DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN GAKUEN ALICE NOR DO I OWN THE CHARACTERS. I DO NOT OWN THE TITLE NOR THE DESCRIPTION OF THIS STORY. I DO NO OWN THE FIRST TWO CHAPTERS OF THIS STORY. PLEASE GO TO CUTENATSUMEXMIKAN TO READ IT. I PLEASE DO NOT SUE ME FOR THIS, I AM ONLY PUBLISHING WHAT I THOUGHT WOULD HAPPEN NEXT.

Mikan: Rintaro! Cutenatsumexmikan won't sue you!

Natsume: You sure about that Mikan?

Rintaro: Aah! I hoped I don't get sued! These are just my thoughts! Written down…

Natsume: Better be careful of what you do next time, idiot.

Mikan: Natsume! Apologize!

Rintaro: Um…it's okay…really…

Natsume: Idiot.

Chapter 3:

Just then, Natsume noticed me and let go of Luna-chan's hand.

"Hi," he said. He turned to Luna-chan. "Who's the girl next to you?" My heart raced and I wondered if he found out.

Luna-chan batted her eyelashes. She turned towards me and replied "Oh this is my cousin, Mikan."

I smiled politely and bowed. Luna-chan's gaze turned back towards Natsume. Natsume simply nodded and handed the boquet of flowers to Luna-chan.

Luna-chan gushed over them and turned towards me. "Hey Mikan, aren't these so pretty?" She kept looking from Natsume to the flowers and back.

Natsume was staring at Luna-chan with a weird expression. I wondered why. Somehow, Luna-chan didn't notice. To break Luna-chan's gushing, I asked "Do you want to go get lunch?"

Natsume looked at me. "Yeah. Hey Luna! Let's go eat lunch. I know I great place," Natsume said. Luna-chan stopped gushing over the flowers and nodded. I ddin't know if I should follow them or not. After all, Natsume didn't seem to know that I existed. I was just "Luna-chan's cousin" not the girl who had been chatting with him.

I paused, unsure what to do. "Mikan! Hurry up or we'll leave you behind!" Natsume's voice reached my ears. They want me to come? I glanced at Luna-chan's face and saw her trying to talk Natsume out of it. Or maybe only Natsume wanted me to come. I ran after them.

The restaurant Natsume chose was Aika's Noodles. They mainly served noodles but there was rice and other foods too. We all sat down. I sat down next to Luna-chan because I didn't want to confront Natsume yet. I looked over the menu and saw fluff puffs. Yay! Fluff puffs!

I nudged Luna-chan. "Luna-chan! There are fluff puffs! I'm going to order them as lunch okay?" I said to her.

Luna looked back at me with indifference. "Order whatever you want. Just don't blame me when someone thinks you're weird for having that much sugar," she replied pointedly staring at Natsume. I sighed.

Natsume looked over at us. His crimson eyes settled on me. He ran his fingers through his raven hair and closed his menu too. "Luna, Mikan, have you decided what you're going to order?" he asked.

I nodded while Luna-chan looked over the menu again. "Hm… Well, I want friend rice but the protion is too big and I also want stir-fried noodles but the portion is too small…" she said.

I turned to Luna-chan and said, "Luna-chan, just order something and we can share it." Luna-chan considered the idea.

"Okay." She nodded. Natsume motioned for the waiter to come and we ordered our food. Natsume ordered takoyaki, Luna-chan and I said we were going to share the fried rice, and I ordered fluff puffs.

While we were waiting, I noticed Luna-chan staring dreamily at Natsume while Natsume's crimson eyes shifted between the two of us. To avoid having to talk to him I pulled my phone out.

I logged back into the Alice Chatroom. I looked over our conversation from last night and smiled. I looked up and saw Natsume staring back at me.

"What are you reading?" he asked. I blushed and put my phone away.

"Nothing." I replied. He looked doubtful but let the subject go. But before turning to Luna-chan instead, I said "Happy birthday."

Natsume's eyes widen. "How did you know it was my birthday?" he asked. I shrugged.

"Luna-chan told me," I said defensively. How was I supposed to know he would act like it was a big deal?

"Oh. Okay then," he said. His crimson eyes were full of doubt and suspicion. He ran a hand through his raven hair and turned to Luna-chan.

Luna-chan noticed and said, "Happy birthday Natsume! What's your favorite food?" I mentally hit my forehead. Now Natsume would definitely know that it was me. Hm… Maybe it wouldn't be such a bad thing. But he might get angry and never chat with me again. I couldn't risk it so I pulled Luna-chan down.

"Luna-chan! We talked about this in the Alice Chatroom! His favorite food is takoyaki!" I whispered frantically. Luna-chan blushed when I said that to her.

She whispered back, "Why didn't you tell me that sooner?" I looked into her embarrassed eyes.

"Never mind that! He's staring at us so go talk to him!" I whispered. Luna-chan looked up and saw Natsume's crimson eyes staring at us. His eyes had mixed emotions. Doubt, suspicion, concern, and confusion lurked in his eyes.

Luna-chan sat up and said "Never mind that, Natsume. How was Alice Academy America?" Natsume shifted uncomfortably and paused a bit before replying.

"Fine," he said. Just then, the waiter came with the food. I took some of Luna-chan's fried rice on a spate plate and proceeded to eat. Luna-chan started eating as well. Natsume just looked at us, shook his head, and began eating. Halfway through the meal, the fluff puffs arrived. Yes! My fluff puffs!
I stared at the fluff puffs and started eating them. Natsume glanced over at me, amused. "What?" I asked nervously. The fluff puffs probably gave it away. Just then, Luna-chan reached over and took a fluff puff. "Hey!" I protested. "I thought you didn't like fluff puffs!"

Luna-chan shrugged and said, "I like them. I just can't eat them on a regular basis like you." I started to blush when she said that. I glanced at Natsume and saw that he had an amused yet confused smile on his face.

Natsume and Luna-chan finished eating so I offered them a fluff puff. Luna-chan and Natsume both took one. We finished the fluff puffs and the bill came.

Natsume picked it up, scanned it over, and paid. "Wow, these fluff puffs are expensive." He said.

I bushed and said, "Luna-chan said I could order them! And you didn't stop me from ordering them!" Natsume smiled an amused smile again. I mentally hit my forehead.

Luna-chan stood up, smiled, and said, "Well, we're done eating now and we've paid so let's go. I want to go shopping. Is that okay with you Natsume?" Natsume nodded and Luna-chan's smile widened. She grabbed my arm with one hand and Natsume's with the other. He dragged us to her favorite mall, Where Dreams Come True.

Since Luna-chan was looking at designer bags and Natsume looked bored out of his mind and pulled out his phone, I decided to pull out my phone. I scanned the conversation Natsume and I had last night again. I sighed. He probably liked Luna-chan better anyways.

I looked at that chat again. Maybe I should tell him. When I looked up again, he was staring at me intently.

Author's Note: I'm really hoping cutenatsumexmikan doesn't sue me and kill me for writing this... Well, what did you guys think? I'm kind of new to this so please review! Thanks!

-Rin ^.^