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Chapter nine
"Well, class, I must say I am looking forward to the screening of all your lovely works in three months" said Narumi, as he smiled brightly at his depressed class.
Mikan inwardly sighed and took out a notepad and quickly wrote down the extra tasks Narumi had given them. Yes, extra tasks. Narumi had just announced that he and teacher working with the Film and Production class, wanted more than one short clip to observe their skills on, so, Narumi had just announced that there were two more scenes that the class had to learn, act out and work with their partners in the other class.
Mikan realised something and quickly flipped through her scripts and scanned them.
"There's nothing there" muttered Natsume, who had been placed next to her by Narumi, since everyone was now to be seated with their acting partner. "I've already scanned though them. The only script that has that crap is the first script given to us"
Mikan let out a relieved sigh and placed her forehead on the table. Natsume frowned, not knowing if he should also be relieved or offended by the reaction Mikan showed when he told her the rest of their scripts didn't include anything lovey, like the first script given to them. Just then, they heard Koko and Kitsuneme yell. Mikan and Natsume, as well as the rest of the class, whipped their heads towards the direction of the yell to see what was wrong.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?" yelled Koko.
"THERE IS NO WAY THAT I AM GOING TO 'STARE INTO THE EYES OF ONE ANOTHER PASSIONATELY" exclaimed Kitsuneme. He then pointed to Koko and shouted, "ESPECIALLY WITH THIS GUY! ARE YOU FREAKIN' CRAZY?"
Mikan and Natsume slowly turned their heads to look at each other. Both having depressed looks on their faces. Mikan hid her face into the palm of her hands and shook her head violently, while Natsume glared at the blonde teacher who was currently blushing because of the mistake he had created, oblivious to the fact that two students were on stage two of planning to strangle him to death.
"Oh, I'm sorry, dear ones. That's not meant for you. I guess I got them mixed up. Can I please have all of your scripts back, please? Have one person from the two to come up and hand me both of all your scripts. I will have your scripts back in no time"
Mikan inwardly scoffed and grabbed Natsume's scripts and made her way up to Narumi, knowing that Natsume wouldn't be bothered going up to Narumi. She also knew that if he did happen to go up to Narumi, they would end up needing to call medical help for Narumi.
As promised, in no time the whole class had their scripts back and all were eager to see if they had a different script. Mikan groaned when she saw a different front title in one of the three booklets when they received hers back.
"I am going to kill that son of a bitch" muttered Natsume. Mikan also laughed when she Natsume's expression. She turned her body to face Natsume as she scanned through the only booklet that was different from the last three scripts.
Mikan heaved a sigh and placed the script down after she scanned through it. She then placed her arm on the table and placed her head on her arm, closing her eyes, hoping to get some rest.
"What's wrong with you? You look tired today" murmured Natsume when he saw Mikan close her eyes.
"Just didn't get that much sleep last night because had a bad feeling in my stomach. Guess I was right about it, wasn't I?" Mikan joked, eyes still closed. Only part of what she said was true. She did have a bad feeling in her stomach, though it wasn't about the acting, it was about what Persona said. She may be quite observant, but not much with the touchy topic of feelings. Mikan heaved another sigh and hid her face between her arms, her forehead rested against the table.
Natsume frowned, though let it pass as he picked up on of the scripts and start to read through it. When he finished, he heaved a sigh and stood up, grabbing the two scripts that Narumi had given to Mikan and him that contained… certain actions they were greatly unhappy to do.
Natsume walked up to Narumi's desk and slammed the scripts onto the table, a dark aura emitting from his body. Narumi sweat dropped, along with the rest of the class.
Realising what Natsume was planning to do, Mikan grabbed Natsume's things as well as hers and appeared beside him within seconds. Mikan quickly grabbed his arm and pulled him out of the room, though before closing the doors behind her, she turned around and said, "I apologise, but we'll be leaving early. Any further information can be passed onto Koko to tell us" and bowed before disappearing. Mikan turned around and grabbed Natsume by the arm as she continued to make her way out of the school.
"As much as you hate me, going up to Narumi isn't necessarily the wisest thing to do, no matter how stupid he looks" Mikan scolded Natsume as she let go of his arm. Natsume didn't answer her; instead, he glared at her and ran his fingers through his hair.
Mikan heaved a sigh and nodded. She then wordless handed Natsume his things and turned around to head back home, not caring whether Natsume would follow her or not. Natsume groaned and swung his bag over one shoulder before stomping after Mikan like a little child who didn't succeed in getting a toy he wanted at the toyshop.
In front of him, Mikan grinned. 'Suc...CESSSSSS' Mikan shouted in her mind. Mikan whipped out her keys from the chain around her neck and opened the front door. Mikan and Natsume entered the house wordlessly and slung their bags off their shoulders, automatically making their way towards the kitchen. A natural instinct they always do. Mikan headed over to the plate of fruit and decided to have an orange, while Natsume headed over to the fridge and decided to have a cold water bottle to drink. Natsume grabbed one drink bottle and closed the fridge door. Then, he froze. He secretly peeked at Mikan, from the corner of his eye, to see her cutting an orange. Natsume opened the fridge again and grabbed another water bottle from the fridge.
"Here" he muttered to Mikan as he placed the drink bottle on table. Mikan looked up at Natsume, though continued to cut the orange. Natsume's eyes widened.
"What the hell are you doing?" he exclaimed. Mikan gave him a confused look.
"What do you mean? I'm simply cutting a … an orange- Hey! Now what are YOU doing?" Mikan whined when Natsume grabbed the knife from Mikan's grasp.
"Well, if I allow you to continue cutting the damned orange, you'll end up missing a finger" he told her as he finished off cutting the orange into slices and grabbed another orange to cut into slices, since he decided to have one as well. Mikan stared at Natsume and smiled. Natsume realised what he had said and tried to make up for it.
"Of course, not that I care… it's just that I'd have to pick up the bill to fix you up or something" he muttered. Mikan silently laughed and nodded.
"Alright, I understand" said Mikan as she removed the lid of her water bottle. When Natsume finished cutting the oranges, he removed the lid of his water bottle and took a huge gulp out of it. Mikan reached for an orange and nibbled on it. Natsume raised an eyebrow at her and grabbed an orange and took a bite out of it. Natsume's eyes widened.
"HOLY SHIT, THAT'S SOUR" he exclaimed. Mikan stifled a giggle and concentrated on eating her orange. Natsume glared at her and took another large gulp of water from his water bottle. Natsume looked over to Mikan, to see her biting out of the orange.
"What the hell? Isn't it sour?" said Natsume, frowning. Mikan shrugged.
"On the first go it is, since you're not use to it, but you get used to it eventually and then it's nice" explained Mikan as she reached for a spare plate to grab a couple more oranges. Mikan smirked. "Kind of like sex, don't you think?" said Mikan, deciding to mess around with Natsume's head. Mikan collect the amount of slices of oranges she thought was enough for her before heading upstairs without a backwards glance, leaving Natsume dumbfound, still trying to process what Mikan had told him.
Natsume frowned and picked up his water bottle, taking another big gulp of water from it. "Oh, what the hell" he muttered before heading out into the lounge room wondering if there was anything to watch on the television.
Only, as soon as he sat down on the couch, Koko came bursting through the door, with Ruka, Mochu and Kitsuneme behind him.
Koko entered without a care, though Mochu, Ruka and Kitsuneme stood outside, wondering if they were allowed to enter the house.
"I'm HOOOMEEE" sang Koko. Natsume saw Mikan descend the stairs in a slouchy navy, oversized knit sweater with a large red heart on it, a violet skirt and fluffy pink slippers. By oversized, Natsume meant oversized. The jumper looked so big on her that it left her right shoulder was bare, since the side of the jumper fell off. One yank and the jumper would just slip off and down her body.
"Oh, welcome back, Koko" greeted Mikan. Mikan turned to the clock that was next to her on the stair case.
"You're back early" she added. Koko nodded with a grin.
"Narumi let us out early since there was nothing left to do, and he thought it was unfair that we were kept back."
Mikan raised an eyebrow and asked, "Wow, he really said that?"
"Nope," answered Koko. A smirk appeared on his face, "I just read his mind"
Mikan giggled and walked to the front door, only to see Mochu, Ruka and Kitsuneme with sheepish looks on their faces.
"Did you guys plan a sleep over and not tell me, or what?" Mikan asked them sarcastically before stepping aside, mutely telling them to come in.
The three boys entered the house and straight away headed for the TV. Mikan chuckled and asked, "Do you guys want any snacks…?"
"Yes, please!" answered Kitsuneme and Koko eagerly. Mikan laughed and made her way into the kitchen to get them a couple of snacks.
A couple of minutes later, Mikan came out of the kitchen, holding a tray of snacks and drinks. Mikan approached then with a kind smile of her face. "Here you go, guys" she told them as she lowered the tray onto the coffee table in front of them.
"Thank you, Mikan" said Ruka.
"Thank you, Mikan" said the rest of the boys in union. Well, all except Natsume, of course.
"No problem" replied Mikan as she grabbed a biscuit and looked at the time from the clock that was on top of the TV.
Mikan pressed her lips together into a lip line and turned around to head upstairs. Natsume watched her from the corner of his eyes. When she was out of his sight, he sank into the couch and heaved a sigh.
Natsume went into deep thought, recalling what Mikan had said on their way back to the house. "As much as you hate me, Natsume, going up to Narumi isn't necessarily the wisest thing to do, no matter how stupid he looks"
Natsume placed his fingers on his mouth, sideways, his elbow resting on the arm of the chair. Koko turned his hair slightly to see Natsume thinking about something. 'Wow, he looks as if he's posing for a photo shoot' thought Koko.
"As much as you hate me, Natsume"...
The words repeated in his mind a hundred times. 'What have I done to get her to think that I hate her?' wondered Natsume. Natsume was in deep though when he sensed someone looking at him and slowly turned his head to see Koko quickly look away. Natsume raised an eyebrow at him, though let it go and turned his focus back onto the TV screen, only, he say something love in the corner of his eyes. Natsume turned his head to see what it was, only to be surprised by what he saw. Natsume frowned and he sat up straight as he saw Mikan descend the stairs. Koko, Kitsuneme, Mochu and Ruka saw Natsume's facial expression and followed his gaze.
They saw Mikan wearing a trench coat that reached her knees, covering whatever clothing was underneath with was paired with a pair of pair of classic red, leather wedge pumps that had a meticulously crafted wooden wedge. [All the links will be at the end]
"Where are you going, Mikan?" asked Koko as he and Kitsuneme approached when Mikan descended the final step. Kitsuneme stayed silent and circled around Mikan.
"Err, I'm, uh…" stuttered Mikan, having difficulty focusing because of Kitsuneme. Mikan shook her head and focused. "I'm going out for a bit. I'll be home late, so order pizza for dinner or something" answered Mikan. Koko pouted.
"We're not going to eat your lovely food tonight?" asked Koko, pouting. Mikan couldn't help but pat his shoulder and lean in to lightly kiss him on the cheek.
"Nope" she told him bluntly. Koko laughed and nodded.
"Fine, then" he murmured. Mikan smiled and grabbed her keys and placed it in her red clutch purse.
"Well, I best be off" announced Mikan as she turned to leave. Mikan stopped at the door and waved at them. "Bye, guys" she said as she opened the door. Mikan stepped out of the house and was about to close the door when she heard a very familiar voice call her.
"Hold on" Natsume called out. Mikan closed her eyes and took a deep breath in, already knowing what he was about to do. Mikan turned around and smiled innocently.
"Yes, Natsume?" asked Mikan.
"I'm going too" he told her. Mikan spun around and silently groaned, unhappy that she was correct about what she thought Natsume was going to do.
"Oh, no need" she told him, when she spun back around, fake smile on her face, but Natsume was already up the stairs.
"Hey, if Natsume gets to go, I want to go, as well!" complained Koko and Kitsuneme. Mikan sweat dropped.
"I should have just taken the balcony" muttered Mikan, face palming herself as the rest of the boys made their way up the stairs. Mikan stopped and looked around the empty living room.
"What the hell? Where are the rest of them going to get the cloth-" Mikan stopped and heaved a sigh. "Right…borrow from Koko" muttered Mikan. Mikan heaved another sigh and activated her Alice to communicate with Persona.
How the hell am I meant to do the mission now? I've got five extra people coming along Mikan sent to Persona. Mikan could literally feel the deathly aura that Persona was emitting.
Do you something about it, then. Or, take them along, but have a cover story. Just make sure you succeed with the main point of the mission secretly got it? Persona instructed before cutting off the connection. Mikan groaned and leaned against the door frame, waiting for the boys to come back downstairs.
A couple of minutes later, the boys descended the stairs, all in dress shirts loosely tucked into their jeans. Mikan leaned off the door frame and headed out of the house, knowing the last person out would properly lock the door behind them.
Mikan started to head down the street, with her purse tucked under arm, and the boys trailing behind her. Ruka jogged up beside Mikan and walked along with her, not minding the glares he got from the boys behind him.
"Ruka's trying to score" muttered Mochu, smirking. Koko and Kitsuneme slapped him on the back of the head. "Ouch!" yelped Mochu, giving both of them a glare. Koko and Kitsuneme instantly looked away and placed their hands behind their back.
"So, Mikan, where are we going? Or at least, where did you plan on going?" asked Ruka.
"I have to do something… it's a bit…" Mikan thought for a moment, "Extreme, I guess? I don't know. Depending on what image I have been portraying for the past month or so" answered Mikan.
"A month" said Ruka.
"What?" asked Mikan, turning her head slightly to look at Ruka.
"We've known you for a month" Ruka explained. Mikan grinned and nodded.
"You count the days now, do you?" Mikan teased him, leaning closer to him. Ruka laughed and wrapped his arm around her shoulders. Mikan laughed along with him and wrapped her arms around his waist.
Behind them, Mochu, Koko and Kitsuneme were giving Ruka dirty looks.
"Look at him, getting all cosy with him" muttered Kitsuneme, eyeing Ruka. Mochu and Koko agreed. All three of them crossed their arms over their chest and continued to watch Ruka carefully, waiting for him to step out of line, which was going to be difficult, since Ruka was brought up in such a respectful home. Not that they weren't, but Ruka simply had the advantage of being smooth with girls, the easy, simple and safe way, and unfortunately, they will never know how.
"You know that we still have school tomorrow, right?" said Ruka. Mikan nodded.
"Of course I do" answered Mikan, giving Ruka a look.
Ruka grinned and tightened his arm around her. Ruka's grinned widened when he heard Koko and Kitsuneme grunt behind him.
"This is fun, isn't it?" asked Ruka, looking down at Mikan. Mikan smiled lightly and nodded, slightly tapping Ruka on the back.
"Oh, the bus is here!" exclaimed Mikan as she jogged towards the bus leaving the rest of the boys to catch up with her.
"What the-" Koko started off.
"How is she running in heels?" exclaimed Mochu
Ruka waited for Natsume to catch up with him and started to head towards the bus together, while the rest of the boys, Koko, Kitsuneme and Mochu walked slowly towards bus, amazed by how Mikan was able to run, regardless of the shoes she was currently wearing.
"Come on!" Ruka called out, "We're not going to wait for you three forever" he said. The three boys snapped out of it and raced towards the bus, not wanting to be left behind.
As they took their seats on the bus, Koko turned to face Mikan, who was seated beside Natsume on two seats beside them and murmured to Kitsuneme and Mochu, "I wonder what she's wearing under that trench coat…"
Kitsuneme and Mochu followed Koko's gaze, their eyes landing on Mikan's bare thighs. The trench coat had fallen off sideways, so Mikan's knee was sticking out from where the trench coat overlapped.
"Well, she is wearing something underneath that coat, right?" Kitsuneme half-asked and half-stated; he then turned slightly towards the rest of the boys and added, "Right?" with his eyes widened.
The rest of the boy's eyes widened as well and their eyes trailed back to Mikan. Koko opened his mouth to suggest something, but decided to close it.
"I guess we'll find out later, then" said Mochu. All three boys nodded, though they continued to look. It wasn't until Natsume turned his head slightly towards their direction that they jerked back into their proper seats, pretending to look busy with something else - as if they hadn't been overly thinking about random scenarios involving Mikan.
"Where in the heck are we?" asked Mochu as they all stepped off the bus. Mikan silently stepped off the bus and continued to make her way to her destination, leaving the boys in suspense as they followed her.
Natsume, being the one who was currently walking beside Mikan this time, was the first to see where they were heading, which caused him to almost choke on his own spit. Not that he had a problem to where they were going… he just had a problem with the girl beside him going to where they were headed.
They heard a faint sound of music nearby. Koko, Kitsuneme, Mochu and Ruka caught on and realised where Mikan had decided to go and all stopped in their tracks, eyes wide.
"Whoa, what the hell!" exclaimed Koko, Kitsuneme and Mochu. Ruka stayed silent, knowing he was in no place to say anything. Ruka simply looked over to Natsume and gave him an 'is-she-for-real' look. Natsume shrugged and looked at Mikan, who was standing still, watching the entrance of the area, which was guarded by security. They were still outside, and Natsume wanted to get it over and done with.
Mikan turned her head slightly to look at Natsume. Natsume raised an eyebrow and jerked his head towards the entrance of her destination.
"So, are we going in or what?" he asked her, coolly. Mikan pressed her lips into a thin line and stayed silent. For three intense seconds, no one moved a muscle.
"Let's go" she told them before entering first, herself, past the security guard, who stepped aside without any questions asked. Natsume smirked and followed, only to be stopped when Ruka grabbed his arm.
"What on earth is all this, Natsume? Please tell us you planned this" said Ruka. Natsume stared at Ruka, then Koko, then, Kitsuneme and then Mochu. Natsume didn't bother to talk. Instead, he shrugged and walked in, not caring if the rest of the boys were going to enter.
Koko took a deep breath in and started towards the door. Soon, he was followed by the rest of the boys, all nervously hurrying past the security guards.
When they were in, the faint sound of music that they had heard a while ago was now booming through their ears. The lights that were only faintly seen from the gaps between the doors were now flashing brightly before their eyes.
"Why in the hell did Mikan lead us to a club…?" muttered Kitsuneme. They all turned and spotted Natsume, who was leaning against the wall, eyeing something, or at least, eyeing someone.
The boys headed over to Natsume, excusing themselves as they walked between people, occasionally feeling someone slap their behinds. When they reached Natsume, they followed his gaze, to see Mikan. Well, at least they though it was Mikan. Wait, was it?
All the boys stood still, following Mikan as she made her way across the club. Her trench coat was now unbuttoned and they were able to see what she was wearing underneath.
Mikan was wearing a high-low dress with a lace back, triangle bodice and open cut- outs. All the boys pulled on the sleeves of their dress shirts as Mikan walked closer to them. Koko and Kitsuneme jogged up to Mikan and spun her around.
"Wow, Mikan. I never knew you had it in you to wear this kind of stuff" commented Koko, grinning as Kitsuneme continued to circle around her.
Mikan swiftly took off her trench coat, fully revealing the whole outfit and handed it to Koko.
"I'll take your purse as well, Mikan" he told her. Mikan shook her head.
"It's okay" she told him, "I need it" she added. Mikan turned around and scanned her eyes around the club. She then turned around to quickly tell the boys she needed to go to the restroom. All the boys nodded, still dumbfound by the way Mikan was dressed.
Mikan quickly made her way towards the restroom, before locating her target and purposely accidentally bumping into the person.
"Oh! I'm so sorry!" she exclaimed. The man turned around, as if ready to tell her off. Only, when he saw her, his expression changed from a pissed off one to an amused one.
"Oh, it's alright" the man told her. Mikan gave him a smile and held out her hand.
"I'm Catherine" she introduced herself. The man accepted her hand and shook it.
"And I'm Mark" he told Mikan.
'Well, you're a good liar, aren't you' Mikan sneered silently. Mikan let go of his hand and placed it gently on his arm. 'Mark' started down at her hand and smirked.
"Are you sure that bump you did was accidental?" he joked. Mikan giggled and moved her hair on one side, making sure 'Mark' saw her exposed neck, and indeed, he saw her neck.
"How about a drink or something?" he suggested. Mikan gave him a smile and nodded. 'Mark' turned to head towards the bar to get the two of them drinks when Mikan grabbed his arm and pressed her body against his. Mikan needed to get onto her toes regardless of her heels and whispered into 'Mark's' ear.
"Or we could go out the back…" she suggested seductively. 'Mark' smirked, liking the idea.
"Choosing from drinks to going out back, I like your suggestion before" he said, huskily. Mikan smirked and grabbed his hand to pull him out the door.
Before Mikan disappeared out of sight, she quickly glanced back and saw Natsume. Mikan saw his eyes, the eyes that once had the little respect he had for her had disappeared in his eyes, left with disgust and… disappointment.
Mikan shrugged off the weird feeling within her and shut off her emotions. It would be for the better anyway, right?
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