WARNING: I placed some characters of my own.

Chapter 8: a daring Thursday morning/afternoon

"Sakura-san." someone called. it sweet and gentle. "Sakura-san." I tossed and turned on my bed and continued sleeping. then i could feel my body shaking. "Sakura-san, you have to wake up!" my eyes shot open and i quickly stood up. I turned to my side and saw Rikako. Rikako was Hotaru's maid. she gave me a victorious smile. she had been trying to wake me up for a long time now.

"What time is it?" I lazily asked as i rubbed my eyes.

"exactly eight." she answered my question looking at the wall clock above the door sill. i sprung up to my feet.

"It's that late?" I panicked, runnning back and forth in the room. i grabbed a towel and went inside the bathroom. I took a five minute bath and immediately put on my school uniform. i am so dead. I brushed my hair and tied it even if it was a little bit wet. i grabbed my glasses and started my way down the flight of stairs.

"Sakura-san would like some breakf-" I ran past her and grabbed the grilled cheese sandwich and ate it as I ran to school. if I was luckily enough maybe i'll arrive at school on time.

I ran quietly in the hall so that i won't get caught and have to suffer detention. I stopped in front of our classroom door and caught my breath. outside I could hear Mr. Narumi checking the attendance. I slipped into the room without being noticed. they all seem busy doing something.

"Mikan Sakura." he called. I silently slipped in my chair. "Mikan?" he called again.

"Here!" I raised my hand acknowledging my presence. Everyone stopped whatever they were doing and stared at me. they must have wondered on how I appeared in my seat. Mr. Narumi gave me a nod and checked my name. then he went on. "What are we doing?" I whispered to my seatmate.

"Writting and essay." he whispered back. an essay? usually Mr. Narumi leaves the room and let us be.

"What is it for?"

"The faculty scolded him for doing nothing during homeroom time. that is why he made us write an essay about what we want tobe when we grow up." he added. I thanked him and grabbed a piece of paper and a pen from my bag. I stared at the blank paper not knowing how to start on my essay.

What do I want to be when I grow up? easy. i want to be a pre-school teacher, a loving mother, and a faithful wife to someone who would very much love me. I grinned at myself and started to scribble on the piece of paper. Homeroom went on as a silent class. after homeroom everyone was relieved. they were all stressed on what they would like to become when they grow up. the rest of the day went on fine.

For today, we only had have day of classes. the half of the day will be for the polishing for club activities on saturday. Today will be the polishing because on friday (which is tomorrow) we will have no classes because the school had to put up some big attractions and they don't want to have accidents that would involve their precious students.

I walked to my club room alone silently. some students were running up and down the stairs carrying stuff and some others are just simply panicking. I'm already missing Hotaru. when I get home I will talk to her so i could ease up my mind. when i arrived the room pieces of black and white cloths welcomed me. they were being tossed around by some students. the students from yesterday were there.

"Sakura-san, you're here!" Nagahiko said as he ran towards me. Nagahiko Yamamoto was our club representative. He was the same year as me, and as i said before he had this thing for Akina. His usually neat Dark blue hair was messy, his green eyes looked tired and stressed. He held out a picec of clothing to me. "You can change there with the other girls," he said pointing at the other room where we cooked yesterday. "and if you're having a hrd time on your outfit, you could ask Akina for some help." He said pointing at the room. I nodded and started my way to the room he pointed.

The room was filled with girls who were running around the room. some complained about how short there outfit was and some complained about unmatching clothes like socks.

"Mikan-chan, what are you waiting for? get dressed and tell me if you need something." Akina said not even stopping to look at me. she disappeared in the mountain of clothings and girls. i looked for a corner and dressed there. It was a maid's uniform. the black silk hugged every possible curve that i have and landed lazily above my knees, and the white apron showed more of my curves. i put on the white socks, almost flipping back, that reached below my knees. i put on the black shoes, and the white hat thing that (AN: i forgot what's it called. the hat that has many frills on it.) made my hair color look dark. I looked at myself in the mirror. I looked like a doll. we all did.

"Akina-chan, is this alright?" I asked. I wasn't used to wearing clothes that would actually complement my figure. She stopped for a while and looked at me from head to toe. she gave me a smile and along with it a two thumbs up. with that i concluded that i can get back to wearing my school uniform.

"Don't remove it yet! It still needs an inspection!" Akina said stopping me in my tracks. I turned around to look at her and give her a face asking if she was serious but she got pilled up with clothes. "I'm serious!" she said from underneath the clothings. she must have sensed me. I walked over the pile and helped her get out. "thanks." she said sucking in alot of air. I decided to help her, running around the room helping others to put on their clothes and aid to their needs. after a long 30 minutes everyone was able to get into their clothes. Akina and I slummed down on the floor and caught our breaths for a while. "Okay then. we can have our inspection." she said standing up.

"but Akina-chan, everyone's clothes are perfect. we've checked all-"

"Yes. we've checked." she said 'we' meaning us girls. all the girls were leaving the room still wearing their outfits. "but not them." i'm guessing 'them' means the boys.

"No." I said sternly. "There is no way I am going out there wearing this." I said and started to walk away. Akina grabbed my arm and pulled me towards the door.

"Come on, Mikan-chan." she said. she was trying very hard to pull me and i pulled back. you could say it was very childish of us. She stared at me with puppy dog eyes that she complimented with a pout. It was too cute. i couldn't resist her cuteness.

"Alright. fine." I grunted. she squeeled in delight and led me out of the room. We were all lined up. surprisingly Akina positioned me to where i most likely would have avoided. in front of Hyuuga.

He was wearing a waiter's uniform. since the polo was fit and white, his toned arms were evident and the polo traced his mascular chest. I couldn't help but blush. i looked away and slapped myself metally. When the color of my cheeks were normal again i faced him. he had his sheepich grin across his face again. i hated him for that. He seems to be enjoying my embarassing moments. He looked at me from head to toe and smirked. I could just kill him right now.

"Well then, Hyuuga-kun. What do you think? Is there something wrong with Mikan-chan's outfit?" akina asked sweetly presenting me to him. He looked from my shoes, to mt kneees, and- I followed his gaze and he was staring at the hem of my skirt. He grinned and looked up.

"it's too long." He commented pointing at the skirt. I chocked and was off balanced. Akina examined the skirt. she tilted her head and grabbed a sewing kit. she bent down and took some pins, needles, and threads. She was about to pin an amount of cloth-

"Wait." she looked up. "You don't have to do everything he says. He's just teasing." I said begging her not to sew it on. she averted her gaze from me to Natsume. he gave her a playful smirk.

"Of course not." he objected. "If I were a customer, i wouldn't want to be served by an old looking maid." He said teasingly. I growled at him and Akina started sewing. i didn't realize that she was finished sewind, I was busy galring at Hyuuga and thinking of way show to kill him.

"Much better?" She asked him. She lowered his gaze and grinned. I looked at the skirt and blushed. The skirt now was only covering half my thigh. i tried ti pull it down, but if i pull down the front the back will go up and in vice versa. I growled at him and he chuckled. he's very much enjoying himself. I gritted my teeth and gave him a death glare. it doesn't seem to affect him much. "how about you, Mikan-chan. Do you think hyuuga-kun's outfit is alright?" She asked. I gave him an evil grin.

"You know what. i think his clothes are a little bit tight." I commented. Akina blinked her beady eyes and went running to a pile of white and black clothings. After a few seconds she came running back carrying a new polo and new pants. She gave it to him and he left to change.

He came back wearing the clothes Akina gave him. he had an anooyed look in his face. the polo and pants was now loose making him look like a big walking black and white rag. A give him a sheepish smile and chuckled. He smirked at me and growled. Akina tilted her head.

"Is that better?" She asked with a brow raised. she was btoh confused and amused at our reactions. I nodded my head in satisfaction. she didn't want to intervene with our little fight so she went to the next pair.

Natsume was still looking at himself. He looked silly. I neared him and leaned in. i tiptoed abit cause i was a few inches smaller than him.

"You want to play Hyuuga? don't worry, i'll play with you." I whispered. i felt him become stiff when my breath tickled his ear. Before i left i gave him a playful wink and he just snickered.

after that we changed back to our school uniform and started to clean the mess up. luckily, after all the running around, none of the decorations were ruined. everything was in perfect shape when we left. When I was on my way back to Hotaru's place i saw her and a few friends of hers waiting by the fountain near the school gates.

"Hotaru-chan." I called. she stood up.

"what took you so long?" she asked.

"I had to help in cleaning up." She gave me a small smile and dragged me to the car that was waiting out of the school gates. We were followed by Anna, Anna Umenomiya, she had long pink hair. Along with them was Nonoko, Nonoko Ogasawara, She had long dark blue hair. and lastly Sumire, Sumire Shouda, she had short seaweed green hair and green eyes. "Are they staying at your house tonight?" i asked hoatru. she nodded in reply.

"Well this is going to be an interesting nihgt. I've never been to a sleepover before. I wonder what we will do." was all I could think at that moment.

Homeplus: done! yeah! two chapters in a day! haha! hope you liked it and please do be patient. Jaa!