Thanks to those who helped me in writing the last chapter of 'The Ugly Duckling/T.U.D'. I'll try my best in finishing it A.S.A.P. As promise, some chapters has been revised, the A/N deleted and replaced by this chapter.

I have something to say:

Did you realize that this story is rated T from the beginning? Young readers, beware. (Details not available though… but still, you are warned. Don't sue me for not telling you)

And…

BROTHERLY HATRED SUCKS! I should hire Hiitachiin Twins; Hikaru and Kouru instead of the Hyuuga Twins. Refreshing brotherly love of the devil double-daring Twins, that is what lacking in this story…

Enjoy minna. Do point out my mistakes if you spot any.

MY FOE IS MY FIANCE?!

Chapter 8 Natsumi's Crime Part 1

Written by Sarah Patrick

Tick. Tick. Tick.

The sound of the clock ticking in his room echoed louder and louder by the seconds. The air of Natsumi Hyuuga's room was quiet and stiff. Natsumi found it hard to sleep. The more he tried to forget about it, the more it stirred in his mind.

TICK. TICK. TICK.

The clock seemed to infuriate his anger. The more he heard the clock ticked, it pissed him off even more. His crimson iris shrank in great irritation as he stared hard at one corner of the shadowed wall. He can't take it any longer. He loved Mikan and he knew that Natsume doesn't. He was sure of it. Very sure. Natsume probably just was toying about her feelings and he doesn't like it. He needed to show Mikan that he was the worthiest person for her, but in this rate, he had to do it in a bad way. Natsumi didn't stir in his bed at all. He remained still and angry. He knew he had barely breathed thinking about that incident earlier.

Natsume…

That was in his revengeful mind. His own brother, twin elder brother's name echoed darkly in his troublesome mind. After they came back from Malaysia, everything went for the worst. The sight of Mikan kissed Natsume's cheek was infuriating, too infuriating.

TICK. TICK. TICK.

His eyes darted to the ticking clock and with a flinch at his eyes, the clock was frozen ice. The shiny uneven surface of the ice shone dully as it stole little ray of the shining moon. Although frozen, the clock continued to tick silently behind the clear glass. Natsumi jerked forward a little and blew hard at the clock, icy mist slipped from his mouth and the frozen clock fell down, shattered into million pieces with a clunk. He lay down at corner of the bed and he stared at the pieces. He held his hand and played the pieces with the tip of his fingers. A smirk pasted on his lips.

"This shall be your heart, Natsume,"

Natsume Hyuuga couldn't believe what had happened. All he did was he caught Mikan when she almost fell from the grand stairs in the best Airport in the Asia; KLIA (Kuala Lumpur International Airport) and the next thing he knew, he got a peck on his cheek from the pretty auburn. His face burned red again as he thought about it for the umpteenth times that night. He stirred in his bed aggressively as he tried to take that 'embarrassing' memory out of his head.

"For god's sake Natsume, stop thinking about it. Guys don't blush…" he told himself over and over again. Ruka face appeared in his mind all of the sudden and guilt panged on his chest. He choked on his saliva. "All except one of course…" he muttered quietly as he smiled upon the thought of his bashful best friend who would come to their mansion in three days time.

He startled upon the flushing sound in the toilet and the door clicked opened after that. He held his head to look at the dark room, where the toilet was supposed to be…

"Tch… noisy polka dots," he muttered in slight annoyance and shifted his pillow over his head again. He found it annoying sometimes to have the bathroom shared by two rooms. Then, a sudden jerk on his comforter shocked him whole. "What the hell?" he cursed as he turned on the lamp beside him…

And he blushed furiously.

Mikan Sakura was sleeping soundlessly beside him on his bed. He knew that she had gone into the wrong room again. But he can't help to gulped on what he saw.

Her auburn hair which glowed dimly under the veil of the moonlight in his room partially hiding her pretty face, her curly long eyelashes arranged neatly at its place, her alluring red lips was slightly ajar, locks of her hair lay innocently on her chest and… and…

Natsume ran into the bathroom as he felt like vomiting, he was too sick by the lust pill he swallowed and got choked with it. He let the tap run as he coughed hard. He rinsed his mouth a couple of times and hung his head to cool himself down.

"Oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god" he muttered non-stop under his breath. "Control yourself, Natsume," he told himself finally. He doesn't know if he could control himself any longer if this happened again for the third time. At least, during the first time, he was okay with it. This time he found it harder to resist her. He turned the tap off and walked towards his bed. He closed his eyes hard to forget what his perverted mind had flashed things in his mind. With all his might to control himself, he carried Mikan in bridal style as he brought her back to her room again.

"Tch… please don't do this again, polka," he sighed and put the girl back to her bed. He was afraid that he couldn't hold back anymore. That would be bad for both of them if it happened. Just as he was about to walk away, he felt a tug on his hand and he swiveled.

"Not again," he frowned as he saw Mikan was gripping his hand tightly. He tried to let go but her grip was strong. "Don't blame me if you wake up in the morning with me beside you again, Polka," he snapped quietly and jumped on the bed. He tried to close his eyes but he couldn't. His mind was only thinking about her.

Mikan.

He slowly turned towards the sleeping auburn and came closer to her. He gently brushed the strains of her hair off her face and kissed her on her lips.

"I love you, Mikan," he whispered, half-wishing that she would hear it as he hugged her tight and then, he slowly fell into a deep slumber.

Mikan stormed into the dining hall as she found her way to her seat beside Natsumi. Natsumi choked on his breakfast.

"Ohayo Mi—"

"Ohayo," snapped Mikan angrily at once as she puffed her cheek. Natsumi startled. He hasn't finished his sentence and Mikan had cut him half way. He then realized that she was angry.

"Don't mind if I ask—" began Natsumi again.

"Your idiot brother's fault," snapped Mikan as she didn't give him the chance to finish his sentence again.

"What did he—"

"He slept on my bed again!" snapped Mikan again, folding her hands over her chest and looked away.

"Oh," muttered Natsumi as jealousy and annoyance panged on his chest.

SLAM!

Natsumi startled.

"You know what?!" began Mikan angrily as her palms throbbed painfully on the table and glared at Natsumi who was shocked entirely. "He said that it was ME who forced him to sleep beside ME. And truthfully, I can't remember such nonsense at all!" Mikan snapped and screamed a piercing scream to release her remaining anger in her petite body.

"Shut up, Polka dots!" growled Natsume, who appeared into the dining hall as he covered his ears in vain.

"YOU PERVERT!" she boomed as she held her fist up high at him.

"Tch… shut up!" growled Natsume again at her.

"Tell me the truth, Natsume! You were the one who sneak to my room last night!"

"I told you, for a hundred and thousand times, it was you the one who dragged me in!"

"LIAR!!"

"Fine! WHATEVER!" he snapped and walked at his seat. "I'm not in the mood to fight with you today," he muttered quietly as he ruffled his hair in irritation. He snapped his finger twice and the maids came with his breakfast.

"Breakfast is served, master," said the Akira twins maids (T.U.D OCs) professionally.

Mikan was stunned. Natsume was not in his best nor usual mood today. She had never seen him in this state before since she had known him since they were very little.

His hair was messy; sticking out at every end, his shirt was halfway up buttoned, his face wrinkled in annoyance, once a while, she found him grunting uncomfortably, he looked extremely troubled… he was in a total mess. Mikan approached him.

"Ano, Natsume-kun…" began Mikan quietly. Mikan could swear that she saw him startled awfully. Natsume didn't bother to look at her as his eyes remained to stare at his plate. After spending a night with the aggressive sleeping-girl, he was dangerously insecure over his control of his self-consciousness whenever Mikan was around.

He noticed every details of her… her fair curvaceous body arrayed with a sweet baby blue dress… her auburn hair was fastened with a hairband… the little heart-shaped earrings on the lobe of her ears… her red lips colored with a shiny red lips gloss…

Natsume flinched. His head ached and his heart throbbed more rapidly by the minute.

"What?" he grunted unpleasantly as he took a bit on his bread.

"Are you alright?" asked Mikan worriedly as she laid her hand on his. Natsume, who was munching, stopped at once as he took his hand away in a swift, and drained the remaining of his breakfast with his extra strong caffeinated coffee.

He used to hate drinking coffee and this was his first. He had to take it because of her.

"Just stay away from me. I'm dangerous," he muttered without looking at her and walked away. Mikan was shocked to hear that from him.

"Huh?" she wondered as she turned to look at him. His black heels echoed in the hallways. Her eyes narrowed in curiosity. 'What does he meant by that?'

"Natsumi sweetheart, do make us some of your special tea will you, dear," called his mother, Hikaru who had just arrived home with her husband. The sun was just setting.

"Yes mother," smiled Natsumi after he kissed his mother on her cheek and walked towards the kitchen.

"We'll be in the garden, Mimi-kun," Natsumi froze. His mother had started to call him by his baby nickname again.

"Yeah," he muttered quietly as his face turned scarlet and disappeared into the kitchen. He made the tea with some blend of his ice Alice which his parents adore to drink it.

At last, he got his chance, its time for revenge. He believed that if he succeeded, Mikan would be his. All he needed to say to her if it happened was:

"I'm sorry for our mistakes. I'll marry you instead. Forgive my sin, Mikan. Forgive me,"

He knew that Mikan would accept it. A night to spend in her room and everything would be according to his plan. He would gladly want to tell her that he was Crimson E, not Natsume. Natsume doesn't know how to tell his love and used him to write those letters. To him, he doubted if Natsume knew how to even love somebody, even to his Mikan.

He stirred every cup and his ice Alice refreezing the tea once a while. Before he finished, he slipped his hand into his pocket and reached for a bottle with two capsules inside. He opened the capsule revealed the powder inside: ruby red for Mikan, blazing blue for Natsume. A smirk wiped across his face. After the last stirring, he was ready to serve the drinks…

He walked out of the kitchen as he heard faint laughter of his parents and Mikan out in the garden.

"Mi-chan… if you think that Koneko-chan (Natsume) is a messy person like you see him today, you should rethink that again when you saw him when he was a little boy. He was so cute being all messy and muddy," teased the twin's mother and she laughed.

"MOT-HER," frowned Natsume in irritation, blushing furiously as he rolled his eyes on his mother and looked away. He just couldn't believe that his mother was embarrassing him in front of a girl… calling him by his nickname and told Mikan about all the embarrassing moments he did when he was younger.

"Ah… Mimi-chan's here already," said the woman as she clapped her hand once. She gave him a sweet smile.

"Mother… please don't call me that," said Natsumi steadily as he put the drinks on the table.

"You should try Natsumi's tea, Mikan-chan. It's really good," said the twin's father, Kyoya business-like way. "If we open a restaurant, I bet we would get richer," he added coolly. Natsumi scowled. They were already billionaire and his father still has the thoughts that they were not rich enough. "I love the smell of money," he muttered between his drink. "Delicious," added the famous Japanese Michelangelo again.

Mikan choked. 'Uncle sounds more like Hota-chan to me,'

Mikan picked her teacup up and examined the tea. Her hazel eyes fixed upon the sight of the transparent orangey color of the tea and its sweet fragrance was really tempting and delicious. It was hot as well as icy at the same time, though she could feel the ice in it from a twinge of feeling in her soul. Just to hold the teacup already made her feel comfortable and calm.

Natsumi stared at her with the corner of his cerise eyes as he prayed hopefully for her to drink it quickly and he took a sip in his. She laid the mouth piece of the expensive Gennori's cup on her red lips. Natsumi pushed his cup away a little as he stared at her hopefully.

Drink it Mikan. Drink it.

TBC!

A cliffhanger requested by one of my dearest buddy, BloodyHolly (entirely your fault! HA!) And super supportive maureenjade. I hope this is a good cliffhanger. I have always wanted to do it. Is it good enough… or it sucks entirely? T.T

Don't hate Natsumi please. I love him.

Thanks to those who reviewed. I wish I could reply everyone...

Irumi Kanzaki--Is it a good thing for the previous chapter to be just like OHSHC? I'm worried.

BloodyHolly -- YOU ARE DEAD BUDDY! LOL!

crimsonfire3 -- Ehem... underage... yet you read Tachibana's second comic, huh? lol

truc.mi-- V-G/ NATSUMI! Your male self is very bad in this story!! grrr...

cute-azn-angel-- One step at a time...hehe

shima-hime-- did you change your mind of requesting natsumi having another girl after reading this chapter? I hope not... RXH will come soon though...

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Review much appreciated minna. Thanks.

--Sarah Patrick