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A Relationship with His Villain

Pleasing His Villain aka Courtship

Flashback

-HIT!-

-SMASH!-

-BAM!-

"STOP HITTING ME WITH THAT GODDAMN GUN!" Ruka Nogi screamed at Hotaru Imai as he covered his face with his arms; dodging the hard balls that came out of her 'Baka Gun v. 5.5'.

The raven-haired girl kept blasting, "I can't… this is the only way for me to let you know that I want to kill you right now…" she drawled; her eyes slightly narrowing at the boy's bent figure.

Ruka stole a peek at the girl, "What did I do now?" he closed his eyes as a ball hit his face.

"You annoy me so much these days…" she replied, "I don't remember giving you permission to tell such lies to people," with one last press to the trigger, she put her gun down and waited for him to answer.

Ruka sneered at her before doing so, "What lies?"

"Things that you tell Natsume…" her gaze grew cold.

"What thi-ooohh," he suddenly realized what she was talking about. He became defensive, "They're not lies! And so what?" He huffed, "You did admit your feelings for me a month ago… I believe that it is alright for me to tell my bestfriend that we're seeing each othe-"

"We're not seeing each other." She suddenly cut him off, appearing tense.

He glared at her, his feelings hurt, "Then what are we doing then?" He rolled his eyes and sighed in frustration, "You're being weird again."

Silence

She pursed her lips, "Whatever." She carelessly dismissed his question, "My point is that the things that you have told Natsume have been passed to Mikan. You know he also tells things to the girl… and now Mikan is giddy; this is your fault. It's your fault that Mikan is now noisier, weirder, more hyper-active and annoying."

He immediately took his turn once she stopped talking, "This shallow thing is your problem?" He asked disbelievingly, "Your logic and sense is just too hard to get sometimes," he frowned.

"I never asked you to get my logic and sense," she frowned too, "Just don't go on telling people about things, I don't want them to know about my… feelings," he sensed her twitch as she murmured the last word.

"First it was about Mikan… now it's about 'other people' and your so-called 'things'. I will never get how your logic runs," deciding to give in to the genius; he sighed and nodded, "Whatever, whatever," he made his way out the empty classroom and slammed the door shut, dismissing the girl.

End Flashback

"Ne, Imai… is it true that you're seeing Nogi?"

"I find it weird… you're not the type to like someone…"

"I can't believe Ruka-kun is taken! How did you get him to like you?"

"Were you just tormenting him to get his attention? Did you blackmail him to like you?"

As the random girls crowded in front of her, Hotaru just forced herself to calmly drink her tea. She answered all of their questions with a sentence, "I don't like him. It's a dumb rumor," she denied, causing the other girls to make disbelieving noises.

Despite having the urge to twitch, Hotaru kept drinking he tea calmly as she ignored the other girls.

Ruka watched the scene silently as he sat three tables away from Hotaru. He covered his face with a menu as he continued to spy on her.

"I'm sorry Ruka-pyon… I never thought that it would spread when I told Inchou," a sudden apologetic voice rang in his ears as a brunette sat beside him.

Ruka bolted upright and looked at the girl, "OH! Mikan… you surprised me…"

As if oblivious to his comment; Mikan continued speaking, "It was kinda suffocating there, with all the girls approaching Hotaru and all. That's why I left her to talk to you when I noticed you spying on her," she paused to frown, but she smiled again as she spoke once more, "I just wanted to tell you that I really got excited when Natsume told me that you like each other… so excited that I didn't think of the consequences when I started to tell friends… now Hotaru is very upset because many girls are bothering her… you must be upset too," she looked at him and pouted, bowing her head, "I'm sorry…"

Silence

Ruka suddenly snorted and patted Mikan's head, "You're such a drama queen… it's not even a problem," he smiled as he looked at the girl they were talking about; who was now faintly cringing, "I now know why she's ignoring me and why she seems upset with me nowadays… she's probably just having a hard time accepting her own feelings, and I have aggravated that hard time by telling Natsume," he smiled inwardly.

"I guess so…" Mikan answered, finally smiling again, "And she really hates the fact that your admirers are now invading your personal space because of it." She informed him.

He only sighed as he looked at the usual bunny on his lap, "Still… so unreasonable and irrelevant. I wish that she would change just a bit so that our ideals and logic would match. That would make dealing with her easier for me, meaning that it wouldn't be too hard for me to figure out a way to appease her these days. Eh, she'll probably ignore me forever," he stroked the bunny's head, putting up a nonchalant mask as he opened up to the girl.

Mikan just smiled, "It's hard to love Hotaru because she often gives you a hard time. But it feels good at the same time because she's just… very special." She said, out of the blue, but Ruka understood her perfectly.

"I'm not saying that I love her," he shook his head and smiled, "but what you said is true." They kept silent.

"NE!" Mikan's eyes suddenly lit up. She disturbed the silence, "I know how you can please her! C'mon! Let's do it!" She grabbed the boy's hand and started to drag him.

Ruka stared at the girl for a moment before giving in. He smiled as they both stood up and ran across the streets of Central Town, "Alright, alright… just as long as I won't look stupid."

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"You look exceptionally stupid," was the first thing he heard from the raven-haired girl when she entered her lab, "What are you doing here?" She eyed the boy.

Ruka fought the urge to yell at her, "For your information; I am doing this to please you." He scratched his body as he answered. The whole damn thing was just too itchy… not to mention hot.

Hotaru remained expressionless, "How will this please me? You look ridiculous."

Mikan took over as soon as she received a warning glare from the boy. She stepped in front of Hotaru, "You see Hotaru, Ruka-pyon put on this fluffy-bunny mascot just so you would talk to him again!"

"I fail to see the relevance of it." Hotaru countered Mikan's optimism.

Mikan kept her happy mood, "NO! Can't you see? Ruka-pyon is willing to pose and even sing and dance for you while in this costume! And you can take as many pictures of him as you want to sell them!" Her lips curled to form an exaggerated smile as she heard the boy behind her shudder in dread, "He will do that so that you wouldn't be mad at him anymore."

"Tch," Hotaru sighed, "That's childish… I'm outta here." She turned to leave.

"NO! NO! NO!" Mikan panicked, "Sing Ruka-pyon, sing! La la la la la la la la la la la," she started to sway from side to side as she sang loudly, causing the other girl to turn around.

Ruka, throwing aside his dignity and pride, put down the bunny he was holding and started to sway as well. This kept Hotaru's attention.

"You are soft and cuddly…and you are warm and fuzzy. Lonely blue-eyed Nazi prom queen, bruised knuckle boy tired of crawling." Ruka tried to stop his voice from croaking, but it still did as the humiliation got to him. This amused the girl watching them. He continued singing, "Let's paint the town red, like "Carrie", because I am your, I am your toy…foxy lady. And-"

Ruka suddenly stopped in the middle of the humiliating song. Did Hotaru just giggle? He was sure he saw her suppress it just a moment ago. Mikan also stopped dancing as a gentle tension started to grow in the room.

Coughs.

Sighs.

Silence.

Hotaru finally cleared her throat and looked at them, she concealed a smile, "I didn't know you were tone deaf," she told Ruka, causing him to blush harder, "I'm not mad at you." She made it clear to the boy.

Ruka's eyebrows furrowed, "But you've been ignoring me lately. You're so inconsistent with your interactions, why is that?"

"Your admirers really annoy me," she evaded the question, "I would like it if we act as if our feelings are not a big deal, or we pretend like it's just one stupid rumor. I figured that people would soon shut up if I keep denying things, that why I've been ignoring you. Besides… you seem to misunderstand the situation, yes, I do like you, but we have never agreed upon each other that we are dating… so I don't understand why you told Natsume that we're seeing each other."

Ruka kept quiet. Once again, he got lost on how her mind worked.

Hotaru continued speaking, "Although this misunderstanding is insignificant to me, I guess that you only told Natsume this because I didn't tell you any of my opinions or that I'm strongly against it… and that you have done this dreadful-yet-entertaining act because of your false belief that I am mad at you… but I guess it's just because I always keep you hanging when it comes to what I'm thinking… not that I've ever asked you to understand me… but still, I apologize." She finished in a dead murmur, but the people who heard her knew that she was being sincere.

Ruka and Mikan looked at each other and grinned. They felt lighthearted.

Forgetting the humiliation, his dignity, his pride… the whole ordeal, Ruka smiled and looked down at the bunny next to his feet, "I'm still confused, but whatever." He grinned as mischief gleamed in his eyes, "Hey, I'll accept your apology if you kiss Mr. Bunny right here," he pointed at the bunny next to his feet. He didn't actually get why he said it, maybe it was just to humor their situation… or maybe it was out of hope that he could get back on her for all of her mocking. Whichever the reason was; he knew that nobody would take it seriously.

Silence.

Hotaru walked right up to him and picked the bunny up, "I apologized but I don't really care whether you accept the apology or not." Typical. Ruka expected this answer from her.

He just grinned, "Yeah sure, just give it to me," he held up his hands, waiting for her to give the bunny back to him.

Hotaru did.

… But not before pressing her lips to its tiny head.

Ruka, Mikan, and probably also the bunny's eyes widened in surprise. All except Hotaru broke into a grin.

Silence.

"Tell people about this incident and I will skin all of you to death."

It was just a typical threat from Hotaru… it wasn't powerful enough to stop the two from grinning.

End Chapter

Author's Note: Hello! The song that Ruka sang is "Fuzzy" by The Incredible Moses Leroy. It's the most twistedly sweet song that I have ever heard… perfect for the portrayal of a RukaRu relationship. Thank you for those who reviewed, I will send my review replies and also check out your stories once stops being such a pain…

Please wait for the next chapter "Jealousy of His Villain aka Being Official"

It will include Natsume and Mikan!

Err… read and review :)