(Recap of last chapter)
"listen here sakura if you do not do as I say im sure the principal will love to here that you left without fulfilling his orders and if you are not trying then I will say that you disrespected me and my skills and you will surely be expelled well its your pick choose wisely" the manager said glaring at mikan.
"fine fine" she sighed took a good breath and…"laa~" she sang the manager smiled.
"good your voice is perfect for this job" he said then pulled mikan in front of him "well it was easier than we thought so here is our new vocalist for I practices after school boys!" the manager said excitedly.
"WHAT!" mikan yelled.
(Chapter 6!)
"WHAT!" mikan yelled.
"You heard me it's not like your being forced or anything cause your suppose to help every club or anyone who is involved which is us! , And there won't be a music club anymore because…well I don't know the principle just told me they wouldn't show up..So it won't be any different from what you already do" the manager said grinning.
"n..n..n..n.n.n.n NO! I can't sing sir…I mean ugh forget it I just can't sing for you" mikan said about to leave when the manager stepped in front of the door with folded arms.
"and why not miss sakura?" he said with a raised brow "I…just can't I could help you find someone else if you wa-" once again mikan got cut off from her sentence "no I don't want anyone else to do this but you" the manager said angrily.
"No" was all mikan said.
"Come on any girl would kill for this position that your being offered" the manager said "I have a good eye for talent and this girl has it I won't let her off the hook" the manager thought.
"Well I wouldn't, so if you would excuse me I must go and make sure that the school is vacant" mikan said pulling her backpack on her back to hold it up.
"Well would u jus-" "no"mikan said blankly cutting his sentence "fine ill just call the principal and tell him you have disrespected my skills" the manager said taking out his cell phone in a threatening voice.
"do whatever you want" mikan said walking towards the door she was about to open it when she thought of what her mom had told her when she first came to the school "mikan please don't get into any trouble at this school we're trusting you to do the right thing when you come against a problem ok I need you to promise me that" mikan came to again and turned towards the manager.
"Hello sir one of your students hav-" "wait!" mikan said the manager gave her a sign for her to continue "I…ill do it" mikan said staring him in the eyes he hung the phone up with a smile.
"good" he said "now my name is tsubasa but since your just a couple of years younger than me you can call me sempai ok and those guys are the band natsume, ruka, koko, inchou and kitsume" tsubasa said pointing to each as he called their names mikan just nodded "I know who they are so what am I suppose to do now?" mikan asked.
"Well we should get started so fiiirst you need to see how things go, so you don't have to worry about singing..Yet.. just sit back and watch how things go for today and tomorrow that's when you worry" tsubasa said smiling.
"so I just have to sit here and listen and watch what you guys do today and freak out tomorrow?" mikan asked "didn't he just say that polka" natsume said mikan turned to him "stop calling me that my name is MI- K A N not polka" she said glaring at him.
"tch whatever just go sit and watch your wasting time and I want to go home" natsume said walking near the microphone.
"Do you two already know each other?" tsubasa asked.
"Obviously" mikan and natsume said then glared at each other "hello sakura-san did imai-san get her item back" ruka said smiling mikan looked away from natsume to ruka "hello ruka-pyon! And yes she did" she said waving at him.
"Okay so who else have you already met before?" tsubasa said "I only know those two" she said sitting at a table placing her back pack on the floor next to her.
"okay let's get this over with and you don't move" natsume said pointing at mikan who rolled her eyes "where would I go anyway" mikan said and they started to practice some of their songs mikan watched in amazement they sounded awesome she danced a little in her seat then stopped cause she started to get bored just sitting and watching.
She looked at the table she was sitting at and saw some paper and a pencil she smiled picked the pencil up and started to write she wrote for almost two hours when her phone rang disturbing the band natsume glared at her she just chuckled nervously "sorry" she looked at the caller it was from home.
"Crap!" mikan said.
"Is there a problem mikan?" tsubasa said "uh no not really but I have to take this call so I'm going to stand outside by the door" mikan said walking out she gulped then answered.
"MIKAN SAKURA WHERE IN HEAVENS NAME ARE YOU!" the person on the other line yelled mikan took the phone away from her ear "im so sorry mom I forgot to call and say I was gonna get home a little late" mikan said "why? Where are you?" yuka asked "I'm at the school mom don't worry I'm on my way" mikan said "is there anyone at the school with you?" yuka asked worried.
"yes mom there is someone here I told you I'm on my way" mikan said "if there is a young gentlemen there ask him to escort you home I don't want you walking home when it's almost dark out" yuka said "mom I'll be fine ill jus-" mikan was cut off "mikan please I really don't want what happened to me happen to you" yuka said sadly "mom…what ever happened to you? You always say that but never say what happened" mikan asked "ill tell you someday mikan just come home now please and don't forget to ask for someone to escort you bye" and with that yuka hung up the phone.
mikan sighed and walked back in the room only to see everyone at the table where she was sitting before "um what are you guys doing?" mikan asked staring at their shocked faces except for natsume of course.
"What?" she asked again walking near them she saw the paper tsubasa had in his hand and noticed it was hers "hey! You weren't suppose to read that" mikan said she was about to grab the paper when natsume got to it first.
"Hey! Give it to me" mikan said trying to get the paper from him he then put his arm up making mikan not be able to reach it she finally gave up "fine keep the stupid paper I was just writing random stuff anyway" mikan said folding her arms.
"What do you mean you were just writing random stuff this" tsubasa said pointing to the paper "is brilliant" he finished.
"Whatever" mikan said looking away "hey do you mind if this becomes a song?" tsubasa asked mikan looked at him boredly "it was already meant to be a song just random though" she said walking over to the microphone playing with the stand.
"Oh..it seemed like one…do you mind if the band actually sang this song?" tsubasa asked hesitantly mikan stopped playing with the stand and looked at him "why would you want them to sing a crappy song like that obviously its nothing compared to what they already sing" mikan said talking into the microphone then laughed at how different her voice sounded.
"that's the point its different yet brilliant and that's what the band needs something different that no one can expect but love so can they sing this song or not?" tsubasa said trying to do puppy dog eyes mikan started to laugh really hard pointing at his face tsubasa glared at her which she noticed so she went quiet.
"okay okay I'm not laughing jezz calm down would ya" she said still snickering "whatever is your answer yes or no?" he asked still glaring at her cause she was still snickering.
"Sure whatever just don't tell anyone who wrote it" mikan said smiling still playing with the mic "great!" tsubasa said hugging mikan really tight.
"…t..tsubasa .. ..Breath" mikan said being squeezed to death he quickly let go "sorry" he said sheepishly "its alright but I have to go that was my mom that called earlier looking for me" mikan said placing the mic on the stand.
"okay we have to stay a bit longer to put music to the song, but I don't think it's a good idea for you to go home alone so natsume will walk you home" tsubasa said smiling natsume on the other hand glared at him "what makes you think I'd do something like that?" natsume asked with a raised brow "well everyone here has something to do with an instrument and you're the singer of the band sooo you could just hear the song tomorrow and walk mikan home tonight" tsubasa said with pleading eyes .
"no" natsume said he turned to mikan and saw she was looking down "natsume plea-" "okay lets go" natsume cut tsubasa off and walked towards the door mikan looked up at him with shocked eyes he stopped when he touched the door knob "let's go polka it's getting late" he said then opened the door and walked out.
"Wait! Oh um see ya tsubasa-sempai and thanks I had a lot of fun today" she said smiling then ran after natsume "wait! Natsume your walking to fast" they head mikan yell in the hall.
"charming one isn't she" kitsume said laughing "so she's gonna be the one doing this part right?" ruka asked pointing towards the paper "yuup without even knowing" tsubasa said grinning "what do you mean?" kitsume ruka and ichou asked at the same time "you'll see" he said with a smirk "ok so lets see what the beat of the song will be" he said and so they began.
(Back to Mikan&Natsume)
mikan ran up to natsume who was walking normally "mou! Natsume stop walking so fast" mikan whined trying to keep up with him "no you stop walking so slow" natsume said back looking at her with a smirk but slowed his pace which mikan didn't notice "naatsuuume slow DOWN!" mikan yelled natsume covered his ears.
"quiet down polka your gunna make my ears bleed " natsume said looking at her blankly mikan blushed a little "whatever" mikan whispered but loud enough for natsume to hear and kept walking "what's her problem?" natsume thought he shrugged his shoulders and kept walking along side with her there was silent almost half the way there.
"What the..why is she so quiet she never is so why now" natsume thought he broke the silence he just couldn't take it anymore "hey" natsume said not looking away from the path "mmm" mikan mumbled "what's your problem" natsume asked taking a glance at her.
"What? Nothing's wrong why do you ask?" mikan said looking the other way "because…you're not talking" natsume answered then stopped walking mikan turned towards him.
"I thought that's what you wanted" mikan said natsume looked at her "I didn't really mean it… I mean I like..Your voice" natsume said turning light pink he quickly turned the other way mikan smiled then grabbed his hand.
"Come on lets go get some Raman" she said pulling him towards the stall in the town "what? Don't you have to get home" natsume said confusedly "yeah but ill just call my mom and tell her I'm with my new bestie" mikan said grinning from ear to ear (lol just imagine her smiling bigger than usually).
She took out her phone and called the home phone then someone picked up "hello this is the sakura's home may I ask who I'm speaking with?" she heard her mom say "mom it's me mikan" she said that's when she noticed peoples were looking at their direction.
"Oh mikan are you on your way home yet?" yuka said "um that's why I called is it okay if I hang with my friend for awhile" mikan asked "mikan who is this friend?" yuka asked "his name is natsume" mikan said feeling uncomfortable with the stares she was getting "natsume who? I don't remeber you telling me about him" yuka asked "mom we just became besties today and his last name is….hyuuga" mika said hesitantly "natsume hyuuga? AHHHHH you couldn't mean that charming fellow who is the lead of flaming 5?" she yelled through the phone "yeah mom him so can I hang out for awhile or not" mikan said impatiently "okay but let me speak to him I need to confirm some things" yuka said seriously mikan rolled her eyes "okay" mikan said she handed natsume the phone he just looked at confusedly "she wants to talk to you" mikan said frowning he took the phone "hello?" he said "AHH! Oh im sorry young man I need you to assure me that you will get my daughter home before 10:00 understood?" yuka said seriously "yes ma'am" natsume said boredly "good well that is all make sure she is here before 10:00 I look forward to seeing you in person hyuuga-san well bye" and with that she hung up natsume gave mikan back her phone.
"Well what did she say?" mikan said curiously but still uncomfortable about the stares.
"nothing…we should leave this spot like right now" natsume said noticing the stares they were getting "ok" mikan said they walked near the ramen shop "hey don't call my name in public give me a nickname or something just don't call me by my name it'll attract to much attention" natsume said not looking at her.
"Ok what should I call you then" mikan asked natsume shrugged his shoulders "how bout nat?" mikan said smiling a little he nodded "that's fine" he replied.
"okay!" mikan said and entered the ramen shop "hey mikan!" a women with dark blue hair said smiling "hello miyoka" mikan said smiling back sitting in one of the seats (made the name up :D) natsume followed in doing so but kept his head down trying to not attract attention.
"and who is this charming fellow you have here" miyoka asked grinning "oh this is-" mikan was cut off "her best friend" natsume quickly said "ah I see so what can I get for you two" miyoka asked eyeing natsume.
"He seems so familiar" miyako thought mikan noticing this answered "we'd both would like some of your best ramen please" mikan said but miyako ignored her and kept eyeing natsume making mikan mad.
"ya know what never mind im not really that hungry anymore come on nat" mikan said grabbing his arm and walked out of the shop she ignored all the stares she was getting "oi you can let go now" natsume said mikan let him go but kept walking natsume got really irritated that she was ignoring him so he grabbed her hand and turned her towards him.
"what is your deal!" he said obviously annoyed "do people always do that?" mikan asked not looking at him "do what?" natsume asked looking at her face "do they…always stare at you like that and ignore whoever your with?" mikan asked hesitantly natsume let her hand go and turned away.
"yeah only when they can't recognize me though its worse when they know on the spot who I am so I'd rather them stare at me then to try to kill me never really had a normal life and yeah but im barely ever with people" natsume said staring at the sky.
(Mikans Pov)
I looked at his eyes and saw it was full of sadness I grabbed his arm and pulled him towards a shop "where are we going?" natsume said I turned to him with a smile "I have a great idea as to how you won't get stared at or killed just follow me" I said grinning pulling him inside the shop I grabbed a white cap with a red flame and some glasses and placed them on him.
"What are you doing?" he asked me I just walked to the cash register "excuse me sir could we buy these items" I asked politely "yes ma'am you can" the cashier said taking the items scanning them "that would be-"he looked up and stared at natsume who just looked away trying to avoid being caught I guess.
"Excuse me sir but could you not stare at him that way and just tell the price" I asked starting to get annoyed the man kept staring I slammed my hand on the cash register snapping the man out his trance.
"Listen sir could you just please give the price and we will be leaving" I said angrily glaring at him.
"I'm sorry miss I didn't mean to stare at your boyfriend it's just that he seemed familiar also the price would be 20 dollars" the cashier said I blushed what was he saying natsume isn't my boyfriend!
" you have it wrong he isn't-" "here keep the change" natsume said giving the cashier the money then grabbed my hand "let's go" he mumbled I pulled him back in the store.
"Wait put on these things we bought" I said pointing at the bag in my hand "why? I thought that was for you" natsume asked I shook my head "no natsume this isn't for me it's for you as your disguise so people won't stare at you or try to kill you while you walk around like a normal human" I said smiling putting the glasses on him along with the hat I stood back and looked.
"Perfect!" I chirped.
"Really?" natsume asked me I nodded my head "what time is it?" he asked me I looked at my phone "7:35 why?" I asked he looked at me then grabbed my hand "c'mon we won't have any time to hang out if we sit here" he said dragging me out the store.
"Where are we going?" I asked still being dragged by him "arcade" natsume said I quickly jumped to my feet beside him "that's so cool! Lets goo" I said excitedly walking side by side with him.
"Hey natsume do you know where a arcade is?" I asked clueless he nodded "I love the arcade! It's so much fun" I said smiling "but what I love most of all is a amusement park!" I said happily I heard natsume snicker "your a child" natsume said I stuck my tongue out at him.
(End of Pov)
mikan talked the whole time till they got to the arcade but they never noticed that they were holding hands the whole way "ne ne look natsume we're here" mikan said excitedly.
"calm down polka the games aren't going anywhere" natsume said smirking mikan pushed him a little then put her hands on her hips "its MI-KAN" she said annoyed natsume just smirked.
"Whatever polka" he said walking near a game called pac man (hehe..i love pac man!) he then started to play "ohhhh I love this game!" mikan said cheerfully she watched as natsume beat the highest record "nat you rock at this game!" mikan said slapping natsume in the back he turned and glared at her for a split second then started playing again.
mikan watched and cheered him on for like maybe 15 minutes until she got hungry she looked at her cell and saw that it was now 7:57 that's when her stomach growled she turned red out of embarrassment she looked up only to see a smirking natsume looking at her.
"let's go eat something polka" natsume said walking towards the exit "hey wait up" mikan said running beside him they walked out arguing but unknown to them there was a crowd of people watching them the whole time they were there "what a cute couple" some people were saying.
"mmm ill have to watch those two something is suspicious about them" a man with a brown hat said smirking then followed them out.
?to be continued?
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