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Kittens, Cats, and Him
04
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There was nothing he could call his. Nothing. His arms, his leg, his mouth, his eyes, his abilities. They all worked for his master. Even his emotions weren't his.
"Stop picking out the kimchi!" Mikan lectured her...'pet', "Kimchi is very good for you! You need your nutrients, especially since you haven't been eating properly for a while!" Natsume pouted as he slowly chewed the piece of vegetable.
(ps. Kimchi - a traditional spicy Korean meal made of lettuce. Many Japanese families enjoy this meal as well)
"It's too spicy." he complained. Mikan glared at him, which caused Natsume to feel an intense feeling of guilt and continue eating his meal without saying anything else. Granfather chuckled as he saw the two fight. It felt like the family expanded in a good way. He finished his meal and went to his room.
"Hey, Natsume," Mikan started off a conversation cautiously, "It's been about a week since you've started living here. I think it's time you made some friends."
Natsume just ate his vegetables. Friend. That was another term he was unfamiliar with.
"Hey, don't ignore me!" she pouted. Mikan realized these kind of subjects were difficult topics to talk about with Natsume. But she felt like it was a duty of a master to teach their pet about the world and expand their social skills. What would happen if one day Mikan had to leave Natsume? He needed some social skills to survive in such a dangerous world, and she was going to teach him some.
"...Just eating my kimchi." Natsume replied very quietly, obediently chewing his food. Mikan patted his head, complimenting him on what a good job he's doing eating his vegetables.
"You saw Hotaru last time, right?" he nodded, "I have a few other friends your age. Would you interested in meeting them?"
He didn't reply. But Mikan took that as a yes anyways.
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"This is Natsume. He's my new pet," she placed her hand on Natsume's head. Hotaru blinked her eyes. She never actually thought the girl would take him in. No, cross that. That her grandfather would actually agree to take in this vicious animal. Can he not see his beastly nature?...Well, he is Mikan's grandfather. What did she expect?
But, compared to Hotaru, Ruka Nogi was in utter shock. Pet? Did he just hear her correctly? This wasn't some kind of April Fools joke, was it? Because if it was, it's doing its job scaring the heck out of Ruka.
"...Pet?" he asked for clarification.
"Yes," ironically, Mikan didn't understand that most people don't take other human beings in as pets.
"...Pet?" he asked once more.
"...YES, Ruka, are you okay today?" yes, Ruka was perfectly fine, thank you very much. He actually would like to question the mental situation of his friend in front of him.
"But...Sakura...You realize this...person," he looked for a good word, and realized that was the only thing to explain Natsume, "...is human? He's not an animal?" Ruka observed the boy in front of him. Dark raven hair, crimson eyes burning, piercing through his heart. White skin. Look, he has earings. He's perfectly human.
Natsume looked at himself. Was there something on his white t-shirt and beige shorts? Ruka's intense stare was freaking him out.
"Oh, of course I realize that," Mikan smiled. Good, Ruka wondered to himself, she's not going crazy, "But he doesn't have a place to stay! I took him in. So...he's technically like a pet! Look! He even let's me pet his hair," and she demonstrated that.
"Well..." Ruka mumbled. The front porch of Mikan's house was very warm. A Saturday, just before noon. It seemed just a bit too warm for a spring morning. He guessed his friend was technically right. At least, he was eased with the thought that she knew this person wasn't a real animal, "Your name is Natsume Hyuuga? Pleased to meet you," Ruka beamed a smile just as sweet as Mikan's. Hotaru was silent. Ruka whispered something on the lines of, 'don't be rude, Imai.'
"...Hotaru Imai." she finally gave up.
Natsume nodded to the two. Now, what was suppose to happen now? You don't automatically become friends just because you introduce your name to each other.
"Why don't we go out? Let's go buy some ice cream."
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As Mikan suggested, the four reached the nearest store and bought some ice cream. She personally favored the new chocolate cone ice cream, while Natsume bought a strawberry cone one. Ruka perfered the vanilla one. Hotaru asked if she can just keep the money herself. Her friend refused and she ended up purchasing a chocolate cone ice cream.
But then of course, awkward slience roamed around the four 'friends'. Mikan suggested to split up by gender and go around the town. This offer quite scared Ruka, who was half sure that Natsume was mentally ill.
"...Well, Natsume," as soon as the girls left Ruka opened his mouth, urging to start a conversation, "You're...Sakura's...pet." he slowly uttered the words. Natsume nodded. He was hard to understand, "...You realize you aren't a real animal?"
"What do you take me as, an idiot?" well, you certainly acted like an animal in front of Sakura. Ruka would have liked to remarked that but took in the temptation.
"Well, I really don't see the point behind all this!" Ruka grined slightly like a young boy, "You really enjoy acting like a pet?"
"No," he answered bluntly. That was a bit too fast, "I've been wanting to get rid of the title, 'pet', ever since my previous...'master'," he gave a short pause, "...took me in."
"Ah, is that so? But that still doesn't explain why you're so nice in front of Sakura."
"She's an exception."
Exception? Now this was becoming a little too confusing...Oh, wait. Could it be that it's like those slave thingings he read in mangas? M...Maybe this boy is debted to Mikan and his working off as her pet to pay it off!
"...Are you by any chance paying off a debt?"
"What is this, a manga?" Natsume growled, "We're not in some kind of shoujo anime here." well, it was worth a try.
Ruka was still utterly confused. Natsume Hyuuga, difficult to understand. His oblique, twisted personality made it tiresome to completely capture what he was thinking. This could be all just an act of his, but...when Ruka looked into the boy's eyes.
He didn't seem all that bad.
"Hey, Natsume?" the pet looked up at the blond boy's words, "You don't look too bad. Actually kind of nice. I think we can become good friends."
Well, Natsume was clearly surprised. Nobody, and he means nobody, has ever given such a nice comment to him before (other than Mikan). And you know what? That comment actually felt kind of smoothing.
"Thanks."
Now, that was the first time he actually thanked someone.
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"Did you have fun today?" Mikan asked curiously, interested if her pet became friends with Ruka. Natsume just looked up at the stars. In the house's front porch, you could get a good view of the dark starry sky. He nodded.
"From where you lived, could you see the stars like this?"
He shook his head. Dummy, do you think you can see stars like this in a big city like Tokyo?
"Oh, you must have lived in the city area."
Yes, idiot.
"Hey, Natsume," she leaned over to Natsume, who was eating a watermelon, "I know your previous master wasn't a very good one." Psh, yeah, thanks for reminding me.Natsume wondered to himself. "Do you think...I can be a good master?"
He turned his gaze to the girl sitting next to him, quite nervously. It may have been that Mikan was being paranoid. She, as Natsume's new master, wanted to give him the best experience he could, unlike his previous one. She was intensely worried if this whole 'make a friend' idea was pressuring him something that he didn't want.
Mikan's feelings were immediately noticed by Natsume (because she's so transparent). These worries of Mikan were actually cute. He smiled brightly.
Oh,Mikan mumbled to herself. He does look cute when he smiles.
"Yep. You're fine," he would preferred not to talk, but he thought these sort of words should be directly told.
"Really?" she glowed with bliss, "Thank you!"
Natsume was a beast, he was a wild cat. It may have been that he was not able to take in the temptation. So, half of it was his blame. But it was also Mikan's fault for making such an adorable smile, with her pink lips curved up beautifully. At that moment, Natsume didn't know what was driving him. So, it's half half, fair?
But the conclusion is, he kissed her. Right on the lips.
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Chapter 04
fin
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Muhahahahahaha Natsume X Mikan moment.
Yes, Natsume, you little beast, kissing the innocent girl...Oh my gosh, I sound so evil and perverted. (snicker snicker)
Kimchi. I was in Japanese class talking with my teacher when she mentioned the word, 'kimchi'. I was like, "kimchi?" I watch k-dramas so I've heard the word often, but never ate it before, then my teacher told me many Japanese families eat it (even though it's a bit spicy). It sounds cool ('cause it has like, 2 syllables, and ends with this -chi- sound) so I decided to put it in.
Hm, what else did I wanted to say?...Oh, yeah. It was exam week at school, so I was real stressed. Kind of took longer than I expected to finish the whole chapter.
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