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Last time on Outside the Gates
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"Do you know what to do Kuro Neko?" Persona asked.
I nodded.
"Well, here are the keys to an academy motorcycle. Use it to get there and get back. I expect you to do this mission properly." And with that, Persona disappeared into the darkness surrounding us.
I sighed as I burned the manila folder full of the information on my mission and gripped my newly acquired teleportation Alice stone in my hand, taking a deep breath.
Well, let's get this over with.
Outside the Gates ~Chapter 11~
Damn, stupid mission. No wonder it would take me a week. First off, it would take me a couple days to get there and a couple more to come back. Second, it took TWO DAYS to finish the damned mission! And I'm seriously wounded! Shit!
I fished my teleportation stone out of my pocket and teleported myself to Mikan's room. It was the middle of the night in which I finished my mission so I am sure that she's there.
I landed with a thud in her room, waking her up from her sleep. She sat up quickly and rubbed her eyes to get them working.
"Natsume?" she muttered. Her voice was music to my ears. "Oh my gosh, you're hurt!"
She jumped out of her bed and led me to it, laying me down on it. She quickly gave my body a one over to assess the damage I got and out of nowhere, a first aid kit was on the bed. She got to work on me and somewhere in between the stings and the warmth of her touches, I fell asleep.
I woke up aching all over. Urgh, I need a pain killer. Mikan was still working on me but then, she put away the first aid kit and took a deep breath. She put her hands on my chest and they started glowing. Soon, my whole body was engulfed in a bright, golden light and when it subsided, I felt no pain. Okay, maybe there was a little sting and ache here and there but otherwise, I'm fine.
I looked at Mikan with question. "Why didn't you just use the healing Alice in the first place?" I asked.
"Some of your wounds wouldn't work with the healing Alice. So, I had to fix those first. If I put all my power into it, all your wounds would disappear but I'm not at my strongest state right now as you can see. Also it took less energy to use the first aid kit" she explained, panting.
I looked at the girl with worry. "Are you okay?" I felt her head and found it burning.
"You idiot! You have a fever" I scolded her.
"I'm fine" Mikan said faintly.
"Stupid" I muttered as I pulled her down into the bed.
I hugged her shivering frame and used my Alice to warm her up. Soon enough, the both of us were asleep.
I woke up the next morning to see Mikan's sleeping face. I noticed that we were hugging each other and Mikan was sweating slightly, panting heavily. Her face was red from fever. I got up with ease and got a small basin of water and a rag and put the rag in the water and placed it on Mikan's head. I tucked her into the bed and made sure she was completely wrapped.
I noticed that my clothes were changed. She probably used an Alice she had copied. I sighed. She's using her Alice even though she knows that she's sick. Idiot.
I took care of her and made sure she was fine. Who knew taking care of a person was this hard? When Mikan's fever went down, which by the way was in the afternoon, I sighed and lay down next to her and closed my eyes. I can't believe that Mikan took care of me like this thrice already. How does she do it?
I opened my eyes once more and looked at her beautiful sleeping face. She looks so peaceful. I carefully brushed her cheek so that she wouldn't wake up. I traced her eyebrows, eyes, nose, and finally, her lips. They look so soft, so sweet. I wonder how they taste like…
I blushed at that thought. What the hell am I thinking about? I swear I'm being driven insane by this girl! Why does she have this effect on me? But, I'm so tempted to just kiss her right now…
I was leaning in to kiss her but then I heard her groan. Oh shit! She's waking up! I quickly shut my eyes as casually as possible to make it look as if I fell asleep. But, I was sure to keep my eyes half open. I secretly watched as Mikan's eyes fluttered open and looked at me with surprise. But then, I saw her eyes soften.
Mikan sat up in the bed and looked around at her surroundings and looked back down at me. She smiled slightly as she brushed my bangs out of my eyes. I fought the blush that was threatening to show on my cheeks. I noticed she was leaning in a bit so I opened my eyes.
"Trying to take advantage of me little girl?" I teased.
"Sh-shut up!" Mikan blushed furiously as she started to retract her hand from my face.
Instantly, I grabbed hold of it and placed her hand on my cheek. Mikan stared at me wide eyed and blushing.
"Natsume wha…?" Mikan stopped when I used my free hand to caress her cheek.
"If you want" I started, completely serious, "you can take advantage of me right now."
I may sound weird right now, but I mean it. I wouldn't mind if she were to do it. I actually WANT her to. Surprising, huh? THE Natsume Hyuuga wanting a girl to take advantage of him. Heh, I'm ruled by hormones.
I watched Mikan's face become a flaming red as her eyes widened.
"Y-you're n-not s-serious…r-right?" Mikan stuttered slowly.
"I'm serious" I stated bluntly which made her blush more.
I sat up and moved closer to her, not moving my hands from their previous positions. Mikan tried to back up from me, but my grip on her kept her from doing so. I moved my face closer to her so that they were only centimeters apart. I didn't dare tear my gaze away from Mikan's beautiful eyes. I noticed that on the rim of her eyes, they were a darker brown than the center. And as you get closer to the pupil, the shade gets lighter. Next to the pupil, it was a golden color instead of honey brown like the majority of her eye. It was breathtaking.
I moved Mikan's hand that was on my cheek to go around my neck. Then, I put my free hand around her waist as I used my thumb of my other hand to rub her cheek. I noticed Mikan became more red and was still wide eyed, though her eyes were not as big. I put my forehead against Mikan's and looked her strait in the eye, feeling a tint of pink on my cheeks.
I'm not sure how this goes… I've never kissed a girl before… What are you laughing at? I don't watch people freaking make out with each other! It's fucking gross when people do PDA! People should just get a room. And I got one. But, how do you kiss a girl? Damn, I'm fucked.
Mikan's eyes went back to normal. She just had a slight blush coating her cheeks as she stared back into my eyes. Both of us were just quiet, sitting at a close proximity for who knows how long until I decided to just let my instincts take over.
I leaned closer as I closed my eyes, going in for the kiss. I felt my lips brush Mikan's soft ones which were slightly parted.
KNOCK-KNOCK!
We heard the front door being knocked on. There is no fucking way I'm letting her go just when I have the guts to kiss her!
"U-uh, I should get that, Na-"
I cut Mikan off by crushing my lips on hers. Mikan stiffened, completely shocked by my actions. I nibbled on her lips, licked them even, just to get a reaction. But for a minute, she just sat there, shocked. Finally, I felt Mikan melt into the kiss, letting our lips dance together.
KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCK!
The pounding on the front door increase. But I won't let anyone ruin this. I've wanted to kiss her since forever! I deepened the kiss as if begging for her not to go. And she complied.
"Mikan! Open the door! Are you in there?" I heard a male voice call.
I felt my eyebrow twitch as I pulled away from our kiss. I won't let anyone take Mikan away from me. Mikan was about to stand up when I grabbed her wrist and pulled her back down. I trapped her underneath me and bent down to whisper in her ear:
"You're not going anywhere."
I watched Mikan blush deeply. She looked at me as if I were crazy but didn't try to move. I was going to kiss her again but the knocking intensified.
I felt a vein throb in my head and I got off of Mikan. I glared at the direction of the door. Stupid person. Just leave.
"I-I'm sorry, Natsume. Kenji came over b-because w-we have to do a p-project together" Mikan stuttered her apology.
"I'll help you two" I told her, wrapping an arm around her waist and leading her up the stairs towards the door.
"W-wait! We're in our pajamas" and she was right. Both of us were dressed inside of pajama pants and shirts. Her hair was a bit disheveled which made her look sexy and her clothes were a bit messy. I'm pretty sure I'm not far behind.
"It's okay. It's not like we're going out" I shrugged.
Mikan and I walked up to the door and once the pounding stopped, I swung it open, causing a guy to freak out. He had dark brown hair and black eyes. He had pale skin and a baby face; very lanky too if you ask me. He was dressed in what seemed like a school uniform: a white dress shirt and navy blue dress pants with black shoes.
The guy just stared at Mikan and I. I remained stoic as Mikan blushed a deep red and looked away. This situation is pretty awkward...
"U-uh..." the guy started first, "I-I'm Kenji Osawa. I-I'm M-mikan's classmate...y-you are?"
"Natsume" I answered bluntly.
The guy sweat dropped. "O-okay...?"
"Come on in, Kenji!" Mikan tried to be cheerful and ignore the weird and awkward atmosphere.
As soon as Kenji got settled with the supplies he brought for Mikan and his project, Mikan got her stuff and they got started. Supposedly, they were trying to explain and demonstrate Isaac Newton's three laws of motion by creating something that their teacher called a 'T-set' which is really a Rube Goldberg contraption. It would have to perform a simple task with elaborate stages to go through in order to complete this task.
They both were able to make it in about three hours. Well, Mikan did most of the work. Kenji wrote down the observations that they had gotten during their experiment so that they could make a lab report. The machine was very elaborate. Here, let me explain:
At the bottom, a ball would be dropped into an elevator which would take it all the way up to the top. Then, the ball would fall down a ramp and hit a bunch of dominos. The dominoes would hit a small army man action figure thing and it would fall on top of a ball, making it go. Then, the ball would hit a pin wheel which would make a cup of water tip into a weiging station to raise a curtain. During that time, the weighing station would trigger a ball and it would roll all the way to the screen in the back of the curtain and hit a button, causing a video to play on the screen.
(A/N: note, this is an actual project I had to do. It's just not this one. I made a different one due to laziness! :D)
Once they were done, I went ahead and made some adjustments to it so that the machine would function better. Then, the two made a lab report, with my help of course, and were finished with their project.
"That was pretty quick, Polka-dots" I said, smirking at Mikan.
"Sh-shut up you dumb perv! My name's Mikan! Say it with me: M-I-K-A-N!" she spoke slowly.
"I'm not a perv, nor am I dumb. And don't speak to me like I'm mentally challenged" I retorted, trying to refrain myself from laughing.
"Suuuuure, you're not any of those things. It's just all in my imagination" Mikan glared at me, her words sarcastic.
"Yup. You got that right" my smirk widened as Mikan narrowed her eyes.
"U-uh" Kenji stuttered awkwardly.
Mikan and I looked at him seeing that he gained our attention. He gulped and started to sweat profusely.
"N-now that we're d-done with the project, d-do you w-want to just keep it here until we need to b-bring it in to school?" Kenji asked.
"Yeah, I'll keep it here. I'll bring it in to school. You're in charge of the lab report though. Please type it up and print it" Mikan replied.
"O-okay" Kenji blushed. Why the hell did he blush? "I-I'll go now..."
Kenji awkwardly shuffled to the door and bid his farewell with a wave. Then, he was out the door and walking home.
"Well that was awkward" Mikan stated after a minute or two of silence.
"Thanks for saying that, captain obvious" I snickered.
Mikan rolled her eyes. "Oh, just shut up Natsume" she mumbled.
Then, she made her way to the kitchen and started messing with the pots and pans. She's probably going to make breakfast now. As she was working, I stood behind her, tracing imaginary lines on her arms and hugging her by the waist. After about ten minutes of working like this, I felt Mikan sigh.
"Natsume, I can't work if you keep doing this. And who gave you the authority to touch me? What is up with you?" Mikan grew irritated.
I smirked. "Well, since you responded to my kiss, I assumed that you don't mind me if I hug you and stuff. Also, doesn't that make you mine?"
"I am no object Natsume. And I refuse to be 'owned' by someone like you" Mikan pouted.
"Too late" I chuckled.
Mikan threw me a weak glare, but ended up smiling. She turned around, threw her arms around me and pecked me on the lips. I grew wide eyed.
"Okay" she giggled, "I'm yours!"
~Chapter 11 End~
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