Title: Only you
Rating: T
Pairings: AmuxIkuto, TadasexRima, NagehikoxUtau (later on) and YayaxKukai
Warning: None.
Disclaimer: I do not own Shugo Chara. But I wish I did.
"I love you not for who you are, but for who I am when I´m with you..."
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Chapter 1- Memories are not far away
Never had she been one to care much about weddings, or love for that matter. No, never. You see here, at the age of 23 who the heck would want to get married? Not her, that´s for sure. Huh? What? Well, being the maid of honor isn´t exactly like she´s the one getting married. But heck, it was almost like she was the bride. With her friend dragging her around the shops, babbling about wedding dresses and such...how exactly was there much of a difference? Besides, she shouldn´t even be here right now! She should be at work, drawing up some astoundingly beautiful clothes.
She´s a beautiful woman at the age of 23 and successful in life too. Pink shoulder length hair, golden colored eyes, shinning smile and above all, a determination which never breaks.
"Rima," she says as she stares intently at her friend, her gaze heavy and steady, trying to get her point across.
"Amu," answers her friend staring back at her just as intently, her gaze not faltering one bit, a slight look of annoyance etched accross her doll-like features.
This continues for a few more seconds before Amu finally explotes, her anger slowly rising.
"Rima! I need to be at the office right now! Please...just let me go already!" Amu remarks, getting odd looks from women around her who are looking at wedding dresses.
Rubbing her temple softly, Rima lets out a sigh, "Fine," she finally gives in, "But only after we go for a coffee."
Beaming in relief, Amu gladly accepts and the two friends walk out of the shop and walk towards a Café just a few blocks away. As they walk through the busy street, men look at them and ocassionally whistle.
"Tch," Amu mumbles angrily at the whistles that are directed at them. Rima only smiles softly at her friend but says nothing.
As they step into the café, they look for an empty table and quickly sit down. The waiter walks towards them and takes their order, leaving quickly to bring their coffees.
"What?" Amu says bluntly at Rima, who had been directing furtive smiles at her with just a slight smirk hidden in them.
"..." Rima just keeps smiling at her, not uttering a single word to the annoyance of the pink-head sitting in across from her.
"Rima!" Amu whines, her cheeks aflame, "would you please stop that!"
"When?" Rima says, taking a strand of her brown hair and twirling it around her finger, her eyes staring curiously at Amu.
"When what?" a confused Amu says.
"When will you give yourself a chance at love again?"
"Not that again!" Amu yells, slamming her hands down on the table, "You already know the answer to that question! I have no time for that."
"Baka..." Rima simply states as the waiter comes back and gives them their coffees.
"I´m not a baka." Amu says, gritting her teeth, "I just...just down have time for those type of things..." and she sighs.
"Mhm," is all Rima says before taking a sip of coffee.
"B-besides! Not all of us are ready to marry like you! I mean, you´re only 23 and you´re getting married already!" Amu tells her friend, causing her to blush.
"It´s because I love him, that´s why were getting married already," Rima says, setting her coffee on the table again, a tint of magenta glazed across her cheeks.
Finally smirking, Amu just watches her blushing friend, "It´s great you know...about you and Tadase-kun getting married. I never thought that Tadase-kun would get the courage to ask your hand in marriage but he surprises me. I´m really happy for you Rima."
The two friends smile at each other before Amu decides to break the silence, "So..."
"So?" Rima raises an eyebrow at her.
"Can I go now?" Amu asks, a pleading look in her eyes.
"Fine, but don´t forget that the wedding recital is tomorrow!" Rima finally surrenders at her friend.
Standing up in a hurry, Amu throws a smile at Rima, grabs her things and starts to walk towards the door but hears Rima calling at her.
"Just so you know, Ikuto is the best man,"
"W-what?!" Amu turns around shocked and paces back to Rima, a look of disbelief on her face.
"Oh don´t look at me like that! Tadase is very close to him after all!" Rima smirks at her friend. Oh Rima, you sneaky girl...you´ve got a plan going on in your head already haven´t you?
"B-but! He´s been away for more than six years! No contact with anyone whatsoever! Gone, vanished away being a successful violin player!" Amu rants, her cheeks red and flustered.
"Not completely Amu. He´s been in contact with Tadase through all these years and from what I know, he just came back to Japan...a few hours ago," Rima smiles knowingly at her friend, "Why so flustered eh? Still in love with him?"
"D-don´t be stupid! I´ll be going now!" and she runs out of the Café before Rima can say anything more.
Taking another sip of her coffe, Rima only smirks and smiles secretly, "Baka..."
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"Darn it!" Amu yells in frustration at the traffic in front of her, blocking her from reaching work.
At the age of 23, Amu is a succesful clothes designer in a prestigious clothes agency, and a talented one at that too. Single, beautiful and successful...just what anyone wanted to be. Well, maybe leave out the single part.
For the past six years, Amu had dated and dated. How many men she had dated? She´s lost count of that. None of them have fully caught her attention and their relationships have ended up in chaos. First there was Jim, the dog lover who was too obsessed with his dog that it even made Amu wonder if he was in love with said pet. Then there was David, the medical surgeon who never left the hospital. Not too long after that came Alex...the...oh let´s not talk about him! He had a family complex thing! Many came after that but it was all fail. So she just decided to stop dating.
Staring in annoyance at the traffic, she sighs and drifts off into her own world.
'Ikuto...is he really coming back? Am I really still in love with him?'
She blushes at that thought and her heart starts to beat faster.
Flashback--
A 17 year-old Amu stood in her balcony, gazing at the stars, waiting for a certain cat boy to come visit her. At the thought of him, she blushes and her eyes sparkle.
Unknown to her, she´s in love with him, madly too. A few minutes pass before he finally arrives and scares her.
"I-Ikuto! Don´t scare me like that!" Amu yells as she steps back from him.
A 22 year-old Ikuto only smirks at her, his tall figure next to her.
"Why so scared? I bet you were waiting for me," he says and Amu only blushes more to which he smirks.
"B-baka!" she says
Over the years, the two came closer to each other after having defeated Easter in the battle for the embryo. Amu, now a high schooler, glowed with happiness as she hung out with friends and spent time with Ikuto. Ikuto, now a famous violin player in the rising, was happier and more playful than ever. The two were friends and would chat endlessly in the night hours.
The two stayed in silence as they watched the stars.
"Amu?" Ikuto breaks the silence.
"What is it Ikuto?" she asks him, a warm smile on her lips.
"I´ll be leaving for America tomorrow..."
"W-what?" she says in disbelief, her gaze faltering as she stares at him.
"Yeah, I´ll be promotioning myself there...maybe be gone for a few years..."
"Oh," is all she says.
"Why the long face kid? It´s not like I´ll be gone forever you know," he smirks at her.
And the two break out into a playful fight.
The night progresses and its finally time for Ikuto to leave.
"S-so..." Amu says. He only gazes at her and walks in her direction.
"There´s always been something I´ve wanted to do," he says before grabbing her shoulders and leaning his face down to kiss her.
After a few seconds, he pulls away from her, and sees her shocked face. As he smirks, he walks away slowly and turns his head back to her.
"Ja ne, Amu" and he jumps off her balcony.
End of Flashback--
"Argh!" Amu yells as she blushes at the memory.
"Stupid, stupid! Forget about it already!" she mentally slaps herself and turns her attention back to the traffic. Finally after what seems like ages, the cars start to move and she starts to drive again.
'You're still in love with him,' a small voice in the back of her mind says as she continues to drive, a confused expression on her face.
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'Why, why?' Is all Amu thinks as she hurridly walks into her office, not paying attention to her surroundings as her colleagues call out to her.
Finally opening the door to her office, she closes the door behind her and turns toward her desk, only to find someone already sitting there, smirk placed upon his face, saphire eyes gazing at her and silky blue hair shinning.
"Long time no see...Amu..."
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A/N: Banzai! My first chapter of this story! Yay! So, I´m finally back after a long rest. :D In case you guys didn´t notice, I TRIED my best to improve my writing style...don´t know if it worked though.
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See you guys next chapter! Bye-bye!