My second Gakuen Alice fic... Hotaru and Misaki-sensei Pairing... and of course, Hotaru is not ten years old. In this story, she is 17, she has a long hair(that's because of experiment, she won't wait that long for her hair to grow). Sorry, if there are many mistakes in my grammar, you can tell me if you found any. Ok then, let's begin the story...

It was holiday, Mikan and Hotaru have agreed to go to Central Town. Mikan asked Natsume to go with her too, but she didn't tell Hotaru about that. Mikan and Natsume has been a couple since they were in junior high school. Since the day Mikan and Natsume became a couple, Mikan started to rely on Natsume more than she ever did to Hotaru. At first, Hotaru felt happy for her, to be able to be together with the one she loved. But, sometimes, she felt alone too. Mikan has started to grow up, and Hotaru, still with her experiment.

Mikan and Hotaru met at the station, that was when Mikan told her friend that she has asked Natsume to go with them. Hotaru just nodded silently.
"Hey, Hotaru, Your hair is beautiful, a long wavy hair... I want one, too. Can you make one for me?" Mikan asked her.
"No, I won't make it for you for free of course" she said. "But, I'll think about it if you want to pay..."
"So cruel, I'm not your friend, am I?"
"Just ask Natsume to pay me for you..." she said. And added, "I guess, he won't do that"
"He likes me this way" she said and looked at her hair. And she saw Natsume came to the station. "That's Natsume!"
Hotaru just saw him coming to them, and Mikan went to him, she just wanted to say 'hi' to him and back to the station with him.
'That's what will happen if I fall in love. I think, I don't like it very much' she thought.
Then, Hotaru saw a bus heading for the station where the three of them were waiting.
"Let's go" she said. Hotaru was the first who entered the bus. Mikan and Natsume followed her inside.

Mikan and Natsume sat next to each other. Hotaru was sitting alone in front of them and she was getting impatient to reach the town, because she's kinda getting bored with the couple.
'Oh, I should have said no when she asked me to accompany her to Central Town, nobody wanted to come with me because it's nearly the end of semester and they must study all day long. I regretted my choice...' she thought.

She regretted her choice. That's what she was thinking all the way to Central Town...

They arrived at Central Town at 7 o'clock in the morning. The three of them got off the bus and decided where to go. First, they wanted to go to the lamp store. The lamp store was quite popular, they got lamp to make people sleep, or to make people stay awake all night. Mikan needed it very much to study. Hotaru and Natsume aware of that. So, they agreed when Mikan asked them to go with her to the lamp store.

The lamp store was really beautiful, inside the store there were many crystal lamps of many colors. Mikan's mouth opened very big, that was her very first time to see a beautiful store like this lamp store.
"Hotaru, which one do you like?" she asked her.
"The blue one is really good" she said. "I think".
"Which one do you like, Natsume?" she asked him.
"The red one is perfect" he said.
"I like the red one, too" Mikan agreed. "Will you pay for me... Natsume?"
"No" he said. "Pay it yourself!!"
"Cruel...!" she said loudly and went to talk to the shopkeeper. And after a long talk she got 50 percent discount from the shopkeeper. And Mikan thanked her so much, and said that she was in money crisis.

Hotaru smiled when she knew that her friend could get the lamp that cheap, but she felt a bit sad, because it looked like Mikan didn't even pay attention to her and she only saw Natsume. Hotaru felt lonely.

Outside the store, Hotaru told Mikan that they need to separate their ways. She told her that she needed to do something else, and that was a secret. Mikan let her go. And Hotaru left her alone with Natsume.

Hotaru was thinking why Mikan asked her to go together to the Central Town, if she didn't have anything to do with her. This thought made her felt leave behind by Mikan. Slowly, her tears came rolling down her cheek, she tried to wiped it, but it was useless, the tears kept falling down and she couldn't stop to cry at all.
"Are you alright?" asked someone all of a sudden. It was a man.
"I'm okay, just dust in my eyes" she said to the man
"Let me help you" the man said. She looked up and she realized who was standing in front of her.
"Misaki-sensei..." she said surprisedly. Her tears stop falling because of the shock.
"How do you know me?" he asked. "Do I know you?"
"It's me, Hotaru... Imai Hotaru, sensei... remember?" she asked.
"Imai... yes, I remember. Why are you crying?" he asked.
"No, I'm alright. It was just dust in my eyes"
"I see. Are you waiting for someone?" he asked.
"No... Are you?" she asked him.
"No"
"So, why are you here?" she asked him.
"Sometimes teacher need some fresh air" he said. "That's why I'm here"
"I see. Sensei, how about going shopping together?" she said while wiping away her tears.
"Shopping?" he repeated.
"Yes, shopping. Think about this as a date... " she said and smiled at him.
"Are you sure? You don't want to go with your friends?"
"No, they got their own businesses. I don't want to go shopping alone, either" she said and started to sob again
"Alright, alright. Now, where do you want to go?" he asked finally, didn't want her to cry again.
"I want some new dresses, let's go to that store" she said while pointing at a store. Both of them went into the store, Hotaru started to pick some dresses, tried them on, and showed them to Misaki-sensei.
"How about this, sensei? Does this look good on me?" she asked after having the dress on her.
"You look beautiful on it. Actually, you're already one of those gorgeous ladies" he answered.
'She was really beautiful' he thought. 'The young girl has turned itno a beautiful lady, huh?'
"Really? Thank you for your compliment" she smiled
After nearly two hours in that store, Hotaru bought 2 new dresses, and of course, the one who carried those dresses was Misaki-sensei.
'So, you want me to come with you to carry your shopping bags...' he thought. 'Ah well, I will just think of this as a date, there's nothing wrong with a date right?'
"Misaki-sensei, sensei...??" she called him. "Are you alright?"
"Yes, I'm alright. I was just thinking of something" he answered
"Alright then, next stop is the Alice Stones store!" she said.
"What? You want to buy something else?" he asked surprisedly.
"Well, yes. Don't you know that girls love shopping" she answered. "Let's go sensei!"
"Oh no..." he said to himself.

"Wow, this stone has a good shape, don't you think so?" she asked
"Yes, like a bear shape" he agreed. "What's that for?"
"It is written here, but I can't read it..." she said to him. "But, that's okay, I won't use it for something dangerous... Who knows this maybe a charm, so I'll buy this one"
"Let me pay for you" he said, and took the Alice Stone from her hand.
"Eh...?"
"I'm a man after all, and we are on our date, right?" he said to her, and that was the first time he smiled at her.
"Well, I was just joking about the date part" she told him and his face blushed.

Then, she bought the stone, and wore it as it was a pendant for a necklace. And they spent that day just for shopping in the Central Town.

The sky has become redder and they were tired of shopping all day. They sat on a bench at the park and talked to each other as the sky became darker and darker. Then Misaki-sensei told her that he was going to buy some Howalons for them and asked her to stay there. He didn't go for a long time and was back in several minutes with Howallons in both of his hands.
"Here is it, you like it, don't you?" he asked
"Yes, very much" she answered. And then they both ate the Howallons in silent.
They have eaten all the Howallons in two minutes. The Howallons tasted very delicious, both of them love Howallons.
Hotaru broke the silence.
"Sensei, actually I was crying when you found me this morning" she told him.
"Why did you cry?" he asked, he thought it was the chance to cheer her up.
"I felt lonely, so lonely that made me could cry. Usually I hate to cry, but..." she sobbed.
"Stop crying again, don't cry" he whispered and hugged her.
"Now, Mikan has Natsume and she didn't want me anymore" she said
"You know that's not right. She still loves you, okay... But now, she got someone else to take care of" he tried to cheer her up.
"Thank you, for listening to my story" she said and he wiped her tears. "and for wiping my tears"
"Hotaru..." he lifted up her chin and kissed her. Hotaru was shocked, she can't even move her body.
When he released the kiss, Hotaru was still in shock.
"You just kissed me... sensei?" she asked surprisedly.

TBC

Well, this is the first chapter of (Un)Forbidden Love... How was it?
For me, I love this pair so much, though their age gap is quite a problem.

I have started to write the second chapter. I hope I can finish it quick.

Thanks for reading!! And I will be more happy if you submit a review, so I'll know what you think about this story.