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I groaned back and shut my eyes. I then slowly started replaying the scenes before my face heated up, blushing uncontrollably.

Though tonight was my first night I felt so light in my sleep, I even didn't think about Nobara that night, or even anyone else. Instead, I was blushing and didn't even know why I was giggling like a fool with only a word from Natsume.

He called me sweetheart.


I was awoken by the birds outside my window, chirping happily to each other or maybe calling each other, I didn't know. Under my closed eyelids, I tried to peek the glorious sun rays started to slip inside my room, lightened my room with their soft light gradually as the sun kept reaching its highest throne. I stretched and yawned and snuggled back into my very alluring soft bed and tried to close my eyes back. But my eyes said they couldn't close again and my body screamed to 'wake up' in every efforts I did to go back to sleep. So I slowly sat up and rubbed my eyes, adjusting my blurry and sleepy vision.

That was weird. Last time I remembered I was awoken by loud voice and a hard knock, but I received none today. It was quiet, and I didn't see Anna or Nonoko or even Misaki-senpai anywhere around here. Then I turned my head to see the alarm clock and widened my eyes afterwards.

05.30 AM

No wonder they didn't coming yet, I figured out they'd come around seven or so. I still had lots of times to get sleep again, but I couldn't. I sighed, messaged my neck and stood up to walk to bathroom. I almost choked my saliva when I saw my reflection on the large clear mirror, standing and staring myself back.

God, I look horrible

With messy brunette hair, tangled and impossible to get straightened anytime soon and still in my training suit plus face flushed red for no reason, I looked like a drunken woman. I sighed and washed my face with cold water, and I felt pretty much alive afterwards. I then started to pick up my brush and started to brush my tangled hair – which posing like it was mocking me if I dared to brush it. Nevertheless, I brushed and successfully straightening it though it felt like forever to do it.

I went back to my room to check the clock and it showed me that it was still almost 6 in the morning. It was very rare to see me woke up early. In my 17 years life you could count it with your ten fingers to count how many times did I woke early, which meant it was very very very rare. And my mom did tend to yell at me for not being an early riser which lady supposed to do. I giggled amusedly as I replaying the flashback back when I was still with my mother.

I then started to wonder how my mother doing at the time liked this. Maybe she was already waked up then probably wore her robe and walked to my room to wake me up at time like this, just like usual. But then, knowing her only daughter not there anymore, will it make her sad? Did she miss me at all? But of course she did! I was pretty sure with her overly-emotion she had, she'd cried or something. I just hoped she didn't do anything stupid like, starving herself to death or being an introvert in her room. But I guessed my father wouldn't let those happened to her, he just that crazily in love with my mother. I sighed, wondering if I'd had a beautiful love story like them. Apparently, I right now stuck in the big and overly sized 'home', with only my uncle as my blood relative and stuck with the jerk as my fiancée. Suck wasn't it? Yeah, unfortunately my love story was suck.

I then sat back on my bed, swinging my legs like a kid, wondering 'what-to-do' in my head. And then I remembered my legs. I lifted my legs and started scrutinized how it looked and found out it was better and didn't hurt anymore. There were still light red marks but it looked like it will disappeared anytime soon and my wounds looked healed for me. I should visit uncle soon to say thank you.

And then, there was Natsume.

I felt my face flushing red just remembering the last meeting we had. I still couldn't believe he accepted to be my friend. No, he wasn't Natsume, he must be someone else who had the very same appearance like him, or he must be Natsume's twin!

Nah, last time I checked he doesn't have sibling, I furrowed my eyebrows, shook my head at the thought. But anytime soon he will have though. I grinned.

Even if he was Natsume last night, I still couldn't believe with the fact he accepted my deal, to be my friend. And then, he called me sweetheart without he realized it. I blushed more and somehow found myself grinning stupidly. For the first time ever, I was really happy in my sleep when I started living in the palace. Such a simple word but it made my day already, even though I knew he didn't say it in purpose but still..

He called me sweetheart, I am Natsume's friend!

I giggled and squealed. I took my pillow and snuggled it in my arms. Maybe if it was just a dream, it'd be the very sweet dream for all my life. I really felt like it was just a dream last night or maybe these past 2 days for me. To be called sweetheart and then befriended with opposite gender and furthermore, carried and they kissed my hand by the opposite genders were new things for me. I never had an opposite gender's friend, so I never knew what love was. I was, to be honest, very envied with Nobara, she fell in love already. I sighed, I may be taught by my mother how to have manner in front of the opposite genders but that was it. So this particular engagement was something shocking to my life. But then, I didn't feel regret coming here.

I stood up, thinking about these really wasn't important enough. I then turned my head and stared at the sliding door, beside my study table. I walked and sat right in front of it, putting my hand to feel the white painted-oak door. Right behind this door, my new friend lived. It was his room.

It was past 6 in the morning, did Natsume already wake up?

I tried to hear some voices behind this door, but I heard none. So I guessed Natsume was still sleeping. Remembering my thoughts before, I stood up. I wanted to know if last night was just my dream or not, so why not seeing him first in the morning now? After all, he was still sleeping and I just couldn't help but to feel the urge to see him, my new Royal friend; Natsume Hyuuga. I wondered what prince's life here, did he get busy? He said he was busy last night and to remember his annoying smirk last night wanted me to punch him now. And, I wanted to know what he was like when he was still sleeping.

I slowly opened the door, trying to slide the door without voice as I sucked my breath. This was it, Natsume's bedroom looked like. I looked around and noticed the room wrapped in black and red, looking very regal but somehow it was really awesome. There was no difference between the Royal's rooms about their bedroom; there was huge walk-in closet, king-sized bed, study table and large bathroom. The only one that made differences was the wall. I had basically pink, brown, and milky white, Natsume had black and red, and The Royal Couple had white and gold. I walked deeper and then found some scattered papers on his sofa and study table. Feeling curious, I looked over and found some scribbles on the paper which I guessed, it was Natsume's handwriting. It looked neat and pretty tidy thought for a man like him, which I found it very unusual. I read a 'WAR PLAN' and 'FINANCIAL STATUS' on top of some papers, it looked pretty serious though I didn't understand one thing.

Leaving the said papers, I turned around and found Natsume's head was lying on his pillow. Automatically I smiled and walked to his bed and soon, sat on the floor, scrutinizing his face. I found out that Natsume looked like a peaceful child in his sleep; no furrowed eyebrows, no smirking, no icy stares from his eyes, no worried, nothing. In fact, this was the first time ever I saw him this peaceful.

"Baka Prince, It's already morning." I whispered and smiled softly at the figure. I dared myself to move my hand to brush his bang out from his face, and finally noticed for the first time ever his eyebrows are short. I held back my laugh, not wanting to wake him up. It looked pretty funny for me, how the hell Natsume had short eyebrows?! And why did I notice it just now?! But I must admit, he still looked very attractive even in his sleep and… short eyebrows. I bit my lips to prevent my laughing and turned my head back.

Only to see a pair of crimson orbs staring back at me. I widened my eyes and took my hand from his forehead immediately as I back away from his bed.

"NA-NAT-NATSUME!" I screamed and blushing furiously. I felt my heart just stopped right now. He then slowly sat up and stretched his hands up. I saw him yawned and then slowly turned back to see me. I gulped.

"G-good mor-morning! Haha! Rise and shine!" I yelled awkwardly, while he was staring me like I was from outer space.

"What are you doing here polka?" he said slowly while getting himself up to find a cup of water from his bed-side table. I gulped as I slowly laughed sheepishly and scratched my not-itchy head.

"Ah, just want to… check you room out?" He raised one of his eyebrows and it made me wanted to laugh again. I held it though, but I couldn't help but trembled on the spot.

"What? What are you laughing?" He asked and I - not coincidentally – eyed his eyebrows again which now he scrunched it. I couldn't help anymore but I just exploded and laughing so hard at his face. I could roll on the floor laughing, if I held it anymore longer I'd just peed in my pants which a very not nice view. He rolled his eyes at me, while gulping his water but his eyes still eyeing me weirdly.

"Yo-your eyebrows! Sh-short! HAHAHA" I said between my laughs and me, knelt on the ground while holding my stomach that started to ache from too much laughing. He twitched his eyebrows – which made me exploded more – and glared dangerously at me. At the same time, I wanted to stop my laugh so I then started to inhale. I was hoping my laugh stopped but instead I got hiccupped.

"Hic.. hic.. hic!" I covered my mouth, blushing lightly as I looking at him. He shot me his infamous smirk while walking closer to me.

"So the pig is finally come out. You know what polka? Your voice is kinda annoying so I suggest you to 'hic' anywhere else beside my room." He smirked and started to stand up and walked away from. Folding my arms in front of my chest, I stuck my tongue out.

"And if I *hic* don't want? *hic*" I raised my eyebrow, challenged him. He stopped his track and turned half-way while smirking down at me.

"Unless.. you want to have shower with me?" I instantly blushed and robotically stood up and walked back to room and finished it with closing the sliding door. I blushed and putting my hand on my chest. My heart couldn't stop beating slowly again.

"Hic" Plus, I got hiccupped now. Great. How did this stop again? Just when I wanted to turn around, Anna, Nonoko and Misaki-senpai came in.

"-I think she's still slee- MIKAN! WHY IS YOUR FACE IS SO RED?"


"Hic.. hic.." I bowed my head, blushing furiously as I covered my mouth. Apparently, my hiccups didn't stop, even after I was taking a bath and dressing up and now, breakfast with my parents in law. And yes, no need to ask, the devil himself also sat beside me, smiled smugly while spreading a jam on his bread. Anna, Nonoko and Misaki-senpai did worry for me and tried to stop it such as; surprising me from behind (though I didn't take it surprising as much as they expected since I knew they were behind me), kicking my shin so I could yell and so on. Still, the annoying hiccup didn't stop and now, my parents in law stared at worriedly while the devil leisured himself with eating his breakfast. I swore I will kill him later. This was his entire fault!

"Mikan, are you okay dear?" Mother asked worriedly. I slowly faced her and smiled, trying to nod without hiccup but there wasn't such luck.

"Oh my, your face is red! Here, drink lots of water! I heard it will stop a hiccup!" She offered me more water and I gulped it all once. We all waited for the result anticipating but then,

"Hic" We sighed dejectedly.

"Here, try eating this spoonful of sugar. People said, if you have a hiccup, a spoonful of sugar will help stop it." This time, father offered me.

"Dear! Why don't you say so earlier?" mother with glee while I nodded and took a spoonful of sugar from his hand. I ate it, and feeling the small piece of sweet crystal popped in my mouth. When I finished, I closed my eyes, anticipated with how it will turn. I didn't realize that my parents in law, both leaning closer to me and waited too.

"Hic" It finally came. We all sighed and fell back on our chair while I sighed tiredly. I heard then a low deep chuckle beside me and I shot him a glare.

"What?" he mouthed me without voice.

"This is your entire fault jerk" I mouthed back, still glaring daggers at him. He shrugged while eating his bread back. I sighed and turned my eyes to my bread I barely ate. I didn't feel really hungry plus with this annoying hiccup, I couldn't even more.

"Could you call Misaki Harada here? Thank you" I heard mother asked one of the maids. The maid bowed and slowly disappearing to do her task. I looked confusedly at mother but all she did staring me back with beautiful smile on her pretty face. Soon, senpai came and bowed to us.

"Your highness, I heard you call me here?"

"Yes, Misaki-chan. I want to know Mikan's schedule for today. I'm sure you know it right?" Misaki-senpai stood up straightly and nodded.

"After this, my lady should have a private study with Jinno-san but after that, she is free your highness." She said politely. I stared confusedly at senpai.

A private study? Last time I checked I already graduated from school but why do I need any more lesson? I thought, confused with the schedule. I meant, I had fighting and training schedule and now private study? What next? A manner lesson?

"How about tomorrow?" This time father was the one who asked. I felt like I watched a ping-pong match since I turned my head back and forth. Nevertheless I turned my head to see senpai tried to remember my schedule.

"She will have manner lesson with Narumi-san" She smiled politely.

Damn, I spoke too soon, I thought

"Well then, could you postpone her meeting with Jinno and Narumis advisers until next week? I want to spend more time to my daughter in law!" mother asked excitedly as she clapped her hands. I turned my head and smiled happily at her, joining her happy aura. I heard someone beside me scoffed and stood up.

"I already finished, I shall leave now." Natsume's cold voice broke our joyful aura. I didn't know why Natsume annoyed, but he looked pretty pissed right now. I gulped, as I slowly felt my heart dropped once again.

I think I know what his reason is. He still can't accept me. I thought sadly. When I heard mother said the word 'daugther-in-law', I felt Natsume stiffened beside me. Was that a reaction I should expect as long as I was here? No, I shouldn't be sad, after all Nobara did trust me so much. Still, I couldn't help but feeling sad about this.

"Wait Natsume" Father suddenly shouted out. His voice was deeper and stricter this time, and I wondered why. I saw Natsume stopped on his tracks, but he didn't turn around. Soon, the Queen, mother also stared at father and stared questioningly at him.

"After this, I want you and Mikan come to the living room. I and your mother will tell you something important" He eyed me kindly, so I gulped and nodded obediently at him.


"Misaki-senpai, *hic* What do you think *hic*The King will tell us?" I was on my way to the living room with senpai, talking as we went. I still not recovered from my annoying hiccups and it was getting to the point I couldn't breathe normally. It felt suffocated and I still didn't have any idea how to stop it. She shrugged and shook her head.

"No idea, it seems important though." I sighed at her. After father said that he wanted to meet us, he left the table and soon his wife was following after him. It seemed Natsume was already disappeared since father finished talking because I didn't see him after that. Still, I wanted to know what was in his mind sometimes. If only I had mind-reading Alice, maybe it'd be better for me. I sighed.

"Hic" I hiccupped again and I groaned frustrated.

"You're not recovering yet? When does this start anyway?" She asked a hint of curiosity and worried dripping in her strong voice. Misaki senpai had a deeper voice than any girls had, but boys still deeper that her though. But she still looked cool, and it suited her very well with her strong personalities. I thought for a better reason, I couldn't just tell her what happened this morning alright! It was partly my fault too, because of my curiosity to go to Natsume's room.

"Just *hic* this morning *hic* when I woke up" I finally admitted, not entirely lie though. She then helped me patted my back while we still walking to the room.

"Poor little thing, you must feel stuffy now. Do you want to go to hospital wing?" I immediately shook my head. I meant, why should I went to my uncle just because I had this silly hiccup? I won't trouble him with only this silly problem. Senpai then sighed and continuously patted my back.

"Ah! Misaki! Mikan! wait no, My lady!" A voice - that I familiar with - shouted out. I then raised my head and saw Tono-senpai stood in front of the door. He wore a black suit with some medals on his shoulder. It made him looked like a police though. I grinned at him with glee while Misaki-senpai shook her head.

"Tono *hic* senpai! What are you *hic* doing here?" I groaned mentally and cursed myself especially my hiccups. He then stared at me weirdly.

"Woah woah, wait! What's with that 'hic' voice?"

"She couldn't stop her hiccups since this morning" Misaki-senpai explained it for me while I nodded confirming the truth. He then raised his eyebrow at me.

"Poor you, have you guys try something to stop it?" I nodded sadly at him.

"Everything, and it *hic* didn't work" He then thought for a while before he smiled teasingly at me. He then started to walk near me and before Misaki-senpai wanted to block him, he already jumped aside while grabbing his erhm… butt.

"HOT! FIRE! BE RIGHT BACK SOON!" He yelled before ran with lightning speed to I guessed the bathroom. I wanted to laugh actually but then something struck me. There was only one person who could burn someone like that and that was..

"Your highness" Misaki-senpai bowed at someone. I turned my head and saw Natsume and Tsubasa-senpai walked side by side to us. He stared at me icily while I gulping hard. Why did Natsume change like this? This wasn't Natsume I knew like I saw last night, this person was really cold, and somehow felt like someone who still wasn't my friend, someone who didn't make a deal with me last night.

"Natsume" I greeted finally, staring him right in his cold eyes. He didn't say anything and stormed away, walking in to the room. Where the friend of mine went off? This person held poker face even when I greeted him. To tell the truth I was expecting him to greet back or smiled to me. I could even tolerate his annoying smirk. But he didn't show me those.

"Natsume is in a bad mood since he left the dining room. It worsened when we saw Tono wanted to hug you though." Tsubasa-senpai explained to me, as if he wanted to answer my thoughts. I looked at him and slowly smiled gratefully before I left them and followed Natsume to enter the living room.


"Mikan! come sit down darling" Mother stood up and walked beside me. I saw her bulging stomach and smiled at her. I really wanted to meet Natsume's sibling, though I hoped he or she didn't have his cold attitudes. I sighed, as I sat down beside Natsume on the couch. As we all settled down on the couch, with mother and father in front of us, Natsume started to speak up.

"So?" He asked with monotone voice. His voice still avoided any emotions, so it was hard for me to break into his mind's shell. I sighed. Father then crossed his leg and started to explain.

"As you know Natsume, you are now 17 years old and you start to work and taking my footsteps to be a king, you all of people knew that very well." He nodded, getting impatient as he started to cross his leg too.

"I used to tell you that one day you will visit the regions, watching over our people once in a year and reported back to us so we could manage every problem we faced in our people."

"Let me guess, it's already the time isn't it?" Natsume cut father and asking it straightly. Father then glared at him while mother sighed disappointedly. I, mentally shivered by the King looks. He looked pretty scary when he was angry and I must say, Natsume already forgot his manner at all right not.

"Natsume, where is your manner? We taught you already to not cut adult's conversation right? It's rude." Mother reminded him. I saw Natsume sighed heavily and nodded at his father, trying to be patient to listen what he said. Father took this as an opportunity to continue his speech.

"I see you already guessed. Yes, it is your time now to visit our land. I already talked to the advisors and we decided for you to start it from Nogi Region. I already told Kyousuke Nogi about this and he already prepared a place for you to live for two weeks. Tomorrow you may start already." Natsume widened his eyes but said nothing.

"Actually Mikan must come with you, but considering her schedule, I'm afraid she won't accompany you tomorrow. But for the next visits, she may come with you."

"Good, I don't want her to come with me anyway" He muttered, and unfortunately I heard that.

"Hey! *hic* Like I want to go with you Je- I mean you! *hic*: I glared at him while he was smirking at me.

"Mind your own business pig" a vein popped in my head and I felt my head ten times hotter than usual.

"YOU-"

"Enough, both of you! And you Natsume, watch you language young man! Or should I send you to Jinno-san again to teach you back your manner?" Mother shouted, as she also tried to calm herself when she reminded back she was pregnant considering she rubbed her belly suddenly. We both glared at each other, but decided to shut up.

"Good. Now it's my turn. I have another announcement for you both so that's why we called you here Mikan" Mother now smiling at me while I waited for her to continue her speech.

"We decided already that after Natsume came back from his visits, we will hold a party for you guys!" She said excitedly while father couldn't help but smiled at his wife behavior.

"Which is?" Natsume asked.

"Silly, what else? Your engagement party! In other words, in two weeks, we will officially announce your engagement to everyone!" She grinned excitedly as if she declared something so fantastic. Wait a minute, an engagement party?

"WHAT!?"


To be continued~


Now, where's my speech paper? Ahh~ whatever! So guys? Hello? Are you there? Yes? Oh okay. *thumbs up*

Here's another chapter. Apparently, it was long too wasn't it? How did you find this chapter? *wiggle eyebrows*

No one's new came out in this chapter, except Jinno's name called by some people here, still he won't come out until 2 next chapters ahead.

Oh! I want to give special thanks to : Ai Sakura. Thanks yoouuuu! Thank you for correcting my mistake and you were absolutely right! My bad! Hehehe *smiled sheepishly*

Anddd~ the next chapter I will dedicate it to Alicenee The next chapter will be in Natsume's POV again so, stay tuned!

Guess, I will update the next chapter on Thursday or Friday since Saturday I will start going to school! Hehe, and I don't really want to make Nobara as a bad guy too, but I must to… but well, let's just see in the future chapters! XD

The next chapter, I will include Ruka, Nobara and 3 musketeers! Soo,,

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