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Mikan's POV

"Nee, Natsume wanna eat lunch together?"

"Go away ugly I'm not in the mood to hear stupidity."

I sighed. Everyday I've been here I invite him to lunch and he always says no. Well, he implies it. Now what am I supposed to do with my extra bento?

"Mikan, are you gonna eat that?"

I turned around to see my best friend. "Have it," I said as I shoved the box in her hands.

Should I go to the rooftop and eat?

"If you have plans on eating alone again cancel them and eat lunch with me and my friends."

"Didn't you say that you working on a new invention?"

"Finished last night. Come on, they don't bite."

"Maybe I should just eat on the roof. It's not that bad and it's really nice-"

"I will hit you if you don't shut up and come with me." (Isn't Hotaru an amazing persuader?)

I nervously looked at Hotaru's friends who were shocked to see me less than a few feet away from them. She sat down and gestured for me to sit besides her.

"So Yukihara-san, not to be rude but why are you here," the blonde haired boy with a rabbit asked.

"Um, maybe I should go if I'm disturbing you," I said ready to get out of there.

"Stay Baka," Hotaru said while eating a can of crab miso.

"Anyway Yukihara-san, I'm Umenomiya Anna nice to meet you," said the girl with curly pink hair.

"And I'm Ogasawara Nonoko," said the blue haired girl.

"My name is Tobita Yu, the class representative, if you need anything I can help you with it," said the boy with the glasses.

"I'm Nogi Ruka, "said the boy with the rabbit.

"It's nice to meet everyone. Um, Tobita-kun-"

"Just call me Yu."

"Yu-kun, what can you tell me about Hyuuga Natsume?"

"Are you a fan girl? Because Natsume says that he hates fan girls."

"Ruka stop talking unless you want your baby pictures to spread all throughout the school."

And so he stopped talking.

"Why do you want to know?"

"Well…"

Think Mikan think.

"I just thought since we are partners why not be friends?"

"Well if you want to know a lot about him you could ask Ruka-kun. He is Natsume's best friend."

"Nogi-kun, will you please tell me?"

"Natsume isn't friends with girls. Normally they just wanna date him, touch him, and yeah."

"But I only want to be friends with him. Nothing more, nothing less."

"He won't believe you. He thinks all girls except Imai are basically the same."

Natsume you've changed a lot more than I thought. What happened to you?

"Yukihara-san, why don't we stop talking about Hyuuga-kun…?"

"And start talking about going to Central Town on Friday after school?"

"Central Town?"

"Yeah, we all get allowances from the school every month, which we can spend on stuff in the shops."

"It's basically a mall that's spread out."

"I see…"

"Yukihara-san, why don't you come with us? It's gonna be really fun."

"I don't know… after school I wanted to explore the school a little more, then go do homework or something. Besides I don't want to be a bother."

"You won't be a bother. Besides we want to get to know you more."

"But-"

"You're going or I will spread the photos of when we were five with the dog on the internet."

"Well, as long I'm not a burden."

"Then shall we go right after school?"

"But for first timers, their partners have to go with them," Nogi-kun said.

"I'll go talk to Narumi- sensei about it. Maybe I can go by myself."

Later.

"No."

"But, why can't I?"

"Mikan-chan, I have strict orders from your uncle. He doesn't want you to go somewhere alone."

"But I won't be alone Hotaru with be with me."

"Still you must ask Natsume-kun to go with you this one time. Then you can go whenever you want by yourself."

"Fine."

"You can ask him right now! Natsume-kun! Come over here!"

"No."

"I'll allow you to skip your classes for a week!"

Then he came over.

"What?"

"Hyuuga-san, will you please go with me and Hotaru to Central Town after school on Friday?"

"No."

"Please."

"No."

"Please."

"No!"

"Please!"

"Didn't you hear me? I said no."

"Go with me this one time and I won't annoy you with it again."

He seemed to be thinking for a while then he said, "No."

If he wasn't my friend in the past I

I would've hit him in the head and the place that should never get hit.

"Natsume-kun, if you go with her you don't have to attend my classes for a month."

"Deal."

He accepts to his deal but not mine? Then again I would've done that too. But really, Natsume? I'm terrified. What if Natsume doesn't remember me? Will I become a puppet like before?

Friday has come Mikan and everyone else is on the bus.

"So where do want to go first Yukihara-san?"

"Um… I don't know any of the stores, why don't you choose?"

"Well, we could shop for dresses and clothes, Nonoko knows some really good stores that aren't too expensive, then go buy shoes and then go eat or something."

"Sounds like a plan."

"What do you wanna eat? Cause there's a bunch of different types. There's Chinese, Italian, French, seafood, sushi, American and there's also Indian."

"Anything's fine with me."

"Yukihara-san, how long have you been playing the violin?"

"Well, I've been playing for… every since I was five."

"So you must be really good. I wish I could play violin as well as you can."

"It's not really that hard. After you practice for a while it becomes like a second nature."

"Really? Oh look we're here."

As soon as I stepped out of the bus I looked all around. It's so cute and looks like a little town. Maybe I can find a thank you present for Natsume, his birthday's coming up anyway. What should I get him?

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