It isn't fair that I can be lying here, thinking of you,
and you can be lying there, thinking of someone else.
The asymmetry of the world disappoints me.
- Anatasia -
You Can
Chapter 21
"Hotaru? Is it alright for me to ask you something?"
"Why? Is something wrong with you? The baby? You sound breathless on the phone."
"N-nothing's wrong with me and the baby... but I need some answers."
"Answers about?"
"Natsume."
A long silence.
"What about Natsume?"
Mikan took a long, deep breath.
"Could you tell me what his childhood was like?"
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If there was one thing Luna was infamous for, it's that she always gets what she wants no matter what. And from the way she observed the ugly woman latching herself on Natsume's arms, she wanted her gone now, vanished from her sight and away from Natsume's life.
But how can she do that?
"Natsume, let go of me this instant!"
Her thoughts were suddenly interrupted as she saw her Natsume grinning at her making her feel like she was the most beautiful woman on earth.
"Natsume!"
Luna instantly darted her eyes towards the ugly woman who had her body wrapped around her man. She looked at Natsume once again and found that his smile wasn't directed to hers after all. It was fucking directed to the ugly woman who was hanging onto Natsume's body as if her life depended on it.
Luna forced a smile on her face as the couple made their way to her.
Relax, Luna. You'll give that bitch a piece of your mind once you have your alone time. And forever, Natsume would be yours. Forever.
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Mikan could only shriek out Natsume's name as he stalked towards her and wrapped his arms around her waist tightly as if never wanting to let go. She squirmed against him but her traitorous body still loved the feeling of Natsume possessing all of her. But they were in a public area! And little things like this still made her blush and uncomfortable. Too bad her husband wasn't caring a fuck about it because he continued nuzzling her neck and carrying-slash-dragging her to their respective seats.
"Natsume, let go of me this instant!" Mikan hissed trying to be serious but then Natsume only grinned down at her and started kissing her shoulders, forcing her to wrap her arms around him. He so knew her weakness...
"You forced this on yourself, love." Natsume said in a playful tone. "I told you that you were not allowed to get out of bed but did you listen? No. So you better get the hang of my public display of affections for today."
Mikan stiffened. "Wh-what? Are you serious? Aren't you scared we'll be getting photographed at? Well, not me. But you. You. Are... oh god, Natsume." Damn her pregnancy hormones. As much as she wanted him to stop, she couldn't do it.
Natsume grinned against her neck. "That I wouldn't mind. Let them take pictures. Everything about us is legal." He gave her shoulders one last kiss before softly putting her down and spinning her around. "Mikan, this is Luna Koizumi, heiress to the A&K Group of Companies and Luna, this is Mikan, my wife."
When Mikan glanced towards the woman who was seated gracefully she couldn't help but be awed. The woman was beautiful, too beautiful for words. She suddenly felt shy with the way she looked. How in the world did Natsume picked her when he could totally go for this woman?
"Nice to meet you, Mikan." Luna extended her long hands and gave Mikan her most dazzling smile.
Mikan was dazzled of course and she almost gawked at her.
Luna laughed and hoped Natsume didn't hear the sarcasm in her tone. What a stupid woman. "Natsume, she seemed shy and is she from somewhere else?" She looks uneducated to me. You poor man, if only you met me in the first place. You wouldn't have needed to have a woman like her.
Natsume was in too good a mood hear the sarcasm in her voice and the rudeness of her sentence. He didn't actually hear anything Luna said. He was too caught on Mikan's wondrous expression. Her animated face was tempting him to kiss her again.
"Umm... Um sorry for my rudeness, it's just that you're too beautiful to look at. Aren't you a model from somewhere? I saw a billboard of you and you looked amazing there."
Such a horrendous, country gal, not to mention a fan of mine. Oh, this is going to be so easy. "Oh Natsume, your wife is adorable... now, now, let's have lunch. I ordered the best there is... Mikan, you do know what hors d'oeuvre are right?"
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"Where do you want me to start, Mikan?"
"You'll tell me his story?"
"Of course. I think you have the right to know. I can't tell you how he feels but I can give you some of the details. So where do I start?"
"I want to know why... why was he so sensitive when I... called him a bastard?"
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"Natsume... Natsume?"
Mikan murmured silently as she snuggled against Natsume's warm, naked chest.
Natsume gathered her tightly in his arms as he laid his palm in her naked bum, squeezing it, loving how her skin pebbled against the rough pad of his hands. It was such a wonder how his manhood functioned before she met Mikan.
Poke.
Poke. Poke. Poke. Poke.
Natsume's calm disposition quickly turned animalistic. He rolled Mikan's body below him and locked her wrist above her head. "If you want me again, don't poke me. Say it loud and clear because hell, I want you and as far as I'm concerned, I've made you sore that's why I'm giving you enough time to rest but if you want me again, just say so!"
Mikan didn't know what the hell happened to Natsume but instead of getting scared of his sudden fury, she giggled and tried to unlatch her wrist from his hands.
"What are you laughing for?" He glared.
"Because you're being funny?"
"Me? Being funny?" Natsume outrageously screamed out but he finally let go of her hands and sat up, running his hands softly along her thighs. "How the hell—"
Then Mikan pushed herself and her round belly up and immediately wrapped her arms around his neck. "Can we stay like this for just a little while?"
Natsume grinned against her hair and teased, "You and your damn hormones..."
But her arms just tightened around his neck with such a need that Natsume couldn't help but allow her. It was as if she was trying to soothe all his problems away and love him at the same time.
He rested his face on her shoulders and massaged her back, "Hey, what's with you? You crying?"
"N-nothing. I just have something in my eye." She sniffed.
"Again, you and your god damn hormones." Natsume tried to tease as he eased Mikan and forced her to face him. He wiped her tears with his tongue, tasting the saltiness.
She cried even more.
Natsume laughed. "You really are crazy, crying like this all of a sudden."
"I can't help it." Mikan whined as she tried to stop her tears. "Now I look all blotchy and red and-"
"Beautiful. You're so beautiful, Mikan. Even though you cry for reasons I don't understand." He kissed her lashes and then her cheeks. "I would very much like to make you feel better now."
"You always make me feel better, whenever you're around. You have that effect on me." Mikan smiled under the bat of her wet eyelashes. "It's my turn to make you feel better."
Natsume's smiled at the way she was trying to be confident, "How would you do that, love?"
She pushed him down the bed and knelt in front of his already hardened manhood. "Please don't stop me tonight. I'm done with you pushing me away. Let me love you."
And she did just that.
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"Do you now get the idea?"
"Yes. Very much. But why did he hate his mother so much when she wanted to get him back?"
"Well, I don't know much about that. Maybe it was the fact that her mother picked to stay with Tsubasa's father..."
"Tsubasa?"
"Damn, I shouldn't have said that..."
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"You know what? I have a bad feeling about this Luna-tic you're telling me about." Hotaru's brow creased as she tried adjusting her humongous body on the couch.
"Oh come on Hotaru, she's just the heir to the company Natsume is merging with. There's nothing to be suspicious about and please don't call her a lunatic."
"I haven't said anything about being suspicious... and you're too kind, Mikan. I'm just saying that this, lunatic-I mean Luna is going to be some kind of trouble. It's maternal instincts." she said a matter-of-fact tone. "Do you even know why there's a need for the merge? Hyuuga Industries can fully stand by its own without needing this sudden merge. There's got to be a reason for that."
"Well, I don't really know any of the decisions Natsume's making. I don't even know where he is right now. He's been so busy with that... that beautiful woman and he hadn't even called me since..."
"See? You are no doubt jealous! Luna's with your man and you can't do anything about it. Well you can do something about it!"
"What do I do? I don't want to impose... I don't want him to think I'm clingy or something."
"Natsume's really such an idiot." Hotaru muttered and snatched Mikan's phone off her hands and quickly dialed Natsume's number.
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Natsume had a lot of work to do. He knew his workload was stacking up behind him but all he had done for the past hours was to stare at his phone, dialing and un-dialing Mikan's number.
It had been like this for the past week he had been without her. His days were pretty much like this: 0.98% work, 0.01% sleep, 0.01% eat and and 99% think about Mikan.
It was absurd but he was doing it anyway. His fingers were itching to talk to her, hear her sweet voice, but he just couldn't do that when he was supposed to be the one not caring about this thing they call a relationship.
Because of thinking too much about Mikan, he didn't even remember why he was having a merge with A&K group of companies. He knew that the company was in need of a merge and he knew A&K could be a great asset to his company but if he thought about it, half the time he was deciding about the merge, all he was really thinking of was Mikan. And without thinking about anything else except her, he had signed the contract and there he was.
By now he should be thankful that a woman as beautiful as Luna was the heir to the A&K group of companies. If he had been unattached or simply didn't know that there was a Mikan in existence, he would have been attracted to Luna and by now would have been planning on how he would get her to his bed.
But then that was too late because all he could think of was Mikan. Her face, her smile, her laugh, her body and every little detail he had known about her.
He sighed, leaned against his chair and closed his eyes in defeat. He wanted to kiss her, make love to her, rub her growing belly, kiss that little spot on her ankle which he just found out was such an erogenous spot for her... and-
"Natsume, are you busy?"
Natsume lifted his head and glanced at doorway where Luna was sticking her head in. She had a seductive smile plastered across her face but Natsume didn't seem to recognize it as it is.
"No, not at all. You need something?" Natsume forced his body to sit up straight.
Luna quickly let herself inside the room, hoping that Natsume could see that she had dressed up in her almost see-through tight and short dress for him. Then she went in for the kill. She could see that Natsume had been doing all-nighters for the past few days and there was no way he would be able to resist her now that his guard was down.
Natsume watched as Luna walked towards him like a cat on a prowl, wearing a dress that could practically be called as lingerie. "Do you need some...thing?"
Luna smirked and gave her most catty smile. "You've been sitting there for the last couple of hours. It's close to seven, why don't we have some fun?"
Natsume let his eyes slide over Luna's body. Her body got his attention and he knew he was supposed to feel something about it but he didn't. A typical man would have roughly pushed Luna to the nearest wall and have his way with her but he didn't feel anything at all with her. She didn't attract him.
Not like how Mikan did. Even though she was pregnant with his child, all he could see was a woman, sexy as hell.
Damn, Mikan really did ruin him for other women.
"I still have a lot of things I need to finish."
"But... you've been staring at nothing for most of the time. I think you should relax." Luna whined as she went around Natsume and splayed her hands up and down his arms and chest.
"What are you doing?"
"Hmmm.?" She asked innocently. "Aren't you going to compliment my dress?"
"You should change it."
Luna stiffened. "This is a Valentino design-"
"It's in the middle of January, Luna. It's too cold to wear such a material-"
Luna spun his seat around with rage.
"What the hell-"
"For a smart guy, you sure are naive. I wore this for you, silly." Luna flirted as she quickly mounted Natsume.
Natsume caught her by the waist and tried to push her away quickly but she had him when she forced her legs down on both side of him and ground against his groin.
He groaned as he gave her waist a squeeze to stop her movements but it only intensified her pleasure. "Stop it, Luna."
"Natsume, you have no idea how much I've wanted you." She continued grinding against his groin when she saw his phone flicker on.
Her eyes widen.
Perfect timing.
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"So you mean to tell me... Natsume and Tsubasa were best friends before they became related?"
"Well, kind of. Tsubasa and Natsume were close to each other, more than Ruka had ever been with Natsume. They were not blood related but simply Natsume was illegitimate from the start. Her mother remarried to the Andou household and they became enemies."
"Ohhh..."
"Natsume had been through a lot and the fact that his father didn't want him and her mother didn't fight for him entirely made him like this."
"But he had grandpa Takishiro..."
"He did but it was never enough for him."
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"I don't want to talk to him."
"You sure do!"
"No, I don't!"
"Well, it's ringing Mikan!"
"You talk to him!"
"I don't want to!"
"He answered it already!" Hotaru screamed and quickly pushed the phone to Mikan's ears.
Mikan's face turned bright red. She didn't know why she was so embarrassed to call Natsume. It's not like they weren't husband and wife. If she thinks of it, she practically has all the rights to call him anytime, anywhere she wanted-
"Oh that's it, Natsume. God you feel so good."
Mikan stiffened.
"Luna-"
Oh, God. She knew the sound of that voice.
And then it came to her like a lightning strike. Her tears quickly trickled down her face as she pushed the phone away from her ears. She didn't want to hear any of this. She didn't want to believe Natsume was cheating on her but there goes the answer.
"Mikan, why are you-?"
"Want to know why Natsume merged with A&K so quickly?"
"Wh-what does this have to do with you crying?"
"Hotaru! Just answer me! You want to know!" Mikan screamed as tears ran down her face.
"This is ridiculous-"
"Answer me Hotaru!"
"Fine! I want to know!"
"Because... because Natsume's been cheating on me with Luna."
Then she ran as quickly as she could from the house.
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"DAMN, LUNA! What the hell is your problem? Get away from me!"
Luna locked his hands on the side of her legs and used his arms for leverage to continue grinding against his hardening manhood. "Oh just let me continue! And don't tell me you don't want this! I can feel you!"
Natsume was alarmed. As much as he didn't want this, his groin was quickly hardening from the friction of her body. What's worst was that he found out that she didn't have any underpants on and he could feel the heat in between her legs against his soft cotton pants and as much as he wanted her off, he found that his energy was depleted. He squirmed and forced his hips up to get away from her but his action just pleasured her tenfold.
If this woman wasn't going to be his partner in business he would've killed her instantly. "Get off, Luna." Natsume choked in pain. He was not going to through this; he won't do it unless it's Mikan. "I'm a married man-"
"Oh shut up, Natsume." She harshly screamed as she forced her lips against Natsume. Her renewed power was so overwhelming; she didn't even know that she had it within her. She just felt so high, as she watched at the corner that Mikan was still listening to their lovemaking.
Now's the time to drop another bomb.
Natsume pulled his face away from her. "I'm warning you-"
"What you going to do, baby?" Luna purred as she slowly rubbed. Damn but she was in the brink of her orgasm. She wanted him to be inside her but right now, this was enough. "I know the secret between you and Mikan, baby. I could easily ruin everything."
"The hell- get off me you-"
"You had a contract!" Luna screamed as she vigorously rubbed against him while trying to quiet him down. "You pay her debts and she gives you an heir. Is that right? Is that-oh God, yes that's it!"
Natsume launched his body off of her and didn't care whether he hurt her or not. "You better stay away from my wife!" He threatened.
"What are you going to do about it now, Natsume?" Luna smirked as she didn't bother closing her legs to cover her dampened center oozing with her juice.
"I'm going home and this merge is void!" Natsume glared at her and shook his head in disappointment because he saw the stain in the midpoint of his pants and now he had to burn this beautiful pair because of her.
"You can't do that!" Luna screamed with terror. "Natsume! I've loved you ever since you started your career! Even before your career started, I've already loved you! Your relationship with that ugly-"
"Don't you dare criticize my wife!"
"Mikan! All you think about is her! When in fact, you don't even like her! You just want a kid because of the contract you have with your grandfather! I can give you that! I can give you everything you want! She's a nobody! She's not fit for a king like you!"
"Shut up, Luna! You don't know anything about her, me or anything about my damn whole life!"
"I know a lot of things about you Natsume! I know just about everything and when the reporters find out your relationship with that fucking bitch is bogus-"
That did it! He launched his fist against the side of her head and she gasped. "The one you're calling a fucking bitch is my wife! And I don't care what you do or what you say but I love her!"
Natsume stiffened with his sudden confession. What did he just say? Did he just admit he loved his wife?
Natsume sighed but continued, "I love her with all my heart and soul. I like the way she smells, the way she smiles, the way she tries to tease me like an innocent child. I love how she tastes against my lips and how good it feels to be inside her. I love her caring personality, the way she worries about little things. I love how she loves his grandfather so much that she did everything just to make him healthy. I love how her hands fit against mine and how her body molds against mine. I love her just the way she is and I know she loves me too because she said so and I'm stupid for pushing her away when all I want is her!"
Luna gawked at his speech.
"And I swear... I'll find a way to make sure everything stays that way and you... I'll make sure you stay out of my life and Mikan's life. In fact, I swear you're going down."
Luna and Natsume stared at each other when Luna finally smirked. "How would you do that now, Natsume? When she's probably running away from you now, leaving you this very minute?"
"What did you just fucking say?"
"Look at your phone, Natsume."
Natsume glared down at her and immediately snatched his phone. A call was on. Mikan was on the other end of the receiver. Oh damn it all!
"Mikan-!"
"Shut up, you big asshole!"
Who the hell was this. "H-hotaru?"
"You fucktard! Asshole! Get right here this instant!"
"Where is Mikan?"
"You dimwit! Of course she left!"
"Why didn't you-"
"Oh hell! I think I'm on labor, Natsume! Just get back here!"
"What did you say?" Natsume screamed. "I need to speak to Mikan. You can't just-"
"WHEN I SAY I'M IN LABOR, I AM! Call Ruka! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT! I SWEAR I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!"
Natsume quickly ran out the suite of the hotel and went straight to the parking lot. Of all the days to get your life ruined... He needed to see his wife, not to babysit Hotaru!
"Ruka! I'm fifteen minutes away from your house. Hotaru's in labor and you better be in Tokyo Hospital before she kills me!"
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"Then who was Natsume's legitimate dad?"
"I still have no idea."
"Is that why he hated his looks?"
"Natsume's a handsome man and probably his dad looked just like him."
"How do you know that?"
"Because his mother always bragged it with my mother."
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Mikan finally understood.
She was like grandpa Takishiro, she was also never going to be enough for Natsume.
She was so stupid! Why hadn't she realized it from the start. That's why Natsume never wanted her. He really just wanted a child. But why didn't he just married Luna and left her? Their paths shouldn't have crossed at the first place.
And now her heart was falling to pieces, cracking bit by bit. Is this really how it was supposed to be?
After all this time, though she hoped for a future to be with Natsume, they were really never going to have one. She's in love with him but he, he loved somebody else. They were simply two different people who accidentally came across each other.
But that was it. That was it.
Why did it have to be her he had chosen to make this crazy deal with? And why did she trust him so easily? She should have known this was coming. Of course she wasn't perfect and Luna was the right kind of perfect for him.
"You're stupid, Mikan. You're too stupid for your own good and now you're heartbroken and you can't do anything about it."
After all, this was the ending of a tragic love story and her heart was, simply, meant to be broken.
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"So after all this, what do you think of him?"
"Well, nothing changes Hotaru."
"What do you mean?"
"I'm still in love with him and all his perfect imperfections."
FAQ
Morrrrrrrreeeeeeeee! How long is this story going to be?
A little bit moooooooooooooore. Probably three of four more chapters? I'm not sure, though.
WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO UPDATE?
Nowwwwwww. :)
Oh, and also where did Sumire go?
Well, I heard she'd grabbed a job scrubbing plates from the corner street restaurant. :)
What if this was a real book? This would be the first freaking thing I get!
Awww... this is just too sweet! Thank you for your support!
Is Luna going to seduce Natsume? And will she make Mikan's life miserable?
Yes! And yes! And I can't wait to write it! *wink*
Tomasino po ba kayo? :)
Hindi po. :)
Um, arigatou gozaimasu for the update! :) Hanep, damang-dama ko ung feelings sa chapter na ito! :'/ Hah?! Sana po lalaki yung magiging anak nila! :/ Tsaka po ba si Koizumi magiging katulad ni Shouda? Sana hindi maging amalayer ako. xD Eksahirada?! Nakakakilig! :') Update po kayo asap! God Bless and mwah mwah tsuptsup! :)
Damang-dama ko ang comment mo, dear. Haha! This made me laugh. :D Tignan nalang natin kung si Luna magiging katulad ni Sumire sa mga susunod na chapters.
You're from Miriam? Kasi sabi mo po yung isa pa, I only know 3 colleges in Katipunan (ehehehe :))
Hindi pa din. :))
Ahh. You're from La Salle? Hihihi.
Live Jesus in our hearts, forever!
Will something happen between them? I mean Luna and Mikan?
Oh yes.
Ahh it's a good chapter once again! But isn't Mikan's birthday on new years? Well, actually it's not her birthday but that's just what they say it is?
Oh, here I go again. I thought it was on April 1st? Or I got my information mixed up again? I'm sorry. But don't worry I'm not writing about her birthday. I'm not good with dates. Haha.
BELATED MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE ON THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE AND MERRY CHIRSTMAS TO THOSE ON THE WESTERN SIDE! I've updated! It's not an advance Christmas gift but I really tried! Some situations forced me to stay away from the computer but thank you for all your support. You don't know how much it means to me to have you all reading this. I can't even believe the reviews reach a thousand already! It shocked my panties off! Just joking about that. :D
But yeah on the serious note, secrets are finally coming out and drama continues on! I'm sorry for making you hate Luna even more (I'm starting to hate her even more because of what I'm writing!) but all events that happened in this chapter leads to something bigger in the future chapters.
I hope you continue being happy this Christmas and always stay safe! God bless everyone!
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