Roses
Gakuen Alice Fanfiction


Have you heard the story about a man giving nine fresh roses and one plastic rose?


The moment I step out of the house, I saw a single rose. Not just any rose, it is a black one. But not the actual black. They look like the darkest shade of red.

It freaked me out. Is someone out there who wants my life? Is it a threat? THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING. I'm too young to die!

"Mikan, why are you freaking out?" My Mom said. Ok. Probably I was jumping to conclusions but this is freaky!

"HEY!" She called me once again. This time I forced a reaction.

"Is there someone out there for my life?" I looked at her as if I'm waiting for my death.

"Stupid. It can also mean rebirth and new beginnings." Mom explained about it. She's a florist. But even though I'm a daughter of a florist, I don't have any idea about the meaning of flowers.

"It can also mean like that but it can also mean death." I said.

"Well.. it can be… you know that no one wants to kill you. I mean, you're not worth it." There she goes again.

"Fine. Anyways, I need to go to school. Bye! See you later!" Then I grabbed the rose. I'm going to show it to Hotaru.

But as I was skipping down the street, I saw Hyuuga. I got curious so I called him. He turned around then continued his walking. The nerve!

"Hey!" I grabbed his arm.

He looked at me. Irritated. Oops.

"Well, I was calling you a while ago. You didn't even respond. By the way, what are you doing here?" I joined his walking. Well, it was my route to school and we're schoolmates.

"I live around here." He said.

"EH?" I was surprised. I didn't know that Natsume actually live around here.

"Someone's after your life?" He asked. I was completely puzzled until I realized I was holding the rose.

"I don't know. I found this in front of our house. Freaky."

"…"

Then it was just like that. We went to school with no exchanging of words. Natsume's like that. He's always quiet.

I quickly went to my classroom to tell her about the rose.

"Someone's after your life?" Why does everyone thinks about it? Is it because of the color?

"But my Mom said that it is about rebirth and new beginnings." I said.

"Whatever. I have no interest at flowers." Because she's more interested in food and money.

Then for the whole day, I keep thinking about it.

I went back home but I saw something stuck in our gate. I pulled it off and it was a letter. I gathered it with some of the letters.

And it is already a habit of mine to open letters since all letters are addressed to me or to my mom or to us. Most are bills. I opened the odd-looking envelope and saw:

Sakura Mikan,

A black rose mean rebirth and new beginnings.

N.

Holy Sh- A SECRET ADMIRER? There's something wrong! I mean, it must be for my mom but only with my name on it. It doesn't make any sense.

"MOM!" I called her while running to our store.

"Mikan, I'm busy right now." She didn't bother to look at me.

"But this is important! Someone must have mixed our names."

She looked at me as if I'm the stupidest person she'd ever met. I handed her out the letter.

"Seriously, Mikan. Why would someone take an interest at me? I'm too old for this things. It is obviously for you." And she smacked my head just like she always do.

Then I went back to our house and smiled like a fool.


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