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Chapter 12: Letter

Chirp….Chirp…

Hearing the sound of the morning birds, the brunette slowly opened her heavily eyelids. A ray of sunshine went through the window and completely woke her up. Mikan stiffed a yawn as she stretched her arms out.

Snow. That was the first thing she saw when she opened her hazel eyes. Time moves really fast. It was already winter as the street was covered in a thin sheet of snow.

She didn't have a good night sleep at all. Staring at the letter on the table, she sighed. Really, she could be cheesy if she wanted.

Sending a letter to him? To the most popular boy at school? Now, tell her that she doesn't sound like a fan girl.

And no, she didn't confess to him in the letter. For your information, this was not a love letter. It was a meeting letter. Yes, a meeting letter. Then after that, she will confess to him.

Is she too rush?

There were many chances to confess to him but why it has to be today? She maybe had gone mad. Or she just loved him too much. Sigh. Sometimes, even she doesn't know all about herself.

Love is something that she doesn't consider at all. And she doesn't want to involve in this kind of thing. But she has to fall in love with the Natsume Hyuuga. She even asked herself: Has she chosen the right person?

Oh well, sooner or later, she will have to tell him about her feeling. With that, Mikan rose from the bed, unfortunately, the letter accidently fell down on to the ground.

"Oopsie" Mikan gasped as she bent down to pick the letter up. However, that was not the letter she wrote. Mikan stared at it for a moment then it clicked. It was the letter from her grandpa. Because of this letter, she decided to write to him.

Sighing to herself, Mikan opened the letter to read again. It was still as new as ever and her grandpa's writing has never been so hard to read. Mikan giggled as she skimmed the letter and stopped at the signature.

Really, even she read this after seven or millions of times, she will never get tired of this. It was full of her grandpa's feeling and moved her to tears. But it was too late. Her grandpa was not here anymore. Kana-san was not here anymore.

The clock rang, alarming that it was time to go to school. Right before she closed the letter, her eyes spotted something. She opened it again and saw a small P.s at the end of it. She read as quickly as possible and let the news digested inside her brain.

Finally, she got a clue…

The truth about Kana Ueda…

But as she thought, the time has finally come…

…xXx…

Damn it…

Natsume thought as he walked to school as casually as ever. He remembered about yesterday 'talk'. And you can't believe it. He actually ran away from it. He ran away from the truth.

"I have something to talk with you, Hyuuga" Youichi declared, looking as bored as ever. Time seemed to have stopped between them. Natsume glared at him. Hard. He didn't mind some girls passing by while taking pictures and squealing.

"I don't have any business with you" The raven-haired lad hissed as he turned his shoes to walk away

"So you don't want to hear about Mikan?" Youichi asked, making Natsume stop in his track. Nevertheless, Natsume looked at Youichi over his shoulder with his cold glare

"If you are here to say that Mikan is yours then you can go now. You are wasting my time"

Youichi seemed unfazed. Seeing Natsume walk away like that, Youichi called out "If you want to hear about her, come to the café shop 'Zodiac' at the Central Town. I will wait"

"You don't need to" With that, Natsume walked away, disappearing into the electric sunset

Now, he regretted it. He could have heard what Youichi said. But he was too scared to know the truth. He can't bear the truth that Mikan and that guy were together. It tore his heart into pieces

No

He was a coward

He was running away from the truth

Maybe he didn't deserve her at all.

"Come to the café 'Zodiac'. I will wait"

He remembered what Youichi said but was he strong enough to go there and hear him?

"Natsume" He heard his best friend calling for him. Huh? Since when did he arrive at school? He looked around and saw the brunette at the school gate with her blackmail friend. She still had that stupid smile on her face but there was something wrong about her today.

"What's wrong with you, Natsume? You didn't answer my calls at all" Ruka asked, waving his hands in front of Natsume's face. However, all the blonde got was a dead silence. "Natsume?"

Lost in his thought, Natsume decided to reconsider the invitation from that brat, hoping that nothing will go wrong…

…xXx…

"Really, Mikan? I can't believe it" Hotaru said with a sigh "Falling in love with that kind of boy is no good at all"

"I think you have already known that I love Natsume" Mikan blushed at the mention of his name

"So then, are you going to confess to him?"

"Yes, of course"

"When?" Hotaru arched an eyebrow. The brunette shook her head "I will but not now."

Time is almost running out…

She saw him. He was sitting at his seat, staring blankly out of the window. He didn't mind what the teacher said at all. All he did was staring and in the next second, letting his soul to cloud nine.

She wondered what had happened with him. Normally, he would tease her or ask her about the most trivial thing. But today, he was too quiet. And she didn't like it at all. Maybe it was because of her fault for not choosing him at that time…

She has to move fast….

Youichi was also the same. He didn't mind the teacher at all. He just scribbled something inside his notebook and erased it then wrote again. Moment later, he let out a sigh and looked up to the sky.

She knew it. There was something wrong with both of them today. Was this thing related to her anyways? They were acting weird and she felt hard to believe.

Something was definitely going on

Or else, she will lose everything…

This was the last chance. She was standing in front of his seat. It was now lunch time and everybody has gone out to eat. So now, particularly, she was the only one in the class. Making her way to his bag, she could feel that her heart beating out loud.

She can do this. Just need to put the letter inside his bag.

As she opened his bag, her mind drifted to her grandpa's letter. The news she read today was a shock to her. She never thought that her grandpa can hide this truth from her.

A frightening truth that even she can't think of.

However, as she finished reading the letter, she knew that she had no other choice. The snow was still falling… Time was still running…Either way, she would leave her friends behind…

And never come back again….

…xXx…

Inside the café shop 'Zodiac', with a cup of coffee in their hands two boys were glaring at each other, sending their darkest aura. The guests inside that café could only cower in fear, even some girls stopped squealing and taking pictures of them.

The atmosphere was definitely awkward

"So…" The gray-haired boy said, starting the conversation "…I see that you really come here"

Natsume just glared at Youichi "I'm here because of Mikan. Not because of the like of you"

"I have already figured it out"

Silence

"I was rejected" Youichi said simply before taking a sip from his cup of coffee. The raven-haired lad looked at Youichi as if he came from another planet. What was the thing he just said?

"By Mikan" The teal-eyed boy finished. His eyes never left Natsume. He was waiting for a reaction. He was waiting for a movement.

"Are you serious?" Natsume asked, not believing in his ears

"Do I look like I'm kidding?" Youichi slammed the cup on the table, looking pissed. Natsume clutched his head. Number of different thoughts was running in his mind then he stared at Youichi with pity in his eyes.

"Don't you dare look at me like that. I don't need your pity" The gray-haired boy crossed his arms over his chest with a scowl on his face. Seconds later, he let out a desperate sigh

"I don't know but when Mikan rejected me, I felt relieve. Maybe it would be better if I and she were just friends"

"Hijiri…"

"But I don't intend to give her to you that easily, Hyuuga" Youichi glared at the red-eyed boy again "But I only know one thing that… Mikan will be happier if she is with you" He pointed a finger at Natsume's face "So don't you dare make her cry or I will hunt you down and skin you alive"

Natsume was dumbfounded for a second then he let out a small smile "I will"

Youichi 'hmph' the last time as he took his bag and walked out of the café

…..xXx…..

What a day.

Natsume was exhausted as he made himself comfortable on the bed. The conservation with that Hijiri boy was a relief to him. At least, Mikan hasn't dated anyone yet.

But why did she reject Hijiri? Did she have someone she loved already?

Natsume let out a sigh as he opened his bag and took out all the things in it. However, his hand touched something that shouldn't be inside this bag. He wondered what it could be.

Moment later, his hand took out a letter. A love letter? He asked to himself as he stared at the letter. In truth, he received a lot of letters when he was in middle school and even now, in high school. But he always threw them away or burnt them down

Yep. He hates fan girls the most.

However, the moment he held the letter in his hand, there was a tingling feeling inside his stomach. He didn't like this feeling at all because it brought him back to the time he wanted to forget the most

The time he committed his first mistake

He turned the letter backward and stared at the name of the sender written in a neat style.

Mikan Sakura

His eyes went wide. Why did Mikan want to give him a letter? Did she find out about the past already? He slowly opened the letter and read the sentence inside

Meet me at the Sakura tree at 5pm. I have something to tell you

-M.S-

Little did he know, that feeling of his was right as the history was about to repeat again.

And the one he loved the most will, once again, disappear in his arms….

Hello everybody

Well, this is the first time after a long time that I update two chapters near each other.

But I think that there are not much people like my story since there is not much review

Well, I don't care. I almost finish this story anyways

Just a few more chapters and I can continue other two stories.

To tell the truth, I have run out of ideas for the story 'Unpredictable destiny'. Studying how to be a princess is so difficult

Oh well, I have to hurry now. It is almost the start of a new semester

Here are the preview of next chapter

What if something will happen to her?

What if she disappears in his arms again?

No. He can't let it happen. He didn't want to lose her the second time. He has gone through so much to find her again. It was because of fate that they met again. Now, he didn't plan to let her go….

The snow was still falling….

His breathes were hitched…

Please… god… please…

…Don't take her away from him…

Thank you very much for reading ^^