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Chapter 11

She was trapped against the wall. With his arms on either side of her and his body blocking her, she couldn't simply slip out from his stupid trap.

Now as he started leaning his face towards her, she was thinking of punching his stomach hard or knee him right there. However, his face was looking so serious and his eyes though she doesn't want to admit it, was so mesmerizing that she find herself freezing in place.

Finally, when their faces were just an inch apart, she gulped hard scared of what happens next. Then she thought,

"That's alright Mikan. He won't do it. This is just… a dream."

But to her utmost surprise, he did it.

He kissed her.

Her mind, still lost in her slumber, seemed to be malfunctioning. She knew she was asleep and was dreaming but strangely, the kiss… feels so real.

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"Oi idiot. Wake up."

Natsume has been waking the princess for some time already. Still, the brunette remained totally lost in her sleep.

"OI! Wake up!" he said loudly

Mikan squirmed in protest but still remained asleep.

Irritated, the prince placed his foot over her stomach and began shaking her awake. The brunette, feeling pissed as well, slapped the thing that bothered her as she slowly got up.

Opening her bulging sleepy eyes, she looked up only to see a pair of crimson eyes glowering over her. She rubbed her eyes sleepily.

"Get up and wash your ugly face princess."

He said mockingly and walked away.

"Yes your Great Bossiness." Mikan replied and stuck her tongue out

When she stood up to go wash herself, she just realized that she actually slept on the couch. She looked at where she rested and found her blanket there as well. She looked at Natsume's back who was inside the kitchen and scratched her head wondering if the king of arrogance was the one who brought the blanket to her.

She shook her head dismissively.

"No no no. I must have been sleepwalking and took my blanket. THERE'S NO WAY he'd be nice enough to give it to me."

She thought and nodded before going upstairs.

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The moment Mikan was done grooming herself, she ran to the kitchen sniffing something delicious.

"You're back Misaki-sen—"

Her mouth dropped open.

Yes it was true that he did cook dinner last night but for him to cook again? For breakfast?

Natsume turned around and saw Mikan eyeing him suspiciously.

"What?" he asked uncaringly

The princess was still at the door gaping at him. Listlessly, he got back to preparing the meal leaving the brunette be.

"PFFFTTTT."

Natsume's piercing eyes instantly turned to her and just as he thought, she was laughing at him. Well not really, she was still holding her laugh but in three… two… one…

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! NATSUME! HAHAHAHA! YOU-YOU'RE COOKING BREAKFAST! HAHAHAHA! WITH-WITH AN APRON! Natsume-you-AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

He didn't expect wearing an apron while cooking breakfast was so hilarious. Though Mikan's point is, it was NATSUME. The one and only Natsume. He was wearing an apron while cooking breakfast like some house husband! The brunette was holding her stomach as her laughs got even worse.

Now our handsome cook, for the first time in his life to get laughed at like this, felt so pathetic. But not wanting to let the princess see he was affected, he finished preparing breakfast and finally took the blasted apron off himself.

Mikan still laughing her head off took a seat in front of him. Calming herself and wiping her tears away, her eyes widened in amazement with the excellent food served.

"WOOOOW. The breakfast looks so gooood." She complimented and clapping her hands together she uttered a hearty, "ITTADAKI—"

"Hey."

Mikan looked up.

He smirked evilly. "Who told you you can eat?"

"Eh?" she asked suddenly turning pale

"This…" he said, pointing the food with his fork "…is my breakfast. You…" he pointed at her "…are not allowed to eat MY breakfast."

The prince took a bite from his food, his eyes on Mikan who was still processing the amount of karma she's been subjected to.

When a few moments passed, the brunette snapped back to herself. This time with her eyes sparkling like diamonds and her smile reaching up to her ears, she batted her eyes at the prince, saying,

"Natsume-sama…" she voiced with such tenderness

Natsume didn't reply. Instead, he just stared at her and took another bite from his exceptional cooking.

"Natsume-sama… our most kind hearted prince…" she tried again, really hopeless that she can even say words that are against her will

With the food slowly getting consumed and her stomach churning in hunger, Mikan was devastated. Enough with the pretense, the brunette finally lost it.

"Natsumeeeeee! I'm sorry for laughing at you. I'm soooo sorry. I won't do it again! Please forgive meee. You know I don't know how to cooook. Please have mercy on meee!" she cried desperately

She heard a soft clank of plate and excitedly looked at it. Her heart sank.

There was just two onigiris and a banana. The omelette, bacon, bread and finely chopped fruits her eyes feasted on awhile ago were all gone.

She looked at the basin where a handsome prince was leaning, eating the last of his fresh bread. He smirked at her and once again, his famous "and-whose-fault-is-it?" look was plastered on his face.

Mikan silently ate her breakfast.

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Still grumpy and muttering to herself, the princess grudgingly washed the dishes. Though her breakfast was certainly not enough, there was nothing she could do but obey his order about the chores or else she might not have a good meal by lunch again.

"Hey idiot."

She glared at him.

"Pack up after you're done there."

"What?"

"Pack up some stuff. We're going somewhere."

Before she can ask other questions he was about to leave but she grabbed his shirt from the back.

"Hey what are you talking about? Where are we going?"

Natsume turned back to her.

"To the nearest town."

"What? But why? What are we going to do there?"

"We'll talk later. Hurry up."

"No! We can't leave. I'm sure the nearest town from here would take us some time from going back and forth. What are they going to do if Misaki-senpai and Tsubasa-san comes back and we're not here? They'll get worried about us."

"If they'll get worried they shouldn't have left."

"But we just can't-

"There's no food left." The prince finally explained knowing the stubborn princess won't stop till she gets an explanation

"HAH?"

"Thanks to you, our two weeks' worth of food has been wasted. So we're going to town."

"But-

Natsume suddenly placed his finger on Mikan's mouth, quieting her down.

"You talk too much Ugly. Just hurry up or I'll leave you."

He nonchalantly said and left her there. Unconsciously, Mikan raised her hand and touched her lips. Then she was reminded of the dream she had.

He kissed her!

No, she dreamt about him kissing her!

The idiot gasped and smacked her hands on both her cheeks that were flushing red.

"WHAT THE?! HOW COULD I?! THAT'S WAY TOO SHAMEFUL! NO! SINFUL REALLY! To dream about that monster kissing me? HOW COULD I?!"

She thought and started knocking her head on the wall.

"What are you doing?"

Mikan turned her head by the door and saw him with eyebrow raised staring at her sorry state. She shook her head defensively and laughed nervously.

"Natsume! AH-HA-HA. N-nothing. I'm not doing anything. OR THINKING OF ANYTHING!" she said and more like shout the last of her sentence "I'm-I'm… going to pack up."

She was still acting suspicious and was clearly avoiding his eyes as she ran up to her room.

"What's with her?" he thought

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Still conscious and feeling sinful for dreaming something so shameless, Mikan walked out of the vacation house's door with her ridiculously large backpack.

"H-hey Natsume!" she said and tapped his shoulder stiffly and walked ahead "Waaahh! The sun's up high but thankfully we'll be walking under the canopy of the forest trees so we're lucky. So N-Natsume what are you waiting for?" she reluctantly looked back and meet his crimson eyes as she enthusiastically yelled, "LET'S GO TO THE TOWN!"

Mikan began walking ahead. Natsume knowing something's up with the brunette, decided not to concern himself and briefly followed her.

"Don't worry Mikan! You were just tired from cleaning last night! Yep! That's why you had that dream-no-nightmare! That was just a nightmare."

The brunette took a peek at the prince walking behind her. When his eyes turned to her and for a second they meet each other, she immediately looked away.

"That wasn't real Mikan."

For the first few minutes the couple walked silently as they tread on the path to the town.

All the while Mikan resolutely continued thinking to herself that everything was just a dream. Though when she touches her lips, her mind thinks otherwise.

Natsume who was just behind following the brunette can't help but watch the princess who looked like she was deep in thought . He was regarding her unusual silence and her weird actions like suddenly shaking her head, suddenly slapping her forehead, suddenly halting to a stop and walking back again but the most unusual is, she kept taking secret glances at him but the moment he notices and looks at her she immediately turn her eyes away.

If the prince wasn't used to the princess's peculiarity, he might have thought that she's lost her mind.

However, when an hour has passed and Mikan was still on to her weird schemes, Natsume could no longer help it.

"Oi ugly."

No response.

"Oi stupid."

Still no response.

Pissed, another nickname he's come up with when they were still children was remembered. He wasn't using this for so long since getting reprimanded for an hour for coming up with such "disreputable" nickname for the princess. But now that they're alone and he's being ignored, he loudly called out.

"Oi strawberry panties!"

Mikan's reverie was blown away. She halted and turned to him, her eyes glaring with passion.

"What did you call me?!"

"Strawberry panties." He nonchalantly replied

Embarrassed, she walked back with big strides and faced him up, "WHY YOU-YOU-YOU" she pointed his finger at him "You ugly perverted prince!"

And since she was in heated fury, the idiot didn't even realize that her left foot was a little displaced over a tiny mound that when her gargantuan backpack's weight shifted, she lost her balance, falling really hard.

To be continued…


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