Author's Note

Here's Chapter Three. Thank you to the following people who reviewed the second chapter: Miha-chan, Ai Hijiri, honey kun, Snow Mirage, FanFicAddictions, Soul of the Rain and Tekken Rox. Anyway, here's the third chapter – hope you enjoy it! Oh and btw, Mikan is human size here – not tiny.

DISCLAIMED

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2007 TO YOU ALL!!!!

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Day Two

How to Eat

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Natsume and I finally cooperated with the help of the kindness of Ruka and we were able to make a teeny room for me in his closet. It may be cramped with mothballs, books, unwanted Natsume-ish stuff and old textbooks, but we were able to make it homey for me.

Ruka bought a lava lamp in Central Town and placed it on one of the cardboard boxes and they were able to find a mattress (it was kinda dirty, but its okay) in the attic. They also found a blanket and Ruka's bunny, Usagi was able to snag a pillow from i-don't-know-where. It wasn't that comfortable but then it was MUCH MORE comfortable than my last night there.

"WHAT? You're going to Central Town?" I squealed, as I saw the two boys walk toward the bus.

"Yes" Natsume replied flatly. "And you can't come because you don't have any rabbits"

"You don't have either" I said, examining Natsume from head to toe.

"What?"

"Ruka has one" I smiled, and pointed to Usagi who rolled his eyes.

"YOU DUMMY. I'm not talking about the ANIMAL rabbit. I'm talking about money"

"I thought they were called yen"

"I don't have time for this" Natsume said, sounding really pissed off and climbed up the bus.

He must've woken up on the wrong side of the bed. I mean, how was I supposed to know that he wasn't talking about the animal?

But still, I followed meekly behind Natsume and Ruka and sat beside them in the bus.

"I told you not to go" he said, sounding really annoyed. I folded my arms and looked out the window.

"Who cares?"

"I do. Now shut up" he replied and turned away and looked out the window on his side as well.

Die Natsume Hyuuga, die.

Then I heard my favorite song play outside. I looked and saw some preschoolers outside in their music class. I closed my eyes and listened to the music. I heard this song on Natsume's music-thingy. I think they call it an Mp3.

"The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round!!!'

"SHUT UP!!!" Natsume said, kicking the bus seats so hard that I jumped out of astonishment.

"Well, it's not my fault that I heard this on your Mp3 thingy the other day" I yelled. The people in front of us looked back with hollow eyes, then there were murmurs that sounded like 'I didn't know Natsume listened to baby songs'.

Ruka turned to Natsume. "Didn't you download that for Youichi?"

Natsume's eye twitched. "Yes…I…did". He shot another glare at me and made a fist at me. He then turned away and looked out the window again.

He's ill-tempered, I tell you.

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We arrived at Central Town. I gasped in amazement as I saw the different shops all lined up selling wonderful things. I pranced out of the bus and saw people selling balloons, candy, dolls and other things.

"Oh my god!! This is heaven!!" I screeched and danced around the place. Natsume grabbed my hand and stopped me from having a good time. He's such a killjoy.

"Shut the hell up" he said darkly and I stopped and walked beside Ruka.

"Where are you guys going anyway?"

"We're going to the café"

"What's a café?" I admit that I sounded extremely stupid right now since Ruka and Natsume talk as if it's a normal thing. But I didn't know what a café was. Was it some kind of clothing store? Or a shoe shop? I was so confused. What was a café?

Natsume rolled his eyes. Then we stopped by a place that smelled of all sort of delicious things. There were silly men going around asking orders. I think they're called waiters. I was watching TV yesterday in Natsume's dorm and there were men wearing tuxedos and asking people what they want. Only this time, these men were just wearing a plain white t-shirt with a green apron and kaki pants.

I followed Natsume and Ruka to a table and I sat down on one of the chairs. I watched the 'waiters' in the 'café' deliver cups with these brown bitter-smelling liquid inside. I think they call it 'coffee' because there was a woman who ordered 'coffee' and the 'waiter' brought the cup of the bitter liquid. Sometimes people would order cream with it. Don't worry, I know what cream is.

Then one of the 'waiters' went to us. He handed us these laminated papers with numbers and delicious looking words printed on it.

"What's this?" I asked. The waiter just stared at me.

"It's a menu" he replied.

"Just pick any of those things listed on it" Ruka told me and pointed to one of the letters that said: ROASTBEEF SANDWICH.

"Not too expensive, okay?" he said.

"I don't think stupid dolls eat" Natsume told Ruka. "They might ruin their fabric"

"I'm not made of fabric" I protested. But, what was 'fabric' anyway?

The waiter came to us again to get our orders.

"Two fruit parfaits"

"What's a parfait?" I asked when the waiter left.

"A parfait is…uh…it's like this tall glass filled with fruits and cream and different stuff"

A few minutes later, the waiter came with two slim glasses with things called pineapples, kiwi, strawberries, cornflakes and cream inside. There was also this red round thing called a 'cherry' on top. I love discovering new things.

I watched the two of them eat their 'parfait'. The sound of the cornflakes cracking, the mesmerizing cold smell of frozen strawberries, the way the cream would twirl against the spoon simply made my mouth water and I watched like a beggar putting his hands on the display window of a department store. I watched hungrily.

"Can't I have one too?" I said, when they reached the middle of the parfait which was the kiwi layer.

"No" Natsume said coldly and continued eating his parfait.

"Fine" I said, and folded my arms like a child. Then I watched them eat up the kiwi. I couldn't help it, I raised my hand and screamed "WAITER"

Then a waiter ran to me.

"Yes, miss?"

"No, my name is Mikan not miss" I said, shaking my head. "Anyway, can I have a parfait as well?"

"Okay" the waiter said and disappeared.

"Then you pay for your parfait because I am not paying for some idiot"

"Fine!! How do I get rabbits?"

"You have to study in the Alice Academy"

"No, don't worry. I'll pay for it" Ruka said sweetly.

He was so nice. Why was Natsume such a mean person?!?!

My parfait arrived. It had the same contents as grr..Natsume and Ruka had. I stared at it blankly and smiled at the two in front of me.

"How do I eat this?"

"What the hell?!?" Natsume said, staring angrily at me. "What do you mean how do YOU eat that? Don't tell me you have to LEARN how to eat like you had to learn how to walk yesterday!!!"

"Um…sorry"

I just stared at my parfait. My mouth watered.

"Please teach me"

"Ruka you teach her"

But Ruka wasn't sitting in his chair.

"Oh damn, he must've gone to the bathroom"

"NATSUME! Please teach me!!"

"Just shut the hell up okay!? People are looking"

Natsume got a spoon and I opened my mouth and he put the spoon inside and I tasted the cream. It was so delicious, like heaven. Then he fed me more fruits and I chewed and savored the delight.

"Now, you eat by yourself" he said, sounding completely, utterly irritated.

Then he spooned a bit of a strawberry into his mouth. He swallowed it and spat the spoon out.

"OH DAMN. THIS IS YOUR SPOON"

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The day ended and Natsume just kept on drinking water and spitting it out because of the thing with the same spoons. I felt very happy. I started collecting coins from the street. I bought a box of candy as well. But I didn't eat it.

Today I learned about waiters, parfaits, coffee and most importantly CAFÉS.

"Hey, Natsume" I said as the two of us went to his dormitory.

"WHAT NOW?!" he yelled.

"This is for you" I said, handing the box of candy to him.

"I hate candy"

"Whatever" I said and returned to my closet to sleep.

Natsume just stared at the candy and picked one up, he popped one into his mouth.

"Not bad" he told himself.

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Stupid chapter, no?