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J: Thanks to those who reviewed on the first chapter! :) So, I had some time to finish this chapter because classes were suspended until Tuesday. :) Here's the second chappie. Enjoy!

Message in the bottle

im-your-genie

CHAPTER 2

"It's very obvious that I still do not know who the found the bottle. But whoever he is, I'd still love him. But then, let's just hope that I won't fall for another man before he finds me." She told me.

"Yeah. I guess so. But then, what if he doesn't search for you?" I asked her. Well it's not like someone's going to seek for her anyway since I'm the one who has the bottle. I just want to know what her response would be. Curiosity kills you know.

"Well, I guess I'd just follow my heart. If I fall deeply in love to a guy, then he's the one I'll be with… forever?" she uttered rather confusingly. I guess it's okay to be confused at the moment since she had no idea about anything at all. She's so naïve.

"Then what if no one makes you fall?" I asked her. I really can't stop my mouth from asking questions at the moment.

"Hmm… I suppose… I'd become a nun?" her answer stunned me. I didn't think that she would answer this kind of thing. It's so… uhh… I don't know. It's just that she isn't fitted to be a nun. With her beautiful face and such, it just isn't right for her to be a nun. I really can't imagine what she would look like if she was a nun.

"Ahhh… Okay then." That was the only thing that came out of my mouth.

After my last statement, we both went silent. Our tranquility was disturbed when Auntie Yuka called us or rather, called Mikan.

Mikan's POV

I didn't utter anything after Natsume's statement. Neither of us spoke another word but the silence was interrupted by my mom's voice.

"Mikan, dear, we have to go home and pack our stuffs." She told me. What does she mean by that? I don't remember her telling me something about going to a certain place or something. Ohhh! Maybe we'd go on a trip to another country! Yay!

"For what?" I asked excitingly while squealing.

"Oh, didn't I tell you? We're moving." With that statement, I went berserk.

"What?! Moving?! Where to? Why?! When will we move and when did you decide upon this?! I can't believe I'll be separated from Hotaru!" I said while tears started to form in my eyes upon the thought of being separated from my best friend.

"Calm down honey. It's not like you're going to be separated from her." She tried to comfort me.

"So you mean we're moving to another house but still in the same area?"

"No. We're moving here."

Here?!

"What do you mean here? Here as in here in Natsume's house?"

"No, silly. We're moving in there." She said while pointing her index finger to the house right in front of the Hyuuga's.

"Ohhh…" I was amused how amazing the house looked like. It gives me a homey feeling just by looking at it. "-But mom. What about Hotaru? I don't want to be separated from my best friend." I asked while sobbing.

"Shh dear. It'll all be okay. So let's go home now and pack." With that, she went back inside.

I wiped the tears on my cheeks and ran back inside too. I was stopped by a sudden remark from a certain lad.

"Nice view, polka dots."

Huh? Polka dots? What does he mean by that?

I was trying to figure out what he meant until I remembered the pattern of my underwear.

"You pervert!! I hate you!" I shouted irritatingly.

"Well it's not my fault that you had your skirt hitched up resulting to the exposure of your very cute underwear pattern."

"Well, sorry for my carelessness. But really, you didn't have to mention the pattern you know!" I shouted again.

"Whatever, polka dots."

Ugghh! This guy is starting to irritate me! Damn him and his tainted mind. I walked out to cease this stupid conversation.

I went inside to look for my mom and when as I enter the house, I saw her bidding goodbye to Auntie Hikari. I too bid goodbye to her and went home with my mom.

Sigh. It's been a long night. I hope I'll be able to cope up with the new environment as soon as we move in to the new house.

Soon after, my eyes felt heavy and I fell into a deep slumber. I had a bad dream. Well, it's bad in my opinion.

I was walking by the beach where I made the letter in the bottle when I saw someone approaching. He was a lot taller than me. After getting closer to me, he gave me the necklace that I placed inside the bottle.

"Does this belong to you?" he asked. Oh, he has such a beautiful voice. Yet, this voice is a familiar one.

"Yes, it is." I smiled.

I haven't looked at his face yet. My smile is still there while I was lifting up my head to glance at his face. Upon seeing him, I was astonished.

"Natsume?!"

"Polka dots."

"Waaaaaaahhh!!" I shouted upon opening my eyes.

What kind of dream was that?! I hate that pervert. He's haunting me even in my dream!

"Mikan, what's wrong?" my mom asked me. Apparently, we just arrived at our house.

"Nothing. I just had a nightmare."

"Oh, okay then. Let's go inside and sleep. We'll pack first thing in the morning, alright?" I just nodded.

We entered our small house and I immediately went to my room to continue my sleep.

Normal POV

Morning came and Mikan is still sleeping soundly in her room. It's still five in the morning and Yuka's already up and packing their things. They're going to move today and she's trying her best to pack everything before the moving men arrives.

Two hours passed and she's done packing all of the things they have except Mikan's belongings which were located at her room.

Yuka entered Mikan's room without permission since she knows that she's still sleeping. She didn't dare to disturb Mikan since she really doesn't like waking her up except when it's a school day.

While packing Mikan's things, their doorbell rang. Yuka immediately went downstairs to open the door. There outside the door were the moving men.

After talking to the men, she walked upstairs to continue packing Mikan's stuffs while the men started to put the packed things in the truck.

Hearing the noise, Mikan woke up from her deep slumber. She opened her eyes only to see her mother almost done in packing her stuffs.

"Mom, why are you already packing? I thought you said that we would be packing. Not only you." She said while yawning.

"Well honey, I don't want to disturb you. We'll be moving today and I think that you need a lot of energy."

"Oh, I see. Thank you mom. I'll just take a shower and prepare myself. Also, before we go, can I just go to Hotaru for a while and bid her goodbye?"

"Of course dear."

After hearing her mom's response, she went to the bathroom to take a bath. It took her thirty minutes before she went out the bathroom. She wasn't able to choose what she will wear because there's already a shirt, a short and undies prepared on the bed. She just wore them because all of her stuffs were probably at the truck already.

She went in front of the mirror after wearing her clothes and brushed her long hair. She doesn't really like tying her hair so she just let them down.

Downstairs were her mom and the moving men. Her mom is instructing the men on what to do upon arriving at their new house.

"Mom, I'm going to see Hotaru for a while, okay?" she said as she left the house and went to the Imai's residence. She rang the doorbell and Yayoi, Hotaru's mother opened the door.

"Good Morning Auntie. Is Hotaru there?" She asked politely.

"Oh, I'm sorry Mikan but she isn't here."

"I see… where might she be?" she asked wondering where Hotaru have gone to. Japan's not a small country anyway so she could've been to anywhere.

"Oh, she'd be moving. But she doesn't want to tell you where." Mrs. Imai stated in a sad manner. She pity Mikan because Hotaru is her best friend and yet Hotaru doesn't want to inform her where she would be moving.

"Oh… Is that so? Thanks anyway. I'm going now. Take care of yourself and uncle too. Please tell Hotaru that we're going to have some conversation when she visits you, okay? Thank you again." She smiled then left.

Yuka's already at the car waving at Mikan.

"Mikan, dear, let's go! We still have to unpack later." Yuka shouted.

Mikan then walked faster and went inside the car. They sped off to their new house. Both of them were silent while on the ride. Her mom didn't bother asking her why she's so silent because she already knows why. So she just let Mikan have her serenity.

'Why did Hotaru move somewhere without me knowing where it is? Sigh. I hope she'd be okay.' were Mikan's thoughts.

Upon arriving at their new house, they saw the moving men still unloading the truck and placing their stuffs inside the house. A voice was heard by them from the inside of the house. A voice that was very familiar to Mikan.

"Hey! Be careful with those. They're expensive you know!"

'Wait… is that Hotaru's voice I'm hearing?' Mikan mentally asked herself.

She then entered the house and upon her entrance. She saw a girl with jet black hair. She has the same color of hair as Natsume.

"Hotaru!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Mikan smiled as ran to her best friend only to receive the wrath of the Baka gun.

"Oww… Hotaru that hurts you know? I'm going to be dumb if you continue on doing that." Mikan said as she rubbed her head which was hit by the Baka gun.

"There'll be no effect like that on you since you're already dumb." Hotaru said emotionlessly. But inside, she was very happy to see her best friend.

"So… what are you doing here Hotaru? Are you going to help us unpack?" Mikan asked completely ignoring Hotaru's statement about her.

"No. I'm living here dummy." She plainly stated.

"Really?!?! Ohh! I'm so happy! I love you Hotaru!" she said as she tried to hug her best friend. But to her dismay, she was hit by the Baka gun again.

Outside was Mrs. Sakura smiling at the view of the two best friends. After the moving men were done unloading the truck, they were paid by Yuka and then they left.

Natsume and his mother Hikari then went to welcome them in the neighborhood. All of them are sitting on the sofa that was just randomly placed inside the house. It's still messy because they haven't arranged their things yet.

"Mikan, Hotaru… Why don't you go upstairs and unpack your clothes now?" Yuka asked them.

"That's a good idea Auntie. Let's go baka." Hotaru said as she went upstairs with their bags. The two mothers were talking about their college days so Natsume decided to follow Mikan and Hotaru upstairs. But before that, he excused himself from the two mothers.

Reaching upstairs, he saw a door opened and knocked first. The two girls looked at him and Hotaru stood up and went to his way.

"Hey Mikan… Have you met Natsume, my boyfriend?" Hotaru asked Mikan while emphasizing the word boyfriend.

"Yes. I met him already." Before Hotaru can reply, she was interrupted by the two.

"I'm/he's your what?!" Natsume and Mikan shouted in unison.

Hotaru then chuckled as she took a photo of the freaked out faces of Natsume and Mikan. The two never moved from their spot and so Hotaru took more pictures of the two.

Hotaru laughed upon saying: "Just kidding."

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