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natsume: tch, who cares anyways?

mikan: don't be soo rude natsume!

lain: ehehe, don't worry, i'm used to it anyways...-_-"

mikan: see! you made her mood into a bad one!

natsume:hn, well anyways, she doesn't own gakuen alice, or else it'll be a bad story...

mikan: you egoistical jerk!

Chapter 12

Ruka pov

"what happened to you?" I asked with disbelief to his best friend.

"tsk, getting this baka away from that freak." Natsume replied with a snort, while pointing to the brunette who is now sleeping inside his black Ferrari. I knew that natsume has certain feelings to my fiancé's best friend, I knew before the very person does! 'I can't believe, my ever so composed, genius best friend was this dense and possessive with mikan!' I thought as i bump my head on the wall in my imagination. Hotaru, his fiancé, just smirked in contentment.

Just then, everyone got out of the studio and is now in the parking lot. Koko saw natsume and a mischievous grin was now on his face.

"oi, natsume! Err, I mean romeo, oh where oh where is Juliet, romeo?" koko said as he tip toed to natsume's side. 'bad move koko.' I thought, as I shook my head. I just saw a vein pop out of natsume's head, while his left brow was twitching non-stop!

"natsu- heeeeeeyyyy!" koko screamed as natsume punched him on the chest, really hard.

"tch, shut up, or else…."

"okaaayyy! Just please let me livvveee!"

And after hearing that plea, natsume came to me and hotaru,

"so, where are we going next?"

"baka. Of course to the mall, where else? Just go to the mall near this company, that's all." Hotaru answered with a glare, but before natsume could turn and take his leave, hotaru pulled on his sleeve and said,

"if you do something to that dummy, I will never forgive you." Take note, she's wearing a death glare.

"tsk, don't wory, I told you that I still have a promise to keep." He said while going to his car.

"if only you knew…." I heard hotaru whisper.

"what was that?" I asked her, 'does she knew about that promise…?'

"hm? Ahh nothing. Come on, let's go already." She ordered me, 'is she hiding something…?'

Ohh well…

Normal pov

Natsume got in of the car and started driving. Then, they came onto a stop, he remembered his childhood friend, and his first love. 'did she forgot about me? How about her promise? Is she really keeping it? Where the heck is she now?' he angrily thought as he accidentally hit the….

BEEP BEEEEPP!

"nyaa! I'm sorry! Where am i? wahh-" mikan woke up because of the noise, only to find herself inside natsume's car, while the latter is wincing and covering his ears because of her.

"what the hell? Are you trying to make me deaf?" natsume shouted angrily at her.

"i-I'm sorry…I-i…" she stammered,

"you're always damn noisy!" natsume scolded. 'what's with this girl?'

then, he became aware of what's the situation right now, he's making mikan scared of him, just because of his mood. He just fixed his focus on the road and just kept silent.

Soon, mikan's eyes became watery, she didn't know what to say or do, and her companion is probably in a very bad mood right now. She just stared out the window, and tried hard not to cry. 'nat kun, where are you now? I really miss you so much…' she thought as she held her precious necklace.

'I can't believe you forgot about me…' both of them thought. Mikan erased the thoughts away, hoping that she wouldn't cry, and removed the necklace and place it inside one of the side pockets of the car. After about ten minutes, they reached their destination, where all of their friends where waiting for them.

They sat there for awhile, while natsume thought of a way to apologize about what happened awhile ago. But, he should start a conversation first, when he was about to talk, mikan quickly got out of the car, wearing her fake smile.

"uwaaa! Hotaru~! I missed you soo much!" she started crying, but hotaru knew the tears wasn't for her, she knew something happened, and mikan can't take it any longer,

BAKA BAKA BAKA!

"what's with the fake smile, dummy? Didn't I tell you already that you're really bad at lying?" hotaru pointed out. Mikan just flashed a sad smile, wiped away the tears, and replied,

"haha! Nice joke hotaru! C'mon! Let's go already~!" mikan said as she dragged her best friend onto the entrance. Then, natsume got out of the car, a little frustrated. Hotaru saw him and glared daggers at him while mouthing the words,

"YOU'RE DEAD HYUUGA."

Natsume just smirked at her, oblivious to the fact that mikan's already crying while she's dragging hotaru inside. Suddenly, someone hit him on the back.

"yo! What happened to mikan?" tsubasa worriedly asked him.

"tsk,"

"hurry up you guys!" yuu said while anna drags him,

"yeah! C'mon!" koko agreed, and then started teasing nonoko again.

Natsume glared at them, and followed, alongside with ruka and tsubasa. Of course, the two's cautious of their distances with natsume, they knew that it's a bad time to mess with him right now.

Inside the mall, they agreed to have two groups. One composed of the girls, while the other composed of the boys. The girls then proceeded to a popular clothing store, of course there are still some die-hard fans, but at least they made it alive. The guys went to a game store, with some hardships, that is. Lesson learned: always wear your disguises.

Everyone was having a blast, the girls were trying out different dresses, while mikan was just silently following, trying out some clothes, too.

"mikan chan, is something bothering you?" anna asked, worry visible in her eyes.

"yeah, you could share it with us!" nonoko followed, mikan just showed a sad smile and said,

"don't worry, I'm fine~!"

Hotaru is really pissed off with her acting, she was about to aim the baka gun when misaki stopped her and dumped a handful of dresses at mikan.

"hey~ why did you do that misaki?" mikan asked as she pouted.

"just forget about it and have fun!" misaki told her cheerfully.

So, mikan put on her big smile, this time it was a true one, and followed, and soon, was having fun also. While finding a cute dress, a certain white dress caught her attention.

"wow~!"

Now the boys were looking for a game, natsume was just listening to his ipod. He's really bored; he's not even really listening to his ipod. He's thinking about mikan. 'was she having fun now?' 'how could I say sorry to her?' 'it's all your fault you stupid hyuuga! if you didn't pour your anger to her, she wouldn't be angry at you!' then, he suddenly remembered that the clothing store was near the restroom.

"I'm just going to the washroom. Don't you guys dare to follow me." He said coldly while he struggled to reach the clothing store. He put on his aviator shades and spied on them.

"kyyaaaa~! Mikan you look so great in that dress!" nonoko squealed.

Upon hearing her name, natsume quickly looked at the view, mikan is wearing a white tube cocktail dress, with a black ribbon belt, and black hems. She looks very simple, yet very elegant and not to mention beautiful!

"really?" mikan asked as she turned around to face the mirror.

"yep! C'mon! buy it!" misaki coaxed.

"ehh…I don't have my wallet with me anyways…." Mikan said as she put her right hand on the back of her head.

"we'll buy it!" nonoko said as anna and misaki nodded their heads. Hotaru just sat there, looking at some fashion magazine.

"umm, please, thank you for the offer, but, I wouldn't like it if you guys pay for it. I'll just come back here and buy it next time, don't bother, please." Mikan said as she smiled gently. The three just nodded, and hotaru stood up,

"well, we better go to the restaurant already, I'm hungry." When hotaru said this, natsume headed back to the store, just to find ruka grinning.

"what are you doing here? Didn't I tell you not to follow me?" natsume said, more like threat him.

"u-umm….h-h-otaru said that you're here, soo…" ruka stammered, as he avoided his gaze.

"so she's that sharp, huh?" natsume said as he cocked an eyebrow.

"c'mon, let's head back to the store, koko's very hungry, he's even mistaking some CDs as waffles!" ruka said as he stifled a laugh. Natsume smirked and said,

"tch, c'mon." and they both started to go back to the store.

"god! Finally, you came back natsume! Let's go! I'm starting to see….oohhh is that chicken legs? Gimme!" koko said, all of them just sweatdropped as koko tried to get a newspaper from an old man. Yuu apologized to the man and dragged the hallucinating koko to the restaurant.

"noooo! My precious chicken!"

"hey, will yah pipe down? you'll bring more attention to us!" tsubasa hissed.

"uhh….too late, we already did," ruka said as he pointed to the fans, screaming,

"kyyyaaa! Natsume kun~!"

"tsubasa! You're soo hot!"

"ruka! Marry me please!"

"yuu, can I be your girlfriend?"

"kyaaa! Koko you're soo kawaii~!"

The guys' eyes were wide open, while yuu shouted,

"RUN!"

Natsume then ran faster, next is ruka,

"where's the restaurant?" natsume said in between pants,

"at the 3rd floor, it's a floor above us, the name is,delizioso!" ruka replied.

"c'mon, follow me!" natsume said,

"wait! Yuu slow down!" koko shouted, mind you, he's still being dragged by yuu.

"how can i? we're being chased if you hadn't noticed!"

"well at least don't kill me!"

Let's leave the guys first and move to the girls now….

"hey,….guys….slow down….a….bit!" anna shouted in between pants.

"we can't!...our fans are still chasing us, you know!" misaki shouted back. Yes, they were chased by their fans, too. Hotaru couldn't take it anymore, she was tired, not to mention the extra loads of their shopping bags. She pulled out her baka gun and began aiming for the crowd

BAKA BAKA BAKA BAKA BAKA BAKA BAKA!

Almost everyone was hit, while hotaru transformed the baka gun to a microphone.

"if you dare to chase us again, I'm sure you'll face our real wrath." Hotaru threatened them. But instead of crying, the fans just nodded in agreement while whispering,

"wow, did you see the strict face of hotaru chan? It's soo cold…I love it!"

"you said it!"

Hotaru then motioned the girls to head to the restaurant, this time, they relaxed.

They reached the restaurant, they got a private room that can house up to 6 persons, and ordered a glass of water each.

Then, after two minutes, the guys came in, all gasping well, except for natsume and ruka, that is, who is usually the target of the fans.

"please…..5…glasses of water…." Yuu muttered to the waitress.

"hai." The waitress replied, rather enthusiastic that she had a close encounter with the top models of Japan. When the waitress went out of the room, the girls suddenly burst out laughing! Even hotaru's chuckling!

"what…h-happened to you guys? You look v-very haggard to me! Bwahaha" misaki said in between laughs while pointing at them.

"those….they're monsters!" yuu exclaimed.

"I can't believe our fans are that crazy!" tsubasa said, and a big grin was now visible on his face.

"heh, now I know how to work out without even landing a foot inside the gym!" koko joked.

"how about you girls?" ruka asked seriously, then the guys' faces suddenly became worried.

"yeah, did those buffoons hurt you?" tsubasa asked, with a dark aura now enveloping the atmosphere.

"haha, don't worry, but yeah, we got chased, too," anna stated.

"but it's a good thing that hotaru chan is with us!" nonoko then continued.

"yeah! She totally showed 'em!" misaki exclaimed excitedly while punching in air.

"but, I feel kinda awful for those guys, I mean, they're not doing anything wrong, right?" mikan said softly while she put on a thinking pose.

Everyone sweatdropped at her statement, 'she's so dense!'

"baka, they're chasing us like mindless zombies. My doing is appropriate to the situation." Hotaru annoyingly stated.

"ohh, I thought we're just playing tag! My bad, hehe" mikan giggled as she put her hand at the back of her head, and once again, everyone fell down anime style, even the two stoic people with them did!

Then, the waitress came in excited, and handed them the menu.

"we'll have two party size meat lover's, 10 iced teas, and for desert?" hotaru asked.

"ohh! I'll have a chocolate pudding please~!" mikan said cheerfully as she raised her hand like an elementary student.

"oh, and instead of two, we will have three party size meat lover's." ruka said as he smiled ever so gently to the waitress, which was now blushing scarlet.

"h-hai! Is that all, sir?"

"hai." Ruka replied.

While waiting, everyone was talking about random things very lively, well, except for natsume, mikan was now having fun and with the help of her friends, she forgot all about the incident with natsume.

'tch, I'm itching to tease her right now! So you want to ignore me huh? But, why do I feel that my day's incomplete when i don't have a chance to talk to her? This is getting soo confusing!' natsume shouted in his head while he tossed his hair back. He can't take it anymore, he stood up abruptly and left the room quickly, he doesn't care even he got swallowed by the crowd; all he want now was a time for himself. But little did he know that a pair of amber eyes followed his back, sadly.

"natsume!" ruka shouted as he followed his best friend.

"what now ruka? Can't you see I want to be alone?" natsume irritatingly shouted back. Ruka then ran faster, and caught natsume by the shoulder.

"we know about what happened with you and mikan, just let her cool down." ruka gently said.

"but, why do I feel like my world's crumbling down because of what's happening between us? This is all damn confusing! I feel hurt when she hug that shadow freak, happy when she smiles, sad when she cries!" natsume angrily said while he messed up his hair as he went to the mall garden.

"natsume, maybe you're falling for-"

"that's shit ruka! I can't be falling for polka! I have to remember that promise! That's the reason why I got pissed off with her awhile ago, I remembered mi chi and I think that she damn forgot me already!"

"natsume, just let her go, and let fate be the one leading you first."

"what fate? So you're saying that there's a reason that I forgot her? That there's a reason why polka came into our lives now? Oh come on! That's bull shit ruka!" he shouted back, ruka was thankful now that the garden was empty except for the two of them, he was now losing his patience with his hard headed best friend.

"listen, you'll later thank kami sama that mikan came into your life, hyuuga! Don't say that fate is damn shit will yah? Everything will be alright, just don't think about mi chi for this once! Let her go! You've been always living in the past, wake up!" ruka shouted as he clutched natsume's shoulders.

"…" then natsume turned and faced his back to ruka, while he turned his hands into fists, trembling because of anger….and confusion.

Ruka the exhaled, counted from 1-10 and, his patience is back, he then turned towards the door, but before he turned the handle,

"hurry up, everyone's waiting for you, especially the worried mikan." And then left.

'you're soo stubborn, natsume, I just wish that you could open up to mikan…'

lain: nicee! i love the drama!

natsume: tch, you made me shout at ruka? *glare*

lain: ano...i just want it to have a little tension~!

mikan: mou.. you're mean lain chan -_-

lain: don't worry! it'll be better after the next update~! so stay tuned guys~! oh and please review~!