DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ALICE ACADEMY.( BUT I'M LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, I WANT TO OWN IT :D)

THIS STORY IS VERY FAMILIAR, I KNOW. BECAUSE IT'S BASED ON CLANNAD AFTER STORY…

I DON'T KNOW BUT THIS STORY KEPT BUGGING ME ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT, LIKE BEGGING ME TO WRITE IT…SO HERE IT IS!

MIKA'SPOV(THEIR DAUGHTER)

I was 6 years old back then and it was raining when I finally ask my father the question that I wanted to be answered truthfully.

"Dad?"

"Yes, Mika?" He motioned me to sit beside him. As an obedient child, I sat.

This is it. I'm going to ask him. "Where's mommy?" even if it's obvious, I wanted to know if we have the same answer.

He smiled awkwardly. But I know, he badly wants to cry that time.

"Mommy is…" he stopped and looked at me lovingly. And I waited longingly. Then he smiled again. "Mommy is…mommy…" he stopped again. I saw tears forming in his eyes. "M-Mikan"

Back then, I didn't know what to do to stop my father from crying. I hate it when I see my father crying. So I did what I usually do. Cry. I cried harder than him.

My father hugs me tightly, securely. That was then I finally heard my mother's voice. I didn't see her though.

"Hush, baby. Don't cry. Mommy loves you."

"Don't cry, shh, not you too." He wipes my tears away and smiled. I smiled too.

"I love you daddy" he hug me again.

"Daddy loves you too."

My mother died of giving birth to me, you see. I want to blame myself for killing her but daddy don't want that. He didn't use that against me. He love me like how a father should be. Sometimes he makes me feel like mother was with me too, in my heart of course. I remembered, the same night…I got his answer.

"Sleep tight okay?" my father put me into bed.

"Daddy…"

"Hmm?"

"Can you… sleep beside me, tonight?" He always sleeps beside when I was younger and stopped when I turned six. He said I was a big girl already. But this night I want to sleep beside him. I feel more secured when I'm with him.

"Okay." He said and lay beside me.

Actually I want to ask him again… "Daddy—"

"She's always with us. Mika." I look at him tearfully, and nodded.

"I know" I understand. I was so happy. He has the same answer as mine.

My father turned off the light and embraced me. And I felt warmer. I wanted to cry again when he started humming my lullaby, but I won't, I want to show him I can do this. That I'm strong beside him.

The lullaby ended. And I think my father thought I'm already asleep because he loosened his grip on me. But I open one of my eyes and saw him smile. But I noticed a tear left from his eyes before he closed it. Biting my lip to stop crying I close my eyes and sleep.

I wished I didn't ask him. I wished I didn't see him hurt. I wished… I didn't see him cry again. I wished I wasn't that dense little girl.

I wished… I wished my mother was alive. So daddy can be happy again.

My question should be left unanswered right?

NATSUME'SPOV.

It was raining heavily when my 6 years old daughter, Mika, was weirdly looking at me.

"Dad?"

"Yes. Mika?" I motioned her to sit beside me. She sat.

"Where's mommy?" I smiled awkwardly. But deep inside I want to cry. But I need to stay strong for my only daughter. I decided to answer her.

"Mommy is…" I stopped. There was something inside my throat holding me back to say something. I looked at my daughter's longing face. I smiled and brush it off. "Mommy is…mommy…" my memories of Mikan started to appear in my mind. Her laughs, her cry, her beautiful face…

"Natsume!" Mikan smiled.

Her smile. I can't stop the tears forming in my eyes. "M-mikan"

I don't want my daughter to see me like this, but when I looked at her, she was already crying. I hug her tightly. It hurts too much to see her cry too.

"Don't cry, shh, not you too."

I wipe off her tears and smiled. She smiled too. The smile I always want to see in her face.

"I love you, daddy." I hug her again.

"Daddy loves you too."

Mikan died because she gave birth to our daughter. It was devastating but I don't want my daughter to feel that she is to blame. I don't want her to feel left alone. Instead I want her to grow up with her father and mother's love.

"Sleep tight okay?" I put her into her bed tonight.

"Daddy..." she called.

"Hmm?"

"Can you… sleep beside me tonight?" I stopped sleeping beside her when I thought she's a big girl already. But I think tonight's an exception.

"Okay." I lay beside her. She has this face that wanted to ask me again.

"Daddy—"I cut her off.

"She's always with us." She understands what I meant. She looked at me tearfully and nodded.

"I know"

I turned off the lights and embraced her. And hum her mother's lullaby. I always love this lullaby of hers when she was alive. It was lively, full of life. She used to sing this to me when I was down or depressed. But now, I always hum this lullaby to my daughter.

The lullaby ended. I looked at my daughter's sleeping face, and then I looked outside. The moon was shining so brightly even though it rained.

I don't know if it's me, or I just saw Mikan.

I smiled and remembered the times when we're together. Especially her smile. Mika's smile is the same as hers. A tear fell out of my eyes, before I drifted to sleep.

That night, I dreamed about Mikan, me and Mika. We were happy together.

That night, I answered the question.

She is always with us. In our hearts, forever.

"Oh my God! I'm gonna die, natsume!" Mikan pulled the sheets harder that it ripped.

"Don't say that, Idiot! You can bear it!" Natsume was never letting go of his wife's hand.

"Natsume! You did this to me!AWWW! "

"Shut up! And hold on! We're already here…" they entered the E.R. "Somebody! HELP! My wife's already in labor!" Mikan screamed again. "And she's having a heart attack!"

"Don't worry, Mr.…"

"Hyuuga…"

"Ah, Yes. Mr. Hyuuga. "the nurse's lift Mikan to a wheel chair, and Mikan kept shouting and screaming. "Ahh… first times…" The doctor shook his head and smiled.

"Mikan, It's okay, were here…" Natsume kisses her hand. "Hold on…"

"Natsume…" Mikan smiled. "I want to name her…" she winced "Mika, Okay?"

"Okay… just hold on…"

"And Natsume?"

"Yes?"

"I want Howalon…please?"

Natsume chuckled. " okay… I'm going to buy one."

Mikan caught her husband's hand. "No, stay here…" She winced again.

"I will…"

After a while , inside the delivery room.

"Oh God! I don't want to die yet! It hurts! Waaah!"

"Push, Mrs. ."

"I'm already pushing!" She kept screaming.

"Mikan…" Natsume smiled.

"Natsume…natsume…Howalon?" Mikan was already out of breathe.

Natsume chuckled.

"What do you think is happening?"

"I don't know, I don't have an X-ray vision, you idiot…"

"Hotaru…" Yet Ruka smiled. " Your worried too…"

"I don't know what your talking about… you, mind-reading-idiot…whats happening?"

Koko laughed. "You don't want to know what those two was thinking…"

"What?"

"Mikan is thinking of howalon while the other is thinking of burning the doctors…"

Everyone laugh outside. Yes including the ever-so-worried Hotaru.

"Unggggggggggaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

"Congratulations Mrs. Hyuuga…"

"Thank…God…" Mikan felt more relax now. But the pain is still in her face.

"Ungaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!"

Natsume smiled while he holds his first daughter. "Look, Mikan, she's loud like you…"

Mikan smiled weakly. "N-natsume…"

"It's alright now, Mikan…"

"You're a f-father n-now…" Mikan looked really weak right now.

"And you're a mother…Mikan?"

"I'm…I'm tired… I want to sleep…"

Natsume hold his wife's hand tightly, he felt that this is the last time he's gonna hear her voice.

"M-mikan…" She didn't answer. "Mikan…" Her face looks peaceful. "Mikan… c'mon. Look at Mika… our daughter… we're a family now…Mikan… please?" Natsume was near in tears right now.

Her hand … fell.

"Koko?"

Everyone was stunned. This was the first time they saw the mind-reader… CRY.

THE END