It was the middle of the night, and the rain still hadn't stopped. In fact I think it started to pour harder. Amu was still sleeping on my lap…my numb lap. Sighing, I closed my eyes again and went to sleep.

Amu POV

Where am I?

Puzzled I look around. The sky is ominously dark and the moon is just hanging there mockingly. The streets are cold and dark buildings are everywhere. I look up…this place looks so familiar.

Then I see a streak of pink hair…is that me? I follow myself and watch my past version run into a bank building. Ami was running behind me/her clutching her bloody arm.

I remember that, I said following them inside. I then watch my other version answer the call and talk crudely to the negotiator. She then leaves the building, and I follow her. There she is in the middle of the crowd; I push myself through.

I'm standing there in front of Ami in a protective stance, and that's when a familiar voice erupts the silence.

"Why are you guys just surrounding the hostages? And you call yourself officers."

Everything starts to go dark and I can't see that tall person who's pushing himself through the crowd. Instead I'm brought to an underground parking lot. The lights are flickering on and off. Not to mention the fact that I can see my breath. I rub my hands up and down my arms and look around.

I suddenly hear an uproar of laugher followed by running steps. I stood still and listened to the footsteps turn louder until I saw two approaching figures. I unconsciously took a step back and stared at the figures hard.

They were men obviously. The first one turns his head around, and I see it. Midnight blue hair with striking eyes. Ikuto?

"Ikuto!" I shout at the top of my lungs.

But I can't hear my own voice…or more likely nothing came out. I tried again and again. But I ended up with the same results as before. So I watched. The man from behind had dark brown hair that was long enough to be pulled back into a ponytail.

Something was off though. I was sure of that one fact. Ikuto didn't look scared…he looked like he was trying to protect something. I looked at him again then saw a baby in his hands.

Why does he have a baby? I couldn't think for long because I see a long shiny object from out of the corner of my eyes. I turn my full attention to it, and see the dangerous object. It's pointed straight at Ikuto. My breath hitches, and I'm caught up in the suspense.

I wave my hands around and shout hoping…just hoping that Ikuto will notice. He doesn't even spare a blink in my direction and then it goes off. The roar of the bullet and the baby begins to cry.

I shut my eyes, and hear a heavy thud. I open them and find Ikuto on the floor. I run towards him in hysterics. Blood poured out of him like how rain fell from the sky. I hugged him and tried to stop the flow of the blood. But it didn't work; instead everything started to go dark again.

"Not again!" I screamed.

"Don't take another one from me!" I pleaded.

I opened my eyes wide open. I was breathing rather heavily and looked around. Outside seemed like it was close to dawn. The sky was a very light shade of blue along with hues of purple, pink and orange.

I felt something rise and fall against my head. Slightly positioning my head to the side, I see Ikuto's stomach…and the fact that I'm sleeping on his lap. Awkward much? But I look at Ikuto again; his sleeping face seemed so innocent and childlike. Then I noticed mostly all the sheets were around me. Smiling, I put a couple sheets on him.

I get up, my head pounding from my nightmare. The creepy part of it all was that it seemed so vivid. Like it could happen any moment now. And honest to truth that scared me.

Shrugging it off, I looked around the shack for anything food related. There were more sheets, ropes, surfboards and other emergency supplies…except food. Sighing, I walked outside. The salty breeze hitting me then forming goose bumps against my flesh.

As cliché as this may be, I actually began to look for a coconut tree. And after 15 minutes of going from tree to tree I found one. ONE tiny brown coconut hanging there by its self. The only problem now was to find a way to get it down from there. A stick wouldn't reach and the only thing to hit it with would be either pebbles or my shoe. My shoe it is.

I took off my sandal and hurled it at the coconut. Repeating this action a couple more times, the coconut finally fell down to the sandy floor with a soft thud. Carrying it with me, I decided to get some fish. It wouldn't hurt if we had something more than some coconut milk.

I head back into the shack because I remember seeing something liking a fishing rod here or there. My thoughts were right, because I found it leaning against a canoe…which I also took. I pushed the canoe out of the shack silently enough so Ikuto wouldn't wake up and pushed it through the sand. As I pushed the canoe, the cold water brushed up against my feet. Despite it being cold, it actually felt pretty good. I stood there for a moment, trying to absorb that feeling in. Once hunger set in, I lost focus and was even more determined to find some food.

I pushed the canoe into the water and quickly hopped into it. The waves carried the canoe farther and farther, so in the meantime I untangled the fishing pole and attached some bait onto it. When I thought I was far enough from shore to be able to catch some decent fish, I flung the hook into the sea while the canoe just bobbed onto of the waves. And after waiting for 5 entire minutes, I knew this would take a long time.

Ikuto POV

I felt the sun's warm rays poking me as I slept. I opened my eyes and tried to adjust to the lightness of the shack. My lap felt lighter than usual and there were sheets on me, but I didn't mind it. It was when I actually got up, that I noticed that Amu was gone.

Panic spread through me like a wildfire…then I hear a scream. Amu's voice – Amu's scream. I ran out of the shack and looked around frantically. Till I see a pair of hands waving from the water.

"I got you now Mr. Fish!" she shouted as she ducked her head underwater.

"Amu! What the hell are you doing?" I shouted.

She brought her head back up and slowly turned to look at me. Her eyes were full of mischief and light. The entire sight made me want to burst out laughing.

"Getting breakfast!"

It suddenly dawned on me: how long had she been out here trying to get us food. Smiling, I walked into the shack, changed into my swimming shorts, and dived into the water. I swam towards Amu, picked her up and swam back.

"What about breakfast? I already have a coconut."

Once we were on shore, I grabbed her by the shoulder and hugged her tight.

"Have I ever told you how much I love you?"

She pulled back and studied me for a minute.

"Uh…no! But you have told me all the problems I have," she said with a grin.

"Well, forget about those. By the way, if you woke me up, you wouldn't be wet and you'd have food."

"What do you mean?"

"Food in the car," I smirked.

She groaned. She cursed. She kicked the sand. And of course, she picked up the sand and flung some at me before storming off towards the car.

"You're going to get sick!" I shouted.

"Screw that! I'm so hungry right now and despite that I've been searching for food. Only to learn we have some in the car!"

"Yeah…I love her," I mumbled to myself.

"Open the door Ikuto!"

"Yes ma'am."

Later

"Boy, I am so stuffed," smiled Amu lying down on her back.

"Good, then you won't be so bitchy."

She got up, stared at me, and then burst out laughing.

"I am NOT bitchy," she laughed.

"Yes you are. What happened to: 'Screw that! I'm so hungry right now-

"Shut up Ikuto," smiled Amu flinging some sand at me again.

"You have a problem with throwing sand at people."

"And you have a problem with…um-

"Oh…wait. Could this be? Have you finally realized I have no flaws?"

"Shut up. You're ego is way too big. Yeah, that's your problem."

"Could be, who knows. Anyways, what I do know is that we should get out of here."

"You're right. Let's go."

As she walked into the car, I finally remembered it wasn't working.

"Amu…this may be kind of funny for you…but the car isn't exactly working…remember?"

She turned around and glared at me.

"You're kidding right?"

"…No."

"Okay, so call someone to tow this useless hunk of metal. In the meantime, I'll push the car."

"No, it's fine. I'll push the car. And it's not useless, it's my baby."

"Nu-uh! No way. I do not trust you to push 'your baby'. God knows where you'll end up taking us."

"Whatever, I'll just call."

I sat behind the wheel and dialed in the number, while Amu started to push the car.

"Hello?"

"Hey, this is Ikuto. I'm calling to see if you can come tow our car…it kind of broke down."

"No problem…but I need to know what's wrong with the car."

"The engine died out and there's no battery."

"I see. And your location?"

"The beach with the surfboard rentals…um…Kamikaze Beach."

"Okay, we'll be there in about 15 minutes. Based on what you've told me, it could take at least a couple days. Do you need a rental car?"

I covered the phone.

"Amu, do you want a rental car? This car is going to take about 3 days to get fixed."

"Yeah."

"Yeah, we'll take a rental car."

"Okay."

"Thanks. Bye."

I hung up the phone, and got up out of the car. Amu had stopped pushing and had taken a seat on the trunk of the car. She kicked her feet in a rhythm she had made up and the wind blew her bubblegum pink hair to the side. Her honey dyed eyes were looking straight at the ocean as she hummed a small melody.

Sighing, I pulled out a cigarette, lit it, and then took a long drag from it.

This is wrong isn't it? Having an attraction to someone who is 7 years younger than me. Sure she acts crude sometimes and she's been in the bloodiest of situations. Maybe she is a bit mysterious sometimes. And of course there are times when she's moody. But there's such an air of innocence surrounding her. Wanting to go to build-a-bear despite being over 20. Wanting to go to an arcade because she's never been to one before. Risking her life for people who shouldn't even deserve it.

Then I come in. Someone with a background…the good kind. Seeing the violence of the world since I was 10 and then doing something about it when I was 17. And then I was responsible for that incident. I'm sure of it all. I'm sure I should have no feelings towards her. My mind says let go. My heart says grab on.

"I thought I told you that smoking was bad for you," said Amu interrupting my thoughts.

Her eyes pierced through mine like daggers, her mouth pressed into a firm line…then transformed into that beautiful smile.

"It's fine," I said shrugging her off.

"You'll die."

"That's fine too."

She jumped off the trunk of the car and walked over towards me. Her eyes fierce yet there was a sadness behind it.

"You're okay with dying?"

My mind travels back to the incident.

"Yeah…"

"Don't you have any unfinished business? Aren't you scared?" she exclaimed.

"Unfinished business…no. I'm not scared…in fact I think I deserve to die," I mumbled the last part so Amu didn't hear it.

But she did hear it and she looked angry.

"No one deserves to die Ikuto. Never…I refuse to believe that if someone dies it's because they deserved it."

"I don't mean other people…I meant I did."

She clasped her hands from behind and started to walk around. Then she twirled around me with a huge smile plastered on her face.

"You're kind enough to stay with me while I'm in a coma and buy me a present for Christmas. You're the one that taught who me how to surf even though I have fears of the water. You're the one that lent their lap as a pillow and gave me sheets while I'm cold. I don't think someone like that deserves to die."

Before I could say anything, the tow car came while he honked a couple times at us. He loaded my car into the truck and unloaded a red convertible for us.

"Here's the car. You can return it and pay for your car on the day it's ready."

"Thanks," I replied grabbing for the keys.

The man left without another word, and in the meantime Amu and I got into the car.

"You want to head the boardwalk?"

"You better hope this car doesn't break down."

"So that's a yes?"

"YES!"

I stuck the keys into the ignition and sped off. Amu pressed the button for the radio and 'Hold my hand' by Michael Jackson and Akon started to play. She started to sing along.

"Take my hand and don't let go, baby, hold me."

"You're a pretty good singer."

"Years of practice," Amu replied moving her hair to the side.

"You took classes then?"

"No…I sang out my sadness."

I wanted to ask more. I wanted her to trust me enough so she could tell me what ate her up. So she could call at me at night to tell me she had a horrible nightmare. So she could release all that misery. But when she looked out the window, I knew that was my cue to change the subject…or at least end this one.

In the end I couldn't think of another subject, so I just kept quiet and let the radio do its thing.

When there were more cars on the road along with more walking people, I realized we must've reached the boardwalk already. I parked in front of a parking meter and dumped into a bunch of quarters.

"Oh this place is so cute!" exclaimed Amu.

I smiled as I put in a few extra quarters so that the meter read 2 hours.

"Okay, let's get going, we only have 2 hours."

Amu POV

The boardwalk was absolutely stunning. There were small games here and there and lots of stores. Men working the food stands and handing little boys and girls cotton candy.

"What should we do first shopping or games?"

"Games!"

I dragged Ikuto to a booth where you had to shoot water into a clown's mouth. I positioned my gun directly at the clown's mouth and when the bell rang I sprayed in as much as I could.

The red balloon on top of my clown was filling up rather quickly…well so was Ikuto's. Then I hear a 'pop' and the siren on top of the clown starts to flash. But it's not my clown, it's Ikuto's clown.

"What would you like sir?" asked the man.

"The duck."

So there we were. I was walking besides Ikuto…empty handed. Then there was Ikuto…clutching a gigantic yellow duck with a blue bow tied around his neck in his hand.

"Ooh! Let's play that one!" I shouted pointing to another booth.

"Sure."

"I'm so getting a prize this time!"

"We'll see about that," he smirked confidently.

This one seemed rather simple. There was a pyramid of glass bottles and you had one ball to knock them all down with. Ikuto went up first and hurled his ball at the bottles. They fell down to the cushion below it, while the last one just twirled around for a while, and in the end ended upright.

He groaned. I cheered.

It was my turn now. I take the small soft ball in my hand and hold it close to me. Closing my eyes, I take a deep breath then throw. They all fall down and the woman congratulates me.

"Which prize hun?"

"The bunny!"

By now, Ikuto and I were racing to see who could win the most prizes. We played the basketball toss, balloon darts, ring the bull, miniature golf, money wheel, shuffle board, slap shot hockey and any other game you can imagine.

Ikuto had a duck, monkey, snake, teddy bear and another snake. While I had a bunny, panda, unicorn, teddy bear, sock monkey, koala, and dragon. Yeah, I had one more because I had beaten Ikuto at miniature golf.

There was only one game left now and I was determined to win: the strength game. There was a hammer and small ball and a ring at the top of the meter. The objective was to slam the hammer down so hard that the ball went up and hit the bell.

"I am so winning this one," said Ikuto.

"Well so am I."

I walked up first and slammed the hammer down so hard my wrist had pains shooting up it. The ball went up and just barely missed the ring. Groaning, I snatched the small giraffe from the lady and walked back to my team of stuffed animals.

Now Ikuto walked up and slammed the hammer now. It went up, hit the bell, and the siren rang.

"My my, don't we have ourselves a strong fellow here," smiled the lady.

She handed him two large animals: a penguin with a hat and a rooster.

"Let's go shopping now," I said as Ikuto added his animals to the wagon.

"Tired of playing."

"Definitely."

We walked into a store called "Sweet Cinches". It was a really cute store. Dresses were hanging on racks, souvenirs here and there and don't forget about the pink and white striped wallpaper. As I browsed through the racks, Ikuto came up to me from behind and whispered into my ear.

"Hey, I'm going to check out this bakery I saw real quick, okay?"

"Sure, go right ahead."

He lingered there for a moment before slowly walking away. As I continued to browse, I found a lacy white dress with colorful flowers on it.

"Can I try this dress on please?" I asked.

"Sure."

After trying it on and deciding to buy it. I paid for it along with a yellow crystal heart necklace. I run back into the fitting room and change into my new outfit, then run back outside to see Ikuto waiting there patiently.

"Where's the cake?" I asked.

"In the bakery getting ready. You look wonderful."

My cheeks flushed at the compliment.

"Thank you."

After that we headed to a couple more shops and cafés till it was sunset.

"Wait here, I'm going to go pick up that cake, okay?"

"Hurry back."

I watched his back as he ran towards the bakery once more. And even though I knew he'd return I felt my heart turn empty again. Such a strange feeling, but that's what I felt.

This couldn't possibly be happening…there is no way that I've fallen for…Ikuto. Could it?

"Sorry about that!" shouted Ikuto running back with a box in his hand.

"It's fine."

"Why don't we head to the Ferris wheel before we leave, huh?"

"Oh…that'd be great."

As we walked to the Ferris wheel, the sound of music started to come and I started to head towards it. The sound of maracas and bongos.

"How does she know that you love her?

How do you show her you love her?

How does she know that you really, really, truly love her?
How does she know that you love her?
How do you show her you love her?
How does she know that you really, really, truly love her?"

"Oh what a wonderful song!" I exclaimed singing along.

I suddenly started to dance, and grabbed Ikuto by the arms and we began to dance.

"I don't know how to dance," managed Ikuto.

"Everyone dances," I smiled.

After the dance, I dropped a whole bunch of money into the performer's hat and Ikuto and I walked off to the Ferris wheel.

We sat into a pink compartment; I was across from Ikuto. We didn't say a word for a while, instead I looked at the breath taking scenery.

"I hope you like chocolate cake," said Ikuto pulling out the white box.

"I love chocolate cake!"

"Good, oh you have to see this cake though. The baker really did a fine job with it," he said handing me the box.

I took the box from him and opened the white lid. It was a simple chocolate cake, nothing extraordinary, but on the top in pink icing was 'I love you'. Surrounding it were fresh strawberries and marizipan sculptures of me and Ikuto.

"I love you Amu," he said.

I looked up, my heart was beating so hard.

"I love you too."

We leaned in and kissed as the Ferris wheel stopped at the top.

A/N

Hello everyone! I really love this chapter. There were tons of Amuto in it…well there were basically two characters in it. Anyways, don't you guys just love Ikuto? The little love stuck romantic cheese head. Thanks a billion for the reviews, I guess I made them confess beacause of you guys. So thanks so much. Oh the song is That's how you know from Enchanted. Haha I was rewatching when I got the idea to put the song in.

By the way who were you guys rooting for for the Super Bowl? Steelers? Or the Packers?

Read~Review~Enjoy

Neko-Meme