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*Chapter 24*

Mikan opened her eyes slowly, trying to adjust to the light that came through the window. She turned her face to the other side of the bed, trying to avoid the sunlight and get more sleep. Her eyes widened when she saw another face, only inches away from hers.

She smiled and looked at him tenderly; he was sleeping next to her. She brushed a few tuffs of his hair covering his face and gave him a kiss on his forehead. She got out of the bed as silently as she could; she turned to look at herself on the mirror standing in front of her.

She didn't remember why she was using Natsume's shirt; she guessed he was the one who did it. She looked at her wristwatch, thankfully it wasn't the time for their parents to wake up, she still had a few minutes.

She walked silently towards her bedroom, once she reached her destination; she closed the door slowly and silently. She gave a loud sigh as she threw herself to her bed.

She smiled to herself, her love was finally reciprocated.

Her alarm suddenly ran, making her smile once more. She was planning on waking Natsume up. She made her way into the bathroom, took a quick shower and dressed in her school uniform.

She went downstairs first,

"Good morning mom", she greeted cheerfully.

"Morning dear", Yuka smiled towards her.

"Where's dad?", Mikan asked when she didn't find him downstairs drinking his coffee as he usually does.

"Something came up, he left to the hospital a few minutes ago", she explained, placing two plates on the table. "Natsume isn't up yet?"

Mikan turned her head to the stairs, "I guess he isn't", she pretended not to know. "Should I wake him up?"

He mother nodded as Mikan quickly went upstairs.

"What an easy girl to read", her mother said with a little smirk.

Natsume opened his eyes and frowned. Mikan was gone, even though she said she would stay. He then sighed softly, surely she had to go back to her room, or both of them would get into trouble. She closed his eyes, remembering what happened last night.

Before he could open them again, he heard the door being opened. He pretended to be asleep, as he heard a few steps getting closer to him.

"Natsume", Mikan whispered as she didn't mean to wake him up.

He remained silent, hoping she would call him by his name again. He liked the way it sounded.

"Wake up, Natsume", she whispered again. "Or else I'll have to kiss you"

He was surprised by her; she really was a mischievous girl in the inside. He didn't move, just waited for her to do as she promised.

"You asked for it", she said softly, giving him a soft kiss.

She almost shouted when she felt Natsume's arms taking her and placing her on his bed, the positions were reversed as Mikan was the one laying under him.

He kissed her again, and she didn't delay to answer his kiss. He then stopped kissing her lips and started kissing his neck. Mikan tried to stay as quiet as she could; she bit her lips trying not to make a sound.

"N-Natsume, food is ready", she managed to say.

Natsume growled in response as he gave her a quick kiss and sat next to her. "I'll take a shower, you go ahead"

"I'll be waiting", Mikan said with a smile, kissing his cheek.

"Wear something on your neck or we'll be busted", Natsume said with a smirk.

Mikan didn't understand what he meant until she saw herself on the mirror. She looked at her neck horrified, she had many kiss marks!

"Natsume I'll kill you!"

The bell rang, making all the students sigh in relief.

"Okay class, you're dismissed", said the teacher waving goodbye to their students.

Mikan stood up, and walked towards Natsume's desk, she found him sleeping with a manga on top of his face. "Did you even pay attention to the class?", Mikan asked taking his manga off his face.

Natsume only yawned. "Let's go home"

Mikan's frown disappeared and a smile took place, "Sure!"

They walked through the halls; everyone stared at them and whispered. It was the first time the cold-hearted class representative walked by somebody's side. And to make it even more surprising, she was smiling and actually having a conversation. Boys looked at Natsume with jealousy as the girls send glares to Mikan.

"Are you going home today?", Mikan asked once they left the school building.

"I must go or my father will kill me", Natsume explained.

"I want to go with you, Hotaru and I have a lot to-"

"You're not going", Natsume cut her off.

"Why not?", Mikan stopped walking.

"I need to see my father, I don't want you to get involved", he said calmly not stopping his pace.

Mikan walked faster to catch up to him. "Are you hiding something from me?"

"I'm not", Natsume locked his eyes with hers. "I'll take you tomorrow with me"

Natsume wasn't hiding anything from her, he simply felt like if he couldn't trust his father. He knew about Nozomi's and his relationship, and still didn't say anything, and worse of it all, he even help her to leave him.

Mikan nodded, "I understand", and after that she didn't speak anymore until they arrived home.

"I'm home", Mikan said receiving a warm welcome from his parents. She simply sighed when she saw Natsume going upstairs to open the portal and see his father. She felt sad but she was hoping everything will turn out well.

"I'm in", Ruka said in defeat.

Hotaru's eyes sparkled as a small smile grew on his face. "You've made the right choice"

"You sound like if you're selling me something", Ruka sighed messing his hair.

"Look, the plan is simple", Hotaru started. "You only have to do as I say-"

"Ruka!", Natsume shouted entering to the room without knocking.

"Natsume!", Ruka stood up hugging his best friend. "I haven't seen you in a while"

"A lot happened and I-"

"Did Mikan come?", asked Hotaru, this time it was her time to cut him off.

Natsume shook his head, "I'll bring her tomorrow", and he turned to look at Ruka. "Is my dad at his office?"

Ruka nodded, "You should hurry up and see him. He's been in a bad mood lately"

Natsume rolled his eyes, "I get it, thanks"

"Before you leave", Hotaru stood up patted Natsume's back. "Good luck with your dad"

He turned to look at her surprised but then nodded, leaving as quickly as he entered.

"What was that?", Ruka asked in disbelief. "I thought you hated Natsume"

Ruka didn't know that Hotaru's first affection towards Natsume wasn't more than a façade, in order to hide a small microphone on Natsume's back.

"We don't have to talk anymore, you'll have to follow me, part one of my plan is about to begin", she smirked making Ruka's sweat drop.

"Come in", said Ioran when he heard a knock on his door.

His eyes widened when he saw his son entering through the door, "Have you've been well, it's been a while father", he greeted politely.

Ioran raised a brow when he noticed his son's politeness, he was being careful around him.

"It took you four days", Ioran muttered.

"I know, I have been a little busy-"

"I don't need excuses", Ioran cut him off.

"Please let me explain, a lot has happened and I-"

"What could've happened? I send you to the human world to work, don't you remember? I wanted you to improve your skills, have you done anything I've asked on the past month? You can't even send your daily reports", Ioran snapped.

"Dad, I-"

"Natsume, you didn't follow my orders"

He was tired of being cut off so he decided to let his father finished talking.

"You won't return to the human world"

"W-what?", Natsume asked in disbelief. "Father don't do that please"

"You finished your mission, you'll start working back for the company", he explained looking at him seriously.

"Don't do it again!", Natsume raised his voice surprising his father. "You did it a century ago and you're doing it again? You might've break my relationship with Nozomi but you can't do it now"

"Don't tell me…", Ioran looked at him shocked. "You fell in love with a human, again!?", he asked almost shouting.

"It's the first time, Nozomi wasn't the one for me", he said seriously.

"You're engaged to Luna, have you forgotten!?", his dad asked furiously.

"I don't love her, haven't I said that before?", he answered back.

"I've waited enough for you to get married"

"I love Mikan, dad"

"Natsume can't you see it? Vampires and humans are no good together!", he started. "Do I have to tell you what's going to happen if you even think of keeping this relationship? She's going to die, you idiot!"

"I know", Natsume whispered. "But I still want to be with her"

Ioran sighed deeply, "You need to stop, if you get any further with her, her life will be in danger and you know it"

Natsume's eyes widened. He has forgotten about the position she was, "How many enemies do you think the company has? If they know the heir of the company is in love with a mere human, do you think they'll let her live? Do you think she's not going to be targeted?", he stopped speaking for a moment.

"Do you love her?", he asked once he calm down.

"I do", he answered with no doubt.

"Then do it for her, let her live like a human. Let her create a family, a vampire and a human can't have a family, it's impossible", he said with a sad look on his face. "I don't want you to be hurt"

Natsume's heart ached, harder than when he read Nozomi's diary. "Are you okay?", his father asked, he looked pale.

"I'm just tired", he answered.

Ioran snapped his fingers as his loyal butler entered the room with a cup of the well-known red liquid. "Drink it", he hand the cup to his son.

He drank it and gave a loud sigh, "How can I make the woman I love happy?"

He felt like if he was being selfish, like if he was going to make Mikan's life miserable if he continued, he wasn't aware before.

Ioran pat his son's head, "Let her go"

Author's Note

I'm sure I'll have some of you telling me "Pleasee don't do that!"

I know is quite a sad chapter but hey, Hotaru has a plan! Maybe she can save the day!