Till There Was You


First Date


To say their first day was a wonderful event, would be a lie.

It was a disaster.

In a way.

Both Natsume and Mikan were nervous to go out together in fear to be caught.

''Is this seriously a good idea?'' Mikan asked concerned, looking through the window of her flat. Natsume stood next to her, his arms crossed, looking as concerned as she was. Mikan glanced at him.

''I'm… Not sure, actually. How do we do this?'' he looked at her. They stared at each other frowning, both with crossed arms, both concerned. They turned back to the window.

''A café is out of the question.'' Mikan noted.

''As well as an amusement park.'' Natsume stated.

''A walk through the park?''

''We've done that yesterday.''

''Hmmm…''

''What about shopping?''

''Wouldn't that be the same as the café?''

''Hmm…'' the both hummed thoughtfully at the same time.

''Shall we just… I don't know… Walk around and see if this works?'' Mikan asked uncertainly. Natsume nodded. ''Yeah. Let's do that. I have Ruka on speed-call if someone recognizes me.''

''And I have Sumire and the others waiting in the nearby café, so I can just go there.''

Natsume looked at her. ''Do they know you're having a date today?''

Mikan glanced at him. ''Well, yeah… But not with whom. Sumire knows, the others don't, so…''

They stared at each other. ''Let's go.'' Natsume moved and Mikan nodded. ''Yeah, it's going to be all right.''

It had not been all right, actually.

As soon as they walked down the street, they had realized the seasonal sale began and people were rushing through the city to get to the shops. The streets were full and Mikan and Natsume had a hard time walking together.

They decided to forget about shopping, and went to the aquarium. Which was a bad idea, because a few high schools made a trip there, and the whole aquarium was stifled with teenagers. If they had looked closely, they would have recognized Natsume Hyuuga. But the couple rushed out of the building as soon as they noticed the crowd.

''What now?'' they sat on a bench under a tree near the aquarium, watching people pass by.

''Shall we go eat something?'' Natsume asked, and Mikan nodded. ''Man… Now I understand your manager's concerns…'' she muttered and Natsume chuckled. ''It is a little stressful, yeah…''

They stopped at a food stand with Okonomiyaki and Mikan ordered for them. It was more practical if Natsume stayed silent and invisible. The problem with that was that Mikan was a beautiful woman and many glanced her way. Moreover, as she was ordering the food, the cook even tried to flirt with her.

''So miss… What is such a lovely lady as you doing here alone?'' the man asked with a grin, hoping to impress her with his cooking skills. Mikan was impressed, but not to that extend to just flirt back.

''Oh, I'm not alone. My boyfriend is with me-'' she looked around, noticing Natsume at the side, glaring at the cook. Mikan smiled. ''He's waiting there.'' She turned back to the cook, the smile still on her face. It made him blush.

''Pity…'' he stared at her and Mikan felt a little uncomfortable. ''Would you like anything special on your Okonomiyaki?'' he asked, his smile bright.

''Ah, no nothing. Just the regular ones is fine.'' She chuckled, uncertain how to react to the cook's flirting. He packed the Okonomiyaki and gave the box to her, but not before taking her hand, and holding it for a moment. ''If you ever get bored with your boyfriend, I'd love to invite you out, miss.''

Mikan tried to pull her hand away, but he did not let her. ''Um… Thank you, but I'm very happy.''

''Mikan.'' She suddenly heard Natsume behind her and the cook let go of her hand. No one recognized him with his shades on and hat, but Mikan noticed the glare at the cook from the side. ''H-hey, it's done. Let's go.'' She stuttered, a little flushed and took his hand, pulling him with her.

With one last murderous glare at the cook, Natsume followed her.

''I'm sorry you had to see that. It doesn't happen often that stranger talk to me. I'm surprised myself.'' She told him, squeezing his hand. He took the box from her and held it in his free hand. He muttered something under his breath and Mikan blushed even more, hearing it. It was something like 'You're too sexy for your own good.'.

Mikan cleared her throat and looked around. There were thousands of people everywhere, and the two of them would have no privacy here. She stopped and made Natsume stop too. She grinned at him. ''Let's just go back to my place and eat the Okonomiyaki there.''

Natsume looked at her in surprize. ''But… What about the date? We haven't done anything fun yet.''

Mikan gazed at him with that look that promised another type of fun really really soon. ''We can still do something at home.'' She smirked seductively, caressing his cheek. The poor man pressed his lips together, to prevent embarrassing himself in public and quickly pulled her behind him, making his way towards he flat. Mikan laughed and her girly voice ringed in his ear like music. She was seriously going to be the death of him.

Once they arrived at the apartment complex, they run up the stairs and almost fell into the flat. Natsume put the Okonomiyaki on the table, picked Mikan up, and carried her to the bedroom. She still laughed, holding him around his neck, but soon her beautiful laughter turned into something far more alluring.

Putting it simply, the Okonomiyaki got cold.