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Chapter 11

Wrong, Right and Sweet Lies

"Maybe, that's why; the worst battle is between what you know…and what you feel."

Natsume Hyuuga

It was yet another day in Alice Academy. Natsume and his friends along with girls were having history today. Although everyone knew that no one was paying attention, even the teacher, they still went on with this boring class.

And just like everyone else, Natsume was spacing off into his own world. 'I just have to go through this as smooth as I can. There's no turning back at this point. I have to keep going. I searched for her, found her and I was given a chance to make a difference in her life…a difference that Natsuke never did. Its all worth it right? The lies, the masks and more, they're all worth it, right? But what if she knew the truth will she listen or run away again?' Natsume thought. He massaged his temples and touched the tip of his nose as if trying to sort things out. If this was right, why did he feel so frustrated? If his intentions were pure, why does he feel like it was disgraceful? If he was doing this for his brother, why does what she will think matter to him so much? This wasn't confusion but it was more than that…it was…regret. 'Regret of what?' He thought again. 'Is it regret of lying or actually something more? But I'm doing the right thing. Why would I feel regretful?'

He was tired of this mind games. He looked at the teacher and rolled his eyes. He looked out the window and saw a car, a black car, parked in front of Alice Academy. The person inside went out. It was a boy. He had silver hair and he was in good shape. He looked at Alice Academy. 'Haven't I seen this boy before?' Natsume thought as he kept on staring at him but not quiet put his finger on where he has seen him before. He wasn't wearing the Alice Academy uniform, so surely he wasn't a student. But he was wearing one of a jock's jackets of Alice Academy. And one thing was noticeable: He had a tattoo of a dragon snaked around his left arm.

The bell ringed, signalling that it was time for their lunch break. Everyone went out of the classroom even before the teacher could say his goodbye.

The girl's were heading for the cafeteria when they met the boys, who were murmuring about something. This got the girl's attention, so they headed to where they were.

"You've seen him before but you don't know where exactly, right?" The girls heard Ruka ask Natsume.

Natsume just nodded lazily. Koko heaved a sigh before saying, "What does he look like?"

But before Natsume could answer, Mikan suddenly appeared at his side and said, "What are you talking about?" She was in her cheery mood today. She was carefree around Natsume now. Natsume was shock to see her suddenly beside him. He placed his hand around her before saying, "Nothing."

But Hotaru didn't let this slip. It doesn't sounded nothing and never will it sound nothing at all. "Is that so?" Was what Hotaru said as she neared Ruka.

Ruka was backing away since he never saw Hotaru this interested. "Yes?" Ruka answered in a questionable tone.

The twins looked at each other and said, "Then why are you so tense, Prince Charming?" They beamed and had those mischievous smiles and those suspicious eyes.

They too were nearing Ruka but Yuu and Kitsuname didn't allow that. The moment Yuu neared Nonoko she backed away and said, not looking at him, "Never mind."

Anna was left there with Kitsuname towering her as she looked somewhere else and said, "I was just wondering" She sang.

Kitsuname chuckled, "It doesn't seem so, Princess."

Misaki on the other hand was surprised by Tsubasa at her back when he said, "Are you also wondering?" He whispered against her hair. He was close…too close. Misaki stepped away from him and glared. She was unaffected by his charms again.

Sumire raised a brow. She was loosing her patience here. Koko arrived at her side. Sumire was irritated so she punched him. "What was that for!?" Koko shouted when he fell on the hard floor.

"That was for thinking we are okay already. 25 inches away please. Thank you." Sumire said as she strutted near enough to actually face all of them.

"Listen, I am not going on a diet. Therefore, I wanna eat this very instant. But you see," She paused to laugh sarcastically, "You are wasting our time with your flirting!" Sumire shouted. They were all shocked. Sumire then smiled. "So spill."

The boys raised a brow at her change of mood so fast. Koko got up and said, "There is this boy that Natsume saw outside the window during History and Natsume said he saw him before."

"What does he look like?" Sumire asked in a demanding tone.

"I was asking that before, "—looks at Mikan—"Someone interrupted."

Mikan knew he was talking about her and smiled at Koko, "Koko, do you want another punch on the face? Maybe that way you'll look like a panda and then maybe you'll be cute enough for Sumire's taste." Mikan said from innocent to a deadly tone.

Koko looked down and backed down. Mikan was starting to scare him now. Heck, all of them are scary! Who in the world would be brave enough to actually shout at them, the most handsome and rich boys in the world, and would be a girl at the same time? Them. They are actually out of their right minds!

Natsume cleared his throat to get their attention…more like to get Mikan's attention back to him, and said, "He has silver hair, he looked like he was in middle school or at least a first year high school but he wore nothing like a uniform from Alice Academy."

This got the attention of the girls. They all had those horrid faces. Mikan stood up and walked to Sumire, and so did the others. They froze there until Hotaru said, "Does he happen to have a dragon in his left arm?"

Natsume thought about it and said, "Yah, it was pretty noticeable."

Mikan looked at the girls and said, "He's back."

"Who?!" the boys said at the same time.

"Yoichi. Yoichi Hijiri." The twins said at the same time.

"Who's that?" Ruka asked as he composed himself from being attacked by Hotaru.

"Our only boy cousin." Misaki murmured but was loud enough to be heard by everyone.

The boys looked at one another and then said, "You have another cousin?!"

The girls just nodded and looked down.

Cafeteria:

Hotaru kept on tapping on her laptop, trying to figure out this mystery at hand. Misaki called people to ask if they saw this coming. Mikan tried calling her grandmamma but sadly her phone was off. The twins got them some food. And Sumire was checking out the school information with her phone if their cousin was coming back to Alice Academy.

Everyone stopped what they were doing and said, "I got nothing!" They all shouted. Mikan closed her eyes and massaged her temple. How could nobody tell that her only boy cousin was back here in Japan the moment he heard they were also back? What the hell was happening here?

The twins heaved a sigh, as Hotaru kept on tapping on her laptop again. Misaki gave up as she shut her phone and slammed her head on the table and muttered inaudible words. Sumire slammed her phone on the table and breathed in and out counting one to ten in her mind.

"How the hell did he keep this from us?" Mikan finally spoke up in an exhausted voice.

Hotaru looked up at them and said, "Looks like the little twerp knows how to throw a surprise party."

"Sadly, I have to agree to that. I called every airport, agency and yet I got nothing! He really planned this well! I didn't even get when he came here." Misaki said as she looked up from the table with tired eyes.

"Ever considered the fact that he really wanted to surprise us?" Nonoko said nonchalantly. Anna looked at her twin and her forehead pulled together.

"If that's the real case, shouldn't he be here already, surprising us?" Anna asked her twin.

Sumire looked at all of them and said, "Then maybe he is here for another reason aside from us coming back here in Japan?"

Hotaru closed her laptop, Misaki, and Mikan placed their phones inside their bags. They all heaved a sigh and grabbed some food. "But if he has other reasons, what could they be?" Mikan said as she drank some water.

Sumire's phone suddenly rang. She flipped it open and she released a chuckle. The girls looked at her and she looked at them.

"Looks like I know." Sumire said with a smirk.

Hotaru raised a brow at her. Misaki looked at her. The twins moved a little closer to her. And Mikan smiled at her and crouched closer. Sumire looked at them and smiled.

"A first year loser of Alice Academy admitted that she has feelings for a first year king. But of course, she was dumped the moment she admitted her feelings to him." Sumire read the message she got.

"What does this have to do with Yoichi coming back?" Hotaru said in an impatient manner.

"The first year king that was said in the gossip was Reo Mouri, ring a bell?" Sumire continued.

"Oh, isn't he the youngest model to ever been wanted by the best endorsers in the world?" Anna said.

"Aside from that…he also is….?" Sumire said as she motioned them to continue her sentence.

"Yoichi's childhood best friend." Misaki said in utter shock, though no emotion was placed on her face.

"Bingo." Sumire said as she smirked and look at each of them.

"So, he's back because Reo's evil?" Nonoko said as she tried to pull the puzzles together.

Sumire chuckled. "Patience. Hell no. The first year loser that I was talking about was Aoi Hyuuga."

Misaki stood up with force. "A Hyuuga's a loser?!"

People looked at her with irritated glares as the twins tried to get her seat down and let Sumire continue. Hotaru was loosing her patience.

"I hate games, Sumire. Just tell us what's going on." Hotaru demanded.

Sumire breathed and smiled as she said, "Aoi Hyuuga, the first year loser, confessed her love to Reo Mouri, first year king, but was dumped immediately."

"And that has something to do with Yoichi because….?" Mikan asked as she trailed off trying to make Sumire finish her sentence.

"Because Aoi Hyuuga was the girl that Yoichi was talking about when he was interfering with our beauty sleeps when we were in New York." Hotaru continued for Sumire. She finally got the puzzle all together.

"Bingo." Sumire said as she winked at Hotaru.

"But I still don't get it. So what if she confessed that she likes Reo Mouri, is it enough to get Yoichi's butt back here in Japan?" Nonoko asked in a near shout.

Sumire rolled her eyes, "Let me spell it out for you. Yoichi came back for Aoi." She paused and heaved a sigh. "He came back the moment he knew that Aoi was in love with someone that he knew himself that will just hurt Aoi."

"And how can you be so sure that he came back just because Aoi like someone unworthy?" Anna then questioned, emphasising the word unworthy.

"Because when Mikan said 'Just be her friend, protect her and be her knight in shining armour when her Prince Charming is nowhere to be found, rescue her when the prince is a bastard' he suddenly sounded like he was serious about one thing in his life aside from being an overprotective cousin to us." Sumire explained.

"So, he took it by heart, stayed in contact with her through his connections and when he found out about her feelings for Reo and us being here, he rushed his butt here?" Mikan asked for confirmation.

"Yes." Sumire and Hotaru said together. Sumire pursed her lips together and said, "Maybe if it wasn't Reo and if we weren't back, he wouldn't rush back here. If her heart wasn't at risk, he wouldn't be her knight in shining armour again."

"We still have to confirm it from him, though." Misaki reminded all of them. The girls looked at her with sad eyes and ate their lunch silently.

"But what's wrong with Reo?" Anna asked.

Sumire raised a brow at her as Hotaru answered, "Yoichi knew very well that Reo was never the type of making woman happy…forever."

With the boys:

Natsume and his friends were at the Sakura tree. They were just letting lunch pass by. They tried to make small talks and finally found a topic that had been knocking their socks off.

"Okay so Yoichi Hijiri, the boy who was your little sister's first crush, is the cousin of your first love, Mikan Sakure?" Koko said as he tried to sort it out.

Tsubasa rolled his eyes while Natsume nodded lazily at Koko. Ruka sat beside Natsume and placed his hand on Natsume's shoulder, "Natsume, how could Mikan be your childhood friend when I met you in France and you said that I was your first friend?"

Natsume was startled with his question. He wasn't expecting this. Maybe his plan wasn't smooth after all. Maybe even the best plans don't get pass your best friend.

He heaved a sigh and readied himself to tell them the truth. He looked at each and everyone and even checked if anyone was around. When he was sure that they were all alone he pursed his lips and said, "I wasn't Mikan's childhood friend but my twin, Natsuke."

Yuu looked at him with wide eyes. Tsubasa, who was drinking some water, spat it all out at Kitsuname, who didn't even react because of his shock. Koko had his mouth open. And Ruka let his hand slide from Natsume's shoulder down his side again.

Koko first recovered and shouted, "How did you…when did… where is…oh my."

"Natsuke was in Japan and so were Mikan and her cousins. I, on the other hand, was in France, where I met Ruka. Natsuke became engaged to Mikan after a few months of being close to her family…and later on fell in love, or so he used to say when I had a chance to talk to him. But Mikan's grandmother decided to perfect them to be heiresses and left for Russia. My brother was depressed. Due to this, he had some heart problems. There was still hope if he told my mom earlier about what he was feeling. My mom was ready to have him operated even if there is a 50/50 chance that his heart could take it but he insisted on not going through it.

"I came back after knowing this. He kept it from me for a year. I came back and he told me everyday about Mikan. Before he died he gave me the necklace that Mikan gave him before she left and said, 'Make her happy like I was still there.' And I promised that to him."

"So, in order to keep that promise you pretended to be Mikan's childhood friend?" Tsubasa said as his forehead pulled together.

"I wouldn't do it if I wouldn't picture her crying." Natsume defended.

"So, that's all that took you to actually lie about your whole personality and risk hurting a girl who tries to find someone dear to her?" Kitsuname said. He was a little bit pissed on the illogical reason that Natsume gave them.

"No, and the fact that I don't know if I could make her happy being Natsume, I mean, you know what was her first reaction when we first met. Do you think she'll stay with me and let me keep my promise when I tell her, 'Hey, I'm Natsuke's brother. I want to be friends with you'?" Ruka sighed and said, "Do you have any plans on telling her?"

Natsume looked down and pursed his lips and said, "No. It might be better this way."

Koko went near him and said, "Natsume, you might have good intentions but it isn't enough reason for you to actually fool the girl. She's nice, Natsume, don't make her suffer later on. The way I see it, she doesn't deserve to be hurt."

Yuu shook his head and looked at Natsume with mixed emotions. "I only have one question. Do you really love her? And if you do, is it as Natsume Hyuuga or as Natsume pretending to be Natsuke Hyuuga?"

That question hit him; he wasn't sure about it either. He doesn't even know if he was only doing this for his brother or if he was really in love. Natsume rested his head back and said in a low voice, "I don't….know. Right now, I wonder, would fate even let me meet her if I wasn't twin of Natsuke, her childhood friend and if I was just me, would fate let it happen?"

Kitsuname wiped his face and uniform as he glared at Tsubasa. Yuu flipped his phone open as if waiting for a call. Ruka, on the other hand, went beside Koko.

A ring was then heard. Yuu answered the call.

"Yes, dad? Yes. No. I did. Of course, it will work!" Yuu said as he walked back and forth. The boys just watched him as if trying to make out what was happening to Yuu.

"It was the deal, dad. Did I what?" Yuu said, "Fall for her?" Yuu repeated. Natsume figured that they were talking about Nonoko.

"Maybe. Well, I don't know. Dad, I don't think you should ask me that. Just stick to the deal, dad. Bye." Yuu said in an irritated voice as he shut his phone.

The boys were staring at him the whole time that when he looked at them he raised a brow, "What?" He asked.

"What was that?" Ruka asked as he placed an arm around Yuu.

"You never ask before, why ask now?" Yuu said as he tried to remove Ruka's arm.

Tsubasa raised a brow at him and chuckled before saying, "Because by the looks of it, it was about Nonoko."

"Yah, Yuu. What's this deal all about?" Koko said.

Yuu took a deep breath and looked at them, "Oh that." He whispered and hesitantly answered them, "I made a deal with my dad."

"What deal?" Natsume said as he stood up.

"That if I could somehow change Nonoko and do this favour for his friend, he will let me do whatever I want in my college life," Yuu explained.

"So, in short you being nice to Nonoko were just an act?" Tsubasa said.

"At first, yes. But later on…it changed." Yuu said.

"And you never told her?" Koko said.

"No." Yuu whispered.

"So, you used her to be free from your father's grip for the next 4 years of your life?" Kitsuname asked in disbelief.

"Used her? I never meant it to be like that."

"But that's how it sounded. And now Karma became a bitch and made you fall for her!" Kitsuname said, irritated again.

"Maybe I did but I never meant to use her."

"Never meant? The way I see it you planned it well. You tamed her, and you got what you wanted." Kitsuname shouted.

"Stop it." Natsume said trying to calm Kitsuname.

"Stop? Nat, Yuu's gonna end up hurting her when she finds out!" Kitsuname defended.

"And who said she will know?!" Yuu said in rage.

"Why, do you think she won't?! Sooner or later she's gonna figure it out when you go to college because she knows your father had his grips on you ever since you were born!" Kitsuname retorted.

"Listen, I wouldn't have done it if there was any other way around but there wasn't. And then I ended up getting to know her better. She was…different. And I never meant to fall for her." Yuu tried his best to make them understand.

"Yuu," Koko said, "we know that but you already fell for her and she knows it. We all know that if she didn't know about your deal with your dad, you're safe, right?" Koko said, reassuring him. Koko looked at Kitsuname.

"Does Nonoko's dad know about the stupid deal?" Tsubasa finally said.

"I don't think so." Yuu said unsurely.

"Then is that enough to make Kitsuname here shut his big fat mouth from being irritated?" Ruka said playfully as he looked at Kitsuname, who glared at him in return.

"It will. But let me tell you this, Yuu, it wasn't right. And never will it be." Kitsuname warned.

"Is that why you became serious with Anna after playing with all those girls, because it wouldn't be right?" Yuu finally said in hatred.

Kitsuname was about to punch him when Natsume stopped him and said, "You better not kill each other over some lousy conversation."

"Yes!" Kitsuname shouted.

"But it's right to play with other girls?!" Yuu shouted as he too was about to punch him when Tsubasa stopped him.

Kitsuname looked at Yuu with deadly eyes, "At least I didn't use the first girl I ever fell in love with." Kitsuname said with venom and removed Natsume's hand and walked out. Tsubasa sigh and Ruka watched Kitsuname walk away. Koko and Natsume looked at each other then at Kitsuname then at Yuu.

"You know, Yuu," Natsume began. "Kitsuname just wanted you to know what it sounded like."

"But is it enough to actually nag at me about it?" Yuu asked.

"No and yes. No, because he doesn't really know anything and yes, because he's your friend," Natsume answered.

"Nat, I know I made a mistake and I regretted it. I just don't get why he was so mad at me for using Nonoko."

"It's because he thinks it's wrong. Yes, it's also wrong to play with girls but for him its more wrong to use them and lie to them." Ruka butted in.

"So, are you telling me that he being too serious with Anna when we all know that they'll just end up with somebody else is right?" Tsubasa asked as he also butted in, "We all know why most of us here are players, It's because we know that we must cease the moment until our parents pear us up with women we don't even like. And that love will never be in our dictionaries."

"It isn't wrong to fall in love." Yuu said.

"But in our situations, it isn't right either." Natsume murmured as he looked at Yuu.

"That's what sucks right? We fall in love and then fate's gonna be cruel with us and pair us up with somebody we don't even know." Tsubasa said.

"And even though how much we know about where we will end up, we still let love take its course and let it be." Ruka said in a low voice.

Natsume looked at them and they looked at him. He sighs and placed his hands inside his pockets and said in a husky voice while looking up at the Sakura Tree, "Maybe, that's why; the worst battle is between what you know…and what you feel."

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