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"WE AGREED THAT THE TWO OF YOU WILL MARRY EACH OTHER!"

"Oh, hell."

The people on the mansion fell silent. Mikan's friends got rooted in the ground with their jaws hanging open, Hotaru could only smirked. Mikan and Natsume stared at the ground, processing what they just heard from their parents.

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3..

Ka-BOOM...

"WHATTTTTTTT?" Natsume and Mikan yelled which made the gang to snapped out from their trance and the people began whispering to each other. Their parents only chuckled on their children's reactions.

"NO! I will not going to marry him!" Mikan said, pointing her index finger to Natsume.

"Eh? I thought you two are going out so what's wrong with that?" Kaoru asked.

"We WERE," Mikan replied.

"But...don't you love each other anymore?" Yuka asked. Natsume and Mikan became quiet, they're both slightly blushing. They looked away from their parents.

"See... Why don't you two start over again," Izumi asked.

The couple looked at him and then to each other. Mikan torn her gaze from him and looked down on the floor.

"I-I can't," Mikan muttered and she walked away from them. Natsume looked down and excused himself. He's hurt when he heard Mikan's answer. But he can't blame her if she doesn't really want to be with him anymore, it's his fault anyway.

Their parents watched the retreating figure of Natsume. The gang was looking down and feeling sad, even Hotaru. They helped Natsume to get back with Mikan but all of them were futile. They know that they still deeply care for each other but they're just denying it. They also understand why Mikan is continuously pushing Natsume away, it's because she doesn't want to be hurt again.

"Let them be. I know that this is just a part of the obstacles that they have to face in their lives," Ioran said.

"I know. They truly love each other," Kaoru noted.

"This challenge is going to strengthen their bond and their feelings," Yuka added.

"Those two deserve a great future ahead of them," Izumi said.

"I wonder how many grandchildren I will have to take care," Yuka muttered. They all laughed and nodded to the gang's table before walking to their table at the front.

"Hey, I wonder where Mikan-chan and Natsume right now," Ruka said.

"Hyuuga better not waste this chance," Hotaru said. She began eating her crabs like nothing happened.

"Yeah, because if I find out that he hurt Mikan-chan again, I'm going to break his neck," Misaki said with a deadly aura around her.

"We're going to help you too," Anna and Nonoko said in chorus.

The guys sweat dropped and just nodded their heads nervously.

"Where is she? I couldn't find her," Natsume is looking for Mikan in the crowd but he can't find her anywhere. He then remembered something and he rushed outside. He ran to the place where she could possibly be. The park.

He passed many Sakura trees but he can't find even a stray of her hair. "MIKAN! WHERE ARE YOU?" Natsume shouted. He started to get exhausted after running over here and shouting endlessly. He walked towards a playground to rest for a bit. He's not expecting to see a certain brunette sitting on the swings. He ran towards her and hugged tight.

"I'm looking for you. I thought you got harassed by some drunken old men," Natsume said. Mikan was surprised to see him here. After a couple of minutes of hugging each other, Mikan pushed him away and narrowed her eyes on him.

"What are you doing here?" she asked. Natsume just ignored her question and sat on the swing next to her. He began to sway the swing while looking up to the sky. Mikan just stared on the ground.

"I remember that this is the place where you were usually hiding when we were kids," Natsume suddenly spoke up which startled Mikan. She looked at him but he's looking at the sky.

"I was always passing some time before finding you because I knew where you were usually hiding," he continued. Mikan also looked at the sky and began to reminisce those times.

"I'm sorry, Mikan," Natsume said without looking at her. "I'm such a bastard for messing this up," he continued. Mikan stared at him and opened her mouth to say something but Natsume continued to talk.

"I...I was afraid that you will going to leave me before so I did everything I could do just to make you stay. That includes kissing that b*tch Koizumi," he said.

"Why would you do such thing?" Mikan asked, almost in a whisper.

"She told me that she's going to tell you about the bet if I didn't do what she asked me to," he answered.

"But I already found out right on the spot," Mikan let out a humorlessly laugh and then she straightened herself again. "Why did you made that bet with the others?"

"Because I WAS a playboy. I never thought that everything will turned out like this when I made that stupid bet. I was not expecting to fall...in love," he answered her sincerely.

"Then, why didn't you tell me in the very beginning and maybe, I could understand it," she said.

"Oh, yeah? Maybe I'm just really a coward. I don't...want to experience the thing that happened before. I don't want to be left again," Natsume took a deep breath and finally looked to Mikan. "I'm afraid of losing someone important to me again."

There's a tear that fell from Mikan's eyes and it followed by one after another. Natsume wiped her tears by the back of his hand but she can't stop her tears from flowing continuously on her face.

"I'm sorry for hurting you, Mikan. I didn't know that things would got this complicated," Natsume drew his hand and looked away.

"You... You told me that you will wait for me. You even gave me a ring before I left. So what happened to that promise?" Mikan asked, ceasing her tears.

"I did... But after 5 years of waiting, I thought that you will never come back. That thought changed me; I started to date countless of girls and became rebellious. I thought that... everyone will leave me too. So I just better have a few people who are close to me than having so many friends. In that case, if they even leave me, I'm just going feel a little pain," Natsume explained.

Mikan began sobbing again because she didn't know that it's because of her why Natsume is sometimes isolating himself from everyone. She didn't know that her parting had an huge impact on him.

"I'm...I'm sorry," Mikan said. Natsume looked at her and patted her head.

"Silly. I'm the one who should apologize to you for doing those things," he let out a reassuring smile and stared at the dark sky again.

"Say, what am I to you?" Mikan suddenly asked which surprised Natsume a little. He stared at her and put a serious expression which made Mikan a little nervous.

"You are everything to me. I know that this might sounded cheesy but... I don't really know what I'm going to without you. When I lose you, I found out how empty am I. I realized that everything doesn't really matter to me...except you. When you left my side, you took everything from me," Natsume couldn't helped but let a tear to stroll down on his cheek.

Mikan cried more and she clamped her mouth from crying aloud. Natsume continued, "I know that the thing that I did is unforgivable, but I'm hoping that you can forgive me. If you don't want to get back with me, it's fine," Natsume took a deep breath and looked at Mikan expectantly.

Mikan looked at the ground and didn't answer. Natsume stood up and began walking away. His heart is tearing into pieces and it's really painful. When he's 5 feet away from her, he stopped.

"Don't worry, I won't bother you anymore...Yukihara," he said.

Mikan looked up to him and gripped the chains in the swing. Her chest felt so heavy and her tears are flowing endlessly. Seeing him leaving, walking away from her made her to think some things. What if he went back to his old self again? What if she saw him dating with so many girls? What would she feel? What if he ignored her like what she did in the past week? What if he choose to forget about her completely?

Holding hands doesn't mean you're in love. Kisses don't always mean something real. Promises are broken as fast as they're made. And sometimes, goodbyes are forever.

Does that mean...this is really a goodbye from the memories that they created?

These thoughts made her stood up from swing and ran to him. She hugged him from behind and buried her face on his back. Natsume was shocked and happy at the same time.

"I...I also don't want to lose you," Mikan sobbed. Natsume held her hands that wrapped on him. "I love you. I don't want to wake up in the morning knowing that you will not be in my life anymore. I love you so much that it aches so painfully."

A tear fell from Natsume's eyes and he unwrapped her hands from him. Mikan trembled when she thought that he's going to leave her now. But when he spun around, he quickly enveloped her with a hug. He held her carefully, not like she's fragile, but like she's the most precious thing for him.

"Thank you...Thank you... Mikan," he continued to say in her ears.

Mikan put her hands around his neck and whispered to his ears, "Shh... Everything's okay now, don't worry."

Natsume pulled away gently and stared at her eyes with full of love and sincerity. "I promise that I will never hurt you again," he said.

Mikan shook her head slightly and said, "Don't promise me Natsume. Do it."

Natsume smiled. "I will."

Natsume neared his face to hers and she took it as a hint of what he's about to do. So she closed her eyes and waited for his lips. Natsume closed the gap between them and crashed his lips to her. He kissed her with so much passion and she also responded to his kiss. The kiss lasted for a few minutes.

Natsume leaned his forehead to hers with his eyes closed. He wrapped his arms around her waist while she put her hands around his neck. "Mikan Yukihara, I swear that I'll win your heart over and over again just to make you stay."

"You don't have to do that because my heart is just beating for you. You're my one and only," she said.

Natsume kissed her again and this time it's more gently and sweetly.

"Hey, Natsume and Mikan aren't here yet. Where are they?" Tsubasa asked, eating a chocolate cake.

"I don't know. It's been like an hour when they both left," Yuu noted.

"Yeah, I wonder where are they," Anna and Nonoko said.

"Maybe Hyuuga-san is looking for her and he still hasn't find her yet," Sumire said.

"No. I think Hyuuga had found her now but what I don't know is what are they doing right now," Hotaru stated.

The others whipped their heads towards her and big question marks were on their head. "How do you know?"

"Because he knows Mikan, maybe better than me," she replied nonchalantly.

"I forgot that they're childhood friends," Ruka muttered.

"Idiot," Hotaru mumbled and continued to eat her crabs.

After the party...

"Where the heck are they?" Ruka asked. They haven't seen Mikan or Natsume yet.

"Let them be. But if I find out that Mikan is pregnant, I'm going to make sure that he's not going to see the sun shines anymore," Hotaru pulled her Ultra Mega Baka Canon.

Ruka and the others shivered in fear. Youichi began to cracked his neck and his knuckles. The girls are emitting a very, very dark aura around them.

"Y-Y-Y-You know...N-N-N-Natsume will never do that to M-M-Mikan-chan," Tsubasa stuttered.

"Y-Y-Y-Yeah," Yuu nodded his head furiously.

"I'm sure that Natsume will bring Mikan-chan safely so I think we should go home," Misaki suggested.

"Yeah, we should get going already. It's almost 12:30 in the morning," Koko yawned and they all started to walk to their cars. The guys offered a ride to their girlfriends and they accepted it. They all got in and they all drove away.

After a few minutes, a car stopped in front of the Yukihara mansion. A raven haired lad got out and opened the door in the passenger side. A brunette went out and the guy closed the door in his car.

"That was so fun! I wish we stay there for a little longer!" Mikan squealed.

"Yeah but it's already 1 am so we can't stay there," Natsume said.

"I really didn't expect you to opened and operate the rides in the Amusement Park! You even payed them a lot just to let us in," Mikan laughed.

"Tch! It's YOUR idea. You said that you want to go to the Amusement Park so I just reserved the whole place for us," he replied back.

"But that's fun. Next time we should go there together with Hotaru and the others," she beamed. Natsume intertwined their fingers and pulled her closer to him.

"I'm really happy that you're back to me," Natsume sniffed her strawberry scent and smiled.

"I see... you reserved the whole Amusement Park just to be alone with me?" Mikan asked but it sounded more like a statement.

Natsume chuckled. "What makes you think that I did that just for that reason?" he asked with an amusing eyes.

Mikan pouted and he just laughed at her. "You're so childish," he said, ruffling her hair.

"You don't have to do that, slanted eyes," Mikan replied back.

"You have to sleep now and we are all going to hang out tomorrow after school if you want," Natsume said.

"Okay," Mikan tip toed and kissed him on the lips. Natsume held her nape and Mikan's hands disappeared in his raven hair. Natsume deepened the kiss and Mikan responded with the same passion. Their make out session got cut off by a cough. They pulled away, panting and looked at their intruder.

Their parents.

"I can see now that you both made up," Ioran said.

They both blushed and looked down. "Y-yeah," Mikan answered.

"Then, that means you are both agreeing in the marriage," Yuka stated.

The couple looked at each other and nodded.

"That's all we want to remind you, just continue what you are doing earlier and we will not interrupt anymore," Kaoru winked at them. They blushed furiously when they heard that.

They disappeared, leaving the dumbfounded couple. After a few minutes, Natsume glanced at Mikan and kissed her again.

"I'm not going to let you go."

"I'll win your heart no matter what it takes just to make you say "I do" in the altar."

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