"Oh my Big Mac! I've missed you!" She exclaimed as she took a huge bite from the burger.

Mikan and Natsume decided to go to a nearby Mc Donald's after they finished their early mountain climbing. He offered to treat her in exchange of finding his precious stone when they first met, she turned it down but he insisted. She ordered 1 Big Mac, Large Fries, Apple Pie, Double Chocolate Fudge plus a monster size of Coke float while Natsume ordered double of it.

"Hey, polka…" he started.

"Yes?" Mikan asked curiously.

"Why is your skin so pale pink today?" She looked at her skin but it seems to be normal.

"Whaa..?"

"Because you look like a pig." Mikan blushed in embarrassment while he smirked arrogantly.

"You are an inconsiderate bastard! Look who's talking! Your food is double than mine!" She shouted and the war began.

"Blah blah blah…" he answered teasingly.

Mikan thought about her revenge.

"Natsume… do you know what's the connection between you and the word 'hot'?" Mikan asks sweetly.

"Of course babe, I'm too hot for you." He replied coolly.

"Na-ah! The connection between you and the word 'hot' is YOU'RE SO HOT LIKE A BOILING POT!"

"You're like a candy bar…" Natsume started again

"Because I'm sweet?" She asks flatteringly .

"You got that right, you're half sweet and half nuts." She frowned and glared at him.

"If you were a new burger at Mcdonalds you would be Mc Arrogant! Hmp."

"You didn't get a vaccine when you were a child right?"

"Well, I don't really know…" She said as she digs into her memories, ignoring the sarcasm in his voice.

"You did not."

"How did you know?"

"Because there's no vaccine for stupidity." She pulled out her tongue at him and frowned again. Natsume finally smiles at her.

"You are so easy to piss, babe."

"Don't call me 'babe' Mc Arrogant! It's gross." He only smiled in response as they continued their meal…

"Hey, Natsume do you know you're so handsome?"

"It's nothing new, in fact, that's my trademark…"

"Yeah, you're so handsome to fit in a vase."

"If your brain was a chocolate it wouldn't fill an M&M, polka."

Mikan slammed her fist on the table, her face flushing like a tomato, "STOP. TALKING. ABOUT. MY. BRAIN!"

"Keep talking, someday you'll say something intelligent…"

"ARGH! I hate you!"

"I heard you were planning to have a brain transplant but the brain rejected you…"

"I SAID STOP IT!"

And the war eventually goes on and on…

It was late afternoon when they decided to go off from the fast food restaurant. They walk to the park, ignoring the flirty women that try to get the attention of Natsume. Besides, he's very used to it. Women throw themselves at him even in their just stared at them, and she certainly knows from the very first time she has seen him that he would be prawn to girls because of his looks.

"Ne, Natsume..." They are now sitting on the bench next to a big tree. Wind is blowing gently as they stare at the darkening sky. "What's your favorite color?"

"…transparent," he answered mockingly. She hit him playfully in the shoulders.

"Are you retarded? That's not even a color!" She protested angrily and turned her back on him.

"Chocolate brown, idiot." She abruptly turned to him again, forgetting that she's angry.

"Really?!" She exclaimed being bubbly about it "Then, what is it in chocolate brown that you like?"

"No reason." He said while staring directly into her eyes.

"Oh…"

"Natsume, can I ask something about your opinion?" She asks full of hope.

"Hm?"

"What do you think of me?" He looked at her teasingly at the thought.

"That's easy. You're a loud mouthed, annoying, ugly and superb idiot." She frowned once again and became sad all of a sudden. She knows she's all that, but why did he have to slap it to her face? It's all her fault anyway since she asks. But wait, he's not yet done with his statement, "but you're independent, unpredictable, caring, thoughtful, and a deep person… and I like it all." He winks at her as she blush a thousand shades of red.

"Thanks. You're not that bad either… in spite of being demanding, rude, spoiled, arrogant, and a jerk, I know deep inside that you're caring, special, forgiving, thoughtful and handsome and that's all that matters." She smiled at him gratefully.

He was silent as she calmly said it to him. Sure, everybody says these kinds of things to him all the time but it was not as sincere as the way she says it. It makes him feel special and valued. Her words give him comfort, she says it like he's the most wonderful person on earth despite his flaws. This girl probably gets his heart captive on her hands, why? Because she sees what's inside him rather than the outside. She is so innocent, so pure, so kind, and considerate.

But her past words came running back to her as she slapped her forehead, "Did I just say handsome?!"

He smirks again.

"Don't worry about that, I know you'll fall for my looks eventually." He winks flirtatiously once more

"You are really a conceited bastard!" She got a bright idea and smiled sweetly at him. "Hey Natsume, why don't you slip something more comfortable,"

"For what babe? So we could have a steamy, enjoyable night?"

"Slip into something comfortable like a coma! You maniac!"

"Tch, I'm not Fred Flinstone but I can make your bed rock."

"PERVERT!"

"Sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of how awesome I am."

"ARGH!"

"Your haircut is pretty nice… where did you get it? The pet shop?"

"I'm already visualizing a duct tape over your inconsiderate mouth!"

"Oh yeah?"

"Hell yeah! You are so rude! Jerk!" Mikan attacked him and they were thrown out to the grass with Natsume on top. His and her eyes widened as a saucer because their lips were pushed very hardly together.

He recovered first but instead of getting off, he kissed her passionately as she just stared wide-eyed at him. He closed his eyes as he enjoyed the moment while Mikan remained utterly shocked.

It's been forever for her when he got up. He extends his well built arms as she reaches for it absentmindedly.

"Never thought you have a delicious lips, babe." He proclaimed, smirking and licking his lips.

She brought her fingers to her lips and caressed it gently. "That… that was my first kiss, Natsume…"

"You want to have a second one? There's absolutely no problem for me…" He said teasingly, obviously now in a brighter mood.

"PERVERT! That is the first and the last you'll ever get from me!" She screamed furiously.

Her thoughts were cut off when she saw a child hugging an Eskimo dog. She quickly remembered her poor dog that was not able to eat anything today because she ran out of dog food this morning.

"Toby…" She picked the name from the list of pet's names last week when she passed over by a dog shop.

She turned to him and said, "Natsume, I need to go, Toby's waiting for me…" His mood rapidly turns dreary. Who is this Toby? She's not going out with someone is she?

"May I know who's this you're talking about?" He furrowed his brows at her angrily.

"Oh shoot… I forgot to—" Mikan was deep in thought with her dog. She hasn't bathed him yet for almost a week.

Natsume grabbed her by his arms and made her face him with only an inch distance.

"Whaa… what are you doing?" She asked nervously.

He glared at her, "Tell me who you're talking about or you'll have your infinity kiss right now." He asked demandingly. Mikan was annoyed. She freed herself from him.

"What are you so angry about, jerk? Toby's my pet! I forgot to feed him this morning! Why are you so hot-headed?! And go have your infinity kiss with your butt pervert!"

Natsume smiled at her revelations. His mood turned to a great one dusted her skirt and got her things at the bench then turned to him.

"Goodbye, see you again this Sunday okay?" She smiled sweetly at him.

"No goodbye kiss?" he said teasingly.

"I told you pervert, that would be the first and last kiss you'll ever get from me!" She exclaimed persistently.

"We'll see…" he answered challengingly.

"Whatever, bye!" she waved her hand at him gently.

"See you then, polka." She ignored him and continued to march to the pet store.

It is 11:00 p.m. and Mikan is back to her mini-home from her hike with Natsume.

She is now at the open toilet scrubbing her dog, Toby with soap and water.

"Sorry… I forgot your food. It won't happen again okay?" The dog barks merrily.

Halfway through, the door suddenly opened. She jerked in surprise as the dog started barking angrily.

"We meet again, Ms. Sakura." It was the old, fat bald man again with his usual companions that never speaks.

"Mr. Tetsuya…" She started trembling. "I believe I paid on time sir…" The evil man laughed heartily when he heard her.

"Yes, yes Ms. Sakura, but…" He started walking towards her as Mikanback away. "I need money right now so if there-"

She did not let him finish. "I don't have money sir. I'm sorry."

His eyes widened at her as he grabbed her body and threw it to the floor. Mikan winced on the impact. "You're being disobedient now Sakura." He grabs the large bamboo stick from the corner of the room and hits her endlessly with it.

"If it weren't for your stupid parents, I'll be having money right now! But no! They died leaving me with a pest like you!" He continuously struck her mercilessly as the poor girl curled from pain.

Tsubasa tried to bite the man and protect his owner but his eyes were blurred with the pet shampoo and the other man who trespassed was preventing him from going closer to his owner. All that was heard in the room were the moans of pain and the sound of bamboo sticks hitting her skin.

After what seems like eternity, the malevolent man stopped and he was sweating like hell. "I'll give you until next week, if you aren't able to pay it, I'll kill you."

Her body is now covered with deep red wounds, it's a fortunate thing that her face was spared so no one will suspect what happened.

He dropped the blood covered bamboo stick to the floor, "And don't you dare escape, pest."

With that, they turned away and exited the small room leaving a poor little girl covered in blood and barely breathing due to the pain; her dog could not do anything but lick her face and stay close for her comfort.