If you're wondering about the title, don't worry. You'll know it soon ;)
THE END
II.
NATSUME HYUUGA
Just what is that girl thinking? I almost hit her, and she's thinking about her exam? She even smiled and waved at me. What a weird girl. But she seems familiar to me.
I wonder if I met her before.
I looked around and saw that many people were now looking at me.
"Natsume Hyuuga!"
I turned around and saw a group of high school girls looking at me, giggling. I put on a small smile, nodded and went inside my car. So much for being a well-known model.
Well, yeah. After going here, three years ago, I became a model. I've done several commercials too.
I'm working under my family's clothing line.
10PM.
I'm so tired.
The photo shoot earlier is killing me. I'm now going home. I just wanna lie on my soft, warm bed. I need sleep.
Just when I was passing by a bar, I saw a familiar face, walking out. The girl earlier. She's not walking straight. Is she drunk? I also saw men following her. Looks like they're going to do something to her if I don't do anything.
I stopped my car just in front of the girl, went down, and grabbed her arm.
"Are you drunk?"
She looked up at me and smiled. "Huh? Of courshhh I'm not."
Her breath smelled of alcohol.
She removed my hand on her arm and walked towards the plants. Then she puked.
"You're gross," I said.
She looked at me. And then she passed out.
I caught her just in time before she hit the ground and carried her in my arms.
What am I gonna do now?
I looked around and saw people looking at me. I hope there are no paparazzi among them. If there is, then this will be all over the news tomorrow.
I put her inside my car. It's not easy putting her inside. I grabbed her purse and look for an ID. She has one. But… What the hell? I don't know this address. I can't leave her here. The hotels are far from here, and I really wanna go home. Maybe she can sleep in Aoi's room in my house.
10:15PM
"Brother, who is she?" Aoi asked.
"You're here? I thought you're at the mansion?"
"Don't change the subject. I never thought you'll bring home a woman." Her eyes widened and she gasped. "Oh my. Did you drugged her?"
I rolled my eyes and looked at my 13-year-old sister.
"I saw her outside the bar. She passed out because she's drunk. What do you want me to do? Leave her there?"
Aoi smiled. "Oh. Where will she sleep then?"
"In your room."
"What? NO! She smells like alcohol! And besides, my bed is not big enough for the two of us. Put her in your room. Your bed's bigger." She said as she shook her head.
"What? But both of you are girls! And we don't have any spare room here." My house only has two rooms. My room, and the spare room which Aoi proclaimed HER room since she goes here often, especially when my parents are not at home in our mansion.
"But I don't like the smell of alcohol."
"Fine." I guess sleeping beside a drunken girl won't hurt.
I laid her on my bed.
"We need to change her clothes," Aoi said from behind me. "You can take a shower first."
She started rummaging through my closet.
"Hey, why not your own clothes?"
She didn't look at me. She just continued what she's doing.
"My clothes are too small for her."
8AM
MIKAN SAKURA
I can feel the rays of the sun touching my face, and it annoys me.
Seriously, this is so annoying. The ozone layer is getting thinner and thinner. I don't burn plastic containers, wheels, styrofoam.. I don't even burn candy wrappers! I don't use hairsprays, my appliances doesn't produce CFCs. And yet, here I am, being tortured by the heat of the sun, while all I wanna do is sleep. I tried to bury my head under the pillow but I can't take it anymore. I sat down and slowly opened my eyes.
Eh? Why is the blanket red?
My blanket was supposed to be blue, just like the clear, blue sky.
I looked around and I felt like I was in another universe.
This is soooo not my room.
I heard someone groan not far from me and saw someone sleeping.
Isn't he the man from yesterday?
The handsome creature?
Wait. I can't remember going out with him last night.
All I remember is that I went into the bar and… err, what happened again after that?
My eyes widened and I pushed the blanket away from me. I looked down at myself and saw that I was wearing this big black shirt. Is this mine?
I tried smelling it. No, this is not mine.
I'm still wearing my undies - a proof that nothing happened.
I looked at the handsome creature again and stared at his face. He's such as handsome guy. But he looks familiar. Who is he again?
I dismissed the thought and started poking him in the cheeks. I have to know what happened last night. My Mom would definitely kill me if she'll know this.
"Mister?"
Still sleeping.
Poke. Poke.
"Hey, Mister handsome creature?"
Still none.
"FIRE! THERE'S FIRE!"
He immediately opened his eyes and almost fell off the bed. His eyes were opened wide.
"What?"
Then I started laughing. His face was so funny.
He knotted his forehead as he stared at me.
I cleared my throat.
"There's no… fire, Mister. Umm. Can you tell me where I am?" I asked.
"NATSUME!"
Then the door opened with a loud bang. A lady who seems like my age and still wearing her PJs came in, holding a newspaper. Her eyes immediately shot straight at me and stared. Stared. I can feel the hairs on the nape of my neck stood up.
I smiled at her. Not sure of what to say. "Err, hello?"
The lady, with pale white skin and violet eyes cleared her throat. "Hi."
Then she looked at the handsome creature beside me who was yawning.
"Natsume."
The handsome creature, named Natsume, looked up at her.
"Yes, dear cousin?"
The 'cousin' shoved the newspaper to Natsume. He looked at the paper and his eyes widened. Then he looked at me, then back to the paper. And me, being the curious girl that I am, moved forward and took a peak on what the paper was about.
"Famous Heir/Model with Unknown Lady." I read out loud.
I looked at the picture. "You know what, Mister, the one in the photo looks like you, carrying a lady."
I looked at his face and saw him looking at me as if I've grown three heads.
I heard the 'cousin' snort.
I looked up at her. "That's him."
My mouth formed an O and nodded. I looked at the paper again. "Hmm. And who's this lady you're carrying?"
"Look closer," 'cousin' said.
I looked closer and my eyes widened as realization hit me. I snatched the paper away from him and look at the picture again.
"Tell me this is not me."
"Well, sorry, Miss. But that lady there… she's YOU." Then he smirked.
He looked amused. What the hell happened? Why am I in the news? The last time I checked, I was just Mikan. Just Mikan Sakura. What happened that I ended up being in this paper?
God. My Mom's definitely gonna kill me.