Once Upon a Time
chapter one: once upon a time there was a servant
"you know the words 'once upon a time', mikan?" a little girl's father asked.
"yes, papa" 5 year old mikan said.
"where do you usually see it?" her father asked.
"in fairytales, papa" mikan smiled.
"do you believe in fairytales?" her father asked once again.
mikan nodded happily.
Her father just looked at her and smiled.
He kissed her good night.
"you'll make your fairytales too, mikan. good night my little treasure." her father said.
He stood up and went towards the door.
"Good night papa! i love you!" mikan said and tucked herself in the blanket.
"i love you too" her father then closed the door leaving his little treasure.
And that was the last thing i remembered... those were the last words i heard from Papa before he went to heaven.
I was formerly living in a orphanage because some strangers saw me on the streets scavenging for food.
4 years later, when i was about 8 years old, a kind old man adopted me telling me his 2 sons needed a sister.
And so the nice old man took me to his house he told me to call him Grandpa and his two twin "princes", that's what I thought of them before, are Ruka the youngest and Natsume the oldest.
They are both a year older than me.
Years have gone by and the boys treat me as their servant.
Well Ruka does it in a kind way but Natsume does it in a way where in his eyes i am a servant.
No one in this house treats me like a sister except for Grandpa he treats me as his grandchild.
I, Mikan Sakura, am now currently living with my adopted family.
I am 15 years old, studying in high school in a prestigious school called Alice Academy together with my two ummm... "older brothers".
My best friend Hotaru Imai somewhat feels pity for me since she knows i was an orphan.
Natsume and Ruka are being treated as the princes of this academy.
And i was their servant. :(
Oh boy... it wasn't so bad... but they did tell me to be at their service everytime they texted me or called me even though it was during class hours... but with all that disturbance my grades aren't that bad.. they're average.
And i had to make excuses to the teachers everytime the boys called or texted me and i am telling you it wasn't easy fooling the teachers!
Especially Mr. Gino... :(
But this is my life!
"BRAT!! GET DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW!!" natsume texted mikan.
"sigh right now?" mikan said to herself.
mikan stood up.
"huh? yes mikan?" mr. narumi asked.
"may i go to the restroom? apparently my stomach ache has got worse and i need to let it out." mikan said.
"y-yes go right ahead." mr. narumi said.
mikan ran outside.
"that girl.." hotaru thought.
mikan ran to the gate.
"that little runt... she's making me waste time." natsume said.
"natsume!!" mikan ran to natsume to catch her breath.
"look what you made me do. wasting my precious time. here." natsume said and gave mikan her lunch box.
"my lunch.. thanks." mikan said and got her lunch.
"see... look what you made me do. wasting my time... you're too stupid to even take your own lunch box. you could've suffered starvation if you didn't get your lunch." natsume said.
"i'm sorry. i was too busy." mikan said.
"shut up already. i don't want to hear your stupid excuses. get back to class. you're going to get even dumber." natsume said.
mikan then walked out of his sight.
as she was about to walk up the stairs ruka caught up with her.
"hey Mikan. you forgot your lunch again?" ruka asked.
"r-ruka!! do you want anthing?? water??juice??" mikan asked.
"no nothing. i'm sorry if natsume bullied you." ruka said.
"it's alright..." mikan said.
"well see ya." ruka said and left her sight.
mikan went to in her classroom.
"ms. sakura, did you buy lunch or did you really do to the restroom?" mr. gino asked.
"g-good afternoon, mr. gino! i had a bad stomach ache and i had to let out, sir. but when i came out of the washroom natsuem texted me to get me lunch box because i forgot it, sir." mikan said.
"take your seat." mr. gino said.
"sigh" mikan sighed.
Recess
"did you really go to the restroom?" hotaru asked.
"no. natsume texted me and told me to get my lunch box. he had a sermon with me. telling me how stupid i am." mikan said.
"you want me to adopt you?" hotaru asked.
"no way.. you'll just use me for testing your inventions..." mikan sweatdropped.
'it's better than being bossed around all day." hotaru said.
"no it's not! you're gonna use me as bait! i'm gonna die if i live with you!" mikan sweatdropped.
mikan was about to eat her lunch and her mouth ready to eat her lunch but suddenly...
natsume and ruka walked up to mikan.
"hey... brat." natsume said.
mikan put down her chopsticks and looked at natsume and ruka.
"yes?" mikan asked.
"buy us food. 2 cheese burgers and bring it up to our classroom." natsume said.
"you guys are already here... why can't you do it?" mikan asked.
"we're older than you... and we brought you to our home... you think i and ruka wanted a younger sister? our lives were miserable when you came in." natsume said and gave the money to mikan.
ruka just stayed silent.
hotaru continued eating.
"you can have my food hotaru. i don't want to eat it. just wait for me in the classroom okay?" mikan smiled at hotaru.
"sure." hotaru said.
"i'll bring it up right away sir." mikan said and walked towards the food staff.
natsume and ruka left.
She ordered to cheese burgers.
She placed them in two separate plastic bags.
mikan then walked up to her natsume and ruka's classoom.
She knocked on the door and found out that mr. narumi was inside.
"excuse me... mr. narumi." mikan said kindly.
"ah! yes, mikan? come in" mr. nrumi said.
"i'll just give this to natsume and ruka." mikan said.
"of course." mr. narumi said.
Mikan gave natsume and ruka their cheese burgers.
"thank you, mr. narumi!" mikan smiled at mr. narumi and left.
the boys all whispered to each other on how cute mikan was.
natsume and ruka heard it and glared at all the boys.
"she's still single you know." mr. narumi said.
all the boys sighed in relief except for natsume and ruka.
Back at home
mikan was the first one who came home.
She cooked dinner for her two "older brothers" because Grandpa was abroad.
while waiting for everything to be cooked in a delicious way mikan did her homework.
and she then started doing her history project which will be due next, next friday.
Since she couldn't understand algebra she calls hotaru after she's done her evening chores.
the doorbell rang and she had to answer it.
natsume and ruka entered the house.
"is dinner ready brat?" natsume asked.
"yes... just get your meal for just this once please because i have to finish half of my project in history and finish my homework in algebra." mikan begged.
"whatever... just this once." natsume said.
"OH THANK YOU!!" mikan smiled and ran to the computer room and continued doing her project.
natsume's eyes calmed.
"she's hasn't eaten yet?' ruka asked.
"who cares as long as we eat." natsume said.
When the twins were done eating they headed to the computer room.
"you guys are done?!" mikan saved her history report and ran to the kitchen to do her evening chores.
natsume and ruka snuck up to mikan's computer to check on her history report.
"world war 2?!' natsume and ruka were surprised.
"she did a report on world war 2?! what's gotten in to her?" ruka was surprised.
"i can't even do my report." natsume sat on a computer beside mikan's and started playing games.
ruka sat on the other side and did his research homework.
after doing her chores mikan called hotaru.
"hotaru? do you know the formula?" mikan asked.
"yeah... x-1/a + y-1/b. you already know the coordinates or the variables right?" hotaru asked.
"yes... thank you!" mikan said and put down the phone.
Mikan then ran to the computer room.
"hey brat... why are making a report on world war 2?" natsume asked.
"the teacher said anything that we took up on history this half semester." mikan said.
"yeah... but why world war 2?" ruka asked.
"i don't know... this is my favorite topic in history this half semester." mikan said and smiled.
after doing the half of her report mikan saved it and closed her computer.
"you done?" ruka asked.
"yeah... now i have to do my algebra. good night." mikan smiled and left with her things.
natsume and ruka looked at each other.
Mikan's room
after 2 hours of solving 20 numbers mikan finally finishes.
" I AM DONE!!" mikan shouted.
now i can sleep early, mikan thought.
mikan jumped on her bed and fell fast asleep.
END OF CHAPTER ONE