Standard disclaimers apply.
Authors' Notes:
Hello and we are Hilaire and Ria Lee, self-proclaimed partners in crime much thanks to the ongoing AoGA House Cup. At around three o'clock in the morning of November 2, 2011, via Facebook chat, we finally decided to write a collab. The collection will be composed of twenty-six stories; one for each letter of the alphabet (because we're that creative). You can figure out where the title came from.
Enjoy!
The 3AM Humor
A collection of drabbles and snippets about the Gakuen Alice cast.
Mostly crack, with a dose of drama on the sides.
#01
Apple
All little Mikan wanted was an apple.
All the five-year-old Mikan Sakura wanted was an apple.
Even as a child, she wasn't one to be kept by anything to get what she wanted. And so impulsively, during a sunny afternoon when little kids like herself were supposed to be asleep, Mkan decided she'd sneak out and climb the apple tree outside her prep school.
The tree was just begging to be climbed, she would later reason.
She tiptoed her way out to where the apple tree was, thankful that her other classmates were actually obedient enough to sleep. She stared up at the tall tree, her eyes gleaming with the excitement of climbing it.
"Let's do this!" she exclaimed, only to put her hands over her lips when she remembered that she was supposed to be quiet. Oops.
What an idiot, Natsume thought, looking at his classmate from afar. He had been awake since that idiot Mikan Sakura clumsily sneaked out, and now she was even making enough noise to wake up the entire class.
Realizing that their teacher was nowhere in sight, he decided to go outside as well. Quietly he approached the apple tree, almost impressed when he realized that the little girl was already almost at the top. "Hey you."
The girl very nearly slipped when she heard his voice, and she looked down. "Y-You're awake!" she exclaimed in recognition, seeming to panic as she clutched on a sturdy branch. "Please don't tell on me; I just want an apple!"
"Not strawberries?" he asked.
She seemed confused by the question. "Strawberries…?"
"I can see your panties from down here," he deadpanned. "Strawberry."
It took a second longer before the statement registered in the girl's mind, and she blushed furiously, almost slipping again. "Don't look! Stop peeking! Go away!" she said angrily, throwing leaves at him. "I swear, once I get my apple I'll punch you in the face!"
Natsume only scoffed at her threat. "Yeah, sure. I'm really scared now." He watched as she continued to climb up, her strawberry-printed panties still very visible from his spot. He elevated an eyebrow when she finally got her apple.
"I got it!" she cheered, proudly holding an apple in one hand. "Get ready to be punched in the face!"
Natsume snorted. "Yeah, as if you can climb down there."
"Of course I can! I learned how to climb up and down a tree, you know!"
"While holding an apple?"
"Hah! Watch me!" Mikan said, and adroitly started climbing down, holding the apple between her teeth.
Natsume stared at her ridiculous but determined face, chanting in his head. You're going to fall, you're going to fall, you're going to fall –
"Natsume Hyuuga and Mikan Sakura, what are you two doing – oh my goodness, you climbed a tree!"
The next thing Natsume realized was a falling girl from the sky, and he found himself sprawled on the grass. A few moments later, still seated on his chest with her strawberry-printed panties for all the world to see, Mikan Sakura gave him a playful punch in the face while smiling up at their teacher.
"I just wanted an apple, sensei!"
apple.
That didn't make much sense, did it? ;)
Hilaire
