Chapter 4: 2 boys and a girl

The next day they had class and after class Ruka and Mikan decided to meet up again at Ruka's room.

"The deadline is tomorrow already, we really need to make this good Ruka!" she said enthusiastically.

"Sure Mikan" he said with a smile

"The name of the princess is… Aya! And the prince will be… Koji. Is that okay with you Ruka?"

"Sure Mikan. I think it's great" he said and then started to type

They finished pretty late. Mikan fell asleep on the bed while Ruka was printing the project and while he was waiting for the project to be done, he lay down the bed as well but then fell asleep.

The next day, they both woke up at the same time. They were both surprised to be near so near to each other. They both blushed and turned away.

"Uhhh…Ruka what time is it?"

"OH NO! WERE LATE!" he exclaimed

"WHAAAAAT?!"

"IT'S ALREADY 8:45! WE OVERSLEPT MIKAN!" he exclaimed

"Oh no! we better hurry up!" she said

They opened the door together to their class room and everyone was shocked that Ruka and Mikan were together.

"Why so late Mikan and Ruka?" Mr. Narumi asked with an evil grin

"Sorry Mr. Narumi we overslept" Mikan replied

"We made the project draft together" Ruka added

"Well you're just in time to pass it. Class, pass your project drafts" Mr. Narumi said

They both took their seats and everyone was fussing over Ruka and Mikan being together.

"Hey Ruka, what's the deal with you and polka dots?" Natsume asked

"Oh, well. we accidentally fell asleep while making our project and woke up late" he replied

Natsume wasn't too happy about what happened to Ruka and Mikan. He was a bit jealous of the situation but of course he didn't show it.

"Ruka being together with that idiot?" he thought

Classes went on that day and rumors were starting since Ruka had so many fan girls, the were all sad about the rumor that Ruka and Mikan are together. As Mikan was walking down the halls of the academy, she was being talked about by the fan girls.

"Ruka and Sakura Mikan togetheeeeeer?" the fan girls exclaimed

"What did Ruka find in that idiot Sakura?" another fan girl said

Mikan had just about enough of this and replied "Ruka and I aren't together okay?! What's the big deal idiots?"

The fan girls got pretty mad and chased her outside of the school. She was running and running and the fan girls continued to chase her. Suddenly someone grabbed Mikan and covered her mouth and hid her in the bushes. She turned to see it was Natsume and she was shocked.

"'Natsume????" she whispered

"Don't get me wrong idiot, I'm just being nice today" he replied

He let her go and they sat under the tree opposite sides as usual. It was quiet, Natsume was reading his manga once more and Mikan was just thinking and waiting for the fan girls to give up looking for her.

"What's with this guy? He told me to get lost and then he's saving me now? I wanted to move on and maybe forget about him but I don't know why I can't… something seems to be holding me back. I did love it that he saved me… but I thought he hated me?" she thought

"Hey idiot" he said

"I am not an idiot you moron!" she exclaimed

"Whatever, run along now polka dots. They're gone"

She stood up and said "I really hate to be doing this … but thanks Natsume" she said and gave a sweet smile. He blushed but turned away and replied "Whatever, polka dots"

Persona came out and said "My, my I see you've found yourself a girlfriend"

Mikan was shocked and afraid, she heard Persona was a dangerous person and that his alice is pretty deadly. She froze just looking at him and didn't know what to do.

"She's not"

He looked at Mikan and "Run along now polka dots!" he demanded

Mikan ran off but Persona managed to grab her hand. Mikan got so scared and shocked.

Natsume stood up and said "Let her go! She's not doing anything!" he shouted

"This girl is pretty interesting, don't you think so Natsume?" Persona said

"Just let her go!" he demanded and started to cast a flame

He threw Mikan at Natsume and she cried

"Remember what I told you before Natsume!" Persona said and walked away

Mikan continued to cry while staying in Natsume's arms. He just held her and listened to her cry.

"What should I do? Geez, she's crying… she was pretty scared back there. Maybe if I hugged her tighter she'll stop"

Natsume hugged her tighter and she looked at him with tears. Natsume kissed her forehead and said "stop crying polka dots, he's gone". This made Mikan cry even more.

They stayed like that till she was okay.

Hotaru was videotaping their moment with dollar signs in her eyes. "I'm going to be rich!" she thought

The next day as Mikan was walking down the halls of the academy with Yuu, she heard the voices of the fan girls and Sumire in particular. What's happening? Why is everyone making such a fuzz?

As Mikan got closer to the crowd, she saw the video of Natsume and her. The fan girls stared at her, Sumire got closer to her and said " What's up with you and my Natsume?"

"Nothing Permy!" she turned to Hotaru and added "I cant believe you'd video tape me again Hotaru!" she exclaimed an ran away.

She bumped into someone and when she looked up it was Ruka and he was with Natsume.

"Ruka! Sorry" she said

"It's okay Mikan, what's wrong?" he said. Apparently, he didn't know yet of what happened with Mikan and Natsume yesterday.

"It's that darn Hotaru!" she replied

They went to where Hotaru was selling copies of the video to everyone and Natsume was surprised. Ruka was surprised as well and said "Natsume?" because he couldn't believe Natsume would hug a girl that tight and kiss her forehead especially Sakura. Since he knew she was avoiding her.

"Come on Ruka" he said and started to walk

Ruka followed him

"I thought you avoided Sakura?" the blonde boy asked

"I did. Persona came and after he left, she cried and wouldn't stop" the raven haired boy said

"I see…"

I know you like her a lot Natsume, you just want to protect her that's why you appear to hate her.