Chapter 4

Warning: Mikan and Natsume's attitudes changes from time to time and this event will be explained in this chapter. You may see a sweet Mikan then suddenly she will act like Natsume but don't be confused or something. Just go with the flow :)

"What do you mean by that Hotaru-chan? What discrepancy are you talking about?" Nonoko asked in confusion.

Hotaru made her way inside Nonoko's room and made sure that the doors and windows are locked. "Nonoko, what are my strict instructions in regards to the potion?" Hotaru asked stoically

Nonoko scratched her head "Uhmm...you told me that I should make a potion that will alter a person's level of intelligence." Then Nonoko gasped when realization hits her "Oh dear, don't tell me you used those alarm clocks to Mikan-chan and Natsume-san?"

Hotaru just nodded her head in response.

"So that's why Mikan-chan and Natsume-san is acting strangely!"

"That's exactly my point. How come they act that strange? I specifically told you that the potion must only alter the intelligence, not their personalities. Now, Hyuuga is partly acting like Mikan and vice versa."

"Partly? Oh no, did they switch souls?" Nonoko asked, kind of freaking out

"Apparently no. Mikan is still Mikan, and Hyuuga is still that perverted freak. Although their level of intelligence really did alter, however their personalities were altered as well. They both have each other's attitudes. Mikan's personality is 50% hers and 50% Hyuuga's. And the same goes to that pyromaniac."

"I see, that's why Natsume-san yelled and called Mikan-chan a pervert which was a total opposite of his natural self!"

"So, I guess you do realize that it is that potion's fault. Intelligence is way too different with their personalities. Now, can you make something that will return them to their normal stupid selves?"

Nonoko thought for quite a while. "That's difficult you know. The easiest way is just to wait for the potion to wear off for at least 2 weeks."

"I can't wait that long. I want my stupid best friend's back in her 100% self. I don't want her to possess any of Hyuuga's traits."

"Well, you see there is a way. I told you before that I added some magnetic effects in that potion. In order for them to return to their normal selves, they must keep a distance between them. Meaning, they must not be near to each other for a minimum of 100 meters so that the magnetic effect will wear off."

"Quite easy. It'll be a piece of cake. We just need to separate the two so that they'll revert back."

"Yeah and I'm going to formulate another potion that will help in weakening the magnetism of the two. But how do we start? Both of them are in their special star dorms and the distance between their rooms is less than 25 meters."

"That's easy. I'll take care of that stuff but make sure that the potion of yours will be ready as soon as possible."

Nonoko nodded and Hotaru left the room.

At Natsume's Special Star room...

Time check- 9:00 pm

Knock. Knock. Knock.

The door suddenly opened and revealed a brunette in her pair of tangerine pajamas. Her hair was falling freely and her hands were hiding behind her back.

"Natsume? Are you already asleep?" Mikan asked then she flipped the switch to turn on the lights.

Mikan freaked out as soon as the lights illuminated the room.

"Kyaaaaaaahhhh!" she screamed.

The raven haired lad who was sleeping soundly on his bed suddenly flinched "What the hell are you doing here on my bedroom at this time of night? Can't you even sense that I am sleeping?" he blurted out. He stares at the brunette who was now smirking at him.

Natsume raised his brow "What are you smirking at?" then he followed the brunette's gaze and Natsume then realized that he is not wearing any shirt so he was half naked. He glares at Mikan and yelled back "YOU CRAZY PERVERT! Don't peek!" then he tucked his blankets to cover his shirtless body.

"Nice abs you got there stripes" Mikan smirked again.

"I told you not to call me stripes, you're pissing me off! Get your butt out of here perverted polka dots!"

But Mikan paid no heed on the fire caster's endless rants. Instead, she made her way to the bed and sat on the far edge, a bit distant to him. "I came here coz I couldn't sleep"

"Just because you couldn't sleep doesn't give you the right to barge into someone's room and disturb their sleep." He hissed.

Mikan then puts a box into Natsume's lap "Here"

Natsume raised his brows "What exactly is this?"

"Midnight snack" Mikan replied "And, please don't raise your freaky short eye brows. It's disgusting, unless you go to the Central Town and have your eye brows fixed."

A vein popped in Natsume's head "Don't mess with my brows. They are my assets"

Mikan snickered "Assets your ass. Oh come on, don't be grumpy over that stupid brows of yours!"

"Shut up!" Natsume yelled.

Mikan smiled and patted Natsume's bare back. Mikan felt that her hands seemed to be electrified by that sudden contact but she ignored it "Now, now Natsume...I just felt like teasing you okay? Don't act like that. You see, I am always acting like that whenever you teases me and now that I am seeing you like that, it seems strange yet amusing"

Natsume's face became serious "Now that you think about it, something really IS strange happening between the two of us."

Mikan smiled "You're damn right! I just realized that I am really smarter than you and you are a big fat dumb ass idiot!"

Natsume grunted and flicked Mikan's forehead "Watch your words polka dots. Cursing is not suited for someone like you."

Mikan felt her cheeks became hot and so she diverted her attention to the box in Natsume's lap "Shut it Natsume, let's just eat! Howalons are waiting for me!"

"The thing inside this freakin' box is Howalons? And you consider them as midnight snacks?"

Mikan nodded.

"They're just like cotton candies. These stuffs are not worth it as a midnight snack. I've got strawberry shortcake on the fridge, go get it. Make some juice too"

"Yeay! We're gonna have strawberry shortcakes!" Mikan giggled and made her way to Natsume's kitchen.

"I need to find out what is really happening to me and polka dots. I need to end this ruckus. My head will explode if this continues. I can't handle polka dots with her attitude like that. It's as if she is PMSing or something" Natsume muttered in his thoughts.

Meanwhile, Hotaru was walking towards the Special Star dorms and is planning to visit Mikan. She stood in front of Mikan's door and when she grabbed the doorknob, she realized that it was locked. Hotaru looked at her wristwatch and realized that it is not that late yet and she doubts that Mikan is now sleeping since she sleeps as late as 11:30 pm.

"Where on earth did that baka go?" Hotaru thought. Then, she decided to just return to her room and will just talk to Mikan first thing tomorrow. But when she stepped her foot near Natsume's room, she heard giggles and insults and the voice sounded like Mikan.

"Crap, is Mikan inside Natsume's room?" Hotaru thought. To confirm her assumptions, she decided to tiptoe towards the door and pulled out a listening device from the pockets of her cardigan. She puts the listening device on the door and listened intently on the conversation...

Inside Natsume' room (Hotaru is eavesdropping from this point)

"Ne, Natsume, now that I am smart now, I can easily surpass you on the exams!" Mikan said and shoved a spoonful of shortcake on her mouth.

"Don't be that confident, you might wake up the next day as an idiot again" Natsume replied.

"Hey, take those words back"

"No."

"Fine suit yourself stripes. Remember, your precious manga is still in my possession so if you don't act nice towards me, you'll kiss your manga goodbye" Mikan retorted back.

Hotaru's POV

"Geez...what a nonsense conversation." I thought. I am still here in front of Hyuuga's door, listening to his conversation with Mikan. I don't know how the heck did Mikan landed in his room for the third time and I swear that I will find the answers first thing tomorrow morning.

End of Hotaru's POV

Back inside the room...

Natsume smirked "I'll kiss my manga goodbye huh...are you sure about that polka dots?"

Mikan grinned "Of course...so if you don't want to say goodbye to your precious stupid books, from now on, be nice to me okay?"

In a blink of an eye, Natsume crashed his lips on hers making Mikan flinch a little. After a period of ten seconds, Natsume broke the kiss.

"What the F*ck did you just do?" (Can't write it sorry. I'm not used to say or write that word)

Natsume puts his index finger on her lips "sshh...didn't I tell you that cursing is not suited for someone like you?"

"Then why did you do that?"

"You told me that I'm gonna kiss my manga goodbye if I didn't treat you nice right? You can throw that manga if you want, I already kissed that manga goodbye through you."

"Natsume you perverted jerk!" Mikan yelled.

End of chapter 4 ~ Oh, I guess this story is gonna be a little bit longer than I thought. Oh well, I hope you guys enjoy this one. Maybe there's a hint of OOC but I can't help it. Oh, R&R~!