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Sigourney . 2011-06-06 . chapter 6 . Hey! no fair, I honestly think Percy Jackson is hotter than Natsume. But well, just my opinion. Update!

That, made me LOL. xDDD

So, here. I'm updating. This chapter's for you, Sigourney. :]]

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VII


MIKAN SAKURA


After saying goodbye to my friends, Natsume and I went to his car.

His car was inside our school. What I know is that only students can take their car inside the school.

"Eh? Why is your car here?"

He smirked as he opened the door for me.

"I am THE Natsume Hyuuga. I have my ways."

I rolled my eyes as he went to the driver's seat and started driving.


Since I've got nothing to do but watch the houses we're passing by, I switched on the car's radio. It was Breakeven by The Script.

I'm still alive but I'm barely breathing
Just prayed to a God that I don't believe in
'Cause I got time while she got freedom
'Cause when a heart breaks, no it don't breakeven

Natsume was busy driving and I got nothing to do so I started singing with the radio.

Her best days will be some of my worst
She finally met a man that's gonna put her first
While I'm wide awake she's no trouble sleeping
'Cause when a heart breaks, no it don't breakeven, even, no

What am I suppose to do
When the best part of me was always you and
What am I suppose to say
When I'm all choked up and you're okay

I'm falling to pieces, yeah
I'm falling to pieces

They say bad things happen for a reason
But no wise words gonna stop the blee-

"You have a nice voice."

I turned to Natsume. He was still driving, his eyes on the road.

I turned off the radio.

"Thanks." I smiled.

I looked at the window and saw that we were heading home.

"I thought we're going somewhere?"

"Yeah. But you should take a bath first. You stink."

I sniffed my clothes.

I heard him laugh.

I glared at him as I punched his arm playfully.

"Hey! Even if I don't take a bath for days, I'll still smell good!"


"Just relax, okay?"

I turned to glare at Natsume.

After we got home earlier, he handed me a box. Inside it was a blue cocktail dress. He said that I shall put it on after I take a bath for we are going somewhere. So I put on the dress, applied light make-up and wore my matching heels, and then we went HERE.

Here, in this big house, where a family reunion was held. All Hyuugas were here. Three to five reporters are here, too. They took a picture of me and Natsume earlier at the door. They were asking questions but Natsume said all their questions will be answered later. I wonder what he meant by that.

I took a deep breath and gripped Natsume's arm tighter.

"You never told me about this. If only I knew about this earlier, I should've run!"

"That's why I didn't tell you."

I looked around and saw his relatives. They were all rich-looking. I feel like I don't belong here.

I saw someone wave at the table not far from us. It was Aoi. She was smiling as she ran to me and hugged me tight.

"You're soooo pretty!"

I smiled at her. "You too."

"Oh. You're with Grandpa?" Natsume asked Aoi, though he was looking at the old man on the table, sitting beside his parents.

"Yup. He said he wants to meet your fiancée."

"W-what?"

God. Why do I have to face that old man? He was intimidating.

"He's the leader of the Hyuuga clan. You should meet him. He's a kind man," Aoi said.

I saw the old man looked at us. I felt Natsume hold my hand and pulled me towards his grandfather.

"Oh, Mikan!" It was Aunt Kaoru.

I kissed her on the cheek as I smiled and nod at Mr. Hyuuga. Mr. Hyuuga smiled back.

Natsume lead me to the seat beside his mother. Aoi sat beside his grandfather as Natsume sat beside me.

I looked at the old man. He was staring at me.

I can feel the hairs on my nape stood up.

I gulped as I hold Natsume's hand under the table.

"H-hello, S-sir."

God. Mikan, stop stuttering!

Aoi turned to his grandfather. "Grandpa. She's really pretty, right?"

Her grandfather nodded.

"Are you a model?"

"No, Sir. I'm still a student."

"It's true then. I can't believe my grandchild's going to marry a commoner."

I gripped Natsume's hand tighter. I know that I'm just a commoner. No need to rub it on my face.

I took a deep breath to control my emotions.

I looked at him straight in the eye.

"She's really good at singing."

I turned to look at Natsume.

"Really?" Aunt Kaoru looked at me excitedly.

"Uh. I… I do sing, but I'm not that good," I said. I know that I'm good at singing. I used to sing with Kei. But after he passed away, I don't sing in front of many people anymore. It brings back memories of him. Of us. When he's still alive.

"I want to hear you sing," his grandfather said, still looking at me.

"That's a good idea. We'll have to come up the stage this time, anyway." I turned to look at Natsume, he was grinning. "Let's go." Then he pulled me towards the made-up stage.

We went to the band's position, whom I've learned, are Natsume's cousins.

"What do you want to sing?"

"I… I don't know. Natsume, I don't wanna sing here alone!"

"Want me to sing with you?"

"You sing?"

"A little. I'm talented."

I smiled as I punched him on his chest playfully.

He smiled back.

"What about 'You and Me'?"

Hmmm. That's a good song.

"Sure."

Natsume whispered something on his cousin who was holding the guitar. His cousin nodded and handed Natsume the guitar.

"You can play the guitar too?"

He smiled and handed me a microphone as he pulled me towards the center of the stage.

He put his own microphone on the stand beside me.

"Good evening."

Everyone looked at us, reporters started to take pictures.

"All of you must have heard about my fiancée. I want you all to know, that this lovely lady here, standing beside me, is no other than her. Mikan Sakura."

All of their eyes darted on me as they clapped their hands. I can feel my heart beating fast due to nervousness.

Natsume leaned over to my ear and whispered, "Breath."

He smiled, I smiled back at him.

I'm so glad he's here.

"We'll be singing one song tonight. Listen, and be amazed."

Some of his relatives laugh. I guess they're used to Natsume's self confidence. I'll ask him later where he got his overflowing self confidence. Might as well ask for him to give me some. Hahaha.

He started strumming the guitar and started singing.

What day is it? And in what month?

He has an amazing voice. Maybe when God poured down all the talents in the world, he didn't sleep. He caught them all. I'm envious. Is there anything Natsume doesn't have a talent in doing?

This clock never seemed so alive
I can't keep up and I can't back down
I've been losing so much time

Cause it's you and me and all of the people
With nothing to do, nothing to lose
And it's you and me and all of the people
And I don't know why I can't keep my eyes off of you

I took a deep breath and started singing. Kei, help me do this, okay?

All of the things that I want to say
Just aren't coming out right
I'm tripping on words, you got my head spinning
I don't know where to go from here

Cause it's you and me and all of the people
With nothing to do, nothing to prove
And it's you and me and all of the people
And I don't know why I can't keep my eyes off of you.

I can feel my hand trembling. Memories are flashing before me.

I felt Natsume hold my hand. I looked at him, and we were looking at each other's eyes throughout the song.

Claps were heard all over the house when we finished the song.

We both looked at the audience and bowed.

"That was great," Natsume said as he walks beside me towards his family's table.

He introduced me to some of his relatives whom we passed by. They praised me for having 'such a beautiful voice'. I just smiled and thanked them.

We sat on our previous seat. Aoi, Aunt Kaoru and Mr. Hyuuga were all smiling at me. I looked at Natsume's grandfather and saw him looking at me - not like the earlier look - he was looking at me now with a gentle expression.

"Why didn't you become a singer?"

"I'm concentrating on my studies, Sir. And I just want a simple life," I gave him a faint smile.

He smiled back at me. My god. He smiled at me!

"Natsume, make sure you'll marry this girl. She's a keeper."

Natsume wrapped his arm around my waist and smiled. "Of course, grandpa. She's amazing."

I snorted. They all looked at me so I smiled.

Amazing. Tsk. More like, 'amusing' to you, Natsume.


Sorry if you found typos or grammatical errors. I don't have the time to copyread this anymore. :|

To my sissy, DarkyrawrXD, thanks for reading.

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