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Mismatch, Chapter Three
Mikan was astounded. Did I hear…what I thought I heard? Then that means…Natsume-san is my brother?! How could that be possible! I never had any siblings…
Natsume was in an equal state of shock. How the heck did Polka Dots become my sister?!
Hotaru was watching them intently. She looked at Ruka, whose eyes had widened. Suddenly, Mikan gave a little sigh and fainted, right into Ruka's arms. Ruka startled himself by catching her right in time. He cradled Mikan in his arms. Hotaru raised her eyebrows at him. He immediately blushed.
"What, did you expect me to just let her fall on the floor?" Ruka defensively asked.
"No, it's just the way you caught her, that's all." Hotaru answered. Her face had returned to its normal expressionless state.
Ruka opened his mouth to speak, but hesitated to say what he was thinking. He instead turned to look at Natsume. He looked as though he was in a different world.
"Natsume-kun? Are you…feeling okay?" Ruka timidly asked.
"Don't bother asking him now. Ask him when he's gotten over the shock. Besides, have you even considered the fact that we misunderstood?" Hotaru pointed out.
Ruka looked down at Mikan, who sill hadn't woken up. "Well, yeah. It's virtually impossible for those two to be siblings. I mean, they're nothing alike!"
"Well, no, they aren't. But I guess we shouldn't jump to conclusions…" Hotaru's voice trailed away as she started thinking again.
Natsume's POV
What? She can't be my sibling…we just heard Jinno-sensei wrong! Yeah, that's it…
That's sibling love, after all.
Get out of my head!
That's sibling love, after all.
Stop it!
…sibling love…
No…
…sibling…
-end of POV-
Natsume was unaware that he was already shouting. Luckily, the class was noisy enough so that no one could hear him except Hotaru and Ruka.
"Natsume-kun? Natsume-kun, are you okay?!" Ruka was shaking Natsume.
Oddly enough, Natsume was not reacting to the shaking that Ruka was giving him. His eyes were staring right through him. He turned his head slowly to stare at Mikan.
Right then, Mr. Narumi entered the room again. He was breathing hard, as though he had just run a long way, and he looked angry.
"Okay, class. I'll give you the rest of the period to discuss your class project. I need to go talk to the other teachers." Mr. Narumi announced.
This, obviously, was greeted by happy yells by the rest of the class. Mr. Narumi left, slamming the door behind him as he went. No one took notice of this except Ruka and Hotaru.
"Narumi-sensei really seems to have a bad temper today." Ruka said quietly.
"Yes, he is. I suppose we should leave them alone for a while…" Hotaru replied.
Natsume abruptly stood up to leave. Just when his hand was on the door, he looked back at Ruka and Hotaru.
"If anything about this gets out, I'll know who it came from. And that person will be dead." Natsume said in a lethal tone.
A few minutes after Natsume left, Mikan finally woke up. She immediately sat up and blushed after waking up in Ruka's arms. Suddenly, everything that had just happened came back to her. She buried her head in her arms.
"Oh come on, you never know, we might have misunderstood!" Ruka comforted her.
"That's right, Mikan-chan. Jinno-sensei may have meant it as a metaphor!" Hotaru agreed.
"Thanks very much, guys. But I need some time to…think about it, I guess. But I really appreciate your concern." Mikan smiled tiredly at them.
"Alright, I understand." Hotaru stood and motioned Ruka to do the same.
After some time, Mikan stood as well and sat back down at her seat. The rest of the day was a blur to her. She went through it as best as she could, but she really couldn't understand what was going on around her. Her whole world had been turned upside down. Hotaru and Ruka understood the mental turmoil she was going through and wisely left her alone for the time being.
At dismissal time, she wandered out to the huge cherry blossom tree in the garden and sat down underneath it. Her brown eyes roved over the school and its grounds, but she was not taking in any of it. She was just too distracted.
Suddenly her eyes focused on someone in front of her. They met the eyes of that person. They were the hypnotizing crimson eyes of Hyuuga Natsume.
To her astonishment, he sat down beside her, not breaking their gaze. Their eyes were locked on each other's, and neither of the two could look away. Natsume realized what he was doing and hastily looked down, and his bangs covered his eyes, but not before Mikan could notice the light blush that had stained his cheeks. She blushed as well, and looked at the school buildings again.
"We need to talk…Mikan-san."
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A/N: Hope you enjoyed the new chapter! I know it's a bit short, but I promise to make it longer next time! Practically al of the reviews seemed that no one wanted Natsume and Mikan to become siblings. So I may change the story. (Yes, I was going to make them siblings!) I still might, but in the meantime, I'll think about it. Tell me if you want me to or not in your reviews!
And also, thanks very much to kryuzei, PBCNX-MAN, kurobarachi, simplebutspecial, SasuNaru-LoveandMichiyo-chan and Ayumi-chan for your reviews! I hope they keep coming! Help me improve the story! And most people seem to have noticed that Jinno-sensei isn't exactly the type to say "sibling love", but I figured it would make it sound more incredible. Kidding, lol.
I accept flames, by the way. Haha, but I pretty much have the rest of the story planned out. I still need your opinion whether you want Natsume and Mikan become siblings or something else. If you want them to become siblings, the story will be way better! Whatever happens, I'll make it all work out in the end, I promise! Anyway, it all depends on you, readers! Review!
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