Chapter Five:

As I walked through the corridor alone. I still thought about who Mikan likes. I know I shouldn't care but surprisingly (even to my ownself) I do. Is it my business? I guess not but what the hell, I can threaten her to tell me but I can't take those cries anymore. But wait, why am I thinking about this again? Silly me.

"Hey Natsume!" Ruka walked towards me. I nodded in reply.

"What's up?" He asked.

"Nothing." I said. Seriously, is there something up with me? Only that idiot's crush.

"Do you know who that idiot likes?" I asked Ruka. Maybe he knows, right?

"Mikan?" He asked with a smile. I merely looked at him. I guess he knows it's a yes considering we've known each other for a long time now.

"Let me see... I don't know. Do you want me to ask her?" Ruka offered.

"Hmpf. I don't need your help, Ruka." I said.

"As usual, you're pride gets in the way. Why don't you just give up and tell her how you feel?" Ruka asked me.

Easier said than done. WAIT! What did he just say?

"What?" I asked him.

"You like her, don't you?" Ruka asked me, with a smirk.

"What are you smirking about? Don't be stupid, Ruka." I had to defend myself.

"Stupid? Why else would you buy her Fluff Puffs? Eat with her? Let her sleep in your room?" He was still smirking!

"I bought her Fluff Puffs because she was too annoying."

"And...?" Ruka asked.

I glared at him and walked away. I was short of explanations. I don't like that idiot. Ruka followed me, still with that smirk. He's irritating me.

"What the hell are you smirking about!" I asked him.

"Oh, nothing. It's just that----" He was interrupted by none other than, Mikan.

"Hey Ruka! Hey Natsume!" She greeted with a smile on her face.

"Hmpf." That's all I can say since that stupid Ruka interrogated me and accused me of liking that idiot. I walked on. I saw Ruka smile at Mikan and followed me.

"Look, Natsume. If you don't want to tell me, it's okay." Ruka said.

I didn't say anything. There's nothing to say, really.


Mikan's POV.

What's with Natsume? I sighed. Whatever. That boy's so weird. He always teases me. ME! Only me! Is there something about me that he just think it's weird? I sighed again, I looked behind me, I saw Ruka and Natsume's back. They're so different, aren't they? Ruka's sweet and he's so cute when he uses his alice while Natsume, he's so mysterious, he rarely talks, his eyes seem empty and sad but alot of girls think he's so cool. Is he? I sighed again and continued walking. But now that I think about it, he's nice too. He seems to love Ruka, only Ruka? Does he love anyone other than Ruka? Like a girl? I wonder. Sometimes, he's so sweet and he surprises me when he does things I didn't know he would do to someone.

He bought me Fluff Puffs, let me sleep in his room and ate with me yesterday. Although I saw her with someone else awhile ago, the girl with blonde hair. I think she's a year younger than us. So, Natsume likes her? He walked with her. He rarely does that. Let me see, who has he walked with so far... that girl and... me. I stopped walking. He doesn't walk with girls right? But he walked with me and that girl. Coincidentally, the girl was sitting on a bench all alone.

"Hey!" I decided to talk to her. Somehow, I want to know more about the girl Natsume likes. She looked at me, her eyes were really expressive, they were grey.

"Hi." She said softly.

"I'm Mikan Sakura!" I introduced myself and held out a hand. She shook it.

"I'm Aya Sukanami." She said with a smile.

"Why are you alone?" I asked her.

"Well, I just need to think on my own." She explained.

"Ohh... I saw you with Natsume earlier. You know him?" I asked her. I was curious. I can't help it.

"Everybody knows him." She said. "A lot of girls like him, but he doesn't seem to be interested with the girls." she said scratching her head.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"I have a feeling he likes someone else." She told me.

I smiled, who could that be? Hmm... I should ask him.

"Okay, I'll leave you alone now. Nice to meet you!" I said as I ran away from her. I'm gonna look for Natsume. I continued to run across the hallway when I bumped into someone.

"Natsume!"

He looked at me.

"I have something to ask you."

He was still looking at me.

"I heard from someone that you like someone." I said with a smile.

He looked at me.

"Oh, so you heard from someone, how can you be sure? You're so gullible." he said.

"So, she was wrong." I whispered. "Oh, okay." I said and started to walk away.

"WAIT!" he called out.

"You still haven't told me." He said.

"What?"

"You still haven't told me who you like." He said.

I blushed.

"You really want to know?" I asked him.

"Yeah."

I laughed.

"Sorry, you can't." I said and ran. He can run! He caught up with me.

"You can't run away from me, idiot. Now tell me." He said. Now, he was on top of me. An uncompromising position. "Or I'll burn the clothes you're wearing."

Oh my. I can't let him see me naked! I give up!

"Okay, okay. Geez. I like..."

He was looking at me with those ruby eyes.

"I like..."

"Spit it out, idiot!" he said as he put his hand beneath my skirt.

"NO!" I shouted. He's bullying me again.

"Tell me now."

"Okay! I like..."