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THIRD SONG
(Joy to the World)
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The subsequent morning came. Six o'clock am, she was not supposed to be awake just yet. She was not supposed to be stressed first thing in the morning.
Yes, he woke her up much to her disappointment.
...Not after appreciating her beauty while sleeping, though.
Natsume immediately instructed her to get ready for a 3 day trip, as soon as her eyes opened. He didn't even let her adjust to the fact that he's finally living with her again.
She did as what she was told and readied two bags enough to carry their necessities for the days.
No words were spoken, she followed him to the car the minute he got a hold of their bags.
"Is he... in a bad mood?" Mikan thought to herself, recalling if she did anything to sour up his mood like that.
She let Natsume enter the driver's seat before she move into the back seat.
Mikan flopped herself inside the car and closed the door with a thud. She stared innocently outside, admiring the cleanliness of the neighborhood. At last, after a few minutes, she noticed he still hadn't start the car. He was staring—no, glaring intently at her through the rear mirror.
"Natsume...?"
"You. Move here," he simply said, motioning to the front seat.
"Um... Alright," and she did. She let Natsume buckle her seat belt.
The journey went on without anyone uttering a word. He busied himself with the road as she entertained herself with the scenery outside; admiring the beauty there is, on Earth.
Until curiosity hit her.
She altered her gaze at Natsume.
"Nee... Natsume?" mumbled Mikan, faintly hesitating.
"Hm?" he replied without turning to her.
"Where are we going, exactly?" she asked, uncertain if it is excitement or anxiety she's feeling.
He glanced at her with a gentle smile before saying, "You'll see."
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That morning, Natsume was awaken by the strident ringing of his phone. Groggily, he got on his elbows and picked the phone up, he pressed the answer key in the process.
"Hello," he spoke the moment he brought the phone close to his ear.
"Goodmorning, Natsume!" came the cheery voice of his best friend.
"Oh, Ruka,"
Ruka failed to notice the irritation in Natsume's voice. As of the moment, he wanna go and pounce the blonde lad to death.
How dare you interrupt my slumber, he muttered in his mind.
Ruka did not only disturbed his sleep, he also ruined his oh-so-wonderful dream.
In Natsume's dream, he was finally about to have a junior... and Ruka had to call and destroy it.
"What do you want?"
"Hey, it's the first time in a month that you've finally answered my call and you're just—"
"What do you want?" he repeated, obviously more annoyed this time.
"W-well... Hotaru's birthday is coming up. Me and the gang are planning to play as a band, but... we're short for a lead vocalist."
"So? Your point?"
"Shouldn't it be obvious? We want YOU to sing for us."
And here he thought, he will finally have a break from singing.
"...Fine. When is it?"
"Saturday. But ah— Natsume, we also want you to rehearse with us. I know you're already a professional singer and all, but I don't think—"
"Fine, Fine, I'll go," he almost shouted at Ruka and heard the blonde say "great!" on the other line.
"When's the start?"
"Today."
Deep furrow formed in his brows. "No way, man. Your place is way too far from mine. And you know I hate traveling back and forth."
"Yes, yes, I know... That's why we came up with a 2-day and 3-night stay at our villa."
"You're out of your mind, I see. I can't just leave Mikan here alone, again."
He heard him chuckle on the other line, "Oh, your wife, is it? Well, I didn't say you couldn't bring her along."
He glanced at the woman sleeping beside him. She looks like she was having a good dream. Her slightly parted lips formed a small smile. He brought his hand to her hair and caressed it lovingly.
Ruka didn't gave him chance to reason out once more. His voice brought Natsume out of his reverie.
"So, I'll see you later, Natsume!" and he hang up.
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The car stopped in front of a huge villa. A huge, huge villa... much to Mikan's surprise.
"Whoa... Natsume, who owns this place?" she asked, gawking at the place.
"My best friend."
The guard seemed to have recognized Natsume as he immediately opened the gates to let his car in. He gave the guard a brief bow as he headed straight to the parking lot.
He had already turned off the ignition and unbuckled his seat belt, but his wife...
"Mikan, you can stare at the villa later for as long as you like. Right now, my friends are waiting for us inside."
"R-right!" Mikan instinctively snapped and quickly unbuckled her seat belt.
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"Natsume!" a gorgeous blonde guy with blue eyes greeted, he was cradling a white rabbit in his arms.
"It's been a while," Natsume smiled.
Ruka noticed the lovely brunette who was partially hiding herself behind Natsume, gripping a handful of his polo.
"Nice to meet you, miss. Could you be...?"
Natsume grabbed her wrist and pulled her closer to him. He then snaked an arm on her waist, possessively.
"Ruka, meet my wife... Mikan Hyuuga," he twisted his neck to face Mikan, "And Sweetheart, this is Ruka Nogi, my childhood friend."
Mikan pulled herself away from Natsume's grasp and bowed in front of Ruka.
"A pleasure to meet you, Nogi-san."
"Ah, please, just "Ruka" is fine," he gave the girl one of his charming smiles.
"No," Natsume retorted. He gripped Mikan's shoulders and stared deep into her eyes.
"Remember, Mikan... The only man you can call by his first name... is me. Do you understand?"
Captivated by his charms, Mikan nodded straightaway as Natsume smirked in victory.
Ruka could only stare at the couple in both horror and disbelief.
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The door of the Music room flew open, enough to startle everyone in the room.
Natsume and Mikan were led by Ruka inside the music room, and were greeted by two more guys.
"Guys, Natsume's here," Ruka informed.
"Whoa, Natsume! Didn't thought you'd actually make it here," a guy with a spiky blond hair spoke.
"And he brought us a girl! Man, isn't she dazzling?" a guy with a messy, brown curtained hair followed as he checked Mikan out like she was his next prey.
A gasp left her mouth.
"N-Natsume..."
That does it.
Natsume's eyes flashed in fury.
"YOU IDIOT!" he shouted angrily at the guy and hugged Mikan protectively. "Stare at my wife more and you'll get it!"
It took several seconds before it sank into the guy's mind.
"Er... wife...?"
Ruka laughed, "Yes, sorry to break it to you, Zero. This girl here... is already Natsume's wife."
The guy with a messy brown hair—Zero, slumped his shoulders in disappointment.
"What a waste..." he said that brought Natsume back into rage once again.
"Say that again."
"I said she's lucky to have you," Zero muttered with a hint of sarcasm in his voice.
Ruka broke the tension between his friends and said, "Alright. Let's do some introduction for Mikan-san's sake here."
He gestured his hand towards the guy with a spiky blond hair.
"This guy is Kokoro Yome, the drummer,"
Koko smiled and waved his hand animatedly, "Hiya!"
"And he's Zero Tsurugi, the bassist," Ruka continued. Zero winked at Mikan, he made sure her overly-protective husband wasn't looking.
"Oh cool! You have a band?"
"Yup! And I'm the guitarist. Natsume here..." he paused to slump an arm around Natsume's shoulder, "...Is our temporary vocalist."
She turned to her husband and clasped her hands.
"Wow, that's cool! I get to see you sing with a band!"
Natsume grunted as though saying, There's nothing cool in singing with a band such as them.
She soon noticed, all eyes were directed at her.
"Oh! Sorry. I haven't properly introduced myself, have I? My name's Mikan Sakura Hyuuga. It's nice to meet you all." she declared cheerfully and bowed.
"It's nice to meet you, too" Zero said as he approached her. He grabbed her hand and bent down to kiss it until—
"You scumbag!" Natsume gave him a whack in the head before he can even do so.
"Natsume's selfish!"
"Hell yeah, I am!"
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Ima ryoute ni uketomete kimi e sosogu ano hikari
Kegare naki egao to jiyuu no sunrise
Mou osoreru koto wa nai sa fumidashita chihei no saki
Saa atarashii hajimari [we can, let's go]
She softly clapped as she smiled genuinely.
"This is the first time I see him rehearsing. So cool, Natsume!" she thought.
Natsume locked eyes with Mikan as he sang the last part of the song.
Hora sekaijuu ni todoku machikogareta yorokobi ga
Mata kimi no yuuki ni kawatte kureru
Mada furueru te wo totte onaji chizu egaite yuku
Saa sono me ni yakitsukete [tsuyoi kodou ATSUi omoi]
All right shin no JOY TO THE WORLD
As the song and music ended, a loud applause roared throughout the whole room.
"Natsume, you did great! You guys are great too!" she grinned widely and clapped childishly.
Mikan rushed towards Natsume to wipe the sweat off of his princely face.
"Aw, Not fair. Why does Natsume always get the special treatment? Wipe my face too, Mikan-chan," Zero whined.
This did not please Natsume. Not a bit.
He grabbed the sweat-stained cloth from her dabbed it on Zero's face and stated, "Here, I'll do it for you."
"Stop it, Natsu— eww! Bromance! Disgusting!"
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Till the next chapter!
A/N: I'm sorry if it's not good, I tried my best though :) I even thought of abandoning this story before. Please please please review! D:
I'll try to answer all your questions on the next chapter. Thanks! ^_^
Song used: Joy to the world (Neo Angelique Abyss' first opening song)
~Aerys~