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Why does she smile?
Natsume POV
Sitting down in the most relaxing place in the academy, I realized, does not help on the question I've been fumbling over for the past hour.
Why does Mikan always smile?
Even when she's hurt, and lost, she always manages to bring back that smile on her face.
The smile I was beginning to find was hard to live without.
End of POV
"Natsume," Mikan cooed softly in Natsume's ear.
Natsume who was daydreaming had not noticed her entrance, "What the hell?" he groaned as he struggled to compose himself. Mikan, who was always oblivious to the actions she does just stared at him with innocent eyes, and he glared at her, annoyed.
"What?" he snapped.
"What were you thinking about?" she asked, curiosity in her features.
"I was reading," he stated, flapping his manga book at her.
"You read slow," she stated as she pointed to the page, "You've been on that page for ages now."
Angrily, Natsume flipped to the next page of the manga and glared at her.
"Mind your own business, Polka."
Suddenly, like Natsume had just entered an alternate universe, Mikan looked up at the sky and smiled.
"Fine," she says, "Do you know what I think about?"
"Hn," Natsume murmured, clearly interested but unwilling to admit it.
"I guess, I think about life without you guys. If I can actually live happy. Smile like I always do." She laughed and inclined her head towards him. "Pretty silly huh?"
Natsume continued to stare, as he was dumbfounded beyond words. Mikan analyzing her life?
"You don't know why I smile do you?" she murmured softly, her chocolate orbs willing him to open up."I smile, for everyone, you know?" She says happily, "Like if I'm sad, or alone, I'd still smile, because that way, it'd be easier for everyone and…for me."
Natsume looked away, "I thought your smiles were real."
"They are." She murmurs quietly, "Because I do it for everyone, it's my motivation, you know?"
"Stop forcing yourself."
"I'm not," she says as she smiles at him, "I can't live without smiling."
"I can't live without you." Natsume whispered.
"What?"
Natsume groaned as he got to his feet, "I said," he murmured in her ear before heading off, "I can't live without you."
"Well, doesn't that make two of us," Mikan said softly, as she smiled.
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