lain: hey minna~! finally i made this update fast!
mikan: good for you lain chan~! ^^
natsume: woohooo *sarcastically*
hotaru: baka...
lain&mikan: -.-" okay... chapter 24 minna~!
Chapter 24
"kyyaaaa~! Look look! Whoever's inside that car sure is rich!" a random girl exclaimed as a black Ferrari stopped in front of the hospital.
"yeah I know ne? oh look! The door's opening!" said her companion.
Inside the car…
"get out." Natsume ordered to the girl beside him. The latter just pouted and leaned closer to him, like she was about to give a kiss. Natsume rolled his eyes and pushed a button beside him.
"come on natsume-kun~! Just one kiss!" luna pleaded.
"GOD DAMNED FREAKIN' NO BITCH." Natsume retorted.
"well fine! I won't go out unless you do!" luna resisted.
"tch, let's see about that." Before luna could realize it, the door opened and her seat dumped her out!
"h-how? I never heard of a ferrari car can do-" luna exclaimed furiously.
"tch. Don't you know me?" natsume asked rhetorically.
"you're na-"
"I'm natsume hyuuga. That's only Ferrari!" natsume smirked as he closed the door.
"Mr. ferari is just my servant, egghead." And so he sped off to the parking lot as he chuckled in victory.
inside a private hospital room….
"tsk, he sure is bold, huh?" a raven haired girl stared amusingly at the scene happening below her.
"did you say something hotaru?" said the brunette lying down in bed as she sat up and opened her hazel coloured eyes.
"….hmm? nothing. Your food's coming." Hotaru announced as she checked her watch. The brunette just giggled in return.
"dooshite?" hotaru narrowed her eyes on her weird best friend.
"i-it's just…. You, hotaru imai, said the funniest phrase! Hahahaha" hotaru just cocked her eyebrow at her.
"nani?" mikan, her best friend, just laughed harder.
"you- your food's coming! I didn't know food can walk! Hahaha" hotaru just rolled her eyes while she got something out from behind.
"hahaha funny. NOT." Hotaru muttered as she got her baka gun and shot mikan square on the face.
"itaiiii! Meanie hotaru!" mikan pouted as she rubbed her sore face.
"tsk. That's what you get when you laugh or mess with me. Baka" her friend said nonchalantly. Mikan just looked at her and asked:
"ne, how did you know that my food's coming?" mikan asked. Hotaru just opened the other window and headed towards the door.
"just wait and see." Then she left.
"what does she mean by- kyaaa!" mikan pointed to the person climbing the window.
"tsk, what a way to greet me." The person said rolling his crimson orbs in sarcasm.
"h-hyuuga! W-what are you doing here?" she asked loudly, trying to act bold.
"…nice, like I said, what a nice way to greet me." Natsume chided as he headed to the table and laid out the food.
"…what's that?" the brunette pointed.
"tch, duh. Food." Natsume said as he pushed the table nearer to mikan. While the latter on the other hand, loved the delicious fragrance and unconsciously licked her lips in hunger.
"i-I'm not hungry." Mikan countered as she folded her arms and tossed her head away from natsume.
"hn, you sure?" natsume teased. 'yeah right.'
"….i am."
"really sure polka?" natsume asked while he took a bowl and a spoon, ready to feed her.
"of course I am! And stop calling me polka!" she then opened her eyes, showing determination and wait- sadness? 'those eyes…. where did I see….'
"no….. no!" natsume muttered as he backed away from mikan.
"n- hyuuga…?" mikan looked at him worriedly.
"…*pant*…*pant*…." Natsume just sat on the couch.
"ermmm…. genki deska?" mikan asked as she neared natsume. The latter just stood up hastily and told her
"….just eat." He was about to leave when mikan got hold of his wrist.
" please… p-please don't go…" she bowed her head, not letting him see her face.
"…m-mikan..?" natsume said, quite stunned of her actions.
Mikan pov
"…m-mikan..?" natsume said. What was I thinking? Of course he'll be mad at me! He didn't know that he prepared that food for a heartless, stubborn girl like me! I mean come on! I even said no plenty of times! Can you believe that? mikan yukihara said no to food! Wow! That's a first! And now, I'm here…. Telling him to not leave. What a jerk I am…..
"please! Don't go! I'm sorry… *sniff* i-I'm sooo sorry *sniff* If I acted like a meanie… *sniff* please…" I pleaded. God I feel like a crybaby. But, I can't help it. I can't help feeling lonesome, sad, and worry these past few days… and guess what? I think it's because of the baka guy that I'm forcing to stay here! Man, what's wrong with you mikan?
"I don't know what to do! I *sniff* I just got nervous and-" what am I saying? Shut up baka mikan!
"…gomenazai…." Someone whispered. Wait, what?
"…huh?" I asked incredulously, looking at the person in front of me.
"I said… I'm sorry." Natsume said, not even turning around to face me.
"sorry… if I offended you in any way last time, if I m-made you worry or mad." Natsume's shoulders tensed. I released my hold on him, thinking: 'maybe I'm making him uncomfortable..?'
"pfft."
"nani? w-why are you laughing?" god, he finally faced me.
"huh? Ahh… it's just… hahahaha!"
Normal pov
"tch, can't a guy say sorry without feeling embarrassed?" natsume asked sarcastically as he sat down on the couch, leaving mikan standing, giggling.
"heehee…. We're soo alike, you know, hyuuga?" mikan said, walking nearer to him. Natsume blushed at her remark.
"w-what? How can you and me be alike?" natsume looked at her curiously.
"well, one good example is, us, being worried of our friends, or of the people close to us, ne?" mikan smiled sweetly at him, thus making natsume look away, blushing.
"tch."
"and plus, we're both dense som-"
"woah woah woah. I'm not dense, you are." Natsume pointed out.
"oh come on! Dense as in insensitive sometimes. Or slow. And I'm the slow one." Mikan raised an eyebrow and poked natsume on the chest lightly.
"you're calling me insensitive?" natsume asked disbelievingly.
"hai." Mikan bluntly replied. Natsume just looked away. 'tch, you're just so slow mikan. Both slow and insensitive to someone's feelings.'
"soo…. Natsume…?" mikan called his name. 'oh shit. Maybe you could go back to calling me hyuuga again. wow! Is it just me, or is the temperature rising?' natsume asked to himself as he forced himself to look at mikan, urging her to continue.
"why don't we forget everything and start again, ne?" mikan said as she smiled sweetly and innocently while she offered one hand to him. The latter, on the other hand, kept blushing like a tomato and just smiled a small smile.
"okay." He agreed and shook the hand mikan offered. "deal."
Shaking hands….
Still shaking hands…..
*sniff* *sniff*
"p-polka..? are you c-crying?" natsume worriedly asked. Mikan just looked up with tears in her eyes and smiled.
"o-oh… I don't know why… guess I'm just happy..?" mikan giggled, but still tears continue to fall down.
"tch, you're hopeless. Here." Natsume removed his hand and quickly got a handkerchief from his pocket.
"huh?" mikan just stared at the handkerchief like a little kid. Natsume just rolled his eyes and wiped away her tears with his hanky.
"ermmm…" mikan was dumbfounded and in an instant, a blush formed on her cheeks. Who knew natsume could be this sweet?
"I have one condition." Natsume smirked as he saw mikan's blushing face.
"nani?" mikan asked innocently. Natsume pocketed his hanky and stood up.
"I know this is a selfish condition…" natsume started as he sat on the bed.
"hai?" mikan stood up.
"the next time you wear a skirt, be careful not to show your panties, strawberry." Natsume nonchalantly said.
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"YOU HENTAI JERK! SHIIII NEEEEE!"
Yukihara mansion….
BEEP BEEP!
"hm… it must be hotaru nee." A silver eyed lad turned off the tv and stood up, yawning.
"wait. Why would she come back when mikan's all alone in the hospital?" he asked himself.
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK!
He quickly opened the door, only to see the calm hotaru staring back at him.
"what?" hotaru raised her brow as she let herself inside. But before he could say anything, hotaru turned around abruptly and dragged the guy into the living room.
"youchii! Why. Aren't. You. Wearing. Your damn contacts?" hotaru muttered to him as she pinched her nose bridge in frustration. Youchii just rolled his eyes and pretended not to be scared of her. Which is really hard by the way.
"relax. I just woke up and the contacts are in my ro-"
"why did you take it off in the first place?" hotaru interrupted.
"of course a normal person needs some sleep so-"
"didn't I tell you that it's okay to wear it even when you're sleeping?" hotaru said while sitting herself on the couch.
"STOP INTERRUPTING ME!- wait, you did?" youhii stopped midway to his room.
"baka. Didn't I tell you to listen? You're just like your sister." Hotaru sighed as she turned on the tv and let youchii go to his room.
"soo…" youchii started as he approached hotaru. "why are you here while my sister's in the hospital?"
"…ask me later. I'm still eating." Hotaru said as she continued on eating her favourite crab brains.
"answer me now!" youchii demanded as he clenched his fists.
"..no."
"oh come on! I'll pay you… 5k yen." Youchii pleaded.
"..hmmm…. make it ten and it's a deal." Hotaru stopped eating as youchii gave her the money. 'next time I won't do that again…'
"it's because her saviour's there." Hotaru's straight mouth turned into a smirked when she saw youchii's nonchalant face became red with jealousy.
"oh he's there, isn't he? I'll go s-"
"Don't. You. Dare." Hotaru commanded with a venomous voice.
"WHAT? You expect me to sit here all day whi-"
"yes, yes I do." Hotaru stood up and went to the kitchen to get more of her favourite dish.
"well, sorry if I can't meet your expectations, ja." Youchii smirked as he made his way to his room.
"give it a rest youchii! Are you a part of the plan or not?" her question met youchii dead on.
"I am."
"then be a man and get over it! If we don't do this, we won't see mikan's true happy face, right?"
"…"
"tsk. You're as dense as your sister. Haven't you observed that every time mikan is all alone, she tends to have a deep thought about something? Her fake cheery face will suddenly change into a serious, stressed face? And it's not because of her job, it's because of him. All her life she's keeping that promise, and now that it'll be over soon, you join the picture….a-and just ruin all of it?" hotaru exclaimed, quite pissed off.
"I came back to help! Not destroy-" youchii defended.
"but that's what you're doing right now! You're destroying it. Aren't you tired of it?"
"….n-no I'm not. I want to make sure he will be there always, protecting my sister! So what if he saved her one time? Big whoop! I'm still not impressed enough." Youchii countered again.
"well, be impressed faster, you jerk. Just let go of the past and let him have a second chance!" with that last word, hotaru turned off the tv and made her way towards the garden.
"…tch…" youchii ruffled his hair in frustration. 'stupid hyuuga… if you want my sister, prove yourself first, bastard! I'll show you, I can still make mikan smile even if you're not by her side! ….i-I won't forgive him easily'
"ne, luna chan….. where did you get that oh so lovely necklace?" asked the perm haired girl beside her.
"oh, sumire! It's just fantastic! I just got in from natsu kun~!" luna exclaimed dreamily as she twirled around her room. 'matte, natsume gave it to her?'
"nani? he gave that to you?" sumire went to her and asked disbelievingly. Luna chuckled and answered,
"no, dear. I got it from him. Teehee~" luna fake giggled and sat herself in front of the mirror.
"nani? you stole that from him? H-how?" sumire fumbled.
"of course, he didn't notice it. It's just lying there all alone in his car…" luna fake sobbed. "so I got for myself! Isn't it just gorgeous?" she changed her tone into a cheerful one again.
"you're just going way too fa-"
"oh shush will yah?" luna retorted. "I'm the only friend you have…. Do you want to lose your only friend?" luna purred and caught sumire dead on.
"i-iie…." Sumire clenched her jaws and fists as she bowed her head in embarrassment.
"good… now be a dear and bring that hair brush to me please." luna sat down on her bed as sumire obeyed her so-called friend.
"h-hai.."
Back in the hospital…
"nani? she left already?" a group of six chorused in the halls of the peaceful hospital.
"ermm… h-hai… just moments ago, m-minna san.." the nurse sweatdropped as she signalled the group to calm down.
"then who's with her when she checked out?" misaki asked.
"ano… she's with a guy with a hoodie. I didn't g-get-"
"what? You didn't get the name? h-how?" tsubasa interrupted. 'who knew super models could be this frantic?' the nurse asked herself.
"b-but he's s-so fast! And hot too…" the nurse murmured the last part, but it is enough for everyone to hear.
'tch. Now I know who that is.' The group thought and just said,
"hai. Arigatou. We'll be taking our leave now." And left off.
"grrr…. That jerk. Getting mikan all to himself." Tsubasa emitted a dark aura around him as he drove back.
"yeah, talk about selfish! I want to have girl time with mikan chan too~!" anna cried.
"at least she's in the hands of her saviour, ne?" nonoko comforted her.
'UGH THAT HYUUGA!'
lain: well, that's about it! now i have to work on the next chapter! OwO
mikan: go lain chan! go! go!
natsume: tch. whatever.
hotaru: hey, mikan no baka, quiet please?
mikan: no!
hotau: BAKA BAKA BAKA!
mikan: itaiiiiii
lain: ehehehe... anyways please drop a review! ^^