Chapter 20|| Girlfriend

It has been a week since we came and a week since everyone knew about Mikan's cancer. We had called up her parents and informed them about the situation, and they were shocked. They said that they can come here this Friday the earliest and till then they would call everyday to see if Mikan was okay. My parents and everyone who lives with me knew about and were all taking extra care of her. My mother even offered, or more likely, insisted Mikan to stay at my house until her parents come but she kindly rejected and said that she was fine living on her own for the while. So, my mom gave me the job of taking her to school and dropping her off at her house, not that I minded but I had a strong feeling of protecting her. Recently my brother and I have made some of sort of amends with each other. It all began when I came home from the trip.

Flashback:

I came home and just throw my stuff in the room and jogged upstairs into my room and shut the door. I heard voices but I ignored them and sat on my bed with my head in my hands. She was now my one of my best friends and she is going to leave me so soon. This can't be happening!

"Natsume, you in there?" I know that was Tsubassa voice.

"Go away." I say with little anger but it came out low.

"Honey, what's wrong? Are you alright?" my mum asks worried.

"I'm fine…I need to be alone." I say, and I hear some footsteps fade away from my room.

"Natsume let me in." Tsubassa says. I don't reply back but I hear my room do chreek open knowing he is coming in my room. I was not in the mood to fight.

"I though I told you to go away." I say with anger now.

"Well I don't give an fuck. What's wrong? You came back you just stormed into your room."

"Like you care. Do me a favor and leave."

"No. Not until you tell me your problem."

"I'm am not telling you shit! So get the hell out!" I yell and push towards the door.

"The hell is wrong with you!" he yells back at me.

"Just leave me alone!" I say angrily at him and push him again but instead of him leaving he does something that I was unexpected.

He hugged me.

I tried to get out of his embrace but there was no use. I didn't even know I had tears in my eyes until I felt my checks wet.

"Please bro. Let me go." I sniffle.

"Natsume what's wrong?" he asks, worried.

"She's dying bro. She's dying."

"Who's dying?" he asks further.

"Mikan. She's dying." I cried on to his shoulder and he hugged me tight to him. I couldn't bare it anymore; I needed to let it all out. I heard mom, dad and Misaki at the door whispering.

"How Natsume? How is she dying?" my mom asked and I looked at her with my teary eyes.

"She has cancer mom. Stomach cancer, last stage and she may not make it. She may die before new years eve." I say and my mom ran up to me and hugged me.

"Oh sweetie. It's okay." She tries to comfort me but I can see that her tears are falling as well. Dad came to us and hugged us all as well as the Misaki. I didn't let go of my brother this time, and I guess I needed him. After a long moment of silence my dad asks me:

"How long has it been?" my dad asks.

"Two years." I answer him.

"Oh god." I hear Misaki say, "I can't believe she is going through all this at such young age. She is one strong girl." I couldn't agree more. She was strong, young like me, always happy and cheery and full of life, never in my life I though that she would be going in such pain. I was such a jerk to her and she was always nice to me. No wonder why Ruka kept telling me to stop. God I'm so stupid.

"What am I gonna do mom? I don't want her to die." I say to her while breaking the embrace. She looks at me with her wet eyes.

"All we can do is be there for her." She says and I nod.

She won't die. I won't let her.

End of Flashback

And from then on Mikan also became our concern, especially to my mom. She treated her as he own daughter and loved her company when she was over weeks ago. They used to have fun and do things together when they had the time, but I came and ruined everything. I am going to fix it and not give up. I'll make sure she lives and she will not die.

Mikan POV:

Well being at school and with my parents informed about my cancer, damn were they in panic but I don't now if it was just for show or were they actually worried. I was ignored most all my life, why would they care now. They were never there when they needed me. They hardly ever used to call; now they call some many times in a day. I pick up and just give them one answer and then tell them I am busy or I have school now or it's late I am sleeping. I keep the call short and straight, they try to talk and make a conversation but I don't wanna talk to long with them.

I use to try talk to them all those years on the phone but they never talked. They would pick up and say I was busy or I'll call later, never gave me the chance to say anything so I wasn't freely going to talk and pretend that nothing had happened.

Anyway, this is the last week of school before the holidays start and right now I was in the cafeteria with my friends having food. Natsume's mother cooks for me now in days and I gotta say, her food is delicious!

"Enjoying your food?" I hear Koko say and I look at him and I smile.

"Yes! It's so good!"

"You are such a pig polka." Natsume say. He is siting right beside me o my left and Sumire on my right. Hotaru was in front of me as well as Ruka, Koko and Yuu sitting on his left since Sumire was his right. We were sitting near the window where us girls, normally sit. The boys decided to sit with us. We were laughing and making jokes.

"So you guys ready for prom?" Sumire asks everyone.

"Sumire, prom is six months away. We have a lot of time to discuss that."

"I know but, come on are you gonna go?" she asks, and I really didn't know.

"I really don't know Sumire. I may not make to new years, and even if I do live no one would ask me to be his date. I am nothing special." I say feeling down.

"Don't say that girl. Someone will ask you and you are going to live." She says with full determination.

"You are killing me with this girl talk." Natsume says annoyingly. I smile at him.

"Are you going to go to prom." I ask him

"No."

"Man you are such a bore Natsume! What do you do for fun anyway?" he looks at me and smirks. I blush and look away. I feel him lean closer to me and his lips are near my ear.

Do you want to know" he says low in a huskily voice and I can feel my checks red in embarrassment.

"I am going to get more milk." I quickly get up and say, " I'll be right back." I heard him laugh lowly I went to the milk.

I get my chocolate milk and head back to my table. Suddenly I tripped and my milk fell on someone.

"Oh my god, I am so sorry." I say to the poor person.

"You filthy shank!" Luna sneers viciously at me.

I stare at her as my stomach drops, having no idea how to respond to her. I tried to apologize and this was the reply I got in return; a vicious gut-knotting snarl that captured the attention of everyone in the cafeteria. I am almost certain that all the color had drained from my face- all because of my stupid clumsy mistake.

As my lips part open and my breaths are wide as I blink at her. Speak up Mikan! Apologize! Make it up to her! "I…"

"Who knew that you were such a plot knotting, convencing little bitch under that sweetheart façade of yours. Do you enjoy making my life miserable!" she shouts and I press my quivering lips together.

"I'm very sorry Luna. It was a complete accident, I swear I'll get a napkin for you." I internally groaned at how unhelpful my words were. "Apologizing won't get the brown stain off my white dress!"

"I'll get the napkin from the kitchen. And you can borrow my jacket to keep warm." I begin to take my jacket off when she scowls at me.

"Drop the act Sakura, I am sick of this shit." She snaps at me. I just stare at her confused. I had only talked to her two times and here she was talking to me as if I have tormented her for years.

"I don't understand…"

She snickers bitterly, "You did this to me on purpose! You are trying to ruin my day! God! As if stealing B-" she immediately stops herself from talking and narrows her eyes at me. "Just quit the act and stop being so…nice."

It was then I had enough, so instead of saying anything back I turned around and started to walk away from her. Unfortunately that doesn't work since before I know it, a hand of sharp nails dig into my skin and grasp on to my shoulders and rip me back towards them. "Fuck!" I cry out in pain, holding on to my shoulder, which now has the red imprint of fingernails on it.

Everyone in the cafeteria watched the two of us in excitement, and at Luna action and began to chat one word that has me wishing that the ground would swallow me up whole, "CATFIGHT! CATFIGHT! CATFIGHT!"

Luna's face changes into confrontation and one determination look. Next thing that happens so quickly that after it does happen I am left in shock and confusion. Luna's hand flings back and swings toward my face, but before it can make contact with my face a hand grips my wrist and jolts me backwards.

The crowd goes silent, whilst I just stand there, staring at Luna. When my registers at what happened, I turn to face my hero there in front of me was Natsume, glaring fiercely at Luna.

Luna's face drops and she looks at Natsume with wide eyes, like a deer in the headlights.

"Natsume, I am so sorry… I um...-"

"What hell is your problem?" Natsume sneers at her.

"I…I…She provoked me! She spilled the milk on me on purpose!" Luna exclaims in a panic. Her breath is short and sharp and I wanted to hug her since she was in panic. "We haven't fucked in three weeks, Natsume. You didn't even give me an explanation as to why you just left. You just stopped replying to my messages. That is a really shitty thing to do Natsume!"

Natsume just rolls his eyes, "We just fucked Luna. There was nothing special about. You know that."

"But…But" she tries to response, "I thought we had something. I thought you like, as your girlfriend."

"Impossible I hate everyone expect Mikan." Natsume replies immediately. He sees Koko clutch his heart in mock-hurt and Yuu wiping a fake tear, and Natsume sighs, "Fine, and maybe some friends to."

"You think Mikan is so innocent and sweet don't you?" Luna scoffs. "Well you are wrong. She is a bitch. Look at what she did to my dress! Why are you defending her?! What is she to you?!"

"Mikan is my girlfriend. She is a good fucking person, saying anything insulting and you will get it from me." He says. I was shocked at what she said. One line kept repeating in my head.

Mikan is my girlfriend.