True Love

By: Iceyicecream

True Love

Chapter Three: Natsume's Birthday Gift

All the students were seated in the bus when it started to move. "Mikan-Chan," Nonoko said, "Do you know what you're getting for Natsume-Kun?"

"I think so." Mikan said.

"Do you even know what he likes?" Hortaru said while looking out the window.

"Not really."

"Then what are you going to get him?" Anna asked.

"You guys will see."

"Anyways", Hortaru began, "How much money did Naru give you?"

"Um…let me check."

Mikan took the pouch out of her black school jacket and opened it up. The bills were neatly folded into fours. When Mikan opened one of the bills it was 5000 yen! Mikan counted how many bills she had thirty bills! Mikan put the money back in the pouch and back into her pocket. "Wow." Mikan said, "He gave me 15000 yen."

"That's a lot don't you think?" Anna said, "Don't you think that's a little too much to give you?"

"Yeah but, whatever! Let's go shopping."

"Yeah!" Anna and Nonoko said.

"I can't I have to buy more materials for my inventions that I'm building." Hortaru explained.

"It's alright!" Nonoko said, "We can still have fun!"

"Yeah!" Mikan and Anna said.

The bus that they took to Central Town just stopped and everyone in the bus leaped out of the bus. Mikan, Anna, and Nonoko went into a jewelry store that was full of knickknacks. "Um…Mikan-Chan?" Anna said.

"Yes?" Mikan said without looking at her.

"You know this is a jewelry store right?" Nonoko said.

"Yeah, so?"

"This store is for girls." Anna said.

"Not this!"

Mikan held up a necklace that had an elephant tooth in the middle and was surrounded by dark colored beads. "Wow!" Nonoko said, "That just might look good on Natsume-Kun."

"I hope he wears it." Mikan said.

"I know he will." Anna said with determination, "If he doesn't, something is wrong with his brain."

"Alright then, I'll buy it!"

"At a girl!" Nonoko said patting Mikan on the back.

Mikan went up to the cashier and put it on the counter and asked, "How much is this necklace?"

"15000 yen, young lady." The cashier said, "If you don't have enough money you can just leave it here and I'll put it back."

"No, I have enough."

Mikan took out the pouch and put all the money that was in it on the counter. The cashier counted the bills and then rung up the recite. The man wrapped the necklace in a box and but a plastic bow on the top to keep the cover from coming off then, handed it to Mikan. "Thank you so much, sir!" Mikan said with a smile.

"Have a great day, miss." The man said in return.

Anna, Nonoko, and Mikan went out of the jewelry store once Mikan purchase the necklace. "Hey Mikan-Chan look!" Anna said while pointing to something.

"What is it?" Mikan asked looking at where Anna's finger was pointing at.

"He's right there!" Nonoko said also pointing.

Mikan looked and saw a guy with raven-black hair in a crowd of boys.

"Go give it to him!" Anna and Nonoko said while pushing Mikan towards him.

"Alright, alright I'm going!" Mikan said.

Mikan ran to the group of boys that Natsume was hanging out with and called out, "Natsume!"

All the boys in the group turned to Mikan with irritated faces. "What do you want ugly?" asked Mochiage.

"That's the new girl Mikan remember?" Yome said.

"What's that in your hands?" Mochiage asked.

"None of your business." Mikan said sticking her tongue out at him.

"It's a present for Natsume-Kun since it's his birthday." Yome said.

"Can I give to him?"

"Natsume-kun, there is a girl who has something for you." Mochiage said.

Natsume walked over to them and looked at Mikan. "What are you want Polka Dots?" He asked looking somewhere else.

"Here!" Mikan said extended her arms out to him and shoving the gift in to his stomach.

She bowed down and was about to say something but then, Anna yelled, "Mikan-Chan, hurry up! We don't want to stand in a long line at the ice cream parlor do you?"

"I'm coming!" Mikan answered back, "Happy birthday, Natsume. Okay well…bye then!"

Mikan ran over to where Nonoko and Anna were standing and went to the direction of the ice cream parlor. All the boys in Natsume's posse gathered around to see what was in the box that Mikan gave him. "Open Natsume." Luca said excitedly.

"Fine." Natsume sighed while untying the string.

Once the box was open, Natsume held it up for everyone to see it. A boy hovering above made a whistling sound that made everyone looked up. The boy flew down and everyone got a clear view of how he looked. The boy had squinted eyes and some what the same hair style as Yome. "What's wrong Kitsuneme?" Yome asked while walking over to him.

"I saw that in one of the shops and I was going to buy it for my sister back home and it costs like 15000 yen." Kitsuneme said.

"Wow." Some boy said in the crowd.

"Are you going to wear it Natsume-Kun?" Mochiage asked.

"Tn!" Natsume said.

"If she likes me then, she should just tell me instead of making me feel weird out here. What the hell…why can I hear…Ouch!" Yome screamed patting his butt and looking at Natsume with a question on his face.

Yome's eyes' widen and then he bowed in front of Natsume, "I'm sorry Natsume-Kun." He said, "I didn't know what you were going to do with it…I'm sorry."

"Whatever, only idiots wear the things that girls give them." Natsume replied.

Natsume stuffed the necklace in his pocket and started to walk off. Everyone started to follow except for Yome, "Liar." He whispered to himself.

When the everyone got back into the bus to go back to school, Mikan, Nonoko, and Anna sat together. "Do you think that he is wearing it Mikan-Chan?" Anna asked.

"I don't really know…" Mikan said.

"Go look." Nonoko said, "He's only a couple of rows behind us and it's on his neck so…it should be easy to see it."

"Alright, then."

Her chest started to burn and sting. Mikan ignored the pain and looked over and saw Natsume talking with Luca. Mikan looked around Natsume's neck but, she didn't see the necklace around his neck. Mikan slid down back in her seat and huddled into a ball and felt like she was about to cry. "Does he have the necklace around his neck?" Nonoko and Anna asked.

Hortaru was in the seat in front of them eavesdropping without them knowing. Hortaru turned around and looked at Mikan. She took out a miniature gun and shot it at her. A small red bullet hit Mikan against her head and made her sit straight up. "What did you do to me Hortaru?!" Mikan asked trying to move.

"Trying to cheer you up a little, stupid." Hortaru said in a cold voice.

Mikan smiled and then whatever that was holding onto her was released and she could move again. When the bus started to move, Mikan looked out the window and sighed. Luca had fallen asleep and was sleeping against Natsume's shoulder. Natsume looked around and when no one was looking, he pulled out the necklace the Mikan gave to him and whispered to himself, "Werido…"