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~~Recap~~
"So, if you don't have arachnophobia, why are you scared of spiders?" Amu was silent for a few moments, she was still brushing away her tears. Finally, she answered. "Alright, I'll tell you." _
~~~Chapter 6: Reason For Amu's Fear And Party Plans~~~
"When I was 5 years old, I had just moved to my old neighborhood. For a while, I had no friends..." Amu started.
"But then, I met Kukai Sohma.
(Note, the italic is the past)
Amu sat on a small, wooden rocking chair on her new home's porch. From here, she could see all the cars going by, although it happened very rarely.
She had just moved about a week ago, and was starting to get lonely. No one in her first grade class seemed very friendly.
Suddenly, she recognized a small boy walking along the sidewalk in front of her house.
He is in her first grade class, and if she remembered correctly, his name is Kukai Souma. They had chatted a bit on Thursday at school, but Amu didn't know him much.
"Hey! Hinamori!" Kukai called from the sidewalk as he noticed her watching him. "Didn't know you lived around here!" Amu got up from the rocking chair, and went to meet him.
"We became friends really fast because we had lots of things in common, and we got along really well. I don't remember any fights happening between us. We stayed best friends until high school, when my Dad got his job transfer here and I had to switch schools and my family had to move." Amu continued.
"Kukai, I'm sorry... I have to go." Amu stepped into the car, with her stuff already packed.
"Wait Hinamori! I could ask my Dad if I could go to school with you for a year! I mean, it is a school that has dorms, right?"
Amu nodded.
"Kukai suggested asking his parents to let him transfer to my school since they have dorms at the school, and luckily, they said yes. It was near the end of summer, about only two weeks before school was going to start soon, but before Kukai was going to transfer, his parents wanted to go on a family trip together before he left for a year. And guess where he went? He visited Australia to go surfing." I explained. "While he was in Australia, he got bit by a Sydney Funnel Web Spider, a spider which that type of spiders bite is highly poisonous to humans."
Ikuto sucked in his breath. He pretty much already knew what was going to happen.
"Luckily, Kukai barely survived. He's being treated for the spider bite as we speak, but the doctors said that the spider put all its venom into Kukai, so it could take up to 3 years to treat. I quickly visited Kukai at the hospital."
I ran into the hospital room as fast as I could. "Kukai!" I shouted.
Kukai was laying on the hospital bed under the covers, limp, with no color to his cheeks. He was awake slightly, and he mouthed, 'Hinamori' to me.
I ran over to Kukai, tears streaming down my cheek. Kukai slowly pulled his weak right arm from under the white hospital covers, and put out his frail hand towards me.
I held it, and cried even more.
"It's... Going to be alright Hinamori... I'll get out of this stupid... Hospital... And transfer to your school..." He had a hard time saying most of his words because he was so weak.
I nodded, sobbing. The actual chance of Kukai surviving is very slim.
"Don't cry, Hinamori... It'll be... Alright..." He barely managed to say 'Alright'
"Amu..." Kukai murmured. Kukai had never called Amu by her first name before, and it surprised her.
"Amu... I... Love... you..." I could make out the word, love, but I couldn't understand what else he was saying because he was talking so weakly and quietly.
Kukai's eyes slowly closed. I started to sob loudly, and a doctor rushed in. "It's alright... He didn't die... He just passed out." The doctor said.
"And that's the story." Amu finished. "Kukai is still in the hospital to this day, and he is still being treated, even though it's been a month since then."
Ikuto felt horrible for Amu, and felt even more horrible about what he did to her.
"I'm sorry..." Ikuto murmured. "I'm really sorry..."
Amu dried up the rest of her tears. "It's not your fault... It's my fault for not being strong enough..."
Without thinking, Ikuto suddenly gave her a soft, warm, and friendly hug to comfort her.
It wasn't sensual, but rather something a friend would do.
After about ten seconds, Ikuto let go, and left the dorm room, and left Amu, staring after him in awe.
.~~~~The next day, Amu's Point Of View~~~~
I woke up, still feeling a little groggy. I pushed off the denim sheets, sat up, and yawned loudly.
I looked to my left only to see Utau listening to her Ipod again. I nudged her with my elbow, and she looked over to me, and took out her earphones.
"What?" She asked. "Utau... Shouldn't you be getting ready for school? It starts in twenty minutes..."
"Umm... Amu... You know we don't have school today, right?"
"What!? But it's Monday!"
Utau rolled her eyes. "Yes, it's Monday. But don't you remember about the festival? We have two days to prepare to for it, and the festival lasts for 3 days. And during those 5 days, we don't have school..."
"Oh yeah... I forgot..." Utau and I laughed, and we started to feel more excited.
"The festival is held inside the school for its residents only, and during the party, the teachers party in the teacher lounge while the students get the whole school to themselves! I can't wait! There's the costume ball, and not to mention the night swim!"
Utau chatted on to me, and I felt even more excited than before. "And there's so much more... I just can't wait!" Utau and I shrieked like obsessed fan girls.
"Will you shut up...? I'm trying to sleep... Stupid Utau always making fan girl noises..." Muttered a half sleeping and crabby Yoru from his bed.
Utau punched him in the butt, not too hard, but enough to make Yoru squeal and make Utau giggle.
"Ahh! My buns!" Yoru screamed, and jumped up, landing on his bed partner, Kiseki. "
"You moron! Stop stepping on me!" Hissed Kiseki, who was also crabby and half asleep.
Utau and I started laughing like crazy. God we have some crazy dorm partners.
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~~~~Next Chapter, Chapter 7: Preparing For The Party~~~~ Amu's school has to prepare for the three day party, and for preparing, Amu has to cook, (Which she sucks at and she gets constantly teased by Ikuto) she also has to some other crazy things too. While preparing, Amu and Ikuto get in some heated competitions as well... This will be quite the chapter!.