Narumi came to Natsume's place to tell him about what he and Hotaru talked about regarding the procedures on the coming exhibit event. Sitting on the couch, he happily chewed on an apple.

"Call her."

"Who?"

"That model."

"You mean, Mikan? But why? Weren't you able to finish the project last night?"

Natsume sent a bored look on Narumi who seemed to have hit a jackpot with his widened eyes.

"Is my nephew crushing on someone?", Narumi said teasingly, nudging him on the arm.

"Just do it!"

"Okay, okay!"

•••

Seeing the caller ID, Mikan turned off her cellphone. She doesn't want to have any connections with either of them anymore—Narumi, Natsume, or anything that has to do with Natsume. She has already made herself clear with him that night.

She stuffed her phone on her pocket and entered inside the music store.

"Hi," she greeted, surprising Tono who has his back faced on her.

"Mikan! What brings you here? Don't tell me you're fired again!"

She laughed.

"No, no. Actually... I came here to buy the guitar."

"Are you sure you're Mikan?" Tono said, eyeing Mikan skeptically.

"100 percent."

"You're not involved into some illegal activity, are you?"

"The last time I checked, not" Mikan said, shaking her head slowly as she placed a thick bundle of cash on the count

"Then where the hell did you get this money to buy the guitar?!"

"Hey, I have a job!", Mikan said, as she crossed her arms.

"You earned this much for two days?!"

"Silly! That's half of my savings and salary. Let's just say... I did well in those two days and my boss was generous!", Mikan said, trying to dismiss the suspicion of Tono.

•••

Twenty missed calls had already been made yet Mikan still haven't answered.

"Just keep on ringing her!"

"Why are we even doing this? My phone's dying", Narumi said, pouting.

"I know! Where does she live?"

"You can't go there."

"Why?"

"Because she doesn't let me get her straight to her house."

"What do you mean?"

"I never take her directly to where she lives. She insists to be dropped by the coffee shop we met then she walks home by herself."

"What?!"

Narumi nodded innocently. Natsume sighed.

"Then I'll go there myself. Where's that coffee shop?"

•••

"Finally!" Mikan hugged the guitar tightly to her chest, rubbing her cheeks on its surface.

"You better take care of Jasmine or else...", Tono reminded Mikan as he watched her.

"Of course, I will! I miss playing guitar!"

Mikan placed the guitar inside its case as she happily exited the store and headed home.

"Bye!"