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"Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them."

-Bruce Lee


As Natsume stared at her, he saw how beautiful she had become. "I'm back." he said with a slight smile as Mikan continued to stare in shock. And with that the largest smack was heard.

Smack

Natsume's crimson eyes widened at the sudden hit to his face, placing his hand where he was hit to comprehend what just happened. "Welcome back brother." she said as she sent a glare right towards him.

That was quite the 4 year reunion.


Chapter 2: Natsume's Return

"What happened?!" a woman cried out as she ran up to the front door, only to see her daughter upset and her step son injured."W-what is going on?!" she raged on as she dragged the two of them inside. The father was sitting at the dining table in disbelief. "You two, what is the meaning of this?!" he yelled out, demanding an answer.

Natsume looked at the two adults in a calming manner. "I come home and Mikan here slaps me out of nowhere. Is she in her rebellion stage?" he asked as he sat down beside his father. "By the way mother, this is a lovely feast you've prepared." he complemented, trying to get her anger calmed down.

"Why thank you—wait… don't change the subject! I need an explanation as to why you—" and she pointed at her daughter "—would go out of your way to slap your brother after not seeing him for years! Didn't you used to idolize him as a child? I don't get why you'd want to do any physical damage towards him." she exclaimed with a sigh as she placed her hand on her forehead, trying to comprehend all that has happened.

Mikan began to shift her hazel eyes from one person to the next before answering. "Are you kidding me? Are you really asking me why I did this? Do you expect me to come home and ACCEPT the fact that the brother who left out family for 4 years is now back with no notice?!" she exclaimed as she watched her parents, disbelieving the fact that they were easily accepting this.

Her eyes then shifted towards Natsume, glaring at him harder than before. "As for you Natsume, I'm not sure what you're thinking, but don't expect me to just act like your "cute little sister" again like the past after that whole disappearing stunt you did." she stated as she placed one hand on her hip.

His crimson eyes narrowed towards her, and slightly softened. "It might be better that way." he said in a soft mutter, making Mikan arch one of her eye brows up. "Pardon?" she asked, wanting him to repeat what he said, though he simply ignored her request.

"Mother, father, I'll be up in my room unpacking. I hope I didn't inconvenience you." he said in a polite tone before making his way up the stairs. "My, he's become even more of a gentleman." the mother said as she smiled towards her husband. "Don't you agree?" the father nodded in agreement, smiling back at his wife. Mikan, on the other hand, huffed at that situation. "What do you mean "more of a gentleman"? He's become an inconvenience to my life, suddenly popping up like that!" she exclaimed as she threw her hands up in the air.

The two parents looked at her, but only the mother gave off an upsetting look. "Young lady, you're still in a lot of trouble for hitting your brother—"

"—step brother" she interrupted.

Her mother huffed in response. "—and as punishment you'll get your computer taken away for the day." she stated as she went over towards Mikan's backpack and pulled out her laptop. Mikan's face turned into a nervous expression. "Mom, I need my laptop though! I have an essay due tomorrow!" she exclaimed in annoyance, making her mother agitated by the behavior.

"You said you had an essay due today!" she yelled out, making Mikan shy away slightly. She completely forgot that she hadn't told her mother about the essay, and on top of that if her mother knew about her forgetting to do her essay, she'd be grounded for the day as well. She grunted slightly before replying. "It's another essay." she said in the most calming way she could.

Her mother eyed her suspiciously. "Well, if you really need a computer for the essay, why not go ask your brother. Oh, and while you're at it, GO APOLOGIZE for your behavior." she scolded as she went over and placed the laptop on the father's lap. "But—"

"—end of conversation!"

And with that Mikan sent off a glare before heading up the stairs in annoyance.

"Yuka, maybe you were a bit too hard on our daughter." the father said as she grabbed her wrist. Yuka sighed at his response. "I know… but her actions were really unacceptable, no matter what reason it was." she said as she kissed her husband and then went back to her cooking. "Looks like there won't be a family reunion dinner today." she thought in a sigh as she eyed the stairs that her two children went up on.


Natsume's Room

Natsume began to unpack his stuff as he started to recall all the events that had happened since his arrival.

Flashback

As Natsume arrived back at his hometown, many of the neighbors started to stare at him in awe, shock, and excitement. "Natsume, is that you? My, have you grown up so fast!" one of the ladies said as he gave her a polite nod. "Nice to see you well Mrs. Imai, how's your daughter doing?" he asked in a polite tone, making her smile. "Oh Hotaru? She's doing fine as always. Did you know her and Mikan are attending Alice Academy at the moment?" she asked as he began to look down. "I… did not." he admitted, feeling quite guilty for not keeping in touch. "Oh, I'm sorry, I thought Mikan might have told you? Well, it was certainly wonderful meeting you again, tell your mother I said hi." she said before walking back towards her house.

Natsume sighed. It wasn't that he didn't want to keep in touch with Mikan, it was a more complicated reason. Of course, it was a reason he wasn't planning to talk with anyone about. And even if it gets his step-sister to hate him, he would continue to keep quiet of it.

After a small pause he continued down the road, getting more glances here and there. With most people stopping him to have a small reunion, his arrival at the house was delayed, agitating him a bit. Eventually, after that long walk (or so, that's how he felt—it was only about half a mile in reality), he made it to his house, making him slightly nervous. It's been 4 years since he last came and his anticipation was building up.

He quickly rang the doorbell and waited for a bit before hearing the door click open. "Oh my! Natsume! Welcome home!" Yuka, his step mother, exclaimed as he grabbed him inside the house and hugged him. "You don't know how much me and your father have missed you!" she exclaimed as the father ran down the stairs. "Who's at the do—Natsume!" the father exclaimed in excitement as well, coming over give a small family hug. "We've missed you so much! How have you been?" the father asked as he released the hug. Natsume gave a small smile at the two. "A lot has happened, though before I talk about it where is Mikan? She should hear some of this too." he said.

"Oh, she's currently not here at the moment, but she should be back soon. You could take off your shoes while I go finish up the cooking. Today we NEED to have an amazing feast!" she said aloud as she ran over towards the kitchen, dragging her husband along with her. Right before he was about to take off his shoes he heard the door open in front of him.

"I'm Hom—"

And then all the events started to unfold.

End of flashback

He gave off a small grunt as he went to lie on his bed, giving himself a small break. He placed his arm over his eyes as he started to think about Mikan. Natsume knew very well that he had hurt her a lot, but he knew it was for the best. Though when he saw the mature brunette walk through the front door, he saw how beautiful she had become. Only for that moment, he gave himself the permission to think that way.

While in midst of his deep thought he heard someone knock loudly on the door. "Must be Mikan, only she would angrily knock on a door at this time." he thought as he gave off a small sigh. "It's open." he said as he saw the door click open, revealing a really agitated brunette. Her cold, hazel gaze locked onto his face, startling him for a second. "You're the last person I expected. What do you need?" he asked, arching one eye brow up as she walked over towards him as he sat up.

"Give me your laptop." she stated, still pissed off about her laptop getting taken away. Natsume simply smirked. "Who said I'd give it to you that easily, sister?" he said as she glared at him even more. She just rolled her eyes. "I said so, now hand it over." she said as she held out her hand, though Natsume refused to move. "Not with an attitude like that. Apologize for slapping me and maybe I'll give it to you." he said as she huffed at his response.

"Look, you know very well why I did it. You should even know it was completely your fault. Why is it that everyone thinks I'm the villain here?" she complained as Natsume just watched her nag. "Mikan, I know what I did to you was harsh, but just be aware that I had a reason to do it." he said calmly as he went over to his luggage to grab his laptop. "Just wait a minute; I'll get my laptop now."

As Mikan waited she went over towards his bed and started to lie down on it, reminding her of the fun times her and Natsume had as children. The smell of his blankets was the same, making her smile inside. As she laid there thinking, her mind began to doze off until she went into a deep slumber.

Eventually Natsume found the laptop, cursing to himself for packing his bag so badly. "Alright Mikan, here's the—" and as he turned around he saw a peaceful brunette haired girl sleeping silently on his bed. He walked over and smiled inwardly to himself as he brushed some of her lose hair away from her face. "Now if only you stayed this peaceful…" he whispered as he watched her smile in her dream. What kind of dream did she have to make her smile like that? Let's just say it had to do with her past memories with a certain raven haired boy. No matter how much Mikan has grown to hate him, deep down she still really wanted him in her life.

"Sweet dreams Mikan." he said softly as he exited his room.


The next morning

The little brunette blinked her eyes a few times before she slowly awoke inside a room that didn't seem to be hers. At first she was startled and slightly freaked out by this, but then last night's events started to replay in her head. She set herself up and itched her eyes until she could finally see a bit more clearly. After yawning a bit and stretching her arms, she shifted her eyes towards a clock which read 8:00 am.

"Oh it's only 8—OH WAIT IT'S ALREADY 8?!" she exclaimed in shock as she scrambled out of bed and ran down the hall, towards her room. "Oh no oh no oh no oh no! I can't be late, no I can't be—urghhhh and I forgot to write the essay!" Today was starting off to be a terrible day for Mikan.

She quickly wore her uniform, tied her hair in a messy pony tail (no time for pigtails today), and ran downstairs, only to see that nobody was home. A huff came out of her mouth as she realized that nobody bothered to wake her up.

"Mom probably said 'Oh, she's an adult now so if she misses school that's her own responsibility' to the other two in the house and told them to leave it be." she said in annoyance as she mimicked her mom's voice.

Quickly, she grabbed her bag and ran out the door, ignoring breakfast.

As she was running town the sidewalks she heard her phone ring, though she decided to ignore it during her haste to school. It continued to ring, and ring, and ring until she finally just took out her phone and—put it on silent. She didn't even choose to pick it up. Her eyes rolled slightly as she noticed it was Hotaru calling her. After having such a crummy morning, Mikan didn't have time to talk to anyone until she was fully out of her temporary PMSing. "What a lovely morning today." she said in a grunt.

And when she thought things couldn't get any worse…

Mikan rushed into the school, getting scolded by a few teachers for running in the halls, and completely forgetting to change into her indoor shoes. "Urgh…" she grunted as she ran back to the lockers, getting scolded even more by teachers for running in the halls, and changed her shoes. But wait, there's more! As she opened up her locker she noticed yet ANOTHER love letter. She began to face palm at the amount of luck she was having this morning.

She quickly took out her phone. "Okay it's only 8:20am, I'm only about 5 minutes late so far." she said in relief as she shoved it back into her bag and dashed towards her classroom. Of course, she got more complaints from teachers for running in the halls. At this rate, she'll probably get a detention slip.

Finally, she made it to the class, slamming the doors wide open. "Sorry I'm la—" and then she came face to face with a pair of crimson red eyes. Her eyes widened at the sight.

"Oh great." she thought sarcastically as she saw the smirk forming on Natsume's face.


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