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The news spread like wildfire in the academy. And to think it was just lunch break. The walls did have ears, right?
Everywhere Mikan went, her fanboys cried waterfall tears 'coz they couldn't get anywhere near her.
This was due to Natsume and Youichi's constant guard.
Youichi, who rather forced the role on Mikan, of course didn't want guys other than his 'daddy' near mommy. He often scared the hell out of the fan boys by making his demons chase after them.
Natsume on the other hand, being the guy he is, would never admit he gets jealous but would send death glares that were like daggers to scare the fanboys away whenever they looked (Hey, they just looked at her, and he still couldn't admit jealousy. Jeez.). Those that were brave enough to ignore the glares often get scared by the murderous aura or the fire that catches their hairs or their pants.
Well, like father, like son.
And Mikan, being as dense as she is, would never notice it. The two boys often pulled of their threats and pranks behind her back, so that she wouldn't notice.
However, there were people other than the fanboys who tried to pry Mikan.
And they had no intention of courting her.
All they wanted was to chop her into pieces and feed her to the dogs.
You guessed it right. It was Natsume's fangirls.
They loathed her. Oh they really did. They would often talk about Mikan rather nastily behind her back, of course, without Natsume and Youichi around.
Lest they want their lives to be ended rather quickly by turning into ashes, or be chased by ghosts and demons to scare the shit out of them.
All the fangirls were just waiting for the right time to make their move. And of course, led by non other than freaky perm haired girl, Sumire Shouda.
The three were currently walking the halls. Natsume and Youichi had forced Mikan to join their little cutting-class escapade.
Of course, Mikan couldn't say no. She didn't want to say no to little Youichi because, for one, she knew she just had to play the role of Yu-chan's mommy. And second, she didn't want to be chased by demons.
Mikan let out a deep sigh. Both boys turned their heads towards her.
"Why am I stuck here with the two of you?" Mikan blurted out, an exasperated expression written all over her face.
"Well, you said you'll never get married, now you've got your very own family. Happy you." Natsume mocked.
"And you being my husband? Oh puh-lease." The brunette rolled her eyes. "You're the last person I'd want to spend my lifetime with."
Natsume was hurt by those words, but chose to keep it to himself. "Well now you've got no choice. You're my wife, whether you like it or not." He snapped angrily.
Mikan shot him an irritated look. "You're enjoying this, aren't you?" Then it turned to a sly smile. "I can only think of two things."
Natsume was all ears. He didn't like the sound of this argument. And there was something creepy with that smile of hers.
"It's either you're enjoying this because you like seeing me suffer, OR," She emphasized the word 'OR' (was it even a word? Whatever. Go figure.) "You just admitted you're falling for me and making an excuse?" She stared at him intently.
He knew she was just fooling around annoying him, but she nailed it even though she didn't intend to.
She nailed it EXACTLY. ON. THE. HEAD.
"I choose the first option." He scoffed.
Her features changed into that of a frown. "Tch. You're no fun at all." She snapped her face away.
"I should be at class now, you know, instead of being here arguing with you about something so pointless. I already missed half class but now I'm forced to miss a whole day!"
"Stop blabbering, idiot. Even if you attended the whole day nothing would go through that thick skull."
"I'm NOT an idiot!" Mikan retorted. "And stop saying those words in front of Yu-chan."
But now that I think about it, (unbelievable? Yeah, kinda. To think that the idiot is now thinking, but yeah, she is thinking.) He's right. Sure I have to attend class, but I didn;;t get enough sleep last night so I'll just fall asleep in class. I'll just be wasting my tie, not to mention the punishment I'll get.
She then glanced at Natsume then turned her head away and placed her finger on her cheek.
Sometimes I wonder how Natsume manages to be on top of class even with all the escapades he gets himself in. He hardly listens to the teacher, let alone attend classes. She was unaware that she had been standing there for quite some time now and the two boys just stared at her.
She was spacing out, AGAIN.
This is a lot better than our boring class. Besides, playing mommy to cute little Youichi sounds like fun.
She giggled at the thought.
Youichi was bewildered though he remained emotionless. He then glanced to Natsume, both of them having the same thought in mind.
She's crazy.
"Ne, hahaue, stop day dreaming." Youichi snapped her back to reality.
She turned to him. "Oh, was I spacing out? Sorry."
"Chichiue, I want to go to Central Town." Youchi said, turning his attention to the lad who carried him.
"Demo, Yu-chan." Mikan protested. "I already had cut class. Besides," she glanced at the darkening sky. "It seems it's going to rain. We can't go to Central Town right now. Can you ask for something else?"
"Hm…" Youichi thought for a while. "Alright. Buy me something to eat. I'm hungry." His eyes showed no trace of emotion. (really, I couldn't understand Youchi like this, not at all. Well anyway, it's what makes him all the more cute, ne?)
"Alright. We can eat at the cafeteria. Ne, Natsume-kun?" Mikan turned to Natsume, waiting for his approval.
Natsume merely grunted. Though he didn't show it and admit it to himself (jeez… men and their egos.), he was enjoying every minute of this family play Yu-chan had put up.
Mikan skidded to the cafeteria, with Natsume and Youichi walking rather stoically behind her.
"Ne, chichiue…" Youichi had developed the habit of calling him Chichiue even for just half a day. He really is taking this family thing quite seriously.
Natsume turned his head to the boy he was carrying.
"Why is she so cheerful anyway?" Youchi asked, his eyes held the same blank expression.
Natsume made sure she was within hearing range, before he answered. "She's always like that. Always has goofy smile on her idiotic face." He then smirked.
"Oi, Natsume!" Mikan began to react. "Stop teaching Yu-chan bad things!"
"Oi old hag." Youichi answered, much to Mikan's dismay. "I'm already 8 years old so I don't need pathetic cheesy lectures."
Mikan blinked several times. I thought he started calling me Mommy???
"And besides," Youichi continued, "Even if you're my mommy now, you're still the same old had to me."
Mikan's eyebrows got tangled." Why you-…" she shook her fists while bold cross marks started to pop in her head.
"There you are!" a woman's voice came. She started running towards the three.
Mikan dropped the subject quickly and both Natsume and she turned their attention to the woman walking behind the two. Youichi frowned.
"Yu-chan." The teacher said. "You have been cutting classes again?"
Youichi didn't answer. Natsume placed him back down to the ground.
"Alright now. Let's go back before the whole class gets missing because I left them without a substitute just to look for you." She took Youichi's hand.
"Arigatou, Hyuuga-san" The teacher thanked Natsume rather than lecture him for bringing Youichi out, again. Of course, she still wanted to stay alive instead of turn into ashes. The Hyuuga boy had a reputation of sparing no one, not even the teachers.
The teacher then left with a grumbling Youichi in tow.
"Ne, Natsume-kun." Natsume turned his attention from Youichi who disappeared in the corner with his teacher to the brunette that stood in front of him.
"I'll be going now. Since you took away my chance of even catching half of today's class by making me cut it with you and Yu-chan," She said sarcastically. "I'll have to go back to Ruka and check on him."
Natsume shot her a confused and irritated look.
"Oh yeah. I forgot to tell you. Ruka-pyon had a fever, so I had to take care of him." She didn't notice the glint of jealousy in his eyes. "I think he's ok now, but I still have to see if the fever's gone. Ja!"
She scurried through the corridors towards Ruka's room (if you're confused, after Ruka woke up, he transferred to his room but Mikan persuaded him not to attend classes for the whole day because the fever had only lowered but did not disappear.)
Of course, leaving a raven-haired boy behind her, his crimson eyes hidden behind his bangs.
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Knock… knock… knock…
"Ne, Ruka-pyon?" a voice came from out the door.
Of course, Ruka had no need to guess who was outside. It was non other than her auburn haired friend and crush.
"C-c-come in… Mikan-chan…" Ruka stuttered. The thought of Mikan and him in the same room again made him blush crimson.
The door creaked and in came Mikan, her chocolate brown pools gleaming and her brown locks flowing behind her.
"How are you feeling now?" She quickly asked.
"A-alright." He answered, stuttering less.
"Your fever seemed to be worse. You're all red!" Mikan proceeded to check his temperature and touched his forehead.
Ruka blushed (if it was even possible) a deeper shade of red. All the physical contact just made him all jelly inside.
"Your fever must have returned." She informed him when she felt his heated face. "See? I told you it's better if you stay here." Mikan reminded the blonde lad.
"H-Ha-Hai…" Ruka stammered. (Sheesh! Were had his tongue gone to?)
"Alright. I'll leave these here." She dropped some medicine on his desk. "I passed by the clinic before I came here, and they gave me those. Drink them every after meal."
She beamed at him and he was too dumbfounded to even utter a word.
"Well then, I'll have to go now. Ja! Take care!" She walked towards the door and closed it behind her.
She had been gone for about 10 minutes, and Ruka still continued to stare at the door. He then averted his eyes to the medicine bottle on the desk as a serene smile surfaced on his face.
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A/N:
I made a few changes regarding Youchi's age, I just found out that he was 3 when Mikan first saw him in the manga, and she was 10 that time. So if Mikan is 15 now, that would make Youchi 8 yrs old.
Jeez, poor Youchi got dragged by the idiotic teacher.
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