She buried her head on the fluffy pillows at the room that the guy giving.
"Because his grandfather will only give him the ownership of their company if he agrees to marry the girl that has been decided by his grandfather."
"Because the boy doesn't want to marry the girl, he searches her first and make a deal with her."
"The deal is for her to be his fake fiancee, then soon to be wife after they've reached the appropriate ages to wed. Then, after he takes over the company. They'll get divorce."
"The girl is the granddaughter of his grandfather's friend, Sakura family."
"Which is Sakura Mikan."
"..."
"ARRRGGHHH! This is bullshit, man!" she throws the pillow as hard as it could go. Suddenly the door opens, revealing a certain raven haired man.
"Talk about devil and they shall appear" she rolls her eyes and fix her cross-legged sitting "What do you want?"
"Since I don't have any schedule today. How about a little talk to get to know each other" he smirks
"Since I'm boring too" she gives him a tooty smile.
|Hotaruyuzuka|
"So, you are Natsume Hyuuga, the next generation of Hyuuga Corporation owner. No wonder you got all this awesome things."
"And you are, an ugly duckling, Sakura Mikan, who is very lucky to be his fiancee." He says while laying at her bed, feels relaxed.
"Who says lucky? And correction, it's fake fiancee, dude. I'm not a gay, I'm telling you."
"So what are you? A lesbian?" she's getting on his nerve again with her joke.
"Nope. I don't like both." She confess.
"Are you abnormal?"
She laughs out loud "Dude, you haven't realized it?" and she laughs harder.
"That's not funny. And quit calling me 'Dude' because I hate it."
"Why, dude?" she tooty-smiles at him again.
"That's annoying, polkadotted"
The next second, she punches him hard on the arm "You really are a gay, man" she notices that the pants she's wearing now is tightening and making her underware revealed.
"Consider yourself as an over-weight woman" he hisses while rubbing his sore arm.
"Nah, that's my strength" she tooty-smiles once again. She really loves to do it, huh? he thought.
"Now, to the main topic" she suddenly talks "Don't you have any girlfriend? Looking at your wealth and figure, you should at least have one now."
"Figure? Are you fall for me, polka?" he smirks.
"Not a chance" she rolls her eyes.
"..."
"So, don't you have any girlfriend?"
"I have."
"How many?"
"You got my word, huh?"
"Oh, c'mon."
"Unlimited"
"Seriously, man"
"I got one before this. But I broke her up when I heard the old man deal."
"So then you make a deal with me.A deal in a deal. Terrific."
"Don't you have any scare nerve within you?" he asks doubtfully.
"Of course I have. Why are you curious?" she stares at him.
"No, you're just... weird" he gets up from the bed "Ah, by the way, your teacher will come tomorrow. Don't wake up late"
She groans "Teacher? For what?"
"To fix the ill-mannered girl like you and it's great since she'll also teach you about school subjects and you'll get certificate just like after high school graduation, without going to school. Don't worry, she's a great teacher from Alice Academy." He ends his words with with that place. Alice Academy. Who doesn't know that prestigious school? And now you can hire one of their best teacher to your own house. All thanks to the wealth of Hyuuga Corporation.
"Thanks for the attention, dude" she says sarcastically before he stepped out the room.
|Hotaruyuzuka|
She tries not to make any more noise, but the utensils is not her best friend.
"Stop it" he says in annoyance.
"Sorry, but I can't"
"..."
A long silence before she speaks "Were you living here alone?"
"Don't forget the driver, bodyguard, and three maids."
"That's...Geez, I mean friends, Natsume"
"I don't need"
"What a stubborn guy indeed."
"..."
Suddenly, an idea popped outta her mind "Hey, how about making me as your friend. How does it sound?"
"Sounds creepy."
She almost throws the fork to him before a certain eggplant haired girl appeared. She has short hair, but Mikan could sense the graceful and strict aura from her."
"I'm Hotaru Imai, your manner teacher. I presume you are Mikan Sakura, correct?" She nods.
"Hurry finish your breakfast and follow me." She turns her body and walks away, making Mikan gulps her glass of water in hurry.
|Hotaruyuzuka|
"First is walk. Eventhough you think it's unimportant, but from the way you walk, other people can judge, wether you're polite or rude." She gulps again.
"That's funny to see a fatty like you feels anxious"
"Miss Hotaru, what is this guy doing here?" she says in sarcasm.
"I want to make sure that you won't damage your body" his smirk gets wider
"Oh, no need." She also smirks now "You care about me so much, ne, Natsume?"
His smirk turns to a frown and she finds it amusing.
"How about making a bet." He says "If Imai says you are good, I'll treat you. But if don't, you'll do anything I ask you."
"Make me" she challenges him "But I don't want to be treatened, If I win instead, I can ask you to do anything."
"Let see, polka." He turns away with a wide smirk.
|Hotaruyuzuka|
"So, how is my progress?" she asks between panting.
"You can follow my order well, but It's still not good enough" and her head falls hard to the wooden table.
"We'll continue tomorrow" and she walks out the room.
Outside, a guy leans on the wall with a giant smirk
"It's not that she's bad" the woman says after closing the door.
"You sure are not good with compliment, Imai"
"She has talent."
"Who knows. But at least, I win"
"You're not usually this childish, Hyuuga"
"Who cares. I enjoy it, though" as he enters the room.
|Hotaruyuzuka|
"So, how is it going?" he can't help but smirk.
"I'll win next time for sure!"
"But I've won this time"
She groans "What do you want, just spill it out."
"I don't have anything to ask you now. How about making it as one of your debt?"
"What? You, bastard" she hisses
"Whoa, you haven't learnt about talk manner, huh?"
"Shut up."
|Hotaruyuzuka|
Everyday of her lesson, she never win a single time. And it's a month already. Oh, have I told you about the diet schedule Hotaru gave to Mikan?
"You should follow this schedule. If you want to looks beautiful on the party that will be held by Hyuuga." She said.
She wanted to reject, but Hotaru's dark aura was leaking out. She sure knows how to keep alive.
|Hotaruyuzuka|
"Poor fatty. You're on diet, huh?" Natsume's mocking voice can be heard from the door.
"Can't you knock first before walked into the girl's bedroom"
"You said you aren't"
"Yeah, right" she rolls her eyes "Maybe you'll turn me into one of the bitches after the manner class you gave me."
"That's your species." He chuckles
"Whatever" she sighs.
"Don't you feel hungry?"
"Nope."
"For a fat person, you eat less, huh?"
"I don't eat much, that evil aunt of mine gave me all the junk they had on the house. How can't you get fat after that?"
"Like Mc'Donalds?"
"Worse. It's like a bunch of pig fat"
"Must be gross" he answers with plain emotion as usual.
"Do you have a problem, dude? You answer every sentences I made."
"Yea."
She gets up "How about touring the town. How does it sound, dude?"
"I told you not to call me 'Dude'" he gets up also "But, seems the touring idea is not that bad."
She gives him her appealing tooty-smile "Let's go then!"
|Hotaruyuzuka|
They've touring the town successfully and they end up at the swings with a can of warm coffee.
"Are you satisfied"
"A little"
"Hey! Can't you at least thank me or something?"
"In your dream, fatty"
"I've lost weight a little in this month. Hotaru said that I shouldn't lose a lot of weights in a quick time. That's not good."
"Is that okay for your diet?" he points at the coffee can.
"She said it's okay to have snack once in a while." She finishes it before him "Let's go home. What time is it?"
"9 P.M"
"Holy shit! Summer really make you forget time!"
"It's almost fall, stupid. It's almost September. Don't you chills or something?"
"A little, but that's okay." Both of them get up, but suddenly, at the way home Natsume's bumped into someone. Actually, that someone was bumped into Natsume.
"Natsume!"
"Hi, Ruka"
"What a surprise to meet you here, Natsume. Who's with you?"
"A friend of mine"
"Yeah, I'm Mikan Sakura. It's nice to meet you..umm... Ruka?"
"Yes, I'm Ruka Nogi, Natsume's childhood friend. I'm just getting back from France after two years." Mikan smiles for the reply "It's rare for him to have friend, especially with girl."
She laughes nervously. Without him telling her, she knows that the deal they made shouldn't go public "You're right. I have a hard time to befriend with him anyway, but I guess it won't happen to you"
"People say I'm friendly enough to have friend, unlike someone here." His chuckles followed by her.
|Hotaruyuzuka|
Something is wrong with him. Really wrong. He feels weird inside and it's controlling him more than his mind. He urges to stop Mikan talking to Ruka, to another man.
"Enough with the talk. It's late enough." He suddenly blurt out.
"Ah, you're right. It's nice to talk to you, Mikan."
"You too, Ruka"
"Ah, I was planning to call you, telling that I'll be visiting tomorrow. But with this sudden meeting I guess It's unnecessary" He says to Natsume while smiling.
"Then, we'll be going. Let's go." He holds her arm then walk away.
"Let's race to the mansion. Shall we, my dear fiancee?" He purposely says a little louder for Ruka to hear. Before Mikan could see his smirk, he's already leaving her dumbfounded with wide eyes.
"W-wait!"
Little did they know, the Ruka with wide eyes before, turns with a wider smile than Natsume.
|Hotaruyuzuka|
"What is that for, bastard?"
"Watch your mouth, girl" he's speeding up when Mikan chases after him with annoyance.
"You do that on purpose, right?"
"Do what?"
"Calling me'Fiancee'!"
"You call me 'Dude' first"
"But that's normal for crying out loud! You're just abnormal!"
"..." He doesn't reply, just smirking while they've arrived at the mansion.
"Slow down, jerk!"
"That's girl insulting word, dear"
"I don't—" before the word finished, a loud thud can be heard. Natsume turns his head in a second and sees a laying body.
He runs toward her fast "What's happened to you?" but she only replies with painful moan. He sat her up to check her. Thank goodness she wears long sleeve shirt and long baggy pants or else, it would have been injured badly because he sees it ripped because of the falling.
"Y-you run too fast. I can't catch up." She manages to say it without crying in pain. His eyes widened to see her cheek bruises and bleed. Without thinking, he carries her then runs to the bedroom.
"I'll clean it first." He takes the cotton
"O-ouch! You poke too hard, damn it."
"Be quiet!" he shouts with seriousness carved all over his face, but he's still treated her softer. Looking at him, she can only seal her mouth.
|Hotaruyuzuka|
"Next time don't run too fast. I'm not mastering it."
"Yeah." He says while giving back the first aid kit to the maid.
She yawns "I guess I'll be heading back to my room. Good night, dude." And the next thing happen is the click of closing door can be heard.
"I told you not to call me 'Dude'" he whispers to himself.
|Hotaruyuzuka|
"What's happened to you?"
"Last night, I had a race with Natsume. Unfortunately, I lost my balance and fell." She tells the story like it's nothing.
"I hope that won't distract your attention from my lesson, Mikan"
Suddenly a rush can be heard outside the room.
Curious, Mikan walks to open the door "What's going on?"
"Young Master is asked by the Master to fly to his place as soon as possible and so he ordered us to pack his thing fast."
"Miss Hotaru, may I excuse myself for a moment."
"...Sure."
|Hotaruyuzuka|
"You're going?" she says between the panting she made for searching Natsume.
"The old man order. Everything for the ownership" he answers while packing his documents.
"How long?"
"Until winter."
"What? You'll gonna leave me alone in this huge mansion of yours alone? I don't think so, dude."
"Oh, I think that's okay since you play the role as my fiancee now. Aren't you happy?"
"Still, It's not my house."
He turns his sight toward her "You really are weird." Then walks away "I'll be back soon." He hides his little smile from her.
"But!" she grabs his shirt "You'll leave me longer than when we're together."
"Spoiled, aren't we?" he smirks "Are you scared?"
"..." she lets go of her grip "Come back safely, dude" in the end, she tooty-smiles him. He smirks again then ruffles her hair.
"Are you really a boy? You make me feel abnormal." He whispers without anyone notices as his plane takes off.
|To Be Continued..|