POKERFACE

By: Suikashan

Summary: "I… It's not you, it's me." He said eyes fixed on me. I laughed at him, "that line sucks Natsume, now tell me why. I'm not that stupid." He sighed, "You're too possessive, I can't stand it anymore." I smiled, "it's alright, and I'm letting you go."

A/N: new story, take note, this is not inspired by the song poker face, well… maybe just a bit, but this is not a song-fic. The plot came to my mind yesterday. Please enjoy. Please leave a review too. I cannot promise you that I'll update this sooner than he is my master but nonetheless I'll finish this. I just passed my COCC training and guess what? I'm an officer already! It's a big achievement for me and I'm so happy for I fulfilled it!.

Let it start

Suikashan.

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CHAPTER 1: The Break-up

Sakura Mikan is known as one of the most beautiful women in Gakuen Alice, A goddess whom one dreams of almost every time they sleep and daydream of every time they wake up or get bored in class. Nobody could resist her personality and beauty, for she was smart, for her lowest grades are only ranging from B+ to A-. Outgoing, ever-friendly, extra-cheerful and smiles almost every day of her life, she is the head cheerleader of the school and an active officer of their student body, She looks very simple but somewhat elegant, Auburn hair tied in a ponytail most of the time that reaches down to her waist, bangs swept aside emphasizing her round and innocent amber eyes, a pointed nose, pearly white teeth, plump and rosy pink lips. Her skin color was perfectly fair, though sometimes when the sun touches her flesh, she appears to be white in color, and a height of probably 5'5.

Even though she is considered one of the most beautiful women, nobody can come near her, for a rose is always surrounded by thorns, and those thorns are none other than her boy friend—Hyuuga Natsume.

If Sakura Mikan is known as a goddess, I can tell you that Hyuuga Natsume is a god himself who went here to earth to find himself another celestial being to be with, he is a genius, having an IQ of 170, purely athletic, which you can prove by just seeing his own body when he practices for his games. He is one of the hottest men in the campus, having those crimson eyes that will melt you the moment you lay your eyes on them, it is the most mysterious part of his body, seeing that one can fall into its depths one he catches you staring. His hair is fixed in the most untidy—but mind you, a sexy way, he is taller than her girlfriend of course by 6 inches to be exact. His eyes were only trained on one girl unlike his friends whom are fond of one night stands.

And now she was sitting inside the Café they first had a date, it wasn't really planned but Mikan needed help, for her parents wanted her to show them her boyfriend, whom she had been talking about, but since she had none, she turned to Hotaru, (her best friend) to find her a boyfriend.

"Come with me Mikan," Hotaru dragged her outside their last period classroom to a place she doesn't know where.

"Wait, where are you taking me, mum's gonna kill me if I don't arrive there at the said time!" she tried yanking her arm off, but Hotaru's grip was too tight.

Her Amethyst eyes flashed as Mikan whined while she dragged her, "and what's the point of going there when you don't have a boyfriend to show?"

At this point Mikan's frown blossomed into a smile, "You found me one?!"

Hotaru nodded at her question, "Yes and you're gonna meet him right now."

"Who is he?" she asked curiously.

"Hyuuga Natsume," and at the same time she mentioned the name, the said man appeared in front of them with his best bud—who happens to be Hotaru's boyfriend, Ruka Nogi. And at the same time when her eyes met his, she fell into his depths and she couldn't get out.

She smiled at the memory, as she drank her tea, she doesn't know why she's having this flashback, but something was nagging her behind her mind. She sighed and glanced at the clock hanging on the wall adjacent to hers, Natsume is never late when they have dates, but as she can clearly see, he is already 20 minutes late.

She is getting bored by just looking at people who pass by as she guessed what they do for a living, happy couples walk to and fro, eyes laughing and hands holding, she had been dating Natsume for a month but he isn't the affectionate type, true he would squeeze her shoulders when she can see men surrounding her while she chatted quite pleasantly, and the way Natsume would just yank her back whenever she would fall clumsily then afterwards scolding her with the same line over and over again, "You Baka! Watch where you're going!" and she would smile a sheepish one as he sighs.

And he is always busy, sometimes he would simply tell her to go to a place and then when she arrives he would call and say he couldn't come because something came up. But she understands, Natsume is the Hyuuga Heir, he needs to attend those facilities and all the sorts, he would make up to it by kissing her sweetly and giving her gifts that she doesn't need—but nonetheless she can still consider it sweet.

"Sorry I'm late," came a husky voice that made her ears perk up and eyes look up with so much pride, it was him, he looked at her, in a cold way, and Mikan didn't understand why, she didn't do anything wrong these past few days, so why is he looking at her like that.

She stared at him; curiosity filled her orbs, "is there something wrong? Have you eaten by the way?" she touched his skin, but he jerked his arm away. "Natsume?"

He looked outside, "listen can we talk privately? I mean just the two of us, I want—I want to discuss something important to you." Mikan reluctantly stood up and followed him, Natsume's aura was so different, and the cold atmosphere surrounding him was colder than before. She stared at him worriedly, maybe something went wrong in his meeting or practice maybe.

"oi! Don't make me wait here," he snapped at her, she snapped out of her thoughts and walked faster, a smile covering her face.

"Where are we going Natsume?" but he didn't answer anymore.

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He lead her to a park, but he didn't hold her hand, he didn't even look at her as she hurried just to get near him, there are kids all over the park, particularly on the playground but other than that they were the only people there, and it made her quite uneasy. She looked around, the sun was almost setting and that made her smile, maybe he has a surprise for me. She thought with a smile, he sat himself down on a bench, facing the playground and something caught his eye, an Ice cream truck. He glanced at her and sighed.

"Would you like some ice cream?"

She smiled at him faintly but shook her head, "I'm not in the mood for ice cream Natsume, why are we here? I mean what do you want to tell me?"

He stared at her for a while, "I insist on the ice cream, I would really like to treat you today."

She laughed at him, "what's with you today? All of a sudden treating me for an ice cream." She laughed and stared at him, "fine, I want strawberry."

He stood up and began walking towards the ice cream truck. She sighed, I'm afraid—he's gonna break up with me. She thought bitterly as she stared at Natsume's back. Bitter tears filled her eyes as she tried to tell herself not to cry, but this is her instinct, he is gonna break up with her.

"What are you thinking about?" he snapped annoyingly, Mikan looked up and smiled widely, then took her ice cream cone; he ordered the same thing as hers and then sat down.

She licked the cool surface of the said desert and frowned slightly, Natsume isn't talking that much and she really is worried.

"I've noticed you aren't talking that much."

"I don't talk that much." he said flatly, he was about to finish his own cone while she is still licking hers.

"I mean—"

"Finish that first and we'll talk," he cut her off, Mikan's open mouth obliged as she sighed.

She finished the cone and then turned to him, "what do you want to talk about?" she asked eagerly. He sighed and turned his head towards her, his eyes were straightly looking at her and now she can feel that he really is serious about this so-called talk.

"I-I wanna tell you something Mikan, no don't talk, let me finish, I know that these past few days, we've enjoyed one another's company but—" Mikan held her breath, "I'm afraid this isn't working out."

She gaped at him, "but--but—but we've been dating, we've—we've had so much fun! I've never done' something wrong to you, I—I—" she was right, he is gonna break up with her and tears threatened to fall down. "W-Why?" she finally asked, though her voice was hoarse as she looked at her lap, determination filled her voice.

He took her chin and pulled it up to face her, "don't cry—I hate it when you cry, Mikan, it's just that—" he looked away, trying to find the right words, finally his shoulders dropped, "it's just that—Mikan it's—it's not you, it's me."

And she laughed, making him look at her surprised, "Natsume, that line sucks, I'm not stupid, tell me, that's the lamest excuse ever, I've heard it for a million times, tell me why." She stared at him, "you're hurting me, tell me so that I will not cry. Lying isn't the answer in this—" she's about to say argument but she laughed at her own self, they're not having an argument for God's sake, this is their breakup! "B-Breakup."

He looked away and placed his elbows by his knees, he ran his hands through his hair and sighed once again, "you—you're to possessive, I—I can't stand it anymore." She was trying to think of why did he say that, but she knows that contemplating at this time and trying to tell him that she wants to try again was impossible. Instead she's going to let him go.

He was still in that position after she stopped crying—well, not really cried. She stood up and went in front of him, he looked up, from his position only to meet her smiling eyes, he was so confused. She should've slapped him and went ranting about new girlfriends or flings or whatever reasons but she didn't. She just smiled at him and took his hand in hers.

"Thank you for being honest Natsume, I won't cry for I've never regretted anything in this relationship that we shared, and I—I thank you for everything. It's alright," she added again seeing him open his mouth to speak, "I'm letting you go." And with that, her hand left his, her strawberry scent left his surrounding, her warmth left him and true enough when he looked up once again, Mikan wasn't there anymore, Mikan is gone—forever.

CHAPTER 1 END

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A/N: reviews everybody, thank you for reading though this is quit a short chapter, this chapter only discusses their break up, for flashbacks would be shown in the next chapters. I will see you soon everyone since its my vacation, though I'm going to take Review Classes in my school since I'm going to take college exams. By the way hi to Annaoj and Thereese!

Ja,

Suikashan.