Author's Note: hello!! This is the chapter one for this story… thanks to all of you… I didn't know it would be a hit!! Thanks so much!! Hope you enjoy!!

A Hated Matched Marriage
Tsubame Sakura

Chapter 1: It's Hard To Tell

The bell rang and all the students were coming out from their classrooms, then the boys started to crowd on the left side and the girls on the right. "I can't believe we're graduating junior high! Tell me Natsume-kun are you still going to study here when we graduate?" A girl asked

"Yes, I still am." He replied, boredly.

"Yay! Then I'll still be studying here too!" The girl said and the others agreed, "We weill always stay with you Natsume-kun!" They yelled.

What a bunch of idiots He thought as he sighed helplessly.

(Meanwhile.)

"Ah! Sakura-san, we will be graduating soon, and I was going to transfer to a different school when we start entering high school, so - will you please go out with me?!" The Boy asked, as he blushed madly with his sudden confession.

'Err..' Mikan thought.

"Oh, I'm really sorry, but I'm actually not quite really for... erm, relationships, yet." She said as she smiled.

"Oh, is that so?" The boy said, with a discouraged heart.

"Yeah, I'm sorry." She said and flashed a fake smile

"That's okay; it's not your fault anyway." He said. "By the way, are you still going to study here when we enter high school?" He asked.

"Yes, I still am."

'That's a relief.'

(Natsume's POV)

"Is dinner ready yet?" Natsume asked, as soon as he entered his house.

"Oh, Natsume you're here." Mrs. Hyuuga said

"Is it not obvious?" He said not even looking at his mother

"Hey, you!" Mrs. Hyuuga said grabbing his left ear.

"Ow! What?!" He shouted.

"Is that how you treat your mother? You're not even looking at me when you just came from school." She sniffed as she tightened her grip on Natsume's ear.

'Ow!'

"Okay, I'm sorry." Natsume said. His mom released him.

"Well?"

He sighed in defeat, "I'm home." He said in a lazy tone

"That's much better, you should really change that attitude of yours." His mom said pinching his cheeks.

"Okay, now stop this." He said.

"Fine… your father and I need to talk to you later." She said, in a serious tone, as she left him.

'What now?' he thought.

"Whatever." He said.

(Mikan's POV)

"Mom, Dad!! I'm home!!" She said opening the door.

"Oh, my beautiful tangerine!! How are you?!" Mrs. Sakura said as she hugged her tight.

"Ugh! I-I'm fine mom!" She said.

"Where's dad?" She asked.

"Well, come with me…" Her mother said.

"Okay?" She said as she followed obidiently.

She followed her mother as instructed and then she found her father sitting on a couch.

"Oh, Mikan you're here…" Mr. Sakura said.

"Yes… how are you?" She asked.

"I'm fine… we need to talk to you…" He said.

"Well? What is it?" She asked.

"Sit down first…" Mrs. Sakura said (How should I know their names…?)

"Okay?" She said as she sat down

"What is it?" She asked again

"Well, you see… you know Natsume Hyuuga, right?" Mrs. Sakura said.

"Yes… he's popular at school." She replied.

'And that total jerk that I hate!!'

'He's so stubborn and always acts cool but he's not!! He always breaks up with his girlfriends and they don't even survive with him less than a week!!' after thinking those awful thoughts about him she didn't even listened to her parents.

"Huh? Can you repeat that?"

"Sigh… me and your father are best friends with his parents… and we made an agreement…" Her mother said.

"What agreement?" she asked curiously.

"The agreement is…"

"Is?"

"That you will marry him if you graduate college…" Her mother continued.

Mikan froze. "Ca-can you repeat that?" She stuttered.

"Sigh… I told you she wouldn't understand…" Mrs. Sakura said.

"Maybe…"

"Me and that jerk get married?!" She shouted.

"Well... not yet … When you turn sixteen, you will be engaged with him. So in short, when you enter your high school, and you will also be living with him." Her mother said.

"En-engaged?! Sa-same house?! B-but Mom! I'll turn sixteen in January! In a month mom! In a month!" Mikan shouted.

"Mikan, you shoudl really understand -"

"I can't believe you're doing this to me!!" She shouted.

"Listen Mikan…"

"Do you really love me?!"

"Yes we do... that's why…"

"The why?!" Mikan, at age 15, had a tantrum.

'Sheesh…' Mr. and Mrs. Sakura said.

(Natsume's POV)

"Listen Natsume… do you love us?" His Mother asked him, with a very tender voice.

He sighed, "...do I really have to?" Natsume asked.

"Yes!" His mother said

He sighed again, "...yes I do… happy?"

"No…not yet…" Her mother said.

"You see Natsume, you know Mikan Sakura, right?" His father asked.

"Yes… I do…Why?" He asked.

'That idiotic girl, who is always wearing mini skirts… and always stylish that she is glowing, and especially that irritates me…'

"What about her?" He asked.

"You see, her parents are friends of ours… and we actually made an agreement…" His father said.

"What kind of agreement?" He asked.

"That you will marry her…" His mother said.

"Ma-marry her?!' He stuttered.

"Yes… well, after you graduate college…"

"Then why did you told me this now?!" He asked

"Because… you will be living with her when you graduate junior high…Or, should I say, engaged then live with her when you enter high school." His father said

"With you and her parents, right?" He asked.

"…No…" His mother said.

"What?!"

"Mikan and you will only act like husband and wife…" His father said. "But it wont change that fact that you two are engaged."

"…I dont need this." He said as he left.

"Natsume! You still need to live with her! You have no choice!"

"I dont care!" He shouted, "I will never be engaged with that stupid girl." He muttered.

Author's Note: Edited 6.6.08