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Chapter 1
High School will end soon for the Gakuen Alice gang and nothing is still happening between Natsume and Mikan. Everyone knew how much they have gotten so close with each other but it really never reached that Natsume confessed to Mikan. The gang was not that all in a hurry since they knew they would be attending Alice University all together, but still they knew if Natsume wouldn't act, Mikan might fall for someone else. Mikan, after all those years has grown up to be the most beautiful girl in Gakuen Alice and yet what everyone liked about her is that she doesn't even notice how beautiful she is.
"Hey Hotaru! Do you have your sociology notebook with you? I've missed out a few lessons because of that dammed missions they ask me to do." Mikan said panting after running out and searching for Hotaru.
Nothing has changed, Hotaru is still Mikan's bestfriend, although, Hotaru learned to show more affection to Mikan and to Hotaru's boyfriend for almost 5 years now, Ruka.
"Yeah, I have it here with me, you know Mikan, you really have a choice whether to take that mission or not." Hotaru said.
"Yeah I know, but you know the truth, I love, no not love… uhm.. I like doing missions because it gets me one step closer to.. you know who… He's still my partner after all… Hmm.." Mikan said blushing.
"Well, why don't you just tell him, Mikan. I mean everyone can see how close you and him are, why not be the first to confess?" Hotaru questioned.
"No way! I'm not that in a hurry or obsessed or whatever. I enjoy what we have and I just don't want to ruin whatever we have right now. He might have someone else on mind and I would just die if I know it isn't me." Mikan said.
"Die?" Hotaru said
"Hehe… not really, but close to that." Mikan said laughing. "Wait, where were you off too?" Mikan asked.
"To Ruka's room. I have nothing else to do anyway." Hotaru said. "Want to come along?"
"No thanks! I'll just borrow that notebook of yours and I'll just chill in my room. My God! I need some rest you know! Who know when the next mission will be." Mikan said smiling.
"Alright, here you go!" Hotaru said handling the notebook to Mikan, "I'll see you later, at dinner."
"Yeah! See you later." Mikan said waving and going to the opposite direction going to the girl's dormitory.
While walking back, Mikan thought about her conversation with Hotaru, she then thought about Natsume. How much she loved Natsume, if he only knew. She would always protect him no matter what. She remembered when she came back to Alice Academy 5 years ago coming from Australia for her to train, she was introduced first to the Dangerous Ability Type Class and Natsume just stared at her and after a few seconds which felt so long hours he smirked at her. Natsume's smirked. How she missed that. Then soon after they we inseparable, Natsume was the 1st one who instroduced her back to their friends, Natsume was the 1st one to burn the 1st love letter Mikan received, the 1st one to kiss her and hug her. Natsume was to Mikan the only one she could love fully. When she first came back from Australia, she saw how Natsume changed. Well of course before she left they already were that-somehow-close-relationship, but not like this when she came back.
"When? When? When will that stupid realize?" Mikan said shouting her thoughts out when someone replied from her back….
"When what?" smirking, Natsume put her arms around Mikan. "Who are you talking to? You look stupid as always…"
That smirk! That smirk again! "Stop it Natsume! You scared me!" Mikan said, not even bothered how Natsume's arm was wrapped around her shoulders.
"After all the mission that you've been to, your still a sacredly cat!" Natsume said.
They kept walking until they reached Mikan's room. "I am not! Its just that you caught me off guard you know."
Natsume opened the door for Mikan, he had a speared key anyway. How did Natsume have a spare key? Well… when Natsume asked for Mikan's room key, Mkan thought that, "This might be it, Natsume might ask me," but no, Natsume's only reason was, "It would be easier if I have a spare key on your room so that every time we have a mission, and when there are times I have to carry you back I could just open it up without asking you or waking you up." Tsk.. Tsk.. Excuses! Excuses! That's what Hotaru thought when Mikan told her. Mikan still a little dense said, "Excuse for what?" and Hotaru just smiled.
As Mikan entered, she took some letters scattered on her floor, "Hmm… maybe I should get a mail box, its always like this. I have to pick each and single one out." Mikan said.
Natsume went to the kitchen, got some drink and said, "You don't have to, I could just burn them and save you the hassle of reading it." Natsume handed a bottle to Mikan.
"You always do that! You don't even know what's written! I always have to make excuses to those people who wrote to me when they ask about if I received the letter or not!" Mikan said drinking. "I don't even know why you're doing it." Mikan said as she entered her room and was about to change.
Natsume followed, "Well you don't have to know the reason, I just feel like doing it!"
"Arrogant Ass", Mikan thought, smiling to herself, "Hmm… but a sweet arrogant ass."
She knew somehow why Natsume was doing it but she of course would like to hear it coming from him.
"You know, you don't have to follow me when I'm changing." Mikan said.
"I've seen you anyway! What's the difference?" Natsume said smirking and sat at Mikan's bed.
"Stupid! That was an accident!" Mikan said blushing as she remembered. It happened one night coming home from a mission, a mission without Natsume and she felt so tired doing it alone, she got her back injured for the first time and she just barged to her room and took her shirt off! To her surprise, when she opened her bedroom door, Natsume was there just waiting for her watching a TV, she felt too tired to argue so with only her bra on she covered her self with her shirt that she was holding and said, "What are you doing here?", and of course, Natsume with his calm voice said, "Waiting for you, I knew somehow you'd get injured with me not going with you. I must have a talk with Persona." "Come here" he said, "I'll tend to your injury." At that time, she was blushing like mad whenever she felt Natsume's touch at her back.
"Well, accident or not, I still saw you!" Natsume said.
Mikan turned her back facing her closet and took one shirt out and just changed. There was no point in arguing with Natsume.
As Natsume watched Mikan, he thought, "Should I just tell her? Nothing or no one is stopping us now anyway," He knew Mikan feels the same way.
Mikan sat at the other side of the bed and was about to read one of the letters she received. They were like a couple, she thought, but not. "Hmm.. Look here Natsume, a letter from my mom and your mom."
"Really?" Natsume said.
"Let's see here, they said they are at Misaka Mountains, and they are trying to locate some children with alices, they seem to enjoy the hot springs there." Mikan said.
Over the past years, Mikan came to terms with her mom and found out the reason she left Mikan was to protect her. Mikan's grandfather to her surprise had an alice as well and was now the principal of the elementary section.
"I see" Natsme said and began relaxing in Mikan's bed.
"Hmm… next one… let's see… a letter from Kurosaki-kun! Hmm.." Mikan said waiting for Natsume to react. As she knew it! The letter burned from her hands!
"Hey!" Mikan said. "That's not fair. He may like me you know."
"Tsk.. Doesn't anyone!" Natsume whispered and Mikan heard, "I heard that you know! Stupid!! How will I get a boyfriend it you're ruining everything!" Mikan said.
"Ruining it? Boyfriend? I'm saving whatever there is to save Mikan!" Natsume irritated at knowing Mikan wanted a boyfriend.
"Save? Save? My God Natsume! You talk like I'm such a super genius to understand your riddles?!" Mikan getting upset already. Mikan stood up. "Well here's another letter coming from Kari-kun!"
The letter got burned again! "I cant believe you!" Mikan said wailing her letters in the air! "You might as well burn everything!" Mikan said sitting beside Natsume.
Natsume didn't even respond! He doesn't know what to say! He's acting like a jealous boyfriend. Well he could always come up with an alibi that he care for Mikan truly as a friend.
"Well? Well? What? Aren't you going to say something?" Mikan said.
"Stop pestering me! I'm resting!" Natsume said
"Grr! You're impossible" Mikan said.
"If you could just answer me Natsume, at least I know what I would do." Mikan said sadly.
"Okay! Fine Mikan! You win! Well, those guys who are after you is not worthy of you. Okay? I know you more than those fools and I know your worth so just believe me when I say it, okay?!" Natsume said calmly.
"Alright! I got you now Natsume!" Mikan thought to herself.
Mikan leaned close to Natsume and said, "Well since you know me better than those boys as you've said…. Who is worthy for me, Nat-su-me?"