Hurting from what have been
As your face draws back
And opens up a sigh
I hate to break it in you
It's the hardest thing she had to do
But her words meant, baby,
Everything is through
I watched upon the heavens
Wait till you believe
Our moment is true
Like eager angels falling from heaven
I'd give it all up to share the pain with you
Like eager angels falling from heaven
Undaunted cause your love will see me through
How can I make you feel
How I want to hold you near
I ache to feel your hand caress my soul
I'm standing next to you
My days no longer blue
I'd shed my wings to offer what is true
I still can taste
The scent of your voice on my lips
Every moment I close my eyes
And breath you
It was a moment
That would linger on in my stubborn disbelief
In the magic that was woven…
Stole
Mikan hung her head in defeat. She would never finish cleaning the art room in time for dinner. From what she knew, no one really did clean the art room. Or at least she doesn't think so.
Yuu Tobita, a good friend of hers, offered to help her clean the room. But she must decline. If any teacher saw them clean the art room together, Yuu just might get in trouble for helping her. And she couldn't do that to an honor student. Yuu didn't deserve it. He worked too hard and too long just so that Mikan can destroy it for him. No. Mikan wouldn't have that done to her friends. But it would have been comforting if her honor student of a best friend would have at least offered to help, too. But NO! Hotaru didn't even pass by just to even look at her. She's probably off to her laboratory by now. Even Mikan wonders sometime why she puts up with such torture. But she knows it's all because she really does love Hotaru wholeheartedly. And she's also sure Hotaru loves her just as well. She just has a sort of different way of showing it.
Mikan continued on fixing the tables and chairs and pushing them to the side so she can sweep the floor properly. When she was done, she then went on to fixing the paintbrushes, the paint, the canvases and the coupon bonds tucked inside the huge cabinets. She was still half done. She got her gloves and apron and started mopping and scrubbing the floor until the dried blots of paint were gone. She then got a wet towel and started wiping the blackboard and the chalk ledge. She rinsed the towel and then started wiping the windows. After all of the wiping, fixing and scrubbing, Mikan then returned all the tables and chairs to their proper order. She was now done and the room sparkled clean.
"Hmph! Wait till they see this in the morning!" Mikan placed her hands to her hips and looked proudly at what she had accomplished. They are in for a surprise. "They thought they can break down Mikan Sakura!" Mikan raised up her fist in victory. But then her stomach suddenly growled at her.
"Ohh…" Mikan hugged her tummy. "I'm so hungry. I better get some dinner now." She checked her clock. It was already 5:30 p.m. Wow. It took her just an hour and a half to do all this. But she's going to be late for dinner if she doesn't go quickly. Their dinner is usually served at 6:00 so if she runs now, she'll surely just be in time for it.
The high school building was farther to the boarding house than the elementary building. But since Mikan used to get lost a lot around there, she knew all kinds of shortcuts so that she'll reach the boarding house a lot quicker. She was also really exhausted from the cleaning so the faster she gets to bed, the better.
But as she ran through a sort of alley between the school buildings, she saw a young man straight ahead. He was walking slowly and seemed to be distracted. But Mikan was running so fast, it was difficult for her to stop when she was almost going to topple the man over. Thankfully, the man caught her… with amazing reflexes, too.
"I'm so sorry!" Mikan quickly jumped to her feet. "I couldn't…I...I couldn't…I…" Mikan was so surprised to see that the man who caught her was none other than Ruka Nogi, the beautiful blond who always tagged along Natsume. "Ru…ka…" Mikan could barely get the words out of her mouth.
But Ruka simply looked at her. He stared at her for a while and seemed to be in deep thought. Then, he suddenly tore his gaze off Mikan and walked away.
Mikan was still in quite a shock, she had only watched Ruka walk away. She had so many things to say in her mind like, What? Who? What're you doing here? What? What? What! Okay. So maybe it wasn't a lot to say. But who would know what to say when they suddenly bump into an old friend whom they've parted with such awkward circumstances and with no closure at all.
What is going on here? Is the past trying to catch up with her after 5 years? That was weird. She, Ruka and Natsume go to the exact same school and are at the same year level. But at the rate of how often they meet, no one would even think that they're even in the same city together. There are weeks when she wouldn't even see them. That had started only about two years ago when they really had gone from each other's faces. But the gap between them had started long before.
Grumble…grumble… Mikan's stomach started churning again and she was suddenly brought back to the present, She started running again.
Running as fast as she can…
As if so the past cannot catch up with her anymore…
"Natsume… you know, she got lighter."
"Hm."