It had been two years since the elementary principal had released Sakura Mikan into her old class. In those two years that she'd been under his care, Mikan hadn't seen her friends for more than two minutes. She would pass them every Wednesday as she was escorted to the elementary building and she would give them a wave. She would smile and tell them "Don't worry everyone! We'll definitely see each other soon!". Mikan would make sure everyone saw her bright, fake smile and only when her own amber eyes met a pair of fiery red did she ever let her tears fall.
Mikan was put back into class B on the condition that she was transferred into the Dangerous Ability Class. Only after much consideration from the High School Principal was the deal sealed and she was free to once again be with her peers.
No one asked why the minute she entered the class that Mikan scanned each and every face before moving. She stood tall like a reed, eyes moving as fast as shooting stars, capturing ever miniscule detail about the class she now called "Home Room.". Not a single word was uttered; no one dared to break the silence in fear of shattering the image in front of them. Imai Hotaru and Nogi Ruka stood to the side with eyes clouded over from tears. They watched their friend in silence, greeting her in their own quiet ways.
"Idiot, don't stand in the doorway, you're letting in a draft."
All in one second, eyes swivelled to find the source of the voice. Mikan's eyes locked onto an all too familiar pair of magnificent ruby ones. No one questioned why the boy held his arms in front of him with a face full of calm indifference and no one questioned the girl when she flew towards him with a cry of; "N-n-n-NATSUME!". Everyone looked away as she clung to him, they never saw his arms snake around the girl, never saw the tears that cascaded down his face, never heard the words he softly uttered into her ear.
"Stupid. Don't cry, I'm here. You're safe now, you're safe now."
During the second week of Mikan's return, it became quite obvious that Hyuuga Natsume and Sakura Mikan were together. When Mikan was with her best friend, Hotaru and Natsume with his, Ruka, the four people would gravitate towards each other. None of them acknowledged the other group but they were always aware of their presence. The girls would all smile and giggle when they always saw Natsume take hold of Mikan's hand and squeeze it gently without looking away or breaking his conversation with Ruka. The boys would never fail to grin at the knowing blush on Mikan's face whenever he did so.
They stopped questioning why Sakura Mikan denied being Natsume's girlfriend and they stopped questioning why Hyuuga Natsume scoffed at the idea of being Mikan's boyfriend. Because, they realised, betweens those two people terms like 'boyfriend' and 'girlfriend' were to plain to describe what they were. They were eachothers hope, their dreams, their wish for the future. They were the power behind the others alice and they were the very reason that Class B was united as one. They were something entirely different.
Yes, they realised, there was no need for questions when it came to Hyuuga Natsume and Sakura Mikan.
So there's my very first fanfiction One-Shot!
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