Chapter 4: Realization
"YOU ARE GOING TO PAY FOR THIS!"
"I AM GOING TO CHOP YOU INTO PIECES!"
"YOU MORON, PERVENT FOX, I WON'T FORGIVE YOU!"
'Mikan… he has been gone for quite a while… you can stop shouting already" interrupted Ruka.
"I hate that guy! He must have peeked when I am sleeping" cried Mikan angrily.
"No… I am sure he didn't do it…. Mikan, you are acting weird just now did something happen between you and Natsume?" asked Ruka.
"! Well… You see… Natsume…he confessed to me but I don't know what I should do" said a blushed Mikan.
"…Let's sit down here and talk, shall we?" asked Ruka smiling at Mikan.
Mikan nod her head.
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"You see, Ruka… I don't know how to reply to Natsume" said Mikan hugging her legs, "I feel so confused now."
"Mikan, let's put 'how to reply to Natsume' matter aside and think of what I am going to ask you" said Ruka
"What is it?" asked Mikan looking slightly surprised.
"How do you feel about Natsume?" Ruka said, looking at Mikan.
Mikan paused for a while.
"…My feeling for him?" whispered Mikan.
"Yup, Mikan's feeling for Natsume" nodded Ruka looking at the sky that is turning dark.
"I don't know. I hate him for picking on me always but I like him too. He is there when I needed help or when I am feeling down. I like him as a friend." said Mikan.
"Ha-ha" laughed Ruka "Are you sure this is all you feel about him?" asked Ruka "I think it is more than a friend you know"
"More?" asked a confused Mikan
"Have you heard of 'Action speaks louder than words' before?" Ruka question Mikan.
"Yes, I have I am not stupid!" grumbled Mikan.
"Firstly, you may not have notice it but you are always looking for Natsume when he is not there."
"Secondly, there are many people who have confessed with you but you only get confused when Natsume confessed to you."
"Thirdly, you blushed easily when Natsume say your name. Isn't it funny to blush only when Natsume say your name or when he is so close to you, Mikan?" teased Ruka looking at the blushing Mikan.
"I didn't realize it..." said Mikan looking surprised.
"Well, now you know… so your reply to Natsume, I am sure you have found your answer right?" smiled Ruka
"Yes! Thank a lot Ruka" said Mikan smiling. "Do you have someone you like?" Mikan teased Ruka back.
Ruka blushed. "Yea, I have."
"Who is it? Ruka" Mikan asked excitedly.
"..Hotaru" he replied and blushes even more.
"So it is Hotaru!" Mikan smiled "I hope she will find her happiness too, Ruka do your best ok?"
"Thx Mikan, you too!" Ruka said "It's getting late, come on let's go and have our dinner now"
"I am starving already!" groaned Mikan.
"Ha-ha, me too" laughed Ruka.
"Oh there is one more thing I want you to know even though Natsume will kill me but I still want you to know"
"What is it?" asked Mikan
"I don't want you to get the wrong about what happened just now when you are sleeping, you see, Natsume is protecting you from someone who is trying to take advantage of you" explained Ruka
"Someone is trying to take advantage of ME?" said a horrified Mikan
"Yea and it happens that Natsume is sitting up at the tree so he scared the guy away." Ruka smiled at Mikan before walking off.
Mikan felt her heart pounding faster and her face getting hotter.
"So that is what he is doing… I wonder for how long he has been up at the tree watching over me."
"Natsume…" whispered Mikan as she clutched her hand and placed it onto her chest.
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I kind of rushed through this chapter so I do not think it is good. Oh well, finally found the time to update it. RxR! Thanks.