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Addicted To You
Chapter 10
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Start of Something New
A week after… Alice Academy, Math Class…
"Class, I'm giving a 10 pages Math exercises." Jinno started. The class groaned. Jinno remained poker-faced and cleared his throat. "You'll have to work in partners. I'll be the one assigning your partners."
The class groaned again.
"Stop groaning. It's hurting my ears!" Jinno yelled and the class fell silent. "Now for the partners."
Jinno started partnering the class for the exercises.
And fate had really a weird way of working things out.
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Imai's Residence, 9pm… Mikan's room.
Two teenagers were sitting on the fluffy bed, glaring at each other.
"That's not the way to do that!" Mikan growled and shot another deadly glare at her partner.
"It is." Her partner stated nonchalantly.
"I'm telling you. This is the right way to solve this." She argued.
"No. I already computed it a million times."
"I also computed it and I'm right."
That was Mikan and Natsume, arguing about a math problem given by their strict teacher. It was the last problem and they've been arguing and solving it for like 3 hours.
"Let just do this separately." Natsume suggested. He was tired. Damn tired. It was just a simple problem for him but Mikan made it more complicated.
"Fine!" Mikan agreed and solved the problem on her own.
Natsume finished solving the problem for only 5 minutes. But Mikan was still scribbling on her paper, sweats forming in her head even if the air-conditioner was on.
"Oi Polka, not finish yet? Damn you're slow." Natsume grunted in irritation.
"Shut up! I'm trying to concentrate here!"
"I can't believe the kaichou-san was poorest among the poor when it's about Mathematics."
"Well sorry for that, jerk." Mikan replied without looking at him.
…
Thirty minutes later…
"Not yet finish?"
"Shut up!"
…
One hour later…
"Oh, it's long. That Jinjin really knows how to torture his students."
She stretched her hands and then looked at Natsume. Her jaw hung wide.
He fell asleep…
…on her bed.
"Oi, don't sleep here!" Mikan said and poked Natsume on the shoulder.
No response.
She stared at his sleeping face. She felt her cheeks heated up again. He looked so peaceful while sleeping.
He was a perfect creature, physically, when sleeping.
She smiled unconsciously.
She looked at his lips. Then she remembered that incident again. She shook her head.
For some unknown reason, looking at Natsume made her lightheaded.
She unconsciously traced her fingers to his long and thick brows carefully, feeling his eyelashes lightly brushed against her fingertips. She trailed slowly down from his lids to his tall nose, gently stroking his cheeks with her thumbs.
Wait. Why am I doing this?
"Just what do you think you're doing?"
"Hello? I just asked that to myself." She unconsciously replied.
Wait a minute… Uh-oh…
Her eyes widen in realization.
She nearly had a heart attack!
"Natsume! You're awake! ...I – uh, well, funny story really... just how long have you been up?" She stammered.
"About two seconds before I found your HAND caressing my face in which you recently happened to take such an apparent interest in," he responded coolly. Mikan could feel the heat on her face.
Oh I hate this.
"Err –. It's uhm – I'm not - No! It's not like what you think about Natsume!" She out of words to say. She was embarrassed. She looked at him and laughed nervously.
"Liking me? Polka kaichou-san?" He asked me while smirking. Mikan froze.
She felt her heart would jump out of her chest any second now.
'I'm also asking that to myself.'
Do I started to like him?
What a great story. Titled 'Liking My Stalker'.
She could feel her head betrayed her. It nodded itself. She saw him looking at her, his crimson eyes opened wide. She also looked at him with wide eyes but then shook her head.
"In your dreams! Ehe-he." Mikan immediately said with a toneless laugh. Somehow she could see disappointment on those crimson eyes.
"Then, I'll sleep and dream now." She heard him said and closed his eyes again. Mikan slapped her forehead.
"You can't sleep here! It's my ROOM!"
He didn't answer.
This is a nightmare.
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2am in the morning…
Natsume opened his eyes. The surrounding was dark. He switched on the lamp on the nightstand.
She was not there beside him. He released a sigh of disappointment. He scanned the bedroom.
He saw her sleeping in the small couch. She looked uncomfortable. She kept on twirling around the couch.
He smirked as an idea formed in his head…
…
Mikan slowly opened her eyes. It was already morning and the light of the sun lightened her room. She was so lazy to stand up. She turned around and completely opened her eyes…
…just to meet a pair blazing crimson eyes, smirking at her.
"Morning, Polka."
Mikan panicked and…
An ear-piercing scream was heard throughout Hotaru's mansion.
Hotaru, who was on the other room, was wearing earplugs while sleeping. It looked like she already expected something like this will happen.
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Alice Academy Corridors: 7:30 AM
Natsume's POV
Polka was so loud. I could feel internal hemorrhage inside my ears.
What was so wrong with sharing a bed with her?
It was her bed anyway.
Now, she was walking with me. Great thing she believed me that I didn't molested her.
That was something I couldn't do to her.
I respected this girl so much.
"Natsume, you didn't do something terrible right?"
God, it was like the 100th times she asked that to me since we left Imai's house.
"I said I didn't."
"I remember I was sleeping in the couch! How come I wake up on the bed?" She wailed.
"You sleepwalked, maybe." I lied. She looked at me. Her face was still red in embarrassment. "And it's not like the first time we sleep together." I added remembering our time in that cold storage room. Polka sighed.
"I don't sleepwalk! Dad will kill me if he discovered this!" She whined and glared at me.
I twitched. "Tch. It's not like you didn't enjoy sleeping with me."
"I didn't!" She retorted. I smirked.
"It's too obvious, Polka, don't deny it anymore." I teased, I saw her fumed in anger. I really liked that angry expression of her. She continued to curse me. I ignored her and continued walking. I could feel a small smile curved in my lips.
This is just perfect.
End of Natsume's POV
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The door of the Class 3A opened and revealed the two teenagers that were still arguing.
"WILL YOU STOP CALLING ME POLKA, YOU PERVERTED JERK!" Mikan screamed in Natsume's ears which made the crimson eyed lad to cover his ears.
"Tch, will you shut it now? You've been talking non-stop, big mouthed Polka-dotted girl." Natsume snapped and went to his seat.
"I hate you!" Mikan screeched and also sat on her seat. What's more annoying was, Natsume sat behind her.
"No, you don't. You like me." Natsume teased.
Mikan was about to retort but Ruka arrived with a wary expression on his face. He immediately approached Natsume and whispered something to him.
"Natsume, we need to talk outside, it's about your father…"
…
Natsume and Ruka excused themselves to Jinno-sensei for the mean time. Ruka said that it was important and Jinno allowed them.
"Natsume…" Ruka said panic was in his voice.
"What's the matter Ruka? What about my father?"
"That's the problem Natsume! Your father… He was looking for you at my house last night. He said you didn't go home."
"He's here in Japan?" Natsume asked. Ruka nodded.
"He arrived yesterday night Natsume, he was really angry not seeing you at your house."
"Tch. I don't care about him." Natsume replied coldly with angry expression on his face. He was about to leave when Ruka said something again that made him stiffened in his position.
"Natsume, he will come here today."
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Hyuuga Mansion, an hour earlier…
"Did you find it out, Detective?" a man around his 40's with asked to a detective in front of him. He had this cold ruby eyes and expressionless face.
The detective nodded. "Yes sir. Your son Natsume Hyuuga spent the night at the Imai residence."
"Imai Residence? Is he going out with the daughter of the Imai's?"
The detective shook his head. "No sir. My source said he was partnered up with a friend of Imai Hotaru-san for a school assignment."
"Friend? Who?"
"Someone named Sakura Mikan."
"Sakura? Never heard of that name."
"She was Hotaru-san best friend. My source said that the Imai family was the one who's helping her in her daily life. They also paid her studies in the Alice Academy." The detective said which made Mr. Hyuuga's mood to swing. Due to irritation, he crumpled the files that the detective gave a while ago.
"Lucky girl huh? So she's just nothing in this society?"
"Probably, sir. She's smart but nothing more special with her. Just a simple girl that was getting help from a rich family."
"Okay, you can go." Mr. Hyuuga commanded while massaging his temple. The detective left and closed the door.
"You're really a stubborn son, Natsume." Mr. Hyuuga muttered angrily.
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Back to the Academy…
Narumi was faking a smile at the 16-year-old girl in front of him. She had been looking at the mirror for the 10th time, putting different make-ups on her face. She was wearing a micro mini skirt and a very fit Alice Academy uniform that clearly showed the curves of her body.
"Koizumi-san, my class is already full. You can try another class." Narumi explained. Luna glared at him.
"No, I want to be in a class where Natsume-kun is." Luna demanded.
"I'm sorry but – ."
"Do you want to get fired?" She threatened. Narumi sweatdropped. Although he knew he will never ever get fired in the academy, but he still acted like he was surprised.
"No… but -."
"Then your only option is to accept me on your class." Narumi scratched his nape. He looked at Luna again, this time with pleading eyes.
"But – "
"Will you stop saying 'BUT'? My father is influential. I can make him buy this academy for me."
Narumi was only controlling his temper at the attitude of the teen in front of him. He seriously wanted to strangle her but he knew that he couldn't do that.
"Ok, fine. You'll start tomorrow." He replied and sighed disappointedly. He didn't want to argue with her anymore. He'll just prepare his self for the first bitch in his class.
Luna laughed manically. Finally, she could be with her Natsume.
End of Chapter 10