This story was originally a one-shot but I decided to change it to a series of one-shots and drabbles. I'm not sure how many I'll do, but they'll probably all be Natsume x Mikan (I love these two so much :3)

Disclaimer: All Characters from Gakuen Alice belong to Tachibana Higuchi.

1 - Study Buddy

Natsume directed his glare at the girl sat next to him; Hums echoed out her mouth as she stared down at the paper on the table intensely. Even though she did look cute at that exact moment, tongue sticking slightly out the side of her mouth as she struggled to think of an answer and her brows furrowed in confusion, he was still somewhat annoyed at her.

"Natsume!"

Natsume ignored the calls of his name and continued flicking through his Manga, refusing to look up and acknowledge the girl standing just a few feet away.

"Don't ignore me, Natsume! I- I really need your help!"

He felt her step closer to him and tore his gaze from the paper to stare up at her, his eyes instantly narrowing when they landed on her. He took note of her flushed cheeks and the fact she was breathing heavily, meaning she'd ran to find him, and raised one of his eyebrows at her in question.

"I need you to help me study," Mikan clasped her hands together and bowed her head slightly, "Please Natsume!"

"Tch," He turned his head back to face his manga, uninterested in her request, "Ask someone else."

She flung herself down onto the ground beside him, and ripped the book out of his grasp, ignoring the death glares he was aiming at her.

"I'm begging you Natsume! Everyone else is busy and I don't have anyone else to ask," She was slowly leaning closer to him, her face getting too close to his own, "If I don't get good grades on this test Jinno-sensei will get mad!"

He stared into her wide, pleading eyes, the back of his head pressed against the trunk of the Sakura tree.

"If you promise to leave me alone after, then I'll help you for a little while."

Mikan let out a sigh of relief and he felt her breath against his lips, making him duck his head and hide his face behind his bangs, concealing the blush that threated to appear on his cheeks. She pushed herself away from him, standing up with a wide smile plastered on her face.

"It's a deal!"

"Hurry it up Polka dots," he was losing his patience, and was beginning to regret agreeing to help her, "I don't have all day."

"I know! I'm… I'm almost done." Her face scrunched up in concentration and Natsume let out a low sigh, leaning back in his chair and closing his eyes

After a few minutes of only the sound of her writing, he finally heard her drop the pencil on the desk and the pieces of paper were shoved towards him. He opened his eyes and stared down at the answers marked on the sheet before he grabbed the top of it and shoved it in front of her face.

"Where the hell did you get these answers from?" He growled out, fingers crumpling the top of the paper, "We've been here for almost two hours and you haven't learnt anything!"

"I'm sorry!" She squeaked, as she grabbed the sheet from his fisted hand and smoothed it back out, "It's just really hard Natsume! Give me one last go, okay? I'll get them right this time!"

Her eyes began to fill with tears, and he turned his head away to face the wall, not wanting to see her start to cry. "Whatever you want, Polka."

He didn't bother to count the amount of time that passed as her pencil furiously scribbled across the paper, and he began to doze off, his eyes drooping almost closed as he kept his gaze focused on the wall.

"Natsume? Hey Natsume!"

Mikan had begun to lean forward to tap him on the shoulder to gain his attention just as he twisted around to face her, causing their noses to quickly bump together and their mouths to collide awkwardly. Mikan instantly sat back up straight, waving her hands in front of her face as her cheeks burned the colour of Natsume's eyes.

"I'm sorry Natsume! It was an accident! I didn't mean-"

Natsume cut off her words, leaning forward and placing his lips back onto hers, his hands coming up to cup her cheeks softly. When he pulled away, he kept his face in close proximity to her own and ran his thumb across her blushing cheek, a small smile making its way onto his face.

"But that wasn't an accident."