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CHAPTER I: A LESSON FROM HOTARU

"I'm late again! Stupid alarm clock."

Mikan never changed; she's been staying in the academy for year now, five to be exact. She's still clumsy, always late and somehow still annoying for Hotaru and Natsume

"Good morning!"

"Good morning too Mikan, you seem to be in a hurry, don't worry you're not yet late, just on time."

Mikan went to her chair, smiled at Hotaru and greeted everyone a good morning. She was about to sit when she remembered to greet another special friends of hers. She then turned her head around, smiled at Ruka and greeted him as well. Then, she glimpsed at Natsume, when she saw him glimpsed back she frantically removed her eyes from him. She remained standing, thinking.

'Oh my, what's gotten into my head? Am I attracted to that hot-headed pervert? Why have I've been feeling this way for a long time now? His eyes, I can't help but to stare at his dark cold eyes. How can someone with a fiery tongue and fire alice give you a mystique cold stare."

'Did she just glance at me? Nah…, stop hallucinating Natsume. What now if she stares at you, most girls do that. But… is she looking at me or at Ruka? Hell I care. (looks out the window) The Cherry blossoms…, they're so beautiful."

"Miss Sakura sit down the class is about to start"

LUNCH TIME AT THE PARK

The weather is so beautiful that day, the air is cozy and the flowers were blooming. The sweet gentle breeze caressing your face, who would not enjoy it? Everybody (at least everybody) decided to go outside, some were eating lunch, others were playing dodge ball (they're already fifteen but some of them are still on playing dodge ball, especially Mikan) And some were doing their own stuff. Natsume is sitting under the shades of a tree, his back flay against the giant Cherry blossom tree with his hands at the back of his head. Girls, specially the young ones were busy admiring him, while he was busy admiring somebody else.

As I said, Mikan and the others were playing dodge ball. Those others include Ruka. Damn, aren't Mikan and Ruka so sweet?

"Why don't you just approach her and join them instead of moaning there?"

Natsume almost jumped out of surprise, it was Hotaru who has been staying at the other side of the tree even before Natsume sat there. She approached Natsume for she heard a couple of sighs from him.

"Why are you staring at Mikan?"

"You have nothing to do with this, geek"

"You've just disturbed my afternoon nap with your incredibly hilarious loud deep sighs and now you're saying I have nothing to do with this? Anyway, that girl doesn't now and there's no way she'll figure it out on her own.'

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"You like her, don't you?"

"Who would like an idiot like her?"

"Your constant staring, your smile reserved only for her and you keep on saying she's annoying but you always secretly helping her. Only an idiot like her won't notice that. By the way, I'm the only person authorized to call her an idiot."

Hotaru sat beside him, watching the others playing dodge ball and Mikan being hit on the face.

"Such a child'"

"Yeah, Mikan's such a child look at her playing dodge ball like an elementary."

"Who said something about Mikan, I was talking about you."

"What!"

"You are like a child who's afraid to be hurt. Watching others steal his favorite doll."

"Shut up geek or I'll burn you"

"Look the kid is resorting to violence now."

They started to catch attention for Natsume is almost ready to grab Hotaru in the arm

"Ruka will hate if ask Mikan to be my girl"

"What now Hotaru!"

"He likes her. I know she likes her, if he found out that I confessed to Mikan I'll lose my best friend and the only family I have left"

"What are you saying?"

"I'm just trying to read your mind; these are all your thoughts, aren't they?"

"Whatever… who are Koko?"

"What if she dumps me? She'll never think of me as a close friend anymore. She'll leave me and never talk to me. What if Ruka and Mikan end up together, will I be left alone?"

"Shut up…"

"I hate to lose her, I just can't take the feeling of rejection,"

"shut up…"

"I'm not done yet Natsume I have more I can tell"

"Shut up! Shut up! SHUT UP!"

Natsume rushed out of the scene with all eyes in him and Hotaru.

"What was that about?" Mikan asked the not so surprised looking Ruka.

"Maybe, he just received a little something from Hotaru"