Beachy-summer 3

I didn't have sex with Natsume.

Contrary to what uncle Imai thinks, I wasn't the type to sleep with guys on first meetings.

I may be a bitch, but I wasn't a slut.

Truth was, I kissed many guys and liked it. But I never slept with one, not even once. I wasn't that shallow of a woman, though a lot of jealous bitches might actually think otherwise.

Hey.

It wasn't my fault they couldn't get any guys without their heavy make-up and skimpy clothes.

Screw them.

I haven't even lost my so called 'innocence' yet!

I was currently in the bath, thinking about something. The something being the kiss I shared with a certain someone.

I couldn't forget it.

I couldn't forget how my body temperature rose without so much a warning when Natsume kissed me back. I couldn't forget the shivers and goose bumps that appeared all over my body when he touched my back, when he encircled his arms over my body and pulled me closer to his chest.

All those weren't supposed to happen. I only meant to kiss – peck him on the lips to keep annoying girls from approaching.

Unexpectedly, I was caught in the moment and actually liked kissing him. I honestly wanted even more.

It wasn't the normal and casual hook ups that I normally had. I mean, my heart made flips when he touched me.

I sighed.

What the hell.

I tried to keep my thoughts in control and thought about something else.

I couldn't wait for tomorrow to come and see what bitchy Sasha thought about Hotaru's surprising gift for her.

It was amusing to see Sasha think that she could outwit Hotaru. She was that fun to mess with.

I hate to say it, heh, but Sasha was a good source of entertainment these days, though she irritated the hell out of both me and my best friend most of the times.

As for the blond that my best friend is quite taken of, I'd have to grill him with questions tomorrow in case he was just playing with my lovable best friend.

I stood up and got out of the bathtub.

It was hot. The air was hot. Courtesy of the hot summer air.

I couldn't believe the humidity even inside the bathroom. Because I filled the tub with hot water, my body felt as though it was boiled inside a pot of lava, which is truly very nasty.

I disposed of the hot water and filled it with cold water.

I sighed as I felt the refreshing water on my skin.

All of a sudden, a loud noise of knocking almost made me scream and jump out of the tub.

"What the hell!?" I yelled rapidly.

"You've been in there for an hour, and I still have to take a bath Mikan." Hotaru was pretty much irritated considering the tone of her voice.

Oops.

"Sorry, sorry! I'll be out in a minute!" I yelled as I hurried, grabbed my towel and got dressed in a black tank top and black shorts.

When I got out, I saw Hotaru lying down on my bed, her body spread out.

I sighed.

"Sorry, I got held up in there." I told her across the room.

Hotaru sat up and glanced at me.

"Thinking about something?" Hotaru asked mischievously.

I raised a brow.

"What's with that look?" I asked, exasperated.

I walked towards the bed when she said nothing.

I couldn't blame her.

Hotaru and I had a 7 hour trip to come to this beach. In addition, we danced like maniacs for hours. I was more than tired, well, we were tired. I felt like collapsing right on the floor right now.

Hotaru stood up from the bed before heading to the bath room.

After standing before god (The bed), I jumped and dived to a mass of bouncy and comfortable, fluffy bed.

Without realizing it, I was thinking about somebody's lips….again.

I touched my lips and remembered how good it felt to kiss Natsume.

I bit my lower lip as I sighed.

I didn't have to ask myself as to what was wrong with me because I already knew. And it was very bad.

Bad.

Bad.

Bad.

I rolled myself to stare full at the ceiling. It was very beautiful. Colors of white, blue, purple and red were shining as though the paint itself glowed.

I could hear the silent drops of water as Hotaru showered.

It was so peaceful that I couldn't help but think about family. My family.

I didn't say anything but I was really grateful to Hotaru and her dad. To know and have at least an idea of what a family was is a real blessing for me.

Heck, I felt a bit happy/grateful to Sasha because now I knew how it felt to have a nasty step mom. Sasha was a bitch, but she was still something.

Having a bitchy and slutty step mom was better than nothing… I guess. Though for the record, I don't actually want Sasha to become Hotaru's 'adopted' mother for the rest of Hotaru's life. Hotaru would crack someday and kill Sasha if that ever happened.

I didn't want my best friend to be a future murderer. Where's the fun in that?

Sigh.

At the moment, I felt so peaceful watching the beautiful painted ceiling. I just hope it wouldn't break down and fall cause of my relaxing gaze…

Several minutes passed by and my pondering mind was interrupted by a distant and a horrified scream.

I smiled.

Hotaru, mission accomplished.

I snickered. I would've paid with my entire fortune to see Sasha's face right now. Too bad I didn't have time to spy and crack cause of my tired, jelly body huh.

After a few more minutes, Hotaru came out from the bathroom dressed in comfortable pajamas filled with penguin prints. Cute.

Hotaru climbed up her bed and told me what she gave Sasha. It was so hilarious I laughed so hard that my tears came pouring out and I clenched my stomach in pain. I never thought she'd give her something like 'that'!

I was wheezing and panting from laughing too much when I got over the euphoria and felt drowsiness overtaking my body.

I pretty much fell asleep after that.

When I opened my eyes and checked the clock, I was feeling a bit groggy from sleep.

6:08 A.M.

Wow. I barely slept. I only slept for about five hours.

Now that I think about it, I think I might have dreamt about the red-eyed guy.

I smirked as I hurried to the bathroom to wash myself and brush my teeth.

Anyways, I couldn't wait to see Sasha's face.

Sorry about this. This chap is a filler and I promise to do my best writing the next chap with intended content. (I was busy reading and doing other things these past few weeks….. or months) I completely forgot what I was supposed to write and ended up writing a long (but short) peek of Mikan's mind for the night.

I hope readers still ended up enjoying this chap. :D

Special thanks to xNatsuMikanx, lucymaryo, mystery555, AnimeMango, MitsukaiYuki, Cute Tangerine204 and XxShirayukixX for reviewing in chap 2. XD

~God Bless~