You stole my heart Baka by harumi_kichi. Note, I don't own Gakuen Alice.

"Natsume YOU IDIOT!! Why do you think I'm here? Why is it you think you have to suffer when you don't? Do you think you deserve to?" the small, light brown-haired pigtailed girl cried into his face. For Natsume, this was the first time anyone has shown such emotion for him other than Ruka. How is it that she can still show such feelings for a monster like me?

That was 7 years ago, when Natsume was 11 and Mikan was 10 years old. Now, both of them were about to graduate, but not without having endured such hard times here at the academy. Natsume remembered that ever since Mikan helped him at that time, he wanted to stay with her forever. She stole his heart the moment she reached out to protect him, and he found himself reaching out to her to protect her. He'd even give his life to protect her, which was what he had almost done a couple of months back.

3 Months ago.

"RUN MIKAN!!! RUN AWAY NOW!!" cried Narumi sensei, using the last of his strength to hold back the guards that came to capture Mikan. Persona's curse on his right arm was lifted with Mikan's stealing ability in the past, but he didn't regain full function of it towards the end. Narumi had tried using his pheromone ability on the soldiers, but they were already wearing masks that prevented the pheromone from affecting their senses. There was nothing else for him to do but to hold them back as best as he could to let his Mikan escape.

"NO NARUMI-SENSEI!!!" Mikan cried out, her beautiful brown eyes over-flowing with tears. Just as she was about to run back to help Narumi-sensei a pair of strong arms that felt hot to the touch dragged her away.

"BAKA! What do you think you are doing Polka Dots! Run! We have to get you to a safer place. The little President bastard has finally made the move to capture you and to take you for his own!" Natsume yelled, angry that Mikan was under such danger. He flipped Mikan's body so he could carry her in a princess lift and continue to run with her in his arms.

"Natsume!" Mikan whispered, shocked to see his face, to be here in his arms. For the past month Natsume had been on a secret mission that no one knew the details of except for the high school principle. Mikan had missed him every single second of the day, hoping that he was safe and wishing he would come back to her. She placed her hands on both sides of his face, touching his eyes and eyebrows, his lips, and then she wrapped her arms around his neck, burying her face into his chest.

"Natsume you're alive! OH Natsume I missed you so much!!" Mikan cried, relieved that Natsume was with her. Whenever Mikan felt troubled, she found that just being with him made all those troubles disappear. She felt safe with him, she felt loved. Even though he still peeks at her underwear daily, the perv. But he was her perv, and he was with her now.

"I missed you too Mikan" his read eyes, fierce before, softened a bit when he saw her face.

It was then Mikan noticed the bruises and cuts on his face, on his arms. In fact, Natsume was a bit pale and was sweating a lot, his skin hotter than usual.

"Natsume, stop for a moment okay? Left me down, I can run for myself. You don't look so good natsume, are you feeling sick?" concern dripping from Mikan's mouth.

"Baka, if I left you down now and have you run for yourself, you'll just trip and fall flat on your face." There's no need to show my your underwear today, i already saw it, right POLKA DOTS?" grinned the red eyed devil.

"Natsume!" yelled the brown haired girl, who lost her pigtails and was now wearing her hair down.

"I'm serious Natsume! You're hurting right now aren't you? Let me down, I'll run away myself. I don't want you or anyone else to get hurt. What's the point in trying to protect me when you're going to get hurt in the process? Don't think I don't know about your condition!...Natsume, I don't want you to leave me, I love you Natsume. You know that right?" Mikan said softly.

Natsume had slowed his running to a stop, sure that their location was safe for the moment. He set Mikan down, but held onto her face, cradling her cheeks.

"Mikan, remember that time you saved me from that gang that had captured me from the academy 7 years ago?" Mikan nodded, wondering where this was going.

"Remember what you had said to me at that time? 'Natsume you idiot! Why do you think I am here? Mikan continued to stare at Natsume, still not getting his message.

"Well, Mikan, why do you think I am here? Why do you think I am willing to risk my life for you? It's because I want to protect you. It's because I love you Mikan." with that Natsume brought his head close to Mikan's and kissed her lips, soft lips that moved gently along with his.

"Mikan, you are my life, and as long as you continue to live on happily, I will be happy. After all, you stole my heart long ago." As Natsume was about to kiss Mikan again, someone interrupted them.

"My my my, what a sweet disgusting display of affection. Luckily for us, we won't have to see much of it anymore once you come with us Mikan-chan." The elementary school president stepped out in front of the two, smiling with victory.

Well....i was planning on making this a one-shot/one chapter thing, but i'm tired and i want to think about how this will continue. So please wait for the next and final chapter!