I Like You, Natsume-oniisan
Chapter 2: New Home
"Before I allow you to unpack your stuffs, we would like to discuss a few things with the both of you," Tsubasa proclaimed and sat down on his crouch. "Come and sit down, kids."
Mikan sat next to Misaki while Natsume sat next Tsubasa.
Tsubasa started, "Firstly, you will be called Natsume Andou and Mikan Andou from now on."
"Why?" Mikan blurted with a sad face. "I don't know how to write 'Andou' but I only know how to write 'Sakura'."
Misaki patted gently on her head and replied, "Don't worry. We will teach you how to write that. Actually, we don't want all of us to feel awkward when we step out to the society with different surnames and furthermore, we are a family now. I don't know how I should put it but..."
"I understand!" Mikan exclaimed. "It will be weird because a family should have one family name!"
"You are so clever, Mikan," Tsubasa praised with a smile. "Secondly, I want the two of you to get along with each other. Natsume, please treat your younger sister well and I hope you won't bully her because older siblings should not bully the younger ones. Mikan, please treat Natsume well too."
Natsume nodded his head and responded, "Yes, Sir."
"Yes, I will!" Mikan responded too. "I will protect Onii-san from bad people too!"
Natsume raised one of his eyebrows at her. Could she protect him? She was so tiny and clumsy. It seemed like she could barely protect herself from bad people. It should be the other way round. He should be the one protecting her!
"I will protect her as well," Natsume said.
Tsubasa smiled widely and ruffled his hair.
"I have such good children! They promise to protect each other, Misaki! How sweet of them!" Tsubasa laughed heartily and hugged Natsume tightly, choking him in the process.
Misaki crossed her arms and pretended to snort, "I know. There is no need for you to get so excited. You are behaving like a child."
Tsubasa coughed and let go of Natsume before continuing, "Thirdly, Misaki and I are your parents now so whatever we say or do, it is for your own good and you should listen to us. I won't stand any arguments or talk backs. If not, you will be out of house immediately. Lastly, I want to be called 'Daddy', instead of 'Sir'. Please call Misaki 'Mummy' too."
"Yes, Daddy!" Mikan said excitedly as it was her first time calling someone 'daddy'.
"Yes, Sir," Natsume said absent-mindedly. "I mean, Da... Dad...dy."
Misaki giggled, "It's okay. You will get used to it soon."
"Okay, I will end my talk here. I will show you your rooms and you can unpack your stuffs there. Misaki will help Mikan while I will help Natsume. Get it?" Tsubasa asked and when he received their nods, he showed them their rooms. "My study room will be Mikan's room because I didn't anticipate that I will adopt two children but she can sleep in Natsume's room for the time being. I promise I will clear up my things and buy some new furniture for her by the end of next week. Misaki, do you know where is the extra mattress we bought last week?"
"Yes, I do. I think it is under Natsume's bed."
"So, that means I have two mattresses in my new room," Natsume mused and rubbed his chin, wondering why they had an extra mattress when they were only planning to adopt one child at first.
As if Tsubasa could read his mind, he answered his doubt, "I got an extra mattress just in case my newly adopted boy accidentally pees on his beloved bed at night."
Natsume felt so insulted but he could only mutter with a small smile, "Oh, thanks a lot."
Misaki giggled again while Mikan just stared at them, looking very clueless. Tsubasa led the children into Natsume's new room which was opposite to Mikan's room and the children put their bags down on the floor. Both of them started unpacking their bags.
However, Misaki picked Mikan's bag up and said, "I will help you to unpack your things. Your stuffs will be kept in my room for the time being too."
"Mummy, can I have my teddy bear with me?"
"Sure. Take it with you. I will right back," Misaki replied and walked into her room.
Mikan turned to look at Natsume and Tsubasa. They were busy and she wanted to help them too so she walked over to their sides.
"I want to help Daddy and Onii-san!"
Tsubasa smiled at her and suggested, "Why don't you help Natsume with his books? You can place them on those selves next to his desk."
"Yes, Daddy!" Mikan cheered and quickly grabbed a few books which were lying on the floor.
Due to her short height, she could only fill the bottom part of the selves with his books and the top part of the selves was empty.
After everyone was done unpacking, it was already past noon and everyone was hungry. Misaki decided to buy something back home to eat so she and Tsubasa left the house. Before they left, they told Natsume and Mikan to watch some television programmes while waiting for their return. And the children did what they were told.
Being the first one to grab hold of the remote control, Natsume flipped through the channels and settled on a sports show. At the beginning, Mikan was amazed by a muscular weightlifter who was lifting up a gigantic bar with one hand, but soon she became bored and starting whining for the remote control.
"I want to watch anime!" she cried while shaking Natsume's hand.
Natsume ignored her and continued watching the show.
"Onii-san! Please! I will give you more sweets!"
He still ignored her. His eyes were glued to the screen, as if he was totally engrossed in the show.
"Onii-san, I will give you the whole packet of sweets!"
"Oh, be quiet. Let me watch this part first, then I will change the channel for you," Natsume groaned.
Mikan stopped and sat down quietly next to him. She waited patiently for the show to end but the show seemed to last forever. Half an hour had gone by and yet, the show did not end at all. This was when Mikan began to get angry and stomp out of the living room. She headed to the kitchen and began exploring it. She opened every drawer and cupboard. Then, she saw a broom stick leaning against the wall. Without thinking twice, her old habit kicked in. She grabbed the broom and began sweeping the kitchen floor.
Natsume just sat on the crouch, watching the weightlifter carrying an elephant this time. He was so immersed into it until something blocked his view.
"Hey, move away," he scowled and tilted his head to continue his show.
It was Mikan who was using the broom to dust the television screen and unknowingly blocked his view.
Mikan immediately moved away and snorted, "The screen is dusty!"
"Anyway, you can't use a broom to dust a television!" Natsume said in annoyance. "And what are you doing with the broom?"
"Sweeping."
"Are you crazy?"
"I'm Mikan."
Natsume smacked his forehead and mumbled, "What are you talking about?"
"I'm Mikan."
"Oh, shut up. Now, move away."
Mikan stepped aside and saw the weightlifter carrying the elephant high up in the air. She gaped and quickly ran to Natsume. Natsume thought that she was entranced by the weightlifter just like he did but he was wrong.
"Onii-san, that elephant is so cute!" she giggled while pointing at the screen eagerly. "I want to carry it too!"
"You can't do it unless you are as strong as that guy," Natsume tried to hold back his laughter.
"How to be strong like him?"
"Do you want to know?"
"Yes!"
"Okay. First, you have to be quiet and watch this guy. Then, you will learn how to be strong like him."
Mikan widened her eyes and exclaimed, "Wow! It's simple!"
"It sure is if you are quiet," Natsume added.
She listened to him and watched the show again. Natsume was laughing silently to himself. This girl was too naive and gullible. Not that he disliked her or hated her; he just found that her whining could be very irritating, albeit he must admit that she was a helpful child. Suddenly, he felt something hit his arm and he turned around with a frown.
"Hey, you! Didn't I tell you to be qu..."
He paused and looked at Mikan. Her head was leaning against his upper arm. He bent his head downwards to see if she was all right. Luckily, she was fine but had fallen asleep while hugging the broom stick under her arms. He returned his gaze to the television screen and saw that weightlifter receiving an award. He knew the show was over so he just switched the television off and closed his eyes.
Maybe he would just take a short nap with Mikan before his parents returned home with their lunches.
Hi guys, thanks for reading up to Chapter 2.
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Here are the common questions which are being asked by most of you or you might be currently thinking right now:
1) Is adopting a child really that easy?
I think it depends on what country or society you are living in. In my country, one's monthly income must have at least $3000 in order to adopt a child or two. One may be a single parent or even elderly couples as well so there isn't much restriction in adopting a child. Of course, one has to follow the terms and conditions about adopting the child and he or she mustn't ill-treat the child. My aunt's friend had adopted two children a few years ago and she had told me the policy about adopting a child in my country. So, this is how I got some of these ideas to write this story. Though the details of adoption in the first chapter is very vague, I can ensure you that this is not as important as the future chapters.
2) Do Misaki, Tsubasa or both have problems so that is why they want to adopt a child?
Although the future chapters will not reveal why exactly they want to adopt a child (I did try to insert the reason why but I just couldn't find the right time or situation to do so), it is up to your imagination to think about it. One of them may be infertile or maybe both of them are infertile. Or maybe they rather adopt than have their own babies just for the fun of it (this is obviously a bad reason). Or maybe they don't want to do it (you know what I mean). It's up to you to decide.
3) Is Natsume being nice and sweet here (OOC)? Will he like Mikan? Will there be any forbidden love between them?
Yup, he is being nice here but (Spoiler Alert!) sadly, not in the future chapters, especially from chapter 5 onwards because something will happen to them. And this same goes for Mikan as well; she will become a bad child in my opinion. Anyway, don't worry about the romance part. The genres of this story are romance and drama, yes? (Oops! Too much spoiler for you guys!)
Please feel free to ask me any questions. I will try to answer them as far as possible.
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