Chapter 7 – He
Natsume and Ruka are now in the soccer field in the middle of 10 pm. They were sitting in the grass with a can of beer in their hands. They just finished their practices and they're so worn out.
"Dude, since you're here, I wanna ask something." Ruka said. Natsume raised a brow and said "Woah, if you're gonna ask me if you could marry Hotaru, go ahead, you got my blessings." Ruka chuckled a bit "No—why were you absent yesterday? The team was looking for you. We almost lost the game." The blonde said. "Oh." Natsume said before he lied down reminiscing what happened between him and that sun-kissed angel. "I went on a date."
Ruka looked at him suspiciously "Date? With whom? That Gucci model?"
"No."
"The Dolce and Gabbana model?"
"No."
"The Prada one?"
"No—God. She's not even a model." He said. "Then, with whom that our dear soccer captain would forgot his game just to go out with this girl?" The blonde asked. "Mikan Sakura." Natsume said. "Mikan—Sakura?" Ruka repeated. "Yeah." Ruka smirked and asked "So were did you take her?" Natsume returned to his seating position "What do you mean?" he asked. "The place where you take her virginity?" Ruka asked.
"You know, you sound more perverted than me. No—we didn't do it." Natsume said.
"Wah—for real? Ok. So you had a make out session." Ruka said. "What the hell—what kinds of things are forming in your mouth Ruka?" Natsume said, smirking. "I dunno—I kinda know what to expect from you when you go out." Ruka said. Then silence lingered.
"Ruka." Natsume called.
"What?" Ruka replied.
"I don't know what the hell I'm feeling." Natsume said. "You're gay?" Ruka freaked out. "No. You know the feeling that you're just happy when you're around her. Even though you're complete opposites?" Natsume asked his best friend. "Yeah—it's like me and your cousin." He replied. "Damn. I wanna f*ck her right now—but I can't. I feel this respect for her and I can't even think about sex or that sort when I'm with her. And I blush for no reasons. She left me dumb founded and—f*ck."
"That's the longest thing you said to me, Natsume." He said before lifting his porcelain hand over Natsume's forehead to check his temperature. "Dude, you're not sick so maybe you're—in love?"
Natsume looked at him.
The raven smirked. "No way. Me? In love?" Ruka only raised a brow. "I can't be. Not with her."
"How can you explain this matter then?" Ruka said.
It was early morning in the campus. And Mikan Sakura just started to fix her stuff in her locker.
She is wearing a huge a black hooded sweater with a Chinese letter printed in gold and silver ink, jeans with torn knees, black high converse, her usual messy do and her black frames. She was listening on her iPod when she noticed something weird. She looked around and saw people looking at her. No maybe not her.
She looked on her left and notices Natsume Hyuuga, himself looking at her with a hint of interest like he was examining her. Mikan looked at him and waves her hand in front of him.
"Earth to Hyuuga. Earth to Hyuuga. Still there?" Mikan said. Natsume looked at her. After he got himself back he saw Mikan smile "What's the matter?" she asked.
"Nothing. I'm just a bit out of myself today." He said. "I can see that. You were quiet all morning. Even in the car." She said. Okay. Now they're picking attention. 'Oh my God. And I thought she was different. But she's a flirt too.' 'She's flirting with Natsume-sama' 'She's a disgrace.' She hears the passerby's whisper. Mikan bowed her head and this of course never fail be missed by Natsume. "Don't mind them." He said as he throws his hand over her shoulder.
"hey—how come—" Natsume didn't manage to finish his words when Mikan left his arms and just walk to her classroom without even looking back.
Mikan didn't know what to do. She doesn't like attentions especially when they think negative stuff. She run to the nearest bathroom and splashed herself some water. She looked at the mirror and said to herself "This happened before Mikan. And you don't want it again." Then flashbacks started to hunt her.
When Mikan opened her eyes again, she was under the Sakura tree. 'God. Why am I here again?' Then she remembered how she skipped morning classes. She started to fix herself when a voice disturbed her. "Took you long enough." She looked up and saw those red eyes. "Hey." She greeted with a smile. A fake one. He growled. "Don't give me that I-greet-you-with-a-smile crap polka. I know you're faking it." Mikan looked dumb founded. She used to play with that kind of smile and not even her brother nor did her parents notice her smile was a plain facsimile.
Natsume jumped down when he notices that she wasn't going to reply. "Didn't I tell you before—"
Mikan looked at him beside her as he continues "—that you can trust me?"
Mikan sighed. Her hands raised themselves and placed them in Natsume's cheek—she smiled. "I know. But I'm not ready yet." Then she went back to her sight seeing which by the way is the sky.
A budge.
That's what he felt. He felt it in his heart. That's because of unknown reasons. He felt rejection—for the very first time in his life. Rejection.
"Okay, so why am I here again?" Mikan asked. She is wearing an oversized white t-shirt with skull embroidery in silver beads, denim tattered shorts, her cage gladiator flats, her sliver necklace with a silver gothic cross and her big traveling bag. This time her hair was a bit curly. She is now facing the gang in the airport. "That's because you're going with us." Hotaru said. The raven was not far from Mikan's looks. She was wearing a black glittery top underneath a gray office coat. Black shorts and her black and gray flat ankle boots, her leather bag and another traveling bag behind her. You can see the coldness in her amethyst eyes despite the darkness of her Chanel sunglasses.
Mikan saw Anna and Nonoko waving behind Hotaru. Anna was wearing an oversized red shirt showing her left shoulder, a red checkered scarf, her black denim tattered skirt, black see-through knee length sock, her flat cowboy boots. She too has her own traveling bag and her red leather hand bag. Nonoko was wearing her fading orange tube short jumpsuit, her white gladiator flats, her Gucci sunglasses and her pouch and her tiger-printed traveling bag. Nonoko was also sipping her star bucks. Meanwhile, Mikan was looking for the boys "Hey, where are the others?" she asked.
"Why? Are you looking for you hubby Mikan?" Nonoko said before she and Anna giggled. "huh?" Mikan could only say.
"Well, you're the first girl that Natsume asked to go with us on our outing." Anna explained. "Well, he didn't ask me. He forced me." Mikan said. "And blackmailed me by my own pictures."
"Whatever, here they are." Hotaru said.
Mikan looked behind her and saw the boys. Koko was wearing a yellow shirt with red retro prints, red, white and black knee shorts, his black sneakers, some silver accessories and his traveling bag. Yuu at the moment was wearing a gray hoodie with green printings, denim knee shorts, black converse, and his traveling bag. Ruka was hot with that white t-shirt saying 'Sorry girl, I'm taken.', his gray denim knee shorts, his flip flops, his sunglasses and his own traveling bag.
Natsume, was out of the question. His red t-shirt with red metallic print 'HOT!!' his black baggy knee shorts, his flip flops, his cowboy shades, black fedora hat and that silver necklace with a gothic cross on, his traveling bag and his black blackberry phone.
"Wow, hey, did you two planned the gothic cross thingy?" Koko asked, noticing the necklaces of the two. "Of course not. I'm original." Natsume said. "Okay? Where are we going? Why are we in the airport? Why do we have travelling bags? And why am I here?" Mikan asked.
"We're going to Hawaii for skydiving." All of the answered in unison. "What?" Mikan said as Natsume threw his arm around her neck and pulled her with him.
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