I was thinking of doing a oneshot but I felt like this could go too long with all the details in my head so I decided to make it a chaptered story instead.

It won't be as long as my other ones but these will all be featuring songs as the title suggests. A collection of songfics basically intertwined to make a story more colorful.

I DO NOT CLAIM OWNERSHIP TO ANY OF THE SONGS THAT ARE MENTIONED IN THE FANFIC. ALL RIGHTS REMAIN WITH THEIR RIGHTFUL OWNERS.

I ALSO DO NOT OWN GAKUEN ALICE.

Oh, and for those who were born beyond the year 2000 some of these songs may be unfamiliar to you so you all can search them on youtube ;)

xoxo Lexi1989

KARAOKE NIGHTS

Chapter 1: ONE FOR SORROW

MIKAN

Sumire forces me to join the get-together. It is the opening of Koko's new karaoke bar. As much as I love to sing, if it was in Koko's bar, for sure Natsume was going to be there too. And I was doing my best to only see him if necessary. Most of the time, I avoided these kinds of mini reunions to refrain from getting into a very awkward situation.

We enter the newly painted place. It used to be a corner ramen shop that had gone bankrupt. Koko bought it and having a passion for karaoke, put in a license to register a karaoke bar which surprisingly got approved.

So here we are with most of the gang. Hotaru, Koko, Kitsu, Yuu, Sumire, Anna and Nonoko. Ruka was away for business. Natsume was nowhere to be seen so I heaved a sigh of relief. Anna said that he was busy being a hotshot CEO and that he might not make it tonight. I visibly relaxed. It had been a year since we broke up but I had told them not to exclude him on any events. I didn't want to isolate him or turn any of our friends against him. I also didn't want to put myself in an awkward situation so I made sure to know beforehand if he's going to attend so I can make a contingency plan.

A couple of drinks later, everyone is pushing me to sing a song. I picked one of my favorites and grabbed the mic. Slightly inebriated, I stood up in front of the big screen TV and started singing.

~I wanted your love but look what it's done to me. ~

~All my dreams have come to nothing, who would've believed~

~All the laughter that we shared, would be a memory~

~I cannot count the tears you've caused me, if I could've seen~

~And do you ever think of me, and how we used to be? ~

As the percussion starts, I start moving my hips slightly to the beat while making those 90's moves that one would see from the old music video to the amusement of my small audience.

~Oh I know you're somewhere else right now~

~Loving someone else no doubt~

~Well I'm one for sorrow~

~Ain't it too, too bad? ~

I raise my index finger in the air and wave it with a peace sign over my eyes. I can hear them cheer and shout behind me.

~Are you breaking someone else's heart? ~

~Coz you're taking my love where you are~

~ Well I'm one for sorrow~

~Ain't it too too bad~

~About us~

I thought of him as I sang. I closed my eyes, pretending he was the one in front of me as I sang my heart out. Feeling the song, pouring out all my emotions.

~I wanted your love but I got uncertainty~

~I tried so hard to understand you but all the good it did me~

~Now the places that we knew remind me of how we were~

~everything is just the same, but all I feel is hurt~

~And do you ever think of me, and how we used to be? ~

Despite the upbeat tempo of the song, it was actually a sad song. A lonely lyrical of a girl who loved someone so much. Someone who broke her heart. I used to laugh at this when I was little. But now, I felt a kinship to the song. Everyone had gone quiet but I just kept on singing.

~Oh I know you're somewhere else right now~

~Loving someone else no doubt~

~Well I'm one for sorrow~

~Ain't it too, too bad? ~

~Are you breaking someone else's heart? ~

~Coz you're taking my love where you are~

~ Well I'm one for sorrow~

~Ain't it too too bad~

~About us~

As the dance part of the song starts, I turn to my audience, mainly to get a little sip of my drink before the singing part comes back but what I see in front of me stops me in my tracks. He is there, watching my every move, listening to me as I sang this for him. We locked eyes and he has his trademark smirk on his lips. His eyes however portray a different emotion. One that I chose not to acknowledge. The small adlib is over but I kept my eyes locked on his as I sang the bridge.

~Oh I know you're somewhere else right now~

~Loving someone else no doubt~

~Well I'm one for sorrow~

~Ain't it too, too bad? ~

~Are you breaking someone else's heart? ~

~Coz you're taking my love where you are~

~ Well I'm one for sorrow~

~Ain't it too too bad~

~About us~

I turned from his deep stare to keep myself from blushing. Damn it. Even after all this time, his presence still makes me feel like a blubbering teenager. As the song ended, I took a bow and went over to the bar to get a drink. I needed one to calm my nerves. As I wait for the bartender to finish mixing my cocktail, he sauntered over to me and sat next to me.

"Hi." So casual, after everything that happened.

"Hey." I refused to glance his way.

"Was the song for me, Sakura?" He drawled lazily, as if uncaring, thinking I didn't know he was dying inside to hear the truth that I would never admit.

"Not everything is about you Hyuuga." I glared at him.

"Didn't know you could sing like that Mikan." That part is true. I majored in Music in Uni, but he has never heard me sing.

"There's a lot you don't know about me anymore." I stood up as the bartender hands over my drink and walk away.

My hands are trembling and I fight back the urge to cry. I would not let him do this to me. Not now. Not when I worked my ass off the past year to try to forget. To move on. Anna and Sumire approach me, concern evident in their eyes.

"I'm fine." I dismiss them with a wave of the hand and sit next to Hotaru.

I took a sip of my drink. Hotaru gives me a thoughtful look and I give her a small sad smile. She visibly relaxed. Hotaru has always been able to read me like a book, she was my best friend after all. My heartbeat is back to normal and we proceed with the night as if nothing has happened.

The door opens and Natsume enters, gaining glares from the girls and sympathetic looks from the guys. I made it a point to ignore him but what he did next, made it difficult to do so.

He strode to the front, his stance tall and proud. He picked out a song, took the microphone in his hands and began to sing.

END OF CHAPTER 1

Soooo I said I wouldn't post any new stories till any of the 3 ongoing ones were ended but I couldn't help myself.

I hope you like it..

The song used is One For Sorrow by the band Steps. No ownership is again claimed for this song as this chapter was only inspired by it. (in layman's terms, It ain't mine and never will be)

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xoxo Lexi1989