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A/N: Last chapter up guys! Hope this one is to your liking! After this I'll be hiding for awhile till I get my inspiration to continue "INTO THE FUTURE WITH YOU" and to complete the chapter 8 of "STUCK WITH EACH OTHER"
Thanks for all the support everyone! Hope to finish STUCK WITH EACH OTHER soon!
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Saturday (2:00 pm)
…Somewhere in central town…
"NATSUME SAMA AND THIS IDIOT ARE DATING?" Sumire yelled out loud as she dropped her bag on the floor in over reaction.
"Hey! I can you hear you from here Permy! And I'm not an idiot!" Mikan countered from her insult from her seat beside Natsume and the gang.
"Duh! I wanted you to hear it on purpose!" Sumire teased her as she walked towards them after she picked up her bag.
"Yeah you are." Natsume added, pissing her even more.
"What did you say?"
"I kind of knew it would come to this, but I am still surprised." Anna admitted in amazement to Nonoko and Yuu, who agreed in return.
"Who knew that a simple amoeba like Mikan could actually land Natsume sama!" Sumire added.
"Hey! I'm not an amoeba!" Mikan replied while pouting. Natsume saw her expression and thought it was cute, so he pinched her cheeks to get her attention.
"OUCH! Hotaru….he is bullying me!" Mikan complained before lunging herself on her best friend, who just shook her head at her antics. Mikan hugged her friend and stuck out her tongue at Natsume.
Natsume got a little bit jealous by the fact that Mikan is hugging Hotaru tightly and was currently moving away from him, but the smirk on Hotaru's face and her aura of 'She-still-like-me-best' irked him the most.
"Got something to say Hyuuga?" Hotaru asked him on purpose knowing he didn't have the guts to make a move on Mikan while she was there.
"Mind your own business Imai and catch the rabbit before HE gets taken by another wolf." Natsume replied slyly knowing Hotaru's feelings for a little someone. Hotaru pretended to not care and just replied smartly.
"I don't want to be told that by you when it took you years to get Rapunzel." She replied teasingly.
"….."
"What are you guys talking about?" Mikan asked obliviously as she looked between her best friend and her boyfriend. Yuu, Anna and Nonoko laughed silently to themselves while Hotaru kept eating her ice cream happily knowing she won over Natsume.
"What are you guys talking about?" Mikan asked again pestering Hotaru.
"It's nothing." Natsume replied. Mikan pouted again which he noticed and pinched her cheeks for the second time.
"Ouch! Stop it Natsume!"
"Okay knock off that lovey-dovey atmosphere it's making me jealous over here" Sumire replied jokingly as she finished ordering her drinks.
"You shill like Nashume Permy?" She asked incoherently while Natsume still held her cheeks.
"LOL! Not like that! I already have my eyes on someone." She admitted honestly. The attention was then turned on her.
"Who?" Asked Nonoko curiously.
"That's a secret!" She replied in panic.
"Awww…come on! We're friends right! You have to tell!" Anna continued.
"Yeah!" Mikan agreed while nursing her cheeks.
"Hmm…is it Ruka?" Asked Yuu. Hotaru's ears perked up which Natsume noticed and smirked at her.
"Of course not!" Sumire denied strongly.
"Then who?" Mikan asked excitedly. Just then the sandy blonde mind-reader came in.
"KOKO!" Mikan called out loudly.
"What? Who said it was that stupid Koko!" She rambled on guiltily and trying her best to hide it but the blush on her face gave her away.
"Hey guys what's up!" Koko greeted them like usual and stood behind Sumire on purpose and rested his hands on the back of her chair. She blushed and kept silent because Koko's hands were grazing her shoulders. Mikan noticed Sumire clam up and decide to make it more obvious, not that the others didn't notice.
"Permy why so quiet?"
"Nothing" She squeaked as she tried her best to stop thinking about him. Too bad Koko already read it that's why he came into the café they were in.
"I like you too" Koko whispered to her softly that she could only hear surprising the girl to her feet.
"Gah! Stupid Koko! I don't like you! Dream on!" She yelled at him and started to hit him with her fist in embarrassment.
"Hahahaha! Ouch! Ok! Ok! Got to go guys!" He ran away after bidding them goodbye. Sumire followed after him and continued to scream while he laughed it off. Everyone in the group just stared at the weird couple.
"How long do you think they were dating?" Anna asked out of the blue.
"Not long I guess…with the way Sumire reacted." Nonoko replied.
"Ummm…so who was the one Permy was talking about?" Mikan asked stupidly.
"…."
"Told you, you're an idiot." Natsume commented.
"What did you say?"
"Idiot"
"Not you too Hotaru!"
"Look its Ruka!" Yuu pointed out as Ruka came in this time. Hotaru pretended not to care and maintained her impassive expression.
"Hey guys! Sorry I was late. I fed my bunny and it took awhile." He explained before sitting beside Hotaru.
"No worries Ruka." Said Anna.
"Too bad you missed Koko and Sumire." Nonoko replied.
"Ah…not really, I saw them bickering outside before I came in. Speaking of bickering what's with them?" Ruka asked while looking at Mikan and Natsume.
"The usual" Hotaru replied while taking a bite out of her strawberry ice cream. Ruka then noticed that he was too close to her and it made him conscious for some unknown reason.
'Somehow, strawberry ice cream tastes really good right now…' He thought unconsciously as he watched her beside him.
"By the way Hotaru what did you do with the video from yesterday?" He asked her and ignoring the bickering couple beside them.
"I kept it for future investment." She replied before taking another scoop.
"Hmmm….can I taste the strawberry ice cream before I order it?" he asked her. Hotaru looked at him for a while before she gave him her spoon and watched him take a spoonful in his mouth.
Hotaru usually wouldn't allow Ruka to do this and the only one she would be this accommodating is with Mikan, but since she built up a little something with the animal lover, she didn't let such opportunity to pass by.
"GAH! LET GO!"
"If you stop hitting me, I will."
"Hmm…it's better than I expected. Thanks Hotaru." He replied before giving the spoon back. She looked at it and continued to eat her ice cream.
'And I thought Mikan was dense.' She thought to herself before taking another bite.
'Weird…somehow the strawberry tastes sweeter than I expected.' He thought to himself.
"NATSUME YOU JERK!"
"….. "
"Guys want to leave before the manager decides to kick us out." Yuu offered as the staff kept looking their way.
"You guys can stay. I'll just drag this idiot out with me." Natsume replied before standing up and dragging Mikan out, but before he left he said something to Hotaru which annoyed the raven haired girl.
"THERE YOU GO AGAIN! STOP CALLING ME AN IDIOT!" Mikan screeched at him.
"Shut up." Hotaru muttered.
"What did I do now?" Ruka complained.
"It's not you moron."
"Why do you always bully me?" Ruka asked her curiously.
"Shut up and let's just go." She said before standing up and leaving the café.
"You haven't' answered my question."
The others watched this new development and just shook their heads hopelessly at their friends.
'Two down and one more to go.' They thought to themselves.
Meanwhile….somewhere in academy.…
"WHAT!"
"NOOO!"
"Wait! There is still one more guy available for us!" Wakako said, gathering the attention of all the crying girls. (A/n: In case you guys forgot, Wakako is Sumire's friend in elementary XD.)
"Who? Every hot guy is already taken!"
"Ruka Nogi" She replied confidently.
"OMG! You're right! This time I will finally get my prince!"
"But isn't he with Imai san?" Another girl asked.
"HELL NO!" Everyone protested.
"As if! That freaky inventor is not good enough for our snow white!" Some girl commented. Just then the gang walked in their direction. They noticed Yuu, Anna and Nonoko conversing with themselves while Ruka and Hotaru walked together.
All eyes were then directed to Ruka as they were passing the group of girls on strike.
"I feel a prickling sensation on the back of my head." Ruka complained as he passed them. Hotaru, who was walking with him at that time, stared blankly at the girls and then smirked confidently at them after hearing their comments.
'They do look like rabid wolves while Ruka is the unsuspecting bunny.' She thought to herself jokingly, remembering the fire caster's comment earlier. She laughed softly to herself which took the attention of Ruka.
"What's so funny?" He asked her curiously.
"Nothing." She replied but she smiled at him which made him stare at her longer. Ruka suddenly felt conscious and embarrassed for no reason.
"What?" this time it was her turn to ask him.
"Nothing. Just wondering why I felt weird after passing those girls." He replied quickly and turning his attention to the path.
'It's been awhile since I saw her smile like that. She looks nice.' He thought distractedly.
"Don't worry bunny, it's just your imagination." Replied Hotaru as she teased him.
"Don't call me that!" Ruka replied in embarrassment.
"Will you prefer snow white?" She replied with a smirk.
"NO! Don't call me any weird names."
"Snow white isn't weird besides, isn't that your nickname back then?"
"Shut up! Don't call me that!"
"Too bad I got pictures." Hotaru replied as she suddenly brought out their elementary pictures out of thin air and ran off towards the group of girls. Ruka was in shock to see his embarrassing pictures so he called for his Rhino friend and ran after her.
The group scattered like bugs as Ruka's rhino stampede over them.
"Nothing will change…" Yuu commented as he watched Ruka yell after her as always.
"Yeah…" agreed Anna.
"And I thought Mikan was the only one who is dense enough not to notice such things." Added Nonoko.
"Now I wonder when these two will become a couple as well" Yuu replied, who was oblivious to their friends' conversation.
"Hotaru Imai! Come back here and give me back my photos!" Ruka yelled after her as he continued to run around and catch the girl on her duck scooter.
"Hmm…that will be another story for another week." Anna replied while smiling lightly at the couple.
"Yup!" Yuu and Nonoko agreed at the same time.
"Anyone wants to go back to central town for some Howalons?" Nonoko offered.
"Yes!"
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