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Pretending you don't feel anything for someone is like convincing yourself that you could probably deny the only thing you can be sure of.

Hospital...

Hotaru and the others arrived at the hospital. They walked to Mikan's room. Anna turned the knob and pushed the door opened. They are shocked at what they saw.

"Is that Hyuuga-san?" Anna asked, pointing to the raven lad.

They saw Natsume sleeping beside Mikan's bed. He's sitting on a chair and he's holding her hand.

"Aw, cute," Sumire mumbled.

Mikan has bandage on her leg and around her head. They walked closer and Natsume stirred. The others stiffened. After a few moments, his eyes fluttered open, only to see the gang staring at him.

"Huh?"

"Umm... sorry for disturbing your sleep, Hyuuga-san," Nonoko apologized.

"Hn," he replied. He noticed that he's still holding Mikan's hand. He blushed a little and he carefully let her hand go. He stood up and he eyed Hotaru, then, nod at her. Hotaru seems to get his signal so they both exited the room.

"So, what do you want to talk about?" Hotaru asked.

"What happened to those b*tches?" he asked, his voice is a bit of angry.

"They are kicked out from the school and we cut all our connections from their companies," she answered emotionlessly.

"It's my fault," he admitted.

"Because they're your fan girls," Hotaru continued.

"If I just keep my distance from you guys, then this won't happen again," Natsume said.

Hotaru stared at him. "Is this guy really is Natsume? I didn't know that Mikan has a huge impact on him," she thought.

Natsume looked down. "I want to know if she's really her but I guess I won't find out anymore. But keeping her from danger will be good," he thought.

"Mikan, she became fond of your presence. She's extra cheerful when we met you guys. Do you think she regret getting closer to you and your other friends?" Hotaru asked.

Natsume looked up and thought, "She became fond of my presence? Even if all I did was to tease her, argue with her, and... lie to her," he thought.

"Mikan wouldn't fight if she doesn't want to. She always want to be with the ones who are important to her. So what do you think the reason why Mikan didn't agreed to stay away from you guys? Do you know that she still fought til the end when that incident happened?" she asked.

"Think about it," Hotaru said and she entered the room.

"She did that?" Natsume thought.

After 2 days...

"She's still not waking up," Ruka mumbled.

"Yeah," Nonoko and Anna said sadly.

"Don't worry, she will wake up soon," Yuu said, smiling.

Everyone is inside the room of Mikan in hospital except from a certain crimson-eyed boy. They've been there for 3 hours straight and it's already 6:30 pm.

"I think we should go home," Tsubasa said, the others nodded.

"Mikan-chan we will be back tomorrow," Anna said.

"And please... wake up soon," Sumire continued.

After bidding their goodbyes, they left the hospital. Unknown to them, a finger of Mikan had moved. A couple of minutes had passed and it's almost 7 pm.

A raven haired boy entered Mikan's room. He stood beside Mikan and hold her hand. He shoved her brown locks lightly to see her angelic face. He stared at her, admiring her beauty.

"Please... wake up," Natsume whispered.

He was startled when Mikan tightened the hold of his hand to her.

"Are you awake, Mikan?" Natsume asked.

~O~O~O~

"Ice cream," a 6 year old brunette said happily. She's holding a strawberry flavored ice cream. She decided to sat on one of the benches near the Sakura trees in the park. When she's licking her ice cream, she heard a thud. She looked behind her and saw a raven haired boy.

"Ow! That hurts," the boy muttered.

The brunette walked to him.

"Are you alright?" the girl asked.

"Do I look like I'm alright?" the boy looked up only to see a brunette haired girl with hazel orbs.

"You," she pointed a finger to him, "you're the one who helped me the other day."

"Hn."

"See, I told you we will meet again," the girl said with a grin on her face.

The boy stood up and dusted his pants. He saw the strawberry ice cream that the girl is holding.

"How do you know my favorite flavor?" he asked.

"Eh? What are you-" she was cut off when the boy licked her ice cream. The girl blushed because they're so close.

"H-hey! This is mine!"

"Hmmm," the lad looked up to her and stopped licking her ice cream.

"Anyways, what happened to you?" the girl asked.

"Why should I tell you?"

"I'm just asking, Mr. Rude."

"Mr. Rude? I have a name, ya' know," the boy replied.

"I know Nat-"

~O~O~O~

"Nat-kun," Mikan murmured. Natsume is startled. Again.

"Why does she keep calling that name?" he thought.

Mikan slowly opened her eyes, Natsume stiffened but inside he's relieved. He froze because 1) they're holding hands and 2) He's the only one in the room.

Her once blurry vision became clear and she gasped because she saw the person she least expected to be here and the person she didn't expect to see first when she wakes up.

"Na-Natsume?" Mikan asked, wide eyed. She didn't notice that their hands are linked, yet.

"You're awake now huh? Polka," Natsume said.

"Natsume you pervert! What are you doing here any-" she stopped when she tried to lift her arm, then she noticed that Natsume and her are holding hands. She blushed crimson red.

"Like what you see?" Natsume asked, smirking. he tightened his hold on her hand and she blushed harder when he did that.

"N-No o-of co-course no-not!" she stuttered that make Natsume's smirk bigger.

Mikan struggles to free her hand but Natsume didn't let go. She looked at Natsume only to see his smirk wiped off and his face is covered by his bangs.

"W-what's wrong?" she asked, quite worried because of his actions.

"Mikan," he called out which made her surprise because it's the first time she heard him call her by her name. Then, he continued, "I'm sorry."

Mikan just stared at him wide-eyed. Then, Natsume looked at her. Crimson clashed with hazel. Mikan feels that a blush is creeping on her face and her heart is beating faster.

"Why am I feeling this kind of thing? Am I really falling for him? Or it is because he and Nat-kun looks alike...a lot," she thought while still staring at him.

"Why are you apologizing? Look, I know that they're your fan girls but you didn't do anything. Unless you're the one who ordered them," Mikan joked. She sat up which made Natsume a little worried.

"Yeah, right," Natsume replied, rolling his eyes. "But it is my fault for getting close-"

"I'm the one to choose who I want to be with. And I enjoy your company and your friends too," she said with a bright smile.

When she smiled at him, he couldn't fight the tint of red that visible on his cheeks so he hid it behind his raven bangs.

"Falling for me, little girl?" he teased, smirking.

"A-as if!" she yelled.

"Yeah right."

"I'm not. Pervert."

"Loud mouthed girl."

"Freak."

"Polka."

"Monkey."

"Strawberries."

"Huh?" she's confused. "What's with the new name calling?" she thought. Then, she caught him staring at her hospital clothes, more like where her bra is located.

"Kyaaaaa! Natsume you pervert!" she screamed. Natsume blocked his ears. The hospital clothes are white so you can see a little on what she's wearing inside. And she's wearing a bra with strawberries printed on it.

"It's not my fault that I saw," he replied.

"But you shouldn't look!" she shot back.

He sighed and said, "Whatever."

Mikan's stomach growled and Natsume heard it. She blushed a little and Natsume smirked.

"Eat," he ordered.

"What am I gonna eat?" she asked, crossing her arms on her chest.

"Oh, there's only fruits and I think you need something to satisfy your pet in your stomach," he said.

"Hmph!" she looked at her side and she only saw fruits. She sighed.

"Natsume, can you please buy me something to eat?" she pleaded using her puppy dog eyes.

"Damn, why those eyes are always irresistable? Wait! Those eyes I've seen it before. Mi-chi was always doing that before. Seriously, I need to ask her now and maybe this is the right time," he thought. he opened his mouth to say something but got interrupted by a knock. "Or not." He close his mouth again and frowned.

The door opened and it revealed Tsubasa and Misaki.

"I think I forgot that in here," Misaki told Tsubasa. When she saw Mikan awake, she quickly jumped on her and hugged her tight.

"Mikan-chan! You're awake!" Misaki said.

"I'm sorry if I worry you too much guys," Mikan apologized, hugging her back.

"It's ok," Misaki broke their hug. She turned to Tsubasa but she was surprised to see Natsume on the door, ready to leave.

"Where are you going Natsume?" Tsubasa asked.

"I'm going to buy something for Polka," he answered.

"Eh? Is it just me or Natsume is really being nice?" Tsubasa exclaimed.

"Idiot," Natsume muttered.

When he turned the knob, he was stopped by Mikan.

"Natsume, thank you," she said with a bright smile. Natsume unconsciously smiled, unknown to others, and he left.

Misaki called the others and when they entered the room, they quickly tackled Mikan to a bear hug. The other guys are happy that Mikan is already awake.

After chit-chatting, Natsume arrived with some appetizing food. He walked to Mikan and placed the food on her lap. Their friends didn't even move when he arrived, and they're shocked.

"Since when the Natsume Hyuuga got ordered by someone?" the guys thought while the girls, "Is that really the Natsume Hyuuga that I know?"

"Eat. Now." Natsume ordered.

"Thank you Natsume," Mikan beamed.

The day after in the hospital...

The girls are chatting. The boys are not here yet because they have something to do so the girls took this chance to tell Mikan about what happened the other day.

"Ne, Mikan-chan," Anna started.

"Please don't be mad at us," Misaki said,

"Why would I be mad at you guys?" Mikan asked confusedly.

"Your secret...umm... kinda leak out," Sumire said nerviously.

Mikan's eyes widen. "WHAT?" she screamed which earn a smack on her head from Hotaru.

"Don't shout," Hotaru said.

"B-but how?" she asked them.

"Koko, Kitsuneme and Koko eavesdropped on us the other day. They heard about you being the daughter and heiress of the Yukihara company," Hotaru stated.

"But I'm sure that they will not going to tell anyone about this," Anna reassured, smiling.

"Yeah, if they did, me and Hotaru will exposed their deepest and darkest secrets in the whole school," Sumire said.

"And I'm sure that they will be a laughing stock of the school for a month," Misaki said, smiling smugly.

Anna and Nonoko sweat dropped. They can't imagined what will happen to their boyfriends once they told anyone about Mikan's secrets. But they trust them so they're assured that they will not do that.

After 2 days at Harada mansion...

"Finally, I'm already discharged from the hospital," Mikan stretched her arms.

"You're too careless, idiot," Hotaru said.

"Hn. You should have get any help from us," Natsume muttered.

"Natsume is surely concern about Mikan-chan, ne?" Tsubasa tease. Natsume glared at him.

"Shut up, shadow freak," he hissed.

A maid bring them juice, cookies, and some other snacks. The guys munched some cookies. The girls are drinking their juice. Mikan and Misaki is drinking an orange juice, Hotaru is grapes flavored, while Sumire, Anna, and Nonoko are apple juice.

"Hey," Misaki called out. She eyed Koko and Sumire who are sitting beside each other.

"Are you two dating?" she continued while pointing out her index finger to the two who are now slightly blushing.

"Well...ummm... you can say that," Sumire said, trying to keep her cool.

"Really?" Mikan asked excitedly. Her eyes seem to sparkle.

"Yeah, Mikan-chan," Koko replied.

"Since when?" Nonoko and Anna asked in unison.

"L-last week," Sumire answered.

"Let me guess, it's when we decided to stroll around the park, right?" Misaki said, grinning.

"Eh?"

"You're obvious," Hotaru stated.

"But I didn't know that they're going out. I just noticed that they less bicker and they seem more closer to each other," Mikan said.

"Because you're an idiot," Natsume and Hotaru said simultaneously. The others sweat dropped. They glared at each other which made the air around them to be thick and heavier.

"C-cut it out guys," Ruka said nervously.

They broke from their glares and narrowed their eyes on Ruka who nervously munched a potato chips. Then, they returned to what they were doing earlier. Hotaru is typing something on her laptop While Natsume read his manga.

Everything was interrupted by a ring and it's Hotaru's phone. She picked it up, not bothering to look at the caller's name or looking away from her laptop.

"Hello," she said emotionlessly.

"It's me, I'm going back to Japan to check on her. See ya," the person on the line said ans hanged up after that.

Hotaru can't say something because she already recognized the voice of the caller. Her eyes grew a little wider and shocked was written all over her face. After the person on the line hanged up, she dropped the phone on the ground. The girls looked at Hotaru worriedly.

"What's wrong Hotaru?" Mikan asked.

After processing of what she just heard from the caller, she shut her laptop, heard. Everone is startled, even Natsume who's busy staring at a certain brunette than reading his shounen manga.

"The little brat is coming back," Hotaru hissed, eye twitching.

At the mention of the 'little brat', the girls knew who is it. Misaki and Nonoko's eyes almost popped out from their sockets, Sumire spit out her juice, Misaki and Mikan almost chocked their food.

The guys stared at them weirdly. Then, Yuu, Koko, and Kitsuneme immediately got the idea by how Hotaru mentioned the 'little brat', and by the girls' reactions.

When they finally realized who it is that they're talking about, Koko spit out his iced tea, while Yuu and Kitsuneme dropped their glasses of juice.

"What the hell is wrong with them?" Natsume, Ruka and Tsubasa thought. Who wouldn't freak out when you just saw you friends' horrified looks on their faces, like someone who just beaten up tons of sumo wrestlers is coming back in Japan.

"Oh boy! This is going to be the end of all of this," Koko, Yuu, and Kitsuneme thought.

"SAY WHAT?" the girls yelled.

"The hell will break loose," Hotaru thought.

"The demon is back," The girls thought except Mikan.

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