(CHAPTER ONE)
Mikan stretched her hands. It was sure a tiring day. She had just finished cleaning her entire room (Wow! is Mikan becoming more responsible? LOL).
"Mikan-chan! ", a blond-haired man said running towards her. The man still had his eyeglasses and worried face (Well, I guess you already know who it is).
"Inchou! " , Mikan said amiling. "What's wrong?"
"Narumi-sensei wanted to give this to you", he said as he handed her a piece of paper.
Frowning, Mikan took the paper and read it. After a few minutes, she sighed as he placed the paper inside her pocket.
"What's wrong?" Inchou asked as he noticed the look on Mikan's face.
"Narumi-sensei said that he will be going out from the academy for almost a week. So he wants me to become a substitute teacher for all of his classes while he's gone", she answered pouting.
"Well, are you gonna do it?" Inchou asked.
Mikan stared at him for a moment before she nodded. She didn't have a choice right? She sighed again. Then she excused herself. She needed to think on what she'll do now. She a teacher? Not quite good right? How can she be a teacher if she doesn't even know what to do? Narumi-sensei is really mean for giving her this really big responsibility. She could imagine him now laughing (an evil laugh "bwahahaha" then he'll smile and wink at her). She sighed gain. Then she stopped. She didn't even notice that she was already at the academy's forest. She stared at the tree beside her. This is where it first happened. Sadly, she sat at the foot of the tree. This is where she would find him sitting when nobody else could find him. This is his place. She closed her eyes and inhaled sharply. She was trying to catch even a tiny scent of him. Even the slightest thing that would tell her that nothing is true; that he isn't really gone!
Before she knew it, she was already crying. She opened her eyes and wiped her face using her hands. Why is she crying? She's not supposed to cry because she's not a kid anymore. It's been 6 years but still, when she'll remember him, she can't stop herself from crying. She hugged her knees and rested her head on it as memories rushed back inside her head. This is the exact place where he first called her by her first name. She could still remember. It was their last day of the school festival. And during that night, she danced with almost everyone except him. She really wanted to dance with him so she looked around for him. And just as expected, she found him sitting here. Alone. She approached him and as usual, he gave her his cold and arrogant attitude. But she insisted and even made her voice angry because he kept on calling her so many funny names. At the end, he called her by her first name and she was so shocked. It was the very first time that she heard him call her by her real name. It was like a melody. She could hear her heart beating louder and faster. She would never forget that night. That was her happiest night and at the same time, that was the night where everything started. The start of her feelings towards him. She was thinking that after that night, everything will be perfect. But she was wrong. Very, very wrong. Mikan clutched her blouse harder as fresh tears rolled down at the side of her face. She can't take it. The day that he left. The pain was too much for her. It is unbearable. For a few minutes, she remained in that position. Then, she rested her head against the trunk of the tree as she closed her eyes again and began to fall asleep. She was hoping that when she wakes up, she would see his cold, arrogant, but handsome face in front of her. And he would tell her that everything was just a bad dream. She hopes so.