My second attempt on making a Natsume x Mikan. Please Read and Review!!!
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It takes time to Heal
Chapter 1
It's true, isn't it? It always takes time to heal. It takes time to heal a physical wound, or perhaps a broken heart. Whatever the wound is, it always takes time to heal depending on how bad the damage is.
You can't command the pain to just go away, can you? Like what some people say, when it is time, it is time. You need to wait for it to heal. But it sure won't heal if you do nothing.
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A little girl was sitting on the swing looking at her pink bunny. She was rocking herself back and forth.
A little boy was standing somewhere not far from the little girl.
He doesn't have anyone to play with. He doesn't like mingling with other children. But this girl is different. She was also alone – like him. Of course he can't help but feel sorry for the girl since the girl's just like him.
He approached the little girl.
"Hey."
"Oh, hi." The little girl said with a small smile.
"Why are you alone by yourself?"
"Well… my family just moved here and I don't know anyone else."
"I see." Silence was there again.
"…"
"…"
"Umm… By the way, you can call me Mi-chan."
"Okay Mi-chan"
"So what can I call you?"
"Natsume. Just plain Natsume."
She gave him a big, cute smile. "Natsume! So do you want to come over to my house? We could play there!"
"Uhh… I don't know-" he was cut off when he felt a small, warm hand took his. His eyes widened as he look at his hand taken by Mi-chan's.
"C'mon! We don't have all day!" she excitedly said.
They entered the little girl's house. It was like a mansion.
"This is your house? It's as big as ours!" She giggled.
Mi-chan pulled Natsume inside the house.
"We have ice cream inside the fridge. Want some? It's delicious! Plus, it's chocolate flavored and we could put strawberries on top!"
"Uh, I don't really like sweet foods. So… I guess I'll pass…." She pouted.
"Y-you don't like it? W-well perhaps we can just-"
"But I'll try to eat one!" He said quickly since he can't stand seeing his new friend pouting and being sad.
"R-really?" her face lit up. "Oh that's cool! You know, I love chocolates and strawberries!!!" She pulled Natsume in the kitchen.
"I-I can't reach the ice cream" She sadly said to her friend.
"I'll help you." But since he also cannot reach the ice cream, he decided to just carry Mi-chan. Fortunately, it worked.
They then happily ate the chocolate ice cream topped with strawberries.
"Delicious, isn't it?" She said to Natsume.
"Y-yeah." He didn't really like sweet foods.
"But you haven't even touched your ice cream." She said, teary-eyed.
"Sorry, it's just that…" But Mi-chan smiled at him and spooned the ice cream and put a strawberry.
"Try it or else we're over!!!" She pretended to be angry as she tried to put the spoon and the food inside Natsume's mouth.
Natsume sweat dropped. Huh?! We're not even together! He backed away from the pretending-to-be-angry Mi-chan.
"W-what are-" Mi-chan put the food inside his mouth and he had no choice but to eat it.
He swallowed the ice cream and the strawberry and surprisingly, it tasted good for him. He suddenly smiled at the taste.
Mi-chan anxiously looked at him. "So, is it good? Did you like it?"
He smiled widely at Mi-chan. "Yeah. I never thought that chocolate and strawberries tasted good together!" He said asking for more.
Mi-chan chuckled and gave Natsume another serving.
Natsume watched Mi-chan excitedly and happily serve him.
Since that day, he loved chocolate and strawberries. And since that day, his most favorite food is chocolate and strawberries. And it has a reason. It's because of his new friend, that his opinion about sweet foods changed.
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Natsume always played with Mi-chan. Mi-chan is the only person that he loves to play with.
But of course, since Mi-chan is a sweet, kind-hearted little girl, she made many friends and that made Natsume jealous. Jealous, because he wants Mi-chan to play with him only. But he just can't blame his Mi-chan because it's her nature to be sweet and kind.
He even learned to be overprotective about Mi-chan.
Mi-chan, on the other hand, is thankful that she had a friend like Natsume.
The two always get along together.
"Hey Natsume isn't this flower cute?"
"Nope."
"What?!?! But It's beautiful!!!"
"I don't think so."
Okay, so maybe NOT always but atleast most of the time.
They sometimes sleep over at each other's house. They love sleeping over at each other's house.
They even share only one bed. But of course, there's still no malice since they are just kids.
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"Aaw... Natsume, isn't that necklace pretty?"
"What? Where?"
"The one over there. See it? Cute, isn't it?!" She said, pointing to an expensive-looking-but-very-pretty necklace.
"Oh, that? Yeah." He simply said.
"Aww... " Mi-chan kept on looking at the other necklaces while Natsume went to saleslady.
When he came back, he was holding a cute pink box.
"Oh, hey, what's that you're holding?" She pointed to the box, he's holding.
"Oh, this? It's for you." He scratched the back of his head.
"Eh? For me? Really?" She said questioningly.
"Yeah." He handed Mi-chan the box. She took it.
"But what for?"
"Because you said you like it." he looked at the ground. "And because I thought it would make you happy." He said hinding his blush by his bangs. "But if you don't ;ike it, throw it away or something. Do whatever you like with it."
"Are you kidding? Throw it away?! No way! I love it!!! Aww.. arigato, Natsume!" She hugged her friend. Natsume blushed madly.
"H-hey! I'm gonna add that to your list of debts!"
"Eh? But I didn't have any debts!"
"Well, now you do." Mi-chan looked at him and smiled mischiveously. Natsume looked at her, confused.
"Oh? Then I know how to pay you." She said as she gives Natsume a peck on the cheek.
Natsume blushed madly. No matter how hard he tried, he still can't hide the fact that he was blushing madly.
Mi-chan chuckled at his reaction. She wore the necklace and it looked beautiful on her. It was as if it was made perfectly for her.
"It looks good on you." Natsume said, still blushing slightly.
"Arigato." She smiled.
Since then, she always wore the necklace.
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One day, Natsume is walking in a forest with his friend, Mi-chan. They are talking and laughing here and there.
"Hey, look at the big tree! It looks really beautiful."
"Yeah." But Natsume wasn't looking. He was looking at the a beautiful flower. A flower that is just perfect for Mi-chan.
"Wait here. I'll get something." And Natsume walked towards the flower.
After a few minutes…
"Hmph! Natsume has left for already a few hours now!" (of course, she still doesn't know what's the difference between hours and minutes.)
"Hmmmnn… perhaps I'll just climb the tree all by myself!" she said to herself as she climbs tree.
After a while...
"These flowers are enough for my Mi-chan."
"N-Natsume!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Eh? What's that?!?!?!"
"Natsume!!!!! H-help me!!!!!!!!"
"M-Mi-chan?!? "
He ran to the place where she heard Mi-chan scream. He saw Mi-chan on one branch of a tree crying since she can't go down.
"Natsume!!! I'm gonna fall! I-I might die!" She said exaggeratedly.
"Hang on!!! C'mon, jump and I'll catch you!"
"What if you don't? I'll fall and I'll hit my head and there'll be wounds and blood will be spilled all over!! And—and..." She started to cry again as she thinks of all the bloody things that might happen to her.
Natsume sweatdropped. "What are you saying?!?! I'll catch you!! I promise!! Don't you have trust on me?!"
"I do trust you but... Okay here I go..." she jumped from the branch of the tree.
Natsume tried to catch her. Fortunately, he caught her. But when he already had her in his arms, he fell out of balance.
Mi-chan was on top of Natsume. They both had their eyes closed. Mi-chan felt something on her mouth. When she opened her eyes, she saw Natsume's face under hers. It was then that she realized that the thing covering her mouth was Natsume's lips.
Her eyes widened. Just then, Natsume's eyes opened and also realized that Mi-chan's lips were covering his. He blushed.
Mi-chan pulled away. She was also blushing madly. "I-I'm sorry. Maybe I am too heavy that you fell out of balance."
"N-no. I just kinda slipped. You're not he- Ow!" He said clutching arm.
"W-what's the matter?! Are you hurt?" she said, worried.
"A little but it's okay."
"Let me see it." She looked at his wounds. His wounds were deep. Mi-chan's expression is in pain.
Natsume, seeing her expression, said, "Hey it's okay. I think you're the one that is not okay—" He clutched his wounded arm again.
"You're not okay!" she then concentrated on something. Natsume got confused on what she's doing. Her hand then started glowing and his wounded arm suddenly eased from pain.
When Mi-chan removed her hand from Natsume's arm, his wounds are healed. His jaws dropped in awe.
"H-how did you do that?" He said with a hint of confusion.
"I also don't know... It just..." she looked down.
Natsume looked at her and smiled slightly. He pulled her into a hug.
"Arigato, Mi-chan." Mi-chan smiled as well though Natsume couldn't see it.
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The village was on fire. Everyone panicked. Mi-chan doesn't know where to go. Her mother told her to run. But where? Her mother told her to run somewhere far. But if she run, how about her mother?
But she ran just to follow her mother's order... and to save her life.
But she was cornered... cornered by the angry fire.
She can't inhale oxygen anymore so she blacked out as the flames crept beside her quickly."
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Natsume returned to the now flaming village. Everyone was shouting. It was so noisy.
"Mi-chan!" he heard a scream.
Oh, yeah. Mi-chan! Where is she? He followed the voice.
He saw one of Mi-chan's friends facing a corner, shouting Mikan's name.
"M-Mi-chan!? Where is she? Is she safe" He shouted at the boy that is one of Mi-chan's friends.
"She's there!!"
Natsume tried to go there and save Mi-chan. But someone stopped him.
"I need to save her!!! Mi-chan!!!" He struggled to break free of the mans grasp.
"Run now, boy! We'll be the ones to save everyone here."
He trusted the men that told him that they'll save everyone.
And that's what his mistake.
He trusted those idiots.
But they died too.
Idiots.
When all fire is out, he went back to the village.
No one was there.
Everything turned to ashes.
Mi-chan! He ran to where he thought Mi-chan is. He went to the place where Mi-chan's friend was a while ago.
But no Mi-chan was there. Only ashes and cold wind. But something shiny caught his eye.
There, half-buried in the ashes, is Mi-chan's necklace.
He looked at the ground. Tears fell from his eyes, wetting the ashes.
"Mi-chan... why?"
He continued to cry.
"MI-CHAAAAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" He shouted, tears falling from his eyes.
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"MI-CHAAAAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"H-hey! Natsume! You're having a nightmare!" Ruka shook Natsume's body to wake him.
Natsume opened his eyes. His face is stained with tears. Teras still flowing from his eyes.
"Ruka... It's just... a nightmare... isn't it?"
"It's just a nightmare... Now calm down and get back to sleep."
Ruka left.
Natsume sighed.
"Mi-chan... why?"
That's what happens almost every night. Natsume always dreams happy moments with his Mi-chan. Then the horrible event will appear.
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There it is!!! The first chapter of It Takes Time To Heal. Please review. Tell me if I'm missing some things. Tell me if liked it or not and what you liked the most and what you didn't like. Tell me the reasons why. Suggestions are welcome! Please review! I need to get atleast 10 reviews before I post the next chappie! Just so that I know if there are people that reads my fic! Flames are also welcome! zLike I alwys say, 'We need criticisms to keep us awake and so that we may see our weaknesses and so that we may correct them.'
That's all!
Arigato!