Chapter 23|| Teaching
"Okay Aoi, now write the alphabets from start to finish." I was teaching Aoi the alphabets since she didn't get a chance to attend school like the other kids her age. Since she was beaten and abused and not cared for, I decided to give her a little education. We were working on her letters for an hour because she was not fluent enough to move on to the wording part just yet. She can pronounce but not write them in order, she would mess that up but she is smart.
"Done nee-chan." She says and hands me her paper. It was good until midway of the letters. She mixed the letters in the middle and end.
"Aoi, we write L, M, N, O, P not L, O, M, N, O, P. Second we write X, Y, Z not Y, Z, X." I say to her. This was the six time wrote the alpha's but she was getting better because before all the letters were misplaced.
"It's too hard, and I don't get it. I say it right but can't write it right. I am so slow." Aoi says sadly.
"No you are not. You are fast learner and doing a better job than I was when I was your age." I motivate her and she smiles at me and fixes her mistakes.
Mom and dad were out doing some Christmas shopping, saying that they had to buy some things so they Aoi and me with Youchi. He was currently on the phone with someone, guessing his friends but I really didn't think further on the thought.
"Mikan-chan, can I please take a break?" she gives me a pleading pout that no one can resist. I agree and let her have fun; we were at it for an hour so she deserves a break at this point, which is reasonable.
"Yay! I am going to go play with onii-chan!" Aoi says happily and gets up running to Youchi for some movie time. She has grown close to my family; she started to call Youchi onii-chan and she loves it very much, she calls my parents' mama and papa. In someway she is like a family member for the amount of time she has spent here.
I went up into my room and played my guitar, thinking of something new to sing or just go with the tune. I started to hum with the tune and sang a little. When I new the words in my head I stared to sing a little louder. Then I hear a door bell ring. I put my guitar on the bed and head downstairs to see who it is, but they kept ringing the bell
"I'm coming! Quit torturing the poor bell!" I open the door to see Natsume standing there. I smile automatically cam up on my face.
"Hey babe." He comes in and hugs me; tight as if he let go I would disappear.
"Hi Natsume, and don't call me babe."
"Hn." Was his response, so we went inside and he greeted Youchi; So far, they don't get along, when Natsume came to know how Youchi had treated me in the past he became really angry and just glares at him whenever they walk by. Same thing with Youchi, to cool to break his ego, he glares back at him.
I took him upstairs into my room and left the door open, mom rules. I sat on the pin beanbag in my room a while he laid down on my bed as if he owed it. I roll my eyes at his him and his idiocy. I grab my guitar and start playing it like I was before and start humming with my eyes closed. I loved it until I heard a deep voice singing.
Why don't you love me?
Natsume: See I cant wake up, I'm living a nightmare
that keeps playing over again
Locked in a room, so hung up on you
and you're cool with just being friends
Left on the sidelines, stuck at a red light
waiting for my time, and I can't see
Why don't you love me, touch me
Tell me I'm your everything
the air you breathe, and
Why don't you love me, baby
open up your heart tonight
cause I could be all that you need
(Ohhh)
Why don't you love me?
Why don't you love me?
He was singing? I don't know he could sing and sing so well. His voice so amazing and sexy and…I am lost for words on how good it is. "Come on Mikan sing with me." He says. I never sang with someone before. I gulp and slowly sing along.
Mikan: See I'm just too scared, to tell you the truth
cause my heartache can't take any more
He is up from the bed and is looking directly at me. Form the words he said I can tell that he is referring to love and friendship between us.
broken and bruised, longing for you
and I don't know what I'm waiting for
with every verse I sang came closer and closer to me. My breath was starting to hitch and my heart was beating a hundred miles per minute.
Left on the sidelines, stuck at a red light
waiting for my time,
Both: so just tell me
Why don't you love me, touch me
Tell me I'm your everything
the air you breathe, and
Why don't you love me, baby
open up your heart tonight
cause I could be all that you need
(Ohhh)
By now both of us were face to face. He crouched down on one knee and looking into my eyes, intensely as if he was searching for my soul.
Mikan:Why don't you give me a reason
(give me a reason)
Natsume: please tell me the truth (please tell me the truth)
Mikan: you know that I'll keep believing ( I'll keep believing)
Both: until I'm with you
Natsume: Why don't you love me,
Mikan: kiss me
I can feel your heart tonight
it's killing me
So why don't you love me, touch me
Tell me I'm your everything
the air you breathe, and
NatsumeWhy don't you love me, baby
open up your heart tonight
cause I could be all that you need
(Ohhh)
Natsume: Why don't you love me?
Natsume: Why don't you love me?
Both: Why don't you love me?
Both: Why don't you love me?
Both: Why don't you love me?
At the end he kissed me passionately on the lips and I gasped and he took the opportunity to slide his tongue into my mouth. I kissed back loving every each moment of this. we break the kiss and he looks into my eyes, deeply and says…
"I love you Mikan." He says and my world stops. Did she just say the three words, right letters to me? He has feeling for me.
"Say something." Do I feel the same way? Do I love him? I mean we have kissed, and spend some amazing time together and care for each other. So I answer him…
"I love you too Natsume." I confess my love to him and I see a massive smile on his face. From then and there, I knew we were a couple.
...
"103.4. you are staying on couch young lady and will do no work. You will not get up, and will call us if anything is needed or wrong." She says placing my phone beside me.
"Mom I am sick, not disabled."
The following the I got sick and I was advised to be in bed all day. I had a high fever and a cough and everyone became so overprotective that not even a nursery home gives. Mom and dad stayed home that day as well as Youchi. Aoi was beside me the whole day, and would not leave unless she had to go to the bathroom. None of my friends knew about this, not even Natsume.
"Mikan no arguments. I will be in the next room, my office, so ring me if you need anything." He says and leaves a kiss on my forehead before walking out. For the past few days my parents have been taking care of me, talking to me and other things. I guess they were trying to make up for the things that had made me go through and I want to let them know that I have forgiven them, just haven't forgotten the time. I was laid down on the couch with a blanket and some pillows, which mom suggested so it would be easier to keep an eye on me.
After some time Aoi and I were watching a movie called frozen until my mom said that it was shower time for her. She didn't want to leave me but my mom told her she could come back and be with me after her bath. Later Youchi walked in and sat beside me looking at me devastated, and I know that look meaning he wanted to talk and I look away from him. but he was having none of that, he took his hand turned my face gently and made me look at him. he had guilt written all over his face.
"Mikan please listen to me. I want you to know how sorry I am for treating you the way I did. I never stood up for you and because of that you have suffered so much and still are suffering. I am so sorry for the pain I had caused you. You were never a burden in my life.
"I was a jerk to you and never stopped my friends for hurting you back then because I was stupid and over joyed in the crowd and loved the attention. Ever did I think that you were in pain and it was all because of my stupidity. I know you hate me Mikan and I am not here to ask you for your forgiveness because I know that I don't deserve it. But here to ask you to give me another chance at being your big brother." He says pleadingly.
"You have hurt me Youchi but I don't hate you." He hugs me tight to him.
"But please give me another chance at being your big brother. If I make the silliest to smallest mistake you can reject me as your big brother." He says to me and I would never do that you him. he is my big brother and I would never reject him.
"I would never reject you… big brother." I say to him and embrace him tightly. He smiles and hugs and says sorry over and over again. Then suddenly my phone rang and I see it was Natsume calling.
"Hello Natsume."
"Hey Polka." He responds. That bloody pervert and I see my brother smirking I hit him with a pillow and goes to different couch.
"can you *cough* stop calling me that *cough**cough*." I say, damn couldn't why cough come later.
"What's wrong?" I can hear the concern in his voice.
"No-*cough*thing" I try to say.
"Who else is there?" he asks I say that my brother was here.
"Give him your phone." I call my brother and he takes the phone and talks to him
"Yeah man…she is sick…cough and fever…no we are here for her. Are busy?...fine I tell her…okay man…yeah see you soon." With that Youchi shuts the phone and gives it back to me.
"Natsume is coming over." He says. Damn. Why is he coming over? Shouldn't he be spending time with his family getting ready for Christmas?
15 minutes later…
Someone was at the door, normally I would get up and go but with mom strict orders Youchi went and in came Natsume. He came over to and checks my forehead.
"Idiot, why didn't you tell me you were sick?" he asks in angry concern voice.
"Cause you would have been here instead of spending time with your family that is why." I say and he lays down beside me, Youchi goes up into his room.
We were in a comfortable silence watching whatever was on the T.V. Natsume had his arms wrapped tightly around me and cuddled to on the sofa.
"You had me worried little girl." He whispers in my ear that sends shivers down my spine.
"I am not a little girl." I say getting sleepy. I try to stop a yawn but fail miserably. Natsume chuckles.
"Just rest and go to sleep, I'll be here." He says and pulls me toward him and I feel my eyes getting heavy. In no time I let the darkness consume me.
Here you go guys! Another one will be posted tomorrow in the meantime Read and Review guys! My anime is to finish the story in two days.
