Disclaimer: I do not own Gakuen Alice. Credits go to Tachibana Higuchi-sensei.
Love Song
Summary: She's a street musician. He's a famous band leader. She's a commoner. He's a rock prince. And their story isn't a fairytale. It is about two different person finding love in an unexpected way: music. AU.
Chapter One: First Weird Meeting
Stepping down from her mother's old pick-up truck, a beautiful young girl with sparkling hazel orbs and long, naturally wavy chocolate-brown hair stretched her arms, wide enough to feel the air and the warm sun rays. She closed her eyes and smelled the amazingly refreshing air. You cannot smell and feel this air in Tokyo! She smiled to herself. Indeed, the busy streets of Tokyo do not have this kind of air: refreshing and warm at the same time.
I will surely enjoy this summer vacation! To think that I am with my beloved mom and my uncle in this super exclusive res — BAM!
Ooww! My head! She flicked her eyes wide open and turned around, hands on the back of her head, just to see a smirking woman in her 30's, holding a rolled news paper in her right hand that was supposed to contain articles about Japan but in this case, it was an object of distraction.
Mikan Sakura glared daggers at her mom. Her childish mom. "Mom, what is it now?"
"Honey, you know, it's not good to daydream while closing your eyes and spreading your arms like that. You might get harassed by some old geezers, eyes closed." Yuka Sakura laughed at her daughter's actions. She knew that her lovely seventeen-year-old Mikan is a virginity keeper and never had any boyfriends since birth, even with those beautiful looks.
Mikan crossed her arms, cheeks puffing and doing a very cute pout. "Geez, mom. I'm already seventeen for Pete's sake! I can handle myself."
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever, clumsy little girl. Just get our things at the back and I will park our pick-up. Wait for me at the lobby," Yuka said while giving her daughter a quick kiss in the cheek. Even though she is a little bully with her childish antics, she can be this melodious towards her one and only daughter.
Hmpf! Stomping her feet, Mikan made her way at the back of the truck and carried their luggage one-by-one. At the last piece, her favorite pink acoustic guitar in its black case that she slumped on her shoulders, she waved at her mother and sighed to herself. That old woman! Haha. If I don't love her this much, she will be by herself already. With that childish attitude, I bet I am the only one in this whole planet that can be with her for a long time. Talk about mother-daughter tandem. Haha! She wondered inwardly.
The pick-up truck was about to go but her mom's head popped out from the passenger seat's window. "And don't bother going to the lady in the front desk. We'll go straight to your uncle's office, 'kay? Love you." And she dashed off to the parking lot.
Mikan sat down on a comfy couch after bringing their luggage in and tried to observe the people that come and go. Eh. So many people in here. They really want to spend their vacation in an exclusive resort, huh.
According to Mikan's keen observation, as if I have one, most of the people in here are rich or rather famous since it is an exclusive resort. And it's as if no commoner can enter this exclusive place. Well, except me and my mom. My uncle is the owner. Therefore, we have an exclusive access in this exclusive resort! Yay for us! But our stay here is not that free. Well, me and mom have to work at this resort or hotel. But I don't exactly know what kind of work. I think It's fun! Wel'll talk to uncle later.
Her thoughts were interrupted by a loud screech of the pavements, as if a fast car suddenly halted. Now what's their problem? Ruining the peaceful environment in this resort. Tsk tsk.
A red hot sports car came into a stop in front of the lobby's entrance. No doubt that the passengers inside the cars are rich. If not, they would not own such luxurious car. Tsk. Such lucky, rich kids...
Then the "rich kids" went down from their respective cars. Mikan noticed that those rich kids were boys just around her age. There was a blonde with blue eyes, raven-haired boy with fiery crimson eyes, a boy with dirty blonde hair, and the rest was — she does not care. All Mikan thought was to not think about those rich boys. There are still other things to take a look at, right? And where is that old woman called my mom? She shifted her gaze to the people who passes by her. And continued her so-called keen observing.
Meanwhile, a raven-haired guy "gracefully" halted his sports car just in front of the entrance of the lobby. The boys inside whistled.
"Way to go Natsume!" the blonde haired guy said while gesturing a high five to his friend beside him. The other boys inside did the same. And the driver, the Natsume Hyuuga, responded to this with a smirk in his stoic but gorgeous and perfectly flawless face.
They all went down to Natsume's car and inspected the scene before their very eyes. "Not bad for a newly discovered resort, huh?" The blonde haired guy once again said.
"Yeah, Ruka. Nice choice! That is thanks to you — and your monster of a girlfriend!" The dirty blonde haired guy complimented, which earned a laugh from the other boys. But Ruka gave Koko a hard hit in the head. Yes, girls. The prince Ruka Nogi is already taken by the ice princess, Hotaru Imai. What a perfect match!
"Oww! What the hell Ruka?" The dirty bloned haired guy, named Koko, shrieked in pain while holding the swollen part of his head.
Ruka glared at Koko and said, "You know, if Hotaru is here, she will kick you out of the band. You know how cruel she is when she's mad and annoyed in the likes of you."
"Now, now, don't start a scene and let's start to unload Natsume's car." Yuu, one of the boys, said. And another, named Kitsuneme added, "Yeah, and start our search for hot chicks!" The boys, excluding Ruka and Yuu, did a high five. The two just shrugged. Tsk.
They started to get their luggage and Natsume gave the car key to a resort personnel (A/N: I really don't know what they are called) who parked the car. They entered the lobby and almost made a commotion with their oh-so-handsome looks, girls forming heart shapes in their eyes. Well, who would not faint in the sight of the number one band in Japan, Crimson Flame? (A/N: Please tell me if this name is already used. I can't really think of a proper band name. Can you help me? Pretty please?)
Mikan noticed the rich boys, yet again. They are making their way to the lobby's front desk, which is by the way just in front of Mikan's couch (A/N: Well, it's not really hers). She noticed how good-looking the boys are but of course, this hot chick do not fall for handsome boys easily. Wow. The rich kids are good-looking. I wonder if they are celebrities or not...Yeah, she really does not care.
She kept staring at the five boys walking towards her. Then shifted her gaze to the crazy fan girls around them. Are they really important? Haha. The girls practically swoon over them. She noticed how the imaginary hearts form in the fan girls' eyes, which literally sparkled with delight of seeing the Wonder Boys. Haha! Wonder Boys... suits them well! Mikan's a genius, right?
She continued her fan-girl-gazing. She can not imagine how desperate these girls are just to see the Wonder Boys. One of the girls fainted and the other girls around fanned her with their hands. How unreasonable.
Mikan shifted back her gaze to the boys, and unexpectedly, met a pair of fiery crimson eyes. She stared back. Hazel orbs meet the crimson one. And let the staring battle begin!
Natsume's POV
Really, my friends are crazy. But hey, you can't find someone like them in this damn planet. They are one of a kind. Yeah Natsume, be mushy.
We made our way towards the entrance, some hotel guys at our back, holding our luggage. I suddenly felt a tap on my shoulder. It was none other than my best buddy, Ruka.
"Natsume, have you noticed how many girls are here? We might be attacked by all these fan girls!" Ruka over reacted. Yeah, no doubt that our good looks will catch attention. Seriously, whenever we go, girls practically swoon over us. That's how famous and handsome we are. (A/N: Clap clap! Very well said Hyuuga.) Who would want to resist our looks? Even old women are affected by our mere presence.
"Chill, Ruka. The girls here are not just any other girls. Take note, this is an exclusive resort." I said, assuring him. And I am correct, am I?
I was looking around the flock of girls surrounding us. And of course, they are looking towards our way. I noticed that my buddies here had already set their eyes to some random fan girls, except Ruka and Yuu who were busy with their own business, which I did not matter to know.
Oh, have I introduced them to you? We are the number one band in Japan, Crimson Flame. I, the Natsume Hyuuga, is the lead vocalist and lead guitarist. I also do the lyrics and tune of most of our songs. Ruka is on the rhythm guitar and second vocals. This dude has so much talent in him that he helps me do the songs. Yuu is the pianist and producer of our band. Koko's on the bass guitar and Kitsuneme on the drums. And Hotaru Imai, Ruka's girl, is our manager. We are the NUMBER ONE rock band, minus Imai. I just want to repeat.
And have I mentioned that we are the number one? I have, right? How come this girl don't look at our way? She is the only girl in this lobby who didn't notice our presence. Is she blind or numb or something? Seriously, how can she resist these gorgeous looking men?
I locked my eyes on her. I think she's around sixteen or seventeen. Her orbs are wandering around the lobby, but not on our way. What the heck? And while walking towards her, (A/N: The lobby's front desk is just beside Mikan's couch.) I noticed how hot this girl is. I continued my sight-seeing.
She has this flawless, pinkish-white skin that literally stood out the rest of the girls. Really, this girl can be a model of whitening soaps or lotions or — you know the drill. Whatever. And her brown hair, I just can't resist to touch that. It looks so soft and silky. Damn. I sound so gay. And my most favorite part is her face. So innocent, so beautiful. From her sparkling hazel orbs to her cute, little nose, her naturally pink lips and I really want to know how those tastes like — She is perfect. But no one's perfect. But... Oh well. She looks like a Goddess. You know the deo-for-men commercial? With the tag line 'Even Goddesses will fall.' And there goes the real-life Goddess. And my gaze went down from her face to her oh-so-hot body. She wears a simple white loose tee with pink flower prints on the hem which is by the way ends on her mid-thigh. And yeah, my gaze went to the mid-thigh. I can see that she is wearing a short shorts, which actually turned me on. Hell yeah, Natsume.
Okay. Stop fantasizing on some girl, Natsume. Come back to Earth, will 'ya? Well, you know me, I don't want a girl to know what I noticed about her, especially if she is this beautiful. I swear, she'll be my next toy.
I continued staring at her while reminiscing my previous thoughts. And finally, her gaze landed to us. Well, I should say that it landed on me. I started to feel uneasy and continued staring at her for a minute. I don't know what had struck me but I shifted my gaze to the ground when I noticed that we are nearing the front desk. We stopped and I heard Ruka talk to the lady on the desk, who has a veery flirty voice, much to our dismay. I spaced out for a while, my mind full of thoughts of a certain brunette. Then I heard Kitsuneme talk to me.
"Man, the girl you're staring at was gone. From the looks of it, you are ready to rip her clothes and make her naked. It's freaky on so many levels," he laughed. But a small smirk suddenly appeared from his lips, "But she's hot. I —"
I suddenly looked her way. What Kitsuneme last commented does not matter anymore. She's already gone. I glared at the laughing Kitsuneme beside me and just shrugged. I swear, I did not blush at that. I SWEAR. Kitsuneme still laughed. What the hell.
Ruka finished the talking and motioned us to get to our room. Again, my mind is full of the brunette's image. Tch.
Mikan's POV
Why is that raven-haired guy staring at me? Do I have some dirt on my face? I think I don't have. This boy don't have manners... staring at a girl like me out of nowhere? Is he some kind of a pervert? I think he is.
But while he is walking with his friends towards me or the lobby's front desk, I noticed how handsome this young man is. With his raven-colored locks, which I think is natural, every girl would die just to have a touch of those, except me. His piercing crimson eyes — you can just dive into those deep pool of orbs. I can see loneliness in his eyes, though. His facial features are perfect, that of a God. But he is not a God. He's still a human. Yeah, whatever. And oh, he is wearing a simple white shirt and some red summer shorts, which complements his red sneakers. Very hot.
Oh come on Mikan, erase the bad thoughts! Bad thoughts, bad thoughts, go away! You can't just stare at some guy and call him the H word. Don't you have manners? Tsk.
We stared like that at each other for a minute and I felt like I was hypnotized by his deep crimson eyes. But to my surprise, he looked down. I thought he would win this little staring battle that he started but no. He was the one who looked away first. I felt a tinge of sadness.
"Honey, you're spacing out again!" I noticed my mom waiving her hands in front of me. I shook my head and stood up. My mom started to carry her luggage and walked ahead of me. I just followed her with my luggage in my hands. I started walking, my mind full of images of some certain raven-haired guy.
I caught up with my mom and I looked back to the crimson-eyed lad I just stared at a while ago. He is still looking down, as if spacing out, while his friends talked to the lady on the front desk. I guess this is our first meeting, huh. I wonder if we still have our second, third, or fourth. As if I wanted to.
A/N: Whew. Done with the first chapter. Lame? Or not? I am new in writing fanfictions so please bear with me. I still have many things to improve. According to Ryoma Echizen, mada mada dane. So to help me improve my writing, please review! Arigatou! If there are typos, tell me, okay? :)
Next chapter preview:
A loud bang was heard through the office. And a girly man in his 30's with blonde and wavy hair that reach his shoulders popped out of nowhere.
"Hotaru told me to prepare at least three of our hit singles to play at the resort tomorrow night. The rest of the afternoon will be for our band rehearsal."
"So you, Mikan-chan. I heard from Yuka that you work part-time as a street performer so do you want to have a little gig tonight?"