Chapter 5: The feeling of losing something
"…" Natsume and Hotaru kept silent for a while.
"Yeah…" Natsume sighed. "Narumi-sensei said that she can't feel it, but" He stroked Mikan's cheek gently. "I think she is only pretending not to know about her own condition…"
"Huh? Hyuuga, are you saying tha-"
"Nngh… Stop hitting me with your bakka gun, Hotaru..." Mikan woke up, pouting while rubbing her forehead. "I'll turn into more of an idiot if you kept doing that to me."
Natsume signalled Ruka and Hotaru to leave the room as he wanted to talk to the brunette.
Ruka and Hotaru exchanged looks, but nodded anyway.
"Okay. Mikan, we'll be going first. See you guys later." Ruka smiled.
"W...Wait- What? Didn't you guys just came here?" Mikan was shocked.
"Oh, and Hyuuga, if you dare to make her cry" Hotaru insert an 'ultra-nuclear' bullets into her newly improved pervert gun. "You'll regret it." She smirked.
They both then went out of the room.
"What…? Why is she even approved to invent such dangerous things anyway..?" Natsume exclaimed as he ruffled his hair. "So, Mikan, I wanted to ask you som-"
"I can't believe they left me alone with you…" Mikan cried.
"Mikan."
Natsume's POV
"Mikan." I stressed my voice. Wanted her to pay attention.
"W-Wha-" She reverted her gaze as soon as she turned to face me, which is two inches away from her. "W-What is it?" She pouted, her cute face covered with light pink blush, which makes her even cuter.
"Are you hiding something from me?"
"Eh? What are you talking about, Natsu-"
"Don't act dumb. You knew about it, didn't you? About your condition when you overuse your Alice." I tilted her chin so that I could stare at her. Her eyes suddenly suddenly filled with shock. "Tell me, Mikan..."
She nodded her head, not trying to struggle away from my grip. "Yeah... I knew about it... I knew about it two weeks ago." She smiled wryly, but her eyes filled with sadness. So it's true huh? The fact that she knew. I deep-breathed. "Why are you trying to hide it? If you told us, we could have helped you earlier."
"That's the point. I don't want you guys to help. I wanted to try to find some solutions to this myself." She chuckled bitterly. "It's strange... The fact that my Alice suddenly becomes something that will endanger my life."
'Mikan, I can understand what you feel. But it hurts to see you like this...' Those are the words I wanted to say, but instead "Are you an idiot or something? Finding the solutions yourself? You can't even pass a simple test" I teased. "W-Wha..? What says? I will definitely pass the test today if SOMEONE hadn't went and write on my paper and being a pervert as he is, kissed on someone's cheek!" Mikan replied furiously.
"Hn." I replied. Well, that IS the easiest thing to say when you are in a peak situation or wanted to change the subject, right? I sighed mentally while looking around the nurse's office. 'Ha...! There it is. That inventor, she's scary but still very helpful sometimes.' "Mikan, grab that bottle on the table on your left." "Say please" She pouts then gave me the bottle. I applied some of the liquid in the bottle on where our bodies are glued to, of course, I ACCIDENTLY touched Mikan's... Well, her flat 'board' chest.
"Na-Natsume YOU-!" Before she could be anymore troublesome, I shut her mouth with my left hand after putting the bottle in her right hand. "Apply this if you want to get away ASAP, orangey." Again, I smirked but grunted mentally at myself as I know that this will only make her more angry. But she did as she was told, applying the liquid, we were both then separated. Not forever, at least not yet.
"What liquid is this?" Mikan asked. Holding the bottle like it was some deadly poison. "That's the recovery potion that heals most of the side effects that's done by the Pink Potion that glued us together just now." I answered.
"Most? What do you mean by most? Are there any other side effects other that sticking us together?" Oh, she's more observant today huh. Good... Just what I needed. Her being observant will only increase the explaining time.
"The Pink potion doesn't just stick bodies together, it could also make the person interacted with it mentally connected, our mind may be switched on the second day when we woke up as well-" "WAIT! What did you say just now? Mind switching? Do you mean switching bodies as well? That's awful! I don't want to wake up seeing an annoying face when I brush my teeth the next morning..! That's just too cruel! Too cruel!" She repeated.
"We don't have any choice," I stayed calm although her words always hurts when she spat those untrue facts at me. "we can't heal the effects completely until we find out the other side effects." I stated while walking out of the nurse office. "Eh~~?" Mikan sighed. "Guess we have no choice then." We walked in silence throughout the whole trip back to class until my right sleeve was tugged.
"Hey Natsume" I turned my head to look at her, who is now smiling cutely at me. "Thanks for saving me back there at the library. I owe you one." She grinned. "Hmph. whatever." I turned back to continue walking. Idiot, your smile will be enough for me.
They both then continue walking back to the class, trying to be optimistic at the unseen future that lies in front of them.
This will end here for the moment, I just wanted to make sure that it's okay in this format, so...yeah.."" Sorry again for the hiatus..