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-Sweet Nothings-

Niane Anne Marie

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Chapter 3:

Both Mikan and Natsume were relieved to the fact that their fans cannot catch up with them anymore.

Since they were the ones who bought the last 2 tickets and the guard wont allow people to come in without tickets.

They found their seats and sat on them as the "horror" movie began to start.

"Oh no! I'm doomed! I hate horror movies! I'll have the worst nightmares tonight! WaAaAaAaAh!!!" Mikan cried.

She was beginning to get on Natsume's nerves.

"Shut up polkadots! The movie just started!"

"I didn't come for the movie, moron… WaAaAaH!"

"Will you just shut up?!"

Mikan sniffed and wiped her tears.

"Well, sniff I'd be really sniff scared then…"

"Just look at the screen…"

Mikan turned to look at the screen when a horrible, disgusting, bloody face of a monster appeared.

"AaAaAaAaAaHhHhHhHhH" Mikan screamed her lungs out. Then, she hid herself behind Natsume.

"I'm scared I want to go to my room now… I don't care of those idiotic fans... I want to get out of here…"

Natsume looked at Mikan. She was shivering and crying. She seemed terribly horrified.

"This idiot really is a scaredy-cat" he whispered to himself. But deep inside him, he was worried about her. He didn't mean to let her see the ugly monster. It's because the scene before that was a very scenic and beautiful scene. And he thought that in that way, she would be cheered up.

He just continued to watch the movie while Mikan is still hiding behind him.

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It was already 6pm after Ruka visited the zoo in Central Town. He was waiting in the bus station when Koko arrived.

"Ruka! We have been looking for you!"

"Why?"

"We need you to help us decorate!"

"Now?"

Ruka was quite tired and worn out that time. He didn't want to do anything else but sleep.

"Uhm…" he said looking at the time. It was already 7:30. Since they were almost done decorating he figured, maybe they were done now. "We just finished a while ago…" Koko replied turning to his left. He caught sight of Anna and remembered about something. "So, do you already have a date for the Last Dance?" he asked.

"Well, not really…" Ruka replied. He then thought of what just happened 2 days ago when he confessed to Mikan and got rejected. "What about you? Do you have one?"

"Yeah…"

"It's Anna isn't it?"

"It's her alright…"

Anna noticed that someone was staring at her. She turned around and saw Koko and Ruka.

"Koko! Ruka-pyon! What are you two doing here?" she asked getting near them.

"Hi Anna-chan" Ruka greeted.

"Hey Anna" Koko greeted her too. "We were just talking…"

"Oh, I see" Anna replied. "Was it about the decorating thing?"

"Yeah… I completely forgot about it" exclaimed Ruka.

"That's okay Ruka-pyon… you can help next time…" Anna told him. He then turned to Koko. "Koko! It seemed like you forgot about something too!"

Koko looked at her with the what-are-you-talking-about look. "About what?"

"Do I need to tell you? It's why you're here in the first place!"

It seemed like her words made him remember everything.

Flashback:

Just this afternoon when they were almost done decorating for the Last Dance…

"Hey Anna-chan… Can I ask you something?"

"Of course! What is it you want to ask me about?"

"Can… Can…"

"Can?"

"Canyoubemydateforthedance?" he said without pausing for breath.

"Oh sure Koko!"

"ThankyouThankyouThankyou"

"Your welcome… Uhm… I'm going to Central Town today to pick up my dress… Can you come with me? You know…"

"I will…"

"Thanks"

Sumire then barged in.

"Koko! Since you're going to Central Town today, could you please find Ruka-kun for me? I mean, tell him to help us decorate"

"No Problem!" Koko replied.

"Let's go now!" Anna said pulling Koko.

"Better be back in a jiffy!" Sumire said.

"We will!" Anna assured her.

When they were now in Central Town, Koko left Anna in the dress shop to look for Ruka. After an hour, he found him.

End of Flashback

"Oh I remember!" Koko said as he stood up.

"Wow Koko, what did you eat that made you forgetful these days?" Anna chuckled.

The three laughed at Anna's joke.

"Gotta go Ruka! Bye!" Koko waved a hand.

"Bye Ruka-pyon!" Anna smiled.

"Bye you two!" Ruka replied.

"Well, I guess it's just me waiting for that sloth bus to arrive" he sighed.

After another few minutes of waiting, the bus didn't arrive still.

"yawn… I'm getting sleepy here! What is this place called? slowpokes station?" he said as he looked up the sky and saw a bird. "I wish I could ask a bird to let me ride him to get to my dorm…" he said without thinking. Common Sense then knocked on his brain. "Wait! I have the animal pheromone right? Why haven't I thought of this before?"

He then whistled and in just a few seconds, the eagle he had called arrived.

"At Last!" he sighed. "I can't believe I wasted my 2 hours…" he looked at his wrist watch to be certain of the time. "2 HOURS?! FOR WAITING IN THAT BUS STATION?! Oh well, at least I'm now on my way to catch some sleep… yawn"

The eagle paused signaling him for directions. He pointed to his balcony but by mistake, the eagle lead him to a different balcony which was just next to it.

Ruka thanked the eagle and was about to get in through the sliding door when he noticed the pink curtains hanging from it. He then peeked through and saw Hotaru. She was watching a movie. Specifically, a comedy-romance film. Hotaru had a smile on her face and she giggled every time she saw a hilarious scene. Ruka never saw her like this.

"She's so pretty when she smiles…" he thought with a smile on his face. To this, he stared at her throughout the movie.

When the movie ended, Hotaru turned off the tv and noticed someone staring at her in the window through the reflection on the tv screen. She secretly pressed a button and a baka canon aimed at Ruka.

baka baka baka

"Why did you do that for?" asked Ruka who was now on the ground. (He fell from the balcony)

"For spying… And you deserve that too, idiot!" replied Hotaru back to her emotionless self. "By the way, check out this picture of yours when you were in the zoo just this afternoon" she said holding a small gadget in her hands. Then, the gadget showed a huge hologram of the picture.

"Imai!" Ruka yelled in spite of his anger.

"Hn. You are such an idiot" Hotaru smirked as she turned off her gadget and went inside her room.

"That Imai!" Ruka muttered under his breath as he stood up and marched to his room.

He was now lying on his bed after changing into pajamas for a comfortable sleep. He tried to calm himself about the many thoughts in his head. Until one thought seemed to have stopped him from thinking about those other thoughts. And that thought was about how Hotaru acted earlier when watching the movie.

"Hotaru is very pretty when she smiles and shows an expression like that" he said. "Wait, am I falling for that darn Imai who just blackmailed me? NoOoOoOoO!"

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Anyway, back to the theathers…

"Oi Polkadots, the movie just ended!"

"………."

"Are you deaf?"

"………."

"Oi Polkadots!"

Natsume looked at Mikan who was now asleep on his shoulder.

"She's so beautiful when she's sleeping" he whispered. "I love you Mikan. If only you knew…"

Then, he carried her bridal style.

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Notes: I typed this at almost... 10pm? well, at least I finished! hehe... :) Thnx to those kind and supportive people who sent reviews!