Reminder: This happened before Chapter 10 so here it is.

Chapter 11 – Confessions

(Note: Everything you will be reading here is a flashback of the story. This happened before Chapter 10, so act like this was another entry.)

Yours truly,

The Author

The Start of the FLASHBACK:

"Alright Class! We will have our Christmas Party soon so we will have an activity of exchanging gifts. Each of you will pick from this box and the one you picked will be the one whom you will be exchanging gifts with during Christmas. Remember, no peaking!" Mr. Narumi announced. After his announcement, he passed the box to each of his students and they picked carefully to whom they will give the gift.

At last, it was Mikan's turn. She was being meticulous on picking. Then after a few seconds, she finally picked and as Mr. Narumi passed by, she read the paper. It said; "Natsume Hyuuga."

"What?!" Mikan was surprised about what she saw. Natsume Hyuuga, the one she will be exchanging gifts with? This made Mikan suffering (not really). And as Natsume's turn was on, he replied to Mr. Narumi.

"Tch. I don't want to play your game." Natsume said.

"But Natsume that would be unfair. You need to do your part here in making this activity a meaningful one. If you won't join, the activity would be a failure." Mr. Narumi replied.

"Alright, alright. But just so you know I'm being forced to do this." Natsume said. As he was picking, he wasn't focusing on anyone else. He was thinking that he could talk to Mikan. At last, he picked his own. He read it; "Mikan Sakura."

"Well what do you know? I picked the baka." Natsume thought.

After class, Mikan was getting her pile of heavy books again as usual. Natsume was busy paying attention to sleeping, that he wasn't able to notice that class ended. As Mikan puts her books on the table, she tried to wake up Natsume.

"Natsume, Natsume wake up! Class ended, so wake up!" Mikan was shaking Natsume's shoulder. Natsume never replied so Mikan decided to go back to her dorm already. As she was walking away, Natsume grabbed Mikan's hand, like saying to not go away yet.

"What now, Natsume?" Mikan asked.

"Would you like to go on a date with me?" Natsume asks as his face was still covered with his manga book. Mikan was surprised. Without knowing, Sakura was passing by to ask Natsume to teach her. She stopped for a while to hear Mikan and Natsume talking.

"Natsume, would you ask me directly not like you're talking to me while your face is covered." Mikan replied. Natsume stood up, and asked Mikan once again.

"Do you like to go on a date with me," Natsume said, "Unless you're still dating that girl."

"Listen Natsume, I promised Ryosuke that we would go eat together at Central Park. I'm sorry Natsume." Mikan replied.

"But could you just cancel it. We haven't talked for days." Natsume said.

"Well for your information, I haven't talked to Ryosuke for years so I will be going now." Mikan answered.

"Wait Mikan, I want you to know that I love you." Natsume said as he was getting closer to Mikan. Sakura was shocked to hear this; she continued to listen on what else Natsume will say. Natsume continued to move closer to Mikan and he tried to kiss her but Mikan speaks back first.

"Natsume no," Mikan said that made Natsume stop.

"Why? Don't you love me?" Natsume said.

"It's not that Natsume," Mikan said.

"Then what's stopping you?!" Natsume shouted.

"Because I'm getting hurt!" Mikan shouted back at Natsume. "Ever since, you made my heart suffer more. I turn out to be miserable everyday. Everyday, you made me hear what your heart says. Yes Natsume I love you too but I don't want to, alright? Actually, I can't show my love for you anymore. If loving you turns me miserable, then maybe it's time for me to change. And I don't regret my decision. I'm already happy that I was able to change. Now, I don't have someone to love yet, but I never turned miserable after." Mikan said as she shows a smile for Natsume.

"Mikan, I don't understand." Natsume was confused.

"Natsume, if you really love, you should learn to set me free, let me go. If you really love a person, you would set her free to whom she has happiness with. If you can't learn to set me free, I would be miserable more. If you let go of someone, you should wait for the day that she will come back to you. Now, do you understand?" Mikan asked Natsume.

"I understand. But my point is if you want to go on a date with me." Natsume said.

"I already gave my answer- no." Mikan replied.

"Very well then, I guess you don't love me anymore, even the least." Natsume said. Natsume walks away as Mikan was giving out a teardrop.

"Oh Natsume!" Mikan ran to Natsume and kissed him. After that Mikan got her big, heavy pile of books and ran away. Natsume touched his lips after and smiled.

"Mikan," he murmured. Sakura was shocked. Natsume had a crush on Mikan all along.

Sakura ran after. She ran to her room and cried. She remembered exactly what Mikan and Natsume talked about.

FLASHBACK:

"Wait Mikan, I want you to know that I love you." Natsume said as he was getting closer to Mikan. Sakura was shocked to hear this; she continued to listen on what else Natsume will say. Natsume continued to move closer to Mikan and he tried to kiss her but Mikan speaks back first.

"Natsume no," Mikan said that made Natsume stop.

"Why? Don't you love me?" Natsume said.

"It's not that Natsume," Mikan said.

END OF FLASHBACK…………

"So that's why he's being protective all along on Mikan." Sakura thought. Then soon, she was getting mad about the fact that Natsume likes Mikan. It's like she is feeling grief about Mikan.

"Mikan, I know that Natsume will learn to love me, but don't think that you're so special. I will make Natsume fall in love with me and there is nothing you can do to stop me. I'll make that as a promise…" Sakura thought.

Mikan continued to go with Ryosuke to Central Park. She was having fun while Natsume was in his room, thinking about Mikan. He was lying down on his bed, asking himself if Mikan does love him or not.

"Wait, this is not my decision alright, it's Mikan's. If I decided on what her decision is, I just invited myself to somewhere I wasn't. Mikan was right. If I really love her, I should learn to let her go and wait for the day that she will be coming back to me…" Natsume thought.

"I wonder who picked me in the activity." Natsume asked himself again.