Amu's surprise birthday party

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

When; Thursday, Sept. 24 2009, afternoon
Rating; PG at worst
Characters; Amu (the birthday girl), Konata (the hostess, again), Uta (the guilty party), Konata's apartment-mates, various friends of Amu
Summary; Uta enlists Konata's help (and suddenly sparsely-populated apartment) in planning a surprise party
Log;

Unlike the get-together on Sunday, this WAS supposed to be a surprise party. Amu's three chara and Uta had done the planning, and were to lure Amu to Konata's apartment sometime in the afternoon. Konata wasn't really used to playing hostess, and twice in a week was strange for her, but at least there was plenty of space...

Comments

[cat-on-strings.livejournal.com]

"It's your present." He paused, looking up at the moon. "I couldn't think of anything at first... But I wanted to tell you what had happened anyway, so this worked out."

[guardianjoker]

"Oh-- my present?" Amu began saying, but she soon found herself at a loss for words for a few moments. She knew she told him to surprise her, but this was definitely not what she expected,...not that she even knew what to expect in the first place from him.

It was a good surprise though and it felt nice that he wanted her to be the first person to hear it again.

"W-Well this is good. I mean, I like hearing you play"

[cat-on-strings.livejournal.com]

"I guess I did pick the right thing, then." Still smiling, Ikuto lifted the violin and the bow and began to play.

Like he'd said, Ikuto hadn't played that violin at all because of what had happened, so he hadn't rehearsed anything. Instead, he played the first thing that came to mind; a melody from a long time ago, that Utau used to sing to...

[guardianjoker]

Amu just stood there watching him play.

She knew he said that he hadn't touched his violin since what happened but his playing always impressed her. She was listening to the song he was playing, she didn't think she'd heard him play that song before but it sounded nice and before she knew she was softly humming along with the tune.

[cat-on-strings.livejournal.com]

Ikuto could hear her humming along faintly above the melody, and felt glad that she seemed to be enjoying her present. He didn't have anything else to give her, considering that his main distraction was wandering around the City and he had never bothered to get a job because of that. Aside from that, however, he felt that she was the only one that he wanted to play for. In the back of his mind, Ikuto knew that he'd probably still be wandering some dark corner of the City if it wasn't for her. Although he'd never say it, this present was more of a "thank you" gift than anything else.

[guardianjoker]

Even though Amu had gotten a lot of gifts from other people who came to this surprise birthday party that was thrown for her, she really liked Ikuto's present the most. Given that he rarely hears him play and the fact he doesn't seem to like playing in front of people, she realized this must have really meant something coming from him and it made her happy that he was playing for her.

She just continued to hum along and listen to him play until he would finish playing before she decided to say something.

[cat-on-strings.livejournal.com]

The melody came to a close and Ikuto lowered his violin, waiting to see if she was going to say something. He could already guess her reaction based on how she'd been humming along, though.

[guardianjoker]

When Ikuto finished playing, she was trying to figure out the words she wanted to say.

"I-- um, thank you for playing for me"

That was all that she managed to be able to say though despite how lame she thought that it sounded.

[cat-on-strings.livejournal.com]

Hearing her say that was good enough for him.

"You're welcome. We should probably get back to the party."

Ikuto turned to put the violin back in its case.

[guardianjoker]

"Yeah. We probably should before people realize that I left" Amu said as she waited for him as he was putting his violin back in it's case. Even though she was aware of why he played for her, this felt nice somehow and she didn't really want it to end. She didn't really understand that feeling much at all...whatever it was.

"Hey. Can I ask you something?"

[cat-on-strings.livejournal.com]

Ikuto closed the case and stood up, slinging it over his shoulder. "Sure. What is it?"

[guardianjoker]

Amu looked in thought for a moment before she spoke again. "Well, I was wondering...was the fact you played for me just now, a one-time thing because it's my birthday today?"

She figured he'd say it was, but it couldn't hurt to ask, right?

[cat-on-strings.livejournal.com]

"I guess that depends." He faked a serious expression. "Do you want it to be a one-time thing?"

[guardianjoker]

"It depends?" Amu was taken aback by that answer at first, she expected him to straight out tell her no, because that's how he always answered her. "So it's up to me now? I-- uh, no I don't want it to be one-time thing. I told you I like hearing you play after all..."

[cat-on-strings.livejournal.com]

"Then it's not." He smiled and started walking back towards the apartment. "We should get going."

[guardianjoker]

"Really? Are you sure?" Amu was excited that he agreed because she didn't expect that, but she had to double check to make sure that he wasn't just saying it or something.

[cat-on-strings.livejournal.com]

Ikuto couldn't help laughing a little when he heard the excitement in her voice. "Yeah, I'm sure."

[guardianjoker]

The minute he started to laugh a little, she frowned momentarily."H-hey. It's not funny-- I just had to make sure since whenever I've asked you before, you've always told me no"

[cat-on-strings.livejournal.com]

"You're such a kid." Still laughing, he took her by the hand and started walking back again.

[guardianjoker]

"Hey--!! What's that supposed to mean?" Amu asked slightly flustered as he just took her hand while laughing at her. She didn't make a fuss over the fact he was holding her hand at that moment though, she just followed along while she waited for him to respond.

[cat-on-strings.livejournal.com]

"It means that you're a kid." He knew that wasn't the answer that she was looking for, but he didn't really feel like explaining it.

[guardianjoker]

From hearing his answer she just sighed. He was always treating her again and she didn't like it one bit. "No I'm not-- I'm 13 years old now, you know"