ONE HELLUVA CRUSH

By: Esa MaRie

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Chapter 15 A Revelation

Mikan stood by the Sakura Tree gazing at clouds. A group of birds were flying and happily chirping as they pass by.

So he won…, she thought. Actually she really wanted Natsume to win. She had no plans of becoming Weber's girlfriend. It was her stupid pride that prompted her to include herself on the bet. But even though she had given Natsume the option to decide what to do to her as part of the bet, she knew that he won't ask her to do something dangerous or impossible.

A cold breeze passed through her and she shivered. Then she felt footsteps coming her way.

"So, you're sulking here because I won, eh?"

Mikan sighed. She doesn't have to look back to know who just said that. She knew that voice very well. "Yeah. So, what do you want me to do now, your highness?", she asked sarcastically.

Natsume just remained silent staring at her back. Then he asked, "Did you really want him to win?"

It was Mikan's turn to be silent. She couldn't possibly tell him the truth, right?

Then she felt Natsume slowly walking closer towards her. She was surprised when strong arms suddenly pulled her backwards. She felt her back against Natsume's chest, his arms wrapped against her body.

"Natsume…?"

"Do you hate me that much, little girl?", he whispered softly.

Her heart was beating furiously. What is happening? Before she could stop herself, she heard herself say, "N-no…"

She then felt Natsume's embrace tighten.

"Mikan…"

Mikan closed her eyes as if to savor the joy she felt upon hearing her name from Natsume's lips. They stayed in that position for a while. Everything seemed to have stopped and she felt contentment just being in his arms.

Realization came to Mikan like a bucket of water thrown to her. She's in love with Natsume! NO! No way!

With her full strength, she struggled free and pushed him away from her.

"What's wrong?", Natsume asked.

"Everything!", she replied harshly, still too confused with her feelings. "I don't hate you but I also don't like you!"

"Is that so? You seem to like me a while ago.", he replied sarcastically.

Mikan blushed furiously. Unable to say anything, she turned her back on him to run away but his voice stopped her.

"Mikan…"

Mikan could feel her heart pounding rapidly.

"You owe me one week of servitude."

Aarrrrrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhhhhhh! Mikan wanted to cry. What in the world did she ever saw in that stupid jerk! It's better if she had stuck on hating him. She wouldn't be experiencing this pain she's feeling right now. She started to run away but Natsume grabbed her hand and pulled her back towards him.

"Stop running away from me, idiot."

Mikan looked up, her eyes already blurry from unshed tears. Natsume lifted his hand to her face and wiped off a tear that had fallen against her cheek.

There was a long silence. Their eyes met and something strong seemed to be pulling them to each other. Mikan saw Natsume's face getting closer and closer to hers. She felt his lips touch hers and the reaction was instant. He wrapped his arms around her body while her arms found its way to his nape. He slanted his lips to hers and the kiss deepened. The kiss was long and passionate. Natsume released her lips for them to catch their breaths. She could hear the rapid beating of his heart. She opened her eyes and saw the Natsume's liquid fire eyes gazing at her with an expression that she could not fathom. Trapped with his eyes, she was not able protest when his lips came down again

"I love you, Polkadots.", he whispered as he kissed her.

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Weber was walking, dazed at what he saw.

Yes, he saw them. Mikan and Natsume were kissing by the Sakura Tree.

So Mikan really likes Natsume more than me…, he thought sadly.

It hurts. He feels as if his heart is breaking. As if a knife chopped his heart into pieces.

Weber's weird imagination…

Natsume chopped Weber's heart into cubes, then dropped them into the stew he was cooking. After it was cooked, he served it to a lovely brunette sitting by the table.

"Mikan, darling. Here's my special stew for you – Corazon ala Weber stew.", Natsume sweetly said to Mikan holding the spoon to her mouth.

"Muchos gracias, Natsume mi amore (Thank you very much, Natsume my love)." Mikan opened her mouth over the spoon. Natsume took a napkin and wiped off traces of stew from her mouth. Then he bent down and kissed her long and hard.

"That was delicious, Natsume love!", Mikan exclaimed.

"Me or the stew?", Natsume asked lovingly.

"You, of course. The stew tasted like shit."

"WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!", Weber cried loudly. "Damn them both! They'll pay for this insult! I'll make sure...!"

BAMMMM!

Weber found himself flat on floor not knowing what hit him.

Hotaru stood in front of him holding her horseshoe gloves. "Idiot. You're so noisy.", she said with an emotionless voice.

Weber's eyes swirled dizzily at the impact of Hotaru's punch. When his vision cleared, he found himself staring at a pair of violet eyes.

My angel!

He quickly got up and tried to embrace Hotaru.

"My beautiful angel! I've finally met a real angel! A girl deserving of my undying love! My…!"

WAPAK!

Weber slammed into the wall (wall cracks), then fell face down.

"Idiot.", Hotaru muttered holding her horseshoe gloves. Then pressed her remote control, and her flying swan arrived. Then she climbed up and took off.

Ruka stepped closer to Weber's unconscious form.

Serves you right, idiot!, he thought. But of all girls, why Hotaru? Damn!

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Hehehe! I'm not Spanish so I'm not sure if the words and translations are correct. It just came into my head while I was writing this.

This chapter is quite mushy... actually, not quite... it's too mushy! Hehehe! Well, it's near the end, so it's time for reconciliation.

Next one is the final chapter… Yipee! I'm finally near the end. One more to go! Please look forward for it!

Reviews please:-)

Author's Notes: (As response to one of the reviews…)

Weber's personality is really someone shallow, conceited, and stupid. He looks cool (since he's handsome), but that's his only good point. Actually when I was writing the fifth chapter, I was thinking of adding a new student who is really cool and powerful, almost like Natsume. But the story became more serious, totally different from the mood of the first 4 chapters. So, I ended up revising the whole chapter and changing the personality of the new student into someone who is an idiot and whom I know I could torture to make this story hilarious. Hehehe! So, if you think that Weber's a loser… well, he really is! I think so too! Hahaha:-)