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The Bartender Girl

Chapter 2 : A Friend

In the kitchen…

A girl with raven hair taps her left foot on the floor as she looked at her watch, "Where is she??" She asked herself. Her best friend, another bartender girl got lost just now. She looked at the people eating at the restaurant and sighed, "We need her help, she's the most cheerful and hardworking bartender in this whole restaurant!"

Hotaru felt herself being worried so she decided to go to the bathroom to calm herself down, when she reached there, she heard cry from one of the cubicles, it wasn't just an ordinary voice, it belonged to.. "Mikan-chan?"

Mikan stopped sobbing and listened to the voice calling her, she cannot recognize it because she was busy crying so she just heard a blur, "Huh?"

Hotaru approached the door of the cubicle and knocked on it, "Let me come in Mikan"

"H- Hotaru-chan?" Mikan asked before opening the door, a smile crept on her face upon hearing her best friend's voice.

"Hai"

Mikan opened the door and hugged Hotaru, "Hotaru-chan, Arigato.."

Hotaru raised a brow and asked Mikan doubtfully, "Why thankyou?"

Mikan hugged her more tightly this time, "Because you were always there for me when I need you, even if you won't show me sometimes that you're worried about me, you'll show me in a different way… Thanks.. "

Hotaru smiled and hugged Mikan back, "What are best friends for..? Oh yeah, why are you crying?"

Mikan stopped hugging Hotaru and looked down, more tears fell from her eyes, Hotaru panicked, What did I do!?!?!?!! "Mikan..?"

"Hotaru-chan, why did I have to love him? Why him? He's so high and I can't barely reach him… he's so .. perfect and I'm … so low…"

Hotaru knew at that moment who was Mikan talking about, she could see love from Mikan's eyes whenever she asks that boy's order. "Mikan-chan.. you're talking about that raven-haired boy named Natsume Hyuuga..?"

Mikan just nodded, "Why of all the boys I chose him? He's way too far from me.."

Hotaru didn't say anything, she agrees, Natsume was too high for Mikan to reach, but who knows? What if fate brings them together..?

After thinking and talking to herself, Hotaru finally noticed she was the only one left in the bathroom, she sighed and washed her hands..

Outside of the bathroom..

"Ouch!" Mikan exclaimed as she bumped a figure, she wasn't looking so she just bumped him..

"Watch out!" The figure she bumped also exclaimed as he too, fell to the floor.

Mikan's eyes got wider by the second, she knew that voice very well…

The boy she just bumped stood up and glanced at the figure, his eyes sprang wide when he just saw who he was looking for, he felt guilty because of what he just shouted. Without noticing his actions, he brought out a hand and held Mikan's hand. He helped her get up, "Sorry.. you okay?"

Mikan's eyes twitched because of amazement, she can't believe what was happening that moment, her heart leapt in joy, she accepted the hand of Natsume and stood up, she brushed several dusts from her dress and looked at Natsume, only to find that he was also looking at her. At that very moment, their eyes met…. Both blushed, Mikan didn't notice Natsume blushing but Natsume noticed her, and inside, he felt happy. "What's your- "

Natsume didn't finish what he was going to say because Sumire appeared infront of them, "Natsume, what are you doing with this waitress?" She said, looking at Natsume's hand, it was still holding Mikan's.

Mikan quickly pulled back her hand and blushed harder, "Gomen nasai.."

Sumire poked Mikan, "You, I don't know what you're after but don't you dare flirt with my- " She looked at Natsume, "Uhmm.. m- my… friend, a girl like you won't have a chance on him so don't you dare like him or whatever!"

Mikan took a step backward, her body was shaking in fright.

Natsume felt himself going to explode because of anger brought to him by Sumire, his SO-CALLED friend, he pointed to her a finger, "Shut up, I myself was the one who talked with her and helped her, she didn't do anything but to let me hold her, so you, don't dare to insult or get angry with her because she didn't do a single thing. Understand?"

Now Sumire was the one shaking in fright, she quickly left, "Hai"

Natsume looked back at Mikan, "You okay?"

Mikan nodded and quickly left for the kitchen, "Sayonara"

Natsume frowned and went back to his seat, We'll meet again.. whatever your name is..

Hotaru smiled behind a corner, Hm.. she do have a chance on him…

End of Chapter!

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