I forgot to put disclaimers on the earlier chapters. :| But naaah. We all know I don't own Gakuen Alice. Maybe on my next life. LOL.
VI
MIKAN SAKURA
"Hi, Kei. I'm sorry if I didn't have the time to visit you these past few days."
I touched the cold tombstone on the ground, surrounded by the green grass.
"I moved into Natsume's house yesterday. My Mom and his mom said that it'll be better that way. So that I don't have to go home in that reporter-surrounded house. Natsume drives me to school. He fetches me up too."
Keito was my boyfriend. He died, three years ago.
It was a sudden death. We never saw it coming.
It's been three years, and yet I'm still here. Visiting him at least twice a week. Talking to him. Even if I know that there's no way he could answer me.
"There were no reporters around Natsume's house since the subdivision is guarded, so you don't have to worry. Natsume's nice, too. Eventhough he loves to tease me. Just like you use to do."
I sighed.
I looked at my wristwatch. Its 8PM.
It's late. But what can I do? I can't go here during the day. Reporters might see me.
I've been here so many times that I guess even the ghosts already know me.
Better go home.
"Natsume?"
The eerie silence of the house greeted me as I enter. I checked every room to look for him - bathroom, kitchen, his room, garden. No Natsume.
I put the box of cupcakes that I bought earlier on the couch. Maybe he's not home yet.
I went to my room and changed my clothes. Yup. We're not sharing a room. I'm using Aoi's room.
I wore a short shorts and a yellow tee.
Then I tied my hair in a loose side ponytail.
I smiled at myself in the mirror.
Then I went to the living room to watch TV.
I'll wait for Natsume in here.
I grabbed the box of cupcakes and switched on the TV.
Oh. It's a movie.
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief.
I was munching on my third cupcake when I heard the front door open. Then I saw Natsume. He looks tired. He slumped beside me on the sofa.
He sighed.
"God. I'm tired."
"Want some?" I offered the box of cupcakes to him.
He looked at the cupcakes and got one. Then he started eating.
"What are you watching?"
"Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief." Both our eyes were fixed on the screen.
"Oh. The demigod."
"Yup."
He got another cupcake then took a bite.
I was concentrating on the screen when I heard Natsume coughing.
I looked at him.
His face was red, and he was trying to swallow something.
Wait, is he choking?
I ran to the kitchen and got him a glass of water. He emptied the glass in one gulp.
Then I started laughing.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Natsume looked at me.
"Y-you almost choked on a cupcake? HAHAHA!"
He glared at me, his face blushing.
"Shut up."
I was laughing hard that my stomach's beginning to ache.
And then he shoved one cupcake into my mouth.
I began eating it while giggling.
"You should've seen your face, Natsume! It was so funny!"
Natsume moved closer to me.
And then he pinched both of my cheeks. Hard.
"Awww!"
He grinned before he let go of me.
I massaged both of my cheeks.
"That hurt."
"That's what you get for laughing at me."
I hmmp-ed as I continued to massage my cheeks.
"I'm going upstairs. Don't try to rape me when I'm asleep, 'kay?" Then he ruffled my hair.
I turned to glare at him.
"I won't rape you. Percy Jackson's hotter."
"We both know that that's a BIG lie."
He smirked and started walking up the stairs.
Well, yeah. Natsume is hotter. But there's no way I'm gonna tell him that.
"Natsume!"
He turned to look at me.
I smiled sweetly.
"Goodnight… Cupcake," then I giggled.
He glared at me then he went to his room.
I just love teasing that guy.
My day went well. Natsume went to his photoshoot after driving me to school.
My class ended early, so as Sumire, Koko and Kitsu. And now, we're at the cafeteria. It's just 3PM.
"Hey. Let's go to your house, Mikan!" Kitsu said. His eyes shining.
"No."
He scrunched up his face. "Why?"
"Natsume might get mad at me."
"Why? Aren't your friends allowed to visit you at home?" Koko asked.
I smiled at them.
"Nah. He never said anything like that."
"Then why?" Sumire asked as she tried her best to keep the cards standing. She's making a card tower. She's using the Yu-Gi-Oh cards which I presume, are Kitsuneme's property.
"Because… I'm afraid you'll eat everything in our fridge." I smiled at them widely.
They all turned to glare at me.
But then, Sumire's eyes suddenly grew wide. She was seated across from me, and she was gaping at something, or someone behind me.
I turned around and saw Natsume walking towards me. He smiled, casually waved his hand, not minding the admiring looks other girl students were giving him.
He's really handsome. Way, way, way hotter than Percy Jackson.
And he's MY fiancée. HAH! Take that, fan girls. I snorted at my thoughts.
I heard Sumire's card tower collapse.
I stood up and waved back at him as I smile.
"Natsume? Why are you here?"
"What? Can't I visit my fiancée?" He smirked.
"Aww. You miss me already, Cupcake?" I asked teasingly.
"In your dreams, babe."
I pouted as I smacked his arm.
He looked at the people sitting on our table who were staring at him with shocked expression.
"Your friends?"
I nodded.
Kitsu was the first one to recover among them. He shook hands with Natsume.
"Hi. I'm Kitsuneme, and this is Koko, my sister's boyfriend," he pointed at Koko. Koko shook hands with him. "And this girl here is my sis-"
Sumire squealed.
"-ter."
Natsume gave Sumire a faint smile and waved at her.
Sumire was looking at him dreamily.
"Hey, Perms. If you keep staring at him, I'll get jealous." Koko said jokingly.
Sumire immediately turned to Koko.
"Oww. Babe, you don't have to be jealous. You're the only one I love. It's just that… I'm excited because I finally saw my favorite model. Who is my bestfriend's fiancée, too."
"Stop the mushy talk. You're freaking me out," Kistuneme teased Koko and her twin.
I turned to Natsume and let the my three friends tease each other.
"So, what brings you here?"
He looked at me then he grinned.
"Let's go. We have somewhere to go."
"Where?"
I wonder where we'll go.
"You'll see." Then he winked at me.