Chapter Four- Libra
"Why can't I just spend some quality time with my best friend?"
"Because your best friend is getting engaged."
I blew the few short strands of hair that had slipped out of the bun on my head out of my face while Utau continued to inspect the plates on the shelf.
"Plus," she added as an afterthought. "Why don't you go hang out with Ikuto?"
I sent her a pointed look in her direction.
"He's a devil."
"No, he's harmless," she corrected with a frown. "Now go away. You're messing up my concentration."
As I was walking away, I heard her snap at Kukai for something he did or didn't do. Sighing, I walked around the small shop aimlessly until I became intrigued by a shelf of strawberry related merchandise; I strode over towards the aisle and picked up a small mug shaped as a strawberry,
"She's right, I'm completely harmless."
Caught in surprise, I jumped backwards only to lose control of the mug. The intruder behind me caught the item in one swift movement and handed it back to me with an annoying smirk.
"Here."
Frowning, I snatched the precious thing out of his hands and placed it back on the shelf.
"Definitely not harmless," I whispered to under my breath before turning around to face him.
I crossed my arms in front of me and raised a brow.
"You eavesdropped on our conversation?"
"I wouldn't call it eavesdropping necessarily. More like Kukai and me were in the aisle in front of yours and we overheard your conversation. Your very loud conversation."
"Basically eavesdropping," I muttered.
Silence loomed between us, but I was thankfully saved by the chiming ringtone of my phone. I pulled it out of my pocket and stared at the baby blue screen.
"You have a horoscope app?" he asked as though this was a joke.
Shooting him a dangerous glare, I opened up the screen and read my 'destiny' for today.
Your Daily Libra Horoscope
Saturday June 10
This is an excellent day to tell people exactly how you feel, Libra. Your emotions are more stable than usual, so open up and let your heart speak. What you learn today will be extremely valuable for the future, so pay attention. Keep an eye on what is real, but feel free to let your heart explore all possibilities. Follow your emotions and trust your instincts. You stand to gain quite a bit.
"Oh? So how do you feel about me?" asked Ikuto obviously amused by the whole thing.
"I think you're a perverted devil."
"That's it?"
"Yep," I mumbled picking up a strawberry capped pen.
I felt him creep up closer to me, but not so close that I could feel his breath on me. Raising a brow, I turned around to see him smirking at me.
"What?" I asked exasperated by this whole situation already.
"You say I'm perverted."
"Because you commented on my legs while I was wearing a towel. And only a towel."
"And yet you wear tight fitting shorts."
Frowning, I look down at my outfit. I hadn't decided to wear anything over the top – just a mint collared and sleeveless blouse along with a pair of floral shorts.
I narrowed my eyes at him.
"You're such a pervert."
"Amu, if I was a real pervert, then I'd tell you that you're flat chested," he replied seriously.
Giving him a good glare, I spun around on my heels and stormed away.
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I was happily content when we reached the end of our shopping trip and returned back to the apartment complex. It wasn't a lie when I said that I was far more comfortable buried in my books wearing an old sweater and a pair of sweat pants rather than being out shopping for an event that I didn't believe in with a devil who I was beginning to feel had a leg fetish.
Curling up on my bed with a book at hand, I began my reading until my eyes began to droop and I fell asleep.
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"Mmmm," I mumbled groggily while I moved my hand around aimlessly to stop the vibrating.
Satisfied that the buzzing had ceased, I curled up on my side and snuggled against my pillow only to have my slumber disrupted by the buzzing again. Irritated, my eyes snapped open, searching for the source of the sound. My gaze stopped on my flashing cellphone next to me. I pressed the green button and placed it on my ear.
"What?" I snapped.
"Come outside."
At the sound of his annoying voice, I clicked on the red button and the tossed the device in front of me. I was just beginning to slip back into my slumber when my phone vibrated once more. I grabbed it again and stared at the screen.
You have 1 message!
Contemplating on my decision, I shrugged and clicked on the screen.
From: Ikuto Tsukiyomi
To: Amu Hinamori
Come outside. It's important.
I frowned.
I didn't want to go outside at night to meet up with him even if it was an emergency. Regardless of that, what if it really was an emergency? I mean…my name does start with an 'A'. I could be at the top of his contacts for all I know and I could've been a last resort to call.
Unsure on what to do, I rolled off my bed and raced out the door. People stared at me strangely as I ran down the steps of the stairs as if my life depended on it. One thing and one thing only raced through my mind countless times – what if he really was in trouble?
With that big mouth of his, it was only about time he got himself neck deep in a big mess.
I found myself panting heavily when I reached him. He was sitting on one of the benches with a telescope in front of him. He turned around and smiled at me.
"Good, you made it."
"Where's the danger?"
"What danger?"
I narrowed my eyes at him.
"You mean you're not in trouble?"
"Of course not."
"I see," I muttered simply as I turned around on my heel and began walking away.
"Hold up Amu!" he exclaimed making a grab for my arm.
He pulled me down with enough force so that I was sitting down on the stone bench beside him. I eyed the telescope with faint interest.
"You're a Libra."
Frowning, I turned to face him.
"Yeah, what of it?"
"Look at the sky."
I tilted my head back and looked at the sky, seeing nothing out of the ordinary like what the tone of his voice suggested. His quiet laughing had me looking at him with a raised brow.
"What?"
"I meant through the telescope."
"You should've said that in the beginning," I grumbled while pulling the telescope towards me.
The devil adjusted it a little bit, before motioning for me to look through it. I looked through the lens to see a bunch of stars and then four or six bright stars in an almost box shape.
"Did you find it?"
"Find what? There's just a bunch of stars as usual and then a box."
When he said nothing, I pulled my focus away from the telescope to see him silently laughing to himself once more.
"Why are you laughing now?"
"That's not a box, it's Libra."
I immediately look through the lens again, but I only saw the box I had mentioned before.
"There's four really bright stars and a couple tinier ones in between right?" he explained while I searched the sky through the magnified lens.
"Y-yeah, but I still don't see it. I though the Libra was a scale."
Sighing, he pulled out a folded piece of paper out of his pocket along with a pen that had been lying beside him on the bench. He began to draw the stars and then connected them with lines. It kind of looked like an unfinished drawing of a house in my opinion – only slightly more crooked.
"The brightest stars that you saw are called Alpha Librae also known as the Southern Claw, Beta Librae – Northern Claw, Gamma Librae – Scorpion Claw, and Sigma Librae. They make up the brightest points of the Libra. The other stars are called Upsilon Librae and Tau Librae."
I studied the picture once more before turning my attention back to the sky. With the picture in focus, I could now see the 'scale' in which Libra represented.
When I faced him, I saw him labeling the stars with all the names he had given me earlier.
"How do you know so much about stars?"
"Well, at some point in college, I wanted to be an astronaut. As a kid I had always been interested in the sky, so I though why not and registered for a semester."
"And you're parents let you?"
"They really didn't mind as long I did something that earned me enough money to support myself and be successful. Though, it was harder to convince my dad than my mom – he wanted me to be a doctor."
So his parents didn't mind what he was I mused to myself.
"What about you?" he asked watching me with a curious gaze.
Shrugging, I got up, "It's nothing that I like really."
"Then why take it?"
Because I have to.
"Who knows," I answered turning around to walk away.
"Amu, where are you going?"
"I'm tired."
Before I actually left, I turned around once more.
"You're really lucky."
He frowned at me but I was already gone.
Author's Notes
Hello all my lovely readers!
Your also lovely but lazy author is back. But I honestly am sorry for the really late upload; I was having some difficultly with my laptop and Microsoft Word. Plus I was on vacation for a few days. But other than that, I am back and I promise that I'll try to update faster. I have a schedule to uphold :3
Okay, so I originally intended to end this chapter with Amu falling asleep through some story Ikuto was telling and then he would carry her back into her room…or his room. I don't know. But I changed my mind, as you can probably already tell, because Amu would never let herself fall asleep in front of a perverted devil like Ikuto. So yes…sorry if anyone wanted something like that to happen.
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