Authoress: sorry for the late update, I was just busy because we just hold an election here and I am part of the ppcrv or in other word citizen's military on in other word I help haha… I had a lot of work like checking the names, precincts, clusters, and sequences, checking voter's id's (sigh) and you know, about the pcos machine too (sigh)… I'm too busy

Oh wait, I think you're wondering why am I part of the election even though I'm not yet 18, right?

Well I may be 13 years old but I am a citizen of the Philippines and most of all I am a part of our parish pastoral council for being a lector and choir member haha…

Okay let get into the story, read, enjoy and please review

Full of love,

ellahist


Previews Chapter

...one week later...

they all arrive at the airport, there Mikan saw the private plane that Hyuuga owns... Mikan look at the lady that was waiting that Naomi approaches then hug, she's totally beautiful (bishoujou) girl, Mr. Hyuuga, Natsume and Youichi seem to acknowledge her presence too and then after it the lady hugs Mr. Hyuuga and it seems that Youichi is close to the lady too and most of all, the lady hugs Natsume that Natsume hugs back to her that made Mikan surprise. the lady looks at Mikan and smile to her weakly...

"you must be Sakura Mikan, right?" the lady asks

"ah y yes, ano um" Mikan was hesitating to talk because a stranger knows her and talk to her so casually that made her guess who she was.

"oh sorry for the late introduction, I'm Ibaragi Nobara, I'm going with you in your trip to celebrate Natsume kun's birthday" (is it really Ibaragi or not) then smile to her weakly.

"oh okay" Mikan thought she seems sweet and the fact that Natsume is close to her, she's different then after it, Naomi goes to Nobara and made a conversation to her, they really look like they are teenagers talking to each other while Natsume follows Nobara behind and Youichi kun goes beside Nobara and Kaito that goes beside her wife while Mikan was behind of them.

Mikan thought so she's Ibaragi Nobara, I want to be friend with her hehe


Chapter 11: Let me Stay

… "who are you?" Mikan can't see anything because it's dark that suddenly she fells someone who's warm climbing to her bed and hugging her tight and before Mikan can say anything the person cover her mouth and says "let me stay" …


While they are boarding the private plane of Hyuuga's they are now arranging they're seats… Naomi chooses to sit beside Nobara while they are discussing some matter or more like chatting like a teenagers, Natsume coolly and silently takes the seat beside Mikan while Kaito or Mr. Hyuuga sticks with his younger son Youichi…

Mikan was actually surprise that Natsume take the seat beside her but then she's flippin' nervous that there's a cold silence that was lingering on the two of them, she can't picks a normal conversation with him, she's too nervous that she take a look at the lad who's not doing anything that was actually just looking, more like gawking, no, just staring at Nobara…

Mikan thought oh I see that's why he was too quiet he's just busy looking at Nobara san… Mikan then just take a look at the person who's the lad staring at, Nobara, well truthfully she's really beautiful even I are fully defeated, she has a sweet voice and she kinda looks like Natsume but I don't know why, her moves are innocent, modest and compose not like me who's very clumsy… when I think about it Natsume and Nobara is a perfect couple; even though they're complete opposite but as they say 'opposite attracts' haha wait, why am I comparing myself to her… hmm never mind.

Natsume notices Mikan staring at Nobara, Mikan subconsciously blurted out "Nobara's really beautiful, right?"

Natsume hears and while looking at Mikan more like staring at her not on Nobara, he smirked "yeah, really beautiful"

Mikan nodded with a smile on her face but then when she's back to earth and snapped out of her dreamy thoughts… she looks at Natsume who's staring at her and subconsciously stutter "n n na na Natsume" out of her surprise.

"what are you stuttering for?" still looking at her he smirked

"firstly, what are you staring at me for?" her thoughts of making a normal and good conversation never really happen…

"because you're spacing out with your dreamy thoughts of Nobara" Mikan was half-puzzled and half-surprise that he really is calling her by her first name…

"w well, am I not allowed to" Mikan strikes back

"no one says so" is all Natsume said

"ne Natsume, you like her, right?" she asked out of the clear blue sky

"what are you saying? Don't concern yourself in that subject, all you have to do is look forward to our vacation in our villa" then Natsume averted his gaze in the window…

"but do you really?" Mikan was happy but deep, deep, deep inside of her she's wondering why there is small part of her heart that was having a feeling like it hurts thinking what that really is…

Natsume looks at her, sighs and thinks "well yeah? Probably, I like her" he said casually and practically…

Mikan smiles and thinks woah Natsume likes her, better support him, but why am I feeling like this it feels like it hurts but I don't know why what the hell is this, I'm suppose to be happy more like flippin' thrilled because I think Natsume will be okay if someone truly likes him and that he likes her back, although I can't understand him I just feel that it was the most that he needed, if he just learn to like someone and there it is, I should be happy…

"okay" then she giggled and became silent.

…hours passed…

Natsume was wondering while reading his manga that the brunette haired girl was too quiet that he was not used to it then he took a look at her and saw her sleeping soundly. He put out his jacket from his body and places it to the brunette haired girl to cover her and after that he continued reading while Mikan's head suddenly leaned on his well-built shoulder, Natsume looked at her and smiles a little in a matter of second that no one knows and no one sees and just averted his gaze to his manga to continue read it.

…hours passed…

They were finally in their destination and was leaving, going to their villa by car… all of them walk to the exit of the plane while suddenly Nobara fainted and her body losed control and was about to fall when Natsume supported her and carried her on princess horizontal carrying style or bridal style for short. When Natsume sees her falling his face change into a totally surprise and worried expression of his face and that made Mikan surprised because that's the first time she saw Natsume expressed that kind of expression since he only expresses his stoic, poker, cold, yet cool face… it made her surprised she thought he really likes and worried about her

She spacing out while Natsume already carried Nobara and runs over the car with Naomi and Kaito while Youichi tugged Mikan's shirt that it happens to snapped her out of her thoughts and runs hurriedly to catch over to the car…

after she goes inside the car, the car hurriedly goes to the nearest hospital which was owned by Hyuuga's where Natsume hysterically enters, carrying Ibaragi Nobara who fainted, he goes to the nearest nurse and ask for assistance

"hey, bring this girl to the emergency room now, hurry, she fainted!" Natsume hysterically demanded

"sorry, sir but the emergency room has no vacant, please wait for a minute" the nurse said casually

"this hospital is owned by Hyuuga, I am Natsume Hyuuga, if you don't bring and assist this girl in the next second you're fired" when he said it, you can't imagine his face in that situation...

"ah I mean... this way sir" they run going to the emergency room and there he lays Nobara and the doctors assist her while Natsume waits outside with Naomi, Kaito, Youichi and lastly Mikan...

...hours passed...

they were all quiet and were waiting for the doctor, and then suddenly the doctor exited and called for the family of Nobara which Natsume was the first to ask the doctor how she is...

"how is she?" Natsume eagerly asked the doctor.

"she's just stress so she have to rest, don't allow her to do something hard like running, walking a long distance and any other thing that can make her stress and tired, for now let her rest for a while once she wake up, she can leave if you want..." the doctor dismissed and go when he heard their reply "thank you".

...evening...

Natsume was not leaving Nobara's side, he has been holding her hand the whole time, looking at her while Mikan tapped his shoulder that made Natsume looks at her.

"rest for a while, I will stay here while you're resting" then gives him a smile.

Natsume gives her silent answer and exits the room for a while, while Mikan sits in the seat and holds Nobara's hand she thins she's very weak, that answers why she's looking weak from the airport while Natsume was always staring at her because he's probably worried about her... they say when you always hold ones hand they heal fast so I will hold her hand until she wake up...

while holding Nobara's hand she falls asleep peacefully and soundly while Natsume enters the room caught her in that kind of situation her head is leaning on the side edge of the bed while holding Nobara's hand, he put a blanket over Mikan to cover her and then sleeps on the couch... Naomi, Kaito and Youichi goes back to the villa to put their things and wait for the three in the hospital that will goes there in the villa...

...morning...

Natsume woke up, seeing Nobara playing with Mikan's hand while Mikan is still sleeping...

"oh Natsume kun, your awake" Nobara says noticing his presence. Natsume just gives her a silent answer with no expression at his face.

"ne Natsume kun, this girl, if you are just playing with this girl like all those slutty bitch that you had a make out session and then break up with them after a second, I just have the feeling that don't you ever do it to this girl because she's different" Nobara says like she's Ruka...

"say what you want" Natsume face another direction while Nobara chuckles that made Mikan wake up...

"oh sorry, I made you wake up, sorry" Nobara noticed the Mikan seemed to wake up from her chuckles and apologized while Mikan was blinking to clear her eyes from the blurs.

"oh it's okay... (pause) oh are you okay? are you tired? is there something in your body hurts? are you hungry?" Mikan asked all those question while holding Nobara's shoulder then after that Nobara laughed as it satisfied her stomach. Mikan looked at her puzzled

"I'm okay, I'm not tired in fact I just rest, nothing hurts, and yes I'm hungry, you are really an interesting person" when she said that she's an interesting person Nobara glanced at Natsume and it seemed like she was signing him something and then averted her gaze back to Mikan and smiled.

"about the breakfast, mother already prepare something on the villa" Natsume added

"okay" Nobara agreed

Mikan leaves for awhile and then she heard her phone is ringing she looks at it and sees that her best friend was calling...

"hey, why don't you say that you will be going on a vacation? you dummy" Hotaru said while Mikan can hears someone who's shouting for help on the other line.

"sorry, I didn't mean to keep it a secret on you, I just forgot, ne Hotaru, sorry, forgive me, huh? huh? please? and by the way who's that person shouting" Mikan asked

"oh nothing, I just ask Nogi where the heck are you?" Hotaru said with sarcasm

"oh Hotaru, please forgive, I just forgot to tell you, sorry, sorry, huh? huh?" Mikan was totally begging because when their little when she forgot to tell an important thing to her best friend, Hotaru became cold to her and doesn't talk to her in a whole week...

"okay, okay, your forgiven..." Hotaru forgave her for the reason that she will be bothering her for the rest o her life once she starts to beg her like when their little.

"by the way, why is Nogi san shouting like that? how did you ask him about me anyway?" Mikan was having a feeling that...

"heh! I just say that make sure that what he's saying is true because he maybe don't see the sun tomorrow or having his company bankrupt the next second" Hotaru said proudly and straightly and casually.

Mikan sweat-dropped "uhh okay bye"

"oh yeah we will see each other with this Nogi and the other guys too (nonoko, anna, sumire, koko, and yuu), probably, just count 4 days from now... so... bye dummy" she said casually with her stoic face while Mikan can still hear Ruka's shout for help, she just continued to sweat-dropped...

...at the villa...

"oh Nobara chan, your okay now?" Naomi suddenly popped out of nowhere and then suddenly hug her while patting her head.

"yes auntie by the way Mikan's hand made me recover fast she stay by my side the whole time..." Nobara said in a matter-of-fact tone...

"oh no, well Natsume too" Mikan insisted

"oh Mikan chan, let's go I prepare a strawberry cake, let's eat" Naomi then hugs Mikan and grabs her wrist running, going to the kitchen where Kaito and Youichi is already eating the cake and the other food too, Natsume and Nobara just follow the two and sit, taking their portion to the cake...

"here Mikan try it" Naomi offered Mikan's portion for Mikan to taste it, while tasting it Naomi was looking at her sheepishly when Mikan smile and said "um, it's delicious, do you bake this? mom" Mikan asked that Naomi answers by nod then hugs her again while patting her head...

Nobara looks at Mikan in surprise when Mikan called Naomi, mom, Nobara takes a look at the whole family and suddenly shouts to her surprise...

"ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh" Nobara suddenly shouts...

when Naomi attended to her while the other just look at her... Naomi eagerly asks "what Nobara? what is happening on you? is there wrong?" they all went hysterically when suddenly Nobara stops and then look at Natsume...

"n n n na na na Natsume, y y you, you're EATING cake!" pointing her index finger on Natsume.

they all just says "huh?" with their sigh of relief.

"what's the matter with that?" Mikan asked not knowing anything.

"when we were kid, I used to bake cakes that I make Natsume eat the cake to the point I put the cake to his mouth and then he glared at me and that was the point I felt I was gonna die... but now he's eating it, he's actually eating it!" Nobara explained unbelievably.

"there's nothing to be surprise about it" Natsume said totally casually and practically.

"really? but when I make him eat it then, he doesn't complaint at all, although I insist him to eat it, that's all" then they all look at Mikan then after a minute of stare session to Mikan they just continue to eat but Naomi, Kaito, Nobara, and Youichi although they continue to eat their food inside their head they are all surprise too...

Naomi's thought Natsume chan totally change

Kaito's thought my son, he will be a good successor of my empire and a good husband in the future

Youichi's thought brother? well, I can't question him, Mikan nee is different.

Nobara's thought hmm, okay I understand it (grin)

Mikan 's thought is that really a big deal, well that proves that Nobara san and Natsume have known each other for a long time, they really are fitted together, better root for them...

Natsume's thought whatever

...at the veranda...

Nobara is standing in the veranda, looking at the peaceful place and in the process inhaling the fresh air when Mikan accidentally goes there too and apologizes.

"oh sorry" then she was about to go back when Nobara stopped her.

"no, please stay here for a moment, I just want to tell something to you..." Mikan goes near her and asks about it...

"what is it?" saying that she's ready to hear it

"well, when Natsume and I were little, he's totally obnoxious, having those stoic face and he's totally unsocial, he's only close to his best friend, Ruka, we are close too but since I have a weak body I always spend my days in hospital and we merely meet but we have a good relationship... he doesn't like sweets, most of all is cake, he doesn't like noisy people and noisy place except in bars where he always spend his time with those slutty bitches oh I mean those girls that you know having those sessions to ease his problem, he's always alone in that big mansion since auntie and uncle with his younger brother is going in vacation here and there almost the time that made Natsume like that, he's violent and he only have short patience he's face is cold and wild; even though he has a million of fans there-"cut by Mikan

"so what's the matter with that?" she added

"in short, he changes" is all Nobara says

"well, Takako san already said it to me that he changes... so what's the big deal with that? isn't okay that he changes for the better? well as I observe I really don't know what changes to him, he's still cocky and always teases me with the pattern of my panti- I mean yes he always tease me and it feels like nothing changes... but maybe I really don't see those changes only those who is close to him like you that was able to see those changes, unlike me haha" Mikan said

"you know why, because the one that changes that person is the one who will not be able to see that person's changes, gets?" Nobara explained like she's use in that kind of thing.

"well, I don't really get it, but I will surely get it in the future, all I know is that, yes, all of what you say earlier about him is all true, I always see him like his always upset sometimes I want him to see him smile but I don't know how, but maybe if he has someone he likes, maybe that's what he needed, I think your the only one who can do it? because he says to me that he likes you..." Mikan chuckles

"I think you get it wrong" then Nobara smiles at her

"huh? why?" Mikan asks with her puzzled look

"nothing" Nobara just smiles to her while Mikan kept thinking about it...

...evening...

at the living room

Kaito called all of them for him to say something...

"on Natsume's birthday we will be having a party here with all of our business partner and our other relatives for announcing that Natsume will be my successor together with the announcing of this 'something' too that Natsume and I agreed, we will hold it on his birthday November 27, on Saturday which is 4 days from now... so all of you get ready specially... nothing okay that's all. I was just keeping on announcing it so that all of you will not forget about it..." Kaito smiled to them.

Mikan suddenly asks "can I ask something? this 'something' i was just wondering what that is?"

"well you'll know soon" Kaito, Naomi and Nobara smiles at her while Natsume and Youichi just look at her.

"ah okay"is all Mikan said

...in her room...

Mikan thought there is a lot of thing that is bothering me now first is that what does Nobara mean with 'the one that changes that person is the one who will not be able to see that person's changes' and what does she mean with 'I think you get it wrong' why? doesn't she like Natsume and the changes about Natsume, what the heck changes about him, and those feeling that hurts, and lastly is the 'something' that dad always kept on announcing (sigh) what the heck is that all abou- cut by the creaking sound of the door

"who are you?" Mikan can't see anything because it's dark that suddenly she fells someone who's warm climbing to her bed and hugging her tight and before Mikan can say anything the person cover her mouth and says "let me stay" and then because Mikan can't struggle and she's too tired from all those thing and to add that it feels comfortable to this person's arm and this person's smell is kind of familiar and the thing is that even if she doesn't know who this person is it feels she's secure that it made her falls asleep...

when the person notices that the maiden is asleep he stole a kiss from her and goes back to nowhere...

To be Continue...


Ellahist: woah it's so long haha, so please review... it's the only thing I need the most at this time... wonder who's that guy and what is that 'something' (sigh) I'm dying in waiting for it haha

love yah guys...

full of love,

ellahist