I Like You, Natsume-oniisan
Chapter 21: Email
"If you have a chance to undo your past, what will you change?"
"If I have a chance to undo the past, I will want her in my love life and in order to do that, I will confess to her way before she does. I will leave everything behind me and take her hand as a man. I will give her my love and affection. In short, I will give her everything I have. I want her to love me forever. Of course, I will love her unconditionally. However, everything was ruined. Everything was ruined by me because of my pride and my love for her. Now she has changed. Everyone has changed. But did I even change? Even if it is a little bit? No, I don't think so. Because of me, I continue to dwell in the past where my memories and dreams are so clear that I could hardly imagine myself losing my status as a bachelor soon. I truly love her but I just could not have her because she is just too good for me..."
Misaki clasped her hands together and squealed at Mikan. Mikan was wearing a white gown which traveled all the way down to her feet and the frills were touching the floor. The gown was sleeveless but it came together with a pair of long white gloves so Mikan had to wear them despite how troublesome they were during meals.
"I knew it would suit Mikan. Tsubasa, what do you think?" Misaki asked.
Tsubasa smiled gleefully and replied, "Yup. That is my daughter. She looks so much like you, Misaki. In fact, you two look a little alike, especially your brown hair and your bubbly aura. No one would believe that both of you aren't related."
"Same goes for you, Tsubasa. You and Natsume have beautiful raven black hair which everyone wishes to have," Misaki laughed loudly and looked at Mikan who was quiet all this while. "Mikan dear, did anything happen to you? You seem down."
Mikan flinched and rubbed her eyes. She looked around her and realised that her parents were staring at her worriedly.
"I am just feeling a little tired. A little rest would do, so don't worry about me," Mikan lied and feigned a smile.
"Is it because of your studies?" Tsubasa asked as he placed his arm around Mikan's shoulder.
Mikan shook her head.
"Then, why don't you take a rest first while waiting for your brother and Ibaragi-san to come out of the changing room?" Misaki suggested.
Mikan nodded hesitantly and closed her eyes. It was her unlucky day. She had to try out her gown which was specially made for bridesmaids to match the design of that particular bride's gown. It same goes to Natsume and Nobara. They had to try out their suit and gown for the last and final time before the actual wedding started in the next few days.
That was actually not her problem. It was seeing Nobara again after that day when she realised that Nobara was cheating on Natsume with Rei.
Just then, Nobara and Natsume entered into the Mikan's changing room and everyone looked up, including Mikan. Nobara was wearing a pinkish white gown with sleeves that went all the way to her fingertips, which was a very huge difference from Mikan's sleeveless gown. However, Nobara's gown was very unique too. The front part of the gown was very short and it was only at the thigh area while the back part of the gown was very long as it touched the ground. Here was another deep contrast between them.
As for Natsume, he was wearing what most bridegroom would wear. A white collared shirt with a tie and a black smart-looking blazer with a pair of black trousers.
"How do I look?" Nobara asked as she twirled around.
"Fantastic! You're beautiful!" Misaki cooed.
Tsubasa laughed. "Yeah, and I think you will steal many hearts on your wedding day."
"I bet your son wouldn't want that," Nobara giggled and looked at Natsume. "Right?"
Natsume forced a smile and nodded.
Mikan wanted to irritate Nobara a little for acting like a nothing happened when she had cheated on Natsume. Unknown to everyone, except for Mikan, there were six lives in this room, not five. And that extra one was in Nobara's womb.
"Ibaragi-san, I don't see how our gowns match,"Mikan said.
"They're matched, Andou-san. What makes you think like that?" Nobara giggled.
"Because you look like a 'magi'," Mikan bluntly said, resulting a laugh from Tsubasa.
Nobara blushed and shot a glare at Mikan, hinting to her not to sprout anymore nonsense and create any trouble here.
"No offense. I think you look a little like a wizard while Mikan looks like a fairy," Natsume finally spoke.
"What? I purposely picked this gown because it is so unique!" Nobara whined and pouted.
Misaki coughed and interrupted them, "Guys, don't make fun of her anymore. Since all of you are satisfied with your attires, then let's pack up and go home. I have to prepare dinner too."
Then, Nobara stomped out of the room with Natsume following behind her. Tsubasa and Misaki left the room too to allow Mikan to change back to her normal clothes. After changing, Mikan left the room with her stuffs and headed to the counter to return the changing room tag. She looked around the stop which was filled with many gowns and suits. However, there was one gown who caught her attention. She walked towards it and touched the fabric. The gown was different from what she used to see on television and picture books. In cartoons and books, Cinderella had worn a bluish white gown, Sleeping Beauty had worn a pink one and Belle had worn a yellow one.
"Mikan, what are you looking at? We are leaving," Natsume called out and walked over to her.
Mikan turned to look at him and pointed at the gown.
"I like this one."
Natsume raised one of his eyebrow and said, "This gown is black. Black is an unlucky colour. Furthermore, the groom is also wearing a black suit so that is like double unlucky."
"Then, the groom will have to wear a white suit. A deep contrast to each other and it is very unique. Usually, we will see grooms wearing white or black suits while the brides will always wear gowns which are of the same few colours. It's boring," Mikan explained with a delightful smile.
"So, you want to wear a black gown on your own wedding day, right?"
Mikan blushed and laughed. "Of course... not. It's still too early to say whether or not I will get married one day."
Mikan took one last look at the gown and then walked away to join Misaki and Tsubasa while Natsume flipped over the price tag of the back gown. His eyes widened as the numbers stated there was unbelievably big. He slowly covered the price tag and turned around. Much to his surprise, Nobara was standing behind him and also looking at the black gown too.
"Your sister has a bad taste," Nobara giggled. "If she wears that on her wedding day, she will look worse than a 'magi' or a wizard. Maybe... a wicked witch, I should say."
"You..."
He paused and looked away. He took in a deep breath and walked away from her towards the store exit. Nobara pouted at his back and then used her palms to cover her mouth which was replaced with a smirk.
When the Andou family reached home, the first thing Mikan did was rushing into her bedroom and locking the door. She turned on the computer and while waiting for it to load, she changed into her comfy home clothes. After loading, she went to the social website to check if Ruka was online but he was not. Sadly, she chose to go to her email account to check for new messages, though she knew there might be none. When she clicked onto the email icon, a list of unread emails flashed in front of her. It felt weird. There were many messages which were sent by people whom she did not know, except for one- Nobara Ibaragi. She was flabbergasted. How did Nobara know about her email address?
Mikan held her breath and carefully clicked on that email sent by Nobara. It was even weirder. The email was not for Mikan at all. Did someone use her email or did she log into the wrong one?
Mikan brushed that aside and continued reading the mail.
Subject: The Will
I have seen the will, Hyuuga. Why didn't you tell me anything about your parents? Anyway, if you tell anyone about the will or about me seeing the will, I will tell everyone about your dirty little secret. I'm sure you wouldn't want to let them know what you have been hiding from them for the past twelve years of your life, Hyuuga.
"Hyuuga? Will?" Mikan said out those familiar words over and over again.
She had heard those words before from Nobara's and Rei's conversation. But what was with Hyuuga's parents? What was about the will? Who was Hyuuga? Somehow, that name sounded very familiar like she had heard that name before, other than Nobara's conversation. She closed her eyes and pondered over the questions which she had been thinking since that day when she found out Nobara was cheating on Natsume.
"That will must be connected to Natsume-oniisan. Don't tell me that the Hyuuga person she keeps talking about is related to Onii-san," Mikan muttered softly and clicked back to her email homepage.
Just then, she realised that the email account which she had been using was not hers at all as she saw the username was written as: Natsume Andou.
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Notes:
1) I'm sorry for the late update. I am very busy nowadays, so I may not be able to update as punctual as ever. After the end of the third part of this story which is Chapter 24, I will probably take a short break before continuing again.
2) Have you seen the latest GA chapter (Chapter 178)? It is so nice! (Spoiler Alert!) Mikan has grown into a beautiful teen!
3) My next GA fanfiction (Love at Last Sign) has been posted up last Friday. Please do take a look at it and tell me how it is. Here is a short introductory of 'Love at Last Sign':
Have you ever imagined what kind of life you might be living if you were to lose your vision one day?
It sounds scary, right? I am no exception either.
I was scared...
I was afraid of going blind soon. What kind of life would I be living? All I would see was plain darkness. What else?
As I was struggling to go against my painful fate, a mute girl who was clutching onto her dear life reached out to me. I bet you are thinking about the irony right now.
She was dying while I was going blind. She saved me while I...
... fell in love with her at last sign.
4) I sincerely appreciate your support for 'I Like You, Natsume-oniisan' since the beginning of this chapter. I am glad to see reviewers stating that I have made their Mondays great. Thank you! Everyone here has also made my Mondays (no, weeks) as awesome as ever! :')
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