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"Last night I matched each star with a reason for loving you.

I was doing great until I ran out of stars."

Previously:

"You know, I've always wondered about how stars can shine that bright. They can shine and shine high up in the sky, but you can't reach them even if you try." Natsume curiously turned to her as she was staring at the sky, her eyes still full of wonder. A small breeze hit their bodies, making Mikan shiver a bit.

Natsume looked up at the sky just like her.

"Maybe stars weren't meant to be reached."

Chapter 8:

Natsume's comment made Mikan sit up and turn her head to him. Her eyes were full of curiosity and confusion. She just sat there, processing what he just said and staring at his figure. Natsume noticed this and soon got annoyed at her staring, so he glanced at her with a frown on his face. "What?" His tone snapped her back to reality and she shook her head.

"I guess you really can say some nice things once in awhile." She immediately regretted her words that she said without thinking and covered her mouth with her hands. Though that didn't help because Natsume sat up and narrowed his eyes at her. Mikan closed her eyes shut, waiting to see if he would do anything. He lifted his right hand and brought it to her forehead, flicking it lightly before retreating his hand back to the soft grass. She opened her eyes, putting her hands to her forehead. Her eyes slowly went to Natsume, her mouth opened to say something but no words came out. He stood up and started to walk away, but after a few steps, he turned his head back to face her.

"Idiot."

And he turned away, walking to the house again. Mikan sat there for a few more minutes before she took one last look at the sky, stood up, and walked back to the house. It was still dark outside and everyone was asleep. She went to the living room and sat there, thinking about what Natsume had said. Soon, she fell asleep on the soft couch just before the crack of dawn. By the time the sun was up and it was early morning, Hotaru had already woken up. She walked into the living room to find Mikan sleeping on the couch and sighed. She covered her with a blanket and sat down on another couch that was at the opposite side of of the room. Soon after Hotaru had woken up, her mother and Misaki followed, and Tsubasa. Natsume woke up just after Tsubasa had, and though they were offered breakfast, they had insisted it was fine. They were saying their goodbyes when Mikan woke up. She lazily sat up and looked around.

"Morning." Her voice was groggy, and her eyes were still fighting to stay open.

Misaki was the first to respond. "Morning sleepy head! It's about time you got up." Sarcasm hinted her voice but she chose to ignore it. Mikan stood up and Misaki ushered her over to where everyone else was. "Now that Mikan is finally awake, I think it's time we also went home." Miyuki had just finished saying goodbye when Misaki came in with Mikan. "Are you sure you don't want to stay for breakfast? It alright really." She smiled warmly at them and Misaki couldn't help but be tempted. "I would really love to stay, but this one has chores to do." She pointed her finger to Mikan as the said girl groaned, knowing her punishment was near. Miyuki laughed softly and she nodded at them. "Alright then. But you can always come by if you need anything okay?" Both girls nodded and more goodbyes were said. Hotaru made sure to hit Mikan on the head before she left so she could stay awake, and sure enough it helped. On the road back home, they couldn't help but notice that Tsubasa and Natsume take the same road. Misaki asked about this, and Tsubasa had said that they were probably neighbors. This sparked an argument between them and kept them busy, but Mikan and Natsume were a completely different story. There was not a single exchange of words between them.

The silence between the two of them was almost deafening. Mikan was about to open her mouth to say something- anything to break the silence- when, surprisingly, Natsume spoke up first.

"They look like a stupid old married couple. Fighting like that." Mikan blinked at him and turned her focus towards Misaki and Tsubasa. They were still bickering, except this time it was for something really dumb. Mikan giggled. Natsume was right, they really did look like an old couple like that. "Yea, you're right." She smiled a little and said, "It's the first time I've seen her look that happy though. I guess it's a good thing?" Natsume raised an eyebrow thinking about how this was also true for Tsubasa. He's seen him talk and flirt with other girls, but he's never seen him having so much fun. Not even with him. "Hm."

Once again silence took them over, however it wasn't as awkward as before. It was more of a comfortable silence. Mikans mind once again wandered to what Natsume had said the night before. 'Maybe stars weren't meant to be reached.' Mikan furrowed her brows. She didn't quite understand what Natsume meant by that. Did he have some kind of experience that made him say that? Natsume had noticed her furrowed brows and lightly chuckled.

"You look ugly with your brows furrowed like that. Stop it."

Mikan pouted slightly. "Shut up. I'm just thinking about what you said last night…" Natsume turns to look at her and notices that she is frowning again. "You know maybe you should stop thinking then." He smirked. He didn't know why but he enjoyed teasing the brunette. Mikan turned her head and stuck her tongue out, slapping his arm lightly. "Very funny Natsume." They didn't notice that Misaki and Tsubasa had been looking and talking about them as their exchange happened.

"You know Natsume hardly smiles or laughs like that. It's weird seeing him like that." Tsubasa says. Misaki laughs lightly at this and says, "Well maybe you should get used to it. You might see more of it." He raises a brow at this and questions her.

"What do you mean?" Misaki smiles slightly.

"You'll find out."

He scrunches his face up. "You're weird, you know that?"

"Oh shut up."

After a few more minutes of walking, Tsubasa announces that they are almost at his destination. Mikan looks at Tsubasa and comments that they don't live that far from here either. Tsubasa teases that he was right, saying that they were neighbors. As they reached Tsubasa's house, they bid their 'See you later's' and once again Misaki and Tsubasa began to bicker over nothing. Mikan smiled at their exchange. She looked over to Natsume who was also looking at their exchange. "You know we really don't live far from here. I feel like Tsubasa-san is right when he says we're neighbors." Natsume looks at her and chuckles.

"Then I'll guess I'll be seeing you around more often, Polka." He smirks and starts walking away, calling to Tsubasa that he's gonna get locked out of the house if he doesn't move his butt from where he is. He runs to Natsume screaming something along the lines of 'See ya!' and 'He isn't joking, seriously.' Mikan was left pondering about what Natsume said to her.

"Polka…?" She whispers to herself. "Wha-"

And then it hits her. What Natsume was referring too."

Mikan turns towards the direction Natsume started walking towards and yelled so loudly,

"NATSUME YOU DAMN PERVERT!"

So this is a short chapter to make up not updating an actual chapter for how long? lmao So I'm not sure if I still have the feel of the characters right and please correct me if Natsume had already called her Polka in the chapters before lol I kinda forgot oops. Mmm so yea I feel like my style is still the same? Is it? I've been reading so many fanfics lately (not on here) so I got inspired by their writing I guess? I still have the story in my head even though it's been like 2 years since I've written a chapter for this story (orz) How did it turn out? Also I'm kinda rushing this and making it faster paced than I originally planned so sorry if it seems too fast orz

Yea I think that's it. Follow me on instagram or twitter if you want -don't follow if you don't wanna see BTS in your feed :-))- Instagram: foryoujikook Twitter: mysunshinejm

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