Chapter 6: I'll be Your Partner

Next Day: LAST DANCE!!

Finally. The Last Dance would be happening later that night.

As Mikan and Natsume(again) went to help for the preparations(again), Mikan pulled Natsume aside for a private talk.

"Uh…Natsume..?" Mikan said, uneasily blushing. "I w-wan-wanted t-to ask you s-something…since yesterday…"

"…"

"I w-wanted…to know..w-why you chose m-me to be y-your L-L-Last D-Da-Dance…"

"I told you, it's your choice if you want to or not…" he replied.

"J-just…t-t-tell m-me…" Mikan said, blushing hard. She can't directly say what she wanted to.

"It's because you don't have a partner yet, and I don't too…" he lied. That was part of the real reason (which is…you know already).

Mikan looked at him. She was completely confused about everything.

"Uh…r-real-really..?"

"Yeah, so stop bugging me, okay?" he said, trying to go back to the preparations.

Just the, Mikan grabbed Natsume's arm. He struggled, but she didn't let go. The she looked at him blushing, yet smiling.

"Okay. Sure, I'll be your partner, Natsume!" she smiled.

Natsume quickly moved away from her. He hid his face from hers.

"Now can I go?"

"Ah, sure!"

Natsume went to the Awarding Ceremony followed by Mikan.

Meanwhile…

Hotaru and Ruka were already at the ceremony, waiting for the others. They were a little far from each other, but they still found some gaps among the students in which they can look at each other.

But…they didn't want to.

Everytime they could look at each other, one of them looks while the other ignores it.

After the ceremony, Ruka took his one shot He gathered up all the strength he has and finally asked Hotaru the one and only question.

"Uh…Imai…"

Hotaru turned to him. She was also thinking of the same thing Ruka was thinking.

"Yeah?"

"I…I w-wanted t-t-to ask…"

Even though he got all his strength concentrated on asking Hotaru to be his Last Dance, it seems he still couldn't do it. Her beautiful purple eyes were on him and that pressured him more.

'I have to do it, this is my only chance right now!' he thought to himself.

"Imai, wouldyoubemyLastDance?" he said real fast, blushing out-of-control.

A few seconds passed and Hotaru smiled the same way when they were talking on the dorm roof.

"So you finally asked me out. And you did it just in time."

Ruka was quite surprised that she said "just in time". He asked her by what she meant.

"I mean that I thought you'd never ask me. I thought that someone already asked you or you asked someone else." Hotaru said. "I thought maybe you forgot."

"Really? You thought that..?"

"Yes, I did." Then she turned and was about to leave when he stopped her.

"What now?" she asked.

"…You haven't…answered me yet…"

"Isn't it obvious? I accepted your invitation, right? So just see me later."

"Oh…one more thing…"

Hotaru was a little annoyed at him.'What does he want now?'

"Um…yesterday in Central Town…you wanted to ask me something. What was it?" Ruka said.

Hotaru stared at him for a while then said, "I'll tell you later." Then left.

Ruka was alone now. He walked to the changing rooms, alone but happy.

He asked her out, and she accepted. That was already enough (even too much) to make him happy.

A/N: WEEEE!!!! I did this during science class…even when the teacher saw me…I wasn't busted!ehehhehehehehehhehe….aaaaaaaanyyywaaaay….pls read and review! And you could give suggestions :D