Chapter 5! Natsume, happy birthday!!! What? Are you happy?? Hmmm??!!!
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"What do you want?" Natsume snapped coldly. Mikan frowned then sighed. "Chill Natsume." She took a sit beside him and faced him fully.
"WHAT?"
"Hmmm… you're so short-tempered today. Let me guess… you have a red tide? Yes?" she stated mockingly. She saw his brows shot up. She chuckled and poked his side.
Natsume glared at her. "Leave. Now." He then closed his manga and shoved it inside his pocket.
Mikan shook her head slowly and leaned her back over the Sakura tree carefully before saying, "What's wrong with you?"
"Leave-"
"I just wanted to greet you a happy birthday." Mikan shrugged thoughtfully while looking at him innocently and beautifully.
He blinked twice. Birhtday? Oh… he forgot. He never cared if it's his birthday or something anyway. But this girl remembered? Impressive…
"Aa." He nodded awkwardly.
"Gomen, but I think I can't give you any present this year." she scratched the back of her head and smiled at him.
"It doesn't matter." He shrugged and looked up at the sky. Mikan noticed him and followed his gaze. "Nice weather, eh?" she commented happily.
"Aa."
"I wonder when the last time it rained?" she asked quietly. "It's been hot these days, isn't it?"
He looked at her innocent eyes and down to her hair that's being swayed against the air. A small tint of pink appeared across his pale cheeks. He shook his head and looked up again.
Natsume took a deep sigh before standing up. He brushed his pants as he looked down straightly to her eyes.
"I'll find Ruka." he informed eagerly. His eyes narrowed when he saw the worried expression appeared across her features. He shot her one last plain look before lifting his right foot to start walking. But before he lowered his foot, Mikan tagged his forcefully. And this caused him to lose his balance. "What the?"
"Aaahh!!!" Mikan shrieked right through his precious ears as she was being pushed(accidentally) to the ground by Natsume.
Natsume cursed under his breath when he took notice of their awkward position. He was on top of her and her head's touching his stomach. Her hands were tightly clasped to his collar.
"C-cant breathe." Mikan stammered poorly. With this, he quickly rolled to his sides.
"Gomen." Mikan apologized immediately. She slowly chuckled to herself.
Natsume cleared his throat as he stands up again and dusted his dress. "I'm going."
"B-but!" Mikan protested. But Natsume paid no heed. 'Think! Think!!' she thought mentally, running to his sides but stopped.
"Owww!!!!" she squealed in pain while rubbing her 'sore' ankle. Right there, he stopped on his tracks. He looked at her as if he didn't care at all.
'What? Why doesn't he at least ask me if I'm alright or something? Argh, this is the right time to show my potential in acting!!!!' she laughed evilly to herself.
"You're weird today." He snapped irritably then shook his head as he said, "No, you're kind of weird every time but it seems you're weirder this time."
"What?" Mikan asked in disbelief. "I'm not a weirdo!!"
"Whatever." He turned away from her and started walking.
"Wait fo- owww!!" Mikan growled loudly while looking expectantly at his back. "Ouch! My ankle is hurting like hell… somebody help me! Hey, am I seeing angels? Michael? No, Raphael?"
His left ear twitched from the sound of her annoying voice. He sighed and walked back to her with a scowl on his face. "You're overreacting." He snarled.
Mikan ignored his precious statement and continued to cry- or rather shout in pain. "Ouch… I can't walk. Somebody help me…"
"Stop this nonsense." He muttered.
"Gah, I'm dying… dying… Grandpa, it looks like I'll go first in heaven. Wah… I'll just say hello to God for you. Owww… the pain." She wailed louder, trying to convince him that she's really hurt.
Natsume frowned. "Aa… I've no choice."
"The pain… the pain… the pa-aaahh!!" Mikan's eyes widened in shock. "Just what are you doing Natsume?!" She started yelling in embarrassment.
"Taking you to the hospital, what else?" he answered in annoyance.
He had picked her up, bridal style. On the way, people started looking at them while murmuring to each other. She can't help but blush. But then, she became worried. It's true that her ankle is aching but it's not really something to worry about. She's just trying to buy his time.
After the doctor checked up on her, he called Natsume outside to discuss something. But before Natsume made his way outside of the room, he shot her one last dangerous look. She sweat dropped.
Mikan opened her shoulder bag and took out the panda headset Hotaru gave her last night.
FLASHBACK!!
"If anything went out of control, contact me. Understood? Hotaru reminded her and handed her the headset. It's the headset they used to communicate when they're kidnapped by Reo.
"But I thought-"
"I made a new one." Hotaru cutted her. "Don't forget."
"…hai." Mikan nodded and grinned.
END OF FLASHBACK
Mikan pushed the red button on its side and waited for Hotaru's answer.
"Yeah? Something wrong?" Hotaru muttered.
"Hotaru! Do you have a capsule that can make my skin feels hot or something?" she asked hurriedly.
"Why?"
"I am now inside the hospital. Natsume's talking to the doctor. I told him that my ankle's aching. But the truth is, it's not really something to worry." She explained with no period or pause.
"What happened?" Hotaru asked coolly, sounding like there's no problem here on planet Earth at all.
"We tripped, that's why."
"Is that so? Hmmm… I have a pills here. Nonoko gave this to me. She said it can make your skin hot. It's like you're having a high fever. She also said that she uses it whenever she feels lazy to go to school." She said in a calm voice.
"Good."
"But it has some side effect-"
"It's okay! Send it to me now…" she ordered.
"Tch. Wait for Koko there." Hotaru sighed.
"Arigatou, Hotaru."
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Natsume opened the door and entered silently (a/n: he's always silent anyway! ). He saw her looking outside the window quietly. Maybe she didn't notice his presence yet.
He cleared his throat, causing the pig-tailed her jump in surprise. "Y-you scared me to death, Natsume." Mikan puts her hand on the top of her chest, trying to slow down her heart beats.
He grunted.
"So…" Mikan started.
"The doctor said you sprained your ankle. But it'll be fine soon. Rest for a while and don't do anything rubbish." He demanded, sounding like a caring father giving an advice to his loving and only daughter.
She smiled sweetly. "Okay. Arigatou, Natsume."
He tried to brush of the blush on his face. "I'll call Imai to look for you."
Her smile disappeared. "Uh, I guess you don't need to do that." she placed her hands on her side.
He frowned cautiously. "Why? Usually, you wants to be with her every time."
Mikan gave a breathy sigh and explained slowly, "True, but I… she said she'll be busy this week because she's doing a project. I don't want to disturb her anymore so, it's okay."
Natsume stared at her observantly, and then shrugged. "Whatever. I'll be gone for a while."
As he was about to grasp the doorknob when—
"Achooo!!" she rubbed her nose. "EH? Achoo!!"
Natsume cursed under his breathe. "Are you sick?" he asked plainly, eyeing her closely. Mikan nodded. "I'm fine."
"Hn. Stop rubbing your nose. It reminds me of Rudolf." He said.
"N-nani!!" Mikan fumed as she threw her pillow straightly to his face. But he caught it gracefully and smirked.
"Rest." He ordered mindlessly while and started pressing a hand over her forehead. "You're hot."
"You think?" she chuckled childishly. "Lay down now, okay?" He eyed his hand shortly.
"Hai."
He grunted, lowering his hand carefully. She smiled and obeyed his orders.
Natsume grabbed a chair next to her bed and started reading his manga peacefully. Mikan checked the time on her wrist watch. '4:22? Hmmm… almost time."
He raised a fine brow at her. He folded his manga before dragging his chair closer to her bed. "Are you up into something?"
Mikan blinked twice. "W-what are you saying?"
He folded his arms. "Forget it."
She frowned. "Are you having a problem?" she asked suddenly, observing his features. "C'mon! You can tell me…"
Natsume shot her a lazy look and shrugged. "What makes you say that?" he asked. She sat up and placed her tiny fingers on top of his broad shoulders. "I can feel it, that's all."
He snorted, "You're acting like you aren't sick at all." She scratched the back of her head and chuckled nervously.
He rolled his eyes upward impatiently, "I'm just wondering where Ruka is. Actually, he would be the first one to greet me…"
"Ugh…" Mikan stared at him uneasily. "M-maybe, he's busy or something. But I'm sure he'll greet you! Don't worry! When it's my birthday, Hotaru isn't the first one who greets me. But she makes sure that she would be the last."
Silence passed between them.
She checked the time again and looked up to him. "Natsume, I think I'm fine now. Can we get out of here?"
He shook his head rapidly. "Yeah right."
Mikan pouted cutely. "Let's go." She managed to drag Natsume along even he keeps on saying 'no', 'are you kidding me?' and 'fuck no.'
"Very good." She gave him a peace sign and began to dance weirdly. Natsume glanced at her and said, "I'm leaving."
She stopped dancing and stared at him as if he's about to skin and eat her alive on the spot. "Where are you going?"
"My room." He answered sleepily. "I'm tired already."
Mikan looked down to her feet and shut her eyes. "Gomen. I didn't mean to—"
"Stop apologizing." He butted.
She opened her eyes and raised her head. "Okay." She looked straightly to his eyes opened her mouth to ask, "Can I ask you something?"
"No."
Mikan growled in annoyance. "Please?"
"Not interested," he smirked, mocking her.
"Can I come with you?"
Natsume's eyes narrowed. "What?"
"I want to come with you." She stated casually, walking to his sides. She placed her hands to her waist. "I'm waiting."
He turned away arrogantly. "Do whatever you want." She smiled triumphantly at him.
They walked in silence. Natsume was ahead of her.
As they reached their destination, he stopped suddenly and tilted his head side wards to look at her. "Now what?"
"I'll just go then." She waived her left hand and started walking. As she turned into a corner, she leaned into the wall and peek to see his reaction.
5 seconds…
"What the—"
BOOM
BOOM!!!!!
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A bunch of petals of flowers were being thrown at him. Confetti were everywhere. Balloons were hanging to his sides and in front of him were all of his friend holding a banner written in a bloody red big bold letters—
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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There they are. Smiling cheerfully at him. He blinked twice.
Ruka was the first one who approached him and tapped his shoulders. "Happy Birthday."
Natsume stared at his best friend and was about to ask when—
"Ahemm… Surprise-Surprise!!!" Mikan shouted and went to them. "Like it?"
Natsume scowled but forced not to show it.
"Ahhh!!! Natsume-kun!!!" Sumire shouted and ran into him. "Happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, ha—"
BAKA!! BAKA!!
"Stop shoouting." Hotaru muttered emotionlessly.
"b-brthday." Sumire managed to say as she rubbed the back of her head very, very, very carefully.
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"Aren't you eating too much?" Hotaru asked Mikan. "That's your 5th plate of spaghetti."
"Hotaru, I proved to all of you that I'm a good actress, right? I'm tired of acting. Meaning, lots of food will be the only one that can make me happy at this very minute. And besides, Anna cooked all of this!" Mikan answered joyfully.
"Yeah, yeah… whatever you say." Hotaru rolled her eyes and proceeded to eat her own foods too.
"Children! CHILDREN!"Narumi called out energetically, flashing all of them his one and only killer smile.
They all growled in response. Children? What the heck. But then, they sweat dropped when they finally noticed his attire. "Gomen, Natsume. I'm late. But still, I want to greet you a happy, happy birthday! May god ever bless you!! May God ever bless you!!" he blabbed.
Natsume completely ignored him and continued to do God only knows what.
Narumi chuckled to himself and pointed to himself. "Well, how do I look?" he asked sweetly.
Mikan laughed out so loud and pointed him. "Ha-ha! Sensei! You look like a clown!!!"
"Baka, he's a clown." Hotaru snarled and avoided to look at Narumi's promising face. Narumi smiled childishly, "I just thought that this costume would be looked well on me."
"Really?" Mikan asked.
"Right. So, are you ready to play a game?" Narumi asked loudly.
"A game?" Tsubasa asked, puzzled. It's a miracle that Natsume didn't kick him yet.
"Yep!" Narumi nodded.
"So, what's the game?" Misaki asked.
"Hmmm…" Narumi brought his hand to his chin, faking a thought. They heads turned to look at Koko when he laughed. They turned to look at Narumi again.
"Hmmm…Guess!!" Narumi stated.
"Hide and sick?" Mikan guessed.
"Nope."
"Hide and sick?"
"Nope."
"Hide and sick?"
"Nope."
"Hide and sick?"
"Nope."
"Just say it already!!" Mikan exclaimed impatiently.
"Hmmm…"
"Spill, Narumi-sensei." Koko said while holding his stomach, grinning maliciously at all of them.
"Okay!! Let's play…" (a/n: no, no… if you're thinking it's a truth or game, that's not it!!)
They waited impatiently for him to continue his sentence.
"STRIP POKER!!!!"
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"S-strip poker?" Mikan muttered innocently.
"Yeah! So, do you know how to play it?" Narumi asked, putting down his colorful hat on top of the table.
"Err… Yeah… a bit." Mikan stated in a surprisingly shy voice. "Grandpa taught me once."
"Very well then." Narumi clasped his hands together and looked at his students. "All the boys should join. How many are you guys anyway? Ruka, Tsubasa, Koko, Natsume and me."
"No, I can't join." Koko told him. "I ca cheat whenever I want, you know. And besides, I only knew what the game is but I never played before."
"Hmmm… is that so? Okay." Narumi agreed. "So the four of us—"
"Hell no." Natsume snapped.
"I'm sorry, Natsume-kun. You knew I knew that you knew how to play this game. If you'll not join, it'll only prove two things clearly." Narumi said.
Natsume glared at him.
"You're a chicken—"
"You—"
"—and a gay."
BLINK
BLINK
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"Whatever,"
"Good. Hota—"
"I don't know how to play." Hotaru butted coldly.
"Me too." Nonoko, Anna, Yuu and Misaki muttered at the same time.
"Okay. This leaves that only Mikan and Sumire are the representatives for girls." Narumi stated. He took a sit beside Tsubasa and smiled.
"Let's start!" Tsubasa exclaimed happily.
"Err." Ruka blushed.
"We'll use the Alice Play Cards." Narumi said.
"Alice Play Cards?" Mikan mimicked.
"That's right. These cards are not a simple play cards. In these, we can have many players as we can to play!"
"…"
"…"
"That's all?" Mikan asked.
"Yes! Isn't that amazing?!" Narumi laughed. "The one who quits will be the loser. Do you understand?"
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1 HOUR LATER
All of them didn't expect that Mikan and Sumire were both very good players when it comes to cards. Koko can't stop laughing at them that caused him to make Natsume angry and burn his pants and shoes. Hotaru was busy taking Ruka's pictures. Why? Because he's only wearing his boxers and nothing else.
Tsubasa was in the same case as well. The three girls- Anna, Nonoko and Misaki were gaping at them. Narumi was almost close into crying mode. He didn't expect that these kids were good. He's now praying not to lose once more because or he'll be yummy naked statue on the spot.
Natsume was quite luckier. He was shirtless but it seems he'll lose to this very round. Mikan and Sumire lost once. They can't help but blush because they took off their pants.
'argh, I can't help but feel awkward. Gosh, am I really, really seeing Natsume-kun and Ruka-kun??? Is this true?? I'm in heaven!!!' Sumire thought day dreamingly.
'this is soooo embarrassing!!!!!' Mikan thought problematic.
Natsume noticed this and sighed. He threw a pillow at her, causing her to gaped at him. He nodded. She smiled and mouthed thank you to him.
"Natsume, it's your turn!"
"Aa."
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"Gaaahhh!!!!! Fine, I quit!" Tsubasa declared in dismay.
The four of them were only in their 'briefs'. And Tsubasa lost to this round.
Sumire was about to collapse when Narumi cleared his throat and managed to say. "Okay, that means… you lost."
The two girls were still on their panties and their shirts were still on, luckily.
"Next round!!!!!" Narumi announced enthusiastically.
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"I l-lost this round?" Mikan stammered.
"Yeah, I think so." Sumire stated.
"Mikan-chan." Nonoko, Anna and Yuu murmured silently, worried for their friend.
Hotaru placed a hand on her shoulder and whispered to her ear. "Quit."
"B-but." She protested.
Ruka looked away, blushing furiously.
"No! I can't quit! It'll only means I'm a coward!" she shouted.
'Here it is.' she thought. She was about to take off her shirt when another pillow hits her straightly to her face. "N-nani?"
"I'm tired." Natsume muttered. "We still have classed tomorrow."
Narumi stood up and started to wear his colorful clothes. "Oh well. I think it's time for you, Natsume, to open your presents!"
Natsume grunted.
They all got up and get dressed. Narumi gave him 2 gifts. "This blue one's from Misaki-sensei and this red one's from me! Open up!"
"Now?" Natsume asked with a great irritation on his voice.
"Hell yeah!"
He snorted and opened first the gift from Misaki-sensei. As he opened the box, a bunch of chips floated.
Stare…
"Sugoi!" Mkan was the first one to react. "Flying chips! I want one, I want one!" she declared.
"Now, open my present." Narumi exclaimed excitedly.
"Can't you wait?" Natsume glared at him.
When he opened the box, all of them became silent and stared to the object he was holding that time. Natsume narrowed his eyes dangerously.
Narumi scratched the back of his head. "How's—"
BAM!
He didn't get the chance to finish his sentence since a flying object came and hit him under his nose.
"Ow… that hurts." Narumi growled as he rubbed his mouth. "What's the matter? I thought you would love to have a make-up kit inside your room."
"Get lost." Natsume snarled.
Next, he opened Hotaru's gift. It's a smaller version of her Baka gun. He smirked and gave Hotaru a satisfying look. She nodded. Then, he opened Koko's gift. It's a skateboard. He muttered a thanks to him and tap Koko's right shoulder. After wards, he opened Tsubasa's gift. His left eye twitched when he saw the title of the book. 'HOROSCOPES'. He shoved it under the table then opened Sumire's gift. It's a heart-shaped necklace that has a picture of him and Sumire. He shrugged and opened Ruka's present. A cup.
"Thanks." He muttered.
Ruka smiled. "No prob."
"Natsume?" Mikan called. "Here's mine. I hope you'll like it." She handed him her strawberry cake.
"I made that with all my heart!" she stated while flashing him a big smile.
Natsume nodded and took the cake.
"I think we should get going." Hotaru said.
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All of them left but Ruka stayed. "Natsume—"
"Thanks." He exclaimed.
"f-for what?" Ruka asked slowly.
"For the party. For the girt." He answered.
"Oh. That's nothing." Ruka smiled. "Are you happy?"
Natsume looked at him for a while and nodded his head curtly. "Aa."
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"So, Sakura's the only absent for today?" Jinno asked arrogantly as he looked at his students.
"Hai." They answered.
Natsume gave Hotaru a piece of paper. She frowned and opened it. 'Why is she absent?' the letter said. She sighed.
'It's the side effect of the capsule she took yesterday. The capsule was to make the person's skin feel hot. But its side effect's that the person who took it will get sick the next day.' Came Hotaru's reply to Natsume.
He scowled.
'Tch. Polka, you're so stupid to do such thing.' He thought cautiously.
TBC
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Author's note: please review guys!!!! Tell me your comments or something. This chapter was longer than the previous chapters, ne? Gomen for the mistakes.
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