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I Finally Found Someone
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Chapter 7: Deal or No Deal!
Mikan went to her own room and got dressed. She looked at herself and saw her reflection. She wondered why should these events happen. I wonder what happened. That's so confusing. They… they seemed like they're fighting because of me.
Mikan put her index finger on her lips. Hmm… As far as I can remember, Ruka pulled me. We're about to leave the room when suddenly Natsume pulled me. Their holds are so tight I just couldn't take my hands off them. Then, just like in a tug-of-war, they… they try to win… ME? NO WAY! She blushed deeply. Are they fighting because they tried to win me? Me? Impossible! They… they can't be… no… they're not in love with me. No way!
Mikan scrambled her hair. Ruka is nice but he can't be in love with me. It doesn't show in his face. Besides, Ruka is so great and I'm just a mere stupid little girl who kept on annoying him. No, of course he's not in love with me! Never! Mikan looked at the colorless pendant on her hand. And Natsume? No! Never! Not in one hundred years! NO! Actually, no in any years. He always teases me and do pervert things on me. He always calls me in any stupid weird designed panties. He always put fire on me. He always… he always! Mikan laughed. No! Not a chance! He's not even nice to me. Mikan stopped. Is it? Mikan remembered how Natsume had been so nice to her when she's down. He always asks and helps her when something is wrong with her. Mikan remembered how much he had helped her in much stuff like assignments and everything. Mikan remembered on how Natsume was so nice to her when she can't go back to her dorm and so he let her stay on his room. She remembered… remembered the embraced they shared together. Actually… She blushed even more. I was so surprised when he hugged me. And was more surprised when I hugged him back. It's… it's so safe and warm in his arms. I wonder what happened. He… he talked to me like that moment will be the last moment I could spend with him. When he asked my permission in letting myself be hugged in his arms, his voice is so sad. Something really happened. Natsume… Mikan stopped. He can't be in love with me. Though what happened to us is so weird, those events can't be… No! It just can't be! She simply told to himself.
But I wish I could spend more time with him. I wish that that moment wouldn't be the last hours we could spend for each other. Mikan smiled so silly to her self. It might be the end of the world if he falls for me. Maybe, that would be… I don't know. Natsume is really nice but bastard sometimes, I knew that. But he… he never been that nice to anyone… except me… She blushed even more.
She looked at her pendant. It didn't change after she got out of Natsume's room. She smiled sadly. Well, predictions are not guaranteed to be 100 percent true, right? So the thought of Ruka and Natsume's falling in love with me is definitely zero percent. She put it in one of her drawers. She lay down herself on her bed and went to a deep sleep.
Half an hour passed and a pink shade of light occurred on one of the drawers of Mikan. There are sparks as if having a transformation into a beautiful princess. A princess of Carnation flowers. What happened inside the drawer? Mikan didn't see it and so no one knows what happened…
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Days passed and the academy is getting much better. It's because the students are getting better as well. Mikan, however, almost forgot her experiences in Natsume's room. She's still noisy and hyperactive, which make everybody like her even more. Hotaru was still busy in arranging her client's orders. Nothing changed on Hotaru. Well, that's what they knew.
Unbeknownst, Natsume and Ruka were still together but they're still acting weird after the incident happened. Well, they only acted so stupidly in front of Mikan. It's quiet embarrassing to have had a fight over a girl and hey, it's a big issue on our heroes. First, they will get irritated on each other and that will give their friendship a gap. Second, looking so stupidly in front of the girl you like is like hitting a stone instead of bread. Poor them. But still, they managed to get this troubles be fixed.
Mikan was running because she thought she was late when she bumped on a certain raven-haired boy.
"Ooff!" She looked up, "Sorry…" Her eyes widened. "Oh- Natsume! Ohayou!" She greeted.
Natsume stared at her coldly. Then his eyes ran towards her…
Mikan gasped. She stood up. Natsume was looking at her naked legs. "Pervert! What do you think you're doing!" She said angrily.
Natsume raised a brow as he put his hands on his pockets. He started to walk totally ignoring her. Mikan was shocked. And all of the sudden she pulled Natsume on his jacket so that they could face each other. "What's the matter with you? Are you ignoring me?" She asked a bit worried.
Natsume just stared at her then walked again.
"Hey! Natsume!"
"Get lost, polka-dots!"
"What's the matter with you!"
"Nothing's wrong with me so leave me alone!"
"No! You're ignoring me!"
"So? Does it concern you?" He asked a slight harshness in his tone.
Mikan continued to stare. She was shocked on what he said. Truly, she noticed that Natsume had been ignoring her. As in totally I-don't-know-you-whoever-you-are-so-get-lost. And she thought something must have happened to him. She wondered why because she was so annoyed of his weird actions. He must have say something to her or do something to her. It really bugs her so much.
Mikan looked directly in his eyes. Her eyes were angry. Something made Mikan say something without thinking. "Yeah! I'm so annoyed of what you are doing to me! I'm so annoyed because you kept on ignoring me! What am I? A stranger? Don't you know that it kills me when you acted so coldly on me? It kills me because I want to spend time with you and yet you can't do the same for me you stupid cold-hearted perverted jerk!"
Natsume was shocked but smiled a little. So she's concern because I'm ignoring her. Natsume thought placing a wider smile on his face. Natsume sighed and suddenly, he wrapped his one arm on her waist and pulled her towards his body. Mikan blinked. It happened so fast that her mind stopped working for a while. And then… to her own surprised… Natsume kissed her on the cheek. She blushed as she felt his warm breath moved towards her ear.
"Mikan… it also kills me when I have to ignore you like this. But for both of our sake, we must do this for I don't want anyone to see the darkness inside of me. Especially you, Mikan. So…" He whispered that Mikan couldn't understand most of it. Suddenly, he pushed her making her fall on the ground. "Stay away from me, little girl. I don't want to see your face anymore. Don't greet me anymore. Don't come near me anymore. And act like we're total strangers on each other. You know what, I wanted my life to continue WITHOUT YOU!" Then he walked away leaving the very hurt Mikan behind.
Mikan felt hot tears rolling down her face. She's hurt. The pain is so much that her heart is going to explode. She touched her breast and closed her eyes. Why? Why it should be happening to us? Is he angry? Did I do something wrong? Why? But she gave up. She gave up because she's tired of waiting and hoping that she could change Natsume. She's tired of him.
She stood up looking on the way Natsume passed through. "OKAY! FINE! IF YOU DON'T LIKE ME, FINE! I HATE YOU! FROM NOW ON I DON'T WANT TO BE YOUR FRIEND OR WHATEVER! FROM NOW ON I WILL NEVER EVER CRY BECAUSE OF YOU!" She said running along the corridor to get her self away from him.
From a distance, Natsume heard everything she said. Natsume was stunned for a while because of the little drops of water flowed from his eyes. He walked away feeling no regret on what he did. He really intended to do this for he knows that Persona is watching them.
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Ruka saw everything that happened between Natsume and Mikan. His eyes saddened as he felt both sadness and jealousy inside. He's sad because of what Natsume did to her and he's jealous because he saw how much Mikan was hurt on what Natsume did. Now, he realized how much Mikan cared for Natsume. She cared more than what he expected. Something that he didn't get from the girl.
He walked towards the great alley of the North Forest. He wanted to be alone for a while. He wanted to put his shattered pieces of heart together. Suddenly, he heard a noise.
"-Giggling- stop it! It tickles me." Said a voice of a female nearby. Ruka blinked and walked towards the noise. He was surprised to see so many animals of different kind. There are a deer, squirrels, rabbits, birds, horses, and many kinds. But what made Ruka surprised is the only human being that was there.
"Imai-san." Ruka whispered but was loud enough for them to hear. Hotaru looked up as well as the other animals. Some animals approached him as Hotaru stood up.
"What are you doing here?" She asked.
"I'm sorry. I… just… want… to… walk." Ruka said with a gloomy voice.
Hotaru noticed it. "Hey, baka, come here!" She said in her usual calm voice.
Ruka felt that he must oblige and so he went to Hotaru. He tried to focus on Hotaru so that he could not feel the pain inside. "What are you doing here, anyway?"
"Don't you see? I'm feeding the animals."
"You what?" He said not believing.
Hotaru stared at him. "None of your business, idiot."
Ruka was somewhat cheered on what she said. He smiled. "When did you start doing this?"
No reply.
"Hey!"
Hotaru took his hand and placed a carrot on it. "My mom told me," She said eating a carrot, "that if you feel sad or angry and you don't want to feel it, eat something hard and the pain will concentrate on your teeth. So I suggest that if you're sad, eat a carrot. Don't worry it's hard."
Ruka looked at her in amazement. "How did you know that something is wrong with me?"
"I felt it."
"Really?"
"Yeah. And I bet that that baka Mikan has something to do with it." Hotaru said placing some carrots on the animals.
Ruka was more surprised, and then he felt the pain again in his heart. He stared at the carrot and ate it. She's right; it does make me feel better. He thought.
"Hey baka."
"Yeah." Ruka replied.
"What happened? What happened to you and that baka, huh?"
Ruka didn't want to answer her. He has no intention of telling anyone about his feelings. Not even Hotaru because she's not a close friend.
"Answer me, baka."
"I won't."
"Why?"
"Why should I?"
"Answering me with another question. You're really a baka." Hotaru said walking on a tree and sat on it. She closed her eyes. "I know how you feel for my bestfriend. I know how hard it is when you can't tell the person that you love him." She stated. Because that's also my situation.
"What are you talking about?" Ruka asked going on the same direction and sat beside her.
"Don't you get tired of always staring and blushing when she's around? You know, if you really like her, tell her. That's the best way of ending your long-time misery. There are better ways, you know that." She said.
Ruka stared at her. Maybe, it's not wrong to have a piece of advice from a girl. "I know what you mean, but it's not as easy as A-B-C you know."
She smiled. She's glad that he didn't deny it to her this time. "I know, but you have to overcome it. It's a part of the test. And you know it will really cause you good if you could tell her somehow. At least, if you do not succeed, you will still gain profit because you already release the entire burden inside of you, though there's pain. And some say that pain can be healed by time." But I doubt that.
"Really?" He said to himself. She's so mature. How did she know everything about that?
Hotaru thought for a while and smiled. "So…" Please accept this "Will it be okay if I'll help you out?"
"You what?"
"I'll help you in one condition, you have to let me take all of your pictures if we succeed in making Mikan your girlfriend."
"My… girlfriend?" He blushed. "NO WAY!"
"What? Why?"
"First, I have no intention of making Mikan my girlfriend. Second, I don't want to be blackmailed by you again. Third, I hate it when anyone, especially you, is taking my pictures. And fourth, I don't want Natsume to be angry at me."
Hotaru raised a brow. Ruka realized what he said. Oh no, it slipped.
"So Natsume likes Mikan too." Hotaru said. Just as I thought. I knew it.
Ruka blushed. "Imai, please don't tell anyone. Please." He said begging.
"Of course I won't. I don't want to die in a very young age, you know."
Ruka seemed relieved. "Yeah. I give you full of my trust."
Sure thing, Ruka. "So what?"
"What's what?"
"Deal or no deal?"
Ruka thought for a while. His face seemed annoyed. "No deal."
"You're really stubborn. You'll regret it someday." Hotaru stood up and walked away.
"Imai."
Hotaru looked at Ruka.
"Why do you want to help me?"
There was a moment of silence.
Because I love you. "Because I want to make money." She simple said walking again.
Ruka sweat-dropped. Well, that's Hotaru, right?
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