Black and White
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Chapter 11 : Care
Drip drip drip.
Drip drip drip.
"Ugh." Mikan groaned softly as she slowly opened her eyes.
Her body is burning with constant pain, and everytime she tried to move, the pain worsened.
"It hurts." She mumbled, as she started to asess her surroundings.
Hospital. This is totally a hospital.
The smell. The white furnitures. The dripping sound. The hard bed.
Mikan frowned. "Why am i at the hospital?" She thought aloud.
"Because you are injured, stupid." A cold voice came from her right.
Oh, she couldn't deny the fact that she totally recognize his voice.
Mikan bit her lower lip, before slowly turning her head to the source of the voice.
Despite the fact that she tried to minimalize her pain by moving carefully, she could still feel the pain shot from her shoulder.
Mikan closed her eyes and bit back her groan.
"You shouldn't move too much, baka. Or you will hurt yourself more." The voice said again.
Mikan open her eyes, as she stared straight right into the tantalizing crimson eyes that she detest so much.
"What are you doing here, Hyuuga?" She ask softly, but in a sharp voice.
"What does it look like?" He replied in a bored voice. "Taking care a baby is a hassle."
Mikan frowned, glaring at the older Hyuuga with burning hate. "Then leave." She growled. "I'm feeling great right now, so I didn't need a caretaker anymore."
Natsume is silent for a moment, not responding to Mikan's words at all, before he looked down, letting his bangs covering half of his face so Mikan can't see his eyes anymore.
Mikan was wondering what is he doing when he suddenly spoke up.
"Thank you for covering me back then." He said in a low voice, nearly unheard if he didn't stand close enough to Mikan's bed.
This time its Mikan's turn to be silent for a moment, before a slight ghostly smile appeared on her pale lips. "Are you sure you are saying thanks, Hyuuga?"
Natsume look up and rolled his eyes. His crimson eyes look fiery. Beautiful. "If you don't want my gratitude, then I'll take it back."
Mikan chuckled. A michevious look passed by her sparkling hazel eyes. "No, of course not. I'll be glad to accept your sincere feeling, Mr. Hyuuga."
Natsume cast a side glare and start to walk towards the door with both of his hands inside his pocket. "Tch. Whatever you say, Polka." With that, he vanished quickly behind the white door.
Mikan was thinking that he is weird, until she realized that her hospital gown is made from a quite see through fabric, and because of that, her polkadots bra was clearly seen from close range.
She could feel her face become hotter and hotter as she understand the meaning behind her newfound nickname.
"NATSUME HYUUGA!" She screamed aloud despite the fact that she has just regained her consciousness. "You are so shameless!"
Ugh! She totally hate that man! A lot!
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Not far from Mikan's hospital room, the said lad was smirking all the way, thinking that he finally got his pride back after saying thanks to the brunette.
"Oh my gosh!" The door slammed open with quite a force and showed a worry face of a raven haired girl. Aoi. "You are awake Mikan! Finally! You scared me, I thought I would never see you again!"
Mikan wince a bit as she felt a slight headache when hearing Aoi's loud voice.
"Aoi, please quiet down. You will hurt Mikan more." Ioran said, emerging from the door.
Aoi clamp her mouth and whispered a soft 'sorry' to Mikan as she sit beside her bed using a plastic hospital chair.
"How do you feel, Mikan?" She asked in a low voice.
Mikan smiled weakly, peering at her bandaged shoulder and stomach. "Pretty good considering that I nearly drowned in this thing." She smoothed out a part of her wrinkled bandage.
Aoi pouted. "You shouldn't say something like that, Mikan. You'll be fine in no time!"
"Yeah, sure, I believe that." Mikan responded while chuckling. "By the way, Aoi. Can you tell me what happened?"
Aoi put on a grim face as soon as Mikan ask that as she sigh dramatically and take a seat on a plastic chair beside the hospital bed. "After you saved brother's life heroically, turns out that your ice wall have an effect on both of the soldier."
Mikan arched her eyebrows. "What kind of effect?"
Aoi smiled. "Your ice wall make both of the soldier that have contact with it can't conjured their Alice for the rest of the battle until Natsume-nii killed them."
"What?"
"It's nullification Alice, child. You got it from your father. " Ioran suddenly spoke up with a gentle smile on his face.
"A-are you sure?" Mikan ask, still gaping since she doesn't believe it.
Ioran nodded. "I have already thought about it and predicted that the possibility of you having your father's Alice is big, so.. there is nothing wrong with you possesing the Alice." He said, still smiling. "Truthfully, I just want to wait for the Alice to surface, because I know it will appear sooner or later."
"So.. that means I can cancel other's Alice to my heart's content?" Mikan ask, staring at her hands with an excited expression clearly on her face.
Ioran chuckled. "You need to practice with it first, child. Just like your ice Alice, before you can go and cancle everyone's Alices."
"Please teach me, Uncle!"
"Of course, but for now, rest and heal quickly, child."
"Aoi?" Mikan called out after hearing some noise behind the door. "Is that you?"
The young Hyuuga has promised Mikan that she would go see the doctor who has finished his analysis on Mikan's condition and go back to her room as soon as possible to accompany the injured girl till the next day.
"Little girl." The door opened at the same time his voice reach her ears.
Mikan frowned. She didn't expect him to visit her twice in a day. That's insane for someone who has been her archenemy.
"What are you doing here?" Mikan asked. Her voice didn't sound sharp like the first time she woke up in the hospital, but there is still a slight anger and carefulness detected in her tone.
Natsume shrugged and plopped himself on the nearby sofa. "Just taking care of you I guess. Aoi asked me to look for you while she is busy with the administration of the hospital."
Mikan's eyes widen. "Did Uncle pay for me?"
Natsume's crimson eyes bored into Mikan's for a moment before he opens his mouth to give an answer. "Of course. Who else?"
"I can't let him do that! I can pay for myself." Mikan said exasperated.
"Just do him a favor by stop complaining and get out from the hospital as soon as you can." Natsume drawled lazily, closing his eyes.
Mikan glared at him. "You are so annoying, Hyuuga."
Natsume open one of his eyes. "I want to sleep, Polka. Just shut up and get some rest."
"HENTAI!"
"Stop screaming." Natsume frowned with eyes still close. "You will make my ears bleed, and this is a hospital, little girl."
Mikan glare heatedly to the raven haired boy. Here she thought that he is finally friendly after she saved his life.
Boy, how wrong she is about that.
"How are my wounds, Aoi?" Mikan asked when the said girl walking in from the corridor.
Aoi smiled. "How do you feel, Mikan? Already better?" She asked back as if she didn't hear Mikan's question.
"You didn't answer my question." Mikan said pointedly, lifting up one of her eyebrows.
"Answer my question first." Aoi replied stubbornly.
Mikan sighed. "I felt a lot better despite the fact that I've only been in the hospital for two days."
"Cool!" Aoi squealed, clapping her hands.
"Now, answer mine." Mikan quickly said, rolling her eyes.
Aoi chuckled. "Fine, fine. Just be patient, Mikan."
"Just tell me, Aoi."
Aoi sighed. "Well, the doctor said that your wounds are quite horrible. The stomach wound that you get because of protecting Natsume-nii is the worst, because the sword literally pierced through your belly and out from your back. Lucky for you, there is no organ damaged from that."
"Thank goodness." Mikan mumbled while touching lightly her stomach. "How about the other wound?"
"Your shoulder wound is the second worst, but the doctor said not to worry about that, because he is sure with the elf's healing skill, you will be good in no time. Other than that, its just scrapes and light wounds, nothing serious."
"I see. That's good to hear then." Mikan slightly smiled.
"But there is one thing, Mikan." Aoi's face turned serious.
"What? What's wrong?"
"It looks like the two of your ribs are broken because of your fall, and because of that one of your broken rib make your lung wounded."
Mikan frowned. "My lung punctured?"
Aoi nodded. "The doctor said to wait and see, because the punctured lung isn't that big, so maybe it will heal by itself. Just try to not move too much, because your wounds aren't light."
Mikan sighed. "Alright, Aoi. But how come my ribs are fractured?"
Aoi shook her head. "I don't know either. Perhaps because your chest bumped into something? I didn't asses your condition perfectly back then because i'm in panic mode since you were bleeding everywhere."
Mikan chuckled and reached out, ruffling Aoi's hair. "Thank you so much, Aoi. I owe you a lot."
Aoi smiled, letting Mikan make a mess of her hair. "You are most welcome, Mikan. Now rest, I will visit you again tomorrow morning." She said while getting up and fixing her hair.
"See you."
"Sure. Get well soon."
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