Author's Note: I'm ashamed of myself. It's been over a year and this story is not yet complete?! Am I really THAT lazy?! And I only realized that up till now! I need to finish this and fast. I'm really sorry... and maybe you dont know how sorry I am right now. I'm completely ashamed...

A Hated Matched Marriage
Tsubame Sakura

Chapter 14: Hug, or no hug? Is that even a question?

"Can I… hug you?"

"What?" Natsume protested. Mikan looked at him again and then blushed.

"I-it's not what you think." She said as she turned around to face the ceiling. Natsume smirked.

"Hn? Now you're all over me, baka-youjo?" Natsume asked as his smirked grew wider and Mikan's face turned redder.

Think Mikan think! Think of a great excuse!"

"I said, it's not what you think! I… I'm just used on hugging Youichi-kun every night so…" Mikan said.

"Mikan you're a genius! Now he won't be able to doubt me now!"

"I know you can't resist me, every girl cant." Natsume said.

"Aww, great." Mikan, frustrated, because being compared with other girls turned the opposite way.

"Look, it's just a simply question and you just have to answer it!" Mikan said, she pouted. "Damn it, Mikan!"

"Just…just, forget it. Go back to sleep, we need our energy for tomorrow." She said.

"I'm so stupid, I can't even believe myself that I said that."

She then feels weight was put down on her right arm; she blushed when she realized that Natsume's arm was rested on hers. She looked at him and blushed even more when she saw his face close to hers with his eyes closed. She turned around with her eyes open.

"Hey…" He said, her breath touching her ear.

"W-what," She stuttered.

"You…this, will cost you." Mikan wanted to fall on the floor.

"What the hell? I-I can't believe him!" She took a deep breath and closed her eyes, she smiled and calmed down. "But it sure feels nice… to be with him."

The sun's rays were beamed on Mikan's face through the white curtains. She took her time to sit up straight and look around her surrounding, what caught her attention was a sleeping person was beside her… ON A BED. She rubbed her eyes and when it finally opened again, her eyes met up with a pair of ruby ones.

"Good morning, baka-youjo." He said, as he smirked.

"Ugn…ugh, huh? Oh, good morning…" She said.

'Where am I?' She gasped.

"K-kyaa!!" She shouted.

"You, you pervert!" She said as she hit him with a pillow. Natsume easily dodged it and smirked at her.

"Don't worry, idiot. We didn't do anything last night." His smirk only grew wider, as she shook her head with disagreement. She got off the bed.

"P-pervert!" she said as she hurriedly went to the bathroom.

Her breathing was fast as her heart skipped a beat. 'Now I remember…'

'Can I… hug you?' Mikan started to wave her arms high.

"Get a hold of yourself, Mikan! Erase all those bad memories!" She then stopped her action and placed her index finger on her chin.

"Come to think of it… I'm the one who asked him if I could hug him… why vice versa?" Mikan thought as she blushed.

"Don't tell me that he— nah, he's not like that." She thought as she snorted at chuckled.

"Hey idiot," Natsume said, knocking on the bathroom door.

"Hurry up; we'll be meeting Youichi in a few minutes. If you don't, I won't hesitate to leave you here."

"Yah! I'm coming, sheesh." She said as she opened the door.

"Hurry up and get dressed." Natsume said, as he sat on the couch and turned on the T.V.

"Che, fine, whatever." She said as she got her clothes and went to the bathroom again.

An hour later near 'Ocean Deep resort'

"Hey, where's Youichi-kun?" Mikan asked impatiently. She crossed her arms and tapped her foot on the ground. They waited for over 15 minutes with their lauggage already packed. She sighed and looked at her feet.

"Natsume onii-chan, Mikan! Over here!" Youichi shouted, waving a hand on them while being accompanied by an old couple.

"Y-youichi-kun!" Mikan shouted as she ran up to him for an hug.

"Oh, I miss you so much!"

"Idiot, it has only been a night." Youichi said. Natsume walked to them and patted him on the head.

"Good to see you." He said. He nodded at the old couple and they smiled at them.

"Thank you so much for taking care of him." Mikan said as she bowed down.

"Don't mention it, he's been a dear." The old woman said, and chuckled a bit.

"So you must be his… parents?" The old man asked.

"Um, n-no sir, he's our cousin." Mikan smiled with embarrassment.

"Oh, my apologies," He said as he smiled. And waved goodbye at them

"Not to worry, thank you again." Mikan said as she took Youichi's hand.

"Bye! See ya soon!" Youichi said as he waved them goodbye.

"'Our' cousin?" Natsume asked as he smirked.

"I couldn't think of another excuse, they may think that we're actually a couple, ha." Mikan half laughed at this. As she crossed her arms, "I couldnt even imagine, us? Yeah, right." She said as she snorted.

"Hn, whatever." He said as he got on the boat back to their home.

"Huh?" Mikan said as she put her arms down, 'What's with the change of tone?'

Author's Note: And again, I disappoint you all. Don't worry, if you're thinking 'What? No rivalries?" Well, you thought wrong, in the next chapter, oh I wish, there will be a girl named 'maya hobaeshe' will be in. A guy named 'Keiji' will be… in the future chapters. Anyway, not to mention OOC and short? please review. I was in a hurry so I made it short, I'm really sorry.