lain: hey minna~! gomen for this super ever late update! eventhough i rushed into it, hope you like it!
mikan: ...you're late... ;
hotaru: she's always late... baka.
lain: ermm... chapter 23 everyone!
Chapter 23
wednesday
It's another morning in the hospital room where our favourite brunette was staying. As the sun rose and shone on her face, mikan's face stirred. She fluttered her eyelids open, making way for her chocolate hazel nut eyes to peek in. she blinked once, twice, adjusting to the brightness of the room, and then stretched her arms and yawned. Making hotaru, who's talking to a doctor outside, take a look inside. Her eyes showed a look of relief and sighed,
"you're finally awake."
"nani…. watashi wa doko desu ka?" mikan asked groggily. Hotaru smirked and ignored her question instead.
"take a look around baka and guess where." Mikan sighed heavily and sat up. She noted the light blue walls, white ceiling, and the white bed sheet.
"ohhh…. I'm in a hospital….." she yawned again.
"NANI? I'm in a hospital?" she exclaimed. Hotaru, being the ever-composed-friend, took a seat beside mikan and motioned her to calm down.
"do you remember what happened yesterday? You know, with your photo shoot?"
"…photo shoot….photo shoot…. Oh! The one with the falling and the….." a lump formed in her throat, and tears welded in her eyes.
"….h-how….. h-h-how did i-I survived that drop, h-hotaru?" she clutched the bed sheets with trembling hands. Hotaru sat on the bed side and patted her hands.
"someone saved you at the last moment." Mikan opened her mouth to speak out, but hotaru gave her a don't-you-dare look, and she pursued her lips shut.
"as I was saying… you were saved and you fainted. The guy wasn't known and sawn by the press because his back's facing them. And he refused to talk and answer questions. He's so secretive. And you'll be in for a shock when you realized who he is." Hotaru gave her a challenging look.
"so… who is it?" mikan asked with a puzzled look on her face.
"is she you?" mikan pointed at hotaru. Her bestfriend just sweatdropped and shook her head.
"then who is it?" she crossed her arms on her chest and pouted so cutely. But before hotaru could say something, the doctor called for her.
"matte." Hotaru said as she exits the room.
"who could be my saviour….?" Mikan pondered and thought.
Meanwhile in the hyuuga mansion….
Inside this white, black with a tint of red mansion, there we find the young raven haired lad in the kitchen, rummaging the refrigerator. Or…. At least we thought he was….
Natsume's pov
'burger…no, is it even in her diet to eat it?... vegetables, eeck...who would like that?...no….no…. ugh! What would that girl like to eat anyways?' natsume clutched his head in frustration while he collapsed on the white marble floor. 'what would I get her? Nobody told me this would be freakin' hard!' but he still didn't hear a soft humming sound coming from outside.
"hmhmmmhmm….. oh ohayo nat- natsume sama! Are you okay? What are you doing there lying on the floor?" the maid asked him frantically and helped him stand up. But instead of thanking the maid, natsume just nodded his head, and since she has been with the hyuuga family since he was three years old, saika, the maid, already knew that he was troubled.
"what's the matter...?" she asked while she lifted his head. The nonchalant face she always knew was gone, and is now replaced with a troubled, thoughtful, yet cute, expression. And this face made saika blush, ofcourse.
"….saika san….." natsume muttered, staring at the floor like it was the most incredible thing in the world right now.
"h-hai?" answered saika.
"…..w-what…..whatwouldyoueatwhen…..w-when you're sick?" natsume asked as a blush formed on his face. The moment he asked their loyal maid, she immediately felt curious but asked no questions nonetheless.
" um... maybe some soup and some meat for protein." Saika answered slowly while she started picking up the mess her master made.
'…hmm…. That would be alright… plus she needs some meat too.' Natsume thought. He cleared his voice and said, "saika san, that would be perfect. Please prepare the meal right away. Arigato." And so he left the kitchen and went up to his room instead. The first thing he did is lay down in bed and thought about the dream he had. 'it kept bothering me…. God ruka! How can I forget mi chi if dreams and memories force me to from time to time! But….. but those eyes…. it's- it's like I saw those eyes recently.'
"even though I was freaked out by 'the dream', I keep on yearning for it… just to see those eyes." he whispered to himself. then, as if waking up, he went back to reality and took a moment to analyze himself.
And one thing came to him.
"oh god! I have got to take a shower! Damn I reek!" he quickly stood up and removed his shirt, and then went to his bathroom.
Outside the hyuuga mansion….
Getting out of a black car is a blonde girl, but of course you can't see her because she's well hidden, err… I mean her car, that is.
"good! The car's being blocked by this tree. Now all I have to do is pretend to be helpless and make natsume kun allow me to ride with him in his car, and…." The girl thought about it and just said instead,
"eh! I'll just make him fall in love with me, like that's a problem, ne?" she said confidently and chuckled evilly.
"now I just have to wait here for him and I'll put this plan into action."
Natsume's pov
When I'm done taking a bath, I left the bathroom with a navy blue sleeveless hoodie with a pair of denim pants and some black high tops sneakers. I dried my hair and tousled my hair as usual. I left my room and quickly went to the kitchen. I saw a lunch box on top of our counter. 'hm, this must be it….' I just took it without any second thoughts. Tch, who would ask saika for a bento except for me, right? I went straight to the door with the bento box in my right hand and the keys to my car on the other. As I walked on the front yard- wait, did I just hear a footstep behind?
Normal pov
Natsume turned around and saw no one. 'hmm… must be hallucinating.' He then continued on walking to their garage. The wind blew softly, and leaves rustled. It sure is a windy day, even one of the bushes moved out of- 'the bush just moved?'
"oi! Who's there?" natsume shouted as he made his way slowly to the lone bush. 'tch, I got him cornered.'
"OI! COME OUT NOW!" he's just three steps away from the bush.
"on the count of three, if you don't come out, oh you're fuckin' dead!"
"one!" two steps away.
"two!" one step away.
"three!" he take a look behind.
"I told you to- what the?" 'there's no one there!'
"BOO!" a shout came from behind. And you'd probably think natsume's gonna act cool, right? Haha. Not.
"OH FUCK!" he shouted as he turned around, finding a blonde girl, who clearly gone through Botox to fix everything for her whole body. Did I mention she's trying hard to smile sweetly?
"we meet again, nat-su-me-kun~" cooed the pathetic girl.
"grrr… KOIZUMI! What in the world are you doing in MY mansion? SECURITY!" he called out furiously.
"shh! Iie! Iie! They let me in, actually." She smiled evilly.
"then why are you here?" 'that bitch.' Natsume muttered as he made his way to the garage.
"I just want to go to the hospital to visit my okaa san, but it's-" luna started.
"just get to the point will you?" natsume cut her off.
"-I just need a ride." Luna sighed. Natsume stopped for awhile and thought.
"NO." and so he unlocked the door and slid in.
"please? I promise I won't come near you again! Just this one time!" 'just this one time and you'll come begging back for me.' Luna smirked. Natsume inserted the key and started the ignition.
"NO." natsume said exasperatedly.
"please! I beg you! I HAVE to go to my mom!" luna pleaded. Natsume looked at her for a second and pinched his nose bridge.
"GOD! Fine! Get in." natsume glared at nothing in particular. Luna pursued her lips, got in quickly, and closed the door. As natsume got the car out, the sunlight caused a sudden a blinding light. While natsume squinted to get a view of the driveway, luna saw something flickered inside the side pockets. 'no, not flickered, it glinted.' So she quickly dove her hand inside and pocketed the thing she just discovered.
"hmm…. It's silver….. I'll surely look expensive when I wear this!" she said to herself, not even looking at what she got.
"that's strange wh-"
"did you say something?" natsume cut her in midsentence, while raising one perfect eyebrow.
"errmmm… nothing nothing. I just said arigatou for giving me a ride." She smiled fakely. Natsume rolled his eyes and got a rectangular board, then he placed it in the middle of their seats.
"w-what's that for?" luna asked furiously.
"oh nothing. Just my "shield" against this bitc- I mean beast." He said as he narrowed his eyes on her while driving.
"er…"
"what? You want a ride or not?" natsume smirked. Luna slumped in her seat and just nodded quietly.
"good." But still.. luna keeps on feeling the jewellery in her pocket.
'it's a ring necklace alright…. But is there something engraved inside? …hmmm… since there's literally a barrier between me and him, I guess I could take a peek…' she decided and quickly got the necklace out of her pocket. She gasped in surprise.
in her hand is a ring necklace, where inside, a red flame is engraved.
'finders keepers~! Losers weepers!' she chuckled in her head.
lain: i know it's suckish...
hotaru: i agree. 100%. do better next time or you'll taste my baka gun.
mikan: please review!