9: 10 a.m.
-Knock, knock-
"Yes Naomi," Amu said as the door opened; Naomi opened the door fully as she gave a slight bow towards Amu.
"Angel sent me to tell you that breakfast is ready," Amu nodded.
"Thank you Naomi we'll be there in a bit," Naomi bow again as she left and closed the door behind her. Amu turns to face Ikuto again with a small smile dancing upon her lips. "Well then Mr. Tsukiyomi, shall we join the rest of my family for breakfast." Ikuto smiled and nodded. The two stood up from their seats as they walked towards the dining room.
"Do you get along with your family Ms. Hinamori?" Ikuto asked as they walked.
"Please call me Amu we will be around each other for a while," Amu said with a smile as she took a glance towards him. "As an answer to your question, yes I do; we all do family is rather crucial with us."
"Like a pack," Amu's body stiffens like a board at the mention of the word 'pack'. "You know like a family of wolves their never alone; like family I suppose." Amu forced out a laugh.
"Ahahaha yes like…like a wolf pack." The pinkette took in a deep breath as she tried to regain her composure. "Right then, I do hope you have an empty stomach because we tend to make a lot of food." Amu said as she opened the door to the dining room revealing a large table almost complete filled with food; twelve seats were taken leaving the rest empty, the head chair along with the left-hand side chair were left empty. Amu walked towards the head of the table she smiled at Angel and then the rest of her pack mates. Ikuto followed Amu not really know where to go.
"You can sit on the left side beside me Mr. Tsukiyomi." Amu said as she gestured towards the chair.
"Ikuto, you can call me Ikuto." Amu nodded with a smile. Ikuto took a seat on the left side of her; everyone was seat while Amu was left standing.
"My dear, family thank you all for preparing this delicious breakfast that you not only prepared for us but for our guest as well," her pack mates softly smiled at Amu's kind words. "Before we dig into this wonderful food I'll quickly introduce our guest; this is Tsukiyomi Ikuto, he is a reporter for 'Star-Cross' Magazine he will be doing a ''Work Total Coverage'. So you will be seeing him around for a while." Amu's eyes lightly glowed as she gave them a warning. Be careful not to expose yourself and endanger the pack, the pinkette said as she sent them all a telepathic message.
"Come si è principessa, sarà fatto(As you will it Princess, it will be done)." Every wolf in the room responded in Italian; the pack required everyone to learn as many possible languages in case they were to ever travel for pack business.
"Well then, let's dig in."
Le Désir d'un Loup
"The food was delicious; thank you." Ikuto said as both he and Amu were heading back to the study room. The rest of the wolves returned a smile towards him and replied 'you're welcome' in union. "Your family is really pleasant to be around with."
"Heh, yes well they have to behave around guest, but other than that they are like any other normal family."
"I do have a question," he asked as they were five steps away from the door that lead to the small 'office'.
"And I might have an answer." Amu said as she gripped the door knob and twisted it open.
"At the beginning, when you were speaking; you took a small pause and then your family responded in…ah…well what seem like a different language." Amu's head was running wild trying to find an explanation but her face never showed any signs of emotions.
"Oh, that's a custom habit we have in our family. Please don't pay mind to it; its old tradition I suppose you can say." Ikuto nodded. Ikuto took a seat where he was last time however; Amu took a seat behind her desk. "I hope you don't mind but I need to look over some documents; thought you can still question me while I do so."
"If that is alright with you, I don't mean to be a bother. I can always come back another time." He said as he looked over at the pinkette. Even though I don't want to be part for you, he thought. Ikuto mentally shook his head when he caught himself thinking these thoughts. What am I thinking!
"You're no bother at all. I simply have to do a double check to make sure everything is in order for me to hand back these documents." The bluenette nodded as she mentally sighed with relief known that he was able to be by the pinkette's side just a bit longer.
"How old are you Amu? You seem rather young to be a thriving fashion designer." Ikuto asked as he readied his pen and notebook to right down her detailed sentences.
"You tell me Ikuto how old do I look," Amu said as she lifted her gaze off the paper to look at Ikuto into his indigo blue orbs. When their eyes met the bluenette felt his breath hitched as he was mesmerized by her golden brown eyes. Amu let out a soft chuckle as she closed her eyes and returned her gaze back to the paper in her hand. "I'm five years younger than you are." It took a second for Ikuto to process the small sentence.
"You're twenty, but you look like a teenager." Amu flashed him a smile.
"Why thank you," the pinkette said as she jotted something down on a posted and stick it onto the document she was reading and went on, onto another one.
"How do you know my age?"
"Mr. Tsukiyomi I might be a busy women however, I just don't let anyone interview me; I do, do my research before confirming my interview meeting." The pinkette said as she flickered her gaze at him with a smile playing upon her lips. Her attention was then pulled away towards the door. "Yes, Angel." Ikuto turned her gaze towards the door to see it opening fully revealing who he knew as Amu's assistant.
"I'm sorry to interrupt you, but I've come to inform you that I along with the rest of the family will be heading out into town; we'll be back before noon."
"Alright then, be careful…all of you." Angel gave a slightly bow as left; closing the door behind her. Ikuto looked back at Amu as he gave her a questionable look.
"I've noticed that most of your family along with your assistant slightly bows towards you; why is that?"
"Angel might be my assistant but is actually part of my family. You can say they bow down to me because it's out of respect towards me; I am next in line to be the head of our family."
"I see." Amu ruffled through three more pages as Ikuto was asking her the question when she finally went through all of them. She gave out a heavy sigh as she stood up from the chair.
"Well then shall we continue this interview in my atelier?"
Le Désir d'un Loup
-Click/flash, click/flash-
Amu blinked a few times before recovering her vision; Ikuto chuckled as he took Amu by surprise. "Sorry about that, I should have warned you; though natural poses are best."
"Ah, no it's alright," the pinkette said as she thought over what he had said. "I suppose your right; pictures are best taken with a more natural pose."
"Yeah, just like all your photo shoots; they all look so natural when they are being taken." Amu was a bit taken aback when Ikuto said that.
"I can see you're up to date with all my daily appearances on magazines." Ikuto grin not showing any shame that Amu was right.
"Well it's hard not to when you're not only talented but in addition your breath taken-ly beautiful," Amu was looking at some fabric when her eyes widen when she heard the words flowed out. The pinkette slowly looked over her shoulder as she stared straight into the bluenette indigo eyes. She was trying so hard not to have her cheek from overheating at the comment Ikuto just gave her.
"Ah…Um," before Amu had a chance to utter a solid word out of her mouth Ikuto cut her off.
"Will you be working on anything new today?" Ikuto asked as he pulled out one of the stools that were located under the wide table. Amu felt her throat dry like the dearest as she swallowed to try and re-hydrate her throat; she placed a smile –more like tried, her smile showed her nervousness as she turn to face the bluenette.
"Heh, well that's the plan." Amu said as she looked over the fabric rolls again; but by this time Amu's mind was working overtime trying to figure out what Ikuto had meant by his words early. "Ah…do you want something to drink?" Amu asked over her shoulder.
"Yes, some tea would be fine." Amu nodded as a smile danced upon her lips.
"Great, I'll go make some then," Amu said as she walked out of the atelier and made her way towards the kitchen.
Le Désir d'un Loup
-Slam-
"Argh! Dammit! What is happening to me?" Amu yelled out herself as she slammed her hands on the cold marble island top. She rested her forehead on the marble top; as she felt the coldness hit the warmth of her skin. Amu gave out a sigh as she closed her eyes and pushed herself off the island. She turned around; her back facing the island counter top. She leans against it as she leaned her head back allowing her eyes to see the bright white ceiling. What is this human doing to me, Amu thought.
"ARGH!" Amu scratched furiously her scalp with both hands, wildly tousling her thick rosette pink hair as she let out a frustrated growl.
Bloody moon I really need a run right about now, Amu thought as she headed towards the cup boards; she opened them one by one trying to locate the tea set. "Where did we put that tea set?" Amu muttered under her breath as she looked through the cup boards.
"Ah! There you are you stupid little shit," Amu said as she grabbed hold of the tray that held the tea set. It was an unloved antique: dragon-ware tea set; Amu was given the tea set by her mother as a going away gift. The pinkette set the tray down on the counter as she walked towards the pantry. She looked through all the herbs and spices until she found the one thing she was looking for: tea leafs.
"Hm…I think I'll get this one today," Amu said as she took a hold of a small glass jar with a label –Rose Bud Herbal Tea-. As the pinkette was brewing the tea her nervousness faded away. This always happens, when her emotions get the best over her, Amu tends to always do something with her hands which always results with her being completely absorbed on the task at hand. She turns blind to all her senses expect her sight and smell; that are focused only on the brewing tea.
-Knock, knock-
There was a softly knock on the entrance of the kitchen but Amu didn't hear it, she just continued on setting the tea. It was Ikuto he came down to check on Amu since she was taking a bit longer then what he had thought. "Amu?" Again the pinkette pay no mind; it was as if she was lost in her own small world. Ikuto walked further in, but not enough for Amu to catch a glance of him or even notice him for that matter. As Ikuto stared at Amu he noticed how focus she was, how she was enjoying herself making something as simple as tea. Without missing a beat Ikuto took his camera and started to take picture; taking off the flash since the lighting in the room was great. Each picture came out spectacular; the bluenette continued to take picture one after another when he suddenly…stopped. His fingers stopped moving after his camera captured Amu smiling; slowly he drew his camera down as his eyes fully stared at the she-wolf. Her smiled was so soft and small and yet it emitted such a rarity that left the bluenette reporter entranced; finally regaining her senses Amu's body stiffen when she caught Ikuto scent in the room. She took in a deep breath as she looked over her shoulder to catch a glance of the bluenette. She caught him staring at her with his mouth slightly open; Amu couldn't help it and she let a smile dance its way upon her lips as she returned to finish the tea.
"I would suggest you close your month Ikuto, you wouldn't want a catch flies now would you." At the end of her sentence Amu gave out a small chuckle as she placed the tea pot on the tray. Ikuto quickly shut his mouth as his eyes widen a bit and involuntary straighten up.
"My mouth wasn't open…" Ikuto defended himself. Amu gave out another chuckle as she turned to face him with the tray in hand.
"Of course it wasn't." Amu said with a smile making Ikuto slightly blush from embarrassment.
"It wasn't."