Mikan POV:

As we try to skim through the crowd Natsume grabs my hand and I follow him. We finally get out of the dance floor.

It was already near midnight.

"So where to?" I ask

"I know a perfect place. Wait a minute. I've got to get something. Can I get you something?"

I remember that my bag is kept at the baggage counter and ask him to get it for me. He came after 5 minutes carrying my bag and packets of chips and drinks.

"Let's go." He says while I try and take some of the load off him. We walk towards the ramp. When we reached its entrance he kept all the stuff down and opened the door for me like chauffeurs do.

"After you Miss."

I bowed and thanked him. We walked till the end of the ramp and sat down. There was silence for a bit but it was not the awkward kind this time. It was quite peaceful.

"You know when I was little my family used to come here for the summers and I used to sit here every evening." He said

"It is a beautiful place to come to."

"I always thought I would become a sailor and sail all the oceans." He continued "But little did I know then that I had to succeed my father in his business. I was still 10 when I came to know I couldn't be a sailor, it was a little heart breaking but I guess you just have to go with the flow."

I didn't say anything because to be honest there was nothing I could say to him now.

"Did you always want to study psychology?" he asked. Now we were sitting facing each other.

"I wouldn't say that I wanted to always. You know when I was like really small like 3-4 years old when I didn't know there was something like a career I used to say I want to be a mommy." I laughed and Natsume started to giggle. "I chose psychology because I was always interested in human behaviour like why people behave a certain way or how do they think. I am thinking to branch out though."

"Branch out?" he asked

"I was thinking of going into research… You know I love reading books and I always wanted to and still want open a library."

"Is that why you took this job?" he said while taking a swig out of a fancy looking bottle.

"No, not particularly. I took it to fund my further education."

"You want?" he asked while holding the bottle towards me.

"What is it?" I asked before taking it.

"Water." He replied

"Water?"

"Yes, water."

"In such a fancy bottle. I thought it would be wine or something." I looked at it carefully and the label did say water! I turned it around to take a better look at it.

"It has like 20 ingredients! Whoa seriously." He laughed at my comment as I searched for its price tag and I gasped.

"What?" he asked while stifling his laughter

"This friggin' water is for 70 dollars! What the hell! I better look like Beyoncé after drinking it." I literally took a sip from it and boy, it tasted damn nasty.

"How was the water?" he asked

I stuck my tongue out in reply "It was nasty. Honestly expensive water I am disappointed in you" I said while looking at the bottle. "If I ever had this water like if I was ever given this water I would keep it to ward off evil spirits."

We both laughed like complete idiots. I laid down on the ramp. It was a beautiful new moon night and the sky was clear. Natsume laid down beside me and was really close. His left arm was brushing my right arm. I felt a bit nervous. Natsume opened a bag of chips and we both ate it peacefully, in silence till every piece in the bag was over.

"Mikan?"

"Uh huh."

"Did you…?"

"Did you what?"

"Did you ever date someone?"

"Yeah. Yes, in college. But we broke up after a year."

"My first girlfriend was in high school. Her name was Luna. She broke my heart and after that I never considered dating."

"We need never be hopeless because we can never be irreparably broken." I said quoting John Green.

He smiled at me soothingly but before he could say anything I turned towards him and rested my head on one hand and started my babble

"You know Natsume you are like those movie characters who are rich and extremely good looking and get heartbroken and stuff then switch to playing with people's emotion. But then someone always comes along and changes their life and blah blah blah blah blah… but many times the last part never happens, so you can't just keep up your shitty attitude. You need change yourself for yourself and no one else is going to do it for you."

He turns towards me and just stares at me.

"What?" I ask

"You are really beautiful." He whispers

"Because I am not wearing granny clothes?" I ask

"No. It is just that now that I am looking at you from such proximity I have realised that you are really beautiful…, smart and really hardworking" He says softly. I blush and as he starts playing with my hair I blush in deeper shades of pink. This continues for some time till I feel myself falling asleep

"We should go. It might be past 1 am" I say softly while holding his hand which had started caressing my forehead.

"Okay." He replies and gets up.

We get up and take all the stuff and walk to the resort. I see that the party is about to wrap up. It might be really late. Tomorrow Aoi and I had decided to leave by 11 am.

We get inside the resort and he talks to a worker there and hands me a key.

"Your room is just beside mine."

"Uh okay thanks." I said. I was getting really drowsy

"You can come to my room if you feel scared." He says cheekily

"Haha. Nice joke Natsume." I say while lightly slapping him on his arm.

We get into the elevator. Ours is the 4th floor. He walks me to my room and stops there.

"I was wondering Mikan, if you would like to come for dinner with me on Tuesday?" he asked while giving me a nervous smile.

"Are you asking me out on a date?" I ask while staring into his eyes. A slight blush appears on his face.

He clears his throat and rephrases the question "Would you like to go out on a date with me on Tuesday night?"

"I would love to." I reply.

We both were smiling like idiots but honestly it didn't matter. We bade each other good night and went into our rooms.

1 and a half year later:

It was 4 am and I was half asleep. I turned to see Natsume's peaceful face. He really looked like an angel while sleeping. I snuggled closer to him as quietly as possible trying to not wake him up but he did wake up.

"What happened babe?" he asked in his raspy voice

"Nothing. Just going back to sleep." I replied softly

He pulled me closer to him and I closed my eyes.

"I love you Mikan." He whispered sweetly into my ear.

"I love you too Natsume" I said while he wrapped his arms around me.

I never had thought that I would fall in love when I applied for the job.

I never had thought that I would find someone who accepted me for who I am.

I never had thought I could feel so much love for someone.

But now Everything has changed.

-X-

That's it folks!

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This was my first fanfic and I hope you guys liked it :)

Thank you for reading.

All the love,

Gauri.