Rima and Utau was arguing in my room. Usually this is a normal thing but… They were arguing what kind of clothes I should bring to Utau's house. She's been bugging me for the past three weeks to come over for a slumber party. Now, Rima and Utau are basically forcing me to go, while Yaya was looking through the clothes in my closet while singing a song about candy. Ikuto hadn't been happy when Utau said he couldn't come. Something about it being a girls only thing and me needing some girl time after what had happened. I'm about ready to beat the crap out of the three of them already. If I didn't know what girls did at slumber parties, I would've done been packed. Right now, I'm about to magically stuff everything from my closet into that damned suit case. My bed room door slammed open loud enough to get everyone's attention. Thank God.
"I'll pack her suitcase! Just shut up! I can't hear my video game!" Ami shouted before storming over to my closet.
"Why don't you come with us?" Yaya asked. Ami just shrugged as she started picking my clothes. I still don't feel safe with Ami picking my clothes.
"I have Karaoke." Utau teased. Ami froze.
"I'll get ready after I have Amu situated." She said robotically. I knew she was just trying not to get overly excited. I saw Utau smirk nonetheless.
"What do we do at these things again?" I asked.
"Talk about boys, watch movies, gossip a bit, pillow fights." Rima was listing
"Meaning you're going to force me about what happened with Hotori, what I feel about Ikuto, only to be reward with watching a movie when I'd rather be sleeping." I stated.
"Yeop~!" Yaya replied, popping the 'p'.
"If Ikuto can't get me to watch a movie, what makes you think that you can?"
"We'll just play karaoke instead of watching a movie." Ami replied. I rolled my eyes.
"I don't sing." Ami turned and glared at me. "Don't give me that look. If you packthat make up kit. I'll think about it." Ami's eyes widen before she started grinning.
"Consider it done."
"And we do things my way." I told Utau. She raised a brow at me.
"That would be~?" She asked. I looked over to the balcony, where I knew that the boys were spying.
"We walk around in out lingerie~." I teased as she and Rima walked silently over to the balcony. "We'll talk about how much we love the boys. What we fantasize about doing to them." Utau and Rima was looking over the balcony now.
"Just what do you think you idiots are doing?!" Utau yelled. This was going to be an extremely long night.
Tap. Tap. Tap.
I heard faintly. I looked over to the girls. They were still yelling at the boys over the balcony. I snuck over to the door and met Ikuto outside.
"Let me guess, the boys are forcing you to spy on us?" I asked. He groaned in response. That was a yeop. "I know how you feel." I sympathized. I didn't want to go to the slumber party anyways. "Please tell me you all are going to bust it, right?" Being stuck there with the girls just seemed like a nightmare, even though I knew this was their way of apologizing for losing me at the mall. I blame Ikuto for my insecurities on this one. He nodded his head once. I felt myself relax. Thank God. "What did you want?" I asked as I leaned against Ikuto. I felt him stiffen before wrapping an arm around me. I've always felt so safe in his arms. What were we anyways? I heard the door knob turning, making me turn to look at the door. Ikuto dropped his arms.
"What is Amu-chii doing with Ikuto?" Yaya asked.
"Talking." I replied. It wasn't a lie. There was a sad look on Yaya's face. I raised a brow at her.
"Amu-chii really doesn't want to hang out with us…" Yaya mumbled. I hummed slightly.
"I don't see why you all want to sit around in our underwear just to talk about boys. I also don't see why you all want me to sing." I stated. Yaya looked at me weird.
"Yaya thought Amu-chii would use it as an opportunity to tease Utau-chii and Rima-chii..?" Yaya stated. It sounded more like a question towards the end of it though. I raised a finger to my lips, telling her to keep it a secret.
"Nahh. It wouldn't be as fun if the boys weren't there." I said. Yaya just smiled.
"You mean like you did with Kairi-kun and Yaya." Yaya was almost back to her original self. She couldn't stop the blush from rushing to her face though. I smirked at her. "Yaya as to admit, Yaya would rather be in her pj's as well." I smiled at that.
"You wear whatever you want to wear. I'll deal with Rima and Utau." I promised. Yaya went to her old self again.
"Oki doki~! Yaya will go back to help Ami-chii pack!" Yaya yelled before heading back into my room. I rolled my eyes before turning back around to face Ikuto. There was a weird look in his eyes. I raised a brow at him. He leaned over to my own height, bringing his lips to my ear.
"No one is allowed to see you in you underwear but me." He said. A shiver went up my spine as his breath touched my ear. There was a lump back in my throat and I found myself not being able to speak, so I just nodded my head. There was a smirk on his face right before he turned to walk away…
"Yaya doesn't want to walk around in her panties!" Yaya yelled. The other three girls were glaring at me and her.
"I agree with Yaya. Face it, we've been doing this for the past twenty minutes. Do you really think you can make us change our minds now?" I asked them. Ami seemed to be the only one that reasoned with me since she was the only one to drop her glare. First, they had to sing for about four hours straight and then they wanted to strip.
"You refuse to sing and now your refusing this!" Utau was yelling in frustration.
"Amu is just probably insecure about her body." Rima pestered. I knew her game and I wasn't going to play it.
"What's there to be ashamed of?!" Utau sassed. She reached over and pulled up my shirt before I even had time to flinch. "Look at her!" I noticed their shocked faces. Apparently Utau did too and looked at my stomach.
"How on earth did you do that?" Rima demanded answers.
"Got into a fight with a coyote." I answered simply as I forced my shirt back down. They all had this weird look on their faces. I took a deep breath. "Okay, during one of my many escapes, I kind of ran into a coyote that was eating. It looked like it as starving. It saw me before I could run away. We fought. I managed to get away with just that wound. End of story." I explained. Ami face palmed and I knew why. They were taking this differently then I did. "I like it though." I said tracing the scar under my shirt. This time Rima face palmed.
"Amu?" Utau started.
"Hm?"
"You're crazy."
"All the best people are." I smirked at her. It was her turn to face palm. "Which means, me and Yaya don't have to wear just our underwear." Yaya started cheering. I looked past all them and saw her book self. "Ooooh~! Manga~!" I walked over to the bookshelf. There was gag manga, shonen, a lot of romances… There was one in here that wasn't a manga though and it was too thin to be a novel. I grabbed it.
Humpty Dumpty
On the cover, an egg dressed in a suit was falling off a stone wall, with horses and men trying to catch him. I wonder, if humpty dumpty ever hatched, what would come out?
Wait a second…
Hatched…
"That's it!" I stood up and raced out of the house. I know how my mange should go! It's all falling together perfectly! I ran up to my bed room and to the desk. This was going to be fun~!
It's done! It's finally done!
The delivery man was suppose to be coming soon. He was going to take my story to the other side of Japan to a major publishing company. They were interested in my work. I didn't know how they heard about it but… Oh well~! I could feel people staring at me but I didn't care. My pink hair usually brought a lot of attention so I was kind of used to it by now.
"Hinamori Amu!" I heard Rima yell right as the delivery man showed up. I gave her a signal to wait a minute. The delivery man quickly grabbed the box and let me sign the necessary papers before I turned to face Rima. I wasn't all that shocked to see Ikuto standing there too. They both look irritated. I smiled at them.
"You've isolated yourself since the slumber party, Amu. And that was two weeks ago! What the hell were you thinking?!" Rima was scolding. I couldn't remove the smile on my face. I stuck my tongue out at them and walked into the house. I was humming a song I remember Ami singing from time to time but I just couldn't remember the words. Oh well, it had a good beat and that was good enough for me.
"Amu!" Ikuto yelled this time. I turned to look at him. He was standing in the kitchen entry way glaring at me. "You can't just shut everyone out like that!" He scolded. I just blinked at him a few times. "They all think your suffering from what that idiot done to you!"
"Hahahahaha~!" They thought that, that moron could scar me? That was funny. The first Hotori did a whole lot worse that the second. I could feel people staring at me but I was still in a a very good mood. When I could finally calm down, I noticed the others were in the kitchen too. "You all do realize that you all saved me before he could actually do anything, right?" I asked them. There was slight shock on their faces. "The first Hotori was torturing me with electrocution too so I was kind of used to it. The worse thing that the second Hotori did was put me in that stupid shirt." I told them.
"I don't believe you." Utau stated.
"Yaya is confused."
"I have to agree with Yaya." Kukai said
"Guys, we need to let Amu explain." Kairi reasoned.
"Explain what?" I asked.
"How you could move on so quickly." Nagi said. I rolled my eyes this time.
"Don't be so ignorant. The detective told me how much you all tried finding me. She even told me that without your all's help, that would've have found me. I have friends that was willing to follow me to hell and they're all standing in this room." I looked at all of them. Utau, Kukai, Kairi, Yaya, Nagi, Rima, and Ikuto. My eyes stayed a bit longer on Ikuto though. "That's why I could move on so quickly."
"Then why hide in your room for two weeks?" Utau demanded answers.
"I finished my project." I grinned at them. They all looked confused.
"What project?" Kukai asked.
"You all will see in a few weeks."
"Why don't you tell us now?" Kairi asked. I smirked at them.
"Why spoil the surprise? Besides, once you all find out, you all are going to kick my ass." I said before searching through the cabinets. My stomach growled loud enough to make Kukai and Yaya laugh. I'm starving~!
"That's not how it goes!"
"Like I need your advice!"
I leaned unto Ikuto's shoulder. We've been taking it slow for almost a month now. I didn't mind it at all. I wanted to spend as much time with Ikuto anyways. He was glaring at the too girls that were arguing over comedy. Yaya and Kukai even had the balls enough to bring popcorn like this was a movie. I couldn't help but to roll my eyes at the scene. It was so typical of us but I wouldn't have it any other way.
Ring Ring
I smiled when I realized it was my phone. I looked at the Caller I.D.. It was the publishing company, I've been expecting a call from them. I stood up and walked out of the room. I knew they quieted down but I didn't want to ruin the surprise for them.
"Hello, This is Hinamori Amu speaking." I answered.
"This is the executor of the Skywards publishing company. I am hear to tell you that our company would be honored to publish your works. I'm amazed you already had the entire series written." He told. It took everything in me not to squeal in like a fangirl.
"Thank you so much, sir!"
"We do have one question about your book…" He said.
"Shoot." He couhed a couple of times.
"What will be the title of this series?" I looked back to the living room. I could tell they were all eavesdropping on me. I just smirked.
"Shugo Chara."