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6 - KuroNeko

"Natsume! Hey, Natsume!" Mikan ran towards the Sakura tree, a huge grin on her face and a bundle of black fluff in her arms, "Natsume look what I found!"

She sat down beside him, thrusting the fluff pile in front of his face, her smile getting bigger as she got his attention and his eyes widened a fraction at the sight before him.

"What the hell is that?" he snapped, pushing the heap of fur away from his face, "And where the hell did you find it?!"

"It's a cat, Natsume! Isn't it cute?" Mikan turned the cat around to face her, its bright orange eyes clashing with the dark black of its fur, "I found it near the girls dorms, it was just sitting in the middle of the grass!"

"One tiny cat manages to get into the huge academy grounds, and you're the one to find it; of course." Natsume scoffed, rolling his eyes and turning his attention back to the book in his lap, "They aren't going to let you keep it, you know."

"I know… I just want to play with it for a little while," Mikan pouts at him, before going back to messing around with the cat, giggling softly as it brushes against her legs

Natsume watched her out the corner of his eyes, debating on whether letting her have the cat for a while was a good idea; he knew that the more attached she got to it, the more she'd cry when the teachers took it away from her. His gaze slid down to the cat wandering around her legs, its ears twitching and its eyes staring right at him, causing him to stare straight back, his own eyes narrowing slightly.

"You know what we should call it?" He glances up at Mikan, raising an eyebrow in question, "We should call it Natsume!"

"Don't even think about naming that stupid thing after me, Polka dots." He warned, but she just stuck her tongue out at him, "You can't even keep it, why are you thinking of names for it? Stupid."

"I think Natsume is a great name for it," She purposely ignored his last comment, her hand reaching down to scratch behind the cats ear, and Natsume's jaw tightened at the action, "I mean, he looks kind of like you, don't you think?"

"No. Just take it to one of the teachers, it doesn't belong here." The cat began to purr loudly, as Mikan continued to stoke down its back, and Natsume glared at it, "And stop stroking it! It's annoying."

Mikan's smile widened and she leaned towards Natsume, moving her hands away from the cat, "Are you jealous, Natsume?"

"Why would I be jealous of a stupid cat?" He turned his face away from her, letting his bangs hide his eyes, "Just give it to a teacher, Polka dots. You don't want to get in trouble."

He heard her sigh and turned to watch her stand up, brush her hands over her skirt and bend down to pick up the cat, holding it close to her with one arm.

"Yeah, okay. I'll go see Narumi-sensei now…" She looked down at him, reaching out a hand and quickly stroking his head, her fingers sliding gently through his hair, "I'll see you later… KuroNeko."

Then he watched her walk away, his expression still shocked, and he reached up a hand to touch where her fingers had just been, his cheeks turning the lightest shade of pink.

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