very, very long. Enjoy!
Ran: ArstyNinja3 does not own anything except for her own characters and the plot! Yay! Let's get on with the story!
Narrative P.O.V.
Amu was feeling better these days. She got to spend more time with Kukai and she would hang out at his house after school. They would go play soccer at the park nearby with his brothers and just have a good laugh. She was now in class, barely paying attention to what the teacher was saying. Instead, she stared out the window and watched as the clouds floated by in the bright blue sky.
"So kids, remember the nominations for the district camp? Well, the results are in and one of the representatives of your grade is in our class. Congratulations, Hotori-kun." The class clapped politely while others cheered as Tadase blushed. "The camp will be next week and you will leave on Friday with the rest of the reps. I will give you all the information later after school. Now, take out your English textbooks and turn to page 50. Tsukiyomi-kun, since you think my class is so boring, why don't you start us off by reading the whole story?" the teacher continued. Ikuto groaned, but stood up and did as he was told, but in a monotone voice that made everyone giggle and snicker. A vein popped on the teacher's forehead, but their sensei kept silent. At least he's actually doing what I say, he sighed as he wrote stuff on the board.
Amu smiled. She loved her class. It was chill and the teacher was nice. Her classmates didn't bother her, probably because she was hard to approach. She listened to Ikuto's monotone voice that gently lulled her to sleep.
At lunch…
Kukai walked down the hallway with his arms behind his head, whistling along. He walked to Amu's classroom and poked his head in the classroom. He scanned the crowd and spotted a blob of pink at the far side of the room.
"Oh hey Kukai-senpai, what are you doing here?" Rima asked with no expression whatsoever.
"I'm here to see Amu. Can you call her for me?" Kukai asked.
"Ah, you see, she's sleeping," Rima replied.
"Can you wake her up for me?"
"And why would I do that?" Rima countered, raising an eyebrow.
"It's important," Kukai replied seriously. Rima frowned at his expression and decided to do as he says and woke up the sleeping girl.
"Mm…5 more minutes," Amu mumbled and continued to sleep.
"Get up Amu-chan. Kukai's here to see you," Rima tried again. She shook the pinkette's shoulders so hard, poor Amu fell to the ground.
"Ouch! You could've just nudged me instead of pushing me to the ground," Amu grumbled. Feeling irritated that she was woken up, she waited for Rima to tell her why she was woken from her beautiful sleep.
"Kukai's here to see you," Rima repeated. Amu's eyes shot wide, looked towards the door and saw Kukai leaning on the doorframe with a grin. The blonde pulled Amu's sleeve so Amu was her height before whispering, "Tell me what he says 'kay?" She released the girl and watched as her friend followed the brunet out of the classroom.
"Time to do some eavesdropping," Rima muttered to herself once the two were out of sight. She quickly grabbed Ikuto, who was surrounded by girls, by the arm and dragged him off to follow the two with the boy complaining all the way.
With Amu and Kukai…
Kukai led Amu to the fields and they both lied down and watched the clouds float by.
"Amu," Kukai spoke up, getting the girl's attention.
"Yeah?"
"I'mleavingonFriday," Kukai spoke quickly.
"Wait what?" Amu sat up immediately and stared down at Kukai. "Repeat that again."
"I'm leaving on Friday," Kukai said slower this time. "I was chosen as the rep for our grade, along with Utau." Amu's face flashed a look of irritation before she replaced it with a nonchalant look.
"Well, have fun," Amu told him.
"Amu."
"Yeah?"
"I know you're upset," he went straight to the point.
"Of course I am! You're going off to a district camp with the girl you like. You will probably make moves on her. How am I supposed to feel? Happy? Happy that the guy I love is going to get a girlfriend, who is not me?" Amu blew up all the insecurities and anger she had bottled up. "She's pretty, smart, everything that I'm not. Of course you will choose her over me. I'm only your best friend. Maybe a sister you never had, but never a girlfriend," Amu's voice started to quiet down. "You two will be alone for a week while I'm still here, waiting for you to come back. Waiting for you to come to me."
"Amu…" Kukai started when he saw tears glistening in her eyes.
"No, don't. Just don't." Amu quickly wiped away her unshed tears and placed a smile on her face. A genuine smile, but a sad one. "I will wait until you come back and I will welcome you home with a smile on my face. No matter what happens at camp. I will always be here for you, whether you like it or not," she added cheekily. Kukai smiled. He could always count on Amu.
He stood up and wrapped his arms about the girl and whispered, "You will always be my most precious friend. Nothing will ever change that." He gave her a light squeeze and released her.
"I will spend as much time as I can with you this week to make up for the time that we won't be together when I'm gone. Sound good?"
Amu smiled, "Sounds perfect."
Unknown to them, there were two figures hiding behind a bush. Ikuto sighed, "Why am I here again?"
"I needed a partner in crime," Rima replied.
"You could've grabbed someone else," he grumbled.
"Oh shut it. I know you were actually concerned about Amu," Rima replied while Ikuto looked the other way.
Then, something, or should I say, someone caught his eye. "Hey, is that Utau?" he asked Rima.
"Where?" Rima asked and looked in the direction that Ikuto was pointing to. There was a girl with long pigtails standing by the school building, watching the interaction between the two childhood friends in the field. Sure enough, it was Utau Tsukiyomi.
Me: Well, I hope y'all enjoyed that. I'd appreciate it if you guys can gimme some ideas for the next chapter. That'd be much appreciated XD ArtsyNinja3 signin off~! Peace!
