AN: Three consecutive chapters for your uttermost delight.
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DISCLAIMER: The usual.
Perfect Opposites
"Natsume…"
"I'd always be here…"
"Natsume… please… I need you…"
"I'm here, little girl… Mikan, I'm here…"
"Stop hoping Natsume. She won't be able to hear you… Can't you see? You're a ghost."
"No… Mikan!!"
"…Natsume?" And both their eyes widened.
----------------------------------------------------Chapter II: Melancholy-------------------------------------------------
Hotaru stared blankly, sitting alone in a bench, drenched in the rain. Her hair was down and wet.
They said… If you want to cry, do it under the rain… So that no one will notice you're crying…
But she wasn't crying.
Her HEART was crying. She felt her bestfriend's pain. Her own pain. And perhaps everyone's pain.
She wanted to be selfish right now. To think of her own sake. Maybe, Ruka would laugh at her if he knew this.
"Aren't you selfish enough, Imai?"
She smiled bitterly. Was this their ending? All four of them? Standing in the midst of Melancholy? Is this their damn fate? Were the gods punishing them?
She didn't know
She didn't care
"Hotaru."
Who had called her name? Turning to both her sides, she saw no one. She was imagining things again.
"You're not." Ahh, Koko.
"Don't tell me… Nooo!" The bubble-gum haired girl whined. It was raining. She hated rains. Such weather on a supposed to be good day?
"You're being childish, Sakura." Sasuke commented. She rolled her eyes and ignored him. She continues mourning over the bad weather.
"Oh dear, oh dear. What am I to do?" She rubbed her temple, frown growing in her face. She wanted to take a stroll in the park…
"Hey, Sakura."
"Sasuke-kun?" She turned to him. And damn was she surprised to see him just behind her. He was supposed to be sitting in her couch.
"Dance with me."
"Huh?" She gave a puzzled expression. And she remembered. That was how they first met.
-
"Dance with me."
"Who are you?"
"That doesn't matter anymore. Dance with me."
"Okay…"
-
"Sasuke…I—" And he kissed her. I know you remembered.
"Ruka-pyon." She gave a ghost smile. The smile was empty. He hoped this was the last time he'd see it.
"Mikan-chan…you're… a mess." He inhaled sharply. Natsume… why did you do this to her?
"I-I know…" And she laughed. Her laugh was scaring him. But something told him it was genuine. And he laughed too. Salty tears started falling from his eyes.
If you can't talk… just cry…
If you can't cry… just talk…
Because sometimes talking can bring on the tears…
And tears say what you can't…
"Ruka-pyon. Thank you."
Why did the gods have to be rough on them?
Can't they just be happy? Eternal happiness is not something that is granted, but that is something gained. And he thought, isn't this enough? And perhaps it wasn't.
Mikan…love me… please.
Love me…
I can be everything you want…
I am everything you want…
"Natsume…please… come back."
And his heart broke. After everything he'd done she still wanted him. And him only. She cried for him. She smiled for him. She did everything for him. And he in return brought her pain by dying and leaving her alone just like that. Why can't she notice him? He's here! He's alive! He can make her happy!
You're damn selfish, Ruka.
"Natsume…"
"Mikan…" And both their eyes widened.
There he was. Pale, wounded but… alive.
"Where's my Sasuke-kuuuun?!" The Yamanaka heiress screamed inside the Uchiha Mansion. Who ever said that she'd give up to that Haruno Princess. Who cared if she was the princess of that tycoon billionaire? Sarcastic. She snarled and glared at every maid she passed.
"I am sorry, Miss Ino. But I'm afraid he's at Miss Sakura's abode right now." The butcher told her.
She just smiled. And everyone thought she was crazy.
Somehow she just kept hoping that Sasuke would like her. But she knew from the very start he won't. Sakura had won his heart… Perhaps all she knew to do was this. Bug him. Love him. And blabber. At least Sakura knew how to please him. That was why he loved her, right? If she just knew how. But too bad she didn't. Perhaps this would be the last time she'd hope.
Yamanaka Ino, you're engaged to the Hyuuga Heir.
She couldn't disagree. He was somehow like Sasuke. But why can't she like him? They have been dating for the past three weeks. And she knew she loved him.
Not just an infatuation. Because somehow she was hurt.
Why is it that… she had to be the bad guy?
Lucky, lucky Sakura.
"What are you doing here?"
"I'm here to fulfill my duty as a friend, Imai." And he smiled against the cold rain dripping on her lips.
"Thankyou."
"Anytime."
Grant me this last dance…
Make me happy, Kami-sama. Make her happy…
End of Chapter
There… Haha! So whatdya think my dear HouseElves?♥♥♥ -Kreacher.
I know.. kinda short... and uh... who's up for a KokoXHotaru pairing?
More Naruto chars on chapter 4 and 5.
-Torned Angel
I am Torned
Stitch me back to pieces
My wings have fallen
Place them back on my back
And I'm in gratitude.