Yes! Chapter 6 is here! Thank you very much for reviewing! Oh, I hope you won't get confused with the changing of the scenes in this chapter… hehe… Hey, please do enjoy this… it's the product of the appearance of dark circles below my eyes. (Why not doing it every morning?) Oh, simply because my mind unconsciously works better when I'm sleepy.. XD ENJOY!
Notes: KOKO ISSUE: the truth is I forgot that Koko was in France. But I have a good reason why he suddenly appeared at the previous chapter. It will be discussed more to the following chapters. Thank you and sorry for the confusion. :)
Disclaimed.
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Chapter Six
A Need of Work
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The sky's phase changed quickly, merely switching the gloomy brilliant sky to an azure colored sky with a puff of white clouds. It is a beautiful Saturday morning. Sure it rained hard last night, but our dear Mikan had a good night rest. Oh, what about Natsuko? She slept soundly too, but not as comfortable as Mikan felt.
Natsuko's eyes opened revealing a pair of its crimson eyes. She rubbed them innocently, removing tears into her eyes. Suddenly, her eyes shot wide as she noticed Mikan lying down on her chest and her wig detached from her head.
Natsume sure was pissed. Mikan didn't sleepwalk, but this is worse than that! He neither made a move nor panic, for he knew it will disturb her. Instead he stared at the sleeping Mikan. Mikan's face is inches away from Natsume. He observed her soft snore, her lovely long eyelids and pinky cheeks.
"She's cuter in close up." He thought and suddenly shook his head, "Oh what the hell are you thinking, Natsume? Have you completely lost your mind??"
Later a while, he rose from his bed and left the sleeping Mikan—of course he already wore the wig. He stared at Mikan before leaving the room and go to the bathroom.
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Natsuko walked down the stairs and found Mikan sitting on the dinning table, busily doing something. She approached her to see what's she's been up to; and found her computing complicated bills of electricity and water. Mikan then noticed her.
"Oh, hi Natsuko!" said Mikan, "You know the month of October is about to end. Remember what we agreed?"
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"First, you must contribute for the payment of the bill." She said
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Ahh, she remembers now. Natsume can't use his credits cards to withdraw some money, because it was probably locked by his father.
"But Mikan, it's my first month, can I pass?" she said.
Mikan turned Natsuko with sympathy, "I'm sorry, but I too have no extra money."
Natsume was left with no choice but… to find a job.
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That afternoon, Natsume left the house to find a job. Mikan left the house earlier and was informed that Natsuko will leave for job hunting. But, think of it, the all time rich and famous Natsume is out to search for a job??? Well, for now. But once he saw Koko around, Natsume's fist will welcome his cheek …wholeheartedly.
Well, it won't be hard for Natsume anyway. He has the looks. The face. The skills. The talent. The… everything you might find for a worker. But will it be that easy for Natsume? Hmm... Let's just see.
While walking—which he hated so much—he caught a glimpse of a restaurant with a 'wanted' poster. It says:
WANTED
Waitress/Singer
Great. Natsume sure knows how to sing—as a matter of fact, he's good at it—but he's not a girl! And he won't waste his life of trying to pretend as Natsuko again. HELL NO!
And so, he's off to find another job.
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Paradise Café
Mikan
"WHAT?? YOU SAW TAKESHI WITH ANOTHER GIRL??" screamed Mikan.
Nonoko hushed Mikan as she nodded her head slyly.
"What did you do, then?" Mikan asked.
"Nothing, I ran…crying" she shrugged.
"What? You didn't confront him? Or even break up with him?"
"No, Mikan, I love him!"
"So, what now, act like you didn't see anything?"
Just then, Takeshi got in the shop with a perky smile. He spotted Nonoko and approached her. He wrapped his stiff arms around her waist and neared her face, meeting her gazes.
"How are you, baby?" He said, huskily.
Nonoko blushed, "Better seeing you." She replied with a smile.
After that, he walked off to change to his uniform.
"Yes, I'll give him another chance. What if I just misunderstood it?"
Nonoko said as she ran off with a smile leaving Mikan as she sigh.
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Natsume
Natsume was getting tired. He found a nearby bench in a park and decided to take a seat and rest. Then he watched little kids playing on the sand box, building sand castles when suddenly another boy kicked it off and it shattered into bits of sands. The little kids who built the castles cried out loud while the bully kid smirked to himself—being proud of what he did.
"Bully." Natsume thought as he got up to buy an ice cream located somewhere in the park.
Natsume took out his wallet from his pocket and was about to pay for the ice cream when someone tugged his sleeves. Natsume looked down to find the bully kid looking up at him like an eight-story high building. The kid summoned Natsume as he raised a brow.
He bent down on him and said, "What do you want?"
The kid grinned and, in a split second, he snatched Natsume's wallet and sprinted away.
"HEY GIVE ME BACK MY WALLET!!!" he yelled and ran after the kid.
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"Ms. Sakura!" called out a feminine voice.
Mikan approached her manager, to find her face so tired and exhausted.
Mikan chuckled, "Tired, Ms. Yamamoto?"
Ms. Kaori Yamamoto, their boss. Her age is around 35, currently single. But she always brags about her former boyfriends.
"YESS," she cried, frustrated, "no applicants do good!"
Mikan just chuckled. "What did you call me for, Ms. Yamamoto?"
"Oh, the Eggs Center called and they said they can't deliver the eggs today. But we ran out of eggs and we need it now for the cakes. Ms. Sakura, go there and claim for the eggs…now." She said sternly.
Mikan obeyed and she got off skipping while walking in joy. Her skirt flipping and her pigtails were dangling as she hums a very happy tune.
As soon as she reached the EggsCenter, she claimed 3 boxes of eggs and quickly walked back to Paradise Café. She decided not to skip this time, for if she will, these eggs will jump out of the box.
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Natsume ran after the kid. "Dammiot. That kid sure is fast." He thought as he ran after the kid, trying not to lose track on him. Suddenly, the bully kid stopped, Natsume eyes widened and he stopped as well, intensely eying him.
Slowly, he turned to Natsume with a stern face. But then it was change with a mischievous smile and stuck out a tongue at Natsume.
"HAHAHA! Catch me if you can!" the kid said playfully and he continued to run off.
Natsume grunted and dashed off to him.
The kid turned left at the corner. But as Natsume turned left, to his surprise, he bumps into someone. The impact was hard that both of them fell on their butts.
"Ow!" cried the person he bumped, and for his opinion it was a girl.
Natsume quickly stood up and brushed off dirt from his pants to apologize. It was a lady okay? Natsume has a sense of gentlemen-ness when it comes to ladies. He was about to offer a hand when his eyes widened that made him stop, "Mikan…"
"Itai…" Mikan said as she whined and looked up to the guy.
Her eyes widened in deep shock. What met her gazes was a pair of dark crimson eyes. It was a pool of mysterious bloody orbs that anyone will drown into its secrecy. She stared at them for a while, absorbing the feeling she receives from those piercing glares. And then a picture paced her mind. "Natsuko." She thought as she looks at it and found it similar to Natsuko's eyes.
She gasped, jolting back to reality. "Look what you did?? This is your entire fault!!" she growled as she studied the mess on her. The eggs that she was carefully holding a while ago fell crackly on her body.
Natsume then noticed that some eggs were on his shirt, "My fault? You were the one who's blocking my way!"
"Hello?? Who even gave you—"
Natsume lost the train of their 'conversation' as he saw the bully kid far behind Mikan. He was waggling Natsume's wallet while sticking out his tongue on him—and ran.
Natsume grunted. "I don't have time to talk to an idiot like you, polkadots." He said as he ran past Mikan.
Mikan watched him ran away, "P-Polkadots??"
Then she turned red and cried out an ear piercing shriek, "PERVERT!!!!"
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Mikan then walked back to Paradise Café. On her way, people were staring at her. She received different glares from the people around her. Her hair was messy and her body and clothes had yolks of eggs which was a very eye catching. By just merely looking at her makes you want to spurt your insides out. I mean, she looks like a little girl played around city dump.
She arrived in Paradise Café and explained every little thing that happened to her boss. And that every little thing I said means including about the perverted freak.
"Ms. SAKURA!" she scowled as Mikan made a soft squeal, "You don't know how it will affect our Café!"
"Ms. Yamamoto must be really tired dealing with lots of applicants the whole afternoon." Mikan thought.
"I-I'm sorry Ms. Yamamoto, It's—"
"You just ruined the images of our café! What can your sorry do to change that, huh?" she scowled. "You walked and just advertise that Paradise Café has an awkward worker!"
Mikan decided not to answer back to lessen the tension between them.
Ms. Yamamoto snorted, "Ugh. What else can I do?" she rolled her eyes and went inside her office to meet the rest of the applicants as Mikan release a heavy sigh.
"Mikan!" her friend Nonoko called out, "You alright?"
Mikan glared at her, "Can't you see I'm not?? Are you blind?? Because of the perverted bastard I'm almost fired! UGH!"
She walked past her while mumbling more incoherent words towards that guy. Nonoko just chuckled as she followed her friend.
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As for Natsume, he luckily got his wallet back, and left the kid crying—who explained that he just wanted to play. He decided to go back home to change his shirt. He noticed the changing of the sky's phase as it was currently painted orange. For the rest of the afternoon, he spent his time catching for that bully kid. He must be home before Mikan does, or else she'll catch the 'Natsume'.
He only has an hour to search for a job, and now he was left with one really sacred option. He never really thought that there will come a day that he will be using this kind of 'weapon'.
He walked off, turned lefts and rights. Finally, he noticed a poster, WANTED: WAITER/WAITRESS, in a building that is written with a big blue print that says: Paradise Café with a picture of coconut tree beside the name.
Natsume sigh before entering the placeHe's neither excited nor nervous. But what makes him anxious is it will be the first time he will use this weapon of his choice: charm.
After an hour…
"Okay, last applicant. Name?" Ms. Yamamoto said as she looked up at Natsume—to find his head rested on his left hand.
He smirked, "Natsume Hyuuga." He said coolly and winked.
Ms. Yamamoto blushed furiously, "YOU'RE HIRED!!!!"
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Evening came and Mikan and Nonoko started packing their bags to leave. Nonoko noticed Mikan still mad about what happened this afternoon based on her slump actions.
"Oh Mikan, forget about it!"
"That is why I really hate boys!" she mumbled sternly as she finished packing and placed her backpack hanging on her left shoulder and walked away.
"Mikan, wait for me!"
As they were about to walk out of the door, they heard a shout inside Ms. Yamamoto's office. They stopped and looked at the door of her office.
"Are we going to check her out?" asked Nonoko.
"Nah. She'll be alright." Mikan said and they walked out.
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Chapter six is finally done! Whew. Another long chapter! But the only thing I projected in here is Natsume finds a job and meets Mikan. Haha! I can smell something good… really gooood… Oh you know, a minute ago I was on the roof, enjoying life with roofs around. haha! Think you should try it too. It's totally awesome:)
Oh well, please review! I want to know what you think of this chapter. Comments, suggestions and flames are open:)
Take care everyone! God Bless…
Muwahz!
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