Broken Strings
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Chapter One – First Infatuation
Sixteen years old and a junior in Alice Academy, I have never fallen in love with any guy in our class or in the whole academy which was plainly weird. Lots of my close friends already have their boyfriends at their side already.
Not that I was feeling lonely or anything about it. It's just that… I'm getting older and older with each boring day go by and I still haven't experience love or heart ache yet? I'm getting ancient here already.
Even the cold blackmailer of the academy has a boyfriend, Nogi Ruka, the nicest and sweetest guy on campus. Let's just that opposites attract each other, okay? I'm frustrated and gave out a deep sigh.
Then I looked back and spotted a couple of guys standing and drinking their drinks, I noticed a crimson eyed lad was standing out from all of them. I stared a little longer and that crimson eyed lad noticed me as I turned back as quickly as possible with flushed cheeks from embarrassment.
He saw me staring at him, which was so embarrassing. I felt my cheeks tainted with scarlet already. After two minutes of calming down, I saw him nearing me and sat down on the chair in front of me, his back facing the blackboard as he penetrated my hazel eyes.
It's like bloody crimson eyes clashing with hazel ones and I was allured with his shade that I find myself staring completely at the one in front of me.
"Eh, you're Sakura Mikan, right? I'm Natsume, Hyuuga Natsume," He told as he plastered a smirk on his god like face, sketching that perfect curve smirk.
I was struck there, dumbfounded. Until I recovered from my trance, he just stared at me with his deep stunning eyes.
"Y-yeah, that's my name," I stuttered and slurred the words, I even wonder if he understood what I meant and said.
"This is the first time I'm gonna be your classmate. So, let's have fun, okay?" He told me, adding a playful wink at the end as I tilted my head a bit, feeling confuse. I just nodded and wondered why he would tell me that; he was the only person to tell me that.
And somewhat as each day passed by, I find myself completely allured with his features and crooked smirk. Even when it's PE, it's amazing how he's good in sports and academics. I was stunned by him and never recovered from it.
As hard it is to imagine, this new guy kept entering my dreams and mind and I didn't know why. It was almost like he was haunting me every now and then.
Even it was hard to admit this now and how easy I got this feeling around me – Hyuuga Natsume is my first ever infatuation, and I' am never gonna admit this to anyone; especially to him.
But having a freakishly cold slash blackmailer of a close friend wasn't such a good idea if you keep a secret from her, right?
So right, superbly;
She managed to crack me right open to the part that I'm desperate not to admit to anyone, and that is my first infatuation on Hyuuga Natsume.
"So the dense girl has the hots for Hyuuga, huh?" Hotaru said. You can even hear a smirk tracing in her voice and of course, those dollar signs gleaming in her deep violet eyes.
Cheeks flushed with embarrassment, I curtly nodded and felt her cold hand touching the bridge of my shoulder, as if to comfort me. But I was dead wrong, so wrong.
"This would make me richer, you know, especially if that Hyuuga falls madly in love with you,"
I shot my head quickly that I got a bit dizzy, and I stared quizzically at Hotaru as if she lose her sanity.
She patted my head as if I were her money making pet – which was I was now and since we've been friends back then. Heck, she even used to sell stolen pictures of me! And that's without my permission, not that I would permit her to.
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"Yo, Mikan," Natsume winked again and came near and leaned his arm to the next of my steel locker.
"Hey," Was my curt reply after five seconds of wondering why he would be here, this was the girl's section of lockers.
"Uhm, what're you doing here? I mean, this is the girl's lockers," I blurted out, curiosity sipping out of me.
"Later at lunch, meet me on the roof,"
"Wha?" I pondered why would he even want to meet me there, what's the purpose?
"I don't like repeating myself, and don't be late," With one last gentle touch on my left shoulder, he left and I was utterly bombarded with question from the girls, who I left unnoticed, listened to our tiny conversation.
"Natsume Hyuuga! You're dating him? Wah, you're so lucky, Mikan-chan ~ " Anna told me, giving me a bear hug.
"No, we're not dating!" I replied suddenly that all of the girl's stare were at me as if I did something horribly wrong.
"But soon you'll two will be," Hotaru interjected her words that left some girls congratulating me while others glared at me which pretty much, burned me.
"Wah, Mikan-chan, you're so lucky to get attention from him!" A chorus of girls chimed in unison as I repeated that we were not dating or whatsoever.
Gah, I hate this unwanted notices from people who used to ignore me; the exception of Anna and Hotaru, of course.
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I'm getting nervous; its five minutes 'til lunch time wherein I'm supposed to meet up with Natsume. I felt myself getting hotter that my palms were sweating already, and honestly, it's the first I've been this nervous ever since my piano recital.
"Right, students, I'll continue this tomorrow, and read about the geography of Japan as your assignment," Our teacher told us as the students groaned for the sudden addition of homework.
I placed my things in my locker first and I couldn't help but do – I went inside the girl's comfort room and checked my appearance if it's presentable enough; I didn't know why I felt so insecure.
I climbed up the flight of stairs and opened the door. I felt the warm wind gushing and tickled my cheeks as I felt bubbly inside.
"You're late," I turned back and found him leaning onto the cemented wall, arms folded.
"By what, two minutes? You call that late?" I can't help but blurt it out to him, feeling all annoyed that he calls that late.
"Still the same,"
"So, what do you want?" I ask him, his stare penetrating my soul, and I acted as if it didn't even flinched me; but in reality, I was holding the strap of my bag very tightly that I'm sure it would eventually break if I don't stop.
"Well, you know the Sakura Festival, right? Since almost everyone in our batch is coming with partners in mind,"
Was he asking if I wanted to accompany him in the Sakura Festival, I felt my cheeks growing warmer again and I put on a flustered face.
"So I'm wondering if you want to come… with me, that is, if you want to?" He added, faint red swirling on his cheeks which made him somewhat cute? I laughed to myself as I thought of that.
"…"
"I'm considering your silence as a yes if you don't mind speaking up," He stared with his stunning crimson orbs as his gaze held mine firmly, and he smirked – that annoying yet somehow comforting smirk.
"Since I have nothing to do on that day, might as well spend it well, right?" I told him, fluttering my eyes with his reaction. However, I'm completely surprised that I managed to be so stoically calm today.
"Oh sure, you do know that you could just tell me you want me to spend time with you than that lame excuse," He chuckled as I blush furiously; loosing that stoically calm mood I was in.
"Shut up," I rolled my eyes and he stopped chuckling and put on a serious face, and then softly grabbed one of my hands in his. His hand was so arm, as if he emitted fire.
"But seriously, you do want to spend time with me, right?" He lean closer, making the gap between our lips 'bout ten centimeters away from each other, I could even feel his hot breath on my cheeks.
"Eh, you're so close," I told him and push his face with my free hand as I felt a smooth yet hard surface. His skin was amazingly soft and yet it was somewhat hard as marble.
He just chuckled, still holding my hand and walked to the tall steel fence as he stared out to our field, where some runners were practicing or just plainly feeding their cravings.
"Could I have my hand back, please?"
"No way, maybe later," He laughed softly and tugged me closer to him as I started smelling his scent, pure manly scent and no, he doesn't smell sweaty which is good.
Then I felt a strong gush of wind and it flip my skirt, giving Natsume a good view of the pattern of my underwear as I push my hand to the skirt so that it wouldn't be seen, and sat down, preventing it more since the wind was still blowing; making Natsume's grip on my hand loose.
He kneeled in front of me, his cheeks still tainted with that reddish color he had a few seconds ago. A smirk playfully taking its place on his god like face as I didn't bother glancing at him for I was so flustered.
"Isn't polka dots too immature for you now? You're like what, sixteen," He muffled a laugh as I look at him, embarrass and about to tear up due to the embarrassment.
He noticed me sniffing and looked straightly at me, as I wipe a tear going down on my left cheek.
"You're crying, why?" He asked me gently as he cupped my chin, forcibly making me force to stare at him, into his warm orbs.
"I'm not crying – I'm just annoyingly emotional," I told him as I removed his hand from my chin softly and stood up, wiping the other tear that were threatening to fall.
"Either way, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, it was just so funny," He told me, holding his laughter in front me.
"Don't mind my emotional swings or rather get use to it," I told his as I gave him a reassuring smile, revealing my bright white teeth that used to have annoying and painful green braces, I used to think was so cool.
"Then you'll have to get use to my usual bickering towards you and other people," He then ruffled my hair, leaving it so messy. He was about a head and a half taller than me, I felt so inferior when he stands so close.
This may be a good start for a healthy new relationship with a guy friend, but I hope Hotaru wouldn't hear about this, but I'm betting she's spying on me with some sort of invention she invented.
Oh well, I don't mind now… but maybe tomorrow, I will or have to.
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A different Natsume Hyuuga here since Hyuuga's portrayed as a mean and cold boy, I want to portray as a soft and yet annoying guy. He's the only one who changed in character, though :))
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