A/N: Ok, sorry for the delay! I might update every week or now and then. My damn teacher gives me homework that is as tall as Mount Everest and expect me to finish them THE NEXT DAY. Well, thank you for all your kind reviews!

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Chapter 3

"HOTARU GET BACK HERE!" Mikan shouted to her best friend. She was chasing her for at least 30 minutes and she was getting tired. The only reason she wasn't able to catch up with Hotaru is because she was using her duck scooter. She stopped and put her hands on her knees panting. 'Oh well, I am use to her blackmailing me,' she thought. She sighed and began to walk back to her classroom. She was in a deep thought she didn't realize that Natsume bumped into her until she felt like she was going to fall. She closed her eyes bracing herself for the impact but she didn't feel herself fall on her bottom. Instead she felt arms wrapped around her waist. She opened her eyes to see crimson eyes staring at her.

"N-Natsume!?" she asked surprised. She had a blush on her face and turned around so Natsume didn't see her blushing. Unfortunately for her, he saw the blush.

He began to smirk at her.

"Well, I was bored staying in that boring class so I came out looking for you," he simply said. He let go of her waist and put his hands in his pockets while leaning on the wall.

"You...were looking for me?" Mikan asked dumbly. She blinked at him. She innocently blinked again.

He nodded slowly and began to walk back to class.

"W-Wait!" Mikan shouted to him, running towards him. Natsume stopped for a second and turned his head to the brunette. He shrugged and began walking again, only more slower so the brunette can catch up. Soon they were walking back to class in silence.

' Why was he looking for me? ' Mikan questioned herself. She turned to look at him. ' Was he worried about me or something? Nah, this is NATSUMEwe are talking about Mikan! ' She shook her head furiously getting the thought of Natsume worrying about her off her head.

"Oi, polka-dots," Natsume said coolly. "Be careful shaking your head like that. We wouldn't want your head to fall off the ground now will we?" He smirked at her.

Mikan's faced reddened. "Natsume! You're as cold-hearted as Hotaru!" she whined. His smirked widened and he put his hand on top of her head. Mikan gasped and stared into his crimson eyes. Mikan was surprised that his eyes weren't like raging flames or cold eyes that he used to give everyone he despise. She smiled a little on how much she changed him from a cold-hearted person into an almost kind-hearted person. Almost. Natsume raised an eyebrow at her when he saw her smile all of a sudden. It's not like he doesn't like seeing her smile. Oh no, it's the opposite. He is just too stubborn to admit it.

Mikan burst into a fit of giggles. Ok, now Natsume is very confused. First she was whining, then she was being silent, then she smiled; now she is giggling? ' Does she have problems controlling her emotions? ' Natsume thought. His thoughts were interrupted when he felt a small hand grasping his other hand that wasn't on Mikan's head. Natsume began to stare at the smiling brunette.

"Come on! Iinchou and the others might worry about us! By the way, wasn't Ruka-pyon with you?" she said to him with a big smile planted on her face. Natsume looked away from her gaze fearing she might think he is growing soft.

"Well, he went on his own to find Imai leaving me here to find you," he answered. He didn't understand why the brunette was holding his hand. Hell, he didn't know why he was searching for her in the first place! Or does he?

"Aw, they made such a cute couple despite Hotaru's emotionless side," she said softly. "But even the coldest person has a happy side right Natsume-kun?" She continued to smile at him.

' I won't give up on you Natsume-kun. I don't want to see you suffer from all of these missions you are sent out to, but for now, all I can do for you is stay by your side, ' she thought. She then began to drag him back to class unconsciously. She didn't know she was dragging him since she was drowned into her own thoughts. Natsume just stared at her.

' What's up with this idiot? Why does she keep on smiling? She even smiles through all of the sorrow she has been through. ' he thought. After a few minutes of silence, both of them didn't realize they were standing in front of their classroom. Mikan let go of Natsume's hand and opened the door. She gestured to Natsume to follow her and surprisingly, he obediently followed her.

"Where were you Mikan-chan?" Yuu Tobito as known as Iinchou asked. "We were all worried about you and Natsume. Hotaru and Ruka came back but you two were still missing,"

"Oh don't worry about us!" Mikan said cheerfully. "We just went out for fresh air."

Yuu nodded and went back to what he was doing. All of a sudden Kokoroyomi, the mind-reader popped out of nowhere in front of Mikan. Mikan, frightened and the littlest thing that jumps in front of her, jumped a little. She didn't know that Natsume was walking back to his desk just to put his legs on top of it, his arms at the back of his head, and a manga covering his face as usual.

"So you plan to make Natsume smile and laugh eh?" he questioned her. Mikan's face slightly reddened. "And you plan to tell him how you feel about him? Aw, I think our little Mikan-chan is growing up a little!" He chuckled.

"Kokoroyomi," Mikan whined. "Stop reading my mind!"

"Sorry Mikan-chan!" Kokoroyomi apologized yet laughed at the same time. "Couldn't help it!" He then walked away to his identical brother, who was floating around the room.

Mikan took her seat to the "sleeping" Natsume and put her head on the desk thinking.

"Hey, Natsume?" she softly called out his name. Natsume took of the manga that covered his face and directed his eyes on her.

"What?"

"Do you want to go to Central Town with me later?"

"Why would I do that?"

"Because I can't go anywhere without my partner with me. Besides, my special ability class and I have to prepare for the Christmas Ball. You did say dangerous type people can not participate on helping out on any events right? So I was wondering if you want to come with me and helping me instead since you have nothing to do. You can bring You-chan too if you wish."

"Hn,"

"I take that as a yes!"

Mikan was happy that Natsume agreed to help her prepare for the Christmas event. Well, she doesn't know if 'Hn' is a yes or no but heck, she wanted him to be with her. At least long enough to cease his missions for a while. She doesn't want to see him hurt or even worse... She didn't dare to say those 3 letter word.

'As long as Natsume is safe, I don't care on what befalls upon me,' she thought. She began to daydream on what will happen in the Christmas Event. Natsume rolled his eyes at her and began to read his manga.

A/N: Ok, I know it's kind of a pathetic chapter but eh. I will speed up things a bit! I promise! I want to finish the Christmas Event before Christmas comes. Well hope you like this chapter!