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Nobody's home
chapter 2

:recap:

"Do you always talk to yourself?" said a masculine voice from the window. I looked over surprised to see the new student sitting there. I shook my head slowly. He smirked it was strange my heartfelt heavy just looking at him. He jumped into the room and sat on the edge of my bed. "What's wrong little kitten" he was practically purring "cat got your tongue" he asked smirking again. For once I felt I couldn't talk not that I didn't want to. It was that I couldn't. My face felt hot and I looked away. "So you talk to invisible people not real people" a grin spread across his face. "Or could it be that the people aren't invisible but dead. Maybe you're going crazy seeing dead people" my eyes widened and I stared at him. My mask slipping for a moment before I was able to correct myself. "So I was right wasn't I. you lost a lot of people important to you" he said as he lay back on my bed. I looked out the window bored.

"You put up a mask to hide who you are" I stared at him the shock apparent on my face. I didn't even try to hid my emotions this time

: End recap:

Amu's pov

'How? How could he tell? How could he see through the mask? Could he see how much pain I was in? Inside myself all alone. I know I'm going crazy but can he see that.' I thought as I stared at him. He leaned towards me. "Nee what's your name?" he whispered in my ear rather seductively. I stood and leaned against the wall looking away. Even if on the inside I wanted freedom, I knew it would be wrong for me take the freedom. Not when I had cheated death twice. I deserved this I deserved to be dead inside and out this boy needed to go away, to leave me alone. I glared at him.

He walked towards me and places his hands against the wall on either side of me. He leaned in his mouth close to my ear. "You don't need to keep up your mask. I can see right through it. You're in pain you want to be free but you don't want to at the same time right" he said smirking. I stared at him from behind uncaring eyes.

"What you suddenly can't talk. Just a minute you were talking perfectly to dead people. Is there something wrong with living people?" my chest felt heavy and I didn't know what was going on. Could it be that my mask was close to fading? No I can't let that happen. I would be betraying every one that I had lost. I wouldn't let this boy whose name I didn't even know break down everything I had worked so hard to create. Everything that I create to make up for cheating death twice. I ducked under his arm and opened the window. I looked at him then pointed. His smirk disappeared and he frowned.

"I'm guessing that means I have to go huh" he walked over to the window then looked back at me. "You should stop talking to dead people. People might think you're crazy" I looked around ran miki and Suu were glaring at him. My eyes narrowed. "They aren't dead" I said plainly. He stared at me like I was crazy.

"What are you talking about amu?" he asked raising an eyebrow.

"Don't listen to him amu-Chan" miki said crossing her arm. I nodded.

"Just go away none of us want you here" ran yelled jumping up.

"Ran's right, go away" I said glaring at him. He walked over to me.

"Whose ran?" he asked. Was this guy stupid Ran was sitting right in front of him?

"Um she's right next to you with the pink hair." I said bored. I was supposed to remember something but I couldn't.

"Amu there's no one else in this house" he said looking a bit worried. I scoffed.

"No one else you say… DADDY HELP THERES A PERVERT IN MY ROOM!" I yelled as loud as I could. My throat hurt a bit from not talking. I smirked knowing that any minute my dad would run in and kick this guy out. Still in the back of my head I felt like I needed to remember something.

"Hmm like I said no one here" he said after a minute his eye brow raised. I glared at him.

"Ran Miki Suu did my parents say anything about going out?" I asked them. They just shrugged.

"Look… whatever your name is this is my house now stop being a weirdo and get out" I said crossing my arms. He smirked.

"I'm the weirdo?" he raised his eye brow. I nodded of course he was saying that no one was here when Ran and Miki and Suu were right here in the room. Suddenly he grabbed my shoulders.

"Amu looks around really look there is no one here" he said. It sounded like he was trying to comfort a little kid. I knocked his hands away, and stumbled backwards. Miki went to catch me from falling but I fell… through her. What's going on? Did I just fall through miki? My eyes widened as ran jumped up and through the dark haired boy.

"What's going on" I said my eyes wide. That boy knelt in front of me and… hugged me. I realized tears were streaming down my face. That's right they died didn't they wasn't I always alone. Why was I in so much pain? And why did I feel so safe with this boy whose name I didn't even know.

"Since it seems you don't pay attention to the teacher my name is Ikuto" he said still hugging me. I looked at Ran Miki and Suu they were standing around me smiling. Smiling why I was alive I cheated death they had to go and they should be mad at me.

"I think something is wrong with me" I muttered as I found myself leaning closer to Ikuto. He hugged me tighter.

Ikuto's pov

"I think something is wrong with me" she said I could barely hear her and something wrong with her. That was the understatement of the year. She was seriously messed up, seeing people who died. It looked like this would be easier than I thought, after all her mask was already starting to break.

"Don't worry amu I will help you ok" I said in a voice full of false concern. She wrapped her arms around me and nodded. 'To easy' I thought. Soon her grip loosened and her breathing evened out. She was asleep. I lifted her up then laid her in her bed.

"This is going to be entertaining. There was no way she won't fall for me now" I muttered to myself. Once she had completely dropped her mask then I would break her completely. That's why I had to leave my last three schools. One of the girls had gone so far as to commit suicide. Oops, I chuckled to myself. As I turned to leave she reached out and grabbed my sleeve.

"Stay Ikuto" she muttered. My face felt hot and I covered it. What the hell why is my face hot. I freed my arm and opened the window. "Sayonara amu" I said before I jumped to the ground.

My feet hit the ground and took out my cell phone and called my brother Yoru. "Hey Yoru I'm not coming home tonight tell utau to do my homework I left it on my bed" I hung up before he could respond and started walking towards one of my favorite areas.

message from miwa: well i hope you enjoyed this chapter i will probably update tomorrow if i can i got loaded with homework this week. i dont own shugo chara.