Chapter Ten:

I knocked twice onto Hotaru's door. No one answered. So, I opened it.

"Hotaru?" I called out softly as I went inside.

I saw Hotaru, still sleeping and Ruka was hugging her from behind, also sleeping.

My eyes lit up due to what I was seeing. They look so cute together, I want to take a picture of them. Lucky for me, Hotaru's camera was in the bedside table. And so I did it, the photo quickly got out of the camera. I looked atthe photoas I went out of the room with a smile on my face.

Ihave got toshow this to Natsume.

I ran towards the forest and my guess was right.

Natsume was sitting down under a tree, his right leg was folded up and his left leg, lying down and his right arm, resting on his right knee. He has his eyes closed. I (kind of) knelt beside him, holding out the photo of Ruka and Hotaru.

"Natsume, look." I said.

He opened his eyes and look at the picture. Then he burned it.

"WAH! Natsume!" I shouted while looking at the ashes.

"Shut up, Idiot. You're voice is so annoying." Natsume said.

Well, that did shut me up, just a bit. I sat beside him instead.

"You know, Natsume, it's good that you finally fell inlove with someone." I said. He looked at me. "I heard you and Ruka yesterday, right?"

"I didn't say anything about that." Natsume said.

"Well, okay, you like someone. But I guess, that girl's luckybecause a lot of girls like you since we were ten, right? But don't worry, I won't ask who that is."

Natsume stayed silent.

I don't even know why I feel sad about this thing. I never really thought that Natsume would like someone and I never thought about this matter before considering it's none of my business. I really don't know why I feel this sad. Am I sad because Natsume likes some other girl? Probably not. That would be my last reeason.

"What's wrong?" Natsume suddenly asked me.

"What? Nothing." I answered as I looked away from him.

"You're not as annoying as you were yesterday." He said. "What's wrong?" He repeated.

I shrugged. "I don't know, I really don't." I said while looking at the bush across us. "But it's amazing that you immediately noticed something's wrong with me." I smiled a bit.

"Like I said, you're not as annoying as you were yesterday." He said.

I stood up with my hands on my waist and bent over to him.

"So, you're saying I'm annoying?"

"Well, you are annoying, Polka-dots."

"Stop calling me Polka-dots! Learn to read my name!"

Natsume smirked. "That never fails to get to you, does it?" He said calmly as he looked up at me.

I fell silent. I sat beside him again and smiled.

"What are you smiling about?" He asked me.

"Nothing." I said, still wearing a smile.

He does have a knack of making me feel better at times like these.


Mehn, this story will be longer than I thought. So, keep on giving me reviews. It will be greatly appreciated.

To maifu04: It's nice that you can really understand what I'm trying to get at. Thanks.