Turn
the Music Up
By:
Aminatsu032
I got to run away before he sees me. I don't know why I'm so scared of him seeing me but…I just feel…weird.
I didn't stop running until I reached the Sakura Tree I saw a while ago.
I looked up the sky. I felt my cheeks flush as I recalled how he looked back then. Was it his voice I admired or he
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So does that…mean I like him?
My cheeks flushed again. What the hell? Why am I running? I don't like him! (As far as I know.)
I shook my head fast and returned to the music room. By doing this, I believe, will prove me wrong that I like that jerk.
When I arrived there, I was ready to open the door. I breathed normally and calmly.
'Okay,' I told myself, 'At the count of three.'
One…
Two…
Th—
BUMP!
I felt my heart skip a beat. What was that sound? It came from inside.
I quickly opened the door and saw Natsume lying on the ground. I could see that he had difficulty in breathing, and I knew that I had to take him to the nurse's office.
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I sat on the chair beside the bed, looking at Natsume. Somehow, my mind was completely blank. It was like I didn't care at all what the world was doing…and all I cared about was Natsume and if he was okay, or not.
"It's so nice of you to have brought him here," someone said and I turned around.
"Y-yeah," I said. My voice sounded awkward, even to my ears. It sounded as if I had been lost for a long time.
Even so, the nurse just smiled, pretending not to notice. "You're Mikan Sakura, are you? Are you his girlfriend?"
My mind started to blank again. What did she say again…I think it had the words girl' and 'friend'. Girl…friend…
I felt my cheeks burn. "I'm not his girlfriend, Ms. Mitsumi!"
Miss Mitsumi laughed. Her laugh was so carefree that it made me smile.
Yakako Mitsumi…she's the school nurse of INBS. She has green hair and purple eyes and she's about 5'6 tall.
"Please…" Ms. Mitsumi said, "call me Yakako. All students call me that. I feel old when I hear the word 'miss'."
Yakako laughed again—this time I laughed with her.
"This Natsume Hyuuga…" I was surprised with the sudden change in Yakako's tone, she suddenly became serious. "I've been watching him since he first came into this school—and that was 3 years ago."
I said nothing, but the way I was looking at Yakako made a cue that she must continue.
"I believe," she continued, "that Natsume isn't this arrogant person they think of him…and he wasn't like this before. Something must've caused him to be like this."
I looked at Yakako's eyes and I saw nothing but genuine concern.
"I'm sure," she added in a soft voice, "there's another person inside of him that only comes out through music."
I closed my eyes slowly.
Another person…
My eyes widened—the voice I admired so much was Natsume's. Well, it wasn't just now when I had loved the voice he had, but when I saw him this time, as his fingers pressed the keys and his eyes were closed, it seemed he was a different person. He was not the jerk I met again a while ago. He looked…handsome? Maybe…
I put a hand on Yakako's shoulder and smiled. "I think so, too."
Yakako smiled back at me and then looked outside. "When I first saw you," she said and a short pause came after that. She looked back at me. "I knew you were someone that can change the people around you."
"What do you mean?" I asked her, but she completely ignored my comment.
"You should be going now," she said to me, "Don't worry, Natsume will be okay."
I nodded and walked away, but in my mind I wanted to find out what she meant…
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'Change the people around you…change the people around you…hm…' I keep repeating those words inside of my head over and over as I play with the carrots on my plate using my fork.
And it was at that time that I felt someone was already shouting beside me—Sumire, the pride-ish airhead who doesn't know what she wants in her life. And what does she need from me now?
"What?" I said, sounding irritated.
Sumire gasped. "Don't you dare 'what' me!"
I rolled my eyes and continued playing with my carrot, completely ignoring the perm beside me.
I felt Sumire's glare sharpen as she said, "You! I have just had enough of you, you pride-ish airhead!"
I stare at her, "That was supposed to be my line!"
"I challenge you to a song showdown…and whoever of us makes the better song,"—she pauses for a moment to gather her thoughts—"gets Natsume!" she said out of the blue.
What did she say? Gets who?
"Excuse me?"
"You don't have to hide it, bru-nette!" Sumire said in a loud tone, "That nurse told me!"
A vein popped on my head. That Yakako…
I wanted to object and blurt out: "What the hell? What's wrong with you? There is nothing—absolutely NOTHING—going on with me and Natsume!", but instead I blurt out, "Whatever—bring it on!"
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Author's Notes—
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