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Chapter 4: Little sister enters
'Mikan, get your ass off that couch and go to work right now'
Was what Imai Hotaru said as she took her wallet and keys before stepping in front of Sakura Mikan who was seated rather comfortably on a couch, watching the television.
"But Hotaru, I'm tired!" whined Mikan.
"If you don't work, you won't get money and I want money." Hotaru coolly replied to her.
"Why don't you work Hotaru?" Mikan said as she crossed her arms and stared at the double glass door.
"Because it's troublesome," Hotaru irritably said to her.
"Don't you think it's troublesome for me too?" She looked at Hotaru pleadingly.
"You just love me too much to say no to me, which is the reason." Hotaru reasoned out to her as she grabbed Mikan's shoulder and tried dragging her outside with her but failed miserably.
"I want to stay and that's final." Mikan puffed her cheeks and got one of the magazines that was lying down on the small table next to the couch and read it.
"I'll tell you what happened to your bed if you go to work."
This had successfully caught Mikan's attention, "Hotaru you know what happened to my bed?" she looked up from the magazine.
Hotaru smirked at this, jackpot "I know but I won't tell you if you don't go to work." she looked at Mikan from the corner of her eyes and saw that she regretted the decision of not going to work. She continued, "But since you don't want to. I'll just let it be." she was about go towards the double glass door but was stopped by Mikan.
"I'll go."
"But you think it's troublesome right?" Hotaru reasoned.
"It is, but I want my bed back." Mikan said as she stood up and got her wallet on the small table next to the couch and looked at Hotaru who was now smirking.
"Let's go," Hotaru said as she headed for the double glass door once again with Mikan tailing behind her.
"Aye Aye Madame." came her reply.
"Don't call me that." Hotaru said as she caught on what Mikan had called her.
"What do you suggest then?"
"My Queen would suit me well, what do you think Mikan?" Hotaru stopped in front of the door and looked back at her best friend.
"I, as your best friend will advice you: Don't let narcissism get you Hotaru." Mikan gestured with her hands.
"Don't bother Mikan; I think it had already caught me." Hotaru replied with a grin on her face.
"You think. I repeat – You think." Mikan said as she emphasised the 'You think'
"Yes, of course I think. I have a brain and thinking is what brains do." The grin on Hotaru's face was now wider.
"Of course I know that Hotaru! What do you take me for? an 'idiot'?!" Mikan shrieked at her.
"You are cleverer than I thought you would be. Never once in my life that I imagined Sakura Mikan realise that she's an idiot, you are now smarter Mikan. I shall congratulate you – Congratulations Sakura Mikan." Hotaru lightly pat her back.'
"Hotaru, you meanie!"
"Actually Mikan, to tell you the truth, the word 'meanie' doesn't exist in dictionaries." Hotaru waited for her best friend's amusing 'shocked reaction'. Mikan's eyes bulged out of its socket and her jaw dropped until it reached the ground, "Seriously?" Mikan muttered.
"Yes and I think that statement is the reply to my next declaration – You are late."
"Seriously?"
"Talk about being predictable. Mikan, let's go before your boss deducts your wage." Hotaru said as she reached for the door knob, pushed the door open and waited for her best friend to walk through it.
"Aye Aye Madame,"
"Don't let me get started on that,"
"Fine! My Queen,"
"Better. Now let's go." Hotaru said as she took Mikan's wrist towards her car and went off to work.
A girl in her teens walked out of the taxi and stared at the restaurant in front of her, its name is 'Lane' El'. Her raven-blackish shoulder length hair complimented her alluring crimson eyes, her looks may seem innocent but they don't know what's going on in that head of hers. One thing for sure is that she's Hyuuga Nastume's little sister. However, the society doesn't really know her since she despises making public appearances and her brother doesn't talk a lot about her for which she is grateful for. To top all of that she indulges herself in her studies not caring about the outside world except for her brother that is.
Imagine how enraged she was when she found out that her brother's getting married when she was abroad in Australia. Come on! Be realistic, her brother – Hyuuga Nastume is getting married. MARRIED! Pfft. Like seriously, are you going to believe that piece of crappy news? Apparently everybody in the world does and she doesn't plan to believe it any time in the future. The thought of her brother getting married is impossible,そのことは不可能, su impossible, 불가능합니다, 没有它不可能, nein ist nicht möglich,geen haar onmogelijk.
See, she even went as far as to translate 'Impossible' into SIX different languages. God forbid her to get this mad, she's a happy go-lucky-girl for heaven's sake! Breathe Aoi! BREATHE!
It just can't be helped, he doesn't even have a girlfriend during his student days and now you're saying that he's getting married? Hah!
She stopped her train of thoughts and tried to calm herself down. On the bright side, she doesn't need to set her brother up on blind dates anymore and she could leave him in his soon to be wife's care but is that person trustable?
She doesn't know but she would know once she steps into this restaurant.
"Hotaru, I demand to know where my bed is."
The person who said the above word was quickly silenced with a smack on her head by Hotaru.
"Ouch!" out came her piercing scream.
"I told you. Pay me 88,000 Yen" Hotaru responded to her shout.
"But I don't have enough money!" Mikan whined at her.
"Then you'll just have to wait."
"No!"
"Yes."
"No!"
"Alright, I'll tell you. You see, I used an invisible liquid and poured it on the bed causing it to look like it disappeared." Hotaru said with a smirk on her face.
"I never thought of that!" Mikan said enthusiastically as she punched the air.
Hotaru's smirk widen at the sight of this, 'I-D-I-O-T, I auctioned it off as Hyuuga Mikan's bed and got 45, 000, 0000 Yen from it' was what she was thinking at that time.
"Now that's settled. I'M BORED!" Mikan heaved a sigh.
"Shut up." Hotaru sighed as she lightly pinched Mikan's cheek.
"I can't help it. I'M BORED!" Mikan said as she slumped down on the couch at the workers' lounge.
"Then why don't you help around the restaurant?" Hotaru casually asked as she lazily removed her hand from Mikan's cheek.
"That is because every time I'm sighted by the female customers' – they glare at me and immediately leave the restaurant, which is bad for business." Mikan sighed as she stared out the window, looking at the busy streets of Tokyo.
"Your boss did the right thing."
A distant chime of bell was heard; this clearly meant that a customer has arrived.
Mikan sighed at this, "I want work!" she said in a frustrated voice.
"I thought you said that it's troublesome?" Hotaru questioned her statement in an amused voice.
"That was when I was watching television. Now I'm bored!" Mikan said as she buried her face on one of the cushions that was placed on the couch.
One of their co-workers suddenly entered the workers' lounge and looked at Mikan pleadingly, "Mikan, can you please deal with one of the VIP customers?"
Mikan squealed at this, "No worries, I shall go right now!"
She stood up, brushed off the imaginary dust on her uniform and went off to the VIP section of the restaurant.
Aoi hummed a tune as she comfortably waited for Sakura Mikan at her VIP table. As soon as she arrived, she requested for a VIP table and for Sakura Mikan to be her waitress during her time dining in the restaurant. She then sighed as she played with a strand of her hair, 'I wonder, what type of person is this Sakura Mikan?' she thought as she laid her head on the posh table in front of her.
"Good morning and welcome to Lane' El, Miss …. Miss?" A sweet voice disturbed her from her reverie, at this she slowly lifted her head and evaluated the person who disturbed her unwinding. She has waist-length brunette hair paired with the most expressive looking eyes she ever saw. She was stunned, 'Is this Sakura Mikan?' she thought as she clasped her hands over her mouth, 'She looks quite plain?'
Unknown to Aoi, the person she's currently evaluating is in quite a predicament. Let's go to Mikan's thoughts, Shall we?
WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THIS GIRL?
You want to know why she's mad, is that it? Well, let me tell you what happened before this …
As she was asked, she went to the VIP's section of the restaurant and went to the receptionist at the VIP section to ask them which customer she needs to care for the day. She was told to go to VIP room 7 and was instructed to use her words carefully as the person was really important. She nodded at the receptionist and happily went to VIP room 7, thinking that she wouldn't get bored at this rate. She knocked on the door, once, twice, thrice and knocked again for the last time but there was no response. She just shrugged and thought that she should just enter the room since she's expected.
Once she stepped in, she saw a girl in her teens - laying her head on the table. She smiled at this, this pretty much reminded her of her teenage days where she would laze her arse off. She shook her head, obscuring the thoughts before as she approached her customer, "Good morning and welcome Lane' El, Miss … Miss?"
After those words were said, the teenager looked up at her and clasped her mouth.
"Miss …. Miss?" She kept on chanting to her customer as she thought of something like …
WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THIS GIRL? SAY SOMETHING!
That.
And out we go of Mikan's thoughts.
After a few good seconds, Aoi snapped out of her trance and sat up straight as she looked at Mikan in the eye, "Aoi Sixdots, nice to meet you. I presume that you are Sakura Mikan?"
Mikan wanted to raise an eyebrow at Aoi's surname 'Sixdots'? Now that is what you call a unique surname.
"Yes, I am Sakura Mikan – I'll be your waiter for the day Miss Sixdots," Mikan introduced herself for the second time to her customer.
"Call me Aoi."
"Okay then, Aoi." Mikan said to her with a heart-warming smile plastered on her face. "Here you go, the menu." she continued as she gave out the menu to Aoi.
Aoi pushed the menu away and smiled at Mikan, "I want to order today's special,"
"Okay then." Mikan beamed in response as she walked away to the kitchen.
Aoi slumped down on the couch as she sighed. Currently she's occupying her brain with questions especially on her first impression on this Sakura Mikan. She rummaged through her handbag and brought out a notepad, she flipped to a certain page which had been written. On the page words like 'Good points' and 'Bad points' were written next to each other with a line separating both of the words.
She took the pen that was slid in the loop of the notepad binder and started to write something beneath the 'Good points'. On it she wrote – plain looking but has a sweet voice, her sweet voice can actually help Natsume-nii who's an insomniac fall asleep and with that she stopped writing and read through the points that she had written.
She nodded in satisfaction and gently put the notepad back into her handbag thinking of what Sakura Mikan has in store for her.
Mikan hummed a tune as she waited for the cook to finish cooking Aoi's order. She thought of her customer's features, she's gorgeous alright but something's been bugging her ever since she looked at her customer in the eye. Her eye colour's crimson, this greatly reminded her of the almighty jerk that is supposed to her husband from this day on.
As she continued to think of her customer - something hit her, most of her customer's features are the same as the almighty jerk! She thought carefully, What if that person is Natsume's little sister? She immediately shook her head as the thought came, it couldn't be since her customer's surname is Sixdots.
She sighed as she massaged her forehead, all that thinking made her dizzy.
"Mikan, the order's ready!" shouted the cook as he gently put the special order on the silver tray next to her.
"Okay." Mikan smiled as she gracefully took the silver tray and took off to VIP room 7.
"Aoi, here's your order." Mikan said as she entered the room.
"Goody!" Aoi smiled childishly at her as she gently laid Aoi's special order in front of her. Mikan watched Aoi wolf down her special order as she smiled at the sight until Aoi disturbed her train of thoughts.
"Mikan, can you tell me more about yourself?"
"Me?" Mikan said in a surprised tone.
"Yes, you! Is there anyone else here?" Aoi stopped eating as she pointed at Mikan.
"Okay then. Where shall I start hm? Oh I know. I'm ….." Mikan soon then started telling Aoi about herself but of course she was careful enough to not tell Aoi about her being Natsume's pretend everything.
"I think that's that." Mikan announced as she finished telling Aoi about her life. By that time, it was already afternoon and Mikan's almost finished with her shift.
Aoi smiled at her as she touched the now empty bowl of her special order, "Mikan, can you clear this up first?"
"Sure." Mikan replied with a smile as she got hold of the dishes and merrily skipped to the kitchen.
As soon as the figure disappeared from sight, Aoi sighed as she shook her head at the bad points she found out about Mikan. She once again took out her notepad and slid off the pen that was placed in the loop of the binder and wrote what she found out about Mikan – Idiot, clumsy, doesn't know how to do most of the simplest thing in the world. She sighed as she laid her notepad in her handbag and flicked her forehead. 'How can I trust her to take care of brother if she's like this?' Aoi thought as she stood up and headed outside to the counter and to pay for her food.
At that particular time, out came Mikan from the kitchen and she was quite surprised to find Aoi at the counter paying for her food.
"Aoi, what are you doing?"
Aoi jolted in surprise at the voice that snapped her out of her daydream, "Just paying." she replied without looking back, clearly knowing that the voice belonged to her sister in law.
"Oh, I was about to return to your VIP room but here you are."
"Yeah." Aoi lazily said as she turned around just to see Mikan dressed like she's about to go home.
"You're going home?" Aoi asked her as she readied herself to go out.
"I'm waiting for my fiancée to pick me up." Mikan replied to her question with a smile.
"Is that him?" Aoi pointed to the very familiar car that was parked outside with her brother leaning on the car which definitely caught every female's attention that had passed the car.
"Eh? He's early today. See you around Aoi!" Aoi looked at Mikan's retreating back and stared at her brother.
As soon as her brother noticed that Mikan's nearing him, he lazily lifted his body from the car and waited for her to be in front of him. When Mikan was in front of her brother – his poker face was instantly replaced with a very smug smile.
Aoi blinked her eyes at this, her brother rarely smirks – she glanced at the couple once more and saw that they were now hugging each other. Mikan had a big smile on her face while her brother had a small gentle smile on his face - her brother frigging smiled! And it's not just any smile, it was a true smile. She carefully observed them until they entered the car and that's when a big smile appeared on her face.
'Who cares if she's clumsy and all that. She just made him smile a smile which hadn't appeared ever since father died, 'Aoi thought as she went out of the restaurant, looking forward to tomorrow as she would visit her brother and formally introduce herself to her sister in law.
What Aoi didn't know that Natsume actually blackmailed Mikan to hug him or else he won't stop teasing her about the childish pigtails that he had seen she wore once. Mikan, sick of his teases just complied with his request and hugged him, not knowing that Natsume secretly liked her pigtails. He just wanted to hug her at that time as he missed her presence for a reason, love perhaps? Definitely not.
Watch out for Chapter 5: Another day
If people are wondering where the heck is Hotaru - she went home.
I'm tired! ~ A day till school starts. -tears her hair out-
I plan to edit all my stories first before continuing an multi-chaptered fics or writing any new one-shot but I think I'll go with writing the one-shot :) As usual, leave a review if you would like to but they are appreciated :)