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Flashback:
She chose her grandfather. Her heart told her to go to him. She had so much fun spending her summer with her grandfather who took her to concert, plays, fashion shows and brought her anything she wanted. In short she enjoyed being spoiled by her grandpa. Until one night when her grandfather came to her room and told her that the jet their family was taking to go to Taipei to pick her up crashed and none of them survived. She was to stay with her grandpa; he was the only family she had left. But after a month he died too. She was alone in a big mansion a group of companies to manage and every luxury life had to offer and she was 10 yrs old… and miserable. She had her entire family which composed of 28 people buried at their Huge back yard in Paris including her grandpa. After they were buried and were at peace she went back to Taipei to study, one of her teachers took pity on her and let her stay with her for a few nights then all of a sudden Mikan was with different FEMALE teachers per week. They said they didn't mind but Mikan knew she couldn't rely on the forever they have their own responsibilities to work. So she sold her grandfather's house for 4.5 million dollars and bought herself an apartment and hired an executive for the companies she would have to manage when she became older.
Chapter two
"Mikan, are you alright?" Anna asked.
"Huh? What?" mikan said wiping the unwanted tears that slid down her cheeks. " Umm.. yeah, I'm alright Anna-chan." Mikan reassured her with a weak smile. "Where's Narumi –sensei? I was walking with him awhile ago." Mikan asked Anna. "well when he caught view of your house he ran so fast you could barely see him." She sweatdropped. "Could I walk with you instead?" mikan said hopefully.
"hai. Mikan-chan." Anna answered happily.
When anna and mikan reached the Sakura mansion Mr. Narumi approached them. "Mikan may I do the room arrangements?" Mr. Narumi said with a spark of mischief in his eyes. "sure sensei." Mikan said then shrugged at anna's questioning gaze.
MAY I HAVE EVERYONES' ATTENTION? Mr. Narumi yelled from the second floor balcony where he stood to the students bellow. He was holding a megaphone.
NOW BEFORE I SAY THE ROOM ARRANGEMENTS I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT DURING THIS TRIP WE WIL BE HAVING PARTNERS, BOY AND GIRL, THEY WILL SHARE A ROOM DURING THE ENTIRE TRIP. NOW BEFORE ANYONE JUMPS TO ANY CONCLUSIONS EACH ROOM WILL HAVE 2 BEDROOMS, 2 BATHROOMS, A MINI LIVING ROOM AND KITCHEN. NOW THAT THAT'S FINISHED I WILL ANNOUNCE THE ROOM ARRANGEMENTS.
ANNA & YUU, ROOM 286
NONOKO & KOKO, ROOM 290
AND THE LAST PAIR IS
MIKAN & NATSUME, ROOM 350
NOW EVERYONE GO TO YOUR ROOMS AND UNPACK OYUR STUFF WERE ALREADY BOUGHT TO YOUR ROOMS, AND OH YEAH YOU GUYS WILL BE COOKING FOR YOURSELVES ALL THE STUFF YOU NEED ARE PROVIDED IN EACH ROOM, OKAY THEN WE ALL MEET BACK HERE BY 1 O' CLOCK.
Then everyone did as they were told and went to their rooms.
Mikan's POV
It was 10:50 and Mikan was preparing lunch for natsume and herself, while natsume was in his room doing whatever. Mikan set the table for 2 she called natsume but he was still in the shower. So she decided to eat lunch first then went out to the garden (backyard), it was only 11 o'clock.
Natsume's POV
He stepped out of the shower, got dress and went to the kitchen he could smell lunch, he expected to find mikan there too but she wasn't there. 'tch.' Whatever.' He ate alone then decided to go out it was only 11:15; he went to the gardens and sat under a sakura tree. He pulled out the manga that he bought with him but after reading for a while he heard someone crying. Curios, he stood up to see who it was.
He saw mikan…on her knees, under one of the many sakura trees, her hands pulling out the grass around her. Her cries made natsume want to comfort her, but that was too much to expect from him. He wondered why she was crying though, then he saw a headstone, who could be buried there he thought. Now he thought of approaching her but mikan stood up wiped her tear stained face and slowly walked towards the mansion, only a few steps after natsume saw her faint, he immediately ran to her and carried her (fireman style) and brought her back to their room where he put her on the sofa and immediately called Narumi who came as faster than possible. He took care of mikan while natsume just continued reading his manga as if he didn't care.
Normal POV
While Narumi left to get something from his room, Natsume sat down beside the unconscious Mikan.
"You idiot." Natsume said, he stared at her for a while and noticed the ring on her finger(the same ring she wore in chapter one.) that looks familiar. Where have I seen that thing before? He thought to himself then stared at his own ring which has a flame shaped ruby and a cherry blossomed shaped hole on one side. "Never mind" he said again then resumed reading his manga.
"Huh? How did I get here? What happened and what time is it" mikan said rubbing her head. She checked her wristwatch. It was quarter to three. "Ouch" she said rubbing her head as she tried to sit up. She rubbed her eyes and saw her roommate with his face covered w/ a manga.
"Sorry that I bothered you Natsume, but I just have to ask if you were the one who bought me back here?" Mikan said with her bangs covering her eyes.
Natsume didn't even look up from his reading.
"Hello?" mikan said grabbing his manga and waving her hand in his face, irritated by her attitude natsume said "what?!" trying to get his manga back from Mikan.
Mikan put her hands on her waist, raised her eyebrow and said in a serious voice "were you the one who brought me back here or not."
"yeah,so" Natsume answered and took the manga from Mikan.
Mikan sat back down. They were silent for a while then Mikan ran to the bathroom to barf. Natsume looked up then resumed his reading, when she didn't come back after a few minutes Natsume decided to check on Mikan. He heard crying coming from the bathroom the door was open so h came in.
He saw mikan crawled up like a ball on the floor by the toilet clutching her stomach… and crying.
"Get up." He ordered her.
"What.. 'hicupp' …do…'hiccup'…care!" mikan answered sharply.
He stared at her for a few seconds the knelt down to carry her… fireman style. "let go!" Mikan said pounding on his back, but really it was useless to do that she was too weak to keep it up anyway.
He dropped her in her bed. Then went back out. "Weirdo" Mikan said under her breath with crossed arms. Natsume came back with a bucket, a glass of water and a first aid kit.
"I'm not a baby you know I can take care of myself!" Mikan said pouting cutely.
"Whatever, here take this." Natsume said handing her a capsule. Mikan looked at natsume then the capsule then turned her back. "no. I won't drink that stupid medicine, I hate that icky stuff." Acting childishly. "Just go away Natsume." She said even more childishly.
When mikan turned around to say something no one was there. Instead she saw the bucket by her bed and the medicine tray by her side table, obviously Natsume left.
Mikan drank the medicine and took a hot soothing shower then went to the kitchen to make dinner but saw Natsume cooking it already. "get back in bed." He ordered her. "I'll have this ready in a minute."
He said not even bothering to look at her because he was irritated by her childish attitude.
Mikan obligated and went back to her room ad laid back down, she still felt dizzy and a little hot and yet cold. A little later natsume came with her dinner. "Thanks" was all she managed to say she was now really sick, it could be seen in her face, mikan looked so helpless in her situation as she tried to sit up. Natsume made corn chowder, she was too sick to feed herself but didn't want to become a burden to natsume, so she forced herself to sit up and feed herself. At this point all her strength was drained as she lost her consciousness a second time. This was the only time narumi came back. E took care of mikan and told natsume to go ahead in his room and sleep it was only 9:30 but natsume felt tired already from all that happened. So he went to bed early and had thought I didn't get to attend the
thing anyway.