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Chapter 2
Mikan was mortified to say the very least. Her Natsume, the one male whom she has loved since 10, commented negatively on her like the others. Her heart was broken. Totally and horribly shattered.
Waterfalls turned into pearls as she slammed the door of her room, separating her from the alien surrounding outside. Mikan fell on her single bed as she buried her face into the not-so-soft pillows. She couldn't connect to whatever the others accused her of. Tears clung to her eyelashes, making her look so innocent and yet pitiful.
The insults they threw at her were hurtful. However, it did not kill her inside. What did was the things Natsume have said. Ugly? She makes him want to retch? Never. Never had she thought that these words would have come from him. At least not after what they had done.
Flashback
Mikan and Natsume had been going steady for about a year or so. It was the raven-haired flame-caster who decided to defy Persona and be 'true to his feelings' as Ruka had put it.
The animal-lover was now in love with a certain inventor who blackmailed him. What was going through Ruka's brain to decide she was the one for him was a mystery to Natsume. But he was still happy for his best friend when the cold inventor accepted his proposal .But not after hitting him several times with her baka-gun (for not being creative) of course.
Despite so, seeing the weird couple going giggly and red-faced caused warmth to spread in the pits of his stomach. He wanted to be like them. To be able to tease her lovingly and to hold her in his arms when no one was looking. Setting his heart on it, he decided to confess his love to his favorite auburn-haired female.
"To hell with Persona. If he hurts her, I will just burn him and make sure he doesn't die so I can torture him over and over for harming his dearest."
'Dearest'… His lips curled up into a rare smile. How he loved this word. It suits her perfectly. But perhaps 'Precious' sounded much better.
Unknowingly, he had already reached the sakura tree which the two of them loved so. Exhausted with all those thinking, he leapt onto a sturdy tree branch and dozed off.
Meanwhile, a little auburn-haired girl was proceeding to the very same tree. She had a petty quarrel with her seniors in special-ability and she wanted to cool her head. Somehow, her feet brought her to the tree which unnoticed by her, had already an occupant sleeping atop.
"Wahh! Now what should I do? Tsubasa-sempai must think that I am a very bad kouhai now… Not that it is the first time… But…but…WAHH!!"
Depressed, she flopped onto the ground thinking about the quarrel with her sempai-tachi. From time to time, she would grab her pigtails and yank them in frustration. The commotion aground stirred Natsume from his peaceful slumber.
Curious, he peeked over the branch to see who dared wake him up. They did say that curiosity killed the cat. In this cat's case, he was almost killed by his sudden accelerating heart.
Trying to cover up his emotions, he spoke.
"Hey little girl, can't you wise up and notice someone sleeping peacefully in a tree? Sigh. I forgot. You barely have brains to study much less noticing your environment RED STARS."
Mikan was torn from her thoughts when she heard a voice coming from above. Looking up, hazel met crimson. Unknowingly to her, her face heated up.
"Na…Na... Natsume…I…I…I'm sorry! I didn't mean to…"
Suddenly, something struck her.
"HENTAI! YOU…YOU…YOU SAW?! ECCHI! WHO THE HECK DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? SOMEONE FROM THE STUDENT COUNCIL?!"
As soon as words left her mouth, she knew she had lost.
"FYI stars… YOU showed your TRIANGULAR-WEAR to me this morning. And didn't you know? I AM part of the student council just by being a representative. smirk Oh I beg your pardon. I forgot your eyes were too small to see me sitting in the chair which was RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU that day."
Natsume was pleased. Mikan was turning from red to beetroot to purple. What an interesting sight is was for him. And that was what he liked about her. She never concealed her feelings and had always smiled for him even after a huge row between them.
He jumped down and landed gracefully on the ground, right in front of Mikan. Color in her face drained and she instinctively bent down and covered her head in fear of him hurting her.
Natsume frowned a little. Had he instilled so much fear even in his precious girl? He smirked as he decided that he could take advantage to this present situation to tease her and perhaps, even win her heart.
Pretending to be angry, he yanked Mikan up by her elbows and pinned her to the tree. Faking anger, he bellowed, "EVEN YOU ARE DOING THIS TO ME? ARE YOU THAT SCARED OF ME THAT YOU HAVE TO BLOCK ME FROM YOUR VIEW? AM I THAT UGLY? THAT MONSTROUS A GUY? HUH? ANSWER ME!"
Upon his outburst, Mikan's eyes widened and she started to stutter, "Na…Natsume… I…I…I didn't mean to… I am just… just…"
Celebrating that his plan worked, he rewarded himself by claiming the thing he had always wanted. Mikan's lips.
To say that Mikan was in shock was definitely an understatement. She kissed back unconsciously as Natsume ran his tongue overt her lips, asking for entrance. But in her mind, she was confused at the weird situation.
After a deliciously long moment, Natsume broke the kiss when he felt Mikan's need for air. He smirked at the pink-faced girl who was gasping for air. He leaned forward to her ears and blew on it as he whispered seductively, "Tease my dear."
After that, he took off knowing that she would regain her senses any minute.
Mikan's mind was in a haze. The fabulous kiss was what she had been missing all along? So that was what Hotaru, Anna and Nonoko had been experiencing? Wow!
She shivered sightly when she felt a breeze passing by her sensitive earlobe. What was that? What did the person say? Mikan shook her head slightly to clear her head. When she regained her senses, what Natsume whispered finally registered.
Screaming bloody murder, Mikan ran after Natsume who had a mischievous but satisfied smile playing on his lips. But deep down in their hearts, they recognized the same warmth of love settling and spreading inside their hearts.
On that particular day, Hyuuga Natsume and Sakura Mikan became an official couple.
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Meanwhile behind a tree, a certain blackmailer stood with her boyfriend next to her, sweat-dropping.
"Umm Hotaru… It really isn't a great idea you know?"
Grinning maliciously, she replied, "It is all about business and sales Ruka… business and sales…"
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End of flashback
A ghostly smile flickered on Mikan's lips upon remembering the sweet moment of their 'confession'. After that day of course, Natsume bought ALL of the video replicas and also the memory card in Hotaru's V8. He couldn't let himself be displayed as a weak fool at the feet of love could he?
Giggling slightly, Mikan's lips quivered as more tears fell as the next wave of reminiscence hit her…
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