Chapter 8: A Glimpse
It's Saturday and Sachiko just went out of the hospital now. She went to the Sakura Tree and sat down not knowing that Natsume was there.
"It feels good to be out of that hospital." Sachiko said to nobody. She's smiling a little.
Natsume, who was sleeping look down to see Sachiko sleeping.
'What does the stupid girl doing here?' Natsume thought.
Then Senri arrived.
"Sachiko." He called.
"What?" Sachiko asked. She was annoyed with Senri for disturbing her quiet time.
"Why did you left the hospital without waiting for me?" he asked standing in front of her.
"Don't be such a baby. You do know how I hate hospital." She replied.
"Why do you always have to be mean?" he asked feigning hurt.
"Don't be too childish Senri. It doesn't suits you." She said smiling
Then the two laughed. Natsume, whose watching the scene were shocked.
'I never knew that Fukosawa could laugh.' Natsume thought as he continues to watch the scene.
"Sachiko they wanted to meet you in bear's house." Senri said.
"Oh, come on. I only got out. I wanted to roam the place first before going to see them." Sachiko said.
"Come on, Sachiko. They are dying to see you. They haven't seen" He said.
"I'll agree but under one condition." She replied
"What's that?" he asked.
"You have to catch me first." She answered as she started running around the tree.
Senri chased Sachiko around the tree. Their chase was full of smiles and laughers. Finally, Senri caught Sachiko in the waist.
"KYAAAAA!" Sachiko screamed.
"Caught you at last." Senri said.
The two end up laughing. Senri didn't remove his arms on her waist. Natsume was shocked and couldn't believe what was happening. Sachiko and Senri were looking at each others eyes. Their foreheads touched. They were about to kiss but suddenly a noise was heard. They immediately broke apart. They were both blushing.
'OMG! What am I thinking? I wonder where did that noise came from.' Sachiko thought.
'That was so close. If it wasn't for the noise, I would have kissed her.' Senri thought
They both look at each other then blushed. Then they laughed.
"Well that was awkward." Senri said.
"Yeah." Sachiko agreed.
Natsume was the one who created the noise. He wasn't so sure why in the first place he did it.
"We should go." Senri said.
"I think so too. I didn't want them to wait that long. And I did promise that I'll come if you caught me and you did." Sachiko said.
They left the Sakura tree. Natsume jumped down and decided to follow them. They went to the Northern Forest. They stopped at the bear's house. They were greeted by Misaki and Tsubasa.
"Wow. You like a nerd." Tsubasa said to Sachiko not bothering to be polite.
"I'm suppose to like one, Tsubasa." Sachiko answered.
"So what's your name when you were in that form?" Misaki asked.
Natsume who was listening were curious by the conservation and Misaki's question.
'What does Harada mean?' Natsume thought
Sachiko decided to answer Misaki's question.
"Sachiko Fukosawa." Sachiko answered.
"Nice name. It's far from your real name, Mikan." Tsubasa said.
"Won't you feel more comfortable if you were talking to the real Mikan instead of Sachiko?" she asked as she changed her appearance to Mikan.
"Gosh, it feels so nice to be back to my real form. It takes a lot of energy keeping that form." Mikan said streching.
Natsume was shocked. He saw Sachiko transformed to the girl he danced in the ball.
"You know Mikan if I'm not in love with Misaki, I would have fallen for you." Tsubasa said.
Senri kept Mikan close to him and warp his arm to her waist. Misaki hit Tsubasa hard. Natsume was ready to kill Tsubasa and Senri.
"You know Tsubasa you shouldn't have said that. You know that Misaki could break up with you or you could have broken bones." Mikan said smirking.
"I know but really do you have to hit me hard Misaki." Tsubasa said rubbing the part were Misaki hit him.
"You deserved it dumbass." Misaki said.
The two continue to bicker but ended up kissing each other. Senri and Mikan just looked at the two and smiled. Then without knowing they were also kissing. They broke apart and saw that Misaki and Tsubasa were looking at them. They were smiling at them.
"What?" they both asked.
"You know it's the first time I saw you guys kissed." Tsubasa said.
"So?" Senri asked trying not to blush.
"Also isn't that both your first kiss." Misaki said.
They both blushed bright red.
"young love." Tsubasa said.
"Urusai." Mikan said.
They continue to tease the two. Natsume was furious that Senri kissed Mikan. He continued to watched the scene.
"Mikan, do you know why the teachers have meeting last Tuesday?" Senri asked
"of course I know but I won't tell you. All I could say is be prepared." Mikan said.
"At least give us a clue." Tsubasa said.
"No way." she replied sticking her tongue out.
It was very childish but it is the real attitude of Mikan. Her friends can't help but smile. Then bear went house of his house. He saw Mikan and quickly hugged her. The two played while the others just watched. Natsume, on the otherhand, had a small smile on his face. He enjoyed watching Mikan even though he wouldn't admit it to anybody. Mikan is having a great time. It's been awhile since she had this so much fun. Senri, Tsubasa and Misaki were just glad that Mikan is having fun. They know that Mikan went through a lot. Natsume decided to leave.
'I'll make you mine soon, Mikan.' Natsume thought glancing at Mikan before leaving
Mikan looked where Natsume last stayed.
"Is there any problem, Mikan?" Senri asked.
"It's nothing. I just thought that somebody was looking at me. I guess it was just my imagination." Mikan replied.
They continued their day chatting about their lives. They didn't have a clue that their lives are about to change.
To be continued.
