Yup, this is a week late... I'm sorry T____T

'Tis the final chapter. Many thanks to those who have read and reviewed this story so far ^^

Anyways, this chapter is now in present, live time, not a flashback anymore as the previous chapters were. Sorry if it's confusing. (^.^)"

Enjoy!

PRESENT TIME

(Normal POV)

Amu sat up, her mind trying to think properly without breaking down from the hangover. She laid out the facts:

Number one, she got drunk, two Ikuto brought her home, three she confessed to him, four he confessed to her and five they slept together.

No, not as in slept together, but just slept together. As her brain analyzed the facts and finally sunk in, the blush Ikuto had been waiting for crept up her neck and conquered her whole face in under a minute.

"Ahhh… So you remember now," Ikuto chuckled flashing his trademark smirk at her.

Amu covered her face with her hands in embarrassment and nodded in reply. Ikuto gave another deep throaty chuckle and sat closer to her on the bed. She peeked through hands to look at him and then lowered them to look straight at him.

Ikuto took her hands from her face, looked seriously into her eyes and asked her, "Do you regret any of it?"

"Eh?" was all she could manage, as her eyes widened in surprise.

"You remember it all, right?" he continued, still completely serious,"Or do I have to say it all over again for you?"

"Uh…Please do," she said, still at a loss for words.

Ikuto took a deep breath.

"Amu, I've known you for nearly ten years now. You are the most fascinating person I've ever met. You're smart, beautiful… You are adorable when you eat, when you're mad, when you're sleeping, and pretty much when you're doing anything…. You're the only person who can actually see through me, as much as I hate to admit," Ikuto ran his hand through his hair as he ran out of things to say.

"What I mean to say is, I love you. And I have loved you for ten years. And if you remember what you said last night and please tell me you do, then give me a sign or something. Help me out here," he said in exasperation.

Amu was in pure shock. When she finally snapped out of it, she looked away from Ikuto, searching for anything to look at except him.

"B-but all those things…weren't they just blabbering? I mean, I was drunk and all…and…and…all those times we were out together and the flirting…wasn't that all just playful banter?" she said, still in shock and disbelieving.

This person in front of her is not Ikuto. No, this is an alien robot who disguised themselves as Ikuto to confess to her and distract her from their fellow mates abducting the real Ikuto. There was no way that Ikuto could ever like her, let alone love her…right?

Ikuto looked away from her for the first time and let go of her hands. He stood up to leave and with his back turned to her, his voice quiet and slightly shaking, "If it was all just playful banter and drunken mumbling, then I'm sorry. Goodbye, Amu."

Ikuto walked away from her, taking away all the warmth on the bed. Amu didn't know why but she suddenly felt like crying as she saw him walk through her bedroom door, away from her. Something at the back of her mind screamed, "Run after him! Don't let him go!!!"

The voice grew louder and louder until it overpowered the splitting headache. Suddenly feeling light on her feet, she dashed out of the room with a burst of energy and ran down the stairs. She saw Ikuto turn around to face her, his eyes open in surprise, and then tackled him to the ground, hugging him as tightly as she could. She didn't realize that she was crying until she felt them fall on his shirt, making it wet as she pressed her cheek against his chest as if she was afraid that he would disappear.

"Don't go," she whispered, her voice cracking, "please, doesn't leave me."

A-Amu…" he said in shock.

"I don't know why but, I couldn't stand watching you leave. When you left, it was like everything ended. When you're near me, my hearts beats so fast, and the smallest things you do make me smile or blush and I can't take it when you're not around me, and I don't understand why!" she cried, occasionally sniffing. She sobbed into his chest and listened to his heart beat, never letting go.

Ikuto sighed thinking, "How dense can this girl get?"

He wrapped his arms around her tightly and sighed, almost in relief, "That's because you love me, baka."

Amu nodded and listened to his heart beat go faster.

They sat there in each other's arms for what seemed like hours, until Amu stopped crying. She broke away from his embrace. Ikuto's whole front was soaked in her tears.

"I'm sorry I wet your shirt," she sniffed, drying her eyes.

"You can cry on my shirts any time you like," he told her, and gave her a kiss on the forehead.

"I'm sorry I'm such a crybaby."

"Don't apologize. I think it's a turn on," he laughed. Amu laughed together with him.

"There's the smile I've been looking for," he smiled, brushing her bangs from her face, making her blush lightly.

"Ikuto?"

"Hmm?"

"You told me that we became a couple last night… I don't remember that happening at all."

"Ehehe… That was when you were sleeping."

"So you decided that we became a couple while we were sleeping after I confessed to you when I was drunk?"

" Yeah… I think this makes it official now, though."

" Yeah, I think it does."

Woohoo~ Final chapter finished!

I hope you all enjoyed the story!

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