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Chapter 2

I sucked at Science. Like seriously, totally sucked. I had never passed a single Science test in my entire life, and I'm not even exaggerating.

"Mikan, I heard from Mr. Ueda that you scored 2/100 for your most recent Chemistry test?" That was what my father greeted me with when I picked up my phone. Honestly, not 'hi' or 'hello' or 'how are you'.

"I'm really good, thanks," I said sarcastically.

"Mikan." The hint of threat in his voice shut me up.

"Well, I got 3.5/100 for Physics," I said defensively.

"This is it," my father replied after a long silence. "I'm sick of your Science grades, do you get it? I'm getting you a new tutor. Now, he's only a few years older than you, but he is extremely good in Science. He topped his whole school for Science. He is also the son of my friend, who wants him to make good use of his time since he has graduated, not just fool around. Do you understand? He's coming in today, instead of Mr. Ueda."

I wanted to retort that I did not have any wish to become a scientist in the future, so why the hell I should be good in Science was a mystery. I mean, who would want crazy, literally smoking green hair and dangerous chemicals exploding in your face? Not me. But I held my tongue. Anyway, I was glad to be rid of Mr. Ueda. He was such a pain in the butt.

"Fine, bye." My eyes traveled to my iPhone, whose screen was lit up. I slammed down the phone and picked up my cellphone. It was a notification from Facebook. I rolled my eyes; it didn't take a genius to figure out who it was.

Natsume Hyuuga Is my sexiness so distracting that you're avoiding me now?

I couldn't help; a gurgle of laughter escaped my mouth. This guy was such a dork.

Mikan Sakura Pfft, aren't you narcissistic? :P

Natsume Hyuuga Wow, you actually know such a long word.

My lips curled as I punched in my reply.

Mikan Sakura Hey, my language is pretty good, so there! XD

Just then, a loud gong sounded. I winced. My doorbell was pretty conspicuous (there, another big word. Take that, Natsume Hyuuga!)

"Miss Mikan! It's your new tutor, Mr. Andou," my maid called out.

Groaning, I typed in a reply.

Mikan Sakura Sorry, gotta go. My Science tutor is here. :(

I made my way to the living room and crossed over to the dining table, where my new tutor had settled down. Various books were strewn on the glass tabletop, as well as assorted stationery. He was sitting with his skinny-jean clad legs propped up on the table, a Doraemon comic book covering his face. I scowled at his slipshod position.

"I'm Mikan," I announced loudly.

He removed the book from his face and sat up straighter, throwing me a grin. Wow, he looked different from what I'd expected. I had imagined a nerdy, geeky lad, maybe tall and lanky and wearing suspenders or something. But this guy was cool— way cool. He was dressed in a tight-ish black T-shirt that accentuated the hard planes of his chest, faded skinny jeans and tattered Converse sneakers. He had messy blue-black hair and eyes that were a few shades lighter than his hair. A black beanie hat was balanced on his head. He was pretty good-looking.

"Oh, Mikan, take a seat. Aren't you tired?" he grinned at me.

I raised an eyebrow. "Not really."

"Yeah? 'Cos you've been running in my mind all day!" the flirty guy winked at me.

The ghost of a blush stained my cheeks, but I held my head high and shot him the iciest glare I could manage. "Sorry, but your charm doesn't work on me. Now let's get down to business."

He stuck out his tongue and pulled his legs from the tabletop. Finally. Honestly, how a person like that could be the top in his school, I would never understand.

"Okay, okay. My name's Tsubasa Andou. You can call me Tsubasa. Mr. Andou makes me seem like a million years old." He shuddered slightly.

"Aren't you?" I pretended to be shocked, my eyes opening wide.

"Very funny." He rolled his cerulean eyes. "Anyway, apparently you're so bad at Science that you have to start from the basics, even though you're, what, sixteen?"

I nodded, trying to hide my blush behind a curtain of tawny hair. Did they have to make such a big deal of my awful Science grades?

He chucked me a stack of papers.

"Let's see how good you are at Chemistry, Bio and Physics first," he smirked a little. "I'll go through the questions with you later."

Suppressing a groan, I picked up a Uniball 0.38 gel pen and started with Biology. Oh my God. It was a diagram of the cross-section of a leaf and wanted me to label the parts. There were lumps of weird stuff wedged in between the upper part and lower part of the leaf. It reminded me of a sandwich. Mmm... I would die for a lovely ham and cheese sandwich right now...

"Mikan, concentrate." I looked up to see Tsubasa smirking at me, a Pocky stick in his mouth and a Blackberry in his hands. I rolled my eyes and returned my gaze to the paper. Oh, to hell with it.

a. Bread

b. Ham

c. Cheese

d. Lettuce

e. Bread

"Let me check your progress," Tsubasa said, pulling my paper to him. Shaking my head vigorously, I tugged my paper and hung on for dear life. He finally wrenched it out of my sweaty palms, glaring at me. He glanced down at my paper, and started coughing. He whacked his own chest.

"Sorry, I was so amazed that I choked," he said, his voice dripping with sarcasm. There was a hint of a grin on his lips though. "What the hell did you write? Are you so obsessed with... food?"

My cheeks burned. "I... I don't know the answers."

He shook his head, rolling his eyes and scribbled on the paper with a red pen. He passed it back to me and told me to continue.

a. Cuticle

b. Upper epidermis

c. Palisade mesophyll

d. Spongy mesophyll

e. Lower epidermis

Man, I hate Bio.

"Seriously, if you don't buck up, I'm going to give you twenty extra pages of homework!" Tsubasa ran a hand through his fringe. "And I'm gonna call your daddy."

"Go ahead." I raised my head and glared at him.

I kind of expected him to look scared and back off, but he grinned instead— a Cheshire cat-like grin. He leaned forward and put his face scarily close to mine. He lifted my chin with his finger and forced me to look at him. He came closer... and closer until I thought he was going to kiss me. My heart thudded like mad in my chest. Oh God... my first kiss was going to be... Suddenly, he plopped back down into his seat, like nothing happened, the grin still on his face.

"So... you gonna do your work, and make sure you do it properly this time round?" he smirked.

"Y-Yes," I gulped.

My phone suddenly vibrated in my pocket. Sneakily, I stole a glance at Tsubasa. He was engrossed in texting someone. I pulled out my phone and saw Natsume's PM from Facebook.

Natsume Hyuuga Heh, you bad in Science?

Mikan Sakura Yeah, yeah, are you any good in it?

His reply pinged back in a minute.

Natsume Hyuuga Not really. I got only second place for my overall Science grade this year. Pathetic.

I rolled my eyes and stifled another laughter.

Mikan Sakura Modest, aren't you? Anyway, I need your help. Pleaaaase? :(

Natsume Hyuuga I know. You should present me the Modestest Hottie in the World award already. What will you give me if I do?

Mikan Sakura Um, the Modestest Hottie in the World award?

Natsume Hyuuga Well... We'll see. Zap a picture of your paper to me.

Hastily, I took a picture of my paper, thanking God I put my phone on silent mode.

"Oh, it's my father calling. Let me take this call," I said in a fake, sweet voice. I lumbered into the kitchen before Tsubasa could say anything.

I posted the picture on Natsume's wall since the mobile app did not have the function of attaching a picture to a private message.

Natsume Hyuuga God. You can't do this? How old are you— five?

Mikan Sakura Close enough. Now shut up and give me the answers, quick!

Natsume Hyuuga Give me your number. It's quicker that way.

Hesitating, I typed my number in. It was okay... right? Natsume seemed an okay person, even though he was kind of narcissistic and irritating at times.

Unknown It's me. 1. Chloroplast 2. Cristae 3. Mitochondrion 4. False 5. It will die, as green light is reflected by green plants.

Wow. I hurried back to the table and copied the answers down onto my paper. Blinking innocently, I pushed it towards Tsubasa.

"Help me check?"

His eyes widened. "I knew you could do it! All correct for this page!" He beamed. "Continue!"

Mikan Sakura Thanks, you're a genius! :D

Natsume Hyuuga I know, I know. No need to remind me.

I sent him another picture of the second page sneakily, and he once again replied with a whole list of answer. Finally, I finished the Bio paper. Smug, I handed it to Tsubasa.

"rER stands for rented emergency room," he read. "Well d— Wait, what the hell?"

"What?" I wrinkled my brow, confused. That was what Natsume said... and wasn't he a genius at Science?

"The answer's rough endoplasmic reticulum!" Tsubasa exclaimed, flicking through my pages. "Calvin cycle- a cycle in which Calvin transforms from an egg to a human?"

He looked at me as though I'd just ripped off my clothes and hair and started dancing Gangnam Style in the middle of the road.

"Thirty pages of homework," he said sternly, his blue eyes crackling.

"Yes..." I whispered.

That Natsume Hyuuga... He was so going down. DOWN. Like baby-are-you-down-down-down-down-down DOWN.

I'm sorry for the filler chapter... :( But I assure you, it's essential because it introduces a character who is important-ish. Next chapter will be more exciting! (hopefully- I haven't planned it out yet) Oops! Review, pretty please? :)