CHAPTER 4: Poor Girl
It was Sunday, 5:00pm, the sun slowly disappears, slowly turning the red orange sky to darkness. A Young brunette girl was wandering in the Northern Forest and she sees a sparkling River.
"Darn it! I slept all day" Natsume said to himself, he had just woken up
'That was a really good dream though, at least I can be with Mikan alone in my dream's' he thought
-Flashback of his dream-
There was a field full of flowers, at the center of the field was an Angel calling him to join her.
'Natsume! Darling' Mikan called her
'Hurry up sweetie you catch me if you can!' she teased
'Just you wait Mikan, I'm going to catch you' He runs and catches her
'Gotcha' he embraces Mikan's hips and both of them laid on the bed of flowers
'Oh darling, its so nice here'
'Yeah,…Mikan, I wish I could be here with you forever' they both stared above the sky..
'I love you Natsume' Mikan said.
-end-
RMBLE..RMBLE..
"Oh darn I haven't even eaten my lunch yet" the boy said, he stood up and then he saw the angel in his dreams on the opposite side of the river.
"Wow this river is really cool" Mikan dipped her hand on the river.
"I haven't seen this place before" she examined the area, She took off the blazer of her middle school uniform and loosen the ribbon to make herself comfortable then she sat on a rock and suddenly someone tapped her shoulder
Mikan looked at the person immediately and to her surprise the moonlight showed the face of a young handsome boy…
"Ruka!" Mikan was surprised "What are you doing here?" she asked
"I was looking for you Mikan" he replied sitting beside her
"for me? But why" she asked again.
"Oh weren't you curious about lastnight? Or has Natsume told you already?"
"Last Night?" Mikan had totally forgotten about it. "OH YEAH, Ruka why was in your room with Natsume?"
"Well, how do I start this…last night you passed out…I was going to bring you in your room but it was locked and I couldn't find the key so I brought you in my room. I also asked Natsume to stay with you because I was heavily drunk you see" Ruka explained.
"Oh now I see…I understand now Ruka thank you for explaining" she smiled then she stood up and bent to see her reflection in the river.
"Mikan.." Ruka called her.. then he stood up.
"Yeah?" Mikan turned to him with a curious look..
Ruka went closer to her..
"Mikan.. I want to tell you something"
"Huh? What is it Ruka?"
"Look Mikan…I wanna tell you that..I…I..I like you…I love you Mikan!" Ruka said blushing madly. The line I love you Mikan' was heard at the other side of the river.
"Ruka I ..ah.."
"I'm sorry Ruka.. I mean, I love you too, but, only as a friend" Mikan said and then she embraced Ruka.
"I'm sorry, I like someone else Ruka, but please I want our friendship to be the same" Mikan whispered in Ruka's ear.
"Mikan…Yes I understand, I promise I'm going to be the same" Ruka replied sadly, but he understand what Mikan feels, and he realized the fact that he was not the one for her.
"That's good Ruka, will still be friends!" she moved away from Ruka and then she smiled.
Ruka sighed.
"I guess we better go now, its getting dark Mikan" He said, you can tell from his voice that he had gotten over rejection. And Ruka was smiling
"Ok then!" Mikan nod at Ruka, and she held his hand and they went off
Mikan and Ruka didn't know that someone was watching them from the other side of the river. He couldn't hear what they were talking about but he definitely heard Ruka saying 'I love you' to Mikan.
'What the heck was that all about?' he thought still in shock of what he saw
'Mikan, she likes Ruka?'
'I'm sure I heard Ruka saying I love you'
'Then she hugged him' Natsume felt that his heart was going to explode. He felt that his life doesn't have any destination anymore, He felt betrayed, and alone.
Monday Morning:
Mikan was on her way to class, she was 30 min early, Last night was a blur, everything was odd. Her day started in curiosity and it ended with honest answers that she wished she didn't heared.
'Darn! Im not used being alone, there's no Hotaru and Yuu to talk to' she thought.
She entered the classroom, and most of her classmates were there already talking in groups. Mikan greeted her classmates and she noticed that Ruka wasn't with Natsume.
"Good Morning Natsume!" she greeted happily.
"…." He didn't replied and just looked at his manga.
"Where's Ruka?" Mikan asked.
"…." He didn't answered, that question made him think about yesterday and made his blood boil. He glared at Mikan
'Natsume's not himself today, He's so cold in a warm morning' Mikan thought. And she just turned away but that made her shift to an angry mood.
Mikan wasn't used to staying in the classroom without talking to anyone. Hotaru & Yuu wasn't there and the class were in groups. At the corner of the room was Anna, Nanoko and other girls that Mikan isn't close to, at the other side was the girl with fortune telling alice dancing w/ Kokoroyomi and her other classmates playing instruments. At the other side was Sumire and the members of the Natsume-Ruka fans club. There wasn't anyone to talk to, so Mikan turned to Natsume and started talking to him.
"Hey, Natsume!" she started. "Why are you in a bad mood?" she asked.
"…"
"Why aren't you answering?"
"…"
"Oh come on I don't have anyone to talk to"
"Yuu and Hotaru isn't here"
"…" Natsume tried his best to ignore her but she was so irritating, he tried to hold his anger.
"Your impossible Natsume…are you even listening?...I wish Ruka was here!" she added and this hit a nerve
"THEN WHY DON'T YOU GO LOOK FOR HIM!" Natsume shouted as he stood up.
"Hey, why are you so angry?" Mikan asked as she also stood up .
"Angry, Because of your so annoying!" Natsume shouted backed at her. The shouting caught their classmates attention and the room was suddenly quiet listening to them.
"Huh…" Mikan was confused why he was so angry.
"Your so noisy, you say Yuu & Hotaru aren't here? Maybe they left you because they don't want to hang out with and idiot!" Natsume said cruelly.
"Your so disgusting flirt" he added
Slap
"You're a Monster!" Mikan ran out of the room crying. She bumped to Ruka who was just entering the classroom but she just ran.
Inside the Classroom:
"Hey, What was that all about?" Ruka asked his classmates but everyone stared at Natsume who's cheeks were Red because of the SLAP
"Oh Natsume, Are you alright? Darling?" Sumire said breaking the silence.
"Yeah I'm fine" Natsume replied as he sat down. And his fan club gathered around him, asking what happened and how was he.
Natsume's fans club was angry with Mikan, not only did she made Natsume angry but she also slapped him. Leaded by Sumire the members thought of something to get back at Mikan.
"Will make her pay, lets torture her…HAHAHAHAHA!" Sumire said with an evil laugh.
"Hey Natsume, What happened to Mikan?" Ruka asked, he sat beside Natsume.
"…" Natsume stood up and glared at Ruka. And he left the room.
Mikan sat under a tree. She was crying and thinking what she had done to make Natsume angry.
'I cant believe him'
'How could he say those things to me' she thought and suddenly remembers what he said.
'Your disguisting flirt' Tears flooded her face, she was so sad.
'What does he mean?'
'He wasn't like that the other day? She thought deeply
'I shouldn't have slapped him..but what he said…it was too much'
'Oh Hotaru please help me'
Then she suddenly remembered what Hotaru said
"take care of yourself while were away"
and then what Natsume said.
"you should be responsible with your actions"
"That's right I should face him myself. I didn't do anything…and I know Natsume wouldn't do that." She stood up and wiped her tears away
"I should say so-" she was suddenly cut off.
"What are you going to say huh?" Sumire interrupted.
"Were going to make you pay for hurting Natsume"
Mikan then realized that she was surrounded by Natsume's fan members. A girl grabbed Mikan's hair and pulled it. They beated Mikan up, and then another girl grabbed Mikan and was going to use her water alice but it was Nullified.
"What the? She nullified my alice" the girl said to Sumire
"Well, if your Alice doesn't work then lets use water from the faucet" Sumire replied as she splashed Mikan with water.
"Ehem..ehem…why are you doing this to me…please stop!" Mikan shouted and she ran.
"What are you waiting for get after her" Sumire commanded
Gray: Im so sorry if the story sucks..
Natsume: Thats so you. Why do I have to be a bad guy?
Gray: Oh dont worry Natsume-Kun remember the story is a Series of Misunderstanding..
Natsume: Well Make sure the end is good..
Gray: On The Alice Night club