Mikan sat down on the bench.
'God…I hope she's not gonna cry,' prayed Natsume as he sat down next to her.
"Go ahead and laugh."
"Huh?"
"I know you want to. Now is the perfect time to make fun of me."
Natsume wanted so bad to put his arms around her and let her cry on his shoulders.
"Naww…not in the mood tonight. I'll save it for some other time."
Then suddenly Mikan began to cry.
"You're not crying over that jerk are you?"
"Why do you care?" she yelled at him.
"I…I don't care except I think you're wasting your tears."
Natsume felt his heart breaking as he saw Mikan cry.
'He's not worth it,' he thought but he kept those words to himself. 'She'll never cry over me.'
"No. I'm not crying over him."
"Yeah right."
"No really. I'm not."
"Then why are you crying?"
Natsume felt a bubble of hope rise inside him. Mikan let out a sigh.
"My parents are going to come visit me tomorrow and they want to meet my boyfriend." Natsume looked at her.
"So…what are you gonna do now that Mr. Wonderful is gone?"
"I don't know. Gosh I'm such a loser."
Natsume let out a fake sigh.
"Well…I can pretend that I'm your boyfriend."
Mikan looked at him surprised.
"You'll help me?"
'Maybe Natsume isn't so bad after all. I guess he can be really sweet sometimes.'
Just looking into Mikan's big warm brown eyes wanted to make him tell her all of his feelings. But he couldn't.
"Yeah. It's Be Kind To Geek Week."
Mikan stood up.
"I don't need your help you conceited snob! I'll just ask Tsubasa!" Then he ran off.
"Damn!" Natsume cursed himself.
"Why did I have to say that?" he asked himself. But he received no answer.