Note: Sorry for the late update but I'm back! Everything that recently happened with my life just made me a lazy bummer. So, I'm sorry for making all of you wait. Oh, one more important thing: If you want the real Hotaru to be here, just tell me and your suggestions so I could revise this and work it all out.

Blind Touch

Chapter ten

"Kaito, what a pleasant surprise," Mikan greeted, making Natsume's ears perk up.

Upon hearing his name made mention, Natsume couldn't help but make his face look decent before stepping out of the kitchen. Taking off his apron and wiping the sauce out of his face, he took no time to hesitate before marching out.

"What are you doing here?" Natsume asked as he continued advancing, remembering the guy to be the same lad he saw with Mikan outside her place moments ago. Strange. How did he get here so fast? He asked himself. When he was already beside the brunette, he slowly wrapped his arms around her waist, reminding the uninvited guest that if she's his concern then, she was already taken.

"I had a family few kilometers from here and decided to visit them when I notice this house occupied," Kaito replied.

"Then, what if this house is occupied? Most people wouldn't care, right?" Natsume stated. Well, he sure does got a point. A lot of houses are probably occupied before theirs but of all those lit houses, why would he stop there –their summer house? Pure coincidence alone surely can't explain that matter. It needs to be intended –it must've been his intention.

"Uh, yeah but it just got me surprised that I've been passing this road a lot of times and a lot of times, this house was empty until tonight."

Mikan saw the disagreement of the raven haired lad because she too disagreed on Kaito's unreasonable reasons. Well, simply because it doesn't sound like the appropriate reason –not enough. With a hesitating face, she turned around to her side to where Natsume was. Much to her dismay, no expressions were engraved in it. Sigh. She couldn't blame him. After all, she herself doesn't know what to do with the unexpected guest. Let him come and entertain him? Could be but… probably not.

From the long pause circulating between the three people, unknowingly, black clouds had finally caught up with the place. Until such time… it rained hard.

"I better go," Kaito excused, breaking the uneasy ice.

Mikan didn't utter a word, just a smile. On the other hand, Natsume was murmuring inaudible, something like you better be. Inside, Mikan could only laugh at his childish actions. Natsume would always be Natsume, she thought. Sigh. That couldn't be helped, could it?

With a final wave of the hand, Kaito finally left. Seeing him back in his car, Natsume pulled Mikan back inside the house before they got soak with rain and encouraged her to close the door. She followed –was about to follow until one voice called back.

"Wait, my tires got flat," someone yelled outside.

Only one thing crossed Natsume's mind –Grr! That's how freaking angry he is. Could this lad be more truthful? First, he said he just drop by because he suddenly realized this house was occupied. Second, he reasoned out his tires is flat. What next? That he could stay here for a while until he could contact his relatives and because it's raining? Hell, Natsume surely is pissed.

"Bro, can I stay here for a while until I could contact my aunt?" he defended.

Now, that was what Natsume's talking all about.

"Look,"

"Sure, stay here for a while. We're about to make dinner actually," Mikan interrupted.

"Oh, I'm sorry," the blue-haired lad apologized.

"Its fine," Mikan replied.

As she opened the door wider for the soaking lad to come in, Mikan already noticed the hot glare Natsume is shooting towards the unwanted guest. At the same time, the raven-haired lad was also giving her the questioning look as to why she did what she did. To end the silent brawl, Mikan didn't do anything once again but smiled at Natsume, taking him aback once more.

When the two proceeded back to the kitchen, they both silently continued making dinner. The other one on the other hand stayed at the sofa. Mikan had told him to entertain himself first through television as they prepared the food. Kaito could only beam. Well, what else would you expect? He doesn't have anything. As he adjusted himself to the comfy couch, he grabbed the remote before switching the television to random channels.

However, he suddenly stopped when a news channel caught his sensitive ears.

"Good evening people of Japan. Right now, it has been reported that Japan will be experiencing three-day storms. It wasn't actually calculated when this storm will last but let's just hope that'll it'll end soon. So, for safety's sake, we're advising you tonight to prepare your flashlights in case of emergencies and power offs-"

"Wait, what did it say?" Mikan frantically asked as she exited the kitchen.

"There's going to be a storm tonight," Kaito answered, trying to sound caring. Yeah, as if he really cared. The thing he only cares about are the lies he could possibly create such that he could come close to Mikan. Talk about seeing someone you love once again after years of separation. He's still a man with hormones and desires, you know. Hearing their conversation, Natsume could only roll his eyes as he kept on slicing carrots back in the kitchen, trying to resist his anger of going to the living room, grab his collar and pull him outside the house. Calm down, Natsume. On the contrary, poor naïve Mikan didn't even know what's the secret thing happening inside the place she's at.

Anyway, just as he said those words, the rain outside suddenly poured more fiercely as the lights starts to flicker on and off. Letting her reflexes guide her, she went to where she found the flashlights when she re-explored the place hours ago. After grabbing it, she placed it atop the kitchen's table just in case, thinking that they both need it more than Kaito does before she resumed her cooking.

…

Later, during dinner

"So, Kaito, do you have a coat for you know, after dinner?"

"Regarding that, auntie had called and told me to stay put for a while. They wouldn't be able to send some help for now. So, if you'd allow me and if it's alright, I'll be staying here."

"You can't be serious,-"

"You can," Mikan connected, "I mean, you can stay here for now."

Natsume shot her a glare but she gave her best to block it away. Honestly speaking, she totally has no idea why she said that. She probably pitied the guy. Plus, something's certainly telling her that this Kaito is not just an ordinary person. Something's telling her she knows him somehow. She just can't point it out. But since she had said those words already, there's no point taking it all back. All she just hopes for is that everything will turn out just fine. Well, will it really turn out just fine?

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