Daylight

Disclaimer: All disclaimer rules applied. The song, Daylight, is composed and played by the band Maroon 5.

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Here I am staring, I'll have to leave soon

Why am I holding on?

...I'm trying not to sleep

Cause I know, when I wake, I will have to slip away

...The sky is getting bright, the stars are burning out

Somebody slow it down

…This is my last glance that will soon be memory

And when the daylight comes I'll have to go

...Cause in the daylight we'll be on our own

But tonight I need to hold you so close  

Natsume was lying on her bed, listening to her CD player when Mikan closed the bathroom door. She was already dressed in white silk sleeping shorts with a matched top when he raised his head to see her coming out from her shower and smiled. She sat by her dresser and took off the wrapped towel on her hair and started drying her hair.

"You know, I never thought you'd actually like these kinds of songs." he started, and faced her reflection on the dressing mirror. He stood up and connected the device to a separate speaker so she could hear what he meant.

As soon as the note played off, she wailed and sounded surprised, "You mean you never knew that they were my favorite band?" She shot him an incredulous look. "I thought you were my best friend!"

He raised his hands as if to surrender and defended himself, "Of course I knew! I just thought that these songs aren't so much like you. You're more like a Miley Cyrus beat rather than the deep ones Maroon 5 play." He returned to her bed and rested on her headboard. Then he suddenly said, "unless it's Moves like Jagger which is totally not a love song." He laughed. Mikan rolled her eyes and murmured a whatever.

She hung the now-wet towel on the rack and walked to her bed beside him, "Well it's good that you know because you-" she softly jabbed her finger to his chest, "-are gonna come with me to their next concert in two months and it's your treat." She grinned at him. "Well, that is if you'll still be here and I bet you will cause I know you'll never let me go alone, right?" He wrapped his arms around her shoulders and she laid her head on his chest, wrapping her arms around his torso.

Natsume always loved these kinds of moments. When they were finally alone and had time to talk about what's new with each other, especially with him managing his family's business and her organizing weddings. The last time this happened was when she got really ill and no one else could take care of her because her said fiancee was out of the country and couldn't take a break from work.

I wish I could be with you to the concert. And every event in your life. Every birthday, friends' weddings, reunions, meetings, shopping, meals… everyday.

He lifted his finger to the tip of her nose and teased her, "I can't imagine a highly-paid wedding organizer who can afford twenty VIP tickets for strangers yet still asks me to treat her one ticket." She pouted and dipped her head between his jaw and shoulder, "Well you love me, so…" she hummed.

For a second there, his grip on her loosened unintentionally but tightened it again before she could even notice it. I do. I really love you. He has always wanted to tell her those words, his feelings. For many years now, he wanted to let her know how much he wants to keep her for himself forever. She was already his crush, puppy love, first love and the one. He never thought he would be a sap like this just because of one woman. However, his chances to tell her were always interrupted or blocked, if you may. The first time he wanted to tell her was in junior of high school.