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A/N : I wish I were this fast at updating my other stories...lol. Here's the fourth chapter :) Just one more chapter and this little story will be done! Thanks so much for reading! :)

Little Pills
Chapter Four

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Nine.

Nine was enough.

Natsume poured a four pills onto his hand and took the water bottle from his bag and placed it in between his legs. He was currently sitting on a park bench in an isolated corner of the park. It was late in the evening, with no traces of annoying little kids playing in the playground. A few people were walking along the running trail, but other than that, the park was mostly empty. He stared at the pills in his hand. This was it. He was actually going to do it.

"Hey, Natsume!"

Those two words and the voice whom it belonged to, immediately caused him to groan. Fuck. Please let it not be who he thought it was.

But of course, it was exactly who he thought it was.

Fate was really, really twisted.

"Sakura," he muttered rather distastefully, hoping that she'd get the signal and just leave him the hell alone. Either she didn't seem to notice the tone of his voice, or she simply did not care for she casually walked over to him. She was in jogging gear, indicating that she had been on a jog. He could see sweat glistening on her face.

"What's up?" she asked, now standing right next to the bench. "You haven't been to the café lately."

Natsume snorted. "I've only been there once."

She clicked her tongue. "Actually, you've been there twice!" she reminded him.

He rolled his eyes.

"What! You have been there twice!" She told him, "Anyways, why are you sitting here at the park so late?"

"It's seven in the evening, Sakura," he told her, his voice crisp. "It's hardly late."

She seemed to ponder about that for a second. "Well, yeah you're right," she said and then her eyes fell onto the pills that he held in his hand. "Oh, do you have a headache or something?" For some strange reason, she almost sounded...concerned for him.

Odd.

Natsume decided to remain silent. Maybe if he didn't say anything she would get the message and leave him alone...

She frowned, her eyebrows furrowing as she took a good look at the pills. "Wait, why do you have so many? You're only supposed to take one or two of those!"

Hating how his silent treatment had failed him, Natsume sent the nosy girl a glare. Why wouldn't this girl just go away already?

"Seriously, just give me those," she reached out for the bottle of pills he held in his right palm.

"No," he quickly pulled away from her, his eyes flashing rather dangerously. Just who did this girl think she was? She couldn't just pop out of nowhere and demand things from him.

Her frown deepened. "What's the matter with you? Just give those to me!" This time, she was successful in yanking the bottle away from him. Despite her small stature, she was actually quite strong. However, once she had gotten a hand on the bottle, her foot accidentally got caught on something in the grass and she lost balance.

And the bottle fell. Onto the ground. Where its contents lay scattered all around.

Natsume cussed. He only had four in his hands. It was nearly not enough.

"What the hell is your problem?" he hissed at the girl. He couldn't believe that this was happening again.

Unlike the first time this had happened, she didn't look embarrassed. Instead she merely shrugged. "Sorry," she said, but she didn't seem sorry at all. "If you have a headache or something, the pills you have in your hand will do."

He clenched his fists. This was the fucking limit.

"Are you always this annoying? Or am I some special case?" he seethed out.

The girl had the audacity to grin. "Oh, you're just a special case," she said airily.

Sending her one last furious glare, Natsume abruptly got up from his seat and slung his bag over his shoulder. Without his normal nod at her or anything, he turned his back to the girl and walked away, not wanting to be in her presence any longer.

He could hear her calling out to him, but he ignored her. She was a nuisance. If it weren't for her, he would have already gotten what he wanted.

Not seeing the use for those four pills any longer, he let them slip from his hand and onto the ground below.

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Carolle Royale

September 14th, 2015