A secret is a damn freaking secret, so keep it.

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"Yes...I see...She'll be over in a few." Those were the words that my best friend had said to the other person on the line. She seemed business like as I recalled looking over that memory. But I didn't think that would actually set me up with him.

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"I walk out of my apartment to get some fresh air then BOOM! Some weirdo bird just hits me with its' shit!" my friend Sumire exaggeratedly stated, telling her story about how her hair seems to be white and sticky. She's my friend that I love to death and currently dating one of my most best[est] friends, Kokoro Yome. She's not bad, typical girl, shoulder length sea green hair that has waves at the end. She's beautiful, if I do say so myself. The weird thing is, she has a cat like personality. Not to mention she growls like a dog once in awhile. I met her at the Cafe I work at, Shugar. She was trying to explain to me that she wants this amazingly confusing coffee with a bunch of side orders that I was not able to comprehend. I kept my caramel orbs on her dark teal furious eyes as she rambles about birds and other living species that are alive.

"Can you believe it? That damn bird just purposely did that to me! How rude of birds these days!" She scrunches up her eyebrows and grabs her mocha cappuccino and sips vigorously. The action made me laugh a bit. "Mikan, I don't think you should laugh at this point. You know how Sumire is when she is on her period." My loving friend, Anna, gives me advice so I will not be pummeled into a pulp. Anna, she's smart and loves to cook, but the thing is, I never get how her hair is bubblegum pink. That has always been on the top my of list; Things to ask later. Her hair is just so..plump as you could say? It's a hard thing to describe. It also matches her cyan-like eyes that are very cheerful, most of the times. I met her when I transferred into Alice Academy 2 years ago. She and her cousin, Nonoko, are the first people to actually befriend me. Since then, I've always kept them by my side. Nonoko, however, seemed to have the exact and same appearance as Anna. Besides her dark azure hair and the way she has a fascinating interest in chemicals. The sad thing is, Nonoko couldn't be with us today because she is attending this chemical meeting or some-sort.

"I am not on my period, Umenomiya! I am simply pissed! Get the hell right!" Sumire exclaims as her hair becomes somewhat of an illusionist and turns fiery red. "Shouda, don't scream. You are freaking loud. And your grammar is also off." Hotaru states watching Sumire very slowly, then soon making her dark marine eyes drop down to her new blueprint of an invention she is trying to create. Hotaru, I love her so so so so so much, but she can have no tact to our feelings at all. Her hair is cut short to the start of her neck making the hair itself look like a boy. The confusing part is, she looks very feminine. It's probably how she has her chin up. Maybe the way she walks and has no hesitation in saying what she wants. She has so much confidence in everything she does. I really admire her for that. Her eyes are black. Well, the appearance is. Her eyes are actually dark brown if you get a closer look at it. But you will never ever get close to her.

I met her when I was younger, making her my childhood friend, when she moved into the town I lived in. She seemed to be very alone, so I decided to become her friend. Months past as she moved to the town, and had a immediate transfer to another school. Being the girl I am, followed her out of desperation to get my friend back. I ended up going to Alice Academy and finding out that I also have one of these things called Alices. A rare one at it too. "Imai! You shouldn't say anything in this shit load of a conversation either! You are suppose to be with that freaking boyfriend of yours! No one asked you to come here!" Yep, Hota-chan is dating a boy, supposedly my close ever friend, Ruka Nogi. "Mikan invited me." Sumire fumes and throws her head down causing us to look at her distraught figure. "Fine! I just want someone to listen to my complaints! I can't have Koko look at me like this!" She weeps hysterically making us want her to shut up before we get embarrassed knowing that we are with this girl. I laugh to get the tension out of the atmosphere and say; "You know? You're very annoying when you cry, Permy."

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I'm at my apartment. This apartment building is owned by my parents. I have to share my apartment place with Hotaru. And believe me, it's not all fun living with your studious, cleanist of a best friend. I have to work my butt of to pay half of the rent cause Kami knows that I have to actually work hard to earn my lifes' profits. My parents love to spoil me dearly, but I refuse to follow their ways of living. I know one day, hopefully not soon, they will leave my life forever and I'll have to survive on my own. I love them more than anyone else, and I do not want them to see me living off of someone else. On the other hand, Hotaru doesn't have to do any crap to live. Her parents own an industrial castle made up of robots and other stuff. No, not really. I just wanted to make a funny mental image in your brain for keepsakes. Lets just say her parents are renowned about their jobs so they're very rich. The funny thing is, Hotaru had chosen to live with me rather than living alone in her newly bought home, which is now a storage house for her creations. This fact made me very very happy. I even gathered enough courage to ask Hotaru why she had chosen me over her newly bought things from her parents. Guess what she said? It's such a Hotaru answer. "I picked the you because you are clumsy and who knows what might happen when you live alone in an apartment. I did your parents a favor," was what she said. Awh, I love her too much. So much that, that comment didn't make me discouraged. I guess that's her way of expressing her love to me.

I had finally opened the door leading into our apartment. I throw my jacket else where knowing that Hotaru will yell at me later for me to clean that up. I don't want to waste my energy on that now. I had came home alone with no Hotaru in sight. She probably left with Ruka. He's such a loving boyfriend. He cares about what you do and is very cute and prince like. I wish I had boyfriend like that. Ruka, I met him in Alice Academy too. He was always a follower, but once in awhile he would always stand up for what seems right to him. Such a role model for me. He has deep mesmerizing coral reef blue eyes that you can swear, you saw a fish swimming through it. His hair, ohmygod, his hair is like a meadow of daises dancing to the sound of the wind. Perfect prince figure, and perfect personality what is not perfect about him? Oh yes, the fact that he had chosen Hotaru over the rest of the girl population. At first, I had gotten so grumpy that I would refuse to talk to anyone for a three days. On the fourth day, I came into school and saw how happy he seemed to be with Hotaru. I accepted the fact that he loves Hotaru and everything had ended up all goody-goody.

I hear the door creaking and jump to my feet grabbing the crinkled leather jacket on the ground and running to the closet to hang it up. I sigh of relief as soon as I am able to hang it up and turn around to face plant into a chest like the old days. I squeal as I fall back into the closet making almost every jacket fall on top of me. I hear muffled sounds of wholeheartedly laughter coming to my way to help me up. I realize who it is, Tsubasa Andou. I can't believe it, my elementary school grade crush has come into my apartment! "Mikan, you're still the same as ever." He chuckles as he grabs my tiny hand with his big muscular one. "Tsubasa-senpai! You're still as mean as ever!" I exclaim and I hug him with all my might. "I haven't seen you since the days of my senior years!" as I continue.

"Mikan, Mikan. You're causing severe damage to my ribcage." He laughs and detaches me from his body. I look up at him with gleeful eyes sparkling in his presence, then turn into suspicious glaring eyes. "Tsubasa-senpai, how did you know where I live?" I tighten my hold on the glare I had kept on him as he speaks; "Calm down, the last thing I need is to get you mad at me. I had called Imai asking where you live," he looks to the other direction and ruffles his hair when he looks back at me. "And it was pretty hard getting the information from her, trying to accept the fact I could actually feel the glare coming from the other line. I had persuaded her saying I wanted to surprise you." he laughs and puts his hand behind his Cool Black hair and laughs with sincerity. "But, that's not the real reason, right?" I ask suspiciously. His eyes widen at my statement and then go back looking like his normal navy blue eyes.

"My, my. Haven't you gotten smart? Well, yes you are right. Kind of," he laughs. His eyes fade into lifeless eyes and his eyes look down to the ground. He still has that star tattoo under his left eye like he used to. But that seems like the thing I shouldn't be worried about now. "Tsubasa-senpai, what happened? Did Misaki do anything to you? I think it wouldn't matter considering the fact you get beaten up by her everyday." I smile as he looks up to me like drowned puppy eyes with a broken smile. Then looks back at the ground. "No," he sighs then continues, "It's Kaname. Me and Misaki are fine. Tono too." My facial expression turns into a severely heart broken one. "Wh-what? Kaname is fine! Kaname is fine! Don't worry Tsubasa-senpai! He's just a little sick, that's all!" I feel like crying. I wanna break down. Kaname..he was the one that made Mr. Bear. I love him like a brother, but he was born with health issues.

I always got worried when he spent his nights at the hospital knowing I may not be able to see him the next morning. Whenever I always visited him, he would always smile and say he's fine. His smile would be the most calmest thing you ever seen. "Mikan you're crying. Stop that, it'll make me tear up and laugh at this point. That's not good at a time like this. I'm a man, I'm not allowed to cry in front of people who look up to me." I was crying? Probably, I already felt bad about the Kaname health issue thing when I was younger so it wouldn't matter now. "Haha, stop it." His eyes close and little droplets of water come down his cheeks. My eyes watched the whole scene as Tsubasa was angrily crying. He fell to the floor and fecklessly punched the ground under me. He laughs forcibly as if he needs to save his life. "No. Mikan it's alright." He laughs. Softer than the other one, but not as real as his other laughs. He gets up and walks to the couch. I lost all acknowledgment of the jackets spread all around me and quickly sprint to him. I reach him and wipe off my tears, then looking at his saddened face.

"Mikan, nothing is happening. It's just..I heard he just had his third omitting from the hospital. Now just this morning, I heard he went back to the hospital for a heart failure." He knits his eyebrows and drops his head in between his knees as he roughly sits on the beige leather couch. "Tsubasa-senpai, you don't know what will happen. Don't worry." I fake a laugh to hopefully cheer his mood, but he didn't seem to buy it. "Thanks for trying to cheer me up, Mik. But it seemed right if I told you this. I also needed someone to tell before Tono." He smiles, a real smile. "Wait, Tono-senpai doesn't know yet?" "Yeah." He looks up to me with emotions this time and says; "Thanks. I also came to tell you that Nat-" "Andou." His sentence is stopped by my best friend entering the door with Ruka. "Tsubasa?" Ruka says as he walks in and closes the door. Ruka walks to the closet and expects the messy surrounding.

"Mikan clean that up." Hotaru commands me as she walks closer to me and Tsubasa-senpai. "Andou, get out. You have had your time talking to Mikan." she glares at him. He laughs and pats my head, also using it for support to get up from the couch. "I'll tell you the things later Mikan! Ja." He walks toward Rukas direction. He stops by his side and places his hand on his shoulder. I saw Tsubasa's lips moving so I assumed he had whispered something. Ruka nods and opens the door for Tsubasa. He smiles in gratitude and closes the door. Hotaru has probably kept her eye on me the whole time and flops down on the couch. She sits elegantly while Ruka goes ahead and sits on a sleek black couch; opposite of us.

"Mikan," Ruka starts, "I'm not sure if Tsubasa has told you, Hotaru might have cut him off, but i'll just go ahead and tell you anyway. So remember my best friend Nats-" "Hello, Imai speaking." There goes Hotaru again cuts everyone off when they're trying to talk to me. Ruka has gone quiet, so might as well listen to who Hotaru is talking to. Awh, again that's Ruka. He gets jealous of everything, or more like every guy, Hotaru talks to. Such a cutie. Ruka coughs and gets me out of my world. I focus my attention to Hotaru and her phone. All I hear is small murmuring from the other line and easy laid words Hotaru keeps saying as if she wants to end the conversation.

"Yes...I see...She'll be over in a few." Wait? She'll? Is she referring to me? I guess Ruka has seen my confused face and beckons me to be quiet. Hotaru ends the phone call and looks at me devilishly. I swear, I saw a descendant of Satan in her smile.

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New Story. New Author. I'm young. ._. I just needed to get the Kaname thing in there. Just for kicks.

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