This is taking place right where anime left off and such. So refer to anime. Not the manga.
Disclaimer: I unfortunately don't own anything.
Gakuen Alice: A Valentine's Day Story
Chapter 1: A Special Holiday!
Mikan was about to fall asleep, her fist under her chin trying to keep her awake and alert. She couldn't help dozing off now and then because she stayed up late the night before finishing her homework she had gotten a late start on. Her brown hair was in two messy pigtails this morning, and her green eyes looked a cloudier color with slight bags underneath. Stupid Hotaru, taking me to Central Town to get ice cream, and then making me pay for it. How mean of her. And then I didn't start homework 'til late because of her. Of course she was already done. Ugh, Hotaru. Why are you so mean to me sometimes?
"Sakura-san. What is the answer?" Jinno-sensei asked sharply.
Mikan's chin dropped from her hand and she jerked forward. "Umm, photosynthesis!"
"This is not biology Sakura-san. This is math, and if you don't pay attention, you will fail this too. For slacking off in my class, you will have an extra sheet of problems."
"What that's totally unfair!"
"Would you like to make it two pages? You are lucky I'm asking and not telling. Now pay attention."
Twelve lousy minutes later, the bell rang for lunch. Mikan met up with her friends Anna, Nonoko, and Hotaru.
"Mikan-chan, what happened in class? Did you not get enough sleep?" Anna asked, worried as she got out her bento.
"Oh, well. I would have been awake if I didn't stay up so late doing homework. Ahem…no thanks to Hotaru." Mikan said with a glare directly towards her.
"You, baka. The homework is all easy. Only a baka like you wouldn't finish it in the time I gave you," Hotaru said mockingly, rolling her purple eyes to the back of her head.
"Hey, did you guys remember?" Nonoko asked all of a sudden. "Guess what holiday is coming up!"
"Is it a day where we don't have classes or homework?! I've been waiting for one of these. I can't wait to hang out with Hotaru all day instead of study!" Mikan said enthusiastically. "Even though I'm still mad at you right now."
"Um, sorry Mikan-chan, but we don't really get holidays off to miss classes so easily. No think about it. What's coming up very very soon?!"
"Oh my gosh you're right, Nonoko-chan! How could I forget? Valentine's Day is coming up! It's next week right?"
"Yep. I'm so excited. Valentine's Day is such a special holiday for couples and friendships. I should start making my cards for my friends!" Nonoko said, jumping up and down excitedly, her navy hair bouncing all around.
"What a good idea Nonoko-chan! I'm going to create a new delicious treat to bring in for everyone! Then we can celebrate the holiday in class with my baked goodies!" Anna said excitedly. "What will you guys do, Hotaru-chan, Mikan-chan?"
"Nothing of course," Hotaru said with a completely straight face, while eating her lunch. She had a piece of rice stuck on her cheek. "I'm not a Valentine's Day person. It's not my thing," she said expressionlessly. "Mikan is more of the person to be into that kind of "cheery" holiday." The other girls caught Hotaru's drift on the cheery line, but Mikan oversaw it quite easily.
"Well, this is my first Valentine's Day at Alice Academy, and I'm gonna make sure everyone has a great time! Especially my friends," she said with a cheerful smile that spread from her ears. The lunch bell rang, the girls put away their bentos, and class started.
As Narumi-sensei was going on about the Japanese language, Mikan's trail of thought had started up again. She thought of what to do for the special holiday coming up. I've got it! I'll make a valentine for everyone! That ways no one feels left out. I'll even give them out to my SA classmates. Mikan was so pleased with her idea that she decided to start as soon as she got back to her room.
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Mikan got to her room as soon as she could after class, not stopping to say a word to her friends. She settled down at her desk and thought about what to make. She had been so full of ideas in class, it couldn't be so hard to convey them into words or poems on cards, right?
"Waaahhh! I don't know what to make! It's hard to make every one personal and different. I guess I'll start with my friends first though."
Mikan got pieces of white, pink, and red paper, glue, glitter, markers, and scissors. She had asked Narumi-sensei to help her with getting materials for a special project, and he was eager to help right away. He found all of these things in such a short time, it's like he was ready for this in some odd, creepy way, Mikan had thought.
First, she cut out a basic sized heart from the red paper. She cut out a smaller pink heart and glued it in the middle of the red one. She took a purple marker and began to write.
'You are a sweet, compassionate, caring friend.
I'm lucky you are one of mine.
I love you and have a great day!
Mikan'
She folded the heart in the middle neatly and closed it with a heart sticker. On the outside she wrote: "Happy Valentine's Day Anna-chan! Love Mikan". She smiled at her beautiful yet simple masterpiece. She was now ready to make some more.
After about two and a half hours, Mikan decided to review her work. So far she had six cards done and they were all different. She had the one for Anna, her first, and another for Nonoko. It read "Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm so glad to have a friend as amazing as you! Love Mikan." It was a pink heart with tiny white ones glued on the inside.
Mikan also had a card for Iincho. It wasn't a poem like Nonoko's. "Iinchu-kun. I'm so appreciative of you. Without you I'd be lost, because Hotaru doesn't always stand up for me. But when she doesn't, I can always count on you. You are a truly amazing friend to have. Thanks. Happy V-Day! Love Mikan." This one was a red cut-out heart with a pink doily on the inside with glitter sparkling around.
The other three cards were also different in appearance. One was a pink heart with a small red doily with a few colored-in hearts. The other was a regular rectangle shaped card folded in the middle. It was white with red hearts cut out and pasted on.
The pink heart was for Sumire. It read, "Sumire-chan, I'm glad we've become friends, though I know after just a little more time, we will become greater friends and become closer. For now, I'm glad we've decided to get along. And thanks for all that you've done for me. Love Mikan."
The white letter was for Kokoroyomi. "Kokoro-kun. I'm glad we are friends. You are an adventurous and sometimes mischievous boy, but you are very fun to be around. Have a fun filled day! From Mikan."
The third card was for Kitsuneme-kun. Despite Mikan not hanging around him that often, she still felt they were enough of acquaintances to give him a card. She decided to give Valentine's only to her closer friends since it took so long for her to do them. His card was a red rectangular one that had a white doily pasted in the middle. It read: "Kitsuneme-kun. You are a very unique person and fun to play with. I hope we become closer friends soon and have a terrific day with lots of sweets! From Mikan."
Mikan had become quite tired after just a few fun hours of making cards for only some of her friends. She still had the most important card of all to create and it had to be the best: Hotaru's. Wow. Making these pretty cards sure took a lot out of me. I should do my homework now, and maybe get some dinner. I'm not very tired .Then I will go to bed early and catch up on my sleep. I'll do some more tomorrow.
End of chapter 1.
