Disclaimer: I can honestly say that...I Do Not Own Gakuen Alice and Gossip Girl...and if any of the quotes and places here are familiar to you, as early as now, I am telling you, all credits go to the Gossip Girl author and story/script writer. I don't intend to plagiarize anyone.


So Close

by Lady Monroe

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Prologue

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Mikan Sakura on the eve of her departure for Paris. Sources tell me that the Queen Bee shockingly decided to continue her studies in a different country after the big scandal that happened in Luna Koizumi's huge bash last night, didn't know Mikan was that fragile when it came to that topic or did we? With this single drama looks like she's running away from a battle and it seems like no one saw this coming…

The partly crowed airport was filled with flight and boarding announcements accompanied by random conversations of normal individuals.

"I'll see you after graduation" Hotaru told her best friend after giving her a hug.

"I'll e-mail you everyday to keep you posted, and I'll even call you whenever I can…" Mikan answered back and gave her best friend one last hug "I promise" she whispered quietly.

"Visit me this summer okay?" Mikan asked her voice cracking up. Hotaru just nodded her head in comprehension as she watched Mikan take her Marc Jacobs bag with her.

"I better go, the plane might leave me" Mikan smiled wiping her tears, said her last goodbye to Hotaru and waved back at her before disappearing in the scene.

"I hope you find yourself soon Mikan" Hotaru whispered back before she turned around and walked away as she answered her ringing cellphone "Tell him he's too late…she just left"

Watching Mikan's brave departure makes you think that sometimes you need to step outside, clear your head and remind yourself of who you are and where you wanna be. And sometimes you have to venture outside your world in order to find yourself...

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It had been past ten in the evening, and flight FRN271C has left the country. A panting young man stopped in front of the departure area of the said flight and was frantically looking around.

"She boarded her plane hours ago"

He ignored the person and walked towards the glass window looking out at the planes on the runway.

"You think she'd miss her flight just for you?" the person scoffed.

He turned his head at the source of the voice. Hotaru Imai was comfortably seated on one of the cozy airport benches. She had her arms and legs crossed as she looked at the man a few feet away from her. She shook her head and gave out a small laugh.

"Even when she left, you weren't the person she was thinking about," she informed him.

The young man was still quiet. She just watched the figure in front of her, seeing how he clenched and unclenched his hands and it also didn't go unnoticed when his eyes kept on scanning the outside view.

Hotaru shifted her gaze to the outside where the man was looking and down to her wrist watch. She stood up from her seat and walked away without a word.

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On top of the Empire State Building; Found – Natsume Hyuuga losing something nobody ever knew he had… His heart.


Lady Monroe

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