I can't believe it's chapter three already :D :D Thx again to all the reviews!
Much Love,
Janet
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Mikan no longer sees Natsume as a scary guy. Now, she pitied him. Pitied him for having such sad memories, and how hard it must have been for him. And this morning, seeing him walking towards his seat, still as cold as ever, it's almost unimaginable that he was nearly in tears yesterday.
"Hey" he greeted as he sat down, still the same old Natsume, greeting people without smiling at all.
"Hey" Mikan replied, also not smiling.
Mikan: Okay, I know she said I pitied him. And yeah, I did. But I still won't smile unless he smiled first! If I did then he will thought I'm flirting with him! Hell no!
Back with the story…
"How's life?" Natsume suddenly asked
"Now that's new, usually he doesn't care!" the question made mikan turned around and face Natsume
" Good" She answered
"Oh, okay that's good to hear"
Without Mikan noticing it, Natsume smiled at her reaction. "Still the same Mikan he knew for this past few days, the Mikan who answers when asked, who does not give a damn about him, who rather eat all of her howalons by herself" He thought.
Natsume is glad, that means he did not picked the wrong person to confide about his deepest darkest secret and as his seat mate. Natsume wanted to talk to Mikan about the plan yesterday, but there's not a single perfect timing on that day, girls keep going near him, making it harder for him to talk to Mikan, so he decided to wait until home time, but unluckily, he forgot, when the home time bell rings, Mikan quickly ran towards her best friend's class, non other than Hotaru's. So Natsume secretly followed them and only come out when they're near the school gate, when the coast is clear.
"Hey" He greeted Hotaru first
"Hello to you too" Hotaru's reply was still emotionless
"I need to talk to you, Mikan. Privately" Mikan knew what he wanted to talk about, about yesterday, the part where they're going to be "in a relationship".
"Uh, yeah sure" Mikan replied.
Hotaru looked at Mikan, then at Natsume, then back at Mikan. Her eyes showed confusion, So Mikan quickly made up a reason, because Hotaru was not supposed to know.
"He wants to meet Ruka-pyon!" She lied
"Ooh! Okay. Well then, see ya tomorrow, Mikan, Hyuuga" Hotaru nooded and went towards her car, when her car is nowhere in sight, Mikan and Natsume walked towards Natsume's car, as soon as they are inside …
"Who's Ruka-pyon?" Natsume asks
"A meat seller!" Mikan answered plainly (JOKE! Of course)
Natsume did not believe her, of course. "And why would I want to meet him?" He asks
"He's the captain of our school's basketball team but he worked part-time as a Meat seller" she lied
"Oh, that Ruka. Ruka Nougi right? Yeah I know that guy" Natsume had to hold his laugh. "She's definitely lying. Ruka doesn't sell meat" He think
After a moment of silent…
"You wanted to talk about that, right?" Mikan asked, breaking the ice
"Yeah, have you think about it?" Natsume replied
"Yes" Mikan replied flatly
"So? The answer?"
"Can it be a no?" She asks
Natsume laughed. "Sorry, but it's either 'sure' or 'yes', take your pick"
"Yeah, that, that's the problem" Mikan turned and faced him
"Please? I really need your help!" Natsume pleaded again
"GOD! He's asking for help yet insisting on it!" Mikan cursed in her head
"But why Sumire's birthday?? Wouldn't it be way too shocking?" she cried
"That's the point. The whole point is the shockness!"
"But…" Mikan started
"Here's what, let's just stop at McDonald's. it's okay if you go home kinda late right?" he asks
"Oh, sure, probably my mom will be mad at me!" she snapped, annoyed
"I'll explain to your mom" Natsume asked as he parked into McDonald's and they both sat down at the outdoor seats as Natsume bought two Coca-cola's
"So, what were you saying?" he asks again
"I was saying, but what if people started asking questions??"
Natsume was silent for a few seconds. Then he started "Now, that's what I wanted to talk to you about too, my second request"
"How many sessions of request do you have? If you haven't noticed it, my stock of help's are limited!" Mikan snapped again
Natsume laughed again. "Just two" he said. "First, be my fake girlfriend. Two, create the story of how we became a 'couple'."
"I can't! Sumire's birthday is three days from now!" Mikan panicked
"You don't have to finished it by Sumire's birthday"
"So?"
"Take your time, just create the story slowly. But we still showed up at Sumire's birthday, and the rest… I'll take care if it, okay? Now let's go" He said as he stand up and throws the coca cola into the rubbish bin.
"How come he's the one in charge! Damn you, Natsume!" Mikan shouted as she stands up and followed Natsume
"Fine!" She snapped and nodded when she finally reached him
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As Sumire's birthday drew nearer and nearer, the girls in Mikan's class got more and more excited about it, and talked more and more about what will they wear, the make up, the blings, etc. Especially girls such as the birthday girl herself, Sumire, and her posse will use their money to create the maximum look, especially with their dads around ;p But girls such as Nonoko and Misaki (In here they are in the same grade) they will try to make their inner beauty shown, since they believe that Natsume is not the type of men who look at girls for their money, as Mikan stayed silent.
We all know that in every prayer we make to god, there's always a chance for the prayer to be fulfilled, except right now, Mikan's. I mean, maybe even god did not know what to do, for her prayer is for time to stop! Or at least, skipped a day. Skipped Sumire's birthday, please, please god!
And so, the dreaded day arrived… Sumire's birthday. Since morning, Mikan is already very,very nervous.
"How come you're so silent, Mikan-chan?" Nonoko said to her
"You're coming for the party tonight, right?" she asked again
"Uhhmm, yeah, maybe I'll … come"
"Great! Don't worry, Mikan-chan! We still have a chance as big as Sumire's on Natsume! He may not fall for her money!" Nonoko tried to cheer Mikan, but mikan just keep fake-smiling
"Oh my god… Death, here I come!!!!" Mikan thought
As promised, Natsume is already ready in front of Mikan's house at 5:30, He's wearing a black shirt with two of the buttons undone, he does look so handsome, but Mikan is way too nervous to notice. Mikan herself is wearing a pink tube-top dress and pink wedges. Her wavy-straight mixed auburn hair was let down, and she's also wearing a pink hairband. In about 30 minutes they have reached Sumire's house, and parked the car…
"Hey Mikan, I'm sorry but I don't know who else can help me" Natsume tried comforting her since she looked so scared
"Yeah, it's okay. I just felt soo … mean" she finished
"Hahaha, it's okay. So… you ready?" He said as she nodded.
Sumire did planned everything to the maximum. Even from 2 kilometers, the music can be heard and the lights can be seen, and as soon as Natsume's car was visible, Sumire started running, acting ever so gracefully. Natsume and Mikan can't help but stared at Sumire's appearance, she looked like a Hollywood celebrity nominated for the Oscars, for she was wearing a very long green gown, and all of her hair are curly, and she wore a 10 cm high heels and FULL MAKEUP.
"Hey Mikan, is that Sumire, or her mother?" Joke Natsume
"Meanie. Of course it's Sumire… With too much make up" Mikan can help but laugh, making Natsume smirked.
Sumire had not noticed that the war had turned sides. She still thinks she's the only one in this party worthy enough for Natsume. She runned across the garden, with the biggest smile she could ever make and run in small steps who- according to her, is cute. But her smile faded when she saw Natsume stepped out of his car, open the other door and out came Mikan!
She approached them nearer, not with her so-called-cute steps anymore.
"How come you're here with Mikan?" she asks, not caring that the question can hurt people's feeling
Natsume smirked. "Why can't I?" he asked casually
"Well, as I know it, your house and Mikan are like … from north to south"
"That's why I picked her up, since your house is farter again to the south" Natsume replied.
"OH!" Sumire cried, then she smiled evilly after she take a look at Mikan's clothes
"I guess you're in a hurry" and stands next to Mikan, showing Natsume that she's more glamorous than Mikan, but Natsume pulled Mikan closer and said a "happy birthday" without shaking her hands, or anything. That's a pity because, Sumire already planned on hugging him if he shake her hands. What's more is that Mikan is the one who hug her, and give her a present from BOTH OF THEM. Sumire is definitely annoyed! Then, without her permission, Natsume took Mikan's hand and walked towards the party, Mikan felt like walking into a lion's cage. Every single female inside the room looked at her with jealousy. Some look like they wished they could sliced her open. Natsume must have sensed this, so hw did not let Mikan go. He's afraid, if he left her that she would die. After a while he let go of the hand, and the eyes of people started to relaxed, but then he put his hand around her waist and KISSED HER CHEEK, and Mikan's eyes widened!!! That made the eyes of the green-eyed monster girls flashed more madness and jealousy.
Since their only goal was to show that they are a couple, Natsume thinks that one hour at the party is enough, and as soon as they leave, girls started to cursed Mikan…
"THAT BITCH!!!! STEALING PEOPLE'S CRUSHES! SUCH A BACKSTABBER!" Sumire shouted, not caring that the party is still going, the other girls saying bad stuff too.
Meanwhile in the car… Natsume and Mikan had just sit down and Natsume started the engine…
"Okay, two facts I need to straighten with you. ONE! NEVER,EVER, EVER, EVER AGAIN IN YOU NATURALLY BORN LIFE KISSED ME WITHOUT MY PERMISSION! NO! and TWO! Did you see the look on their eyes? Flashing with anger like hyenas? I'M DOOMED ON MONDAY!!!!" Mikan started shouting at Natsume, while Natsume just smirked
"You should have seen your face too when I kissed you, it was priceless" and he laughed
"AAAAH CURSED YOU!" Mikan pouted
"Oh no, I wonder if I can make it through on Monday…" She thought
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Ahahahahahahahahaha! Now this is hilarious:D okay, so how was it? Reviews okay :p
Much Love,
Janet