My Light In The Dark

free time

[~•~Ikuto's view~•~]

I was taking a walk trough the town. It was bright daylight. My mom wanted me to go out and discover my new surrounding. I walked around here at night to I knew everything pretty well.

It's Saturday. Which means I don't have school. The bad part was I couldn't see Amu. I knew where she lived. But I couldn't just appear in from of her house. I couldn't ask her out because I didn't have her phone number.

It was a surprise for me. I saw her so often and wanted to be close to her. But I still barely knew her. I was slowly thinking I'd go insane. I thought I could smell her sweet scent. It was really strong. A bit too strong. I know the scent of strawberries could have come from everywhere. But it was Amu's scent. I was sure about it.

I looked around confused, looking for the small pinkette. Suddenly I spotted her from afar. She was buying a few things. A slight smirk crossed my lips as I decided to come closer. I sneaked behind her and grabbed her by the waist.
She shrieked before turning around shocked. Her shock soon turned into big surprise as she looked at me.

"I-Ikuto?" She asked surprised.

"Sup,  are you this scared of me?" I chuckled amused. Her face slowly started reddening. She seemed to be really embarrassed.

"N-no...you just surprised me" she murmured as she faced the ground shily. She was looking really cute. She wore a short white frilly dress. She wore very long gloved without fingertips on them. It was sure something you don't see often. But it still looked cute.

"What are you doing?" I asked her.

"Uh...m-my Foster parents are away until Tuesday so I went and bought a few things to make dinner tonight...." She explained nervously as she scratched the back of her head.

"I see...and what are you doing?" I asked as I leaned down to her face interested.

"I...I don't know, yet. I just buy enough to cook a few of my favorite meals..." She muttered. She turned back and paid for the things she bought.

After she did that she tugged on my shirt and pulled me along. I obediently followed her. Looks like she wanted to be with me just as much. I liked our meeting at midnight in the park. Or when we hung out at school. But I really would like to see her more often.

"Are you leading me to your house now?" I asked her.

"No...just taking a walk with you" she responded.

"Why not?  I really want to see you longer" I groaned a bit disappointed. Amu looked up at me with a bright blush.

"R-r-really?" She asked shocked.

"Yeah,  I really want to see how you live. And I want to see you more often. The meetings in the park are not enough for me" I told her. Her blush turned even stronger before she avoided my gaze again.

"W-well...if you really want to..." she responded all nervous again. She leaded me to her house pretty fast before letting me inside.

It was pretty normal looking inside. A bit dusty maybe. But it was a rather warming atmosphere. It's really nice. Amu went in the kitchen and put everything in the shelfs and fridge. After she was done she turned back to me.

"W-well...you hungry? I've already eaten a while ago so I'm not. But I can make something if you want" she asked as she nervously played around with her fingers.

"No...but thanks" I told her before leaning down to her face on eye level "but why don't you show me your room?" I suggested. She nodded her head before leading me upstairs.

She allowed me to go inside. Her room was quiet comforting. It's the opposite from what I've imagined. The walls were brightly colored. Just like her furniture and other stuff. It actually was also hard to believe it's a teenager room.

She sat down on her bed while I still looked around. The room of a person tells a lot about them. But if that's true she probably would be a 10 years old girl.

"Must be weird...I know. But I like cute things" she giggled as she grabbed one of the stuffed toys on her bed.

"It's fine. It's good to see you have such a bright side on you" I chuckled. I noticed some weird lines on the ground. Looks like she moved her furniture a lot.

I sat down next to her on her bed. She looked really nervous. I wonder why. I thought she actually would have been used to me.

"How do guys actually react when you bring them in such a cheerful room?" I chuckled.

"I never brought a guy here before....I...I actually never brought someone home" she e explained.

"How come?" I asked.

"You're joking, right?" She asked sarcastically "I'm not very social. Even if I wanted to invite someone I don't have friends. I get nervous around people nice to me. And my Foster parents aren't really convinced of having visitors" she explained.

"And why did you allow me to come here?" I asked.

"Because I feel comfortable around you" she said with a weaked smile playing on her lips. She fought a bit with her gloves. Even if she says she's comfortable around me she still is this nervous. I grabbed her arms before removing her gloves slowly.

"If you really feel comfortable around me...then don't hide yourself from me. I want to know more about you. A lot more...even your bad sides" I told her before rubbing the front side of her arm.

Amu looked at me surprised as I rubbed her hand very gentle. I could feel several of her scars. They were thick. But it didn't feel gross. It's her body. I still think Amu is really adorable.

"You don't really want to know all my sides..." She muttered.

"I do!" I responded a bit shocked.

"No you don't....I have really horrible sides" she said.

"They won't shock me"

".....what if I tell you I smoke other things than cigarettes to feel comforted?" She asked.

"If you mean dope or weed...a lot of people try it. A few of my friends, too. Not everyone gets addicted to it" I responded.

"And if you know that I'm not pure? That I used my body to try feeling better?"

"You're a teenager. Teenager have a lot of sex. It's either fun or out of love and for some people to forget about the world" I explained "I too just did it for fun. It's my body aftetall. And this is yours....your body. It's up to you what is allowed to happen to it" I told her.

She looked at me very surprised. Despite my looks I feel along with the human I like. I don't like seeing them sad or depressive. It's their decision what they do to themselves. I don't judge them. There always is a reason behind that. But it's my decision if I want to help them.

Slowly Amu leaned closer to me and hugged me. Her head rested on my chest as her hands rested on my back. I held her waist to keep her in form as I looked down at her. Her body was really warm. I liked it. I could smell her shampoo. She always used a very strong strawberry shampoo. And perfume. That's how I could recognize her scent.

"You're....a very kind person, Ikuto" she said as she tightened her grip around me.

"Yeah....could you tell that my sister,  too. She won't believe me otherwise" I chuckled. Amu chuckled as she pushed herself off me. It looks like I've got closer to her again.

"Let's play a few video games if you want! I want to see what you're actually good at" she suggested sounding rather cheerful.

I guess I'll spend a lot of my free time with her now. What else would be better than seeing this adorable and gentle smile.