Ding dong! I'm back with the next chapter! And since there were no cliffhangers, I will not be putting down my corny intro. Well, let's get on with the story!
My Supernatural Life
~Chapter 21~
(Wooohoooo! 21! YEAH!:D)
~Mikan's POV~
After showering and brushing my teeth, I changed into a red long sleeved shirt, black skinny jeans, and black ballet flats. I brushed my hair out and decided that I should just leave it down. I put a small red bow at the right side of my head and went out to the living room. Anna, Nonoko, Sumire, Yuu, Koko, Kitsu, Misaki, Tsubasa, Youichi, Ruka, Hotaru, and Natsume were all sitting on the couch either talking or watching T.V.
I walked over to Natsume and pulled on his arm, signaling for him to get up. While doing this, I told him, "Natsume, get dressed! You're not going to stay in your pajamas all day are you?"
"What if I am?" Natsume asked while smirking. But he stood up none the less, and walked to the bedroom while dragging me with him.
"H-hey what the heck are you doing?" I yelled at him. "Let go! I'm not coming with you!"
Natsume smirked even more and dropped my arm. "Fine" was all he said as he slipped into the bedroom.
"Geez, what's with that guy" I mumbled to myself. I turned around and noticed that everyone's attention was on me. "W-what?" I asked them while stuttering.
They all just shrugged and turned around, going back to watching the television or just talking with each other. I sighed. Everyone's so weird. All of a sudden there was a knock on the suite door. I walked over to it and opened it up, only to reveal Hiroshi.
"Oh, hey Hiroshi! How's it going?" I asked him. I stepped aside, offering for him to come in.
"It's going good Mimi!" He replied while taking my invitation.
The both of us walked over to the living room and sat on the ground facing each other. They crossed their legs and looked at each other as they talked.
"I was kind of upset that I didn't get to dance with you again at the ball Mimi." Hiroshi said. "I was looking forward to dancing again, but…..Natsume was it…kept on stealing you away."
Hiroshi looked down into his lap. He looked glum. It made me feel so guilty!
"I'm sorry! It's just that…just that…"
"She was with me" I heard a deep voice behind me say. I looked towards the voices direction and saw Natsume. He sat down behind me while wrapping his arms around my waist. I sat in between his legs now as his chin rested on my shoulder.
Blushing, I said, "Y-yeah, I was with him."
"Actually," Natsume started, "Mikan here is MY GIRLFRIEND now." He said the 'my girlfriend part as if trying to send Hiroshi a hidden message, as if to say, 'she's mine, stay away'.
I blushed even deeper and looked away from Hiroshi. Natsume looked at my face, a smirk playing on his lips. Oh sure, why don't you just blurt that out to a friend that I haven't seen in, oh I don't know, a year.
Clearly shocked, Hiroshi asked, "Really? When did this happen?"
"It happened when the two stated making out at the little pavilion just outside the ball room" Hotaru told him.
"You knew?" Natsume and I asked at the same time. We practically yelled it. When we said that, we looked at each other and blushed.
"Of course I did. I was watching you two of course. I was watching from the point when Natsume dragged Mikan outside after a nice dance." Hotaru replied.
My mouth hung open. You could clearly see that I was shocked. I didn't even notice Hotaru there watching us until she cleared her throat. I turned even MORE red at her statement. I just can't believe it! How could she see all of that? I was staring at Hotaru in surprise. I'm so scared that she will use this information to blackmail me later on in the future! Great, just great!
"Alright guys stop it" Anna piped up. When she said that, I ran to her and hugged her.
"I love you!" I told her, thankful that SOMEBODY was on my side. Anna hugged me back, smiling at me the whole time.
"Besides," Anna began, "What are we going to do today?"
"Oh…uh…." Koko said as he ran to the room. He came back with a piece of paper. It was probably the one with all the activities on it.
I let go of Anna and headed to Koko's side. I peered over his shoulder to look at the paper but Koko said, "There's going to be a festival today!" before I could even read it.
Koko put the piece of paper down on the coffee table and grinned. "There's going to be cool games and roller coasters and ferris wheels and everything you'd have at an amusement park but in a festival like way" he explained.
"Oh that sounds fun!" Anna, Nonoko, Sumire, Misaki and I said at the same time. As we said that, we jumped up. Excitement was evident in our eyes. I couldn't wait to get to the festival!
"Yeah! Let's go!" Tsubasa, Koko, and Kitsu chorused, raising their fists in the air as they jumped up. Koko accidently bumped into me so we fell on the floor with a loud thud.
"Oooooh! That's gotta hurt!" was what came out of everyone but Koko and my mouth. Instead, Koko and I went, "Oooof!"
The both of us sat up as I rubbed my head and stomach while Koko head. "Sorry Mikan" Koko apologized.
"It's okay" I replied. Someone's hand reached out to me and I looked to the hand's owner. I found out that it was Hiroshi.
I grabbed Hiroshi's hand and said, "Thanks Hiroshi!" while flashing him a smile.
"You're welcome Mimi! Are you okay?" Hiroshi asked me, worry evident in his expression.
"Hahaha! Yeah I'm fine! Don't worry about it!" I told him while rubbing the back of my head.
Out of nowhere, arms wrapped around my waist while a chin rested on my shoulder. My best guess is this person is Natsume. And sure enough, when I turned my head to look at the person, it was Natsume. Now who would've guessed? (A/N: Ahahaha! I love sarcasm! :D)
"Let's go" Natsume mumbled, dragging me out of the suite. I 'eeped' when Natsume started to drag me. I mean, he was dragging me backwards! Who in the world drags people backwards? Obviously, that's Natsume.
The rest of the gang followed us, including Hiroshi. We rode down the elevator and headed to the grounds that held the festival. I was completely amazed at the sight! It looked like an amusement park but it was a festival! It had games and rides and food…It had everything! This place is so cool!
My eyes sparkled as I looked at the whole place. I can't wait to start riding the rides! We walked to the front gates and read the rules since there was no admission stand. It read: 'Only people who are renting rooms are able to come in. The rides and games are free to thank all of those who have chosen Hokkaido Inn as their rest stop. Please no running in the park and when riding the rides, please keep your hands and feet inside the vehicles at all times. Thank you and have fun!'
"So it's free, eh?" I heard Hotaru say. "That's good enough for me." She started to drag Ruka into the festival and started towards a random direction.
"Well, I guess we split up. See ya guys later!" Koko said as he dragged Sumire with him to god knows where.
The group slowly disintegrated until it left only me, Natsume, Hiroshi, and Youichi. Hiroshi was going to say something to me when until Yo cut him off saying, "Hiroshi, come hang with me will ya?"
"O-okay….I guess" was Hiroshi's answer. Youichi looked at Natsume and some sort of understanding was sent between them. What the heck?
"Well, bye" Youichi said as he stuffed his hands in his pocket and had Hiroshi follow him.
When the two disappeared, Natsume asked me, "Where do you wanna go first?"
"I don't know" I answered. "Anywhere I guess."
In return to my comment, Natsume grabbed my hand and dragged me off in a random direction. We walked for a bit, side to side with our hands still entwined until we found a ride that looked really thrilling. It was one of those spinning rides that spins around and swings up and down at the same time.
"Ne, Natsume, let's go on that one!" I said excitedly, pulling on his hand towards the ride.
"Hn" was all that he said. I took it as a yes and dragged Natsume off to the ride.
Once we got our turn, we sat in the seats right next to each other and strapped ourselves in. The worker came around to make sure that everyone was buckled in safely. When he came to me, he fiddled with the straps around my waist, even though they were tight enough. I heard Natsume growl a little which caused me to giggle. The attendant sent me a flirting smile and walked away, checking all the other riders. Once he was done, he went into the booth and turned the ride on. I giggled and laughed when we rode it. But, something told me to look at Natsume. Once I did, I noticed that his face was pale and it looked as if he were…..scared? How can Natsume be scared of this?
I took hold of his hand and that caused him to look at me. Yup, he was definitely scared. I gave him a warm smile and he seemed to relax a bit. I felt his hands entwine with mine and we went on with the ride. I could tell that Natsume liked it a little because he smiled every once in a while. When the ride was over, we walked out the exit and started for wherever our feet may take us.
It was pretty quiet for a little while but it was one of those comfortable silences. I looked to Natsume and watched his facial expression change as he looked at the rides. I noticed that he was looking at this HUGE roller coaster. It looked so….so….AWSOME! I totally wanna ride it! I looked at Natsume and noticed he was a bit pale again, still staring at that awesome looking coaster.
"Don't tell me," I giggled, breaking the silence between us. "You're scared of roller coasters?" Natsume gave me the weakest glare he EVER made. Haha! It was pathetic!
"A-am not" he mumbled. I laughed at him, earning another pathetic glare from him.
"Oh come on Natsume! Roller coasters aren't scary! Come on I'll show you!"
I dragged Natsume to the roller coaster and we waited in line for our turn. When we finally got to the front, we got a seat somewhere in the middle of the train like seats. We buckled ourselves in and but the bar down over us. While the attendants made sure all of the riders were safe and secure in their seats, I comforted Natsume.
"Don't worry! I'm here with you! Besides, roller coasters aren't scary! They just pump up your adrenaline levels and make you go nuts!" I told him, smiling the whole while.
"What the hell?" Natsume said when he heard me say that. I giggled and grabbed hold of his hand.
"Just trust me! You can hold my hand throughout the ride, okay? You'll be fine! Trust me!"
Natsume nodded and gave me a small smile. My own smile widened when I saw him smile. He looked too cute when he did that. I giggled and looked forward once more. The attendants started the coaster and we were off. I screamed, but not a lot throughout the ride. And I noticed that Natsume was starting to like roller coasters. I guess he caught me staring at him 'cuz he smirked and squeezed my hand. All I could do was blush and wait until the ride was over.
As we exited the ride, I asked Natsume, "See? I told you it was fun! Don't you think so?"
Natsume nodded, sending me another smile of his. Awww, I love his smiles! I smiled at him warmly and said, "I love it when you smile! You should smile more often!"
I noticed that he blushed and I dragged him off towards the bumper cars. He and I shared a car because there weren't enough cars when the time came for us to ride. And when we got in and the ride started, we had a blast crashing into other people's bumper cars. It was so fun! Natsume and I laughed throughout the ride, not caring if anyone thought we were totally crazy. I didn't care. It's partially because I am pretty nutty. But that's why my friends love me! (A/N: That goes the same with me too! :D)
The rest of the day went pretty much like that. We rode rides, laughed like maniacs, and walked around the whole festival, not bothering with the games. Natsume asked me if I would like to play some, but I said that I'd rather ride rides. He smirked at my answer and dragged me off to another ride that he had his eyes on. Ahahaha! I couldn't believe that he was having so much fun!
It was about five o'clock now and the sun was starting to set. Natsume and I were walking around the festival, looking for another ride that seemed a little fun. We were pretty much walking aimlessly, holding each other's hand while my head rested on Natsume's shoulder. The sun was halfway set when I spotted a HUMUNGOUS ferris wheel. It was just…..HUGE! The biggest thing I'd ever seen!
I lifted my head from Natsume's shoulder and said, "Ne, Natsume! Let's ride that one!" while pointing at the ferris wheel.
Natsume followed my pointed finger and his eyes widened when he saw the ferris wheel. "It's huge" was his reply.
"Yeah! Let's go ride it!" I dragged Natsume to the line and waited.
During the period of time we were waiting, Natsume snaked his arm around my waist and pulled me closer to him. I just let him. I mean, he ALWAYS does this. I put my head on his shoulder and we leaned against the railing while waiting for our turn. The line was long, and it was as if we were waiting forever. But, I knew that it was long because when you get to the top, you can see everything from your spot. Not only that, but you can also watch the sunset from the little cars that the ferris wheel has.
Slowly, the line inched forward. Natsume and I waited patiently for our turn. It was almost six, and I could tell that at this rate, we could actually watch the sun set completely when we get in and reach about the top of the ferris wheel. I just had to be patient. And it wasn't that hard. Especially if I were waiting with Natsume.
~Natsume's POV~
I waited for Mikan and my turn for the ferris wheel, my arm wrapped around her waist and he head resting against my shoulder. We were almost there, just a few more people to go. I heard Mikan sigh next to me. So, I looked at her face and saw her slower her eyes. I felt her arms wrap around my waist as a small smile played on her lips.
I had the urge to kiss her. Oh my god, not now! I couldn't kiss her with all these people watching. We have enough attention with a whole lot of people watching us hug each other right now. Why can't people mind their own business these days. I continued staring at Mikan's beautiful face, resisting the growing urge to press my lips against hers right here and now. And trust me on this one, it was REALLY hard. I had to use all of my will power to not kiss her. Instead, I just stared at her beautiful face. I gotta keep my mind off of her lips.
I looked away from her and let my mind drift to random subjects. And then, my mind stuttered at the fact that Mikan was actually mine. Who knew that she could actually be mine? I thought that it would be impossible to have her as my own but I was completely wrong. I'm really grateful to have her. She must be a blessing from god. This must have been the path that god had chosen for me and this must be the reason why I'm still stuck here on earth and not in heaven or anything yet. She must be my reason.
As I thought of this, I smiled a bit at Mikan. Only she could make me smile like this. Only she could make me laugh. Before I met Mikan, I thought that I would never be happy again since I was dead and my family was too. I thought that I couldn't and be loved due to the fact that I was a ghost. But Mikan showed up and my world was turned upside down in the best way that I can ever imagine. I'm lucky to have Mikan as mine. Mine and mine alone.
Mikan looked up at me and noticed me smiling while staring at her. Confusion flickered in her eyes when she saw me but she instantly replaced that with a happy and caring look. Possibly a loving look too. I blushed a bit but didn't look away from her. I just hugged her waist tighter and snuggled my head into the crook of her neck. I felt her smile and rest her head on top of mine.
"Next" the attendant said as we got to the front of the line.
I pulled Mikan into the waiting car, walking backwards and staring into her eyes. She followed me, not making even one attempt to break her gaze away from mine. The ferris wheel's car was pretty spacious. I sat on one side while Mikan sat on the other. There was no need for seat belts because there was a roof and walls with windows for the cars along with a floor. So, we just sat there, staring into each others eyes.
I barely noticed it when the attendant closed the door. I was too entranced to notice that much. When the ferris wheel started moving again, Mikan broke our eye contact and looked outside. The sun was going to set over the horizon soon and the view from here was beautiful. I could see the cars in the city and the rolling hills that surrounded it. It was breathtaking.
I looked to Mikan, wondering how she thought the view looked. There was a sparkle in her eyes as she watched the sun. I could tell that she thought the sight was absolutely beautiful.
"It's so pretty" she breathed.
"Yeah" I replied in a dazed tone. But the thing was I wasn't looking at the sunset. I was looking at Mikan.
She seemed to notice it and looked at me, completely confused. I blushed a bit and watched the sun set, Mikan doing the same. Once the sun was down, a small light turned on above us. We were on our way to the top of the ferris wheel. Yeah, the ferris wheel was that big. I once again looked at Mikan. She was still looking out the window. She obviously liked the view from here.
What caught my eye next were her perfect red lips. They looked so soft and smooth. I REALLY wanted to kiss them. My resistance is thin right now, and anything can cause me to snap. I just really hope I can hold off. Mikan lifted her hand to the window. But while she did that, she cut her finger on something and it started to drip little drops of blood.
"Eh?" Mikan said, obviously surprised. "Aww man" she mumbled when she caught sight of the blood. It wasn't a lot so it couldn't really make me worry.
I stayed quiet as she put her finger to her lips and licked the blood off of her finger. Dammit, is she TRYING to seduce me? I was so close to snapping, so I looked away and dug my hands into my pockets. I calmed my heart beat and took deep, inaudible breaths. I looked back towards her and quickly found out that she somehow found a way to stop the bleeding.
When she was done examining her finger, Mikan looked up to see me staring at her. She sat back in her seat blushing. By this time, I was fighting really, REALLY hard not to kiss her. My fists were clenched inside of my pockets and I'm pretty sure my knuckles are turning white. Mikan bit her bottom lip unconsciously while looking out the window. I could tell that she felt kind of awkward with me staring at her like this. But, I couldn't help it.
Somehow, I was able to look away from her. It had been a full twenty minutes since we got on and we were only a little bit more than a quarter to the top of the ferris wheel. I could tell that this would take a long time to end. I looked back towards Mikan and I noticed that she was squinting while looking at my face.
"What?" I asked her. Why the hell was she looking at me like that for?
"There's something on your face" was her simple reply.
I tried to wipe it off, noticing that it was on my cheek. I pulled my hand back and saw that it was that syrup thing that was on the funnel cake we shared not too long before we came here and rode the ferris wheel. It wouldn't come off, partially because of the fact that it was syrup. My fingers got sticky and I sighed in frustration. Stupid syrup.
"Here, let me help" Mikan said as she neared me.
I thought that she was going to wipe it off with her hand but I was totally wrong. Her face neared mine and in a second, I felt her lick the syrup from my cheek. She LICKED the syrup from MY cheek! The thin line of resistance was slowly snapping.
Mikan pulled her head away and put her hand on my cheek. She wiped off the excess syrup from my cheek and said, "So it won't get sticky."
Okay, that made sense. But that still didn't help me with my problem. Mikan was breathing through her mouth, eyebrow furrowed as she tried to wipe the syrup off of my cheek. Her breath smelt sweet as it caressed my face. Now I'm even MORE tempted.
"Done!" she said as she went back towards her seat.
I couldn't help but move my face towards hers as she moved away. But, I immediately stopped when I noticed what I was doing. At this rate, I would be attacking her with kisses in five minutes. A minute passed and Mikan did nothing as to make my resistance to kiss her ware thin. I guess that she couldn't do anything to make me want to kiss her anymore even though I was still really tempted.
But the universe just loves to make my resistance ware thin doesn't it? 'Cuz the next thing I knew, my resistance snapped. Shit.
~Chapter 21 End~
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