Chapter 6 – Losing

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So Mikan lied there, constantly hearing her name being called. "Mikan" Dimitri kept whispering while holding her. It had to have been at least 80 times, but every time her name was called, her heart skipped a beat. She felt warm and protected, and she soon drifted off to sleep.

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What in the world? Where is Mikan? I know she's always late, but its 25 freaking minutes after the start of class! That teacher, Narumi, started to take roll. "Hotaru-chan? Good. Ruka-pyon? Good. Natsume? Good. Mikan? Mikan-chan?" "I'll go find her." I said, storming out of the classroom. I had to find her.

Dang, I've looked everywhere! Wait. Oh no. That new kid, what's his name? Oh, Dimitri. He was gone too. I've got to go check his room. I snuck into the building and looked around, trying to remember where the stupid room was. I followed my instincts. They were always right when I was looking for Mikan. Ha! I found the door! It's unlocked. I slowly opened it and peered inside. Then it felt as if my heart was being ripped out.

There lies Mikan, sleeping in the arms of my rival. They both look content. Dear god, why are my eyes burning? I touched my cheek and found a tear. I'm crying. Dammit. I couldn't look anymore, so I walked out. I lost.

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When Mikan woke up, she was still in Dimitri's arms. Only he was awake, and it appeared that he'd been watching her for some time now. They stared into each other's eyes, and Mikan quite soon felt uncomfortable. She decided to break the tension. "Are you some stalker perv now?" Dimitri soon fell off of the bed, laughing until his stomach hurt. When he calmed down, he sat on the edge of the bed, "Ha-ha, no, I was just thinking about how childish you look when you sleep." He said playfully. Mikan faked offensiveness, "I am NOT childish!" Soon they both burst into fits of laughter. Of course, that's when Mikan decided to look at the clock. "OH MY GOODNESS! SCHOOL IS ALMOST OVER!" she screeched, "Hey, hey. It's alright. We can catch up on homework together. And, like you said, school's almost over. So let's say we get some breakfast and take a nice walk around." Mikan was still nervous, but she knew he was right. "Alright. You're looking better." She assessed. "Yeah, actually, I'm feeling great." He said, smiling. "That's good. Then you're making breakfast." "AWW!"

After their stomachs were all filled and happy, they went for a walk around campus. It was hot out, and they'd been walking for awhile. "Let's sit there." Dimitri said, pointing to the sakura tree. "Um, I don't really think we should." Mikan said, feeling uneasy about sitting there with anyone other than Natsume. "Is there something wrong with that tree?" He said looking into her eyes. She knew she couldn't lie effectively with his closeness. "N-no." She finally said. "Then let's go!" he said, grabbing her arm and practically dragging her. They sat and began talking about their childhood together when there was a certain boy that saw them.

"Oh, hell no you don't!" Natsume growled, dashing over there, wanting to seriously injure the boy who was currently in front of him. "Natsume, what's wrong?" Mikan asked wearily. "What's wrong is you!" He accused, "First you spend all of your time with him, then I see you and your boyfriend sleeping together in his room, and now you're bringing him here? This is the one sacred place I have with you, and now it just so happens to be a picnic place for you and your boyfriend?" Mikan was hurt and confused. This would've meant that he went into Dimitri's room. Wait, BOYFRIEND? "WAAAAIIT!" she yelled, "Did you just say my boyfriend? No. You need to get things right. Last night, I didn't go to Hortaru's. I went to go take care of him because he was sick! And we just fell asleep! What you walked in on, did you think that he was my boyfriend because of that? NO. And, he is my friend. He wanted to come here! So, before you start jumping to conclusions, you should probably get your head fixed on right and think about the fact that you don't know everything." And with that, she stomped off, probably heading back towards the academy. Natsume had never heard her go off on him like that before. I must have really screwed up. Then he heard some muffled laughter.

"You really did fall for all of it!" Dimitri said, laughing. "What are you talking about?" Natsume asked, no edge to his voice, just a question. "I wanted her to stay with me last night, so I gave her some crazy story that she believed! And practically made her sleep with me in bed last night because I had a feeling you would look in my room first! And now, oh goodness, now because of you jumping to conclusions, she's pissed at you! Maybe you really should think about the fact that you don't know everything." He finished, and he walked off, going back to bed. Natsume stood there, regretting every word he had said. Wishing he had just thought a little more before getting mad. I've got to go find her. And he took off in the direction she had disappeared in.