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Kittens, Cats, and Him

05

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Ah yes, it was done on impulse. Natsume was never the person to think before acting and look where that has led him! Right now, he's sitting outside the house, on its front steps.

It's humiliating. All it was a little kiss, on the lips. A small, very small collision of lips. Then why she over reacting?

"Women," he groaned as scratched his hair, sighing and wondering what drove him to kiss the girl.

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"Where's Natsume?" Grandfather asked as he walked out of the bathroom, finished with his bath. Mikan was pouting, still sitting on the front porch.

"He was being a bad pet, so he's outside." Mikan whispered. Bad pet, bad Natsume. Baaad.

"Oh, he is?" her grandfather sounded a bit concerned, seeing how Mikan doesn't get normally so fierce and angry. He told Mikan to not stay up too late and let Natsume in a few minutes, before she sleeps. She answered to do so and he went to his room to sleep.

"...My god," she whispered madly as she blushed to a color similar to Natsume's eyes. Bad Natsume, bad, bad, bad. No way was she letting him come in for a while. She slightly touched her lips, remembering the shocking touch. His lips, they were very soft, unlike his hard, piercing eyes.

And they tasted like watermelon.

What was happening to her? To be honest, she wasn't angry, more embarrassed. Was it normal for a master to feel this towards their pet? ...Oh, maybe it's like when a dog licks you!...Wait, no, you don't feel this way when a dog licks you. No matter how hard she thought about it, it was too difficult for her too understand.

If there was one thing she was sure of, it was that Natsume's going to be hearing a long lecture about kissing people from her.

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"Natsume-" ten minutes later, Mikan felt a bit dazed and sleepy, so she decided to forgive him and give him a lecture to end this once and for all, "You can come in...?"

Natsume wasn't there.

"Natsume? Where are you?" she looked around the house for a bit, seeing if he was nearby, but it was just too dark to tell anything. Where was he? Where? Mikan felt a sudden sting of pain.

"He...couldn't have run away, could he?" no, the Natsume she knew wasn't that irresponsible. She ran into the house and woke her grandfather up frantically.

"...Eh..." he rubbed his eyes, "Mikan, what is it? I'm very..." he yawned, "sleepy..."

"Natsume, he's gone."

Grandfather's eye grew bigger.

"I looked for him but he's not there. What...what happened to him? It's not like him to run away, something must have happened. Oh...Oh no, I'm so worried," before she knew it, Mikan's eyes were tearing up. Grandfather brushed her hair.

"Calm down, it's okay. Natsume's a good boy, as you said, he couldn't have run away. He's a strong, independent fellow. Let's wait to see what happens in the morning, if he doesn't come back, I'll be sure to help you to the best of my abilities. We'll even call the police for help."

She nodded at her grandfather's words. She lied down on her bed in her room to sleep, but for some reason, her heart was just beating too fast for sleep. But she trusted Natsume, he's probably out somewhere at the moment. He'll come back. She was sure of that. He was her pet.

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But he didn't come back.

A very depressed Mikan and Grandfather contacted the police about a missing person (Mikan would have liked to call him a pet, but Grandfather said the police wouldn't understand).

"A description of him?" a officer at the front desk, very poliet, and very sincere looking, asked.

"Uh..." Mikan wondered, "He has very red crimson eyes. His eyes are a bit slanted, and pointed. He has a very pretty nose, point up...I think he has earrings? Yes, he does. His hair is raven colored. He's just a bit taller than me. And...and..." she teared up, but continued, "I... I think he was wearing brown shorts and a white baggy shirt when we last saw him."

"Do you have any sort of picture of him?"

"Um..." she turned to her grandfather, "No...he just recently started living with us, so we don't have any kind of picture."

"Do you know his age?"

"I think he's my age, yes, he's about 15."

"Okay," the officer stood up from his desk, "We'll inform you soon as possible with any information. We'll try our best, but it would help if you looked as well." he glanced at Mikan, who was sobbing lightly, "Don't cry," he brushed her tears, "You must be dearly worried about this boy."

"Yes, he's our family," Mikan replied, "We're not going to give up and leave him out there."

"...Of course," the officer smiled, "He must be very important to you. Don't worry. If he's that important, he'll definatly come back."

She nodded, with a bit of hope.

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So, where was he again? Oh yeah, Persona discovered him, how lovely...not. It was horrifying. How much he despised Persona's piercing gaze, but ironically, Natsume's gaze was just as piercing as well. He had no idea where he was. Well, he could tell it was a basement, a very dark and roomy one. There were boxes everywhere, maybe this was a storage room.

How stupid, he actually let himself get caught. But what could he do? Persona's gaze always made Natsume hopeless, weak, little. At least Persona wasn't here at the moment. Oh, wait. This isn't the time to be happy, he's been kidnapped.

"Damn it," Natsume grumbled to himself. Where the heck was the exit? He couldn't find even a bit of light, it was overwhelming darkness. What time was it? He couldn't even tell that.

He wondered, what Mikan would be doing at the moment? He hoped she realized that he was gone by now and looking for him, if she wasn't Natsume's as good as gone now. He murmured to himself.

But he couldn't get rid of this nagging feeling that followed him.

Could it be?

Could it be that he missed her?

That he actually wanted to see her annoying smile? Hear her soft voice? Smell her delicious scent? No matter how much he tried to take his mind of the topic, Mikan Sakura was wandering in his mind, knocking every part of his heart.

No, he might be denying himself, shutting off every possibility, but he didn't want to admit it. He, Natsume Hyuuga, was not in love with Sakura Mikan, no way. NO. Zip, none, nada. No possibility of that. He shivered a bit at the thought.

"Oh, you're awake," a eerie voice crept in, "Natsume, you have defied me."

Persona. Oh, god. If you exist, please, please kill me now. I'd rather be dead than communicate with this creep.

"You were hiding very nicely in such a remote place, I'll be honest, it took me a while to find you," Persona sneered. It didn't take you long enough, Natsume wanted to yell, "Dear Natsume, come back. I have duties for you to finish."

His piercing eyes made Natsume grab his head in terror. It has been a while since Natsume has felt this way. The last time he did was when he first met Mikan, at her house. After then, he tried his best to compress his emotions and stay as calm as possible. But Persona made it all come back up to the surface.

"Your eyes, they've grown softer," the man commented as he observed Natsume's eyes, not taking any care in his condition.

God, please take me away. Right now. It wouldn't matter if I died right now, hell can't be any worse than this guy. Oh, wait. Natsume clenched his fist, If I die, what will happen to her? She'll be worried, real worried. She's just like that....Great, she's done something to me. Even right now, at a life or death situation, I'm worrying of her.

He felt so pathetic.

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Chapter 05

fin

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I've got this grudge against Persona...Nothing big. I think he's a super strong awesomely hot looking evil maniac (well, not as evil as that elementary president) but he's just...twisted, you know? I personally like him to be the villain (because he just has that weird villain look)...I think the story is almost coming to an end. Maybe a few more chapters? I never really expected this story to be a long one, because it was originally an oneshot, but I just got all these inspirations. I hope I don't ruin it (or maybe it is already ruined) until the end...

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