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Chapter 21: Confession

Mikan and Koko were walking in silence. They both looked calm but in reality, they were both nervous. This is the first time that they would be alone ever since Koko left to rescue Kaoru. Koko was afraid that Mikan might get mad at him for going on the mission and almost dying.

That wasn't the reason why Mikan was nervous. For her, it was the first time that she had been alone with Koko ever since she became honest with herself and admitted that she does have feelings for him.

Koko suddenly stopped walking when he saw the Latent Ability's haunted mansion. It had a very scary aura surrounding it. They could hear the screams of the people coming in.

Mikan gulped. She was hoping that Koko wouldn't want to go in. It seemed like this year's haunted house was scarier than the previous one.

Koko looked at Mikan and said, "Look, there's Iinchou with Kitsu, Anna and Nonoko. Natsume-kun, Sumire and Ruka-kun are also there. Huh? When did Hotaru-chan get there?"

Mikan looked at where Koko was pointing and smiled widely when she saw Hotaru. She quickly ran with open arms while yelling, "Hotaruuu!"

Hotaru quickly avoided her and ended up on the floor.

"How did you get here so fast, Hotaru-chan?" Koko asked when he arrived.

"I flew," Hotaru said while pointing at her duck.

Mikan stood up and said, "We should look around the festival together, Hotaru!"

Hotaru couldn't help but notice that there was a distance between Mikan and Koko. Hotaru raised her eyebrow and said, "Did something happen?"

Everyone looked at her with confusion.

"You're standing too far from Koko-kun. Did something happen?" Hotaru asked.

"Nope! Nothing happened! Nothing at all!" Mikan said while waving her arms.

Natsume asked, "Then why are you panicking?"

"I'm not panicking! Why would I panic?" Mikan asked with a high voice.

"You're still a bad liar," Ruka said.

"Guys, nothing happened," Koko said.

"Excuse us," Hotaru said before dragging Koko away.

"What do you mean, nothing happened? You guys were alone! I thought you were going to confess!" Hotaru said.

"It wasn't the right time. We were a little uncomfortable," Koko argued.

"Uncomfortable? Who would be comfortable before a confession?" Hotaru retorted.

"We weren't speaking the whole time, okay? When we saw you, Mikan suddenly started running towards you!"

Hotaru sighed. She had a feeling why Mikan was uncomfortable.

"You mean, ever since we left her with you, you two didn't speak?" Hotaru said.

Koko nodded sadly.

They both looked at Mikan who was talking animatedly with Natsume and the others.

"Maybe, she still has feeling for Natsume-kun?" Koko wondered out loud, getting jealous.

"Only one way to find out," Hotaru said.

"Huh?"

"Bring her somewhere peaceful and talk to her. You guys haven't seen each other for almost three weeks and you are acting like idiots," Hotaru said before walking away. Koko followed her.

"Mikan, are you and Koko-kun going inside?" Hotaru asked.

Mikan looked at Koko with pleading eyes. Koko smiled a little before saying, "No."

"Okay. Ruka-kun, let's go in," Hotaru said.

Mikan's jaw dropped, "I thought we were going to spend time together!"

"We already ate lunch together. You should spend some time with Koko-kun. You haven't seen him for a long time, right? I thought you missed him," Hotaru said.

Mikan blushed furiously while Koko looked at Hotaru with suspicious eyes.

The rest snickered at Mikan's blushing face.

"Let's go Koko," Mikan said before grabbing Koko's hand and dragging him away.

Hotaru smiled widely and took out a camera.

"Let's follow them," Hotaru said. Everybody immediately agreed. They wanted to see how Mikan was going to act around Koko.

Mikan continued dragging Koko until they reached the Sakura trees. Mikan noticed that she was holding Koko's hand and immediately let go.

She was blushing furiously and her heart was beating fast. Unknown to her, Koko was also feeling the same way but he was showing a calmer exterior.

They both sat down at a bench under one of the trees.

"So," they said at the same time.

"Uh, you go first!" Koko said.

"Okay. Why the hell did you suddenly decide to go on that mission without telling me? I know that you're concerned for my health but have you ever thought that maybe I'm worried about you, too?" Mikan suddenly yelled.

Koko bowed his head and apologized.

Mikan sighed, "But I'm happy that you're alive."

Koko smiled.

They stayed in silence for a while.

"Are you going to get back together with Natsume-kun?" Koko asked, dreading the answer.

Mikan was shocked at the question, "O-of c-course not! What the hell gave you that idea?"

"Oh, good," Koko sighed in relief.

"Aren't you going to answer my question?" Mikan asked.

"Well, you guys seemed close again. I just thought, you know," Koko muttered.

Mikan smirked. She suddenly had confidence.

"Why? Are you jealous?" Mikan asked.

It was now or never.

"YES! I am jealous!" Koko answered.

Mikan's jaw dropped. Did she hear him right?

"What?" Mikan asked again, ignoring the fluttering of her heart in case she heard wrong.

"I'm jealous. I'm jealous whenever I see you with Natsume-kun! I always get the feeling that sooner or later, you're going to get back together with him!" Koko said.

"Why?"

"Because I just don't want to see you hurt again! You were depressed when we were in America! You weren't your usual cheerful self!"

"Oh," Mikan said, quite disappointed with Koko's answer.

Meanwhile

"Koko, you idiot!" Sumire and Hotaru said in unison.

Sumire face-palmed herself while Hotaru was readying her baka gun.

After a few minutes, Mikan wanted to get up and leave but before she could move, Koko started speaking.

"Mikan, when I first met you, I thought you were the most annoying person I have ever met! Always trying to help others even if they didn't want your help, assuming that you know everything even though you obviously don't. You were a childish idiot."

"Well, that clears thing up," Mikan said, tears welling up her eyes.

"But, you're also a kind and gentle person. You knew that people needed help even though they didn't want it. You gave the students in this academy hope that maybe someday, the darkness would go away," Koko continued.

Mikan stared at him.

"I didn't know what came over me when I said that I was going with you to America. Maybe it was because you were trying to carry the burden by yourself because you didn't want anyone to get hurt anymore. I joined you in training but I never expected our teamwork would be excellent. I suddenly had the urge to protect you and take care of you even if we didn't have a mission."

"I didn't know what it was, I just thought that maybe because we were always together that it seemed like the most logical thing to do. I found out what it was when Tsubasa-senpai and the others left us in America. And it was suddenly clear when we came back to Japan."

"I was so jealous of Natsume-kun especially when he said that he wanted to get back together with you. I thought that you would immediately agree because I knew that you still had feelings for him. I was jealous whenever I found out that you were alone with a Natsume-kun."

"I also felt guilty when you got hurt. I blamed myself. That was one of the reasons why I didn't tell you that I was going on a mission. Because I was so sure that you were going to come with me. I didn't want you to push yourself."

Mikan kept quiet.

"You're a stubborn girl who doesn't listen to other people. Suddenly doing things by yourself without telling anyone," Koko said.

"Are you going somewhere with this?" Mikan asked, suddenly annoyed.

"What I'm saying is, I love you," Koko said, looking her in the eyes.

"What?" Mikan asked, she was too distracted by Koko's eyes.

"I love you, Yukihira Mikan."

End of chapter.