How can you say that you really do care for someone even though you always hurt her? How can you tell that you like her if you used to play with her feelings? And how can you tell her that you love her if you always make her cry? Well maybe, that's how Natsume shows his feelings for someone…passionately. (Well, at least he's already passionate in that way though)

xxxFOR YOUR INFORMATIONxxx

Mikan Sakura – 16 years old

Natsume Hyuuga – 17 Years old

Persona – 18 years old

Hotaru Imai – 16 and half years old

Ruka Nogi – 17 years old

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On with the story…

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Part 1

Mikan was under her favorite sakura tree, taking a peaceful nap. She was exhausted from her secret mission last night. Though she had completely mastered her alice, or should I say 'alices', she can still hardly use it at the same time. She is a multi-alice user. The nullifying, and SEC which means steal, erase, and copy was her original alice, the others were already stealed or copied from other alice users.

It was just almost an hour since she had a break. Hopefully, she did not end up in hospital after using all her strength on her mission but she had pain all over her body.

"Oi. Polka!"called by the voice while kicking her side. She moaned in pain. Her bruise is still fresh. She hesitantly opened her eyes to see whose damn disturbing her sleep. She was annoyed to see the smirk on his face.

"So, Strawberries for today huh?" Natsume smirked. She was about to slap the smirk on his face but decided not to. She doesn't want to waste her remaining energy to nonsense things. Instead, she just tightened her uniform so that he can't view her underwear and flipped back to sleep.

"Oi. Don't turn back at me. I'm talking to you, Idiot!"he muttered annoyingly while playing her hair.

"Damn Natsume! Can't you just give me a peaceful fucking sleep even for a fucking while!!!" Mikan bursted out. It's not a question but a pure statement. She doesn't have a time to play with him right now. She has to gain much strength for another mission tonight. But she can't tell those things to him. The thing about her going to mission is all a secret.

"I just want you to ask if you want to eat breakfast."He said. Bangs covering his eyes to hide his emotion. "But it seems that you're not in mood."he said coldly, pulling his hands to his pocket and walked away.

Mikan was left astounded. She had just shooed someone who wants to offer eating breakfast with her. What's the fucking wrong with asking eating breakfast with you, Mikan? She thought. No, he doesn't really want to eat with you. He just made it as an excuse when you got pissed off already to avoid embarrassment. The other side of her mind thought.

"Hell now! I can't sleep back anymore."she said and stood dusting off her skirt. "Maybe I'll be taking again Persona's cursed pills…"

Mikan was way too early for the class. She can't go back to sleep so she decided to go to her room to take a shower before shoving off to her class.

And now she's here. Unusual. That's what they may think. She was the first one to arrive. While waiting for others, she does some warm up. She still had pain on her body so a little stretches would do.

"Good morning Mikan!"Yuu greeted to auburn- haired girl with a cheerful smile.

"Good Morning Yuu!"Mikan replied with a radiant smile plastered on her face. Yuu walked up to him.

"Are you okay? Natsume said you're under Sakura tree this whole morning and want to be alone. Is there something wrong?" Yuu asked worriedly.

"Oh, I'm alright. I'm really really fine. It's just that I want to have some time alone with my Sakura tree." she replied cheerfully.

Baka! Baka! Baka!

"Ouch!, Hotaru you're so meanie!"Mikan said while rubbing her head hit by the baka gun.

"What's with the drama? Mikan Sakura is not used in being alone."Hotaru said icily hiding her new version of baka gun.

"Hotaru! You really do know me."she said while hugging her best friend.

"Back off Mikan!"she said raising her baka gun.

"Oh my! Not again!"she screamed stepping backwards to avoid being hit. But too late for her. She stumbled and flew in front of the door. She moaned in pain rubbing her butt which first falls flat.

"Good morning Mikan-chan!"the blond guy greeted with an angelic smile. He raised his hands to help her stand.

"Oh, very kind of you Ruka-pyon! Good morning!"she replied with cheerful smile making the boy blush. She held his hands to stand.

"Your blocking the way Polka!"the crimson-eyed boy muttered coldly. Hands on his pockets.

"Sorry."she replied and moved aside allowing him to pass through. "Good morning Natsume-kun!"she widely smiled to the boy. Her smile faded as she remembered the incident this morning. "About this morning, I'm sorry for being rude. I'm just not in—"

"Tch. Whatever."he cut off shoving to his sit a meter away from the door. After sitting, he pulled his hands on his pocket and raised his manga opening the page he had last read.

"Ok."was the only thing she had said. Geez. Is he really that angry? Hope he will not burn me into ashes.she thought while examining the face of the boy who's reading his manga.

"Stop staring at me Idiot or I will burn your strawberries into ashes."he mumbled coldly still reading his manga.

"You Pervert—"she sighed. There's no time for these things today. She doesn't have enough strength left and she has to regain it for the mission tonight.

"Sorry for that Mikan."Ruka said from her back who had witnessed their war.

"No need to sorry for that Pervert Ruka- pyon."she sighed and smiled widely at him making him blush once again.

"Good Morning class!!!"Narumi said cheerfully. Students proceed to their seats. The class started…and soon ended.

"Need some pills?..."called by a voice from her back.

"Yah. Don't have enough rest today."she answered weakly. He tossed the pills to her whom she caught cautiously, she then swallowed it. "It sure really works fast." Feeling strong again. "So what's my mission today Persona?"she asked and smiled at him widely. The typical Mikan. Even with her mask on, he can still see the cheerful smile on her face.

"I don't think you can still plaster that smile on your face after this mission."he said coldly raising a paper and handed it to her.

She rolled her eyes at the paper. She used the light coming from the moon enabling her to read what's written on the paper. Northern Forest is really dark and gave creeps to her. If she's not with him, or someone else, she may have screamed to death. But she had gotten used to it after nights of meeting him in this creepy forest.

"Perchy, I don't think I can finish this mission tonight."she said worriedly. Calling him Perchy made him burst out.

"How many times do I need to tell you not to call me that name again!"he shouted making the birds flew out from their nests. Mikan grinned. She really likes to erase the cold expression on his face.

"There you go. Enough with the cold face Perchy."she laughed.

"You got me there."he sighed. "That's why I'm telling you if you can still smile widely after this."he said worriedly while patting her head. Sending her to missions make him worries to the max. This girl has really gotten into his nerves. "Don't worry; I will be your backup."he said to lessen the worry she felt. Mikan smiled widely at him which he returned with a smirk.

"Do your friends already know?"he asked to change the topic.

"No."she shook her head.

"Then good. Make sure they will not know about this. It's just a secret between Mikan…and Perchy. Yah."he said with a smile. She nodded with smile. "On with the mission."he said then hopping from trees to trees. She then followed him swiftly.