Thanks for clicking into my story. It was gonna be a oneshot but it became too long to be one. It's only gonna be 2 chapters though so read anyways!!!! I came up with the idea because I am at home sick while I write this. Please review at the end!!!! Thanks so much!!!
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Sick Day
Chapter 1: Hopeful for Visitors
"Achoo!" Mikan sat in her bed, with a tired and weak look on her face. "How am I?" she asked the Academy Nurse groggily.
"Well, since this is just an any day cold, it's too minor for my Alice to heal. Sorry, Miss Sakura, but you'll be missing school today."
"Lucky!" came a few voices from the student support group that came to see how Mikan was doing that morning.
"Lucky? I love school! I don't want to stay in bed all day." Mikan had a defeated attitude about the lucky opportunity that had plopped itself on her lap.
"I wish I could stay in bed all day. I would read," said Yuu and Nonoko almost simultaneously. They looked at each other after the identical comment and smiled.
"I would sleep for a little, then play lots of games," Koko said brilliantly.
"You aren't even aloud to have games in your room, you idiot," Sumire replied to her stupid, yet best friend.
"Oh yeah. Um, no one heard that."
"She's faking it."
"Natsume how could you say that about Mikan-chan? She's obviously sick for real. Why would she lie about being ill, when she would do anything to go to school?" Anna interjected, defending Mikan.
"Who would want to go to school that much, especially here?" Natsume rolled his eyes and started to leave.
"We all know you wish you were the one missing today," Luca said.
"Yeah, too bad I have a tendency of never getting sick."
"That's true."
"Well sorry Mikan-chan, but we better head to homeroom, so we aren't late," Yuu said responsibly.
"Yeah try to get some rest, and have a little fun," Nonoko chimed in.
"But not too much fun," Anna said with a giggle.
"Thanks guys," Mikan said. "Go have fun at school, without me. Carry on with your happy, nonstick lives, and try not to forget me here." Mikan was obviously taking this 'miss school for one day' thing a little too far.
"Mikan, go to bed." Hotaru said in a monotone voice.
"Yes, Doctor Hotaru." Even at 16 years old, Mikan was still religiously taking Hotaru's advice without question. What Hotaru said was law, she would repeatedly tell herself.
"Wow, talk about over dramatic," Natsume said to Luca. Luca couldn't help but laugh a little.
"Bye guys."
"Bye Mikan-chan. We'll periodically check up on you today," Anna said with a motherly attitude, though she was one of the youngest there.
"Alright kids, you're gonna be late for homeroom if you stick around any longer," the Nurse said politely.
"Yes, sensei." The troop hurried off to homeroom, leaving Mikan bored, alone, and sick in her dorm.
"I wonder how Mikan-chan is doing?" Anna asked.
"She's probably bored out of her mind. We all know it's hard for her to miss school, and she probably can't enjoy doing anything while missing it." Nonoko hit the nail right on the head.
"Yeah I guess we should send her a visitor. Who has a free first?"
"Well Nonoko and I have a free third period. We could go visit her together. That should cheer her up," Yuu said delighted, eager to spend alone time with Nonoko.
"That sounds great! Who has fourth or fifth free?"
Yuu and Nonoko shook their heads. "Advanced chem.," they said.
"Well I have Gourmet Cooking, of course," Anna said. "Hotaru-chan?"
"I don't have a free until after lunch, and I don't know if I want to spend it visiting Mikan."
"Okay, well. What about Luca-kun or Natsume-kun?"
Natsume happened to walk by at just that moment. "Ohh Natsu-"
"Not a chance," he cut in. "Same with Luca." He continued walking.
"Sumire-chan, how about you and Koko-kun? Or Kitsuneme-kun (also infamously known as Fox-Eye-kun)?"
"Umm, yeah the dweebs and I have fifth. We'll swing by for a little I guess."
"Great. That's visit from Nonoko, Yuu, Koko-kun, Kitsuneme-kun, and Sumire-chan. I'll drop by seventh, with a begrudging Hotaru-chan, and Natsume-kun and Luca-kun will go eighth." Anna seemed content with her plan and smiled in satisfaction.
With that, second period Math began.
Ring. Ring. Rinngggg. The bell for third period rang.
"I guess we should visit Mikan, huh?" Yuu said to Nonoko after leaving the math room.
"Yeah you're right."
They left the school building and headed for the Senior Division dorms. On their way, Nonoko and Yuu became bored, following the long pathway from the Senior Division to the Dormitory. (The Senior Division is the farthest away building on the campus, the Dormitory is around the middle=long walk.)
"This sure is a long walk. It seemed so much shorter this morning as we ran to homeroom."
"I know. I almost don't feel motivated to walk all the way to the dorms," Yuu said exhausted from the heat.
"But poor Mikan is all alone," Nonoko said, though not even convincing herself it was worth it.
"I feel bad, but Mikan didn't even know we were coming so, what if we just didn't?"
"Yuu, that's awful!!"
"I know b-"
"Why didn't we think of it sooner? Let's just sit under a tree on the edge of the Eastern Woods and study?"
"That sounds fantastic."
"It'll be a study date," she said, much to Yuu's delight. So they sat down under a nice Sakura tree which provided plenty of cool shade for them to study under. They pulled out their Trig. Books and began to do some delightful math.
Poor Mikan was alone in her room, but luckily she found a way to return to sleep and it was almost better that she wasn't bothered.
"So did you and Nonoko do it?" Anna asked.
"Do what?" Yuu answered, immediately feeling intense pressure.
"Visit Mikan-chan of course."
"Oh um," Yuu looked at Nonoko who weakly smiled as if to say 'Yes, we did, just say we did'.
"Yeah. She was sleeping most of the time though."
"Well that's fine."
Yuu wiped his brow, relieved that Anna was pleased with the news.
"Next up is Team Koko-kun, Kitsuneme-kun, and Sumire-chan fifth period."
"Come on you dweeby idiots. We have to go visit Mikan." Sumire sounded most annoyed with this task.
"I never said I would go though, you did. So why don't you just go, by yourself?" Koko asked.
"Because… I said… all three… of us would… go, you… dummy," Sumire struggled to say, as she was tugging on Koko's arm, dragging him towards the dorms, battling with Kitsuneme who was pulling Koko's other arm at the same time.
"You guys are gonna tear me apart. Oww! Stop!" Koko screamed in a little girl voice.
"We don't wanna go, Permy," Kitsuneme joined in.
"Well, Fox-eye, you don't have a choice." Sumire continued to lead the boys who dragged along, slowly.
After ten or so minutes, Kitsuneme stopped on the road, back bent over, arms on thighs. "No farther, please. This is torture. I can't go any further."
"Um, can't you fly, you big idiot?" Sumire was annoyed with the weak boys she had been paired with for this 'visit Mikan' mission.
"Oh yeah." Kitsuneme immediately used his flying Alice and floated along side Koko and Sumire, hands behind his head in a comfortable manner. "This is great."
"Carry me," Koko said.
"No. You'll weigh me down. You're too heavy."
Koko whimpered to himself.
"Baby," was all Sumire could whisper, rolling her eyes.
"Ahh! Howalon!" Koko ran to grab the fluffy pink sweet equivalent to cotton candy, that was lying on the filthy ground.
"You're not gonna eat that are you?"
"Of course! I'll savor every bite!"
"There's like two possible bites you could take out of that miniscule piece of fluffy filth."
"Says you," Koko shot back, nibbling off tiny bites that seemed like nothing.
"Share, share!" Kitsuneme demanded.
"No. You wouldn't carry me."
"Fine then let's go get a whole box in Central. It's probably closer than Mikan's dorm anyways."
"No actually it's not," Sumire said, annoyed with this idea.
"Great idea," Koko yelled.
The two boys began racing towards Central Town, one running, one flying, their sights set on Howalon.
"Oh god. Sorry Mikan, but we'll have to visit you later." She rolled her eyes once again and began chasing after the boys at canine speed, for she had just used her Cat/Dog Alice to catch up with them. "Wait, guys!"
The Central Town gang returned, a few minutes late for sixth period lunch.
"So guys how was Mikan-chan?" Anna persistent to know how Mikan was doing, asked.
"Oh yeah she was great," Kitsuneme said nonchalantly. Sumire was sweating everywhere, under the accusing gaze of Anna.
She laughed nervously and replied, "Haha, yeah, she's great."
Kitsuneme frantically motioned to Koko to wipe a piece of Howalon fluff from his overly pink lips.
"And why are your lips so pink, Koko-kun?" Anna asked, not having noticed him wipe the Howalon piece from his lips, a moment earlier.
"Oh uh, um…" Put on the spot with this question, Koko frantically searched around. He looked at Sumire's lips which were equally pink from Howalon, and came up with an excuse on the spot.
"Um, it was Sumire!"
"What?!"
"Yeah, she uh, kissed me, and her pink lipstick got all over my lips." Kitsuneme burst out laughing.
"Is that true, Sumire-chan?"
"N-," she looked at Koko with daggers and noticed his pleading hands. They didn't want to infuriate Anna, so she went along with it. "Uh, yeah, it's true."
"Prove it," came Hotaru's voice for the first time.
"Oh well. I uh, just wanted to know what it was like, kissing Koko you know, but I realized it was awful, he's vile and gross and no one should ever try doing that. It was an unpleasant experience so I would appreciate not ever having to do it again." Sumire gave a look of desperation.
"Excuse me?!" Koko yelled out, Kitsuneme pulled him back. Koko was gonna blow everything, but then he calmed down. "Yeah, that's just how it was," Koko said begrudgingly. Sumire had a smile of 'That was for putting me in that situation'.
"Ok, good enough for me. Well I hope Mikan was doing fine."
"Yeah, she was great, she was reading a magazine," Kitsuneme said, which seemed to please Anna and thus ended the conversation.
"Ok. Hotaru-chan. We are going to visit Mikan-chan after lunch."
"Make me."
"Trust me, I'll do whatever it takes to get you there. It'll mean so much to her!"
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~Passion'sGrace