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Chapter VII – Slumber party.

Mikan opened her door and saw all her friends with their sleeping bags and a pillow wearing their pajamas. She was shocked seeing them like that especially this late at night. "What are you guys doing?" She asked.

"Going to your room, stupid, what else would we doing here?" Said Hotaru.
"I mean, why are you guys here? It's late already, aren't you going to sleep?"

"We're here to have a slumber party. Duhh!" Explained Sumire. They didn't wait for Mikan's reply and entered her room.

"Why in my room?"

"Our rooms are too small." Said Koko.

"How about Natsume! He's a special star too!"

"Do you wanna get burned?" Natsume asked while showing her a ball of flame on his hand. Mikan smiled nervously and the rest sweat dropped.

"Well since we haven't seen you in a long time we thought it would be a great idea to have a slumber party. And besides your room is actually way bigger than Natsume's." Explained Ruka.

"Yeah! And I want to sleep with you onee-chan!" Exclaimed Youichi.

"And tomorrow's Saturday so we can sleep late." Said Hotaru.

"Come on Mikan! Let's play!" Proposed Yuu.

The rest of the gang went to Mikan's living room while Mikan stayed by her door with Hiro and Tadashi.

"Do I really have to join?" Complained Hiro.

"Oh, come on! It'll be fun! And anyways we've never had any slumber parties with Mi-chan since Persona wouldn't allow us because he wouldn't let his precious goddaughter with 'wolves'" said Tadashi with sarcasm on the word 'wolves'. He didn't for a reply from the other not and just pushed him to the living room. Mikan closed her door after a few moments of thinking what just happened.
The brunette entered her living room to find her friends gathered around in a circle. She sat between Hotaru and Youichi and asked, "So what are we gonna play?"

"Truth or Dare!" Exclaimed Anna and the boys groaned.

"You boys can just pick Dare if you think that Truth is too boring." Nonoko told them.

"Well nobody gets bored of I'm playing the game." Hotaru said with an evil smirk on her face. Everybody shuddered, they knew Hotaru was up to something and wished that they won't be the victim of her evil plans.

"Okay, come on! Let's play!" Said Mikan.
Koko turned the bottle and it stopped while it's too was pointing at Ruka and the bottom at Hotaru.
Hotaru smirked and Ruka gulped. "So? Truth or Dare?" Asked Hotaru.

"Umm... D-Dare..."stuttered Ruka, scared at what the ice queen might tell him to do.
Hotaru was happy with the response and turned to her backpack.

'Where did that come from' everybody asked themselves.

Hotaru opened her bag and took out something that was inside a plastic bag and tossed it to Ruka. "I Dare you to wear this for the rest of the night. No complaining or else..." She said while showing him her BAKA gun.

Ruka looked at what was inside the plastic bag. When he saw what was inside, his face turned red. "What?! I'm not gonna wear this!"

"Did I just hear you complain?" Hotaru asked Ruka pointing her BAKA gun at him. Everybody sweet dropped and Runs ran to the bathroom to change.

"What did you make him into?" Mikan asked her best friend.

"You'll see." Hotaru answered her and Mikan could see amusement in her eyes. Hotaru then took out her camera, preparing to take embarrassing pictures of the poor Ruka.
Some moments later Ruka exited the bathroom with a rabbit costume and rabbit ears. Everybody laughed while Hotaru was taking pictures.

"Imai! I never agreed for you to take pictures!" He shouted at her.

"Since when did I need to ask for your permission?" Hotaru retorted.

"Aww! Ruka-pyon, you look so cute!" And with that Ruka faces turned into a hundred shades of red.

"Th-thanks?" Was the only thing he could think of saying to the brunette. "Okay, enough! It's my turned to spin the bottle now." He turned the bottle and the top landed on Hiro and the bottom at Sumire.

"Okay, so Truth or Dare?"

"Truth" he said without doubt.

"You're so boring. Anyways… Uhm… Do you have anyone you like?"

Hiro raised his brow at her and looked at Mikan. Everybody, except Mikan, saw that he was looking at her. He only said, "Yeah".

'I knew it!' was what everybody was thinking.

"What? Who? Why didn't you tell me? Who is it?" Mikan asked him.

"Stupid, I already answered the question. You can't ask me another one."

"That's not fair! I want to know!" she crossed her arms and pouted.

"It's the rules of the game Mi-chan. Now stop pouting, we'll ask him who he likes next time." Tadashi told Mikan.

"Fine! Hurry up and turn the bottle Hiro!"

Hiro turned the bottle and the top pointed at Mikan and the bottom at Natsume. Mikan gulped and Natsume smirked.

"Let's watch a movie!" shouted Youichi.

"WHAT?!" everybody said, except for Mikan and Natsume.

"I don't want to play this game! It's boring!" he said.

"But it was just getting exciting!" whined Sumire.

"Yeah! Natsume was going to make Mikan do something!" said Koko.

"I think… I think we should watch a movie… Yeah, let's watch a movie!" said Mikan hoping that the rest would agree with her since she was scared of what Natsume would make her do.

"Why? You scared of me, little girl?"

"N-no! I… I just think that what Youichi said was right. I mean come on, an eight year old would find Truth or Dare boring, and anyways I don't think it's a game for him."

"She has a point," said Hotaru. Natsume glared at her. "Let's just watch a movie tonight and we'll make Mikan do something another time."

"Yeyy! A movie!" shouted Youichi happily while jumping up and down.

"Thanks Hotaru!" Mikan gave her best friend a hug.

"Didn't you hear what I said? I said that I will make you do something one day, so prepare yourself." Hotaru told her with a monotone voice. Mikan laughed nervously and joined the rest of her friends in front of the television.

- Mikan's POV -

I looked at my friends who fell asleep in their sleeping bags. I looked at Youichi was sleeping with his head on my lap. I carried him to my bed and put him down. I felt the wind and I looked at my balcony and saw Natsume looking at the sky. I went next to him and looked up. "What are you doing here?" I asked him.

"I couldn't sleep."

"Oh…"

"I missed you." He suddenly blurted out.

"Wh-what?" I stuttered. I felt my cheeks getting warm and I wished that it was dark enough so that he can't see me blushing.

"I mean I missed having you around. I didn't have anybody else to bully since everybody else were boring."

'What the heck?!' I thought. "So you missed me because you didn't have anyone to bully anymore?"

"Well, what else did you think polka-dots?" he smiled.

'Wait! Did he really just smile?" I thought while looking at his face. I was looking for any signs of his smile but he turned around so that his back was facing me.

"The class changed when you left. This morning was the first time in four years that I saw them so happy. Youichi wouldn't stop crying when he found out that you were gone and Hotaru barely left her lab." He told me, "You changed us that's why it was hard for us to accept that you were gone."

I was surprised at what he just told me. Wait… Did he just say 'it was hard for us'? So did he really miss me?

'Stupid! Don't get your hopes up!" I scolded myself.

"I didn't mean to leave like that. I wanted to see you guys again but dad told me that it would be risky if anyone else knew where I was."

"Yeah, I know. I got that." He turned to me and said, "Give me your hand."

"W-why?"

"Just hurry up and give it to me." I gave him my hand and he placed a box on my hand.

"What is it?" I asked him.

"Open it." Was what he told me. I opened the box and inside there was a simple necklace with a cherry blossom pendant and a small diamond in the middle.

My eyes widened because of shock. "It's beautiful," I told him.

"I thought it would look good on you." He told me and he tried to look away but I already saw the blush on his face.

I giggled and said, "I love it." I gave him a peck on his cheek and I swore I saw his blush deepened. I let him put the necklace around my neck and we talk for a little bit and I fell asleep. I don't know when or where, but I was having a nice sleep…