Once in a Blue Moon

Chapter 6:

Mikan totally snapped. She just stood there, her mouth open and her eyes blank, for once not even following Hotaru leave the room. It was as if she just became frozen, a living statue, her expression that of a dejected child.

Her co-workers started filling in the room, cautiously approaching the frozen Mikan. Her female co-workers who had once been itching to rip the hair off of her when they saw her being given attention by THE Natsume Hyuuga, and she totally ignoring HIM, were now completely sympathetic to her situation.

Everyone knows that Mikan loves Hotaru the most in the entire world, and although it was brief, they were also sure that Hotaru kinda loves her back. But with this situation, with Mikan carelessly throwing out Mikan on the streets just for additional money, how was Mikan going to survive?

"Mikan, are you alright?"

"Mikan you have to be strong!"

"This is what you get for befriending a monster."

"What are you gonna do now?"

The last question seemed to snap Mikan out from her daze. She blinked and walked forward haltingly. But as she walked, her voice grew stronger, with confidence.... And definitely angry.

"What I am going to do now, ... is hunt THAT IDIOT OF A GIRL DOWN AND BRING WITH HER THAT ARROGANT NATSUME HYUUGA!"

Her friends tried to stop her, realizing that Mikan was out of control and could do something rash that could cost her life, and theirs if they do not stop her. But Mikan was full of adrenaline and shrugged them off, going berserk.

"HOTARU!"

The woman in question of course did not show any reaction of hearing her friend's scream. Well, as they are in a sound-proofed office, she wouldn't be able to hear anything at all, except that she is wearing an earpiece connected to the security cameras stationed all around the building.

Hotaru merely turned off the earpiece with a special remote, considering how she designed it herself, she knows exactly how to shut off the hearing sense in one room while still able to hear the going ons in other rooms.

She eyed the raven-haired man in front of her. Being his cousin, she was totally oblivious from his charms that makes him irresistible to any girl, no matter how rude he may be. But, Hotaru smirked, it seems as if her idiot of a friend was not affected too.

She could see what other girls find him so attractive for. With messy raven hair that looks as sexy as hell, piercing rare crimson eyes that gaze down straight into your soul and a face that has every asset of royalty, starting from his sharp cheekbones and lips that girls dreamed about kissing for hundreds of times.

And Natsume Hyuuga was not just about the face value. Tall, lean yet muscular, slightly tanned and with abs that men can only wish they have, intelligent and athletic, he is the perfect guy.

At least that's what Hotaru keeps on reading about Hyuuga, not that it matters to her. As long as Hyuuga provides him some money, that was fine with her, much to the annoyance of the famous top model.

Whixh is why Hotaru was surprised that he was willing to give up money in order to fire a girl. And Mikan at that. This was getting interesting.

"So, Hyuuga, what do you want?"

"What are you talking about Imai?"

"I know that you would rather die than dirty your precious hands in firing a girl."

"I just happened to really want her fired."

". . . . . . ."

"I want her working for me."

"Of all the people you could choose, why my best friend?"

"Never thought you would ever have a best friend."

"Answer me."

"She doesn't want to rape me on sight."

"Translation: she's the first girl I ever met to treat me like any other human being."

"She is weird, just like you."

"Translation: she's interesting and I'm curious about her."

"She sure looks stupid though. Polkadots? Pigtails?"

"Translation: she's cute and I like her."

"I really want to kill you right now."

"Translation: stop translating my innermost thoughts."

"Imai."

"Hyuuga."

Before another stare down could occur, Hotaru asked another question:

"If she finds out about that-"

"Leave it to me."