Ruka told me that I'm going to make my guest appearance on My Favorite Loser tomorrow!!!!! I'm so excited!!!!
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Chapter Four
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I woke up, groggy from last night. The sun was casting upon my face, peeking from the curtains. I turned to my alarm clock: 9:02 am.I stretched and removed the warm blanket and got up. Hotaru wasn't sleeping anymore; I could hear the soft pitter-patter of water in the bathroom. She's probably taking a bath.
I opened my luggage and saw the Natsume Hyuuga Fan Club inside. I forgot to ask his autograph!! If I don't go home without an autograph of Natsume, my friends would kill me!!! I opened it, inside were printed photographs of Natsume. Ugh. They were so pathetic. I opened my backpack and inserted it inside.
Hotaru came out of the bathroom, drying her hair. She saw the scrapbook peeking out of my backpack. "You know, if you don't tell Natsume that scrapbook isn't yours, he's going to get the wrong idea and maybe think that you like him"
"Of course not, why would he get a thought like that?"
"Because he likes you…?"
"WHAT!"
"No, I'm just joking. You're so gullible. What time do we have to be there…I mean…for the shooting?"
"I'm not sure. I was so tired when we arrived at the hospital, I think we're supposed to arrive before eleven" I responded, walking to the shower.
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We walked across the pedestrian lane after breakfast to get to TM Industries . Hotaru took photographs of the buildings and other things while we walked. We soon arrived in Tokyo Media Industries after a couple of blocks, took the elevator up to the Celebrity Lounge. Nobody was there yet, I made myself comfortable and sat on a sofa and took out the scrapbook, I leafed through the pages and set it down while Hotaru looked around the lounge to see if there was anything interesting to snap a photo of.
I looked at the clock, 10:14. Why weren't they here yet? Were they downstairs – shooting already? That couldn't be possible. I was in a conference with my fellow My Favorite Loser fans and they sent me an Instant Message saying that they usually shoot at 2:00 pm. I lay down on the sofa and continued reading the scrapbook.
I soon fell asleep. I was still exhausted from yesterday. I could hear the faint sound of Hotaru's camera and I could hear her sipping coffee (we stopped by Starbucks on the way). Then I heard the door open, I was too lazy to stand up.
Then I heard two pairs of feet walking, I could hear the voice of Natsume and Ruka – but still, I was too lazy to stand up. Then, Natsume hopped on the sofa from behind thinking that I wasn't there and I yelped in pain.
"Get off me!!" I screeched, he was sitting on me.
He smirked and remained there.
"Get off me, I said!!"
"Oh yeah, Mikan – shooting is at 1:20" Ruka told me and went to check what business Hotaru was doing. Those liar friends of mine!! Wait till I tell them that shooting's at 1:20 and not 2:00!!! I continued to hit Natsume, hoping to get him off me.
I finally pushed him off and he fell on the floor, he pulled my leg down and I fell in a much worse position. I ended up on top of him (like in the elevator). Our noses were centimeters away and I blushed furiously as I got up. Why was I so flustered? It's just that freaking Natsume, that's all!
Normal POV
The celebrity lounge had a bathroom. Complete with a bath tub, toilet and a sink. Ruka went inside and opened his bag, he had his extra clothes in it and he stretched his arms.
"I didn't have time to take a shower back at the apartment, so I guess I'll take a bath here" he said and took out his clothes from the bag. He closed the door to make sure nobody was there, and checked the place for paparazzi, luckily there was nobody in the room except him.
He removed his clothes and entered the bath tub, he filled the tub with warm water and relaxed to its comfort.
Click
He sat up. Who was in the room? "Who's here?" he demanded.
Click, click, click…
"WHO'S HERE??"
Something…or rather someone emerged from the bathroom closet, in her hands was her beloved camera. She smirked with satisfaction as she continued snapping away.
"HOTARU!!!!!" Ruka shouted, getting a towel and standing up. His blond hair was wet and soapy with shampoo.
"YOU'RE A PERVERTED GIRL!!" he shouted.
"No, I'm not. If I was, I'd be giggling and writing disturbing things down my diary. But this is for profit, I'm going to sell this on Ebay, put this on my website, upload this on Photobucket and put this in my photo album in my Friendster," Hotaru replied calmly. "5 yen for pocket size picture, 10 yen for album size photo and 20 yen for a photo with a nice pretty border and 50 yen for a calendar"
What Hotaru said was true. She seemed like a professional photographer in the works, but Ruka was still pissed off.
"HOTARU!!!!"
Mikan's POV
"Did you hear something?" I asked, after a long silence. This was getting unusually awkward, of all the people – I would be awkward with Natsume.
"If you heard it, then I didn't" Natsume responded, his face hidden by his magazine.
I haven't expected it to be this awkward with Natsume. I expected it to be much more awkward with Ruka since he's so hot but not Natsume. I looked at the clock 11:00. I couldn't wait for my guest appearance on the show.
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After lunch, we went downstairs to where we were going to shoot. The stage was set up as a living room, this was supposedly in the living room of Fukachi (Ruka) and Taichii (Natsume). Cameras were set up and there were glasses of water set for the actors and actresses. The rest of the cast came in. Let me introduce them to you:
Krissy Hanawari (who plays Miki Reina) – Krissy is half European. She's very beautiful. She's sixteen years old but she's much more mature, during chat forums – they said that she has five hundred pairs of high heels in her wardrobe and has imported make up. I wish to live like her. Plus, she has a crush on Ruka!!! That really made me pissed
Yuuka (I haven't got the time to find out his family name, his character is named Yuuka also! It's cool!) – Yuuka has many fan clubs, he's considered one of the most good looking celebrities in Tokyo. He's number three in the GOOD LOOKING CELEBRITIES count down, and Ruka is just number ten. It's surprising that Natsume is number four. I have heard rumors that Yuuka is secretly in love with Krissy, but I doubt it.
Krissy went up to me. "You must be the winner of the contest!" she said, giving me a hug. She smelled of cinnamon, and she was so pretty! I wish I was her. Yuuka watched from afar, yes – he was good looking. He had very light brown hair with blond high lights and crystal blue eyes. "Yuuka, take a look at our winner! She's so cute!!" Krissy squealed. Yuuka went up to me and seemed to scan me from top to toe.
He was scary.
After a few preparations, they gave me the script. I played a girl from the dog pound. The episode was about Miki adopting a doggy and named him Wee since he was so small, she tells Yuuka to babysit it but then Yuuka has to go to some party (Yuuka plays a party animal), so he gives Wee to Fukachi and Taichii…who are irresponsible lose him and go to the dog pound to see if Wee was there.
I watched the first few scenes, Krissy and Yuuka are wonderful!! If only I got the chance to be a main character in a sitcom, then I would have no regrets in life and die happy.
Then it was Natsume and Ruka's turn. Ruka's so hot when he's nervous and freaking out.
Then it was my turn. My heart pounded so fast. I walked nervously to the stage, which was set as a dog pound.
"Miss!!! Have you seen a dog? It's a Chihuahua – you know the dogs with freakishly large ears!!!" Ruka said, running up to me. HE'S SO CUTE!!!!
"Um… um…" I glanced at my palm where I wrote my lines. "Does it have a name on its collar?"
"Yeah it's…"
RING. The phone rang, I answered it. "Hello?"
"But…but… my Wee!!!" Ruka screeched. I wanted to laugh when he did.
"Hold on… listen sir, you should've taken care of your wee before you left the house – I mean, everybody knows that!!"
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We returned to the Celebrity Lounge after the show, it was already night time and I was tired. We ate dinner there and I went to the hotel. When I got there, I checked for the scrapbook in my backpack. My compact, my lip gloss, my handkerchief, cell phone, gum wrapper (that's not important)… but the scrapbook… it's NOT THERE!!!!!!
"HOTURU!! HAVE YOU SEEN THE NATSUME FAN CLUB SCRAPBOOK?" I yelled.
"Calm down. No, I haven't seen it. But the last time I did was in the Celebrity Lounge"
OHMYGOD!!!!
I grabbed my jacket and took the elevator downstairs, I ran two blocks and went back to Tokyo Media Industries. What if someone found it? What if it was...
I went to the Celebrity Lounge. Ruka and Natsume were still there and they were watching television.
"Mikan, what brings you here?"
"Ohmygod! You've got to help me!! I left a scrapbook here!!"
"You mean, this scrapbook?" Natsume said, holding the scrapbook in his hands. OH NO!!!! OF ALL THE PEOPLE, HE WAS THE ONE WHO GOT IT!! DAMN, DAMN AND DAMN!!!!
I took a deep breath. "Um…thanks…can I have it back?"
Natsume smirked. "You like me don't you?"
"What the hell are you talking about?" I said, my voice shaking. Wait…if I didn't like him I wouldn't be this nervous…but I was…wait…never mind!!!
"It says here" Natsum grinned, opening the scrapbook and leafing through the pages. "Natsume's so hot… I love him!!" he recited and closed the book.
"That's my friend's book!!" I screeched, trying to grab the scrapbook. "Yeah, right" he replied.
"You want me" he smirked.
"SHUT THE HELL UP!!!" I screamed, attempting to grab the book from him – but he dodged and I fell on the ground.
"Listen," he said as I stood up. "I'll give you back your scrapbook and keep you liking me a secret only if…"
"You clean my apartment and do anything I say"
"HEY! That's unfair!! I'm the guest here!!"
"Or should I surrender this to the tabloid people?"
I sighed and turned my head. "Fine" I muttered and left the building.
"Natsume, I'm surprised" Ruka said.
"Why?"
"You blackmail a girl just to spend time with her"
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Author's Note: Could it be true? Could Natsume be blackmailing Mikan just to spend time with her? O.O find out in the next concluding chapters!!