One More Chance

Chapter 13: Food Fight

*If you had a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said it was going to be easy. All they said was it was going to be worth it.

"Natsume-kun!" A strawberry blond-haired girl with blue eyes exclaimed the second that she got inside the classroom.

She quickly approached Natsume's desk but stopped on her tracks when she saw Mikan. She scoffed.

"Oh, it's you again."

Mikan shot daggers at her.

"Koizumi." She said the surname in disdain.

"Yukihara."

The two of them continued to glower at each other.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Luna demanded.

"I'm studying here, duh." Mikan rolled her eyes. "Any more stupid questions?"

Luna flushed in embarrassment. She shot Mikan a dirty look.

"And you actually dare sit next to my beloved Natsume-kun." She said in disgust.

Mikan mentally counted from one to ten. This girl was asking for trouble. A lot of trouble.

Don't get mad at her in front of the class. You can strangle her later. Just not here. She thought again and again. That helped her keep her cool for a little while, but Luna's next words finally snapped her patience.

"And after he chose me over you." She sneered.

Mikan stood up and glared at her.

"For your information Koizumi, I don't care whether or not Natsume chose you over me. I don't care whether or not the two of you are dating. And most of all, I don't even care if you and Natsume got married. Because frankly, it doesn't matter to me one way or the other." She yelled.

Luna leered at her.

"Koizumi-san and Yukihara-san, please stop all of the bickering." Narumi finally spoke up.

Luna turned around and shot him a dirty look.

"Mind you own business, gay freak!" She yelled.

Narumi flushed for a moment but later regained his composure.

"Young lady, mind your manners!" His voice turned authoritative.

Luna ignored him. She turned around and faced Mikan.

"Move." She ordered.

Mikan raised an eyebrow.

"And why should I?" She challenged.

Anger flashed in Luna's eyes.

"Because I have to sit next to my Natsume-kun."

Mikan couldn't help but snort.

"Sorry to burst your bubble, but this is my seat. Go. Find. Your. Own." She emphasized each word.

"Why you little…" Luna's patience must have finally snapped, because she raised her hand, ready to slap Mikan.

Mikan, on the other hand, expected Luna to react that way. She was already prepared to dodge the hit, but fortunately, the action was no longer necessary. Luna's hand was already stopped when it was only a few inches away from Mikan's face.

"Don't. You. Dare." Natsume said between gritted teeth.

"Natsume-kun, why did you…?" Luna's question trailed off; she was too shocked to finish her question.

"Shut the hell up." Natsume ordered.

"But Natsume-kun—" Luna tried to defend herself but she was cut off.

"I said shut up!" Natsume yelled. Luna finally became quiet. The class stared at him in shocked amazement.

After several minutes, class finally came into session, although some of their classmates cast Mikan and the others glances now and again. Fortunately, Luna didn't share the same classes with neither Mikan nor Natsume, so they had their classes in peace. But unfortunately for them, Luna was still free to bother them during lunch.

The group was supposed to have a celebration during lunch period for the success of Mikan being the model chosen for the cover of LEX magazine. But unluckily, Luna Koizumi had to show up and ruin all of the fun. Even the cake that Anna prepared was becoming unappetizing.

"Come on Natsume-kun, let's eat lunch somewhere else. It's too boring here." Luna whined.

"Why that little…" Sumire, who was sitting next to Mikan, was about to stand up and hit Luna, but Mikan managed to pull her back to her seat.

"Calm down. Just continue eating your food and ignore her." Mikan hissed.

"But—" Sumire tried to protest but Mikan shook her head.

"Just ignore her, please." Mikan said.

Sumire reluctantly went back to her food, picking at the icing on her cake.

"I can't believe that you're so calm about this Mikan." She grumbled under her breath.

"Trust me, I'm really fighting the urge to strangle her right now." Mikan muttered.

"I can't believe that you're not doing anything about this Hotaru." Sumire grumbled once again.

The two of them turned to look at Hotaru, who had a lot of food stuffed in her mouth.

"Who says I'm not doing anything about it? I've been polishing my baka gun since homeroom period already. Just you guys wait until the last period ends." She smiled evilly. Immediately, Mikan and Sumire couldn't wait until all of their classes ended.

"Natsume-kun, why don't we go outside of the school some time?" Luna asked Natsume, smiling sweetly. "I heard that there's this very romantic beach where we can have a clear view of the sunset together." She fluttered her eyelashes together.

Mikan couldn't help but be impressed with Natsume's patience. Although, when she turned to glance at him, she found his hand balled up into fists. She also noticed that Ruka and the others were starting to get annoyed.

"I've got to go. I forgot that I have to submit a few papers to Yamada-sensei." Mikan made her excuses.

"We'll come with you!" Almost everyone in the table spoke up all at the same time, obviously wanting to be get out of the cafeteria as fast as they could. Frankly, everyone wanted to be as far away from Luna Koizumi as possible.

"Oh, just leave her be. After all, garbage doesn't belong here." Luna sneered.

"Excuse me?" Mikan raised an eyebrow.

"Oh, you're deaf as well?" Luna smiled cunningly. She grabbed a glass of water from the table and stood to face her. "You. Are. Garbage." She said, and she splashed Mikan's face with water.

Mikan blinked back the water in her eyes. Everyone in the cafeteria stared at their table in shock. Hotaru was reaching for the baka gun in her pocket, but Mikan signaled her to stop.

"That does it." Mikan said between gritted teeth. She looked at Anna. "Sorry for what I'm about to do Anna-chan, I promise to make it up to you later."

Anna looked flustered.

"Sure, Mikan-chan. But what are you—" She didn't manage to finish her question.

Mikan took her plate, which was full of Anna's homemade strawberry shortcake, and splotched it on Luna's smirking face.

"Eat that, Koizumi." She said.

She grabbed her bag, turned around, and left the cafeteria, Hotaru and the others following behind, leaving the whole cafeteria staring at their wake, dumbfounded and shocked.