My Sweet Punishment

Written by Aphrodite's Apple

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Disclaimer: Disclaimed.

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Summary: She's an ingenuous girl that everyone loves. He's a school bureaucrat that each person adores, but afraid of him coz of his cold-attitude. They're friends; that's what she thinks, but to him… she's more than that, because she's the only one who captured his heart.

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Aphrodite's Note: Hey guys! I'm sorry, but I revised the story. It's all new and I changed the plot, because it seems like it's out of the topic and stuff. It's really childish when I re-read this and I'm really embarrassed. And now that I think that I have a better vocabulary, I revised the whole story so you wouldn't criticize me or something. :P

Reminders: I'm not perfect. English isn't my first language. No flames please. Please Review.

Thank you for reading! :) Natsume's a little OOC, and some fluffs ahead. :)

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Original Published Date: November 1, 2009

Revised: October 8, 2010

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Chapter I – Natsume's Duty

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Natsume Hyuuga's POV

I'm currently lying on my bed, using my arms as my pillow, staring at the white ceiling above me.

I usually don't talk to myself like this but for this time, I'll try it. Today, I felt like I want to reflect on my status as a human being. First of all, I'm Natsume Hyuuga, 17. People say that I'm a genius, but one fact about me is I'm filthy rich; Thanks to my dad. My mother is really juvenile and my little sister inherited it. Well technically, she's still a kid. I mean, she's four years old.

I'm studying at Gakuen Alice, a hall of ivy for affluent kids like me. I'm not a scholar or something, but they appointed me to be a Public Moral Committee's Intelligence, also known for the term PMCI. It is a position that's even higher than a student council president. I honestly dunno what duty I have for having that title. I mean, those freaks at school voted me, just because I'm good looking.

Good looking. Yes, they think that I'm handsome. I was actually surprised when I learned that I even have a fan-club. I don't really care… who actually cares about what they look? That's only for goo-goo girlies right?

I have a best friend, Ruka Nogi. He's really kind, I tell you. Another fact is that Ruka and a certain 'she' are the only ones that I can ever trust. Unfortunately for me, he's currently at France. I'm actually from France too, but Aoi and I transferred. It's just that, I'm not really into breads or pastas. You know what I mean. It's not my culture. I'm Asian, and that's reality. However, she is the only girl I had an interest on. And fortunately for me, she's with me here in Japan.

Gakuen Alice is just around our village, The Saint Alice Hill. So I'm not using my car when I'll go to school. Besides, Aoi and I love to walk. Aoi and I are pretty close, because I'm the one who's fetching her at her school, the Gakuen Alice Kindergarten Angels. I do not trust our butlers/maids/etc. They might kidnap my little sister, and I'm not going to allow that.

Suddenly, my alarm clock rang. Tch, as if I'm still asleep. I turned it off, getting my ass out of the bed and did some stretching. I walked towards my bathroom to prepare for this so-called Monday.

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After preparing myself, I went to the dining room, ate a piece of pancake. I'm not a type of person who's eating a heavy breakfast.

I checked Aoi if she's ready to go now. When she saw me, she smiled and run towards me.

"Good morning, Onii-chan! Let's go to school, or else we're gonna be late!" She said, jumping up and down, just to show her excitement. I half-smiled at my sister. I know… she's my weakness.

"Hn." I muttered as I held her hand and we're ready to go at school.

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After I ushered Aoi by to her classroom, I went to the main gate of Gakuen Alice High School. I leaned to a tree near the entrance gate, and checked my watch, 7:56 AM. I smirked, Four to five minutes to go.

I saw a little girl running to the gateway of the academy. She waved her hand at me, I smiled although she cannot see it.

"You're late." I stated a fact as I raised a raven brow to a panting Mikan Sakura.

I always tell her that I'm waiting for her because I'm fulfilling my job as a PMCI officer so I'm assigned to do stuff like this. I always reasoned out that Jinno is the head of our discipline office, so I wouldn't want to know what he'll do if to me if I wouldn't follow his instructions. And she's too stupid and innocent to believe it.

"I'm not, it's just that you're too early!" She hissed, catching her breath, totally denying the obvious.

Mikan Sakura, one of the few reasons why I still go to school. She's the only one who's able to answer back at me. She's the only one who actually cares for me here in Japan. She's the only one who's got the guts to talk to me when I transferred here, and she's the only girl that I ever trust. Meaning, she is the certain girl mentioned above.

"Check your watch, little girl." I said, putting my right hand on my pocket.

"It's 8:00. See, I'm not late!" She denied, and I rolled my eyes.

"Our first class starts at 8:00, baka. Let's go, Jinno old-head is our first subject." I enunciate, beginning to saunter so that she'll follow me.

"Natsume, wait for me!" She vociferated as she strolled right beside me.

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After Jinno gave us his lectures, home works, and activities, he finally left the room. They bid him goodbye but I remain seated on my chair.

While waiting for the next teacher, I'm currently lying on my chair using my arms as my pillow, my legs are practically hanging and my feet are on the table. A Naruto manga on my face to cover my sleeping features.

"Mikan, I don't understand why you won't make it official with Hyuuga-kun, I mean, you're practically heads over heels with one another." I heard the voice of the girl with a perm-hair who used to have a huge crush on me, conjectured with Mikan.

"I don't get what you mean, Permy-chan. You're confusing me… What is it again?" Mikan, being the innocent little girl she is, asked once again. I sighed, the Perm-Girl should mind her own business.

"Nevermind Mikan, just forget about what I had told you." Shouda asserted, still skeptical.

"Mind your own business, Shouda. You should've let Mikan comprehend her own feelings." Imai divulged, cutting in to their conversation.

"Alright, I get that already. That's why I told her to forget about what I've said." Shouda defended.

"Okay guys? You're really confusing me." Mikan claimed, still puzzled.

But before they could answer, I heard the door opened. It seems like Misaki already breezed into the classroom. Time for some biology crap.

"Natsume, wake up. Misaki-sensei's here." Mikan said, poking my right arm so that I'll get up. Tch, it's not like I'm still snoozing, but I'm going to pretend so that they'll not think that I've eavesdropped to their little chit-chat earlier.

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"Natsume, come on! We can't be late. Aoi and Youichi are waiting for us." Mikan reminded me as I lazily stretched my back and my arms, yawning. Mikan's the only one that I've ever allowed to see me like this.

Youichi is Mikan's little five-year-old brother. That kid is just like me, and Aoi resembles Mikan. Youichi and Aoi are both kindergarten students at Gakuen Alice Kindergarten Angels. Some of the students here are telling us that they're just like Mikan and I.

"Pack your things up." I retorted, quite unsure if she already did.

"I already did."

"Let's go." I said as I took her bag from hers, obviously carrying it for her. I then entwined her right hand with mine, and we're ready to go.

Of course, the stares of all the students in the hallways are given. We're already accustomed with it so it's not a big deal. While walking, Mikan started a conversation. Though it looked like that I'm not interested, I'm listening to all of her bantering.

"Natsume, I wanna go to the Central Town, I'm running out of Howalons. After dropping Youichi and Aoi off to our houses, can you accompany me? Hotaru doesn't want to go, she said she's busy. Mom wouldn't allow me if I'm alone." She questioned, a little hint of hope lacing her voice.

Central Town is just around our village. Only Alice-villagers are allowed to shop in this mall. The Alice-villagers has its own monetary system, the Rabbit (Rt). In short, they only accept rabbits as payment. One rabbit is equals to one dollar. Pretty expensive, right?

"I don't want to go to that mall, little girl. But I also don't like the idea of you going all by yourself to that crappy mall. So I'm going with you." I said, not sure if I picked the right words.

"Thank you, Natsume!" She exclaimed as she firmly hugged my body.

"Yeah, yeah. Let's go, Aoi and Youichi are waiting for us." I conveyed, acting like her hug was nothing. She broke the hug, looked at me and smiled.

"Okay."

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After fetching Youichi and Aoi, we immediately went to Central Town. We need to trade our yens into rabbits first. So Mikan and I went to the money changer in the so-called Town. As soon as she got her rabbits, she instantaneously bought her favorite fluffy candy.

After she bought the fluff puffs, we went to the park near Central Town, we then sat under the shade of our Sakura Tree.

"Do you want some, Natsume?" She asked, giving me a piece of candy.

"No, I hate sweets. You, of all people, know that." I disproved, then asked her to stretch her legs so I can rest my head on her lap. I closed my eyes to relax.

"Ne, Natsume…" She calmly started as she tranquilly caresses my hair.

"Hn?" I answered softly, clearly enjoying the feeling of her warm fingertips.

"Nothing… I'm just enjoying my moment with you. Thank you for coming with me. I really appreciate it."

"Hn. You're more than welcome, Mikan. You know it's my duty to protect you and make you happy." I stated as I opened my eyes, locking my eyes to her hazel orbs. She warmly smiled at me as she leaned down gave me a kiss on my cheek.

To be Continued.

Aphrodite's Apple