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Chapter 11:"New classmates, new villains?"
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4 years ago in Italy……
A school bus was running fast along the road. Unexpectedly, a car. As if on cue, the school bus avoided the car and hit the tree. Luckily, no student was hurt, even the driver of the school bus. But unfortunately, the car turned upside down and the passengers were deeply hurt.
It all happened so fast that an accident occurred. The polices and rescue teams finally arrived at the spot. They helped the victims out of the car, placed on a separate stretcher and inside the ambulance. Unfortunately, the 2 passengers passed away, except for one. The boy survived but he's in a critical condition.
The phone suddenly rang and Ruka answered it.
"Hello?"
"Hello, may I speak to Mrs. Nogi?" a voice form the other line said.
"Uhm, my mommy's not here. Who's this please?"
"A nurse from the hospital, I'm afraid to let you know that you have to get in here. Your brother, Riko met an accident and his in a critical state." with that, the line ended.
-At the Hospital-
Ruka, along with his parents, came to the hospital with worried faces. They were informed that Riko Nogi was at the emergency room and was currently being treated by the doctors. They didn't have a choice but to wait patiently, for the doctor to tell them what happened. Mrs. Nogi was crying her eyes out, while her husband comforted her. Ruka on the other hand, didn't cry. He was just seating quietly, but it was seen in his eyes that he was worried for his twin brother.
After 8 hours of waiting, the doctor came out. They all went near to the doctor and,
"Are you related to the young patient, Riko Nogi?" the doctor asked.
"Yes, doctor." Ruka's father answered. The doctor looked down and from his facial expression, they all got nervous.
"Doctor, where's my son? Is he alright? Could I check on him now?" his mother panicked and her hands were shaking. The doctor looked at them and sighed heavily.
"I'm sorry to say but…He's in a critical condition right now. He hit his head hard and now…"
"Now what doctor?" "He's in a coma and there's a 50% chance that he might live again. If he didn't wake up within the next 72 hours, then I'm afraid he cant make it. I'm sorry." the doctor said before walking away.
Suddenly, few nurses walked out of the emergency room, pushing the bed(with wheels) carefully, with a boy unconscious laying down. When they saw the patient, they followed the nurses, until the patient was placed at an I.C.U.. There was a tube between his lips called respirator, dextrose and a bandage around his forehead. He looked pitiful in his state.
-The next 2 days-
A 12-year-old came running to the hospital and she went directly at the I.C.U. When she saw the boy, tears welled up in her violet eyes.
"Hotaru-chan." Mrs. Nogi called out.
"Mrs. Nogi." she said, fighting back her tears and looked at the boy again.
"I'll leave you for a while." Mrs. Nogi said and smiled at her.
Ruka looked at the girl first before leaving the room. He didn't exactly left the room, instead he left the door slightly open and he decided to eavesdrop on them, .
Hotaru sat on a chair beside Riko and she held his hands. The tears that she tried to fight back, came running down her cheeks. And she had no idea that Ruka heard her sob, and it saddened him for some unknown reason.
Suddenly, Riko's fingers flinched, and his eyes jarred open.
"H-Ho-Hotaru…" he uttered, which made the her stood up from her seat.
"R-Riko…Are you alright?" she asked, panic was evident in he shaky voice, and he just nodded.
"Why are you crying?" he asked.
"You made me worried, baka!" Hotaru almost exclaimed.
"I'm fine. Stop crying now, I don't want to see you cry."
"Be careful next time. What if something bad happens again?! What if you almost die in that accident, what do you think I will do?!"
"You're predicting again."
"I am not. Just…(-sigh-) I'll call the others." she said and stood up. Seeing that she will approach them, he hurriedly closed the door quietly.
"Riko's awake." she said plainly when she opened the door.
Ruka, rushed inside the room. His mom called for the doctor, and it didn't take a while for the doctor who came inside the room.
"He's fine now." the doctor said as he straightened himself after checking Riko, and they all sighed in relief.
"Mrs. Nogi, I have to tell you something." the doctor added. From the tone of his voice, something was wrong. The mother and the doctor went out of the room, leaving the 3 kids.
Ruka had a feeling that the doctor had a bad news, so again, he decided to eavesdrop.
"Mrs. Nogi, I'm glad that your son woke up." the doctor said.
"Thank you, doc." Mrs. Nogi replied.
"But…" the doctor trailed off and he lowered his head.
"What is it, doctor?"
The doctor looked at Mrs Nogi with a sad look on his face.
"'His vital signs are fine, but…it's weakening. We checked his brain through CT scan and we have seen that the medulla weren't functioning well, and I'm afraid that his life may be at risk." he explained.
"Doctor, what do you mean?"
"There's a blood clot on the upper part of his brain which affected the medulla. If it continues to bleed, then his heartbeat would stop…and.."
"And?…"
"He might die."
"D-Die? D-Doctor, is there any solutions to it?! I could pay high amount of money. Just find a cure and make him live. Doctor, please…" Mrs. Nogi cried, she didn't want to lose her son.
"I'm really sorry, but there's nothing we could do. All we could do, is to pray for his safety and wait for the bleeding to stop." with that, he walked away, leaving a desperate mother.
Unbeknown to them, Ruka heard everything.
"Riko will die?!" he thought as he looked at his brother and the girl his brother love.
For a moment there, he was frightened. He didn't want to loose his brother, nor see his friend in desperate of loosing Riko.
"You cant leave, Riko. You just cant. You have to live, and I cant let you die." he said again in his thoughts, assured that no miracle will happen tonight. But he didn't lose hope, and he didn't want to lose the last hope he had.
"You do really love her, don't you?" he asked no one in particular, watching Riko and Hotaru chitchat happily.
The girl stood up and excused herself, leaving the twins alone.
"Ruka…" his twin brother called out. Ruka went over to his side and looked at him.
"Could you do me a favor?" Riko continued, having difficulties in saying thise words to him.
"Sure, what is it?" Ruka asked. If it was for his brother, he will be willing to do it.
"If ever…I leave this world…"
"Don't say that, you know you'll live again, Riko." he cut his brother off. He didn't want to hear whatever he's going to say. It's not that he's not prepared, he just didn't want to hear his brother will be leaving them…forever.
"Let me finish, Ruka." Riko said, noticing the lonely eyes his twin brother had.
Ruka sighed in defeat. He didn't have a choice, did he?
"Fine. What is it?" he asked.
"Promise me one thing." Riko started.
Ruka smiled.
"Sure. Anything." he said to him, it was his brother asking for a favor and he will never hesitate, not until
"Promise me that you'll take care of her. Love her the way I did, and you should never make her cry." Riko stated.
Ruka's smile turned upside down when he heard his brother say that. Did he heard him correctly? Was it just his imagination? Surely, he liked what he said, but he didn't know what urge him to protest.
"What do you mean, Riko? You know I cant do that." he said to him with a quizzical look.
"You said you'll promise me anything. I know you like her and I want you to do it, Ruka…for me…and for her…" he explained, which made him taken aback. He stared blankly at the space, thinking on doing it or just ditch it.
"So what do you say?" Riko asked again, seeing his brother spacing out and he snapped back in reality.
He didn't want to disappoint him. If he said yes, he'll surely be glad and wont have any troubles of leaving her. But if he said no, he's afraid that he'll get mad, and he just let him hoped for nothing.
He smiled at him.
"Sure. I will do it." he finally said.
"Thanks Ruka." he said as he sighed, and Ruka just nodded.
"Protect her and don't let her cry, dude. Because if ever I see her cry, I wont stop visiting you every night." he said with a menace, and they both chuckled.
-At the hospital-
Morning came, and they expected that everything will turn out right, especially for the Ruka Family, since Riko woke up. When they reached Riko's room, they wondered why the doctor and other nurses were surrounding him? Mr. and Mrs. Nogi ran to Riko's side, as for Ruka and Hotaru, they were both stuck on their place, bewildered of what was really happening.
Then the machine beeped so loud, and the line went straight. The doctor looked at them, apologetically, and shook his head when he said:
"I'm sorry, but we lost him."
The doctor went out, along with the nurses, carrying Riko's cold body. Mrs. Nogi cried. She was in great sorrow for losing her son, and thus Mr. Nogi, who comforted his wife. Ruka looked at his right side, where he saw Hotaru was standing a while ago, but she was not there. He went out of the room, searching for her. Suddenly, he reached the morgue room, and fortunately, he saw her there. She was standing beside the cold body of his brother. Her face was expressionless, but he knew she was in grief. He didn't walked over to her, instead, he just stood beside the doorframe, watching her every move.
He couldn't deny the fact that he felt sad, and anger was inside him when his brother died.
Then, he heard her, sobbing. He looked at her and he saw her hugging him. He didn't know what to do, when he heard her sobbed. Will he comfort her? He didn't know, he just watched. Then, he saw her kissing him on his forehead, his nose, cheeks, and lastly, his cold lips. Usually, he'd be jealous when he sees them doing that. But this time, he didn't. He knew how hurt she was, and he knew he had no right to feel that way.
Suddenly, she ran out of the morgue room, with tears running down her fair cheeks. He wanted to follow after her, but he didn't. He then turned to look at his brother, grief anf anger was inside him.
"I told you not to leave, haven't I?" he said to no one in particular, his cerulean eyes started to water.
"Why Riko? Why?" he continued, as a tear rolled down his eye. The conversation he had with his brother, suddenly came back to his mind. it's a promise he must fulfil. It's a promise he mustn't forget nor destroy. For that promise, was very important to his brother, especially to him. He didn't know if he could fulfil it, but he will. Because it was all about the girl, who he considered his special friend.
He cried, just by looking at his twin brother.
"I promise, I'll do everything you asked me." he added.
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"What was that about?" he asked himself, waking up from his slumber as he sat up on his king-sized bed. He sighed. How could he forget the promise he made?
"I told you, I wont stop visiting you if I see her cry."
He turned to look at his sides, expecting that somehow, someone was inside.
"Who said that?" he asked again. He couldn't be wrong, he heard it right.
"Maybe it was just my imagination." he muttered as he closed his eyes, trying to erase everything that just happened. Hearing voices is not a good sign, especially if you're alone.
"No, it wasn't." He heard it again and his eyes faltered open. What was happening? Why was he hearing voices? He shook his head.
"Imagination, only your imagination." he kept on saying it to his self.
"Oh really? I doubt that."
Now, he seriously cant take it anymore. First, he dreamt about his twin brother, second, hearing voices?! That's insane, not for the first part though.
But then, he came to realize, the voice was familiar, and it belonged to…
"Yo." Natsume greeted as he entered his bedroom, along with Koko, Yuu and Kitsuneme.
"Are you making fun of me? Well, I'm telling you, it wasn't funny." he said, irritated by the fact that he was actually freaked out, hearing unusual voices.
"It was, actually." Koko teased with a mocking grin.
"For you." Ruka retorted and rolled his eyes.
"God Ruka, I cant believe that you're actually serious right now. What has happened to you?" Kitsuneme teased.
"Hey stop it. I bet he got off the wrong side of bed today." Yuu said.
"What's the catch?" Ruka asked them.
"Nothing much. Just a party tonight." Natsume answered sternly.
"Why?" Ruka asked again, giving them a quizzical look.
"Yuki's back." Natsume stated, expressionless as ever.
"She is?! But I thought she was--"
"She wasn't. And she's my future sister in-law."
"WHAT??!! Are you serious?!"
"Do I look like I'm bluffing?"
"Fine."
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FLASHBACK
Mikan excitedly hop out of the car. She pressed the doorbell and the gates opened.
"C'mon Natsume." she said to him. He was about to reject, but he realized he was being rude to his soon-to-be parents in-law. He killed the engines and hop out of his car, and they went inside.
"Mom." she called out and run to hug her mother.
"Mikan-chan! How are you?" her mother asked, hugging her daughter back.
"I'm fine mom. Where's dad?" she asked.
"As usual, his busy working." her mom answered.
Natsume felt out of place. He wasn't used to see those kind of 'too sweet mother-daughter scenes'.
"Mom, Natsume is here." Mikan said and she grab hold of his hand.
"Good evening, Mrs. Sakura." he greeted respectfully and bowed.
"Good evening to you too." Mikan's mom greeted back.
"Tell me Natsume, did my silly daughter gave you a hard time?"
"No, ma'am. She didn't." he answered.
"You're too modest. Just call me mom."
With what Yuka said, Mikan blushed and felt embarrassed.
"Yes, mom." he answered.
"Anyway, Mikan, you wouldn't believe who's here." Yuka continued, and suddenly, a girl with fair complexion, auburn hair that reached her waist, had hazel orbs and a warm smile went downstairs. Natsume's eyes widen and he was shocked, although it wasn't seen in his expressionless face. He felt joy when he saw her…again.
"Yuki-nee?" Mikan asked, letting go of her hold in Natsume's hands.
"Mikan-chan!" the look-alike-Mikan said and stretched her arms, and ran to hug her YOUNGER sister.
"Yuki-nee!" Mikan almost yelled, and hugged her sister back. No words cant explain her excitement when she saw her onee-chan again.
"You're Yuki?" he asked. He really cant believe that he in front of him, was his first love, Yuki. And he was confused.
Yuki turned to look at the raven-haired guy and she smiled mischievously.
"I cant believe you've forgotten about me, Natsu-kun." Yuki said to him, breaking the hug with her sister.
It was true then. She really is Yuki, but he was having doubts. He knew Yuki was dead, so how did she came back…alive?
"I thought you were…"
"Dead? No. I'm alive, cant you see?" Yuki said and hugged Natsume.
"You know him, nee-chan?" Mikan asked her sister and felt jealousy tingling inside her when she saw her fiancé hugged her sister back.
Yuki then gave him a peck on his cheeks.
"Hai. He was the guy I'm telling you. Hyuuga Natsume." Yuki said and smiled and he smiled back.
Mikan looked at her mother, but she only saw a smile escaped her lips when she looked at Yuki and Natsume. She felt weird.
"Y-Yuki…" she heard Natsume whispered.
"Natsu-kun, you're still the same as ever." Yuki said to him.
"What's happening in here?" Mikan thought, confused of what was happening between her fiancée and her sister.
Suddenly, she recall her conversation with Yuki, before she left for Paris, France.
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"Yuki-nee, are you really leaving?" a 12-year old girl asked her sister, sadly, who was 2 years older than her.
"Hn, Mikan-chan. Grandma needs me there. And besides, I will be coming back someday, with our nii-san." Yuki answered her little sister, as she gently stroke her sister's auburn tips.
Mikan frowned. She didn't want her nee-chan to leave.
"But why? I thought you didn't want to leave because of…who's he again?" she asked sheepishly. Yuki smiled at her sister's reaction.
"He's Natsu-kun." she answered.
"Natsu-kun?" Mikan asked again as she smiled mockingly at her sister.
"Do you like him, nee-chan?" she asked, a glint of happiness evident in her hazel orbs.
Yuki blushed like a tomato after hearing what Mikan said, she giggled and nodded as her answer.
"If you like him, then why do you have to leave? He'll be sad, if he knew you're leaving." Mikan said sadly.
"I know that, but I have to. You may not understand right now, but someday you will." she replied.
"(-sigh-) I really don't want you to leave, nee-chan." Mikan cried as she hugged her tight.
"We'll each other again, Mikan-chan. So don't feel sad." she assured her that everything will turn out well.
"Ne, Yuki-nee. What's he like? The Natsu-kun guy?"
"Ohh. He's name is Hyuuga Natsume. He had those tantalizing ruby eyes, and raven hair. When you were 4 years old and you're staying in England, I met him at Italy. At first, I thought he was rude because he used to call me "polka-dots"."
"Polka-dots?"
"It's…the print of my undies…"
"Eh?! HE SAW YOUR UNDIES??!!"
Yuki blushed, embarrassed by what she said.
"Continue." Mikan said, like nothing happened and Yuki sweat dropped at her reactions.
"Uhm…Then, I met a girl, who was his cousin and we became friends. I realized, he wasn't that rude at all. He was cold, but deep inside, he has a nice heart. The reason why he acted cold, was because of his parents. They didn't give him the attention he needs, and he was used to being alone at their big mansion, when his parents were not coming home. Then, we started hanging out in his house, until we became close. That's when I started liking him." Yuki narrated.
Mikan stared blankly at her, but it was seen in her eyes that she was touched by what her sister told her.
"Oh." was the only reply Yuki received from her.
"KYAA~~" Mikan suddenly screamed.
"He's such a nice guy, Yuki-nee. I just wish I could see him."
"Why so?"
"I wanted to see if you're perfect for each other, but from your story nee-chan, I'm starting to like him for you." she grinned. Yuki was slightly moved and smiled shyly.
"Arigato, Mikan-chan. Demo, don't tell that story to otou-san and okaa-san, ne?"
"Hai, Yuki-nee! Your secrets are safe with me." she cheered happily, and saluted. Yuki laughed at her sister's childish actions, and she was glad for having her.
"I really am gonna miss you, lil sis." Yuki whispered, enough for Mikan to hear.
"Me too. Nee-chan, if you reached Paris, tell grandma, grandpa and nii-san that I miss them so much."
"I will."
End of Flashback
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"So, Natsume is Yuki-nee's first love?" Mikan thought sadly.
She cant believe it. Seeing the way Natsume hugged Yuki back, the way Yuki kissed Natsume on his cheek, and the way she saw him smiled back at her. She felt like she was rejected….again. And it was painful for her, but why? Why was she jittery when he's around, why does she blushes when he's so near her, why is there a sudden electric-feeling when he touched her hands, why did her heart raced faster when she sees him? These were just series of questions came popping out of her head, and she didn't know the answer to them. Does she needs them to be answered? Or will she just ignore the fact that she was getting hurt every time Natsume's with a different girl? Not only a girl, but a girl who was her older sister.
"Natsume." he's name kept ringing on her head.
Suddenly, she felt the thing inside her chest flinched a little, and her warm smile was replaced by a frown. She lowered her head, she didn't want to let Natsume and Yuki see that she was……lonely. Why? She was supposed to be happy, and not the other way around. She was supposed to be happy because Yuki came back. She was supposed to be happy because now, she had a reason to cancel the engagement between her and Natsume. She was supposed to be happy because Yuki saw her first love again.
But why did her happiness for her sister was replaced by an unknown emotion? Why was she….hurt when she saw that? Why? Those were just the questions she had, in which she did not know the answer. And her questions seriously stabbed her heart. It was painful for her to endure.
End of Flashback
"Mikan!!" a cold voice called out for the umpteenth time.
"H-Huh? W-what?" she uttered, breaking her reverie and looked at the person who called her.
"You're spacing out. I bet you didn't catch what we said." Anna said and Hotaru rolled her eyes.
"Uhm…Sorry. What are you talking about anyway?" she asked, physically present but mentally absent about what they were talking about. They were at the academy's cafeteria.
"It was about the subject we had, Mikan-chan." Nonoko smiled and Mikan gave a slight smile.
"Oh." was her only reply.
"Something's bothering you?" Sumire asked.
"H-Huh? N-No. nothing. I-I'm fine." she lied, trying to reassure her friends that everything was fine. But actually, she wasn't.
"Bad liar." she heard Hotaru whisper.
Suddenly, the door of the cafeteria opened and revealed Natsume with his friends. The girls went
"KYAA~~"
"Natsume-sama!!"
And you know what else.
"Tch. Stupid." Natsume muttered under his breath, and his attention diverted to a certain brunette. Their eyes met, but Natsume rolled his eyes and went to an empty table, which was one table apart from Mikan's.
Mikan lowered her head, as she felt something crashing inside her. He's ignoring me, she thought, and she hated it.
"What did Hyuuga do this time?" she heard Hotaru whispered to her ear. She looked at her violet eyes and she just smiled.
"He didn't do anything." she said with full confidence, but Hotaru knew she was lying and faking a smile.
"Hotaru-san, what do you mean by that? Are they dating?" Sumire asked with a loud voice, which made every girl in the cafeteria stare at her in horror.
Mikan gulped. She wasn't expecting this coming.
"I-Iyeh…W-We're not dating." she answered, trembling form the intense glares she was receiving. Mikan then looked at Natsume and he stared intensely at her. Mikan saw his crimson orbs darkened.
"Idiot." she saw him mouthing that word to her.
"Why are you lying Mikan?" Sumire asked in a whisper. And with what Sumire called her, she admit that she was taken aback. She was used to Sumire calling her names or Sakura-san, but despite that, they were friends. Mikan looked her with a questioning look. She then looked at the twins and Hotaru.
"You know?" she asked them.
The twins looked at each other, to Sumire, to Hotaru, then to Mikan.
"Hai." the twins, along with Sumire, answered in unison.
"H-How?"
"Uhm…Remember the time we went to the bar?" Nonoko asked.
"Sumire and I actually overheard your conversation with Hotaru-chan, at the comfort room." Anna confessed.
"But don't worry, we didn't tell anyone." Sumire said to her and she felt relieved.
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"Hotaru!" a familiar voice called out. She was walking down the hall, towards her classroom, when she stopped to look at whoever called her name. But to her dismay, she wished she didn't looked back when she saw him. She didn't want to see him, not now. She wanted and needed to move on, but seeing him makes her want to cling onto the past. But she wont. She know she'll disappoint Riko and that she wanted him to be happy. "Nogi, what do you want?" she asked, cold as ever. She was doing this for him(Riko) and for herself, but for Ruka…was he even included? Was she also doing these for him?
"I…Sorry about last time." Ruka said. He didn't know what to say to her. He didn't even know what pushed him to call her!
Hotaru looked at him, not even saying a word.
"Uhm…I…" now he was out of excuses. What will he say? And what was he doing? Making a fool out of himself?
"Is that all?" she asked him.
"Uh…Yeah." he replied sheepishly.
"I see." she said as she tried to walk away, but a hand stopped her from walking away. She looked at the hand which was wrapped around her wrist, then at his sky-blue eyes.
"What is it this time?" she asked him icily, and suddenly, he started dragged her.
Surprised by his sudden actions, she didn't get a chance to halt, because right now, they were running and his grip on her was tight. If only she had her baka gun with her, she might have let him stop, but unfortunately, the baka gun was at her locker.
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"Why are we here?" she asked. She wasn't the person who would start a conversation, but this was an exception. She was curious onto why he had brought her on the school's park with a fascinating lake in front of them. She remembered those times when Ruka and Riko used to bring her at a beautiful park and appreciate the nice lake.
"To tell you the truth, I really want to tell you something." Ruka started. He cant avoid the fact that he was actually nervous and had no idea on what to say.
"I-" but he was cut off when she said:
"Make it quick. I still have classes to attend to."
He took a deep breath before saying:
"I want to make it up to you. I…I just want make you and him happy." sincerely.
She stared at his cerulean eyes, as a gentle breeze soothe them. She didn't utter a single word.
"P-Please, give me a chance." he said again, with his eyes pleading. She looked away and diverted her attention at the lake. She bit her lower lip as she recalled her dreams.
"I wish we could be together again, but it's just too impossible…I just wanted to say goodbye…I have to go now…I'm sorry if I left you…This is my destiny, and I know we're not for each other…But I'll always…love you, like I always did…Move on…Try to open your heart again…He's there, waiting for you…Love him like you how you loved me…Don't cry. I cant comfort you…"
"Riko." she whispered, her eyes watering, and he didn't fail to hear what she said.
He looked down, slightly hurt.
"So, it's still him huh?" he asked mockingly, but it was evident in his voice that he was hurt. By what he said, she turned to look at him. Tears filled her eyes, but she wiped them off quick.
"You still love him, don't you?" he asked again with a shaky voice, trying to hold his emotions back.
"You cant blame me if I still love him. I cant just forget about him that easy." she tried to explain.
"4 years, Hotaru! Cant just move on and try to forget him?! Let him go!" he exclaimed. He cant take it any further, and so he burst out. He grabbed her shoulders and tried to make her look at him.
"Hotaru, please, you'll just get tired of holding onto him. You keep on waiting, but it's not worth." he said calmly, and she started sobbing. She lowered her head and covered her face with her hands. He then slightly touched the back of her head, and pushed it by his palm, letting her forehead lean onto him.
"Cry. Let it out." he whispered. She cried, just like what he said. Warm arms started to snake around her and somehow, she felt safe just being with him. And she liked it.
"I…I'm sorry, Ru-kun." he heard her say. Ru-kun? Did she just called him Ru-kun?! As far as he could remember, she never called him Ru-kun again since he did that tremendous thing to her. She started detesting him after that, hating his guts, and she lost trust in him. But, calling him Ru-kun, does that mean that she had forgiven him? Of course, he wanted that to happen. For now, he wanted her to forgive him, and that's the only thing he couls ask for. Nothing more, nothing less.
A smile made its way to his lips, and he felt his heart jumped with joy.
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"Alright class, I have an announcement to make." the gay teacher said, trying to catch the attention of his students. He tried everything he could, but his students were just too stubborn.
"We have new classmates." he said again, and this time, his students stopped their business and listened to him, except for a certain brunette, a raven haired guy, and poker-faced girl.
"You can come in now." Mr. Narumi said as he motioned for the new student to come inside. Then, 2 girls with sophisticated looks came inside.
"Yo." she greeted cheerfully, making other boys struck and stare at her with awe.
"Please introduce yourselves." the teacher said.
"Hi. I'm Koizumi Luna. Pleased to meet you all." the first girl said with a bitchy smile.
"Tch. Old hag." Natsume muttered under his breath.
"Hi. I'm RiYuki Sakura. Mikan's nee-chan. But you can call me Yuki for short." the last girl said and gasp could he heard all over the room. Yuki was a bit tall, had auburn eyes, petite but perfect curves, long auburn hair that reached her waist and had cute curls, and fair good-looking skin. Surely, Yuki was more sophisticated and gorgeous than Mikan. That's what their classmates thought when they compared Mikan to Yuki.
Mikan, who wasn't paying attention, suddenly looked at the new students. Her eyebrows twitched when she saw the two girls.
"Who's that girl? And why does she look familiar? Ugh. I hate her smile." she asked. She turned to look at the other girl and her eyes widen in shock.
"Yuki-nee?!" she exclaimed, obviously shocked when she saw her.
"Why is she here?" Hotaru asked herself
"Baka." she whispered, watching Mikan's reaction.
"Mikan-chan, you looked like you have seen a ghost or something." she smiled.
"What's she doing here?" she whispered.
She turned to look at the guy beside her and when their eyes met, he rolled his eyes, looking away.
"Don't mind him, Mikan. He's Yuki-nee's first love and you know he feels the same way. Ignore him."
She looked again at her sister and she smiled nervously.
"Now, who wants to be paired up with them?" the gay teacher asked and mostly, the boys raised their hands. Luna was paired up with a random guy and as for Yuki,
"Sensei, could I sit beside Natsume?" she whispered to Narumi, but Mikan didn't actually saw her sister doing that.
"Natsume-kun, is it okay with you if Yuki will be your partner?" the teacher asked, which caught Mikan's attention.
She looked at her sister, to Narumi then to Natsume, waiting for his answer.
"Please, say no."
"Sure, sensei." was his answer and Mikan was affected. She really wanted him to answer no, but luck wasnt on her side. She didn't say anything further. Instead, she stood up went to an empty place, which was at the corner. She didn't notice Yuki, her own nee-chan smiling evilly, as she went to sit beside Natsume.
"Hi, Natsu-kun." she smiled at him and he did too, and planted a peck on his cheek.
"Hn." was his reply. Mikan saw what her sister did, though she admit that she was jealous. She cant stand to watch them doing that, so she didn't look at them, getting hurt in a minute. Hell. Why did she have to feel that way?! Why did she have to get jealous?! Why?! She had no right to get jealous since Natsume likes Yuki, or so she thought. She has a right to get jealous, she's Natsume's fiancée and not Yuki. But she believes Natsume likes Yuki, so she had no right. That doesnt make sense at all.
"Gomene. I'm just taking back what's mine and he's not yours. He's mine, Mikan. He's mine." she smirked, as she tried to look at her at the corner of her eyes.
To be continued
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