A/N: If you get scared easily...welcome to the club. When I was writing the dream in the 13th chapter I was alone and I was so scared. I started thinking about like a monster coming out of the open closet or blood coming out of the faucet...I should add that in one of the dreams. Hmm...aw, I'll think about it. Anyway, enough about me. Please enjoy the chapter and please don't forget to leave alittle love. Oh, and please look at my profile for those who havent. I have written the summary for my next story. I already looking forward to writing that story! But I have to finish this story and I will not abandon it! I promise you! When I wrote my first story I was still young, innocent and stupid. I didn't really know what I was doing! Ah! I'm babbling about myself again! Save me...P-Ple-ase E-Enjoy!
\ Bloody kiss /
\ Chapter 14 /
"Ne, Natsume. Does this mean that I have to get a bandage around my ankle?"(Look back at previous chapter ) Mikan asked quietly while looking around the hallway to see if anybody was watching.
"No. We're going to cut your leg off and throw it out the window." Natsume muttered under his breath but quickly regreted it. He's just making Mikans day worse.
"But my leg isn't injured. I don't want to get my leg amputated!" Mikans voice rose an octave higher at the word "amputated". Natsume sighed and ruffled his hair while holding Mikan close to him as they walked down the hallway.
"I really don't know how you managed to get this far in life." The vampire looked down to watch Mikan watch every step she took.
"Did you say something, Natsume?", Mikan glanced up at him curiously.
"Let's just get you to the nurse. I don't have all day."
"But you have all the time in the world." Mikan pointed out smiling cheerfully. Natsume rolled his eyes.
"Just you keep your eyes on your feet.", he mumbled. Mikan shrugged and watched her feet again while clinging on to Natsume. He couldn't help think how frail and small she was.
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Natsume eyes seemed to be burning a hole in to the door that opened the infirmary. Through the window in the door he could see and sense that nobody was in there.
"Whats wrong? Why aren't we going in?" Mikan asked gazing at Natsume's face. "Is there something on the door? Or in the room?" But she still didn't receive an answer. She felt Natsume's arm leave her waist. She went onto her toes, trying to steal a glance throught the window but she was to short. What caught Natsume's attention so much that he was on hold? Wasn't there any button that would make him move again? Of course not. Mikan shook her head slowly thinking how childish she was to have such thoughts. She locked her eyes onto the little glass window and tried her best to get between Natsume and the door. She was curious and she just had to see what was there. She faced the door and slowly bent her knees a little bit. Carefully she steadied herself as she kept her eyes on the window while her face was in a concentrated frown and she licked her upper lip for dramatic effect.
"Okay, here we go." Mikan muttered quietly to herself as she tightened her hands into fists. She launched her self into the air but something went utterly wrong. The top of her head knocked into something hard and she heard a little crunch. It sounded like somebody was cracking there neck getting ready for a fist fight. Her eyes widened with shock and pain. Right when she needed her energy and balance the most it had decided to take a vacation. She felt herself falling to the ground and she tried to grasp onto the door knob on her way down but she failed. She felt something turn her around but she couldn't see what since she had already closed her eyes, ready to feel the pain of hitting the ground. She felt the impact when she landed but it wasn't as hard as she thought it would be.
Mikans eyes squinted.
"Ow." Mikan winced in pain when she heard her neck crack too. When she finally opened her eyes and they boredly searched for a speck of dust on the ground that she thought she laid on but none was to be found. Instead, she just found a black school uniform and what was this? A scowling face. This time her eyes widened in surprise. She saw a face? But then she realized why.
"Oops." Mikans licps puckered as she tried to find a way to apologize. It was too late. He spoke.
"Next time watch where you jump, little girl." Natsume did not look to happy about this. Of course he had every right to get mad at her. She had jumped without warning and her head bumped into his chin, causing them to both fall to the ground.
"Sorry?" Mikan tried the one word that she said so many times and that had probably solved many problems in the world. But not this time. She was dealing with a grumpy vampire. The only thing that spelled, was 'Not good'.
"Just get off of me." Natsume muttered but before Mikan could react he had already sat up causing her to grab onto his black buttoned-down shirt by his collar so she wouldn't fall off. She regretted it right away but it was just a reflex from falling all the time and she couldn't do anything about it. She quickly let go and blushed.
"Is your neck okay?" She asked in guilty voice even though she knew the voice she would get back would only be something that would make her feel even lower. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath as she got ready for his harsh comeback. She felt a sharp pain in her lip and she bit it trying to numb the pain. It worked.
When she didn't hear Natsume say anything she opened her eyes.To her surprise Natsume started laughing. She could feel his chest shaking under her weight. Mikan blushed even more and looked away.
"You really are such a klutz." Natsume's voice rang through the hallways. Mikan panicked and quickly looked around if there were any classrooms that would hear him but the infirmary was isolated from the rest of the rooms. She felt him wrap one of his arms around her waist and held her to him while he pushed himself off the ground. He took their bags in the same arm that he was supporting Mikan with. He slowly stopped laughing.
"Are you okay?" He asked gently looking down at her.
"Why would you care?" Mikan pouted after he finished laughing at her but she nodded anyways. Only if she really knew how much he cared. Natsume smirked and Mikan could see that he was planning something but before she could say anything he let go of her waist. Her legs couldn't support her and she started to fall to the ground but just in time the villain had saved her. He grabbed her under her arms and held her up again.
"You don't seem okay to me." Natsume's lips tried to fight back a smile.
"Can we just get my ankle bandaged." Mikan tapped her foot on the ground.
"The nurse isn't there so we just have to do it ourselves." Natsume pointed out when he opened the door. Mikan nodded and waited for Natsume to tow her into the room. He helped her limp to the bed where she sat down.
"Thank you." Natsume ignored her and walked over to the cabinet. He opened the doors and searched for the bandages till he found them. When he found a safety pin and scissors, he walked over to the bed.
"Take your shoe off and hold your foot out." Natsume commanded. Mikan did as she was told. He took the big roll of wool out of its paper box and started to rap it around her foot and ankle. When he was done he took the scissors to cut the bandage and when he did that he took the pinned the safety pin on the bandage so it wouldn't undo its self. Natsume stood up and put the stuff back into the cabinet.
"Mikan, are you bleeding?" Natsume asked warily, slowly turning around. He had already smelled the blood that was only now starting to ooze out.
"I think I but my lip before when I crashed into you but..." Mikan didn't have a chance to continue. Natsume was already there holding her chin up to observe the cut in her lower lip. Mikan blushed many hues of red again.
"Sit still for a moment." Natsume held his breath so he wouldn't inhale the smell of the blood again. He stood up and slowly walked up to the sink in the room and took a tissue which he wet under the sink. He returned back to Mikan who was waiting obediently. Natsume kneeled down infront of Mikan and started to gently dab the tissue at her lip.
"Does it hurt?" Natsume asked quietly.
"No. Thank you though." Mikan looked at his concentrated face. He stood up and threw the tissue into the garbage bin. Natsume walked back to her lowed his head to her level. He put one hand onto the bed beside Mikans waist to support himself. He gently held her chin with his other hand while gently lowering it and with the same hand he ran his thumb over her lips to see if it was still bleeding. Natsume stared at her lips wondering when she would finally long for his touch too. While he seemed to be examining her cut Mikan raised her eyes and looked at Natsume's face. She noticed how his hair was always in a mess and hung over his eyes sometimes but it still looked good. His eyes matched his prefect face and silky black hair perfectly. They were always different when you looked at them. Always a different hue of red...Mikan suddenly stopped and blushed. What was she thinking? It was like she actually really liked this arrogant bastard. That couldn't be true though could it? He was always there when Mikan needed him the most. He was always there. Sure, they would have a few arguments every once in a while but once she thought about them she realized that she actually enjoyed them alot. She felt lucky to have him near her all the time. The more thinking Mikan did, the more sense it brought to her.
'I was running like coward falling into hole after hole. I climbed out of them by myself. All of the ditches lead me somewhere else and and dirtied me even more. After a while I fell again. This time it was different though. I didn't fall into a hole. I fell for a person that I'd never thought I'd fall for. Now I can walk on a land where there are no holes to fall in and this time? I'm not alone and it was the last thing I expected to happen...I like where am right now.' Mikan couldn't believe what she had just thought. But she knew that it was true. All the blushing and warm feelings inside of her whenever Natsume would say or do something, finally made sense. But the problem was; There was no possible way that the vampire could return her the feelings she felt for him. She wouldn't confess. She wouldn't be rejected. She wouldn't get hurt. There was no way that he felt the same way.
Natsume looked up at her chocolate eyes every once in while he pretended to check her lips. He could see that she was deep in thought. Just wrapping his arms around her could send a blissful feeling into his chest, he thought. Now was his chance.
Natsume wrapped his arm around Mikans lower back while the other occupied the upper part of her back, near the neck. He pulled the body that felt so small in his arms closer to him until he could feel the warmth of her cheek against his. He held her like she would disappear or break like a new born child. He was afraid that she would disappear from his arms. This girl, so thoughtful, careful, was all Natsume needed.
When Mikan felt the sudden warmth, she snapped out of her thoughts and came back to her senses. She felt the blood rush into her cheeks. She lifted her arms to his chest.
"Natsume?" Mikan tried to pull her head back and look at his expression but Natsume wouldn't let her move.
"Shut up." Natsume mumbled quietly after a moment. Really, how could she like this person. Mikan could feel her heart racing. She could feel Natsume burying his face into her hair. It all felt very so nice.
After a few more moments Natsume let Mikan drop back onto the bed. Mikan landed with an 'Oof'. Avoiding any eye contact Mikan looked outside the window that was next to where she sat. She could see one of the classes running around the track.
Had Natsume just hugged her? She had no idea why but all she could think of was how nice it felt. She heard some rustling behind her back while Mikan laid down on the bed hoping to get some rest.
Meanwhile Natsume quietly headed to their bags and took out a sandwhich from his. What was he thinking? Embracing her like that? Natsume shook his head. He could imagine Mikan avoiding him feeling uncomfortable. It was only natural for her to scringe away from him, Natsume thought. He sighed and placed the bag back onto the ground against the white wall.
When he turned around he found Mikan closing her eyes. She was disturbed right away when a husky voice spoke next to her.
"Eat." Mikan slowly opened her eyes in response only to see a grumpy looking Natsume. She moved her head to look at the sandwhich. He was surprised when she didn't move away.
"I'm not hungry." Mikan said and looked away again. She felt a hand pull her face back into the previous position.
"Eat." Natsume repeated sternly. Natsume had a scowl on his face and she knew that now was not the time to go against Natsume Hyuuga. Never get on a vampire's bad side. Mikan gulped and took the wrapped sandwhich from Natsume's hands. She struggled to get the aluminum foil off. She looked at Natsume wondering if he would get mad at her for being so slow but he was very patient.
"Sorry." Mikan apologized. Finally taking a bite out of her sandwhich.
"Take your time." Natsume sat down on the edge of the bed. Mikan blushed and nodded when she thought about the embrace again. She was curious but too scared to ask. Maybe id she asked, he wouldn't talk to her anymore.
After a little while Mikan finished her snack.
"Can we go back to class now?" Mikan asked wiping the crumbs off of her lap.
"Sure." Natsume stood up and took Mikan's hand to pull her up.
"Thank you." Mikan whispered looking down. Natsume raised an eyebrow. Mikan slowly walked to her bag and was pleased to find that she could walk on her own two feet again. Natsume picked up his bag too. When he opened the door he saw the nurse reaching her hand out, she was about to open the door. Mikan wondered why Natsume didn't move and leaned to her left behind Natsume to see who was there. When she saw it was the nurse she smiled. Natsume saw the nurse smile back and got annoyed.
"You're late." He mumbled to the nurse and slipped through the door pulling Mikan along. Right when they left the nurses office, the bell rang.
"What class do with have now?" Mikan asked as they walked back to their classroom. (A/N:In Japan the teacher changes rooms, not the students.)
"Math." Natsume let go of Mikans wrist and started started to walk abit faster. He was teensy bit upset that he couldn't wrap his arm around Mikan anymore without reason. Mikan tried her best to keep up with him without running but she ended up jogging.
"Oh, darn. We have math now?" Her eyebrows furrowed when she sighed. She wanted to skip math class so much. But life doesn't always go the way you want it to. Mikan knew that.
"We're going to be late if you don't hurry up." Natsume grumbled.
"Jinjin is going to get mad at us! Hurry up Natsume!" Mikan broke out into a run.
"Don't tell me to go faster." Natsume grumbled and started to jog with his hands in his pocket. This was enough to match Mikans pace.
"Why aren't you running?" Mikan panted, trying to go faster at the same time.
"Because you're so slow." He said simply. The girl ignored him.
"Ah! I can see the door! Yay!" Mikan said excitedly and halted infront of the door. While Mikan was out of breath, Natsume was not. Typical.
She slammed the door open causing all attention from the class to go to her. Wrong move. The class stared at Mikan and Natsume at the door and started mumble to eachother. Mikan silently walked in and luckly for her, Ginno wasn't there yet. Natsume went to talk to Hotaru and Ruka to report that everything was fine. Hotaru eyed Mikan suspiciously and started to talk to Ruka when Natsume sat down in his seat
Mikan slouched into her seat lowering her bag to the ground. She took out her pencil case and her math notebook.
"Hello!" Mikan heard two cheerful voices call out. Mikan gulped and slowly looked up. She was relieved when she saw that they weren't Natsume's fangirls. Instead she saw two girls that looked alike. The only difference was their hairstyle and the color of their hair. One of them had pink hair that reached her shoulders and had little ringlets in them. The other girl had dark blue hair that was inch longer than the other girls and she had a fringe. Both hairstyles matched their faces. They both wore big smiles.
"Hello?" Mikan managed to choke out but it sounded more like question. The girls beamed when Mikan responded.
"I'm Anna!" said pink haired girl, waving a hand at her.
"I'm Nonoko and I'm Anna's twin.", the blue haired girl said abit more quietly than the other. She was probably shy and was forced to come infront of Mikan by her sister, Mikan thought.
"I'm Sakura Mikan." Mikan replied with the same shy tone.
"Ooh!" Anna started hop up and down in a bubbly way. "Can I be your friend?" Anna asked once Nonoko held her shoulder to make her stop jumping.
"Anna! You promised that you wouldn't say that. I told you it's embarassing." Nonoko suddenly bit her lip and hung her head.
"I'm sorry Mikan. Please excuse our behavior." Nonoko continued. Mikan stared at them for a moment.
"No. It's okay. Please don't apologize when there is no reason to. I'd love to be your friend." Mikan smiled up at them.
"I told you she would say yes." Anna clapped her hands.
"Of course she would say yes! Do you think she would say no?" Nonoko hissed.
"That's why I told you she would say yes!" Anna whined.
"That's why I said she wouldn't say no!" Nonoko raised her hands her own head.
"Then what's your problem?"
"My problem is...Ugh! just forget it." Anna looked at Nonoko innocently. Mikan started to giggle.
"I'm sorry but it's just so entertaining to watch you two." Mikan covered her mouth trying to stop the giggles escape her lips.
"We're happy that we can make you laugh." Nonoko smiled this time.
"Oh, Jinjin is going to be here any minute. I think it's best if we return to our seats." Anna looked at the clock at the front of the room behind her.
"Good point." The twin replied. "See you later, Mikan." The girls said at the same time and left. Mikan raised her eye brow. They could start a conversation at the same time and could end it at the same time. Impressive, Mikan thought.
During Math class, Mikan could have done anything but pay attention. She was too caught up in her own thoughts. Every once in while she would catch a glimpse of Natsume who seemed to be paying attention. Hotaru and Ruka were doing the same.
She thought about everything that happened that morning. She would blush at some of her memories. She couldn't help but think of the moments where Natsume had held her in his warm arms. All Mikan wanted was to be there next to Natsume.
Too bad he didn't think the same way about her...but that's what every girl that falls in love thinks...right?
A/N: Another chapter finished. I swear, I was considering a kiss in this chapter but than I figured that it wouldn't work out between the characters then. I can't wait to write the next chapter...I never really described a kiss before. My very first kiss...not really. How am I supposed to describe a kiss when I haven't been kissed before? MAybe I should just kiss the next guy I see...Which will be tomorrow. That wouldn't be romantic though. Atleast I've experienced hugs from guys before. Yeah. To tell you the truth I got a hug from my Math teacher once. A sad good-bye hug, it was. Gah... Anyways. I hope you have already (due to this author's note) what I am going to describe in my next chapter. hint hint. Please review and remember...look at my profile!! I love profiles. They are FUN!
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