Hi! Umm, I'm fieryhazel/Lisa, and this is a drabble on Persona and Nobara. I'm not a huge fan of the pairing, but the story seems to fit them. But there will be other pairings in this series, mainly including Natsume and Mikan. So please R&R!

Disclaimer: All rights of Gakuen Alice belong to Higuchi Tachibana. Though that could be rearranged... :)

Title: Of Hurt and Betrayal

Genre: Romance/Hurt/Comfort

Main Characters: Nobara/Persona

Point of View: Nobara

"It's your fault. Get that?"

It's a rhetorical question, but I nod while I gaze at Persona, who stood towering over her as I sat.

"You failed me." He whispers, his voice barely audible. His Alice hurts me. It sends a searing pain throughout my entire body. My body feels stiff and sore, but I continue to stay silent as he speaks.

"I trusted you." He says, his lips quivering, "And now I realize that I shouldn't have."I shouldn't have given you that key, shouldn't have told you about the portal." He shuts his eyelids really hard. "I shouldn't have had faith in you."

I stare at the man in front of me. He really isn't much to be scared of, without his mask veiling his face. He actually had a pair of soft blue eyes, which didn't make him look so intimidating at all. Under his mask, he's actually vulnerable. His past experiences taught him not to trust people. That trust is always betrayed. But I've always wanted to teach him otherwise.

"Don't you understand?" He screams at me, "The principal will continue to hurt people until he gets what he wants!" He looks me in the eye. "Can't you see that?"

He never shows any emotion in front of anyone. I'm an exception, though. He's always stoic and dangerous-looking, but in truth, he's surprisingly fragile. He really cares for people and tries to save as many lives as possible.

"Get up, Nobara!" He shouts, anger seething through him. I stand up. Tears are rolling down my cheeks, now.

I feel a sharp and burning pain on my cheek as Persona slaps me.

I feel guilty, but I'm not going to let that stop me. I stare right into Persona's eyes. I almost scream at him, "I could see that perfectly clear, Persona!" Another jab of pain shoots through my left shoulder. From Persona's Alice again, no doubt.

"Then why would you tell them how to escape, Nobara? Why?" He hisses. "If it weren't for you, we would have successfully captured that girl and her mother! Less people would have to suffer! Why didn't you help us?"

I take a step closer to him, so that I'm only about three or four inches away from his face, and tell him, "He can't hurt so many people if we weren't helping him! Can't you see that, Persona? He's weak without us!"

He clenches his fists until they are white and streaked with blood and falls right to the ground. On his knees now, he takes deep breaths in attempt to calm himself.

It's heartbreaking to see him like this. What have I done?

I kneel down right in front of him so that I face him. I'm sobbing furiously now, and I could see wet tears trickle down his bony cheeks. I blame myself for not protecting him.

"Persona…" I whisper through my tears. My voice is hoarse through all my screaming and crying. I hold my arms out and wrap them around his shoulders, pulling him closer to me. "I'm sorry."

He turns away from me. I know that he forgives me, though, because his arms are wrapped around me, too.

So how is it? If you have any plot ideas for drabbles, please PM me and if I want to write it, I will dedicate the drabble with your idea to you. And please click the pretty button, once again!

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