Sakura

Her lingering scent from the other night, her hair curled down at her waist, pink dress that complemented her pale skin, her painted face reflecting in the water, her big brown eyes sparkling under the night sky…

"Hyuuga-sama, the papers from the N company" I snapped out of my daydream and looked up to see my secretary handing me important papers. I snatched them from her and told her to leave. I rubbed my eyes, I just wasn't focused today. I looked at the computer screen and was about to grab my coffee when I noticed a sakura petal was swimming in it. I looked outside and noticed my window was open letting the sakura petals fly in.

Sakura

"Hey Natsume, have you dreamt of sleeping in a sakura flower?" asked seventeen year old Mikan as she walking alongside Natsume while staring at the sakura trees.

"What kind of stupid question is that?" said Natsume just blankly staring into space.

"I have, it was very soft and fragrant. I could sleep in there forever" said Mikan as she smiled distantly.

"You already sleep under the sakura trees everyday during break time, are you that lazy?" said Natsume, Mikan pouted at him.

"Mou! You try it sometime, it's very relaxing!" said Mikan smiling cheerfully at Natsume. Natsume just looked away blushing.

Sakura

Natsume stared outside his window and decided to get up and leave his office. He grabbed his coat and stormed outside making the people around him alarmed.

"Hyuuga-sama! Where are you going? You have an appointment this af-"

"I'm going outside for some fresh air" stated Natsume interrupting his secretary's sentence. Everybody was speechless as they saw him leave the room.

"What do you think has happened to the boss?" whispered the employees amongst themselves.

Natsume stepped out his office building and inhaled the air outside. He started walking towards a nearby park abundant with sakura trees. He passed the playground and the children playing and lied down under a sakura tree. He stared at the sky with the sakura petals dancing around and soon his eyelids became heavy and he fell asleep.

Sakura

"Hey Natsume, how are you?" she finally asked, after all the hostility and anger she finally asked him whatever friends who haven't seen each other in awhile would ask. Natsume gave a small smile and wondered what he should tell the young woman in front of him.

"Well, work has been like crazy. I just came from overseas and I'm exhausted. I don't think I have enough breathing space" admitted Natsume.

"Even though you earn a lot of money?" asked Mikan curiously, Nastume chuckled "What's so funny?"

"Nothing, it's just that I never really thought about my income. I just buy whatever I want with it" Mikan crossed her arms with a pouty look on her face.

"Rich bastard" muttered Mikan, Natsume laughed a real laugh for the first time since high school. Mikan saw his genuine laughing face and blushed.

"Gomen, it's just that you looked so cute! Like a preschooler!" exclaimed Natsume, Mikan had an offended look on her face.

"Are you saying I look like a kid? Natsume no baka! I will flush you down the toilet!" said Mikan putting her hands on her waist while glaring.

"Sorry, but that look doesn't threaten me" said Natsume inching his face closer looking at Mikan straight in the eye. Mikan was caught in the magnet of Natsume's eyes and Natsume slowly brought his hand up to Mikan's face. Mikan closed her eyes and Natsume was about to go closer when Mikan opened her mouth.

"I'm sorry" she said and turned away grabbing her heels and ran inside the lobby. Natsume was left alone speechless with his hand hanging in midair. He dropped his hand picked a pebble from the floor and threw it aggressively in the water.

Sakura

Natsume was floating in the air with giant sakura petals flying around with him. He lifting his head and flew towards the direction of the sakura petals. There was a person from a distance and he reached out his arms and saw that the person was Mikan smiling.

"Natsume" Mikan reached out to Natsume's hands and held it tight while they were spinning in the air.

"Natsume" Mikan mouthed again.

"Natsume" Mikan started to let go of Natsume's hands but Natsume tries to catch her.

"Natsume" Natsume stirred from his sleep and opened his eyes to see Ruka hovering over him with his white coat.

"Ruka?" he muttered.

"Well either that or I'm the white rabbit from wonderland" remarked Ruka with a sarcastic tone "What are you doing napping here? Don't you have work?"

"Aren't you suppose to be in the clinic?" asked Natsume as he sat up.

"It's my lunch break, I always come here for some fresh air and it's near my place" explained Ruka "Now you have to answer my question!"

"I just felt like dozing off" replied Natsume running his fingers through his hair, he was still thinking about his dream awhile ago. Ruka sat beside him and offered him an extra sandwich; Natsume gladly took the offer and munched on it.

"That's not like you" blurted Ruka.

"What's not like me?" asked Natsume.

"Just dozing off during work, for the past years I've known you Natsume you never even took a minute to breath. It's about Mikan isn't it?" said Ruka.

"How did we become best friends again?" said Natsume with a sarcastic tone, Ruka grinned.

"Someone was bullying your little sister while you were away and I just happened to be around to protect her, thus started our beautiful friendship!" grinned Ruka, of course that was how they met and started hanging out with each other.

"I'm just not so sure anymore" stated Natsume.

"About what?"

"About everything" there was a pause and the wind blew even more furiously. Ruka lied back down with his hands behind his head.

"I wouldn't want to sound so nosy but I just got something to ask you"

"What?"

"What are you going to do now?" Ruka asked, Natsume held out his hand and in flew in a Sakura petal. After some serious thinking he finally made a decision and closed his hand into a fist.

"I'm going to go after her" and with that a goal has been made.