Well here is the sequel that some of you have waited…=] I was inspired by what my mom told me last night so here I am inside our clinic typing this story…=]
- snowqueen1205…=]
"I did like your work, it was your hobby since you were young, and it was great"
SEQUEL…=]
Few weeks later after their JS Promenade, it was already their graduation day…
Everyone in the academy was rather feeling exited and anxious on what would happen on and after their graduation ceremony.
And just like that, their graduation ceremony has already ended in a jiffy.
"Natsume!" an oh-so familiar voice shouted a voice that he'll surely miss… A voice that should've been his for a long time.
"Hey Natsume" his best friend greeted him.
It did hurt to see them happily…
"Natsume, we've got pleasant news for you! Ruka why not tell him?"
"Well, of course, even I myself is really exited to tell him"
Natsume was bewildered he was really exited to hear on what they would tell him but it seems like it will hurt a lot.
"Me and Mikan are getting married!"
"Isn't that great Natsume?"
'Ouch that did hurt a lot and it'll hurt forever'
… and finally together, forever …
"Ow, that's nice, what a great news" pft. What a fake statement.
"Well, Ruka and I have decided that you'll become his groomsmen since you're his best friend anyways" she smiled a smile so sweet, happy yet… fake?
"I'm really hoping to see you there buddy. Well, we better get going"
"Bye Natsume! See you SOON"
'Soon, what did that mean? Soon you'll leave my grasp and my sight'
'Soon… Is that the right word?'
And soon afterwards it was already the wedding day of Mikan and Ruka. Everything was wonderful and elegant. Everything was arranged. Everything was according to plan yet…
"Excuse me Ruka but we need to start already…" the wedding coordinator said.
"But Natsume's still not here yet. Let us wait for him. Five more minutes."
Somewhere…
Time was ticking, time was passing by, and time was slowly drifting.
There was a guy over some trees, wearing a tuxedo that said guy has a sad look on his face and a gloomy aura.
"Maybe this time, they're already happy and peacefully together" he was talking to no one in particular or maybe the wind?
He felt a deep regret within his heart. He felt awful, sad, and miserable and he knew that something or rather someone in particular is missing in his life now.
At the said Church where the glamorous wedding is being held…
"I'm sorry, but we need to start already and most importantly the bride is already there, we need to start even without him."
"Well, I guess I have no other choice, let us begin."
And on cue the pianist lead the song and everyone stared at the angelic beauty cloaked with white.
She was walking slowly and elegantly along the aisle. She is wearing a very stunning dress. She was smiling and crying… at the same time? But why?
Then suddenly in the middle of everything…
"Mikan! Mikan!" the crowd gathered.
Almost a year has flown by so fast.
He was already packing his stuff while clutching a letter envelope. He glanced around for the last time then he closed the door gently. He rode the taxi then left towards the airport.
He was already in the airport's terminal and it seems like he was spacing out. He was lost deep within his thoughts.
'Will I ever find another person like you AGAIN?'
While he was walking along the terminal *bam*…
"Oh, I'm so sorry, I… I was just thinking about something… I didn't notice"
"Well, it's okay… Ruka?"
"Natsume?"
"It has been a long time how've you been?"
"Well, I've been doing fine. How about you?"
"Well, fine of course" he noticed that there was no brunette girl beside him, he did not dare ask t for he doesn't want to get hurt again nor maybe hurt his very own best friend.
"You've changed a lot Ruka, you became thin. So where are you heading?"
"Well, diet, I guess… You've changed a lot too, you seem rather friendly rather than the past. Well I'm going to the Philippines."
"The Philippines? Why go there?"
"Well, I've decided to study there about a lot of thing I haven't learned here and maybe I might find there what I've been looking for. So where are you heading?"
"Well, I'm not heading anywhere, I actually work here, and I'm an officer here"
"Oh, that explains it. It has been a while, and who have thought that we'll meet here in most places."
"Yeah, it is really unexpected."
"Well, I better get going Natsume, or I my airplane might leave me here, see you around sometimes."
"Okay, bye then Ruka"
"Oh wait Natsume, I forgot to give you this" he handed him the envelope. He stared at it for a while.
"Ruka what…" he didn't finish his sentence because he was nowhere to be found already.
He kept the envelope securely inside the pocket of his tuxedo and decided to head to his office to read the letter there.
He opened the envelope and found two letters inside it. The one was plain white and the other one was rather girly?
He then decided to read the white one first.
Natsume,
When you have read this letter I might have been far away already. I'm so lucky that we have met again and maybe it was the most unexpected place to be. I've always known how much you have loved Mikan dearly, I've always known how hurt you were, and I'm sorry. Right now you might be wondering why I wasn't with Mikan while we met, when you knew that Mikan and I never parted, then again I want to say sorry. I'm so sorry I couldn't save her. I was too late Natsume, I was so afraid. I went to the Philippines not only to study but also to forget her for a while or maybe for forever. I cannot hide the fact that she has loved you so dearly and wholeheartedly, maybe she has loved you more than she can love me. You've always won her heart Natsume, you've always own her, but it was something that I cannot do, it was her decision. It was against me of course, but it was her final wish to me and I cannot do anything. I'm so sorry Natsume, I'm sorry for keeping a lot of secret from you. I knew that a lot changed in your life. And I also did expect that you would not come on our wedding day and maybe it was really a wise decision because you might get hurt even more. I'm really sorry Natsume. Deep within my heart I truly regret the past that happened but even I cannot blame Mikan. I do hope that we'll meet again, and I'm sure about it. Till then…
Ruka
'What is Ruka talking about? I'm getting a lot more confused. I won her heart already. But why did Mikan did this? Why did she…' his thoughts were confused then he remembered the other letter inside the envelope 'could this mean that this letter was written by Mikan' he was excited to read the letter but still he feels that he doesn't want to do it. But he doesn't have any other choice but to do it.
He gently unfold the letter.
To my beloved Natsume,
Hi Natsume! It has been a while. How've you been? Haha! I don't know why I did ask you that, because I'm certain that I'll never know your answer. Well if you'll ask me on how I've been I'm certainly lying if I'll tell you I'm fine. You know how much of a big fat liar I have been and I hate myself for that. I've tried to forget that I love you, I tried to forget that you were my missing piece. I hated myself so much. I don't know why I even did love you even if you don't notice my love for you. Even thou you didn't love me, I'm here loving you forever. Why do I even love you even thou I knew that you love someone. I don't know why I love you that much. I don't know how long I'll resist the pain. Maybe I did love you because you are unique. I tried to forget you but every time I failed. Then one day I discovered that you love me through Ruka. On that day I became the happiest person on earth, and then on that same day I also did knew that I was already dying. I need to make my decision to either to continue my love for you or to hurt you because I might leave you all alone. I talked to Ruka to help me forget about you, every time I saw you looking at us, I hint the hurt that was visible in your eyes, and I felt really hurt. I thought Ruka could help me forget about you but it never really worked out. Remember our prom? When we were crowned as the prom queen and king I was really anticipating it and I was so glad about the result. Remember that I told you I love you as a friend? That was a fraud, I love you more than friend, I love you for who you are, I felt relieved when you told me that I felt so happy yet I'm still not contented I'm still yearning for you. Then we decided to get married, it was against the both of us but I have no other choice 'cause I'm already dying. I knew that you're so hurt when we told you about that, I saw that in your eyes. So here I am writing and a few days it will be our wedding day, I don't want to have any regrets but I can't help it. I love you so much Natsume and it also hurts a lot. I'm so sorry. I just want to say goodbye, so long Natsume, so long.
Mikan
Natsume was so shock to read those letters. He didn't even bother to move. He was however either hurt or plainly just struck. 'So she did love me after all but it was to late…'
The letters kept flashing on his mind, he kept wondering and asking himself.
Then one day he received an e-mail from his best friend.
Hi Natsume!
I've already reached the Philippines and we have a vacation next month so I'll be returning back there. I'll meet you at the airport. Let's have some chat.
Ruka
"Proper timing.. I'll be waiting for your Ruka. I'll be waiting for your explanation."
And the day came when Ruka returned to Japan. And he did meet with Natsume. They dined inside some fancy restaurants.
"So how have you been Natsume?"
"Fine and you?"
"I'm fine" a few moments of silence engulfed them.
"Uhm… Natsume, I need to tell you something"
"I've been waiting for it Ruka, for a long while since you have given me those letters"
"I know how much confused you were, well first I want to tell you I'm sorry"
He didn't reply.
"Mikan actually passed away months and months ago"
That caught him off guard. "What?"
"She died, she died while walking along the aisle, and she died before we were even married"
"I thought…"
"That's why at the same time I was also glad that you didn't came there 'because I knew that you'll be hurt"
Natsume was left there staring at his drink.
"I couldn't save her Natsume. It was so late that time. I couldn't protect her for you"
"It was not your fault Ruka and either ways I'd still feel the same way"
'I cannot hide the fact that life could've been better with you in it. But I guess your decision was for me after all. I love you Mikan and I'll always will'
Finished!.. Well, how was it?. Was it sooooo boring? I was somewhat running out of ideas already. Well, hope ya'll review. Thanks a lot!...=]
This episode is dedicated to those who wanted a sequel, I hope I didn't disappoint you. Thanks a lot!
I hope you do read my other one-shot, "What matters most" (.net/s/4765063/1/What_Matters_Most), I would really appreciate it!.. And please read my other fictions particularly "Capture my stolen heart"(.net/s/4261423/1/Capture_My_Stolen_Heart)
Lave ya'll!
- snowqueen1205
