Author's Note: Well… yes, I updated sooner than what was expected, I myself got surprised too but who can tell? I'm bored so I wrote a little sooner… teehee! Anyway, I want to thank Jill for updating her story Act Your Age, which is one of the best stories here in Gakuen Alice and I also want to thank my other friends for their continuous support! Love ya guys and please don't forget to review before you leave thanks!

The Dare

Chapter 17:

The Wedding part 2

Knock Knock!

Natsume felt his heart sink, this is it, the ones knocking might be Yumi's parents, he must not let them down but…. will he just let himself and Mikan down? He's not ready to marry this bitch yet, well he's ready to marry Mikan but not this hag….

Knock Knock!

He approached the door and slowly opened the door…"Natsume! Dear! We missed you! We haven't seen each other for about a year! How are you and my daughter?" Greeted Yumi's mother, "Yes my son, tomorrow, you and my daughter will be getting married! We're so proud of you both!" The father of Yumi greeted.

Natsume sweat-dropped, "He- he… hehe…" And btw, he did this in a very fake way.

And…

"Natsume-kun! I missed you so much! I love you my love! C'mon!" Shouted a girl who was the fiancée of Natsume, he just ran to him and hugged him tight.

Of course, Natsume can't do anything except to reply 'I love you too' to her since Yumi's parents were there, if they weren't he could have pushed her out of the window!

They took Natsume and brought him to a 5 star hotel. Natsume'll be staying there for the night and tomorrow, from the hotel, he'll be going to the church… to get married to his fiancée… Yumi.

In Hotaru's House…

Ruka sighed, he just stared at Hotaru who stayed dumbfounded for the rest of the hours until…

DING DONG

"Huh! Who could that be?" Hotaru ran to the door, she was expecting…

"M- Mikan-chan!" Welcomed Hotaru to Mikan, "I- I missed you, please, don't leave again!"

Mikan embraced Hotaru back, "I missed you too Hotaru-chan…" But she said that in a sad-toned voice, sadness can be heard from her. She looked around Hotaru's house, everyone was looking at her, Hotaru, Kokoroyomi, Ruka… but… where's Youichi… whe- where's Natsume?

"You can't hide that feeling Mikan, I know you still love Natsume…. And you're searching for him now… right now…." Kokoroyomi said, approaching Mikan, he hugged her tightly, "If you love him… go after him.. his wedding is tomorrow… don't let him marry Yu- what's her name again? Well never mind.. don't let him marry her… you both will just suffer…"

Mikan took out her handkerchief and wiped her tears, "K- koko-chan…"

"Kokoroyomi is right Mikan… don't let him go…. You love him and he loves you, don't let yourself and him suffer…. Don't be an idiot…" Ruka adviced, his eyes still on Hotaru.

Hotaru blushed and looked away, "They're right…Mikan-chan"

In the hotel…

Natsume sat on his bed and stared at the floor, How could this happen to me..? I want Mikan, I love Mikan, I want to stay with her for the rest of my life and yet… why am I marrying a different woman? A woman that I don't like, a woman that I don't love… a woman that I don't want to spend the rest of my life with… God, my creator, my savior, my one and only hope… please… help me, help Mikan, help Yumi, my fiancée that I don't love, to realize that she's being too greedy… that I .. Natsume Hyuuga don't like her … and a lot of people will suffer if we, me and Yumi gets married… please God… my only savior… my only hope…

Back to Hotaru's House..

"Mama?"

A smile crept on Mikan's face, she quickly opened her eyes and stood up from her bed, she quickly turned around.. "Y- Youichi!" She dashed to him and embraced him, tears falling from her eyes, how she missed this handsome son of hers… the son of her most beloved, Natsume. "I- I missed you.. where have you been..?"

Youichi raised a brow, "H- huh? I just came from school… it's Tuesday mama…"

Mikan sweat-dropped, O-oh yeah… "Gomen Youichi for your mommy's stupidity… I've been thinking of a lot of things lately.."

"Mama not stupid!" He defended.

Mikan glanced at her watch and she gasped when she realized that it was already 11 in the evening, then she froze when she remembered something.. "Gosh!"

"Mama?"

"N- Nandemonai Youichi"

Then she thought again, Na- Natsume's wedding is tomorrow! Oh my gosh! How can time fly so fast? A- am I just gonna let this happen? D- Do I still love him…? Well.. She put her hand on her chest, she could feel her heart racing to its best… I- yes… I still like him.. I still love him… N- Natsume… how can I just let you go like that..? What can I do? I can't do anything now, tomorrow's the wedding and …. It's too late…. How can I be so stupid not to stop him? I knew for the past few days that I still want him, like him.. that I'm still inlove with him.. How can this happen to me? How can I just let him …. Go? No… this can't happen…. This can't! And she fainted cuz she was sooo desperate…

"Ma- MAMA!" Youichi screamed. Of course, everyone in the house heard it… they quickly went to Mikan's room and they saw a fainted Mikan lying on her bed… "Mi- Mikan-chan.. " Muttered Hotaru… "She's desperate…. She can't take it anymore, her problems…. She cannot stand them anymore… That's why she fainted.."

"You know a lot Hotaru" Commented Ruka.

"That's because I've been staying with her for a lot of years already and… that's Mikan… " She answered.

"Is mama okay?"

"She's fine Youichi… she'll be awake tomorr- SHIT!" Ruka shouted, "THE WEDDING IS TOMORROW! NATSUME AND YUMI'S WEDDING… IT'S TOMORROW! AND- AND- I'M THE BEST MAN… GOSH!"

Kokoroyomi also started to panic, "Wh- what will we do? Mikan! Mikan! That must be the reason why she fainted, she remembered that Natsume's wedding is tomorrow!"

"We must do something… we can't just let them suffer… they love each other… we cannot let Natsume marry that Yumi" Hotaru said in the same monotone voice.

"H- Hai!" Answered the two boys.

That morning in the hotel..

"Wow your handsome Mr.Hyuuga" The hairdresser of Natsume admired as she continued to fix Natsume's hair. "Where's your soon-to-be-wife? Is she also pretty?"

Natsume sighed heavily and rolled his eyes, "I- I don't love her.."

The hairdresser blinked twice, "Th- then wh- why are you going to marry her?"

Natsume just had to let it out, he bursted out, "Because I have to! Have you ever felt this way? It's like you're in a cage and you cannot go out? It's like being-"

"You know sir, I also felt that way before when I got married with someone I didn't love.. it was a planned marriage and I don't want to let my parents down, I felt like I was in hell… it was totally bad… but we got divorced and ..here, I'm a hairdresser.. weird isn't it?"

Natsume wasn't listening, he opened his wallet and he saw the picture of his beloved Mikan, "Mikan…"

"Is she your soon-to-be-wife sir? She's pretty.."

"N-no.. I hope she was but she isn't.. this is the person I truly love…"

KNOCK KNOCK!

Natsume immediately closed his wallet and opened the door, only to find that the one who was knocking was his soon to be wife, "Y- Yu-"

"Natsume-kun!" She jumped to him and hugged him, "Am I pretty?"

Natsume didn't even notice that Yumi was fixed, he didn't even notice her wearing a wedding gown, "Whatever.." He answered in a whisper.

"Haha! Natsume c'mon, don't be –"

"Shut up"

Then, Yumi's parents came and pulled both of them out, "C'mon you two lovers, we're going to the church already."

Natsume gulped, "This is the end of my life…"

End of Chapter

Author's Note: Thanks for reading chap 17, I hope you enjoyed it, please don't forget to leave your review 'kay? And anyway, please look forward to the next chappie of my story, it won't be the last. Hehe! Thanks! Review okay?