Disclaimer – I do not own Gakuen Alice and the story's characters.
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The City Boy
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I don't wanna be that city boy,
Running timeless streets again
I don't wanna be that city boy,
Stumbling down the streets, my friend.
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Chapter One
It was late morning for me. I was running down the street and listening to my Ipod when in front of me stopped a car. One of the car's windows rolled down and I saw a familiar face.
"What do you need, Natsume?" I asked Natsume Hyuuga, my best friend. He was one of my best friends. I had two of them. The first one was Ruka.
"Just wanted to ask you what you're going to do at this night." He smirked and I knew that he had already made a crazy Friday's night's party ideas.
"I'm not going to drink with you, forget it, loser." I turned around and continued running. The car followed me until I reached my house's front door. Natsume opened the driver's door and ran beside me.
"Please, Koko, just today. I promise I won't let you get shit drunk and pass out in the club and leave you."
"Dude, you promised the same last time." I told him as I jumped up the front steps.
"You're a pussy, Koko." I could feel the smirk on his lips.
"I don't like waking up in a club alone, knowing that your mates have left you because they had gotten girls."
"You start to remind me of Ruka."
"Comparing to you, Ruka is a better friend in any way. Sometimes I wonder why girls like you more."
"Maybe they are stupid?" Natsume smirked and followed me inside my house.
"I'm not a woman, Natsume. Nether are you. It won't change, no matter how many girls you get in your bed." I told him and turned around to face him.
He shrugged and asked for the last time, "You're going with us to the party?"
"No," I answered, pushing him out the door.
"There will be hot chicks."
"They always look at you, dude." I told him and rolled my eyes. Girls were weird, chasing after guys who will never love them and shit.
"Okay," Natsume said and put his hand in his jeans pocket to pull out a yellow paper card.
"What's that?" I asked him as he put that thing in front of my face.
"Since you won't come to the party, you will spend this day alone, watching some retarded movies or surfing the net. Koko, I can't let that happen. That's why be a good man and do your best friend a favor. I promised one chick to have a date with her today. Can you replace me?"
"Are you out of your mind, Natsume?" I asked him and took the ticket to check out where he was going with the girl. A theater. It's such a boring place for a first date.
"Her name is Sumire. She has black hair, green eyes and curly hair. She will be waiting for you at the entrance. Don't be late or she will think I turned her down. And tell her that I had some serious stuff to do. I told her that I was some foreign country's rock star." He laughed out loud and jumped down the front steps.
"Why aren't you going?"
"I heard rumors that Mikan will be at the club tonight." Natsume turned around and clapped his palms together. "Wish me luck, bro, even my palms are sweaty."
"Okay, dude." I laughed and waved. Mikan Sakura was Natsume's ex-girlfriend. She was his first love. The one you can't forget all your life. That's what Aoi, Natsume's sister told me when we last time saw Mikan. It was last summer, at the beach. That's why I forgave him and accepted the date request. It was never polite to turn down a girl.
As I walked closer to the theater's entrance, my heart beat faster. When I spotted a girl with dark and curly hair, I was pushed aside by somebody. This somebody turned out to be Hotaru Imai, my best friend's girlfriend.
"What the hell are you doing here, Koko?" She asked in breathless voice.
"Why aren't you with Ruka?" I asked Hotaru. She glared at me and I stopped grinning. Fridays were usually the bro nights when only guys had fun at the clubs. Girls were going to other public places.
"I have a date." I answered to her question and turned my head to search for Sumire. She was standing in front of the entrance and texting somebody. "Now I have to go, bye."
"I will find out who's her, Koko. You can't keep any secrets from me." Hotaru mumbled and I only laughed. I walked closer to Sumire and touched her shoulder. She almost jumped and turned around.
"Gosh, you almost killed me." She exclaimed and laughed. Then, she opened her eyes to look at me and her smile died. "You're not Natsume."
"Koko Yome at your service, milady." I gave her my best foolish grin.
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A/N – This story's main character is Koko. I decided to try out writing from a boy's point of view. I hope I didn't make him sound too girl-ish.
The beginning quote is taken from song City Boy, artist is Donkeyboy.
~LCG