Chapter 2: Leaving
Thursday night at the Hyuuga Mansion…
"Oh no! I wonder where Natsume placed that picture?! Better find it before he arrives home." Aoi said while searching the room of her brother. Aoi searched inside the closet, drawers, restroom and finally under his bed. She sat on the bed panting while holding the picture, "Hay, I've found you at last, you're the one that Ruka told me, – the reason why my brother is still single, the reason why he is not courting any girl, the girl whose best friend is Hotaru Imai and the girl that my brother loves the most. Yup, you're none other than, Mikan Sakura!" She quickly went out of his brother's room as she heard Natsume's car parking in the garage.
At Hotaru's mansion…
"Hey Mikan, are you ready? We're about to leave!" Hotaru said. Mikan picked up her bag, went out of her room, and said, "I'm ready!"
They ride in a limousine with a driver. As Mikan was staring at window, she said to her thoughts, "I'm going to see you again. I suppose you already found your sister, Aoi. I wonder if you already have a girlfriend already. You must be very handsome and cute and everything but", she paused and took a deep breath. "will you be able to forgive me?", she continued but she was disturbed when Hotaru said, "He said that Aoi will be going with him." Mikan, upon hearing this, was startled and just let his bangs covered her teary eyes. She was speechless, not expecting that Hotaru will tell her such a thing. Silence covers the limousine.
Hotaru broke the silence and said, "I know that you've been keeping a problem since we graduated 3 years ago. A problem that you wouldn't want me to now but admit it or not, I know that it is related to the Hyuuga's." Mikan's tears started to roll down on her face. She doesn't know what to do know. Telling Hotaru the problem will just start another bigger problem and they're all living in tranquility, which she doesn't want to ruin.
"I'm sorry, -sniff- but I'll just tell it –sniff- to you at the –sniff- right time. –sniff- I hope –sniff- you'll understand", Mikan said while crying. Hotaru took a deep sigh and said, "I'll not push you if you don't really want to. I understand your decision."