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Chapter 3
Monday morning at the Special Star dorm…
A young brunette went out of her room, holding her school bag on her left hand while yawning. "Aaaaaaahhhhhhh…I'm still sleepy" she muttered. She was walking on the dorm's corridors still half awake and noticed a raven haired lad who just went out of his own room. Judging from his actions, Mikan sensed that he is still sleepy and so she slowly tiptoed towards the fire caster and did what her instincts are telling her…
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She tripped him.
And the boy's sleepy face kissed the wooden floor.
Natsume quickly stood up and glared at his assailant. He knew that it was no other than Mikan who can do such a thing because only the two of them are Special Star in their class and so, only the two of them are living in the Special Star dorm. He pointed his index finger at her and shouted "You! How dare you do that to me!"
"So, you're wearing a striped boxer shorts now Natsume?" Mikan snickered while the grin on her face never faded.
Natsume was a bit perplexed on what Mikan had said but after a few seconds, reality hits him "Mikan, YOU PERVERT!" Natsume yelled at the top of his lungs.
Mikan who was holding her stomach couldn't control herself anymore and so she burst into laughter. "Hahahahahaha! It's not my fault that your little boxer shorts were exposed when you fell on the floor! My bad, stripes!"
"Hey, I have a name and don't call me that!" Natsume retorted back. His cheeks were flushed, a sign of deep embarrassment.
"Well, you keep on calling me polka dots so I guess it's payback time, stripes" Mikan snickered.
"I'll burn you!" he jeered
"As if you can, I can nullify it you know. Idiot" she retorted.
Natsume gritted his teeth. He was really pissed off. "I'll write your name on the Death Note and then you'll die!"
Mikan acted like she was afraid "Ohhhh…. Manga maniac, don't kill me...spare my precious life!" and again she laughed out loud.
"Stop teasing me!" Natsume whined and then he ran away.
"Idiot" Mikan muttered and she also walks away.
Inside the classroom...after class
"Ano, Hotaru-san can you help me in social studies? I can barely remember the inventors and the stuffs that they invented! I don't want to fail the exams" Koko pleaded.
Hotaru just glared at him "Aren't you a mind-reader? Why don't you just read other's minds so you'll pass"
Koko just stare at the inventor "Come on Hotaru, you know very well that using Alice during exams is strictly prohibited."
"Well, what do we have here?" Mikan butts in.
"Hotaru-san doesn't like to teach me social studies" Koko replied.
"Oh really? Hey Hotaru, it's bad to be rude you know." Mikan said while looking at her stoic best friend and then she looks at Koko "If that best friend of mine doesn't want to teach you, then I'll help you instead!"
Koko just stares at the brunette "But you're an idiot Mikan-san. You cannot help me with this"
Hotaru just smirked "Why don't you trust her abilities Koko? Who knows, she may be hiding her abilities to us"
Mikan smiled "She's right you know! Come on let's try it out. To prove to you that I can help, why don't you ask me random questions?"
Koko nodded "Sure" then he opened his notes and scanned the contents "who invented the computer?"
Mikan smiled "That's easy! It's Konrad Zuse!"
Koko was flabbergasted "C-c-correct" then he scanned his notes once more "What orbits the nucleus of an atom?"
Mikan grinned "so it's chemistry now eh? Simple! It's the electrons!"
Koko was about to scan his notes again when his best friend Kitsuneme butts in and asked a math question to Mikan "Ne, Mikan, combine the like terms in this expression, 2ay² - ay²"
"Are you guys testing my capabilities? It's easy as pie, the answer is ay²!"
Kitsuneme smiled "Oh gosh, you're correct!" then he touched Mikan's forehead "Hey, Mikan are you sick? But you don't have any fever!"
"Get your hands off of her" a husky voice surfaced. Mikan and the others turned towards the direction of the voice.
"Natsume-san!" Kitsuneme shrieked and pulled his hands away from Mikan
"Hello there stripes!" Mikan teased.
Natsume's face flushed a dozen shades of red but it quickly fades "I told you don't call me stripes!" he yelled
Mikan just chuckled "Fine. Fine, try to wear a different pattern tomorrow so that I can call you a decent nickname"
"You PERVERT!" Natsume yelled again and ran out of the room.
The whole class stood there, frozen on their spot.
Mikan broke the silence "Oh dear, the great Natsume Hyuuga was embarrassed."
Sumire who was watching the whole scene went to Mikan and pointed her index finger at her "Sakura! What have you done to my Natsume-sama? Why is he acting like..."
"Acting like what, Permy?" Mikan sneered
"...acting like...an i-idiot" Permy shyly replied
Mikan laughed "Of course, he'll act like that coz he himself is an idiot!"
"Natsume-sama is not an idiot!" Permy defended
"So, why don't you explain to me why is he acting like one?" Mikan raised one of her brow
"Because you made him do it! Who knows if you poisoned him or something!"
"Poison him? Oh Permy, don't make me laugh, I've only entered his room twice and that was long ago! And-" realizing the words she spouted, she quickly puts her hands on her mouth and laugh "oops, sorry wrong choice of words" she was about to turn on her heels and ran away but then Hotaru grabbed her arm and smirked "So, you've entered Natsume's room eh? Spill it Mikan, you've been caught"
Sumire was in rage, jealousy can be seen etched on her face and her whiskers are slowly growing out "Sa-ku-ra! How dare you enter Natsume-sama's room! Don't tell me that just because you are a special star now, you can enter his room whenever you want!"
Mikan waved her hands in the air "You've got the wrong idea Permy. I am not doing anything bad. Seriously!"
"Then why in the world did you enter his bedroom?!" Permy retorted
"None of your business Permy" Mikan replied then she looked at Hotaru and whispered "I know that you won't leave me alone if I didn't spill it so I'll just explain to you when we get back to the dorms okay?" and she left the room.
Meanwhile, at the Sakura tree...
Natsume's POV
"Damn that polka dots, she even dares to humiliate me in front of that freakin' class" I hissed.
"Natsume, are you okay? You're acting strange you know" Ruka asked
"Strange? How strange?" I asked back.
"You see, you're actions are quite similar to Mikan. You even yelled and called her pervert which is not so like you. Are you under a spell or something?"
I was a bit dumbfounded upon hearing Ruka's observations. Come to think of it, it really is strange. Polka peeked on my boxer shorts and how I react after that was so not me. Am I turning gay? Shit. I must avoid Narumi at all cost and maybe his bloody pheromones are the reason behind my crazy actions.
"I'm perfectly normal Ruka" I spouted just to lessen the tension between us.
"But you know, I also noticed something strange about Mikan. Have you noticed that she is getting smarter based on how she answers Koko and Kitsuneme's random questions. Isn't it a bit odd?"
"Maybe she just cheated or something" I replied
"No, I know Mikan since she entered the academy and I will bet my three stars that she will never cheat"
"If you say so" I muttered. "I'm heading back to my room. See ya~"
In Mikan's special star room...
"Now, spill the beans Mikan" Hotaru stoically said while polishing her Baka Gun
"Seriously, why did you even bring that gun with you when we will just talk?" Mikan replied.
"Just for emergency. Now, don't change the topic. Explain to me what in the world happen that you entered Hyuuga's room. Ever since you became a special star just like him, the possibility of this thing to happen never fades on my mind but I didn't expect it to be so soon. You've just been transferred here a year ago."
Mikan sighed and sat on the edge of her bed "There is no special reason behind it anyway and it's not a big deal. I've told you I've been in his room twice. The first time was when I overslept on one Sunday afternoon that I completely forgot about Jin-Jin's freakin' math assignment so I went to his room and ask him to help me with it. After so much pleading, he gave in and tutored me and then after doing my assignment, I returned to my room. The second time is when I am having a high grade fever a few months ago and I ran out of fever medicines on my medicine kit since I cannot go to Nonoko's dorm due to my weakness, I headed straight to his room since it is the closest one and ask if he got a medicine for my fever. If I remember correctly, I collapsed in his room and I think he let me sleep on his bed that night"
Hotaru's eyes widened "You little sly fox...I'm your best friend and you didn't even tell me that you've had a fever and what's worse? You even sleep on that Hyuuga's bed!"
Mikan patted Hotaru's shoulder "Sorry but I don't want you to worry about me at that time especially you are very busy with your exposition to foreigners who are interested in your machines. I don't want my little fever to bother you so I kept it a secret and regards to that sleeping thing with Natsume, relax...Nothing happened, as if there could be any. When I woke up the next day, he was sleeping on his couch, not on his bed. So technically, we didn't sleep together. Happy now?"
Hotaru just shrugged her shoulders.
"Anyway Hotaru, I just noticed that something strange is happening to me"
Hotaru just raised her eyebrows.
Mikan took it as a sign to continue "How come I easily answer Koko and Kitsuneme's questions a while ago? I haven't even studied those things especially the math equation. It is really strange. And, I feel that I am acting a bit like Natsume, you witnessed how I teased him right? Yeah I tease him for some time but not like that and he even called me a pervert when I accidentally saw his freaky little boxer shorts when I tripped him earlier this morning. What the hell is happening with me? I'm not a pervert person like he is!"
Hotaru just clicked her tongue. "I got to go now. See you tomorrow" and she left Mikan's room
As she was walking to her dorm, she took a little turn and headed to Nonoko's room. After three knocks, the blue haired girl opened the door "What's the matter Hotaru-chan?"
"I think there is a little discrepancy with our masterpiece." Hotaru replied.
End of Chapter 3.
Spare me for any grammatical errors.
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