A/N: Dear people…please WAIT for the natsumikan parts on following chapters. Thank you.

Chapter 9: A Memorable Dance

Mikan and Natsume were now like –O.O- . Even Natsume didn't hide his shock.

"Uhh…Natsume…I think we have to…go now…" Mikan said, pulling Natsume with her. Then they went to a nearby tree to rest, having their two best friends left there. (PS--Hotaru and Ruka already broke the kiss by then…)

"Ne Natsume…besides what happened just now…have you ever encountered a time when your best friend hid something special from you..?"

"…no, just now." Natsume replied.

"Oh…same here…"

"…"

"You, have you ever hid something from your best friend?" Mikan added.

"And just why do you ask me those questions?"

"Uhh…n-nothing…" said Mikan, who can't really think of a useful reason for asking such questions.

"You know, I never thought Hotaru would be falling for Ruka-pyon, and so will he…" she added.

"…" Natsume can't think of or doesn't have an answer.

Then Mikan sat down on the grass, leaning her back on the tree.

"Natsume, you wanna sit?" Mikan said, tapping the grass beside her.

Yes, Natsume did sit beside her. Mikan smiled.

After a while, Mikan started to speak her thoughts out. She and Natsume were talking when Iinchou suddenly appeared of nowhere (again) and told them that the dance is going to start in any minute.

"Oh…okay, we'll be there." Mikan said as Iinchou ran off.

"The dance's going to start any minute now," she added. "So Natsume, you're gonna tell who you're dance partner is, right?"

"Yeah, so?"

"Who is it? Me…or…someone else? Did you want to change your partner? I kinda feel sorry for your fans…"

"…"

"Natsume?"

"Whatever. Let's go." He stood up and went to the party.

"Natsume…" Mikan whispered.

Natsume went to the dance floor, followed by Mikan.

Almost all the students were there, including Hotaru and Ruka.

The announcement of partners had already begun.

Once both Natsume and Mikan entered, they already saw Hotaru announcing her partner.

"My partner is Ruka." Hotaru coldly said, not even minding his fangirls.

"WHAT!?" Sumire shouted. Fangirls echoed. A little envy though, because they will be attacked by Hotaru's baka-cannon if they don't zip their mouths up.

Hotaru then went down and approached a blushing Ruka. Natsume was next in line. After some time, he went up stage.

Announcer guy says, "So, Natsume-kun, who's your partner tonight? She must be lucky alright!" in a joyful manner.

Natsume replies, "Her." with a period, directly and coldly said while pointing at the idiotic brunette.

"WHAAAAT!?!?" Sumire shouts again. Fangirls echoed again. Even Announcer guy, Natsume's friends and the other boy were shocked. Such an idiot paired up with a genius!? were the thoughts of many.

"Yeah, so what?" Natsume glared them a sharp, icy glare.

Silence, as usual.

Then Natsume got down from the stage, making sure no fangirl goes crying, begging or complaining about it in front of him. But Ruka confronted him and whispered, Natsume, did you already confess to h—"

Natsume cut him off by saying, "No, not yet." Then he went off to Mikan. Announcements continue.

Fast forward

After everyone was finished announcing their partners, music started to play as each student dances with his/her partner. Everyone was kind of relaxed, everyone except Mikan (and the fangirls), that is.

All eyes were on two dancing couples: Natsume with Mikan and Hotaru with Ruka.

Some of the boys were kinda envious of Natsume and Ruka since their partners gave them (Natsume and Ruka) about 52 percent of attention, while 48 percent was given to those poor boys.

People watched with envy as the two couples danced so sweetly to the music. Sumire was glaring at Mikan, like she was going to torture and kill Mikan on the dance floor itself and claim Natsume as her partner, but she never dared to do that to Hotaru, who was currently dancing with Ruka who was blushing out of control (again). Hotaru even had a "Touch-my-dance-partner-and-I'll-shoot-you-with-my-baka-gun-and-cannon-lots-of-times" look on her face.

Meanwhile, Mikan was confused about this. There were many other suitable candidates out there, but Natsume chose her. Sure, she agreed to be his dance partner, but she never knew it was for the Last Dance. She thought Natsume asked her to be his dance partner for an ordinary dance.

She was thinking about this a lot, until Natsume asked her, "What's wrong?"

Mikan was kind of shocked when he asked this. She quickly thought, 'Is he concerned or something..?' then replied to him, saying, "Nothing. Why, you concerned?"

"Tch. Why would I be?"

"Then why'd you ask.."

Natsume was speechless. "…Just answer me, will ya?"

Mikan looked sideways and blushed. "Uhh…it was nothing…"

And there they were, dancing with everyone glaring at Mikan. Including Sumire, of course.

They danced and danced until the night was over.

A/N: …So, how was it..? Please wait for the natsumikan parts in the next chapters to follow. Anyway, thanks for reading! Pls. review :D.