Chapter 2
I don't know what happened, why everything end up like a mess? Why am I hurting so much? Why did this happen? Everything was perfect, magical and special but now all I can see was the darkness that was left behind.
I am now here sitting alone in the bench where we used to stay together, in here we talked about our future, in here we felt peace. We used to be two who is sitting here, laughing and smiling to each other but why it is now I'm all alone, crying…
Why did you left me behind? We haven't even reached the future we wanted… Why did you leave me behind?
Now I'm all alone…..
Who is saying this?
Who was left behind?
Who left?
What is the reason?
It was already six in the evening when we decided to stop our 'getting-to-know-each-other' with the guys we have just met earlier. It was fun talking to them, they were so funny and we had a great time because they have these wonderful stories they have experienced whether it was about school or not. I easily got closed with Tono and Tsubasa, though both of them were teasing me about my height, I don't care anymore I'm used to it, but what I don't get was why is my height a big deal? I'm a five foot age sixteen of course my height is appropriate with my age! Sumire usually talks with this Koko guy who is actually the one acting as the clown. Well it was good that we made friends already right?
"Hi Mom." After leaving the guys we went to our room and decided to clean ourselves first before we eat. So I decided to call my mom to inform her that I'm doing fine.
"mikan!" I heard her sigh heavily "Why are you only calling me now?" She asked me angrily
"Well mom… Just got overwhelmed by the place." I laugh nervously. I was debating to myself if I will tell her about the guys we've just met or not. And I ended up with the latter
"You better not do this again!" she said and I heard my father's voice saying "She's sixteen honey, she's not a baby anymore." And I smile
"Dad's right! I'm not a baby anymore." And I heard her sigh again.
"Just be careful, okay?" And I nod though I know she won't see it "be careful okay? Love you and NO Boys!" with that she hung up and I can feel my conscience eating me up.
"It's not like I'll do something irresponsible." I told to myself and I lay on my bed with Hotaru in it. We are waiting for Nobara who is really taking too long in the bathroom because she was having a make-up time with Misaki and Sumire inside.
I look at Hotaru who was texting seriously and I smile.
"Who's that?" I ask and she looks at me.
"Ruka." She said and I smile. OMG is this romance? "it's not what you think idiot." She rolled her eyes and I smile bigger
"Defensive, are we?" I said and she throws a pillow at me and I laugh "You give him your number?" I ask and she nod.
"For 10 dollars… why not?" she said with a smile and I raised my brow
"He gave you money in exchange for your number?" She nod and showed me a 10 dollar bill
"You are so mean." I said and she smile
"Just business Mikan." She said then look at her phone "Oh well would you look at that…"
"Why? What?" I ask because she has a big grin on her face
"I guess I'll have more than 10 dollars." She said and patted my head "Good Girl." I groan then put her hands away from my head then fix my hair.
"I'm not a dog!" I glared and she just smile big "What now?" I ask
" This is a secret business between me and him." She said proudly which made me think. Business? Between him and her?
"OH MY GOSH!" I gaped as I put my hand on my mouth. "You can't…" I saw her look at me as if I'm a crazy person "…I mean you're sixteen… and you've just met him… and it's too early… and you can't sell yourself just because of money…" I said as I turn around I can feel the pain in my heart, why does my best friend thinks like that? How could she?
"Oh my God!" Anna joined the conversation "Hotaru you can't." She said as she also put a hand on her mouth
"How can you…" Nonoko said but was interrupt by Hotaru by throwing another pillow at us.
"Who said I'll do that!" She shouted then I looked at her
"You won't sell your body to him?" I ask and she rolled her eyes
"HELL NO!" She shouted as she stands up then went to the mirror. "you guys are naturally green minded." She looked at us then Wink at me "It's another business… Thanks to you Mikan." She said and I raised my brow.
"What about me?" I ask but she ignored me.
"Let's go." I heard Misaki said as soon as she stepped out of the Cr who was followed by Nobara and Sumire. I looked at them carefully then I looked at Nonoko, Anna then Hotaru then I ran to the mirror which made them look at me curiously.
"What's the problem?" Sumire ask
"Are we going somewhere special?" I ask then they look at each other before they answer
"No… why?" Nobara answered. Then I looked at her again
"Well you guys look as if we are going somewhere special, you all prepare yourself you look dazzling while I look…"
"Plain?" Hotaru finished and I nod "It's not new Mikan." She said and they all laugh. I groan but then smile and told them
"Being simple is equivalent to being beautiful." I said proudly
"Oh Shut UP!" They said in unison and I glare at them.
We enter the restaurant that we usually eat when we go here, we seat to the same seats it's just like before, nothing's change except that we are older. The boys had their dinner in the different restaurant, Nobara said the boys invited us to have dinner with them but she declined because she wants us to spend time alone saying that the main reason we are here is because we want to be together.
"The Academy was actually owned by Natsume's dad." Nobara informed. We were talking about the Academy that will soon be our new school.
"So that Natsume guy was really rich?" Sumire ask
"Tono said he is. His dad was actually one of the richest business men ever. His dad has different company, they own cars, and the largest hotel was theirs, from what I know the Academy was built by their grandfather and was given by the father and grandchild as a gift." She finished as she sip the orange juice she have.
"A gift? Who the hell built a school then give it as a gift?" I said furiously. How is that possible?
"The Grandfather of Natsume." Anna answered my question and I just glare at her
"Well he is damn rich." Misaki said and we all nod
"Thanks to him we were able to enter that Academy easily… From what I heard it is really hard to enter that Academy." Hotaru said
"yeah thanks to him." I said "Without any backup I bet I won't be able to enter that Academy… my mom and dad were so shocked when they learned I was able to pass the entrance test in that Academy." I said with a laugh and they followed.
"Well …I was thinking about it but does he have a girlfriend?" Sumire ask with a grin "Since I'm single… maybe we can…" She laugh with that matching flirty giggle.
"He won't like you." Hotaru said with a smirk "I think… he prefers simple girls." She said with a smirk
"I guess he prefers me than you guys… I'm simple by the way…" I joked but that didn't made them laugh instead they look at me with wide eyes.
"You like him?" they said in chorus which made me blink.
"Well he is handsome…" I was stopped when Sumire pointed a finger at me.
"He's mine! Don't you dare!" She said seriously then laugh
"He's all yours madam." I said "I have a boyfriend anyway." I said proudly but that made them say different things which made me glare at them "what?"
"Dream On girl!" Nonoko said and I pout.
"You can't reach that guy… You're here and he's here." Sumire said with her one hand above the other. "He's Lee Mi Ho and you're just Mikan."
"He's Scotty McCreery and you're just Mikan." Misaki said
"He's Cha Dae Woong from Gumiho and you're just Mikan." Hotaru said
"He's Justin Bieber and you're just Mikan." Anna said but that made my eyes wide.
"I am so not dreaming about Justin Bieber!" I said and then I put my hands on my chin "But he is so cute!" I said and they all throw me a tissue.
We continue our conversation when suddenly my phone vibrated, thinking it was my mom I look at it but it shocked me when it's not my mom and it's an unknown number. I looked at it and this is what it says:
'Mikan Sakura.' I looked at it first then I decided not to reply. Minutes later my phone vibrated again and I look at it
'It seems like you're enjoying having dinner while talking to your friends…" I look around and search for someone who I don't even know. When I couldn't find any I took my phone and texted
'Who are u?' I ask. Oh My Gosh how did this person know I'm with my friends and having dinner? Is someone stalking me then kill me later? OMG. My phone vibrated again
'Someone' he replied and I hold tight to my phone. I wanted to tell it to everybody but I decided no too because they might get scared and it will only ruin this night. I put my phone at my bag and decided to put it on a silent mode. Whoever this person is I hope he'll choke
HOTARU
'Can you give me her number?' Ruka texted me and say he wanted to get Mikan's number, I got curious on the reason why he wanted her number so I texted him
'You like her?' I ask after seconds he replied again
'NO!' He said. I was about to text him when Mikan the idiot ask me who was the person I'm busy texting with, and I simply reply his name
"Ruka." I said and she has this big smile on her face which made me curse and tell her it's not like what she thinks it is, and she just laugh saying I'm being so defensive.
'Then why do you want her number?' I replied to Ruka
'My friend wants it… Please …?' I look at Mikan and she was blabbing…blabbing.. and blabbing.
'Who?' I ask and he replied faster
'Natsume… Come on, please he wants it.' he said
'why me? Why can't you just ask her number to others?' I ask. Hey it's a big deal to give the number of this idiot. What if those guys intend to do something, right? We've just met them earlier it's not that fast to trust somebody.
'Because we know you can keep it a secret… just give us …please?" I look at the idiot and was thinking about it when he texted me again
'He said he can give you 3o dollars in exchange of her number.' He said and my eyes suddenly saw fireworks.
'5o dollars. Deal or no deal' I said with a grin, I was thinking that he will say 'no deal' since it's a big money in exchange of just a number, right? but what shocked me most was he said 'Deal!'. I have no choice then, I gave him her number and I'll have my 50 dollars by tomorrow, now I can buy some souvenirs. Sorry Mikan… Money is a need, it's just a number anyway. Natsume Hyuuga, what are you planning? He looks so hard to understand… but anyway what can happen between them anyway right? This idiot and that guy, Nah! I'm just thinking too much. Maybe he just wants to befriend this girl. Idiot really attracts another idiot.
We were now having our dinner we talked about the Alice Academy, the Natsume Hyuuga, no wonder he can easily give 50 dollars, he's bloody rich, then we talked about Mikan's imaginary boyfriend, the tattoo on Tsubasa's eyes, and how funny that koko guy was.
We were now in our new topic which is our exes, well Mikan is an exception she never had a boyfriend.
"It's so unfair! How come I never had a boyfriend! No one even dare to court me!" She exclaimed as she put her head on the table. She's hopeless
"Well maybe because it's not yet time. Maybe you're still a baby to experience those things." Misaki said which made Mikan gaped.
"Baby? You call me, a sixteen year old grown up, a baby? How could you Misaki. I'm not a baby anymore." She pouted and it makes me laugh. She's Miserable.
"Well maybe the guys see you as a baby…" Sumire was interrupted by Mikan
"Maybe I'm just too ugly, and fat, and no curves and…. And.. and maybe I'm a baby." She cried and we all laugh.
"Come on Mikan you're pulling yourself down." Nobara said. Mikan is not ugly maybe you can say her looks are normal and plain just like us, she's not fat but she is a little bit chubby having this baby fats, and about being a baby, well she acts like a baby but she is tough and always determined.
"I'm sure there's a perfect guy for you. Look at Hotaru and Hayate." Anna said as she comforted Mikan.
"yeah you guys are right, all I have to do is to wait,. There's perfect time, and a perfect guy for me. All I have to do is wait. But what's taking so long? You had a boyfriend; you became single while me... I'm still single." She said dramatically, I groan then poke her.
"look at the bright side though, it's a good thing you don't have a boyfriend can still choose the perfect guy for you, the guy who wouldn't cheat on you and leave you by saying the famous breakup phrase 'it's not you, it's me' at least when you pick that perfect guy he'll always be your first and last. You can enjoy the first kiss, the first dance, the first date, all is first. So Mikan you don't have to hurry, time will come." Nonoko preach and that made us quiet.
"You are so right Nonoko, Thanks!" Mikan said with a big smile on her face
"Whoever that guy is, he is so lucky 'cause he'll be all first. So if he does something bad at you or to anyone else, we'll throw tables and chairs at him just like what you did to mine." She said as she bows her head. Nonoko has experienced a breakup with his ex just a week ago. She caught her boyfriend kissing her other friend and what hurts the most was when she let him choose between her and the other, he chose the other girl and leaves her alone.
"Oh Forget about that Bastard. HE's nothing but TROUBLE." Anna said
"And pain in the ass." I added and we all laugh.
"Well some relationships come to end right?" Misaki said as she sips her juice
"But Hotaru's seems like not to end." Mikan said
"2 years, is already hard to maintain." I said and they all nod.
"Well I love him and he loves me." I said with a smile.
We were talking about another topic when Ruka texted me.
'Where are u? What r u doing?' He asked and I replied to him that we were having dinner in a restaurant and talking with friends.
'Tell Mikan to reply.' He said and I ask him why?
'Natsume is texting her but she has only reply one then never reply again.' He explain and I look at Mikan and she looks scared. So I text him
'Does she know who he is?' I ask and he said Natsume hasn't introduce himself yet.
'Stupid! Tell him to introduce himself.' I said and he said 'Okay Thanks'
I look at mikan and then she look at me she smile at me, though I know there was something bothering her.
"Yes?" She asked
"Did someone text you?" I ask and she nod
"How did you know?" She asked again
"Cause I give your number to that guy who was texting you." I explain and she gaped
"What? Why? Who?" She asked and I know she feel relieved. "So you know this person… here I thought someone was stalking me and was trying to scare me then kill me." She said as she sighs
"In exchange of 50 Dollars I gave your number.. Natsume Hyuuga." I whispered
"50 dollars? Natsume Hyuuga… Wow ain't I a beauty… just to have my number he gave a 50 dollars."She joked and I rolled my eyes.
"Reply to him and say you were sorry and you're just a paranoid."I ordered and she just shook her head
"I don't want to. What will I say? I'm not good at having conversation especially with guys." She said panicking.
"Shut up Mikan! Just reply to him." I said
"No."
"Yes."
"NO!" She argued and I rub my temple
"If you don't… I'll tell aunty you broke the vase that her best friend gave her." She look at me with that murderous eyes.
"No you won't." She said and I just grin.
"I can Mikan." She curse and said
"fine." then she sip her juice but I'm still looking at her "What?" she ask and I pointed at her phone "What?" She ask me again, I pick her phone and then give it to her
"Text him." I said
"What will I say?" She asked
"I don't know Mikan. Maybe say Fuck you." I said and she just groan
NATSUME
"I won't Ruka." I said to my best friend
"Yes you will, it's a deal Natsume." Ruka said as he put a hand on my shoulder. "You will."
"I will…" I started and Ruka sigh as a sign of relief "…if Mikan Sakura reply to me. If she didn't, then forget about the 50 dollars and the number." With that Ruka's eyes widen.
"Natsume! What will hotaru think of us? Dude, we agreed so we better give her the money, and you will give me that girl's number." He said furiously
"What money? What number?" I said pretending I don't know anything.
"The money you promised in exchange of Mikan Sakura's number and the number of the hot girl we met at the beach last week, Come on dude!" He pleaded and I shook my head and he cursed, pick his phone, he may or my not be texting Hotaru. After some minutes , he came back.
"You like her?" he ask and I laugh, what a question.
"No." You can't like a person whom you've just met few hours ago.
"Then why are you so serious about her?" He ask again
"Who said I was serious?" I said "I just want to know her."
"You want to know her? You can just ask Tono or if you want you can confront her then ask her name, what's her favorite color, food, subject…"HE keeps on blabbing and I throw a pillow at him
"Shut up Ruka." I ordered
"Then be serious." He said and I sigh. What's the big deal? I just wanted to know her that's all.
"I just want to know a lot of things about her, and I wanted to ask her my own and I wanted her to answer me on her own. That simple." I said
"Why her? Why not everybody else?" he ask
"Because I want her?" I said sounding like a question.
"So you like her!" he said with a big smile and a pointing hand at me. "Whoa! Our Natsume Hyuuga likes a girl… and he's serious!" he shouted and I curse
"I told you I'm not. I'm just curious… you can't like a girl that easily." I said and he punch me lightly
"There's what you call Love at first sight." He said as he shouted "HE's in love! For the first time! After 17 years of his life here on earth he finally found a girl!" He continuously shouted and I just throw him my shoes and leave him there.
I went out to take some walk as I wait for that Mikan Sakura to reply, I don't like her that's a fact, but as soon as I saw her there was something, like there's a thread to both of us and by looking at her I want to know her, I've never experienced that before, it's just her, so that made me really curious, what's with her? I was deep in thought when my phone vibrated, I look at it and as soon as I saw the name I have this boyish grin in my face, I read on it
'Hey BIG BRO just went home after going to mall w/ friends… how were you? Are you having fun?" the text says and I replied
''Fine. Good your safe. Anything you want?" I simply said and after minutes she replied back
"Anything is fine, How's Ruka?" She replied and I didn't replied back and I put my phone on my pocket. That was my sister and once she ask me about Ruka it will be a long night since she will ask me a lot of question about Ruka. Yes, she has a crush on my friend! It's not that I don't like Ruka for my sister it's just that she is too young to talk about boys, and goodness Ruka likes someone already. My phone vibrated again.
'Brother did something happen to Ruka? Does he like someone?' she texted me again. I was about to reply when suddenly my phone vibrated again and I saw there's one new message and it was from Mikan Sakura, I hurriedly open it and says
'Hey… Natsume?' she said and I smile big as if I've won a lottery
'Hey!' I replied back
'Sorry about earlier… Err.. I got scared haha' she said and I laugh. So she got scared at me that's why she didn't replied back.
"that's okay. I was really creepy aren't I?' I was bout to send it when someone patted my back and made me look at that person. And as I look back, I was welcomed by those beautiful big brown eyes.
MIKAN
After eating we decided to go to our room but instead of going there I decided to excuse myself to take a walk and breath a fresh air, but before I go Hotaru whispered to me something
"Reply to him! If he didn't give me 50 dollars I'll tell aunty." She blackmailed me and I just laugh nervously.
After walking for minutes I decided to text him and soon enough he replied back and by his replied I can feel my heart beat fast
'Hey!' he said. Hey! Just Hey! Yet my heart beat fast what's with that?
I was texting him when I saw a figure that looks exactly like Natsume so I went there and patted his back and he turn around and his eyes met mine with that I can now understand why my heart beat fast.
Can you have a crush with a person that you've just met?
YO Chapter 2 finally here!
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