Never Apart
Chapter Two: A Teacher's Warning
By aBitterLoveSong
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Mikan watched helplessly as her legs followed Natsume. From what she noticed, there was nothing sticking them together, it was an invisible force that she felt on her waist that made her follow him.
She looked up, now trying to find out where Natsume was heading to. "Natsume!" she called out. "Where are we going? This isn't the way to class!"
"Who said we're going to class?" Natsume replied as he continued to walk.
"I can't skip class!" Mikan cried out.
"Well you are now."
"No I'm not!" Mikan forced her legs into a complete stop. Not realizing this, Natsume continued walking. But it wasn't long when a sudden headache jolted up to both of their heads. Their vision began to get hazy, and a sense of nausea filled both of them.
"Graaaah!" Mikan went on all fours, taking deep breaths. It felt like she was going to vomit all the food she had in the past week!
Natsume stopped walking and crouched down. He rubbed his temples to try to stifle the pain on his forehead, but it wouldn't work, in fact, it got worst as the force applied onto his skin. Mikan looked up and started to crawl for him, and almost instantly, the pain and nausea flew away.
Both students looked at each other, both taking deep breaths. "What just happened?" Mikan asked weakly.
Natsume stood up and silently walked away. The nausea and headaches came back again. He stepped back, and they disappeared. He stepped forward again, and the pain came back. He stepped back again, and they disappeared again.
Being the sadistic person he is he did it three or four more times until Mikan shouted, "OK! I get it!"
Natsume rubbed his chin in thought. "So there's no way you can resist, unless you want the both of us to go through with that again." It didn't seem like a bad idea but then he realized he couldn't do his missions with the stupid girl tagging along beside him.
'Hotaru! What did you get me into!' Mikan screamed inside as she got up to her feet.
"We can't stay like this forever!" she exclaimed, waving her hands in the air.
"So what do you suggest we do?" Natsume asked, crossing his arms.
"I don't know. You have a brain, use it."
"Wait, I thought you had brains too." Natsume replied sardonically. "Or maybe it is true, there's nothing in that head of yours but air."
Mikan closed her fist in anger. How could she last with someone like him? Why, oh WHY did it have to be him!
"Well, since Hotaru made the stupid invention that got us like this," she began through gritted teeth. "Let's ask her to make one that can get us out of it."
Natsume nodded. "Smartest thing you've said since I met you."
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Did Natsume just compliment her? Maybe the headaches did something to his brain!
"T-then, let's go to class." Mikan stuttered and turned around to head for their classroom.
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"Who knows about us being stuck like this?" Mikan asked softly to Natsume as she peeked through the door. She gulped when she saw it was time for Mr. Jinno's class.
"No one besides that friend of yours." Natsume answered, leaning against the wall.
"Not even any teachers?"
"No."
"Oh great." Mikan stood up and faced him. "Alright, this is the plan. I go ove-"
Natsume pushed the classroom's back door and entered before she could finish. Mr. Jinno stopped what he was doing and everyone in the classroom fell silent. They all turned around to look who interrupted the teacher and the ones who would inevitably be scolded. Natsume acted as if it was the most ordinary thing in the world, and walked for his seat.
Mikan peeked from the door frame and gulped when she realized eyes were on her. She followed after Natsume, bowing her head in apology. "I'm so sorry Mr. Jinno, we didn't mean to be la-"
"Sakura," he began angrily. "Sit down or else you'll have even more work to do after class."
Her shoulders slumped in despair. Great. More work, all because of her stupid partner that she just so happened to get stuck with barged through the door like he owned the place. She muttered as she got down to her seat, a slight pain starting to form in her head. They were too far away from each other.
Mr. Jinno faced the chalkboard again and class went on. After about ten minutes Mikan tried rubbing her had to get rid of the pain, but it only got worse. She looked back at Natsume. She could see he was taking breaths that were much larger than usual, and he had a closed fist.
He could feel it too.
Mikan looked back to the front and saw that Mr. Jinno's back was facing the class. She then went back to face Natsume. "Hey, Natsume." she whispered, just loud enough for him to hear.
He looked up, and so did the people around her. Mikan started motioning for him to come to sit nearer to her. But of course, people didn't know they were experiencing pain so this got them raising their eyebrows. Natsume looked down again, there was nothing going on between the both of them but thanks to her stupidity people would start thinking there was.
Ruka looked at Mikan, then at Natsume. Why did she want Natsume to sit nearer to her? He held the rabbit in his arms closer to him. "Natsume, I think Mikan wants you to sit nearer to her." he pointed out.
Natsume clutched his stomach in unseen pain. "Why -breath- would I want to do that?"
"I don't know." Ruka looked at Mikan who was still waving her hands for Natsume.
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Mikan knew Natsume wasn't going to budge.
But if they stayed apart she'd be barfing in class in less than ten minutes. She stopped waving her hands and looked in front, pondering what to do.
After a few seconds she decided. She stood up, accidentally knocking her notebook to the floor, thus gathering more attention than she needed.
"What are you doing?" Hotaru asked her softly, her violet eyes watching her friend.
Mr. Jinno looked back. "What are you doing now Sakura?" he asked hotly. "You just can't help interrupting class, can you?"
Mikan looked down, the color rushing to her face. "I-I-" she looked back at Natsume who was glaring at her, his eyes telling her to stay where she was and not doing anything.
But she wasn't going to listen, she did NOT want to barf in class. She looked back at Mr. Jinno. "I-I… I just wanted to ask you if it was ok to sit beside my class partner."
Mr. Jinno set the piece of chalk in his hand on the teacher's table. "Tell me first, why do you want to sit beside Hyuuga?"
Mikan was still looking down. "B-because…" She hadn't thought of any reason, so she blurted the first thing that came to her mind. "He helps me with your lesson, he teachers me things I don't understand… and I don't want to fail so I want to sit beside him."
Everyone gasped in the classroom. Ruka caught his breath. Sumire almost fainted.
'STUPID GIRL!'' Natsume screamed in his head. He stood up and shouted, "That's not true!"
Everyone looked back and forth between the both of them. Were they a couple? Does Mikan actually have feelings for Natsume that he doesn't share back, so she was making things up? Or does Natsume actually have feelings for Mikan that he just keeps denying?
A hushed chatter filled the class as they tried to think of the answer. Mr. Jinno tapped his table to get back the attention. "Alright, alright, quiet down!" He looked at the two students standing up. "I've made my decision. And yes Sakura, you can sit beside your partner Hyuuga."
Mikan sighed in relief, but the heat in her face was still there. "Thank you Mr. Jinno." She turned around, her head bowed down, to walk for Natsume.
Mr. Jinno turned around to face the chalkboard again. As Mikan and Natsume both sat down he said, "Hyuuga."
Nastume looked up.
"You better make sure that all you're doing is teaching back there." he finished, a smirk forming on his mouth as he tapped the chalk against the board.
Snickers scattered throughout the classroom. Mikan had her head bowed down but Ruka remained silent.
Natsume had an urge to burn that stupid frog on his shoulder right there.
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AUTHOR NOTE:
glenda23: They are attached at the hip, but it's an invisible force that keeps them together, literally.
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