I want other people's point of views on me to change. Then one day, my mom gives me something. What could a Lip gloss do? Would it change them or is it just a day dream fantasy? Well, only way to find out is to try it on right? But what did this lip gloss do to me to deserve this hell of a life?

Bloody: -singing-

Mikan: So why are you singing?

Bloody: The song in my Friendster is cute. Ahaha~

Mikan: Oh, I see.

Bloody: Oh yeah~ Guys~ don't mind adding me! By the way, the link's mikanhyuuga at the end ^^"

Mikan: Mikan-what!?

Tsubasa: Ooh~ Nice link, bloody~

Bloody: Of course! I'm PROUD of both MIKAN and NATSUME!!

Natsume: ….

Bloody: I take that as 'no comment.'

Mikan: Whatever! Disclaiming time!

Bloody: I don't own any of these guys or the anime or the manga. ONLY the plot AND the new character/s. Got it?

Tsubasa: All rights reserved 2009 by bloodyraven.13

-_- … bloodyraven.13 … -_-

The sound of the car's tires' friction with the ground was heard. Smoke appeared slowly and faded as it was blown gently by the cool wind. Natsume went out first then Mikan came out wobbling, her knees weak from the fast ride. It felt like she was going to throw up. She leaned on the car door for support with her hands covering her mouth. Natsume opened Youichi's door and took off his seatbelt and took him out of the car. "Are you going to wobble there the whole day and wait for yourself to throw up or are you coming?" he asked impatiently. Mikan straightened herself as her brows neared; "Shut up!!" she managed to say despite that she was dizzy. Youichi tugged Natsume's jacket. Natsume looked at him blankly. He saw Youichi signalling him to lean down. Natsume bended his knees and leaned down to Youichi's height level. He whispered something into his ear. Mikan narrowed her eyes at them, 'What the hell are they talking about this time?' she thought, asking herself with curiosity.

After several seconds, Natsume stood straight and held Youichi's hand. Mikan walked near them. "What are you two planning?" she asked. Natsume leaned to her ear and whispered with a hot breath; "He wants us to be like a family… He also wants you to hold his hand on the other side and then; we'll swing him in the air…" he said. Mikan blushed a bit, "Is that it?" she asked. She glanced at Youichi; he was sucking the tip of his index finger in his mouth with a small pout. Mikan glanced back at Natsume. She sighed and leaned in front of Youichi and ruffled his hair, "Sure" she said with a smile. Then, she went to Youichi's other side and held his hand.

"Are you ready?" Mikan asked, still smiling.

Youichi's face lightened up and nodded with excitement. "1, 2 and 3!" Natsume and Mikan counted in unison and then swung Youichi in the air as they walked towards the sidewalk.

After a while of swinging Youichi in the air several times, Mikan's shoulder got tired. "Man, oh man," she said. "You're quite heavy, Yo-chan" she said with a hurt smile. Youichi could only grin at her as if he was triumphant in a video game. Natsume suddenly spoke in retort, "You're as heavy as an elephant when I carried you to my mansion" he said with a smirk. Mikan frowned at him. "I didn't ask you to save me!" she said aloud.

"If I didn't, your mom would be shouting at you now" he said.

Mikan looked down with a frown. "You have a point," she said. Then, her head lifted and she looked at him, "But still! If you're so smart, you shouldn't have saved me if you're only going to say that I'm so heavy" she added.

Natsume's smirk widened. "If I hadn't then you'd be dead or probably in the hospital by now, lying in the bed with broken bones" he said.

Mikan lifted her chin "But at least I could stay away from the horror—and from you."

Natsume arched a brow as he tilted his head to the side, "So you don't care if Youichi will be sad or not huh?"

Mikan's head shot to the side, facing him. "What are you saying!? I didn't say I don't care about him! It's you I don't care about so don't drag Yo-chan in this!" she said, almost shouting. "Besides, Youichi can see me anytime in the hospital!"

"I'm the only way he can get inside the hospital, you idiot" Natsume retorted.

"And why is that?" she asked with sarcasm. "Is it because he'll look richer? Is that it?"

"No," he said. "So that Youichi will not only look presentable but he'll look as if he's a distant relative of yours—or shall I say, our son" he smirked winningly.

Mikan gasped in disbelief, "You wouldn't!" she said.

"Oh," Natsume said hoarsely, "I would"

That entire argument, Youichi was watching them fight. It was like a little family misunderstanding. He suddenly spoke, "We're like one small happy family" he said. The two teens looked down at him. "We're a what?" they asked in unison. Youichi grinned widely, "We're like a small happy family!" he said. Mikan looked at Natsume and Natsume looked back at her, they exchanged quiet stares. Youichi glanced at both of them thrice. Natsume and Mikan suddenly exchanged smirks, "I guess I could get the hang of that" Natsume said and looked at Youichi. Mikan smiled, "Me too" Youichi's face brightened. He never really truly knows what the feeling of having a family is. He was abandoned since birth and was taken care of a widow with no children and died after a few years. Since then, Youichi lived alone and stayed in the streets.

"And since we're a family…" Natsume began as he lifted Youichi to his shoulder. "We're going to have some quality time together…" he said. Youichi looked at him with delight. Mikan nodded with a smile, "Yeah!" she agreed. Youichi shook Natsume a bit, "So can papa hold mama's hand~?" he asked, with hope in his voice. Natsume's head faced forward but his eyes travelled down the brunette with an arched brow. They made eye contact. Youichi looked at them from above with a pout. Then suddenly, the two of them exchanged smirks—again. Natsume was the first to enclose his hand with Mikan. He lifted her hand and kissed her palm. Youichi noticed this and squealed. Mikan blushed at his sudden actions. At this, Youichi saw her and teased them; "Mama's blushing~!" he said. "Maybe she likes it~!" he added. Natsume suppressed a small laugh. Mikan pouted at Youichi "Do you have to tease me?" she asked, pouting.

Natsume spoke, "I bet we're going to get along well, Youichi" he gave a small grin. Youichi nodded in agreement, "Uh huh!"

Mikan's face twitched. She was horrified at what she saw. Hell, only when the time of Armageddon comes would she see him smile or merely give a grin; and she thinks that Armageddon is about to come. As such as she was thinking twice of what she just saw, Natsume and Youichi were almost shouting at her that time, not to mention calling her names. "Mama!" That repeated-syllable word knocked her off her thoughts. "Huh?" she asked blankly.

"You're spacing, stupid" Natsume retorted.

"I was?" Mikan asked bluntly.

Natsume plastered his palm on his forehead in despair disbelief. "You idiot…" he said under his breath. Youichi pouted "Are you okay?" he asked worriedly. Mikan blinked once, "Yeah, hehe, sorry about that. I was just thinking of what food we'll eat this evening" she said, lying. Youichi smiled a bit, "Okay. That's good" he said.

Mikan looked at Natsume. "Where are we going anyway?" she asked.

"You'll know soon enough…" he said blankly and went on ahead. Mikan, who was horrified or disbelieved or most likely indescribable because of mixed emotions, just followed them, stomping a bit.

After a while…

"A pet shop?"

Natsume didn't reply and went inside the pet shop, Youichi holding his hand. Mikan looked at the tall glass window with the shop's name cleanly and newly painted on it. She saw puppies, cats and dogs with separate cages of different kinds. There were Labradors, Poodles, Hush Puppies, German Shepherds, Golden Retrievers, Beagles, Scottish Shepherd, Bernen Sennens, Dalmatians, Pitbulls, Bulldogs, Border Collies, Labrador Retrievers and many more breeds of dogs. There are also different breeds of cats like Australian Mist cats, Bengal cats, Bombay cats with the rich colour of black with copper coloured eyes (This cat's my favourite so don't wonder why it's the only ANIMAL I described XD), Burmese cats, Egyptian Mau cats, Russian Blue cats, Ragdoll (A ragdoll cat looks like Ryoma Echizen's cat! XD), Siberian cats and more. (Look at this website - .)

Mikan entered the shop and saw Natsume and Youichi leaning a bit toward a dog cage. Youichi was given a dog cookie and let him feed the dog inside the cage. As Youichi held out his small hands, trying to feed the dog, the dog bit the cookie and ate it happily. Youichi watched in both amusement and amazement. Mikan looked at the saleslady near the counter. "Miss, are they allowed to feed the animals?" she asked. The saleslady smiled and nodded once. Mikan nodded back and went to them. She tapped Natsume on the shoulder. "What are we doing here?" she asked. Natsume didn't bother to face her and kept on looking at the dogs. "We're going to buy a dog for Youichi" he said flatly. Mikan's eyes widened, "Are you sure about that? It takes responsibility to take care of a dog! You got to feed them, clean them, train them and—" she was cut off by a scene when Natsume pointed at Youichi who was telling a Golden Retriever to 'roll over'. Mikan's jaw dropped when she saw the dog stuck out its tongue and rolled over and waited for Youichi's command. "—walk them…" she finished her statement.

Youichi's head suddenly turned to them, "I want a dog like this one" he said then looked back at the dog and opened his palm. The dog licked it. Youichi giggled. Mikan looked at Natsume with stoic but sarcastic eyes and placed her hands on her hips as she tilted it to the side, "Are you going to buy it?" she asked with an arched brow. Natsume raised his brow back at her with annoyance, "Are you deaf?" he asked. Mikan released a sudden scoff, "Hell no" she said with a frown. Natsume picked up Youichi, "Then you should know the answer" he retorted. He headed to the saleslady and told her that he'll buy the golden-blond coated Golden Retriever Youichi was playing with.

"Yay! We're going to have a dog!!" Youichi cheered.

Mikan sighed and went to them, "So we're going to have a dog…" she said.

Youichi looked at her, "You don't like dogs?" he asked, seeming he's going to cry.

Natsume clicked his tongue, "Tsk tsk tsk," he said, "Don't make our son cry, Honey…" he said nonchalantly but there was a hint he was teasing her.

Mikan shot glares at him then looked at Youichi with a soft smile; "Of course I like them" she took him from Natsume and kissed his forehead. Then, she said softly, "You're lucky that papa bought you a Golden Retriever. Not all little 'angels' get to have dogs like that" she said sweetly. They were so sweet that Natsume couldn't resist joining them. So, he wrapped his arms around her waist and hugged her from the back and placed his chin on her shoulders and kissed her on the neck and said; "Your mom's right. And she's lucky to have someone like me" he smirked pride-ly. Mikan gave a fake smile, "Y-yeah…heh heh heh" she said nervously. 'Get away from me, maniac!' her mind screamed.

The saleslady smiled at them, "You must be a very happy family, ma'am" she said to Mikan.

Mikan gave a fake and sarcastic tone of voice, "Yeah, very" she said as she narrowed her eyes at Natsume who was playing with Youichi. The dog was tied in a leash and was given to them. Natsume took the leather rope that was tied around the dog's neck. Mikan settled Youichi down on the floor and let him play with his new dog. She watched the two boys lean down on the dog and let them get licked on the cheek. Youichi hugged the dog as it licked Natsume on his left cheek. Natsume frowned and was going to wipe the saliva off using the back of his arm with the jacket. But Mikan gave him her gray and white checker handkerchief. She smiled at him, "Here" she said. Natsume stared at her for a while and then took the handkerchief solemnly and wiped off the dog saliva off his face. He put it inside his pocket; Mikan blinked twice, "Why'd you keep it?" she asked.

"Nothing." He said plainly.

Mikan just smiled, "Okay" she faced Youichi and leaned down on her and the dog, "So, whatcha gonna call him?" she asked.

Youichi looked down at the floor, "Ren? Is that ok?" he asked.

Mikan smiled widely but sweetly, "That's a good name Yo-chan, honey. Let's call him Ren then" she said. "Ren is now a part of our family" she added. 'A fake family' she added in her thoughts.

"Why don't we walk with Ren and see if he could retrieve the play disks we'll throw" Natsume said as he waved the play disk a bit in the air. Youichi nodded and then, Mikan carried him as Natsume walked with the dog. They went outside the store and headed for the park.

:: Park ::

"One, two, three, go!" Youichi counted and then threw the play disk in the air as Ren ran after it.

Mikan and Natsume were sitting under the tree eating some ice cream they bought. Natsume took off his jacket and placed it on top of his face and slept—at least tried to do so. The noise around was enough to keep him awake. Scratch that; it was MORE than enough. Mikan noticed he wasn't satisfied because he was tossing and turning several times at a time. It was fun seeing him get tortured. So, she grinned evilly and shouted "Youichi, don't play too far okay?" she said, more than loud enough for Youichi to hear.

Natsume took off his jacket from his face and gave her a sharp glare, "Do you hate me that much that you enjoy knowing that I suffer?" he asked.

Mikan grinned evilly, "No, I hate you much more than you can ever possibly imagine" she said.

Natsume turned himself to the side, his back facing her. He moved his arm to his head and covered himself with his jacket. He looked sleepy but he just couldn't. Aside from the noise, it was Mikan hatred for him. 'What could I do to change her hatred over me into something nice? Being a friend would do. Or maybe a simple crush would—wait, wait, what am I thinking!? She's being an ass! I've helped her but she just wouldn't turn herself down while I do so!' he thought. And after that, he mumbled a set of colourful languages. "I'm overjoyed to know that. You love me that much huh?" he was sarcastic.

"Sure" she said sheepishly, annoying him. At least, trying to succeed on annoying him.

Somehow, it hurts for him to know that he was hated by someone he could really like; or love for that matter. She was the first girl to ever say she hated him. The Natsume Hyuuga, son of a famous pianist and by a very rich business man. It hurts deep down inside of him. He frowned at the thought. He's the Natsume Hyuuga. He gets what he wants. No one cane can stop him from getting himself what he wants and that's final. He suddenly sat up, letting his jacket slide down to his lap. His right leg was standing while the other was lying on the grass. He leaned on his right knee and called for Youichi, "Youichi, come back here. We're going to the bay walk" he said firmly and stood up as he put on his jacket. Mikan stared up at him, still sitting down, "What are we going to do there?" she asked.

"If you want to know, don't just sit there looking like a stupid idiot." He said with a smirk. He won that round.

Mikan gritted her teeth. She was going to say something bad again or some shoot him some insults. But instead, she gave a friendly laugh. "Ah, well, let's go, honey" she said a bit teasingly. Though, it was a small tease, Natsume liked it. He never felt high satisfactory in his life; especially not from a girl. Mikan held on his upper arm with a smile. He looked at her. Who knew that a loner can actually be better than social bitches? Her simple smile can say many things. Her eyes looking directly at you can make you see your fantasy coming true. Her voice can lighten up your day—either will it be a shout, a scream, a playful insult, a comfort or a simple greeting. She was like no other girl you could find. Simple but unique, extremely better than hot girlfriend-wannabe's. Heck, he'd give every material thing he has just to have her. He knows that one day; she might become his life and everything…

Suddenly and unexpectedly…

"Natsume…?" Mikan managed to say, a bit wide eyed.

The wind blew gently on them. Mikan's hair swayed freely to the side as Natsume's bangs swayed to his eyes. He kissed her on her temple. His other arm around her shoulder from the front. He inhaled her scent before parting from her and whispered; "I like you better when you say my name…"

She blushed lightly but visible. "…Natsume…" she repeated.

Never in her life had she felt so safe in a man's arms before. For the first time, she let him hug her. Hug her as tight and as long as he wants. "So who am I?" he asked softly on her ear. "Natsume Hyuuga…" she said softly but it was hear-able. Natsume was about to kiss her when Mikan suddenly shouted…

"NATSUME HYUUGA YOU PERVERTED MANIAC!!!!!!"

Oops…

Natsume backed a bit. He thought he got her but to his misfortune, he didn't. Sorry for him…

"Did papa do something wrong?" Youichi asked innocently.

Mikan crossed her arms and faced away from Natsume, "Damn right he did!" she exclaimed.

Natsume just looked away with annoyance. 'Tch, I thought she's another fan girl pretending she hates me and all… I hate to admit it but, I do kind of feel disappointed that she wasn't able to say my name because I told her to but instead, she said my name because of angriness or something…' he thought to himself.

But the odds might be on his side this time…

Mikan tilted her head to look at Natsume with a smug look on her face. "Hehehe…" she said. Natsume looked at her, "What are you laughing at?" he asked, a bit annoyed.

She shook her head and held his hand, "Nothing really. Let's just have some fun since Youichi wants us to be a family. So, we'll be a family this day. I'll forget all insults you'll do this time and all your other perverted tricks" she grinned.

Natsume looked at her as if she came from another planet. Mikan arched a brow and rolled her eyes up and down at him, "What?" she asked. He just shrugged, "Nothing really…" he said.

"Well, whatever it is, let's go!" Mikan cheered as she raised her fist in the air. Youichi followed her as their new dog barked happily with them. Natsume just looked at them. He shrugged and followed them from behind until someone grabbed his arm…

"Natsume!" the voice shrieked.

Mikan, Youichi and the dog looked behind and saw Natsume staring coldly at a gorgeous looking woman with a bomb shell figure with slim, long, flawless legs. The woman's lips were sparkling due to her glossed Lancôme Aqua Fusion Lèvres lipstick. Her eyelids and eyelashes thickened with dark colours of Guerlain Eyeshadow. Her face compacted with La Femme Compact Powder with a light red blush. Her jewellery was from Buccellati, her sassy strapless gold and bronze blouse from Gucci with a white Arias Blue Grass belt tied around her black Denim mini shorts with matching pink Emporio Armani's high heeled sandals. She looks rich, Mikan thought. Knowing Natsume, he must know a lot of rich women since he's also rich himself, she added to her thought. Though, Natsume looked at the woman with pure disgust and despise.

"Natsume," the girl said. "It's been so long! I missed you!" she was going to hug him but he pushed her away with no hesitance.

'Of all people, why her…' Natsume thought with exasperation. "I don't care if you miss me. Go back to Italy or Rome or God-knows-where your parents are" he said coldly.

The girl pouted, "Oh come on Natsume. Is that the way you treat your beloved fiancée?" she asked.

Mikan's turned pale. Heck, she was speechless. No, speechless is an understatement. Damn, she was out of the world that time. Natsume has a fiancée, and he didn't even tell her OR Youichi. She just stood there, no words escaping her mouth until Youichi tugged her shirt. "What's a fiancée?" he asked innocently of the word. Mikan gulped, "We better scram, Youichi because a fiancée means a 'soon-to-be-wife'" she said, grabbing Youichi's small hands.

Youichi frowned, "But where are we going? We can't leave daddy behind" he said innocently.

Mikan shook her head, "No. I know what kind of girl Natsume is with and it's a hag-type of woman so let's scram before she says ridiculous words to us" she said and carried Youichi as she took off the dog's leash. Youichi pouted but Mikan shook her head. Sure, she doesn't want to leave him but if she stays, more trouble will come. She looked at the dog, "Do you understand a thing I'm saying?" she asked. The dog wagged its tail and stuck out its tongue as it nodded and barked twice. Mikan nodded, "Good" she said. She positioned herself, "Run!" she exclaimed as she started running as fast as she could as the dog followed beside her.

Natsume turned his head only to see his 'wife', 'son' and dog running away from him. "Oi!! Youichi, Mikan, Ren!!" he shouted, calling them each by their names. He gave one last glare on the woman and ran off, chasing after Mikan, Youichi and the Golden Retriever. He ran as fast as he could, running smoothly and swiftly across the people. Not too long, he caught up with them and grabbed Mikan by the shoulder and turned her to face him.

"Why were you running away?" he asked, holding her by her shoulder.

Mikan panted, "Because your fiancée is there" she said, still catching her breath.

"Don't you ever run away like that, you idiot. I'll handle her so stay by my side and I'll be the one to wall between you and her and besides, she was my ex-fiancée. I broke the engagement because I saw her flirting with other men" he said flatly.

Mikan arched a brow, "So you loved her?" she asked, curious.

"To be honest, yes. But only because she has the looks but when I knew she was snooping around with men like a cow, I broke the engagement" he answered her honestly.

Mikan's mind came up with a question, "So you'll do that to me as well huh?" she asked.

"No, you're different than her and besides, the bitch was born a whore" he smirked.

For some reason, that made Mikan relieved that he was not going to trash her away. "Good, 'coz if you do, I swear in the name of the dead, I will feed you to cannibals" she said.

Natsume blinked nonchalantly then suppressed a small laugh, "Hahaha, you crack me up sometimes" he said. Mikan gaped at him, "Eh?" was the only word she escaped her mouth. He smiled at her, "You know you're the most interesting woman I met and you say the most bizarre things and I just crack up" he said.

"Err, is that good?" she asked dumbly.

Again, Natsume laughed. "I guess it is. After all, you're the only woman I really opened up to" he confessed. Then, he placed his arm around her shoulder as he moved his hand to her chin and tilted her head up and kissed her softly on the lips. She did not respond but she liked it.

"Yay! Mommy and daddy kissed!!" Youichi clapped his hands.

Mikan was immobile as Natsume pulled away his face but kept her close to him. For the first time ever in his life, she never felt so safe in a man's arms. But, she didn't give in to her feelings just yet. So she frowned, "Again, you stole my kiss" she said. Natsume arched a brow, "Like you care of whom you'll kiss, loner" he teased as he gave a small, soft smile at her. This time, her heart jumped and beat faster. 'Why am I feeling this… feeling for him?' she asked herself thinking.

Natsume stared at her face. She was still frowning but he can see that in her eyes there was confusion… or was it doubt? "What's the matter, polka dots? Have you fallen for me?"

Mikan heard him even though she was arguing with her mind, "Me? Fall for the likes of you? Only a narrow minded cockroach would and I'm not that person!" she argued. Natsume played along, "Let me guess, you're the narrow minded ant?" he asked. Mikan got sarcastic, "No, I'm the blood-sucking mosquito" she said. He grinned for an another tease, "Well that explains why you're still sticking to me"

Mikan growled but kept her patience. "Yes, yes, now can we keep going?"

"Mom's right, dad. Let's go~!" Youichi said.

Mikan released Youichi and let him run with the dog. She and Natsume just looked at them run around and chase each other. Natsume suddenly spoke…

"I'm planning to adopt Youichi…" he said calmly.

Mikan's eyes widened then she looked at him, "You're planning to adopt the child?" she asked, repeating.

"Yeah, besides…" he trailed off, "the kid doesn't have parents so might as well let him feel the feeling of having a family"

She stared at him for a while then looked back at Youichi and nodded, "Well, I'll be a mother to him and we know he likes that" she said.

"We're his parents until he grows up into a teenager" he said.

"And when are you going to release him?" she asked him curiously.

"When he's 13…"

"Do you think he'll agree?"

"Well, we'll find that out soon" he answered.

-_- Bloodyraven.13 -_-

Bloody: well… hell… I'm speechless…

Mikan: because of the adopting thing-y?

Bloody: well yeah… who knew the demon would want to adopt the kid?

Tsubasa: No one does.

Mikan: I was surprised myself…

Natsume: Being rude to others doesn't mean I don't have feelings, idiots…

Mikan: And who said you don't?

Natsume: You're the one who keeps saying I'm numb and by the way, demon qualifies as having no feelings…

Bloody: 1 – 4

Tsubasa: And Natsume is still in the lead.

Mikan: I wasn't the one who said demon! Bloody did!

Bloody: Eh? Why am I in this argument?

Natsume: But you're the one who keeps on saying demon during the time of your point of views, dumb-a-lina

Bloody: whew, I'm safe!

Tsubasa: First time Hyuuga saved you, practically someone. A miracle!

Mikan: Whatever, stone-face! Hmph!

Bloody: Annyyyywaayyyssss….. I'm still making Another Chance… don't be mad at me, blame it all on my brothers! And it's quite hard to look for some references because not all I'm looking for is exactly in the web so I had to go to my grandpa's house to look for books and diaries about experiences.

Well, I'll show you a sneak preview!

"Now this is more like it!" Mikan said.

Yuka nodded, "Yeah~"

But Natsume wasn't having much fun. He hated how the ride stops and rides in reverse. Mikan looked at him. He looked like he got drunk or something. "Are you okay?" she asked. Natsume twitched, "Perfectly…"

Yuka laughed heartfelt-y, "Oh Mikan, don't worry… He's just dizzy" she grinned triumphantly.

"You know I get dizzy every time we ride this stupid coaster!" Natsume growled.

"That's a payback from the Log Ride" Yuka grinned.

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