Alright guys, now before you all decide to chop my head off and feed me to the wolves, I just want to say that I'm very sorry! I guess I got a bit caught up with other stuff... and maybe reading books... I've been reading quite a few books recently like, Halo by Alexandra Adornetto as well as The Fault In Our Stars and the second book of the Halo trilogy. So yeah, I'd just like to say that its good to be back and that there's a high possibility that this chapter may be a bit bad. Over the months that I have been inactive my writing skills have lowered just a bit, so I apologize. I hope you all enjoy this chapter! :)
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Chapter 13 – Lets do something different!
Quietly, Mikan and Natsume sat together on the couch watching movies at Mikan's house. It was extremely silent until Mikan broke the silence.
"Hey Natsume! Let's do something different today!" Mikan squealed.
"And what do you propose we do huh?" Natsume questioned, feeling curious as to what Mikan was suggesting.
"Umm… Well you know… Some of our dates seem a bit cliché, so I'm thinking, let's do something that's different such as running around the streets as superheroes!" Mikan giggled.
"And what superhero do you plan on you and me dressing up as?" Natsume asked, raising an eyebrow.
"You can be Captain America and I will be Black Widow!" exclaimed Mikan with a wide grin plastered to her face.
Natsume looked at Mikan's smiling face, observing her features. Her soft pink lips, straight white teeth, powdered cheeks and brown eyes. He knew for sure that Mikan thought that she wasn't the prettiest girl of them all, but to him, she was the best of them all. He knew for sure that Mikan's pink lips were always soft from the strawberry lip balm she applied frequently and her teeth were straight because she once had braces.
"Natsume? Is it a yes or a no?" Mikan asked, batting her eyelashes and pouting.
"No," Natsume replied blandly.
"Why not Natsume?! Please, oh please Natsume! I'll do anything!" Mikan begged like a child.
"Fine. If I dress up as Captain America, you can dress up as Wonder Woman," Natsume replied, leaning back into his chair, smirking.
Mikan's eyes became wide and her mouth dropped down to the floor, "Excuse me?!"
Natsume smirked, "You heard me Mikan, and you are dressing up as Wonder Woman."
"Fine. Well hurry up, I'm going to the costume shop down the road right now to get our outfits," Mikan announced, suddenly standing up from her seat and walking towards the brown wooden door.
Mikan pulled on her green flats until she felt firm arms wrap around her thin waist.
"Don't be like that, I know you'd look wonderful," Natsume whispered into her ear, his breath making the hairs on the back of her neck stand.
"Oh fine, you got me. Now hurry up and put your shoes on before I leave you," Mikan smiled and removed Natsume's arms from her waist while Natsume leaned down to put on his shoes.
As soon as Natsume was done putting on his shoes, he and Mikan left her house. The two of them walked hand in hand down the busy street until they came near their destination. Mikan stopped at the store window and began to stomp her feet and squeal, "Look Natsume, look! The costumes here are so pretty!"
"Whatever crazy girl, let's just hurry up and get these costumes," Natsume replied, lazily putting an arm around Mikan, dragging her into the shop.
"Hello, there, how may I help you?" inquired the owner of the shop.
"I need a Captain America outfit for myself and a Wonder Woman outfit for my girlfriend here," Natsume explained, pulling Mikan closer to him.
"Okay sir, I'll be back in a moment to assist you and your girlfriend," replied the owner kindly.
Five minutes later the owner had arrived with the two costumes.
"Here you are sir," said the owner, with a smile on her face.
Natsume grabbed the two costumes and handed Mikan hers. The two of them put on their outfits in separate change rooms and paid for them. They had left their own clothes there so they can come back in a few hours to change again. The shop keeper was kind enough to allow the two to leave their clothes with her, instead of them carrying them around.
As soon as Mikan and Natsume got out of the shop in their costumes, many people had their eyes on the two of them. People that walked past whispered quietly and children with their parents jumped up and down exclaiming, "Look mamma! Look papa! Its Captain America and Wonder Woman!" All Mikan could do was smile at the attention that everyone was giving them, but Natsume on the other hand had the same stoic look on his face. Mikan snuck a glance over at Natsume and nudged him in rib whispering, "Hey, smile a little, you're Captain America!"
Natsume looked over at the little children and gave them all a small smile. "Mommy! I wanna get a picture with Captain America and Wonder Woman!" shouted a little kid with silky grey hair.
The mother of the child kneeled down so she was the same height as her son, "Sure Yoichi, but make sure you ask the kind superheroes nicely or else they won't get a picture with you."
Yoichi grinned at his mother and held both of her hands, "Don't worry mommy, I'll ask kindly."
Natsume and Mikan watched Yoichi walk up to them. Yoichi stood there quietly fiddling with his tiny hands, "Um… Excuse me Miss Wonder Woman and Mr Captain America, could I please have a picture with the two of you?"
Mikan looked at the little boy in front of her and smiled. She kneeled down in front of him with a smile still plastered on her face, "Sure Yoichi!"
She looked past her shoulder to look at Natsume, "Is it okay if we take this photo?"
The cheerful look that Mikan gave Natsume made it hard for him to refuse, "Yeah sure, why not."
The two of them kneeled down into a pose with Yoichi in the middle. Natsume had the shield in his right hand and his left arm around Yoichi. Mikan did the same thing but had her right arm around Yoichi and her left hand holding her rope with a huge smile on her face. Yoichi's mother pulled out her phone, ready to take the photo.
"1…2…3…Smile!"
Mikan and Natsume were about to stand up when Yoichi's little arms wrapped around their necks. Yoichi smiled happily at everyone, "Thank you, Mr Captain America and Miss Wonder Woman! You've made my day extra special! Isn't that right mommy?"
Yoichi's mother looked at her son lovingly and smiled, "Yes honey, these kind superheroes have made your day extra special."
Mikan giggled at Yoichi's cuteness and Natsume smirked. They bid goodbye to Yoichi and his mother before heading off somewhere hand in hand. The two of them walked hand in hand down the busy street. Instead of them weaving through all the busy workmen, students and elderly people, they managed to walk through as if they made a runway for them to walk through.
Mikan tugged on Natsume's hand, exclaiming, "Natsume, let's pretend to save someone!"
A couple that the two of them had walked past overheard Mikan's sudden outburst and did the unexpected.
"Oh no! My girlfriend Sakura has fainted!" shouted the girl's boyfriend.
Mikan and Natsume turned around instantly and ran to the couple. The guy's girlfriend giggled as she pretended she fainted in his arms. Everyone that was walking around at the time had stopped to watch what was happening in front of them. Some of them pulled out their smart phones or cameras to video the scene. Mikan grabbed the girls arm, pulling up the sleeve of her baby pink sweater and checked her pulse.
"Don't worry guys she's okay, we just need to get her somewhere so she can lie down," Mikan announced calmly, reassuring everyone that the girl was alright.
Natsume glanced over at the girl's boyfriend, "What's your name?"
"Sayoran Li, sir," replied Sayoran with a salute and a boyish grin.
"Look guys, there's a free bench over there!" boomed Mikan's voice.
Natsume picked up Sakura and carried her towards the bench with Mikan and Sayoran following along. The crowd of people videoing the scene also followed along but not too quickly so that they didn't interrupt.
"Does anyone here have a hand towel or a bottle of water?" Mikan asked loudly so everyone would be able to hear.
Two people from the crowd had pushed their way forward and handed the things needed. A girl in a black and white striped dress gave her pink hand towel to Mikan and a guy in a black shirt and jeans handed his water.
"Thanks guys! I promise to give you guys your stuff back when we're done using them," said Mikan, thanking them with a heart melting smile.
She ran towards Natsume and Sayoran holding the hand towel and water bottle. "Hey guys, I got the things that we need," Mikan announced, pouring the water onto the hand towel and wrenching out the excess water onto the concrete ground. When she was done Mikan carefully placed the hand towel on her head. Mikan slowly lifted up Sakura's head and laid it on her lap.
"Hey, Sakura, I need you to drink some of this water, so I need you to open your mouth for me okay?"
Sakura giggled and opened her mouth so the water is able to pour into her mouth.
Natsume reassured everyone, "Don't worry guys! She's okay now!"
The people watching had stop filming and applauded.
"Wow that was fantastic!"
"Amazing!"
"Do it again!"
Sakura sat up and flashed a smile at everyone. Sayoran sat next to Sakura and leaned near her cheek, giving her a quick peck.
Mikan looked over at Natsume, "So, should we head off now?"
"Yeah I guess so," He replied, offering Mikan a hand.
Natsume held Mikan's hand in his as the two of them stood together. Sakura and Sayoran stood up from the bench and smiled at Mikan and Natsume. "We had so much fun today guys, we should totally do it again," Sayoran chuckled.
"Yeah, maybe we could even dress up with you guys too!" Sakura suggested cheerfully.
"Let's exchange numbers them so we can contact you guys when we do something like this again," Mikan replied with the same amount of cheerfulness.
The four of them pulled out their phones, passing them around so they could put each other's numbers into their phonebooks. As soon as the phones had been passed back to their owner the two couples bid each other goodbye.
"So what should we do now Natsume?" Mikan asked, her grip tightening on Natsume's hand.
"Let's get ice cream?" Natsume suggested with a wink.
Mikan giggled happily and started skipping down the street while she dragged Natsume along with her. She heard Natsume's voice from behind her, "Mikan, stop!"
Mikan looked over her shoulder and stuck her tongue out at him. "Come on Mikan, stop!" shouted Natsume again.
"We're nearly there anyway Natsume! Just wait another minute or two!" yelled Mikan.
Mikan had dragged Natsume for another two minutes until they arrived at their favorite Baskin Robbins shop. The two of them walked in together and stood near the cashier waiting to get served.
"Hey guys!" said a very familiar voice.
"Oh hey Mel!" Mikan exclaimed happily.
"So what are you guys doing here in that type of outfit?" Mel questioned, raising her black eyebrow at the two.
Mikan smiled, "Oh you know, we just wanted to do something different."
Mel laughed, "So your idea of different is dressing up as superheroes? So anyways what would you like Wonder Woman and Captain America?"
Mikan turned her head to the left and looked at Natsume, "The usual?" she asked.
All Natsume did was reply with a nod. Mel had taken that as a yes and grabbed the cones and ice cream scooper. Mikan and Natsume stood around waiting for Mel, as they stood around people sitting down at their tables had looked at Mikan and Natsume weirdly. The two of them had laughed at everyone's reactions. Mel placed their cones in a cone holder and whispered quietly, "I see you guys have a lot of people watching you. It's not every day we get superheroes buying ice cream."
Mikan had burst into laughter after hearing Mel's last comment. Mikan leaned in closer to Mel and whispered, "Don't worry Mel we'll get out of the shop before your customers leave because of us."
Mel smiled at Mikan and Natsume, "I hope to see you guys soon! Maybe next time you'll be in proper clothes."
Mikan and Natsume had walked out of the shop with smiles on their faces until Mikan had suddenly collapsed. Her body dropped to the ground causing her to hit her head on the concrete. Natsume hurriedly kneeled down beside her, carefully placing her head on his lap.
"Mikan, please oh please, give me a sign," Natsume pleaded only to have no response.
Tears had welled up in Natsume's eyes as he looked at Mikan, he pulled out his phone with his trembling hands and attempted to call the ambulance. His hands were shaking so much he was unable to dial the number.
"Somebody please! Help me!" Natsume frantically screamed at passing people.
A man in a grey suit stopped to help out Natsume, "Is everything alright?"
"Sir, I'm not sure, she suddenly collapsed when we got out of Baskin Robbins and, and then, I just don't know!" choked out Natsume.
"First of all, I'll need you to calm down, I'll call the ambulance right now, just please, stay calm," the man in the suit replied to Natsume, giving him a reassuring smile.
Natsume put his quivering lips near Mikan's ear and quietly whispered, "Mikan, I promise, things will be alright… I love you more than you can ever imagine, just please, don't leave me."
Sigh. I really didn't want to end it like this, but I just really wanted to spice it up a bit, let some drama in, have something tragic happen? I'm really mean like that. I'd like to announce that this fanfic is slowly coming to an end. I'd really love to continue writing this and making it longer but I believe that I should slowly wrap it up... I look forward to seeing your reviews :D
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