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"Mikan! You okay?" Natsume yelled bursting into her room.
"Intruder! He just jumped out the window!" Mikan snapped. Natsume ran through the room and was out the window in an instant, and Ruka was right behind him. Hotaru turned on the lights in the room and sat next to Mikan.
"You okay?" Hotaru asked, her voice betraying her concern.
"Yeah." Mikan answered though she was shaking. Since everyone else's rooms were on another floor, they hadn't heard Mikan's scream, and were probably still sleeping. After about 10 minutes, Natsume and Ruka returned.
"We didn't find anyone." Natsume said angrily.
"We'll find out whats going on for sure, Mikan." Ruka said patting her head, though he was just as furious as Natsume.
Mikan nodded. "C'mon, lets get some sleep." Natsume said as he pulled Mikan to her feet. He wrapped an arm around her and took her to his room. Ruka and Hotrau also left.
Mikan sat on the couch in Natsume's room, her teeth chattering. Natsume scowled.
"You're going into shock. Get under the blankets, and try to get some sleep." he ordered.
"I'll sleep on the couch." Mikan said.
"What the heck?" Natsume snapped.
"You'll sleep here otherwise, like last night. I'm smaller." she answered, hugging herself.
For a long moment Natsume just stared, but then he picked her up and carried her to the bed, and then dumped her on it. Mikan glared at him.
"Cheeky brat, move over, or there will be no room for me." he said with a ghost of a grin.
Mikan instantly cheered up and scuttled to the side. Natsume slid under the blankets and then allowed her to snuggle close. She was cold as ice. He took her hands in his, rubbing them to warm them up.
"Natsume.. I.." Mikan started but she could not say it.
"What is it?" Natsume asked softly, but she shook her head.
"Will you please stay with me?" she whispered.
"Of course I will. My home is where you are, Mikan." Natsume answered and to his horror tears filled her eyes.
"What's wrong?" he asked, really worried, but she just cried all the more, as she hugged him tightly.
Natsume tried to calm her down but nothing worked. When finally she stopped crying, he wiped all the tears away.
"So what brought that on?" he asked, lightly kissing her forehead.
Mikan just shook her head. "You won't get it." she said, snuggling closer to him. Natsume said nothing as he held her close, and he kept watching as she eventually fell asleep. He did not know who had broken in today, and what they wanted, but they had ruined Mikan's perfect family weekend, and they had made her cry. Now Natsume fully intended to make them cry and beg for forgiveness.
Monday Morning:
"So why is Ruka sempai attending college with us again?" Kia asked amused at the number of girls swooning over Ruka.
"Security. Since Ruka never attended this University, and it gives him more chance to be with Hotaru, he volunteered." Mikan answered shrugging.
"I remember something similar happening in school once." Chitose said with a smirk.
"And I remember Mikan storming out, mad at the teacher coz she was flirting with Natsume and I." Ruka said with another smirk as he joined the conversation.
"Sempai, you were in Norway for a while right?" Kia asked him, and he nodded.
"Are guys there any better than the ones here?" she asked.
Ruka chuckled. "Can't say Kia. I was too busy looking at the girls."
They all burst out laughing. "Is that so?" Hotaru asked from behind them and they all turned. Ruka's face blanched.
Hotaru just gave him a light pat on the shoulder. "Its okay, you hadn't met me yet after all." she said lightly and he let out a huge sigh of relief. All the girls laughed.
Ruka's phone buzzed. He excused himself to talk to Natsume.
"I've identified quite a few moles. There is a receptionist in Hyuuga Corp., one of the maids, and two gardeners at the mansion, and I am sure there are two more somewhere." Natsume said without preamble.
"But who is behind them?" Ruka asked, scowling.
"Not completely sure yet. Need some more time. Everything is okay there?" - Natsume
"Yeah. All good." Ruka replied, and then with a small good bye Natsume hung up. Ruka's eyes lingered on Mikan. Even though she hadn't shown it, she had been scared that night. Targeting her, someone had a death wish. Ruka and Natsume intended to fulfill that wish of theirs.
2 Days Later:
"So what do we have so far?" Narumi asked as they all sat together for a meeting.
"One of the receptionists on the ground floor, two maids and two gardeners at the Mansion, one of the valets and one manager at Hyuuga Corp." Natsume summarized.
"How in hell did we manage to get so many moles inspite of all the security checks?" Ruka snapped angrily.
Natsume leaned back in his chair. He hadn't slept more than four hours since Sunday night, and was too exhausted to have any emotions.
"The 'how' we can worry about later. What we need to know first is the 'who'. The person who turned them all into moles is the one we need to deal with." Misaki said quietly.
"Koizumi. They're the ones behind it." Natsume said in a tired voice.
"How'd you figure that one out?" Toushoru asked.
Natsume handed him a file. "Fell free to read, I am too tired to explain all that mess. But we know who we're up against. Only thing that remains is what we do about it." he said coldly.
Toushrou nodded. "Go home and rest for now. I want all of you here tomorrow morning. Honestly, why can't people just leave my family alone?" he said with a sigh. They left but none of them was fooled. Sigh or no sigh, when the time came, Toushrou Hyuuga would not be showing any mercy.
Natsume fell back on his bed fully clothed. He was so exhausted yet his brain refused to turn off. It was already midnight when they had all gotten home from Hyuuga Corp. but he still could not turn his stupid brain off. Finally he stood up, his whole body protesting at the effort and took off his jacket, tie and shoes. He silently padded out of his room, opening the buttons of his shirt. He entered Mikan's room quietly. The lights were off and she seemed to be sleeping soundly. Natsume relaxed a bit. Then he just walked forward and collapsed on the bed next to her, on top of the blankets. He was asleep in no time at all.
Mikan woke up when the alarm on her phone went off. She grabbed for it blindly and shut it off. Then she blinked several times before looking around. Natsume was sound asleep next to her. He was still wearing formal pants and shirt, though it was half open, and he seemed to have fallen asleep as soon as he landed on the bed. Without thinking Mikan reached forward and stroked his cheek. She knew how hard he had been working these past few days, because of her.
Her hand slipped lower, stroking his neck, and before she knew it, she had come really close to him. She stared at his face, her heart pounding, and she felt tears fill her eyes again. He was hers, but at the same time, he would never really be hers. She would always be a brat to him. No matter what she did.
Impulsively she reached up and kissed his lips lightly. Hers. At least right now, he was just hers.
She got out of bed, as the stupid tears slid down her cheeks and went to take a shower.
Natsume opened his eyes. He thought Mikan had just kissed him awake. He could hear the shower running now. He wanted to bang his his head on the wall. What sort of an idiot was he to have such fantasies. The poor girl was not even in the room and yet here he was.. Natsume turned and buried his head in the pillow. Ugh. He really was a completely lost cause.