Chapter 14: Are you afraid of the dark?

"WHAT WAS THAT?!" Mikan exclaimed angrily

"Don't blame me, you started it" Natsume replied

Just when Mikan was about to shoot him with her words, the fact that Natsume is using is using his Alice mentally slapped her. She banged Natsume's arm that was casting the flame and the flame went out.

"Hey! What's your problem?!" Natsume asked angrily as he casted another flame

Mikan looked at him with concerned eyes "Don't use your Alice"

But Natsume was stubborn, he ignored her. Mikan got angry and once more banged his arm to make him stop using his Alice. But the flame continued to burn.

"Stop it, will ya?" Mikan ordered

Natsume still ignored

"Stop it Natsume! It's not good if you use your Alice!" Mikan yelled with a voice pleading him to stop

"It's none of your business" he replied

"It is, you idiot!" Mikan yelled with anger and concern as she tugged Natsume's collar to make him stop "I'm your partner and I care about you, idiot. So stop using your Alice! It's not good for you!"

"Fine" he replied as the flame disappeared and the room became dark

The room became quiet. It was pitch black and the rain was pouring even harder.

BOOM!

Mikan shrieked

"Don't tell me every time there's going to be a thunder clap you're going to scream" said Natsume

"The thunder scares me, you know" she muttered "and it's dark"

"Sheesh, it's your fault" he said coldly "I'll just use my Alice"

"NO!" Mikan shouted "I'd rather be in this situation than let you use your Alice"

"Tch, whatever" he replied

"This has got to be one of the most peculiar days of my life. First I get stuck with you, Second I'm locked out of my own room, Third I'm stuck with you again in this rainy and scary night" said Mikan

"You're afraid of the dark" Natsume uttered

"What?"

"You're afraid of the dark" Natsume repeated

"I told you, I have the heart of a dragon!" Mikan boasted

"Yeah, right" Natsume replied sarcastically

"I do!" Mikan boasted once more

"You call screaming every time there's a loud thunder clap having the heart of a dragon?" said Natsume

"I… I was just surprised!" Mikan defended

"Tch"

"I bet you I won't scream the next time there's a thunder clap" said Mikan

"Yeah, whatever" Natsume replied arrogantly

A few minutes later

BOOM! BOOM!

Mikan shivered. She was indeed scared but she didn't want Natsume to know. She tried to think happy thoughts but the sound of the wind and thunder made her scared. It was dark as well, so she had this strange feeling that a ghost might be around her.

BOOM!

Mikan bit her lip to stop her from screaming, but she couldn't avoid wincing. It was dark, due to the thunder that must've caused complications in the electricity. It was cold due to the rain. Altogether, it made Mikan cold and scared. She lifted her legs and positioned them on the couch, as she hugged her knees.

"Happy thoughts…Happy thoughts…I know I'm brave, no thunder can scare me"

BOOM!

Mikan winced again being scared of the thunder clap.

Just then, an arm came across her shoulders. "Natsume?" she thought

Natsume's arm pulled her closer to him

"Na-Natsume?" she said

"Hn" was what escaped from the black cat's lips

Mikan came closer to him. She slid down a bit and laid her head on his chest

His arm locked her tighter to him, making her feel safe. It did occur to her that she was with Natsume and in that position as well but she seemed to disregard it because she was scared.

"Natsume" was the last thing in Mikan's thoughts as she dozed off to sleep

The next morning, Natsume woke up still having Mikan close to him. He blushed as he gazed at the sleeping figure, her head still on his chest and her arms wrapped around him. It was a Saturday, meaning there was no school. It was a beautiful sunny day, opposing to the cold rainy night the night before.

Mikan opened her eyes and looked at the black cat. Her eyes widened as it occurred to her that her arms were around him. She quickly removed them and she turned to the other direction hiding her embarrassment.

Natsume stood up and said "I think you should go to the dorm keeper and ask for your key"

"Y-yeah" she said as she stood up and grabbed her uniform to go change in the bathroom

After changing, Mikan came out of the bathroom and said "Arigatou, Natsume"

"Hn" was all Natsume could say

Mikan then smiled and headed out the door. Upon getting out, she closed the door and leaned on it. She flash backed to what happened last night. She felt weird; she could not stop thinking about Natsume pulling her closer to him. He seemed too nice, it's as if it wasn't Natsume that was with her but she knew it was him. Her heart skipped a beat as she remembered leaning her head to his chest. Was she starting to like him? She practically smacked herself for thinking such things and continued walking looking for the dorm keeper.

After finally getting her key, she went to her room. She plopped on the bed and everything that happened last night flashed to her. From the banging or Natsume's hand to the arguments about courage and him pulling her closer. She had to admit it made her blush every now and then when she recalled that last scene.

She decided to go to Hotaru's room to check up on them and ask why they weren't there last night, but along the way, she bumped into Ruka.

"Gomenasai" said Mikan

"Un" was only Ruka's reply

"Ruka where were you last night? I went to your room but you weren't there Hotaru and the others too!" Mikan said frantically

"Well, you see Hotaru had us do some stuff for her" Ruka replied

Mikan sighed and whispered "That caused me to spend the whole night with that moron"

Even though it was a whisper, Ruka heard her. He got surprised about it and he frowned. Mikan just kept telling him everything that happened all, except the part where she leaned to his chest and she dozed off to sleep.

"Well, at least you're all better now" he simply replied. It then occurred to Ruka that is it possible that Hotaru purposely led them to the classroom to leave Mikan and Natsume alone?

"Where are you going Mikan?" he asked

"Well, just to Hotaru's room" she replied "how about you?"

"Over at Natsume's" he said

They parted ways. Mikan went to her best friend's room.

Knock. Knock. Knock.

"What do you want?" Hotaru asked in a rather irritated tone

"Hotaru are you busy?" Mikan asked

Hotaru opened the door and let her in. Hotaru was working on her next project. She went over to her desk and continued to analyze the blueprints of her project.

"Hotaru, you know what-" Mikan's words were completely cut when

BAKA. BAKA. BAKA.

With Mikan still lying on the floor, her stoic best friend said "Give me a minute to finish will ya?"

Mikan groaned and sat down on the bed again, waiting for Hotaru to finish. After a few minutes, her best friend finally asked what she wanted.

"Hotaru, where were you and the others last night?" asked Mikan

"They just helped me" she simply replied

"I can't believe I had to be stuck with that cold perverted moron" Mikan complained as she sighed

Hotaru knew it would be interesting for this to happen. After seeing them together in Central town, the idea of them being left alone just sparked on her.

"Well, what happened?" she asked still without emotion

"Well…" Mikan started as she trailed off to tell the story, all except that particular part.

"Anything else?" said Hotaru. She already had the feeling that Mikan was keeping out one more thing about what happened when she and Natsume were together.

"Mmm… nothing else" said Mikan trying to hide the truth

Hotaru raised and eyebrow because she knew her best friend was keeping something. It actually wasn't hard to tell.

Mikan stood up "Well, are you going down for breakfast?"

Hotaru stood up and sighed "Yeah"

Author's note: Thanks for the reviews guys and glad you liked the last chapter! Anyway, it might take a while for me to update on the next chapter (so sorry). So anyway, hope you liked this one. Tell me what you think by dropping a review alright?