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The 4th chapter of You and I. Read and Review. Enjoy!
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"Hotaru!!!" she cried. "What's your next plan? That plan just before wasn't working on him"
"Be patience, Mikan. There's no school tomorrow, we can't do any plans or he will know about your feeling" Hotaru said. "He is not an idiot"
"So, when we're going to do our next plan?" she asked
"Monday. I have five plans for now. We're going to launch the plans in an instant. From Monday to Friday. Like the first one, I'm not going to tell you what my plans are. You're going to ruin it."
"CRUEL! I'm the one who will do your plan, so why don't you tell me. Just give me a hint"
"Alright. A hint, just one. Okay, the plans name is started with B"
"What kind of hint is that, Hotaru!?" she shouted. "Unbelievable! You call this a hint! You're cheating!"
"No, I'm not cheating. That's a hint!"
"No, it's not" she said. "Goodbye, I'll go now"
"Go, then" Hotaru told her.
"Hotaru..." she said and left Hotaru alone in her room.
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'What is that?!' she thought. 'That can't be count as a hint, can it?'
She lied herself on the bed and thought about her discussion with Hotaru a few minutes ago. That's not worth for a thought. Maybe, yes for Mikan. She trusted her best friend with all the contents of her heart. She thought that Hotaru couldn't understand her. But, she is sure that Hotaru's choice is the best. She'll ruin the plan if she knows it. It's better if she doesn't know anything. 'Hotaru...' she murmured. 'Why are you so cruel? Why don't you tell me all of your plans? I knew that I would ruin it though, but at least give me a hint that will be useful for the plan' she thought.
"Oh yeah! Why don't I write a letter for Grandpa?!" she exclaimed. The girl rushed to take a pencil and a piece of paper.
'Dear Grandpa,
It's been a long time since we met each other for the last time. I hope you are fine. Don't push yourself too hard. Grandpa, Hotaru is getting mysterious now. She doesn't want to share her plans with me. What I'm gonna do? Have you received the Howalon that I send you? Isn't it great? Do you like it?
Okay this is my letter all about. Don't forget to reply this letter, Grandpa!
With Love,
MIKAN'
'Yap! I think this is perfect' she murmured. "I hope Grandpa could give me some advices about Hotaru'
In a moment, her thought go back to Natsume, she remembered when they were in class together, just the two of them because of Hotaru's plan. A good memory for her, but maybe not for Natsume. 'I wanted him to understand my feeling, but... Is it too hard to understand?' she asked herself. 'Or maybe he has already hate me for what I did in the past'. 'Oh no! I couldn't think about anything but him. Why it has to be him!?' she said again to herself.
It's already evening before she realized it. She stared at the letter that she has made for her Grandpa, she smiled. She took the letter and went out from her room, looked for Natsumi-sensei. Narumi-sensei is the one who delivers all her letters to Grandpa, he knows that it has a big risk, but Narumi-sensei still do it. She loves Narumi-sensei, he's just like a father to her. A father that she will never have in her life.
"Narumi-sensei!" she shouted to Narumi-sensei who was walking in the alley.
"Oh, Mikan. What is it?" he asked and smiled to the little girl
"I want you to give this letter to Grandpa. Could you do that for me, Narumi-sensei?" she asked. Her eyes were sparkling with hope.
Narumi-sensei couldn't ignore his precious student. "Alright, just leave it to me. Mikan, it's five o'clock, isn't it? Can you feed the rabbits?" he said
"Thanks, Narumi-sensei. I will feed the rabbits, don't worry. I will ask Hotaru for help too" she replied
"Good, then. I'll leave it to you. Thank you" he said and left Mikan. Mikan waved her hand and he waved his hand to her.
Mikan looked for Hotaru, in her 'sacred' laboratory. She wanted to feed the rabbits with Hotaru, her best friend she ever had. She ran to her laboratory, and breathless when she was in front of her room
"Ho...Hotaru... are.. you there?" she asked.
"Yes, come in, Mikan" Hotaru answered, she already knew Mikan by her voice.
"Hotaru, Narumi-sensei wants us to feeds the rabbits now, will you lend me a hand?"
"Hmm... alright" she answers. "Let's go then"
"Okay" Mikan agreed. The two of them stepped out of the laboratory and went to the rabbit cage behind the school-building. It takes five minutes to go there.
"Polkadot. What are you doing?" someone's voice said
"Natsume!" Mikan exclaimed and turned her head
"So, you're with your 'crazy-genius' best friend" he said.
'What is 'crazy-genius'? Natsume's kinda silly,huh?
"What did you call me just now?" Hotaru asked him
"I just called you 'crazy-genius' silly girl! How dare you locked me in classroom with Polkadot!" he exclaimed. His face made Mikan and Hotaru knew that they have made him very angry
"Who locked you? Me?" Hotaru said and pretended that she didn't know anything
"Who else?!" he asked
"Hey, you two stop fighting!" Mikan sternly said. "Hotaru, let's feed the rabbits. Leave him alone" Mikan forcefully pulled Hotaru and leave Natsume who was angry by himself
"It's just not like you Mikan, that words just now..." Hotaru said. "But, thanks... For stopping me fighting with him"
"It's okay Hotaru."
"Let's hurry up, Mikan"
She nodded as the sign that she was agree with her friend.
"Hotaru, can you tell me what is your next plan?"
"Beacuse you've stopped me fighting with Natsume, I will tell you the strategy's name, 'BOOK STRATEGY'" she told Mikan
"What is that? Sounds weird" Mikan said, she didn't satisfied with what her friend just said
"I told you that I will tell you the strategy's name, so I won't tell anything anymore. You just get along with the plan" she said
Mikan really wanted to know the plan, yet Hotaru didn't tell her anything that could be a hint, the name of the strategy wasn't enough as a hint.
"C'mon Hotaru. Couldn't you just tell me what kind of plan is it?"
"No, I couldn't"
"Yes, you could. So please"
"We'll talk about it later. Feed the rabbits first" Hotaru finally said
"So you're going to tell me?" she asked. "I'm really glad"
"Maybe not..." she whispered
"What did you just say, Hotaru?" Mikan asked her with smile
"Nothing..." she answered and shook her head
"Alright. Let's feed them"
"Feeding...Feeding the rabbits... I love them... lalalalalala" Mikan sang
"Mikan stop it or I will faint immediately. Your voice, it's horrible!" Hotaru said
"Eh?" she asked. "I think you're going to wear that ear plugs"
"I didn't bring them with me." she said. "Only money.."
'Money, money, and money is that all her mind is about?' Mikan said to herself
"I see. Okay, I will stop singing for you"
"Thank God, you understand my condition" Hotaru said. "Hey, Mikan. Why don't we eat after feeding these rabbits and having a bath? It would have been dinner that time"
"Sure. We'll go together"
"Okay"
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4th chapter is done. Hope you're waiting for the next. Please leave some reviews. I need it very much. Thank you! I love the readers and reviews:-)