'Luck', it's against me.
"Luck never seems to favor me, sometimes I even wonder if I'm cursed~! A week of this… I wonder, would I be able to live to tell the tale?"
Disclaimer: Last time I checked G.A wasn't mine and up to now I'm still wishing it was… Sob… poor me!
Chapter 2
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"Huh?!" was Mikan's only response.
"Oh" Tsubasa formed a little 'O' with his lips, So she was the less lucky soul, poor Mikan, she hadn't lived her life well. He thought, wanting to smirk.
"Tough luck Sakura~!" Koko grinned as he read the horror in her thoughts. Mikan looked up and stared at Natsume who stared back coldly.
"Shall we start digging your gave?" Kitsuneme offered, smirking stupidly at the horrified brunette.
"Waaaaah~! You horrible Mikan~! You planned this on purpose~!" Sumire was crying out loud, looking as if she wanted to chunk a table at Mikan.
"Again, that's what you get for dragging the cat in." Hotaru repeated her words earlier and took a sip of tea as Narumi began asking for the student's attention.
"Waaaaah~! No!" Mikan gasped in horror while they were giving their insults, she hadn't counted that Natsume was still tremendous annoyed with her.
"Mikan, be strong~!" Yuu encouraged as he too got a bad pair, his was Sumire Shouda, someone who hasn't been nice to him at all, and this sure would be tough.
"Oh~! So lively~!" Narumi said smiling as bickering after bickering filled the air. "Sooooooo~! Now that we've gotten that assignment thing over! We'll proceed with the house rules~!"
"Wait sensei~!" Mikan called desperately for Narumi but Narumi ignored it and a couple more of complaints. Mikan looked defeated and wanted to cry but Tsubasa reached for her and patter her shoulder, "Don't worry things would perk up~!" He promised, grinning now at the irony. Natsume's hell of a week looked so much brighter to Tsubasa now, he wished he could say the same for Mikan though, who just exchanged her purgatory for hell itself. "So, curfew is still at 9pm! Exemption would only be granted for activities that would occur latter than that~!" He was still smiling and the mention of after hours activities made everyone forget about their horrible room-match-making and wonder what sort of activity would take place so late at night.
"No exchanging of room assignments~!" The gloom suddenly returned, "If anyone tried to do so we'll know~! And that poor sap would be sleeping at the dungeons for the rest of the week, `kay??" He winked at them; they felt their skin crawl at the obvious threat the wink had conveyed.
Mikan slumped in her seat knowing that it was impossible to get a different room assignment now that Narumi had banned it. "Uwaaaa~! Not fair! Duroi! Duroi! Duroi! Durrroooiiii~!" the poor sap whined. Unknown to her, Natsume watched her carefully, eying the dejection her facial features where conveying. "Idiot" he muttered under his breath.
"Oh, and I forgot to mention, I also had another purpose for those room assignments~! Tee hee hee~!" He giggled, much to everyone's horror. "You're supposed to look for a partner while on this retreat so that both of you could do the activities together, but I guessed that everyone would just choose a friend, and that's no fun!" Everyone paled as the words sank in.
"So you'll be working together with your roommate for the rest of the week. `kay?!" Narumi winked mischievously making everyone's mouth gawked open.
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"Hey! Natsume~! Would you please help me up with this?" Mikan nearly shouted as she asked for the third time, she was trying to lift the heavy curtains that covered the huge window near her bed, Natsume, once again ignored her and continued to read his manga.
"Ei?!" She called, Natsume still didn't bother to turn.
Furious, she dropped her hold of the curtain and marched toward Natsume, halting in front of his bed, she held her hands at her hips, her mouth in an annoyed pout. "Why the heck are you ignoring me?!" She demanded.
Natsume continued without pause.
A vein popped on her forehead and she yanked the manga out of his hands as hard as she could, Natsume stiffened as she startled him, annoyed he turned to her. "What?!" He spat, absolutely ticked.
"I was asking your help with the curtains~!" She demanded just as annoyed as he was.
Natsume narrowed his eyes and snatched the manga from Mikan's hands so suddenly she was caught off guard it practically slipped through her fingers. "Asking me in such a rude manner won't make me help you."
"I was asking nicely before! You keep pretending I didn't exist!" She yelled back as he opened the manga again and began to read where he left.
Natsume ignored her again,
"Hey?" She prompted, but he didn't answer.
"Natsume?!" Mikan pouted, glaring at Natsume while he read his Soul Eater manga as if she wasn't standing there staring at him. Pissed she tried to grab the manga again, but this time Natsume was on guard and leaned back to get the manga out of her reach, she leaned further, reaching out for it as Natsume tried to push her away, "Stop it idiot! I'm trying to read!"
"You're been acting really weird and~" Her foot slipped as she reached farther toward the manga and with a yelp, fell on top of Natsume.
"Quit jumping on top of me like that!" He spat, irritated as the added weight squished the air out of his lungs, Mikan blushed furiously and jumped off him. "Sorr~" Then her balance went off again as she leaned away from Natsume, with a sickening crash she fell on the floor, back first.
Natsume sat bolt up right in alarm and reached for Mikan, only to stop when he saw her position.
Sprawled on her back, with her feet still hanging on to the bed Mikan cringed in pain, "Ow!" her skirt flipped and revealed her underwear for the world to see. Instead of reaching out to help her on her feet he leaned on the side of the bed just by her right foot, leaned his chin on one hand and said nonchalantly, "Had a hard fall strawberry fields??"
Mikan snapped her head towards his and saw that poker face he had on again, then she hastily followed his gaze and saw what he was staring at, at that point Mikan blushed every shade of scarlet that was possible and scrambled to get her bearings and shouted, "PERVERT!" And dashed out of the room crying, "Waaaaah~! No one would want to marry me now~!"
Natsume smirked at himself before settling in on his bed again, his annoyance all gone and was now replaced by pure mirth.
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Later that same night Mikan lie awake in her bed, still half crying for what happened, too bad it was nearly curfew when she ran off; she was caught by two staffers and nearly forced her back in their room as she insisted she would be sleeping in Hotaru's room. Natsume rolled his eyes as the door swung shut in her face.
Not wanting to face him anymore she ran to the bathroom and changed into her PJ's and went straight to bed without another word, pretending to sleep as furious tears spilled from her eyes. Luck never seems to favor me, sometimes I even wonder if I'm cursed~! A week of this… I wonder, would I be able to live to tell the tale?
As unconsciousness finally started to engulf her she heard a faint moan, she sat up right immediately, looking at Natsume's bed only to find the raven haired boy fast asleep. Mikan stared at him for a long pause, and deciding that he just probably moaned in his sleep she laid her head back on the pillow. She stared at Natsume's peaceful face for a few seconds more before she began to close her eyes. But as the unconsciousness tried to get to her again, she heard the same sound. Her eyes popped open and craned her ears to try and pinpoint where the sound was coming from.
After a pause it came again. Mikan's heart beat picked up the pace as she listened intently, as the seconds ticked by she found that she was holding her breath; she exhaled and inhaled another lungful as she waited for the sound to come again. And when it did it sounded much louder and closer than before.
Immediately she jumped off the bed and ran to Natsume's bed, shaking his shoulder. "Natsume?? Wake up! Hey? Did you hear that just now?!" She asked, Natsume stirred in his sleep and tried to turn to his other side when Mikan shook him again, "Natsume?!" She called, nearly pleading, then the moaning voice came again, what was worse it sounded directly behind her.
Her eyed popped wider and without a second thought she jumped at Natsume's bed and hugged him, yanking him awake, "WHATZGOINON?!" He bellowed in shock as Mikan buried her face on his chest.
"What the hell are you doing polka dots?! You perverte~"
"Someone was here!" Mikan half chocked and cried it out, cutting off Natsume. Natsume sat up, alert and look around his surroundings, trying to find something or someone out of place. The room was dark and not a single thing was illuminated, the curtains where still closed and the only sight of light was the one that was coming from the slip beneath their door. Everything was still as he focused on the silhouettes of furnitures.
When he couldn't find anything though he turned to the brunette that was hugging him so tight it was getting uncomfortable. "Look polka if you think I'd fall for your lame excuse to find a way to molest me then you'r~"
"Someone was here!" She stated each word more deliberately; her voice shook as she did so.
Natsume stared at the petite girl who had her arms wrapped around him, measuring whether to believe that what she said was true or whether she must have just imagined it. "What exactly happened?" He asked, trying to sound less annoyed than he felt.
"I-I was trying to get some sleep when I heard something" She chocked the words out through sobs, "Then I sat up and looked whether you were the one doing it, but you-you were already asleep, I tried to ignore it but then it came again, and again, then…." Her voice shook so violently now Natsume half thought she was chocking on her tears. "When I was trying to wake you up I heard it…b-behind me!" Her sobs worsened, Natsume suddenly remembered she wasn't tough when it came to these things.
"Maybe it was just your imagination" He offered, sounding calmer than before, still pissed though, being woken up so rudely like that.
Mikan shook her head fiercely. "No, I wasn't imagining it!"
"Well it's gone now, so go back to bed." He said flatly, annoyed still, Mikan didn't budge. For a pause Natsume just stared at her, and then he tried again. "Go back to your bed."
"I-I'm scared" She whispered, Natsume was silent. "What if that ghost grabs me or something?!" She demanded and Natsume felt a vein pop, 'ridiculous'. Natsume, getting full of it lay back down, Mikan stiffened as she felt Natsume lie down. "Suit yourself, idiot. Believe in those stupid childish things, I'm going back to sleep." He said and closed his eyes, arms resting at the back of his head.
"Wa~Wait! You can't go to sleep yet! He-help me get to Narumi-sensei first!" Mikan panicked as she looked up and saw that Natsume has closed his eyes.
"Go look for Naru yourself, I'm going back to sleep." He said coolly, with a dismissive tone.
"Wha-what about me?! Natsume?!" She pleaded.
Natsume smirked at that and taunted, "You're already sleeping on the most comfortable bed there is here, still not satisfied?"
Mika blushed as she understood what he was implying, "I-I don't want to sleep here on your bed! I want to tell sensei what happened! Maybe he'll let me go stay with Hotaru or Tsubasa-sempai! Ei!? Are you listening!? Natsume?! I'm not sleeping with you! Hey?!"
But Natsume was already back to sleep, far from caring what she was whining about now.
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"Darn!" Mikan muttered under her breath as soon as she was sure that Natsume was really fast as sleep again. She stared into the empty room, debating whether to just follow his advice and go back to bed or should she just dash towards Narumi-sensei's room alone. And there was this; just stay where she was until morning.
Like hell I would. Mikan gritted her teeth in irate. If only Natsume had at least switched on the lights she would be able to go back to bed immediately, that noise really scared her and she didn't want to walk all the way to the light switch alone.
The brunette wondered crossly if she could just dash to Narumi's room alone, but then again she couldn't even get up to switch the lights on, how would she able to pull that off?
Mikan groaned and laid her head down, then after a silent pause…. "KYAAAAA~HMPF~!" She squealed and jumped back, muffling her out burst with her own hands, Natsume stirred in his sleep but did not wake up. Mikan mentally kicked herself for reacting like that when she realize what she was leaning on; Natsume's chest.
Not wanting to give the pervert an excuse to taunt her with the following morning Mikan decided to just go back to her own bed, but the minute her feet touched the rug covered floor it came again.
A low moan startled Mikan, immediately she snatched her legs back up and cringe beside Natsume while shutting her eyes tight. The low moan didn't seem to grow louder like last time, though it now sounded in constant intervals now rising Goosebumps all over the poor Mikan. She clutched at Natsume's shirt nervously and whispered, "Natsume? Natsume! The weird sound came back~!" She buried her face in his chest again, far to petrified to flinch away from him. The sound came again, and Mikan squeaked nervously; the sound was coming from their room.
"Natsume~!" She whispered, half-begging and half-sobbing.
Natsume, still half-asleep tried to open his eyes as Mikan tugged at his shirt. Then groaned when he heard her complains about a weird sound again, barely awake he sent a not-so-gentle-noggin to her scalp and muttered, "Sleep, Mikan." At the same time Mikan whined, "Ow!" Then slipped back to unconsciousness immediately.
Mikan was on the brink of fresh tears as Natsume slipped back to sleep, both for the now searing pain her head had and the fact that he whet back to sleep, scared as she was with what was happening she calmed down a bit after his try to sort of comfort her, half-asleep as he was. She was furious that Natsume won't help her out but thankful that he didn't kick her off of his bed, it made her feel a bit better. A bit, that's that.
"Mou~!" She moaned defeated, and head*desk (rather, head leans on his chest) in her misery. "Stupid Natsume…"
The sounds might have continued to bother her, still she was able to calm down enough to slip into oblivion herself.
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A loud bell chimed in the distance, waking Mikan up from her peaceful slumber. She stirred in her sleep while groaning, annoyed of the disturbance the bell provided. She reached for pillow again, wrapping her arms around it blindly and settled against it, trying to get some more shut eye. The pillow was warm and so comfortable making her smile weakly and lean her cheek eagerly against it as she ignored the continues chiming of the morning wake up bell when…. "Are you quite done yet?!" A voice hissed venomously, making the brunette's eyes flutter open. She glanced up towards the sound to meet a pair of dangerously narrowed eyes with blazing red orbs.
"If you're done molesting me, then get off!" He hissed and spoke the last three words more deliberately than needed. Mikan's eyes grew wide as saucers. And after a stunned silence a piercing shriek joined in with the morning's wake up bell.
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Sakura Mikan, after falling off Natsume's bed again from this morning's encounter, sobbed silently as Natsume lead the way through a maze of corridors to get to the dinning room for breakfast. She kept a good 5m space between her and Natsume, though not letting herself any farther back than that. Last night's encounter with the supernatural –so she thought– was still fresh in her mind making her believe that this castle truly is haunted. It wasn't much help right now that their room was at the highest floor and at the farthest end of their floor. What a luck in deed, might as well be locked in a tower to her.
Well, she'll have her chance at that…
"Oi, strawberry fields," Natsume said, cutting the silence so abruptly Mikan flinched in surprise, "Why are you keeping your distance?" He asked, and added "Not that I mind."
Natsume was watching Mikan from the corner of his eyes the whole time, even rolling his eyes as she shifted her gaze from side to side, eyeing the paintings that adorned the castle walls and the armors that marked every pillar, warily.
Mikan huffed crossly and fired back, "Because you're a pervert idiot!"
Natsume's eyes narrowed as he stopped from his tracks and turned to glare at Mikan, she flinched under his hostile stare. His attempt to divert her mind off the place was already out through the window. "Eh? That painting's staring at you?" He said abruptly pointing at the painting Mikan was passing, instantly she snapped her head towards the painting and to her horror it was staring at her, making her scream in shock as Natsume continued with a, "Or did it?"
The brunette made a mad dash towards Natsume and clung to his right arm with a, "Mou! Natsume! Quit it!" She said furiously, Natsume just shrugged. "Not my fault you're stupid enough to fall for that." He added nonchalantly, making Mikan drop his arm. She stuck out her tongue at him as he turned to head for the dinning room once more.
Mikan continued to give frantic glances as they passed more ornaments and such, though this time she was walking closer to Natsume. As they turned at the last corridor though, "SAKURA!" Something dropped from above in front of Mikan and freaked her out, Mikan screeched in terror as the white silhouette floated a few feet above ground in front of her. Her mouth foamed, her eyes rolled back in their sockets and she fell unconsciously to the ground.
"Eh? She fainted?"
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Ehehehehehehe….. *sweatdrop* wonder how that went? (sigh, actually I'm having trouble with writing right now, whatever I do everything I write seems so dull to me…)
Well, putting aside my tirade *which I cut short coz really, I would go on and on…* I wanted to mention my first 'Room assignment' distribution, see Hotaru wasn't really going to be Ruka's roomy before, I just decided on that at the last moment, and so did with the other's roomy assignment.
I was really considering making Hotaru room with her brother Subaru, *giggles at the thought* or with Permy's older brother. *shivers in horror at the image of Hotaru glaring at me* but thought better of it. (or cowardly anyway, so instead I just gave her the chance to get some more blackmail material, lols). Ruka on the other hand was originally planned to room with Permy, (since he wasn't the type to hate people, the paper would just go with his other emotions, 'irritation' which he didn't consciously bothered with, but still his body knew the truth, Permy could really be annoying, though I like her a lot~! XD ) Yuu with a school bully, *or Mocho would do, lols* Misaki with four-eyed-chicken (I'm used to calling him that, ahahah). Natsume with Tsubasa, (poor sap, he hasn't lived right, lols) and Mikan with Tono~! (see, I was planning that her alice would interfere with the paper and would somehow cause a glitch, reversing the effects, making her room with someone she's comfortable with, much to Natsume's irritation, neh?? Ahahaha)
Sigh, well what do you think of the story so far? The first activity for the retreat is coming up, (and I'm also open for activity suggestions)
Errr…. I dunno why by I sound weird while trying to convey my thoughts, *specially with writing this chapter, oh well*
Thank you again for reading~! Please leave a review minna-san~!
And that's to Emily-chan~! *She's the first that acknowledged my story, 'so happy' ahahahahaha~!*
Genki desu minna~!!!!
