Author's Note

Hey everyone! Sorry I wasn't able to update fast because I was busy with school but now I am on my Christmas break! Yay!! Haha. Anyway thank you..ahem..for the following people who reviewed Chapter Thirteen: black cat girl 2006, natsumexmikan, simplebutspecial, juzsayinhi02, honey kun, winglessfairy25, jwinkee, o.Twilight Dreams.o, maakuchan, coolzonegirl, Natsumesama, iceprincess6063, canrolii, glenda23, Chiberei, Star Saphhirex, why defrosted chicken?, michiy0, sakura-yukiko, me, Orange Orange, may520, nikkuru, Hkari the Keyblade of Hope, Sakura Avalon, Natsumiyu, emverolemina, rocketandroll, seshire and Cat4862. Thanks everyone!!! Oh yeah, sorry if the last chapter was irritating. I'll make this one better.

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Chapter Fourteen

The Fluoride Friends Commercial

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I was extremely nervous. This was my first commercial EVER. Well sure, I had a magazine photo shoot but it wasn't the same as talking to the camera. But since I'm considered a 'celebrity' now, I have to get used to the lights, the camera and the action.

I leafed through my script with Natsume. We were doing a commercial for Fluoride Friends, it's a toothpaste brand. But I don't really like it because they have ketchup flavor which is very unusual.

I browsed through my script as the make up artists did my face and the hairdressers sprayed all there yucky smelling things on hair and clipping these uncomfortable clips. The make up artists were putting some powdery pink stuff on my cheeks. They made me itchy but I was able to tolerate it.

"Mikan! Shooting in five minutes!" a voice called out from the front stage. "Okay!" I shouted back and returned to reading my script.

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"Oh damn it!!" Hotaru muttered, staring at the bleeding cut.

"What happened?" Ruka asked, as he entered the Celebrity Lounge.

"There's broken glass over here, and it cut my leg" Hotaru responded calmly and wiped a bit of her blood with Kleenex.

"Wait" Ruka told her and ran to the bathroom. He returned with a band aid and peeled it. He covered her wound and just looked down.

"Okay now?" he asked softly.

Hotaru just stared at him.

"I can take care of my cuts myself, thank you very much" she replied coldly and turned away, blushing.

Ruka…no matter how many times I reject you – you're still so damn kind to me!!!

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My heart raced as I entered the front stage. It was set up as a bathroom. There was a toilet, bath tub, shampoo, conditioner, body wash, a scrub and green towels piled up together.

The script didn't say much about me saying any lines, I just needed to act – but I was still SO NERVOUS.

Natsume was wearing a casual outfit. But he still looked HOT. Wait…shouldn't I be saying that to Ruka or Kaito? Hehe.

"Okay, Mikan – put this on" one of the make up artists told me, running out from backstage. It was a pair of false teeth – false ROTTEN teeth.

"What the hell?" I thought to myself. "Err…why do I have to wear this?" I asked, staring disgustingly at the 'creature' she held. Well, it looked like a creature.

"Because, in the start – you will have rotten teeth and Natsume wouldn't want to kiss you but in the end…"

?KISS ME?

"W-what? K-k-kiss?! What are you talking about?"

"Last page of your script, Mikan – haven't you seen that part?" the make up artist replied, cluelessly. She got my script and turned to the back page. In small letters it read: kiss.

Damnations.

Well, I have been in this kind of situation before – but never on national television. Fluoride Friends is so popular, it will probably be aired all over Japan. And my classmates use Fluoride Friends so they will see that I'd be kissing Natsume…and…I'd be kicked out of my circle of friends!!!

"BUT I DON'T WANT TO KISS NATSUME!!" I blurted out. The commercial people stared at me.

The director went up to me and patted me on the back. I looked at him nervously, my face all red.

"Can't you just PRETEND to kiss Natsume?"

"I cannot NOT pretend to kiss someone…that's not possible" I told the director and he looked at me earnestly.

"No…you see, what we can do is – just make you and Natsume's noses touch and then we'll cut the camera"

"B-but…"

"It's either that or the real kiss!"

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"Hey, Hotaru – can I tell you something?"

"Okay, what?"

"I've been trying to say this for the longest time"

What? What is he trying to say? Hotaru thought to herself, turning slightly pink.

Hotaru looked at him, he was turning slightly pink too.

D-does he like me?

"UM… I LIKE MIKAN!!!"

My heart stopped beating.

"Oh" I murmured. He liked Mikan.

Mikan liked him after all back at home.

But her new boyfriend is Kaito.

"C-can you tell her that?" Ruka asked.

"Yeah…sure…Ruka…I'll tell her that"

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Mornings with your lovers always involve a good morning kiss…

Natsume walked up the stage (that was set up as a bathroom) and put Fluoride Friends toothpaste on his toothbrush and started brushing his teeth.

But if you don't use Fluoride Friends toothpaste…

I walked in and smiled at Natsume, WITH THE FRIKKIN ROTTEN TEETH. And then the music started changing into a very frightening music with screaming in the back ground. I'm being humiliated.

That's why always use Fluoride Friends toothpaste, because it has extra fluoride, calcium and everything you need for your teeth so that mornings will always be pleasant with a good morning kiss.

Then – the kiss was up next. I closed my eyes as I felt Natsume's nose near me – I could feel heat rushing up my cheeks and then…

"CUT!! THAT WAS GREAT!!" the director yelled and stood up. Natsume nodded and came down the stage.

"Thank God I didn't have to kiss that dork. I could already feel her un-cute breath and it was poisoning me!"

"OH SHUT UP YOU PERVERT"

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When I came back to the hotel room, Hotaru wasn't there. I took a shower and watched the home shopping network, I ordered room service and read some of the comics downstairs. I went back to the hotel room and looked at my watch. It was already eleven and she wasn't back yet.

I was beginning to get tired, and as I was dozing off to sleep – I heard Hotaru come in. I opened my eyes and she was sitting on the table, with a laptop (I didn't know she brought one). I stretched and stood up.

"What are you doing?" I asked.

She was uploading her photos of Ruka in Her eyes were red and puffy. It looked like she had been crying.

"Are you blackmailing Ruka again?"

She didn't reply.

"Hotaru! What's wrong with you?" I asked, turning the chair around. I swear! SHE LOOKED LIKE SHE WAS CRYING.

She stood up, her bangs covering her eyes and got some pajamas out of the cabinet. She entered the bathroom and I could hear the faint sound of water.

"HOTARU!!!" I shouted, banging on the door.

"I'm taking a shower" she said in a creaky voice. …And probably drowning my sorrows in the water.

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Author's Note

Okay guys, I gave you a RukaxMikanxNatsume thingy because some of you wanted one!! The talk show chapter is up next so don't forget to send more fan mails if you like!!! Include the fan mails in your review and I'll make the characters read it. I still have to find out what the hell to do with Kaito. Hahah. Anyway, hope you like this chapter. I'm starting to pity Hotaru.