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Chapter 10

Normal POV

The room was filled with a soft sweet sound the moment the music box opened. Mikan pushed the pendant onto the hole to find out that it was the key. There was o small figurine inside the music box. The figurine was a boy with raven-black hair and a girl with hazel brown hair. They danced monotonously to the music coming from inside the box. Their steady gaze at each other was filled with love and compassion though they were lifeless. Their smiles were heartwarming. They're inanimate statues who seemed so serene ad content dancing in each other's arms to the slow sweet tinkling of their pink crystal home.

As Mikan stared at these two figures, a tear rolled down her cheek and secretly painted a smile on her lips. Mikan held the music box next to her ear listening to the soothing tune of Mozart's Sonata 16. She closed her eyes and eventually dozed off. The music box fell from her hand with a small crash... Hearing the noise, Mikan woke up. She stared at the music box, still playing, on the floor. The music box wasn't broken but Mikan was in a trance with something else. It was a little pink paper which stuck out from a hidden compartment. It must have been exposed when the box hit the floor.
Mikan's POV

Huh…? What's that paper…? I took the box up and pulled the paper out. It was addressed to me so I unfolded it.

Dearest Mikan,

I may not understand how you are feeling right now but always know that I will be here to protect you. Things have been pretty hard for you these days, having lost your memories. But that night, when you risked your all and cried for me, arigatou. You should understand how hard I have come to terms just to write this letter for you. You're so stupid, polka-dots. Try hard to remember. I love you, baka shoujo.

Natsume

Ouch… There's this pain in my head again… This is gonna be bad. It's different from the previous ones… It's more severe… uhg… I fell to the floor… I could hear someone knocking but I don't have the strength to get up. Darkness was the only thing I can see and I couldn't hear anything more… pictures flashed in my mind… pictures while I was at the academy… pictures of my oji-san… the times we used to have… pictures of my classmates… teachers… the happenings in the school… Natsume… A mission… a gun… a burnt tree…kiss… darkness…I opened my eyes again to see that I was in the hospital room. And Natsume was the first person I saw…

Normal POV (Before Mikan Woke Up)

Hotaru: Mikan…? knocks on the door of Mikan's room…

Receiving no answer, she opened to door a rude thing to do and saw Mikan lying on the floor, unconscious. She was in a particular trance that she didn't even move. Ruka passed by and saw the accident…if you would call it an accident he quickly took Mikan to the infirmary. Since the bell already rang, Ruka went to class and left Mikan in the nurses' care. there was someone who had been watching from a not so good place to watch. He wasthe one who noticed a pink paper clutched in Mikan's hand. And when the bell rang, he also left from the high tree he was hiding in…

In the classroom, everyone was talking about Mikan. I don't know how the news came out, but it just did. Everyone was in a commotion, seems like Narumi-sensei was absent again today…how unusual (sarcastically) Natsume left the roomcommon but without Ruka how odd…… Natsume went to the infirmary. Luckily there's no one inside so he trudged in. He saw Mikan in her bed still sleeping. He took the piece of paper and crumpled it. He threw it away in a nearby trash bin before returning to class.

Days pass and Mikan was still under unconsciousness. Hotaru, Ruka and the rest of her classmates often visit her during breaks and after classes. Natsume still sneaks out of the room without Ruka…

Mikan's POV(continuation of Mikan's last POV)

Okay… now I see Natsume… he's here… nothing to be afraid of… but why is my heart beating so fast…? I still can't bear to say anything… I just looked at him… I don't know what expression my face was showing at that time. He turned away and left. I closed my eyes thinking of something or anything! I have to take my thoughts away from Natsume. But, he looked really sad a while ago… did he think that I still don't remember him…?

Normal POV

Students of Class B entered the room and were so overjoyed that Mikan was already awake. Narumi-sensei arrived at the room a bit late…

Narumi: Mikan-chan… Belated Happy Birthday!

He was holding a cake with pink and white icing. The message on the cake read: "Belated Happy Birthday Mikan-chan! From Class B"

Mikan: Minna-san…arigatou!

Mikan's POV

Did I really sleep that long? I missed my birthday… oh well, I'm 13 now… I was very Happy that everyone was here… I saw their happy faces and that made me smile too. I asked them how long I was in the clinic. 20 days was their reply. Ooohhh… that's really long…

Normal POV

Mikan: Gomenasai minna-san! Gomene for making you worry about me so much. Gomene for not spending New Year with you…

Nonoko: Mikan-chan… we did spent New Year with you here… Though you were still asleep we had fun!

Mikan: Happy self Arigatou! half crying…

Hotaru's POV

Mikan… She's in her happy self again… Just like the one she used to be… Could it be…?