When
You Wish Upon A Star
By:
Aminatsu032
"Doubt
thou the stars are fire,
doubt that the sun doth move,
doubt
truth to be a liar
but never doubt that I love."
(By William Shakesphere)
XX
Mikan turned around and saw Hotaru lying unconscious to the ground.
She quickly approached the raven-haired girl. "HOTARU! Are you alright!"
Mikan was supposed to say more when she heard the sounds of dry leaves nearby.
Mikan quickly looked behind. "Wh-who's there?"
XX CHAPTER 14 "Reunited"Nobody answered.
"Who's there?" she repeated again.
Mikan heard the sound of dry leaves again. Whoever it was, it was coming closer. Mikan picked up the chain Hotaru was holding a while ago and prepared herself.
Just then, an obscure figure emerged from the dark. It was a boy with raven-black hair and auburn eyes. It was Natsume.
Mikan's eyes couldn't believe itself. "Na-Natsume…" she breathlessly said.
Natsume was about to say something when his sight blurred. Before he knew it, he, too, laid unconscious to the ground.
Mikan was surprised and approached the boy cautiously. She stared at him for sometime before realizing that he was holding something—a long, emerald green sort of crystal.
Her eyes suddenly widened. 'A…shard?'
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Natsume slowly opened his eyes. For a moment, everything was blurry—until it all came to him; he was in the guestroom at Mikan's house.
He tried to stand up, but he could feel pain and dizziness. He stayed still for some time to ease the pain he was feeling and then he looked around. On the chair in front of his desk slept Mikan. She was hugging her knees and her hair was down. Her head was leaning on her knee as she was sleeping peacefully. She was wearing her pajamas and around her shoulder was her deep purple jacket.
Natsume gathered up all his strength to walk towards Mikan. He stared at her for a moment and slowly, his hand touched Mikan's face. He could feel dried tears and she looked tired. It continued like this for some time until the raven-haired boy felt a hand in his. It was Mikan holding his hand tightly.
Slowly, Mikan opened her auburn eyes and was surprised to see Natsume standing in front of her.
"O-oh…you're awake…" she said forcing a smile unto her face.
It was then when she noticed that she was holding something—Natsume's hand. She quickly let go and stood up from the chair.
"Y-you shouldn't be moving around…" she said. "You better get back to your bed."
Natsume obeyed silently, but Mikan could see that he had some difficulty in walking.
"D-do you want me to help y—," she said but Natsume interrupted; "I'm not a child anymore! Just leave me alone!"
Mikan looked disappointed, but she tried her best not to show it. She looked down to the floor and said in a soft voice, "Then I'll just be getting your breakfast…" At that, she went out of the room.
Looking at her go, Natsume slapped his forehead lightly. 'How come I always end up saying something horrible to her?'
At that, Natsume knew what he should do. Gathering up all his energy, he stood up and walked quietly walked towards the kitchen—until he heard Mikan's voice.
"Hotaru…" she said.
Natsume turned his head towards the door of Mikan's room. That's right—when he arrived that night, Hotaru also fell unconscious. So Hotaru must've been also resting here.
"…I don't know what to do," he heard her say in a weak tone.
Natsume went nearer to the room and leaned at the wall beside the door.
"I feel so guilty…" Mikan continued, "I find it hard just to look at him."
From the tone of Mikan's voice, it sounded as if she was crying.
Natsume felt he couldn't take it anymore, so he went back to his room.
Mikan wiped her tears and took a deep breath. She stood up and headed to the kitchen.
She went to Natsume's room holding a tray with Natsume's breakfast in it. When she arrived there, Natsume was sitting on his bed.
"Here's your food," said Mikan but Natsume made no reply.
Seeing this, Mikan sighed and turned around. "Call me if you need anything."
Mikan was about to leave the room when she felt someone grab her hand. And then before she knew it, she was already in Natsume's arms.
Mikan felt her heartbeat rise.
"I'm sorry…" Mikan heard him say. His voice was soft…it was almost not him at all.
Mikan smiled and leaned her head into his chest. "It's not your fault. I'm sorry, too."
They stayed in this position for a while…until they both heard someone.
"You still have time for hugging after leaving me at the carpet?"
The two turned around. It was Yuki.
Mikan blushed and quickly moved away from Natsume who just rolled his eyes.
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"Ah…I see…so that's what happened after I passed out…" Yuki said in a squeaky voice, rejoicing in seeing her prince again.
Mikan's eyes were watching the two in annoyance. Wasn't this the girl who was just complained that she woke up on the carpet floor?
"Oh yeah!" Yuki continued, "You said Natsume was holding a shard!"—she turned to Natsume—"Could it be that shard?"
Mikan blinked twice. "Eh? What shard?"
"Have you been listening to what I've been saying all this time to you?" Yuki raised her eyebrow as she looked painfully at me.
Mikan thought so hard that it made her head hurt. "Oh! That shard! You mean the one the Moon Spirits stole?"
"Gee…no wonder you fail class," Natsume murmured, which made Mikan mad.
"Why you! Not because you have good grades, doesn't mean you're any better!" she yelled.
Natsume glared at her and was supposed to insult her again when they heard the door creak open.
"Ho-Hotaru!" Mikan said, spotting her best friend. She quickly ran towards her. "How are you feeling?"
Hotaru looked at her and smiled. "Don't worry…I'm fine."
Mikan almost cried of joy. She was glad that Hotaru was back. She hugged her best friend, "Hotaru…I'm sorry. I should've told you from the beginning."
Yuki clapped trice. "Well 'am sure glad that everything is back to normal now! What about some tea?"
The ebony-haired girl stood up and went to the kitchen…unknown to them; she was planning a diabolical plan…
When she finished with the tea, she picked up one cup and poured something pink into it.
"Hihihihi…"
She carefully brought the tray to the living room.
"For Natsume… For Hotaru… and for Mikan!"
'Since when did Yuki become this kind to me?' Mikan thought as she got her cup.
CHING!
"E-eh?" Mikan looked down, seeing the broken pieces of glass. "S-sorry. I think I broke it."
Mikan picked the pieces hastily then she pricked herself with the sharp glass tip.
"Oh for god's sake!" Natsume knelt down and
examined Mikan's hand. Mikan blushed realizing Natsume's face was
so close to hers.
"Let me do that," he said, picking up the
broken glass, "You could have my tea, I haven't touched it."
"Th-thanks," Mikan got the tea cup from the table and was about to take a sip.
Yuki nearly spit out her tea in surprise; But it was too late, Mikan had already drank the tea.
A thin blush formed in Mikan's face.
"Hic..."
she said.
Natsume approached Mikan and put his hand on her forehead.
Mikan slowly turned her had to the raven-haired boy; "Natsume-kun, I love you!!"
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-end of chapter-
Author's Notes—
Hahaha!! What did Yuki put in the tea?! XD Stay tune for the next chapter, "Love Potion".