Disclaimer: All recognizable characters belong to Tachibana Higuchi.
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Love Games
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Chapter Nine – The New Year
The music is loud and Mikan closes her eyes as the club's lights shine on her. She's enjoying the feeling of being free. She opens her eyes and smiles at the guy who's in front of the DJ console. He smiles back and waves.
His name is Koko. She found his phone number in her bag this morning. She had forgotten about him. Sumire gave her advice to give the guy a chance. After all, Mikan needed a break from thoughts of Ruka Nogi.
Sumire and Natsume came with her to the club. They wanted to celebrate the New Year outside the apartment.
Mikan had almost ended her relationships with Ruka.
Almost, because she told him what she had seen and he begged her to forgive him.
But Mikan wasn't a fool, she made a deal with Ruka that, if he courts her for one month and doesn't cheat, she will return to him. It may sound easy, but Mikan was sure that she will make it hard for him.
And the first step to do was to make her forget about her deep, deep crush for Ruka.
That's why after one and half an hour, she is sitting beside the DJ and talking about nonsense. The drink she had drunk early is making her speech pointless and after every word she says, she lets out a giggle.
But it looks that Koko likes it, a lot.
After few shots, they go on the dance floor and dance like madmen. At last, that's what Mikan thinks. Everything seems so beautiful and golden.
"Sweetie, I think we should head home." She hears how Koko whispers near her ear. She nods and smiles, feeling good. She will be able to taste Koko and forget about Ruka for one second.
When they both walk away from the dance floor to take a rest against the nearest wall, Koko leaves her to ask the manager if he could leave early.
Mikan closes her eyes and breaths in. She feels tired from the crazy dancing and the drinks she drank make her head spin.
She hears footsteps and someone's breath on her face.
"Move away, whoever you are."
"That's how you greet your savior? How fucking crude."
Mikan opens her eyes to stare in the crimson eyes. Natsume's hair locks, which fall in his eyes, make it hard to see his eyes.
"What do you need?"
"No reason. Just wanted to see how the disparate college girl is doing." He smirks and puts his hands on the wall, leaving Mikan's head between them.
"She's getting laid tonight." Mikan smiles and sticks out her tongue. Natsume raises his eyebrow and chuckles.
"What, are we in seventh grade?"
"Yes, we are." She smiles and looks away from Natsume. Tries to look away.
He captures her chin in his hand and turns her head to look at him. His eyes burns into her head and she opens her mouth to answer with some witty comeback but nothing comes as out.
He leans down and captures her lips with his. One sexual movement and Mikan feels hot. She tries to push him away but he makes her stay in peace, pushing her against the wall.
When he moves away from her, she is out of breath and stares in his eyes with her mouth wide open.
"What's wrong, Mikan? Aren't you the girl who likes to fuck with guys in one day and then ignore them and act like nothing happened the next day?"
"What you're talking about?"
"I'm talking about the fucking yesterday. After comforting you, you just pushed me away and ran to Sumire, acting all friendly and innocent. Like you're the good person, the perfect princess who just got her heart broken, seeing how her boyfriend cheats, not thinking about the fact that few day before she cheated on him with this guy." He points to himself and looks up in the ceiling. "This is so fucked up."
"Just forget that night. We were high, not thinking right." Mikan looks at the ground and closes her eyes.
"If you're going to continue to blame it all on being high, Mikan, you will get in really deep shit." He whispers and pushes away from the wall.
"Where are you going?"
"I need to search for Sumire. She's my girlfriend, after all." He smirks, bows and turns around to walk away. Mikan looks at his back and leans against the wall. She has got such a bloody mess on her hands.
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Koko comes back and is smiling. Mikan knows that it means a "GO" signal for her plan. She leans away from the wall and walks to Koko. He grips her hand and leads her to the outside. On the way there, they stop in front of her, Sumire's and Natsume's table. The lovely pair is there, snuggling each other. Mikan smiles at them and takes her coat and bag.
"Happy New Year celebration, Mikan!" Sumire shouts and jumps up from her seat to push Mikan in her embrace. Mikan hugs Sumire and smiles. She smells so nice.
"I'm going with Koko away. You okay with it?" She asks as she pushes Sumire away.
"Of course! Have a good time." Sumire winks and kisses Mikan's cheek.
"Bye." Mikan smiles, takes Koko's hand and waves to Natsume. He only nods and looks back at his girlfriend.
She walks outside the club with Koko and they take a cab. Koko tells the driver place of destination and they fly off to it.
The cab stops in front of a two floor building. Mikan steps out the cab and lets Koko pay for the ride. She looks at the pale colored building and oddly, feels calm. It is the first time she has got a guy from a club.
Koko steps out the cab, closes the doors, takes Mikan's hand in his and leads her inside the gates which surrender the house's territory.
They stop in front of the house's entrance doors. Koko searcher for the keys in his jeans and pulls them out. He unlocks the door and walks in the house. Mikan follows him and looks around the hall. There are stairs to the second floor, a wardrobe, a posh painting, coffee brown carpet and few doors. The walls are in pale color.
What a lovely place, Mikan thinks as she takes off her boots and her coat. She puts her bag on the floor and looks at Koko who's already waiting for her. She smiles awkwardly and feels how the blush creeps on her cheeks. It's the first time she goes for one night stand with an unknown guy. She feels cheap. But that's what she needs. She needs to forget Ruka for a while.
"Want a coffee or something?" Koko offers her and walks closer.
"No, I don't really want anything." She smiles and watches him. He steps closer and they are few inches away from touching.
He moves his hand up and puts it on Mikan's waist. She moves closer and wraps her hands around his neck.
"You're pretty." He whispers and leans down to lock his lips with hers. She moves her hands up his head and pushes him closer to herself. He wraps his hands around her fragile frame and opens her mouth to taste her. She lets out heavy pants as she moves away from him to breath in the air. Koko pushes her back to him and kisses her again.
She shakes as he caresses her back and makes breathless moans. She plays with his hair and lets him guide her to his room.
He takes off all her clothes and then pushes her on the bed. She looks at him as he undresses himself, puts a condom on and crawls in the bed on all fours. He places himself between her legs and wraps them around his hips. He moves her closer and puts his swelled penis inside her. He thrusts inside her, hard and strong. Mikan lets out a moan as he hits her inner walls. His penis is larger than she expected.
"Oh, yeah." Koko gasps as he quickens the speed. Mikan moans louder and louder after his every strong thrust inside her. She ends up being breathless. He climaxes and rolls off her. Mikan stares at the ceiling when she hears how he gets dressed.
It was nothing special, Mikan realizes when Koko walks out the room. She closes her eyes and rolls out the bed. She checks her mobile phone and realizes that she still has one hour left till the New Year.
"Koko, it was fantastic. I liked it a lot but I want to celebrate the New Year with my friends. I'm sorry, I'm leaving." Mikan shouts and puts her clothes on. After ten minutes she's out the house and searching for a taxi.
She finds one, hops in it and tells the cab driver the name of the club where she left her friends. After less than ten minutes, she walks inside the club.
"Excuse me, can you tell me where I can find Natsume Hyuuga?" Mikan asks the man who checked her ID card.
"He's in the VIP room. Do you know him?"
"Yes," Mikan doesn't hesitate with her answer. She needs to find him. After all, he is her friend. In a very particular way. He keeps his mouth shut about their secret and lets her cry on his shoulder. And he doesn't even ask for a pay-back.
"The VIP room is up these stairs. The second room on the left side." He points to the stairs, which are behind him.
"Thank you," Mikan smiles at the man and runs up the stairs. She turns to the left and walks in the room that is the second from the stair direction.
There, alone, is sitting Natsume on a red couch and staring outside the window. From the window he can see the club's main room.
"Where is Sumire?" Mikan speaks up and walks in the room. Natsume turns his head in her way and stares for a second.
"She's downstairs," he answers and turns back to look outside the window. Mikan walks inside and goes closer to Natsume. She sits beside him and takes off her coat.
"Why did you come back?" he asks and turns around to look in her eyes. She looks at him and smiles.
"I want to spend my New Year's beginning with my true friends."
"From what time we are friends?" Natsume asks and raises his eyebrow sarcastically.
"From the day I found you in our apartment's kitchen." Mikan smiles and puts her coat on the couch.
"Funny, I have never seen you as my friend." Natsume stands up and walks across the VIP room. Mikan follows him with her eyes. He takes his phone and calls somebody. She figures out that it's Sumire because he told her to come up.
Then, he puts the phone on the table and walks to the door way. Before he leaves, he turns around and faces Mikan.
"Tell Sumire that I will be back soon."
And with that he leaves her alone.
Mikan looks at the clock and realizes that there are ten minutes left till the New Year. She sits alone for three our four minutes. After that, Sumire comes in the room, her face is flushed and she squeals when she sees Mikan.
"Darling, you came to party with us? That's so sweet." Sumire runs to Mikan and hugs her. She smells like Natsume, Mikan realizes when she hides her face in Sumire's neck. The guilt hurts her and she opens her mouth to blur out the words she had been hiding from her best friend. But the loud cheers stops her. Sumire jumps up and starts the count down till the New Year. Mikan stands up and join Sumire. Natsume comes in when only ten seconds are left till the New Year.
He walks beside Sumire and puts a kiss on her cheek. Sumire giggles and yells happily when the clock strikes twelve in the night.
"Happy New Year!" She screams and hugs Mikan with one hand and Natsume with the other. She brings them both together and they hug each other awkwardly with the other free hand.
"Now, let's get wasted!" Sumire yells and laughs.
Mikan giggles and closes her eyes to enjoy the moment. When she looks up, she makes eye contact with Natsume. She smiles at him and he only frowns.
She hopes that she will improve her relationships with Natsume to be good friends with him. And she hopes that she will save her relationships with Sumire after she will tell her the truth about her and Natsume.
Peace and love. She really, really wants it.
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A/N – Hello, thank you for the reviews.
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