BLACKMAILING HAS ITS TWISTS

by Kyra Ordonez (sweetest -fifteen-)

Natsume didn't like being he blackmailed. And he had something that will make the Ice Queen think twice about blackmailing him.

...did it work?

The sky was blue and the sun shined brightly. The wind kept on blowing and the flowers were blooming. Hotaru and Natsume were reading under the sakura tree, because Natsume said he needed company. Hotaru thought that this was weird, but maybe (just maybe) while sneaking glances of him, she'd catch him smiling at, this time, a book (because they're sixteen already), drooling if he fell asleep, or picking his nose. Hotaru snickered and continued reading her book Caroline. She placed a camera on her lap that takes silly and good shots of people.

Good thing it was digital.

Being it was Natsume Hyuuga the thing was going to capture, since Hotaru didn't need to push buttons, who knows how many shots the camera will take of him being gorgeous? He is after all, ehem, gorgeous.

So there they were, sitting there peacefully, an occasional small talk rising sometimes. They didn't know they're friends Mikan and Ruka were watching them. But back to focus:

Natsume was shocked to see a camera perched onto Hotaru's lap, the lens focusing on him. He thought of a smart something to make Hotaru out of her serious state, drive her loco and have enough time to burn her camera.

And oh, he thought of something. A devilishly handsome smile overtook his face, as he looked absolutely gorgeous, as if planning something evil.

"Hey Imai," he said, looking at her after putting his horror book down. "Yesterday there was a party, ne?" Hotaru looked at him and nodded. "Last night." "…you were with Ruka, ne?" he smirked. "N-nani? No I wasn't."

Natsume gave her a devilish grin. Hotaru had wide eyes. "Really? Are you sure?" Natsume asked, tapping his chin with a delicate finger. "I'm plenty sure, Hyuuga." Hotaru said, stuttering a bit. "You really sure Imai?" Hotaru nodded. "Y-yes."

"Then why do I have…this?" Natsume said, grabbing something from his pocket. She showed it to Hotaru. It was a picture, where they were in casual outfits, Hotaru was leaning back against the wall, shocked, because Ruka, who was leaning his forearms on her shoulder looked at her as if he was about to kiss her. It was absolutely adorable.

Hotaru freaked and dropped the camera. Natsume burnt it, but Hotaru didn't care. She grabbed her selections and put them in her bag. "I don't know. M-maybe it was …uuh….photoshopped?" Natsume smirked as she bowed. "Bye Hyuuga. Next time, again. I gotta g-go." She ran away and passed Ruka and Mikan who watched her run away. They went near the flame boy, I mean, guy.

"Natsume-kun!" Mikan said. Natsume smirked, while looking at them. "Why was Hotaru running?"
"And why did she look…scared?" Ruka asked, looking shocked.

"You don't know?" He gave them the photo. Ruka instantly blushed.

Mikan squealed. "HOW CUTE!" Natsume grinned and swiped it away from them. "You can't keep it though. As long as I have and know about you and Imai's littlen scene, I have something to protect myself ---err I mean, to blackmail her."

The two sweatdropped. Whoah. The serious ones are really out of character today.

Meanwhile, Hotaru was in her lab. She took the ribbon on her blouse and plugged it into the computer. (?!)

The screen showed Natsume sleeping, face up high, mouth open and drooling. "Haha. Silly Natsume." She said, grinning.


KYRA: I do not own anything but the story itself. The characters are owned by the guy who makes GA. Haha. Hope you liked it. It was another oneshot. :) Longer this time than Shake Well. Sooo... review, fave the story, and make me one of your face authors. ;D Pretty please with Natsume on top?