"Okay.. so I was thinking…" Mikan Sakura paced the floor in front of the planning committee for the upcoming Christmas ball. The young brunette somehow got assigned the role of president for the planning committee and was determined to do her part well.

"The Christmas ball is tomorrow," Natsume grumbled in annoyance. He rolled his eyes at his girlfriend, who continued to pace. "We've been having these pointless meetings every day for almost a week. What else is there to account for?" Mikan just stuck her tongue out at her boyfriend, before narrowing her eyes at him.

"You really don't have to be here, Natsume," Mikan told him matter-of-factly, crossing her arms over her chest. "You aren't even on the committee. You can just go wait for me outside."

"What are you doing here anyway, Hyuuga?" Kiiro Hazumi, the president of the Mikan Sakura Fan Club questioned in annoyance. "We all know that you don't want to be here. So just leave already." Natsume would've burned the annoying boy to a crisp if it weren't for Mikan, who came over and took his hand, nullifying his fire alice immediately.

Natsume grit his teeth angrily. He had been trying to spend time with his girlfriend all day! It was Christmas Eve after all. Mikan should be spending time with him, not preparing for some stupid ball. With that thought in mind, Natsume tugged Mikan toward the door.

"C'mon. We're leaving." Natsume stated coolly, pulling his girlfriend along, while completely ignoring her never ending spews of protest. Finally, when they were safely outside, he turned around and firmly set a hand over her mouth. He smirked as her eyes widened in surprise.

"You're mine today," he whispered huskily in her ear. Mikan's eyes furrowed in confusion. She gently pried Natsume's hand off her mouth.

"I've been yours…" she reminded him, while tilting her head to the side cutely. Natsume rolled his eyes at her clueless behavior and leaned down to kiss her on the cheek, enjoying the blush that made its way onto her cheeks.

"I meant that you only belong to me today," he explained, while grasping her hand. He smirked. "Meaning that I'm not sharing you today." Mikan blinked once, still not able to grasp what was being said to her.

"I never asked you to share me..." she mumbled. Natsume just sighed and rolled his eyes once more.

"Mikan-chan!" a voice squealed in pure delight. Anna and Nonoko came running toward them with large grins across their faces. Mikan greeted them immediately with just as much enthusiasm, while all Natsume could do was look on with a slightly annoyed look on his face.

"Wanna come to Central Town with us?!" Nonoko piped up with an excited gleam in her eyes. Her ear to ear smile was enough to make Mikan smile back excitedly. "We haven't picked out dresses for the Christmas ball yet!"

"Sure!" Mikan exclaimed with her eyes gleaming with child-like excitement. "I'd love to come with you! Although.. I've already chosen a dress.. but I guess that doesn't really matter-" Her pondering was cut off by Natsume who tugged on her arm roughly, forcing her to stumble into his arms.

"She's busy right now." Natsume didn't even bother to look at the two girls as he spoke. He pulled his girlfriend along, determined not to let anything get in between them today.

---Scene Change---

"So what would you do if I got kidnapped?" Mikan asked curiously from her place in Natsume's lap. The two were sitting together underneath their favorite Sakura tree, playing 20 questions. Actually, it was more like 100+ questions since they've been doing this for more than 4 hours, not that neither of them really minded. Natsume was completely content with just having the girl in his arms to care about anything else.

"That's a stupid question," Natsume stated bluntly with a roll of his eyes. "I'd track the guy down and kill him." Mikan shivered suddenly from the cold of the frosty winter air. The girl was bewildered since they haven't even had their first snow of the season yet. It's been freezing lately and they haven't seen the sun for weeks. It was only a matter of days before the first snow would arrive.

Natsume's brows furrowed with concern as his girlfriend shivered from the cold. Even with her thick winter coat on, she was still shivering. He, on the other hand, had on a thin black jacket and wasn't even cold. Activating his fire alice, the boy wrapped his arms tightly around the girl. Mikan sighed contentedly before leaning against the flame caster's warm chest.

"Well.. what if you had no idea where I was and you had no way of finding me?" the girl pressed. Natsume rolled his eyes.

"Then I'd keep searching until I either died or found you," he told her simply, resting his cheek against hers in an attempt to warm up her ice cold skin. He kissed her temple lightly. The girl shivered as his warm lips touched her practically frozen skin.

"You wouldn't give up on looking for me?" she exclaimed, sounding shocked at his answer. Natsume's eyes narrowed. He pulled away from her slightly and turned the girl around so that she could look into his eyes.

"You actually think that I'd give up on you?!" he demanded to know as he practically bore holes into her face with his piercing crimson eyes. Mikan flinched slightly before speaking.

"Well… what if you were like… 90 or something?" she asked him, sounding honestly curious. "If I really did die, you would move on, wouldn't you?!" Mikan almost looked away as her boyfriend's face turned deadly serious. He glared down at her.

"Until I either find you… or die," he repeated firmly. His eyes softened the slightest bit, but he still looked at her fiercely. "If you were to die before me (which I would never let happen) I wouldn't move on. My world would mean nothing without you, because you are my world." Mikan stared at him with wide eyes. Natsume stared into her face silently for a moment and didn't speak or move until he saw that his girlfriend's eyes were misting over. He leaned down to kiss her lightly on the cheek.

"C'mon," he practically cooed, picking her up bridal style. "We need to get ready for that Christmas ball that you won't shut up about." And with that, the two made their way into the middle school building together.

A.N. okay… I'm never going to do this again.. but…. This is gonna be a two shot since I don't have enough time to fit everything I wanted to in one day…. I'm kind of slacking since I have relatives over.. but.. I hope you enjoyed this anyway. I should have the second and final part up by tomorrow. Please look forward to it! And Merry Christmas!

-PurpleHime