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Red Lining

Looking at the rear view mirror of his car, Natsume quietly observed the girl sleeping soundly on the back of his car.

As he turned right and was continuing straight towards the said girl's home, he couldn't help but smile as he heard the girl mumbling incoherent words with his name being the only word that was articulate.

God, he loved how she say his name.

Though she sometimes calls him with his last name, he just couldn't get enough of it.

Especially, he couldn't get enough of her.

He didn't exactly know when he felt this way to this certain loud, auburn haired girl but it came like thunder and then he knew he just wanted to be with her.

He gradually stopped the car and got out of it. Ignoring the fact that most of the people outside the street stopped and stared at him, he quickly opened the door of the backseat of his car.

Natsume sighed as he felt the penetrating eyes of those people watching his every move.

He didn't want Mikan to be caught in the downpour of rumors because he knows how much people would be talking about this when they find out that he was carrying a girl home—which he never ever did to anyone... but then he slowly smirked.

At least, everyone will know that she's mine.

Natsume slowly slid Mikan into his arms, protecting her head from the ceiling of his car.

Once Mikan was out of the car and inside the circle of his arms, he closed the car door and stared straight to the people passing by, giving them a look that says very clearly that this was the time they should scamper away.

The passerby's, seeing Natsume's look, ran without any second thoughts.

Natsume carried Mikan slowly up the porch and inside the dorm.

He slowly came to a stop in front of a door which he knew was Mikan's, due to the strong scent of tangerine. But then he realized he didn't have the key to open the door.

"Mikan... wake up."

Mikan just shifted and buried her head under the crook of his neck.

"Mikan... I can't open your room. Where's the key?"

Mikan just mumbled something against his skin.

Natsume groaned.

This was going to be tough.

"Mikan, if you don't budge right now. I'm going to—"

"No need for that."

Natsume slightly looked to the right as saw Hotaru holding up a key, continuing towards the door, sliding it inside the keyhole and opening it slowly for Natsume.

"Thanks."

"I don't just accept thank you's, you know."

Natsume stared at her. "Then, what do you want?"

"To know exactly what you're up to."

"What do you mean?"

"Music Hall. Tomorrow...? 7pm?"

Natsume smirked. "Ask Ruka, I know you two have something between both of you."

Hotaru slightly blushed, her pale skin colored with a tinge of pink. "Fine. But shut up about that. I don't want Mikan to know that right now."

Natsume laughed. He knew how much Mikan would react. "Of course."

"And here. I think you might need this more often than I do." Hotaru then held the key in Natsume's hands.

"Thanks."

"Remember Natsume, I don't accept thank you's but this will be enough for today. I'll see you later."

Natsume nodded and Hotaru slowly walked out of the hall and inside her room.

Natsume quickly got Mikan inside her room and closed the door behind him. He slowly walked towards the bed and dumped Mikan down on the bed.

Natsume breathe heavily as the weight of the girl gotten off him. He slowly scanned the room and started to walk away, only to be stopped by the pull of Mikan's hands on the end of his shirt.

"Natsume..."

Natsume turned around looking at Mikan as he heard her murmur. But he only found her sleeping.

Natsume laughed. "So you do sleep talk."

Natsume kneeled at her side and stared at Mikan's face. He slowly brushed his knuckles against her soft cheeks simultaneously as Mikan's hands tightened its hold on his shirt. "Are you dreaming of me?"

Natsume stared at Mikan and waited for a response, which didn't happen at all, and so he just tried to pull his shirt from Mikan's grasp.

Seeing that Mikan's hands wouldn't budge, Natsume called out her name in a threateningly deep voice.

He got a response when Mikan suddenly heaved out his name once again. "Natsume..."

Natsume stared at Mikan's lips as she murmured his name again.

"I love you..."

Natsume's eyes widen.

Did Mikan just say what she said?

Natsume's heart started to swell as he couldn't stop the feeling that erupted inside him.

Is he the one that was dreaming?

"I love... you..."

He couldn't believe what he was actually hearing.

"Oh, God." He couldn't take it anymore as he roughly gathered her into his arms as he slipped on her bed and had her snuggled against him tightly.

"I love you, Natsume..."

Natsume's heart mixed with emotion.

Those words coming from her would be something he would never ever get enough of.

Never ever.

Mikan slowly awoken as she felt something stir under her.

She stared at the clock at the bedside table and found that it was two in the morning.

"Need sleep..." Mikan murmured to herself as she slowly snuggled up to the warm thing that slowly gathered her up against it again.

Mikan slowly smiled because she suddenly smelled the faint cologne that Natsume always wore.

God, how she wished that Natsume was actually beside her.

She snuggled even more to the warm thing as she slowly shifted onto her back and was once again, covered by the warm object.

"Hmmm..." she sighed in contentment as she slowly fell into a deep slumber dreaming that Natsume was actually the one that was keeping her warm that night.

Mikan awoke again as she slowly felt something hover over her.

She, then, felt something nibbling under her ear which sent shivers down her spine.

She couldn't help but moan as she felt something nipped her skin.

"Mikan..." A deep voice whispered against her.

Mikan, due to her half-asleep state, responded to her instinct as she moaned Natsume's name without thinking.

Then it suddenly splashed into her mind.

Someone was kissing her neck!

Mikan's eyes opened as fast as it could. She slowly moved her head to the right and saw jet black hair, its face against her hair, neck and pillow. Mikan also observed that the guy, who she knew was Natsume because it felt like it, was on top of her, his warm body against her small body, their legs entwined together with the sheet of the bed.

WOAH... What just happened?

Mikan couldn't move as she felt Natsume kissing her neck still and she couldn't help but moan with pleasure.

Feeling that Mikan was finally awake, Natsume sluggishly moved his head up and stared at Mikan's face with a very sleepy yet sexy smile plastered on his face.

"Morning." He greeted.

Mikan blushed as she felt her heart suddenly beat faster than usual.

Why was he here?

"Na-natsume, what are you doing here?"

Natsume laughed against her hair and bit Mikan's neck one last time, causing her to moan again, and pushed himself off of her and off the bed.

Mikan stared up at Natsume and blushed once more. Her question lay forgotten as she observed how cute Natsume looked when his hair was disheveled like that and how cute his smile was when he just got out of bed.

"I'll see you at school, love."

With that, he swiftly got out of the room and left Mikan staring shockingly on the closed door.

Love...?

LOVE!

What in hell was happening?

OMG. THAT WAS... I don't know what it is but I hope you all liked it! Yay!

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