The usual disclaimer goes here

When did you notice?

How did you notice?

You can't, I was careful not to show it.

Notice

By Kanoko

When had this game of cat and mouse started? When you first dated that guy? Or was it when I first saw you kiss him? Do you know how much it hurts to see you with him, Nanoha? You probably can't for you were the dense one after all. You would have never noticed that he always take sneak peeks at you in class when everyone was paying attention to the teacher.

Did you know that the day he confessed to you were also the day I wanted to say something from the bottom of my heart to you? Did you know how much it killed me to see you together with him? Have you notice that lately you've been talking about him whenever we meet? I had thought that there was something between us, some bond that can't be broken. But now, the line is still there but is thinning until whenever you decide to cut it yourself.

Hayate noticed, Suzuki noticed, and even Arisa noticed. It made me wonder why you never noticed. You probably would say I'm naïve to think that there was a special bond more than friends between us. After all, you aren't like me. After all, you had him.

I remember the first time the two of you had a fight. It was over some silly and trivial thing but you came to me crying. At that moment when I saw you crying, I have the urge to go and hunt him down. I nearly lost myself while listening to your cries. Painful as it is, it's not as painful as realizing that you love him and didn't want to break up with him. But like I said, it was over a small trivial thing… After all, my birthday couldn't be compared to him in your heart.

If you had loved him, then why do you give me this look that it seems like you lost everything in the world? Maybe I had started to avoid you but you invoked this game of cat and mouse.

I remember the time when Hayate decided to take things in her own hands and suddenly kissed me. She said she had done it to see what reaction it could get from you. But when I looked at you, you simply smiled at me with that impish grin but I feel there was more in the smile than just congratulation. I felt my heart break at that. You actually thought I was in a relationship with Hayate when you know that even though Hayate was a nice girl, she was never my type.

Hey, Nanoha… Would you notice when I leave this letter in your desk? Or would you even notice that I would be gone for a while if I didn't tell you now? I may have poured all my feelings in writing this letter but would they even reach you?

Well it's time to end this letter since I don't have much more to say… Nanoha, the next time you'll see me is when or if I come back safe.

Maybe now, you noticed it, Nanoha.

XD A really poor attempt on a fanfic (if you call it one since it's so short) that I hope wasn't too bad. Uh yes, the format of this story would be similar to other fanfics since I got the idea from them, hope that's okay. And I'm not sure where this would fit in on the MSLN timeline or maybe it can be somewhat AU-ish? And last but not least, thank you for reading and a review would be nice.