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Mikan: 14
Hotaru: 14
Ruka: 15
Natsume: 15
Most of the characters of the same gender are the same age
How could he be so rude and mean all the time? Just when I start to think we are getting along he pulls away and comes back with a snide remark. I thought back to the first time we met. I had accidentally knocked him down, and he saw my underwear calling me Polka dots. Those cold eyes looked like they had so much pain hidden behind them, but that is certainly no reason to take it out on me.
"Why do you always call me stupid! Its not like I can do anything about the way I act you jerk!" I screamed as I stepped closer to him so I could get even more in his face.
"Tch because you are an idiot girl who doesn't know anything about anything." He said looking away.
"You never say what you really want and always hide your feelings. I want to help you." I said with tears falling, causing him look at me.
When I looked at him I saw something flicker in his eyes and that's when everything changed. He grabbed me by the shoulders so I couldn't look away, and his eyes burned into mine. If there was ever a moment where I wanted to know what he was thinking it was then.
"There are some things that are not meant to be shared with others." He said showing no emotion in those dark eyes of his.
"Yes, but there are also some things that need to be shared no matter what. Because even when you think there is nobody in the world who can understand, there is always at least one person who is willing to try." I explained hoping he would understand that I want to help him; after all he is my partner. He may have some kind of stupid spell on me that makes my heart hurt, but in the long run I'm glad because it means we can be closer.
"That almost made you sound smart…Mikan."
Before I had time to react to him calling me my actual name he leaned down and kissed me. I was about to pull away when I realized the pain in my heart had finally gone away. The kiss was innocent but I could tell it had a lot of sentiment behind it. I got the sense that Natsume never opened up to anybody before except Ruka. When we finally broke apart Natsume was hiding his face with his bangs and I was madly blushing. That was after all my first kiss and I don't think I would ever be able to forget it.
"That's what I meant by making the pain in your heart go away. Dumb girl."
(Unbeknownst to them there is a sneaky Hotaru and Ruka watching from above on the cliff)
"Hey Imai, don't you think that maybe we should give them some privacy." I asked the conniving girl sitting next to me, ready with her camera.
"Why? Do you still have feelings for her?" She asked me not looking away from the scene playing out below.
Sure when she first arrived here I had a crush on her, but since that day in central town when Natsume saved her I knew I couldn't compete. Koko had decided to tell Natsume what happened to Mikan instead of anybody else. After that I knew Natsume cared more for Mikan than he would ever let anybody in on, not even me. She held a special place in his heart that not even I was able to fill. I was astonished at the closeness those two shared, never before had I seen Natsume open up to anybody except me. That's when I realized we are all growing up and things were going to be different between all of us. For example I had never spoken one word to the ice-princess; but look at us now we are spying together. I was grateful that Mikan had come to the academy because it made me realize that I had hidden feelings for Imai.
We were lying on our stomachs and I stole a glance at the girl lying next to me. Taking a chance I put my arm around her back. She questioned the movement with her eyes, but never the less she accepted it anyways.
"We need to make sure they are not found until morning. I will leave a camera here over night so we don't miss anything. I'm tired let's head back to the academy." I nodded in response.
She may act nonchalant about the whole ordeal but I know she just wants the two to have some privacy. She wants her best friend to find happiness almost as much as I want mine to.
Back to Natsume and Mikan
When Natsume finally looked up he grunted. "It's getting late, we should set up camp. It's too dark to try and find our way back."
I nodded wondering what I could possibly do to help with camp. I decided on looking for some firewood and made my way deeper into the forest. I was skipping around, happy about what had just happened, when I heard a mysterious chuckle in the distance. I looked around, hoping to find the source of the noise.
"Natsume? Th-This really isn't funny." I said shakily just as I heard a branch snap. "I think this is enough wood for the moment." I mumbled to myself as I made my way back to the camp.
"Ne, Natsume. Do you think there are monsters in the woods?"
"Yeah, probably ones that want to eat you up." Natsume said whilst making a scary ghoul face.
"Uhm, you were supposed to say no." I complained while giving out a shaky laugh.
"That would be lying, did you hear something?"
"I just thought I heard somebody laughing and then a branch snapped. I thought it was you but since you're here I guess it was my imagination."
He merely grunted again and we got back to working on the camp. Every now and then I would nervously check around me to make sure that there was nobody there. I told Natsume it was my imagination but it sounded too real to be. Once Natsume saw me glancing around and raised an eyebrow at me so I smiled and waved back.
When we were all done building our beds out of leaves and what not it was pretty late so we agreed to go to sleep. He was going to put out the fire but I nullified his alice and told him to leave it on because I wasn't ready to go to sleep just yet, when the truth is I was still scared of what ever might be in the forest. Just as I was about to drift off to sleep I got an eerie feeling that someone was watching me and I shot up from where I was laying to glace around. The fire was about to go out and it caused creepy shadows around me so I was unable to see very well. After a few minutes I convinced myself that it was just an animal who lived in the forest that was watching me, but I couldn't help the silent sobbing I was doing. As I laid back down I found myself shaking and hugged my arms to myself. The next thing I knew I felt arms around my body and I was about scream until they put their hand over my mouth.
"Oi, polka what's the matter?"
"Na-Natsume?" I asked tears still falling. I felt him nod and I automatically calmed down. "Sorry, I can't seem to shake the feeling I had earlier. That's all."
I expected him to get up and leave but instead he hugged me closer to him. It made me blush because I had never thought of a guy like I was then. People used to call me simple minded because when ever a guy would fall for me and tell me they liked me I would say 'I like you too' and walk away. They always thought we were going out but I suppose I assumed we were just friends. After a while they would complain that I never did anything and would break up with me. Because of that I thought friends could break up, and my life continued to be like that until now with Natsume; a person I might truly like.
I breathed in his scent and started to drift to sleep. Before I fell completely asleep I felt him place a kiss on the top of my head and never wanted the night to end.
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