He said as he lent out a hand to whom he had bumped into. When Mikan still had her eyes closed because of the sudden crashing with the boy, she held his hand for support and opened her eyes. The boy looked at her eyes and suddenly realized whom he had just crashed into. Their eyes met, both appeared to have shocked emotions.

"Na-Natsume…!"

Chapter 12 - Loving You…

Natsume pulled Mikan up and she dusted off her jogging pants. "Na-Natsume…"

By this time, Natsume's deep, ruby eyes were now covered by his bangs. He started to walk away only to be stopped by the brunette as she took hold of Natsume's shirt.

"Wait."

Mikan's eyes were covered by bangs that framed her forehead as well, she let go of Natsume's shirt, seeing that he had stopped walking. But the raven haired boy continued to walk slowly.

"Please?" Mikan said as she ran and hugged Natsume from behind. Her eyes were still covered, but Natsume could sense that she was starting to cry with a reason that he still did not understand.

Natsume stopped right from his tracks and whispered in a rough voice, "What do you want?"

"Please stay…" Mikan said as she tightened her hug. A crimson red blush spread across her face.

Natsume broke away from Mikan's hold. "And why do I have to?" He said in an angry tone. Mikan cried even more, Natsume's conscience was taking over his mind once again. "Fine."

Mikan smiled a little and walked slowly, Natsume just followed her. She led him to the Sakura tree where she sat down. Natsume sat on the opposite side. Mikan leaned at the tree's trunk and closed her eyes.

"Confess to him if you want your desired answer…"

"Follow your heart… Mikan"

What if he doesn't love me? What if… what if you hate me Natsume?

She opened her eyes and stood up. She walked to where Natsume was sitting and sat beside him. She hugged her knees leaned head between them.

"Do you have a problem?" Natsume said as he looked up the tree. Its pink cherry blossom petals where falling slowly like snow. Mikan nodded, her face still hidden because she was leaning on her knees as she hugged them closer to her chest.

"Then what is it?" He said in a quite impatient tone.

Natsume's P.O.V.

She shouldn't be like this now… If she and that damned Andou are already together, shouldn't she be happy?

"You see… I'm in love with a boy… but…"

But what? Haven't you damned confessed to him a while ago? Baka… Damn that Andou… Did he hurt her?

"I don't know if he loves me back…"

But I saw you two hugging each other just a moment ago! He damned confessed to you didn't he? AND YOU EVEN DAMNED ACCEPTED HIM!

"And I'm afraid to tell him what I feel… because I don't think that he even cares about me."

What!? I'm fuckin' confused right now…

"I even r-rejected Tsubasa because I realized that I love him…" Shit. She's crying again. But wait… She rejected that Andou??? She loves somebody else???

"I realized that I… I love… I love you Natsume…"

Normal P.O.V.

Mikan hugged Natsume as she blushes a thousand shades of crimson red. Natsume was just sitting there, wide-eyed and shocked.

'Me? You love ME??' Natsume just couldn't believe what he was hearing. The girl he had loved for five years had loved him back.

Natsume smirked. "Baka…"

Mikan let go of Natsume and wiped her tears. She smiled sadly at Natsume, her voice quivering. "I-I'm sorry… G-Gomenasai… I just couldn't hide it anymore. It's okay if you hate me… at least… I got a chance to tell you how I really f-"

Natsume stopped Mikan's words as he pulled Mikan as he stood up, because of his strong body, he had pulled Mikan's petite body so easily without hurting her. By now both were standing up, Mikan's body leaning on the tree trunk and Natsume in front of her. Natsume placed one of his arms on the trunk, his hand leaning for support while the other hand pulled the string that tied Mikan's now loose ponytail from her hair. Mikan's face had shock written all over it.

Natsume pushed a lock of hair away from her delicate face as he gently kissed her in the lips…

"Baka… I love you too…"

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End of Chapter 12

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And that's chapter 12! I wanted to add more but I think that's already a nice chapter ending… sorry… for all the readers who think it is short… I've got a lot of reviews saying that it is… Gomene…

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