Next week February 14 after school 8pm Mikan's POV
"Mikan I expect for you to mow the lawn in both the front and backyard, clean the bathrooms, the bedrooms including the empty guestrooms in the second and third floor, wax the floor, vacuum all the furniture, wash and iron the clothes, clean the kitchen, and dusk out every single inch of the house. Here's the list of your chores and what I need from the store. I expect everything done by the time I come back at midnight." Himeko tells me as she leaves for some event; Luna has already left for the masquerade ball.
As soon as the door closes I feel relieved from having her finally leaves though I'm sure with all the work I can't go to the ball.
The door suddenly openly and I start freaking out thinking Himeko was coming back to get something she forget.
Turns out it is my friends.
I smile for the first time of the day.
Anna is holding five dresses in big protective bags.
Nonoko and Sumire were holds boxes which are probably the shoes and accessories.
Anna hands each of us a bag containing a dress and we all hurry to a bathroom to change.
10 minutes later
Everyone is in Himeko's room since it's the master bedroom. We're putting on accessories, make-up, fixing our hair, and putting on our shoes.
Hotaru is wearing a dark purple dress decorated with lavender petals. She has amethysts necklace, earring and bracelets. Black 2inch heels with mini amethysts scattered.
Sumire is wearing a sky blue sheath dress. She has sapphire necklaces, earring, and bracelet. Her 3inch heels are a very pale blue color.
Anna is wearing a solid red colored A-line style evening gown. She has white pearls attached to her necklace and earring. Her 2inch wedges are dark pink with a small light pink bow at the toe.
Nonoko is wearing an ivory colored empire dress style that stops a little after her knees. She has string necklaces and bracelets that are decorated with black pearls. Her 2inch wedges are light purple with a white bow at the toe.
I'm wearing a cherry blossom colored cocktail dress. I have a white gold necklace and earrings each decorated with a heart shaped diamond. I'm wearing the bracelet my dad gave my mom when they found out she was pregnant with me. Dad gave it to me a few months after I was born since my mom was not around to wear it. It's adjustable which is why I'm able to wear it 17 years later. The bracelet is a thick golden bangle with diamond decorating the outside and the inside is engraved "family for eternity."
Everyone is done getting ready so we head downstairs. Hotaru stops us when we're half way down the stairs.
"M.B.V.O.M. 1" she says plainly.
A robot taller than us arrives at the bottom of the stairs.
"Take a picture of us" Hotaru says before handing the robot a camera.
We pose on the stairs and head down to the first floor.
"M.B.V.O.M. 2, 3 come." Hotaru commands and 2 robots identical to the first come.
"What's M.B.V.O.M. mean?"
"'My Better Version Of Mikan.' These 3 robots will do all the chores Mikan is supposed to do. As soon as their done they'll return to my lab. Now let's go." –Hotaru
At Alice Academy's V-day masquerade ball Natsume's POV
My gang is chatting around the buffet table none of us having a partner.
"Guys look!" Koko yells loud enough for only us to hear.
I stare at where he is pointing and everyone else in the room has stopped to stare at the 5 girls coming into the room.
At least their more decent dressing then all the fan girls wearing super short, skin-tight, tube dresses showing a lot of cleavage.
We all agree to ask one of them to dance and head to where they're standing.
Mikan's POV
I see 5 guys coming toward us all wearing tuxedos but their tie and mask colors vary.
The one with a red tie and mask comes to me.
"May I have this dance miss?" he asks extending his arm out to offer his hand though I see a playful smirk on his face.
"Yes you may sir" I answer with a small curtsy and place my hand on his playing along.
He leads me to the center of the dance area where my friends are already dancing with a partner.
"Have I met you before miss?" my partner asks while observing my hair.
"Telling you would ruin the point of wearing a mask sir."
"Well not everyone follows the rules in school" he asks this time looing me in the eye probably observing it.
"Yes but I am known to."
"Your hair is beautiful"
"The color of your eyes are rare" I said before turning to head to the beverage area.
We're at the beverage table now. I grab a cup of something that looks like grape juice and drink it all then grab another one. My partner does the same.
"You're Natsume" I state after finishing my third punch. There's something with this juice it tastes strange but it's addictive.
"How do you know?"
"Color of your eyes is not exactly common" I state as matter-of-fact.
I stumble a bit as I try to back away since I never wanted to be around a famous person but my vision is starting to blur and I feel a bit light headed.
Natsume's POV
I grab my partner since she looked like she was gonna fall and was about to say something when I heard the microphone making a screeching sound.
Everyone turned to the stage where the principal stood with the mic in his hand.
"I would like to inform everyone that something that due to a few mistakes when ordering the food and drinks that the liquid that may look like grape juice is actually a very strong type of red wine so I advise everyone not to drink it and if you have already that it is best for you to go home and rest because the littlest of this drink could cause you to be drunk and do crazy things" the principal handed the mic back to the DJ and walked off the stage.
After hearing that I felt nervous since my partner and I had drunken three full glasses of the wine.
Sure enough I feel my face heating up a bit and not able to stand properly and I notice Mikan is in the same stat as she is walking unevenly. I grab her wrist before she could get further away and lead out of the school to my house.
I'm not exactly sure what I'm doing bringing a random girl to my room but she doesn't seem to know or care what is happening to her.
I take off her mask not caring who it is and throw her on the bed.
I quickly lock the door and made love to her for the rest of the night not thinking much of what I'm doing.