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Fanfiction story plot © by SonyaShulen

► A Great Way To Care ◄

► Chapter 4: It's Gonna Be Love ◄

Inspired song: "Pursuing My True Self": Persona 4: Shin Megami Tensei OST

Mikan

I opened my eyes slowly as I felt the slight vibration of the revving engine. I blinked my eyes to look around me and unconsciously stretched my arms and gave out a pretty loud yawn. It took me more than a second to notice that I wasn't alone in the car and that someone had chuckled. My eyes widened and saw that I wasn't alone in the car!

"I have to admit that you're pretty cute - yawning like some cat. Oh yeah, you drooled," he said and I scowled at him.

I gave a pout and looked to the front as he continued driving. "Oh, not talking back?" he asked and I shook my head. I wasn't the type to talk a lot when after waking up from a comfortable sleep anyway. He drove me back home and there, I thanked him once again for the books.

I quickly stumbled out from the car; I can no longer withstand he heat that radiates from his body in that small little car of his. It's suffocating me but every time I think about him, I would turn red literally and that would be horrible embarrassing if I do right in front of him.

After he drove out of sight, I scrambled into my house through that squeaky rusted old gate and door and saw my mom yet again with a glass bottle in her hands. I went straight into the kitchen and looked at the table and was more than shocked to actually see that half the food was gone. I turned back to look at my drunk mother – looking all pathetic – and back onto the dishes.

She actually ate. Not a pinch amount, but half of it. This is something new entirely. A smile crawled up to my lips as I start the fire to make dinner for both her and me. Since she started eating again, I might as well make something delicious and easy to eat - fried rice with chicken and a bowl of salad.

I placed the food on a dish and put it under the cover while I took my dish upstairs with me into my room to eat in slowly while I do my assignments. I gently took out the Mathematics reference book from the plastic bag and slowly flipped through the pages.

It smells new, in fact, it smells like the bookstore itself. Never in my life, had I gotten a book straight from the bookstore. It's always borrowed from the library or from Nobara. Never in my life, had I gotten a new book. I spent the entire night studying, what seemed like forever.

I woke up in the morning noticing that I slept while studying. I looked at the clock – 8.20am – OH SHIT! I quickly got up and ran to the bathroom; brushed my teeth, put my new reference book into my bag and ran down the steps - out of my house and straight to the academy. I'm twenty minutes late and I'm sure that Jinno doesn't like that.

When I reached the door, I swung the door open and everybody looked at me and yes – including Jinno himself. Jinno moved his eyes towards me and gave out a sigh. "You're late, Sakura," he said and I looked down sheepishly.

"Sorry," I said and quickly scrambled to my seat that was located all the way to end of the class. Nobara saw me and gave me a smile and a thumb up. I smiled back at her and continued walking. I took out my pencil case and looked back at the whiteboard as Jinno resumed his teaching.

Natsume

I slummed down on my chair and placed my arm hand over my forehead. I was dead tired after the operation earlier.

I switched on my laptop and surprisingly enough, the first webpage I decided to go to was her weblog. She hasn't been updating for some time now so, I was just trying luck anyway. Besides, I want to know who is this 'he' she's always talking about in the weblog.

Load works! Load works. From class to hospital to cooking to studying. I can only stand this much. I'm just a human after all and nothing more superior. Sometimes, I wonder why life is so unfair to me. Lots of people get the glamour and shine but I can only be a background crop and nothing more.

Doctor Hyuuga bought me a reference book and it is my first time receiving a book directly from a bookstore and not the library. Did I tell that even the librarian sometimes told me off that I couldn't borrow a book from there? They're just being selfish to me because I've seen tones of students borrowing that book and I am not allowed!?

Anyway, enough with my rants. Doctor bought me a book and guess what? I spent the entire night studying that I actually overslept. On the bright side, Jinno didn't scold me – for once. It takes a miracle for that to happen!

You know, it's weird for me to blurt out my feelings this way. First of all, there might be some stranger reading it and stalking me? Well, how I wish there would be someone to stalk? As long it's not a bad one. Anyway, yeah. It might be some creepy bastard that's reading my entry for today. Or if I'm really lucky, he, might be the one that's reading it. Though there's a tiny-winy chance that it would be him. There's so many people crossing each other's blog and mine might be one tiny out of a gazillion!

Oh, I have to leave. The librarian might start picking on me once I've used the library computer for way too long and dirtying their facilities.

Posted by Mikan Sakura : 10.39am; 3 October 2009

I chuckled at her entry. True, she has a very childish mind but she has a kind heart. Just because her background repulses other people, they all start ignoring her and treating her as dirt. Have they ever given her a chance to tell about herself and how poor she is?

And this –he – again. Yes, he was disturbed. Green-green jealousy, obviously.

PING!

"Yes?" he said through the speaker when it rang.

"Another patient, doctor. It's now her time," the nurse said and he gave out a sigh. It was barely even rest.