When I Met You (An Amuto Love Story) ♬♥~Complete~♥♬

Chapter 11: Information In and Out

Information In and Out

Amu stayed there in her bed with a shocked expression written all over her face. She didn't know what Ikuto wanted to talk about and that was enough to get her worried. Ikuto walked closer to her bed and he pulled a chair right next to it. He sat down and sighed.

"Amu, I….sorry…." he told her

Amu was still speechless and she couldn't make put what was happening. "Why was he apologizing to me?" she thought to herself

"Amu can you please say something? Anything." He told her, Ikuto was getting worried because of her lack of voice.

"…" Still, she said nothing

"I get it if you're mad, but can you please just hear me out?" he asked again. It made him wonder if she was ever going to talk to him this way

"I…I'm not mad at you." This time Amu spoke. It shocked him for a bit but still he stayed calm

"You know you have every right to be." Replied Ikuto knowingly "I was being a jerk."

"No, you're supposed to be the one mad. I kept things from you, even after all the things you did for me. I lied." Said Amu and now she felt twice as guilty

"That was never your fault. I should have given you more time. I guess finding out from Tadase had it's effects." He told her

"Did you not like having him here?" asked Amu "I thought you two were close and everything."

"We are, but I never knew that you'd be the one person that Tadase knows more about than I do. It's weird and different." Said Ikuto

"Did you guys think I was dead too?" asked Amu, her voice was softer than before

"No, that fib wasn't entirely believable. It was full of holes, I just didn't see it then." Said Ikuto "They told us you were dead. And that you sold your little sis to someone else for money once."

"Hn, that's nothing new. They do it all the time to everyone who asks." This time Amu's voice was a bit colder and her eyes showed no direct emotion.

"Why didn't you do anything?" asked Ikuto "If people were to find out that you were alive, then that would change everything."

"True, and the consequence would be putting my friends in danger and misery. I'd rather not take it." Said Amu "People see me differently than they do, and I'm not losing them because I'm being selfish."

Ikuto was silent. He was shocked. She was choosing everyone else's happiness and this would end up disregarding her own, but it didn't seem like she minded either way. His thoughts were cut off when he heard Amu speak again.

"You know, it's a bit ironic. I know I can do something about them. I can free myself from my own misery and leave, but as it turns out, I'm the one who doesn't want to do just that. I want to stay, no matter how horrible that place is, I want to stay. They're the one's bossing me around and I still want to stay. No matter how long, as long as I'm with the others, I won't go." She said

"You're doing all this for them? What about you? And what you want? Happiness, isn't on your list?" Ikuto asked her

Amu's expression returned to normal and she spoke "I am happy, what gave you the idea that I wasn't happy? I am very happy."

"But you're miserable, that doesn't make sense." Said Ikuto, being a prince was so different from common life that she made it look so complicated. How could someone be happy in the state she's in?

"I have friends, very good one's might I add, I have a life and personally I don't regret anything." Said Amu

"What about family?" asked Ikuto, he knew that her parents were dead, so how come she was still happy?