Author's Notes: Only the guys have alice, because the Alice Academy is an all boys school here. Anyway, this chapter explains how they(Mikan and Natsume) got together and the cliffhanger in chapter one will be continued in chapter three. Hope you enjoyed this as much as I had fun writing it. Mikan and Natsume is OOC here, obviously but there are reasons.
How It Happened
Let me tell you one thing about me, I'm not the kind of person who enjoys attention. In fact, I actually detest it. I prefer to be left alone because I'm not good at confrontation, or can hold a conversation properly. I only became friends with Hotaru because her parents and mine were best buddies. And for the record, she's also my first and only friend.
Well, before my boyfriend came along anyway. He practically forced himself on me. No, not that way. I meant, in my life. He didn't give me any say about it, and since I'm a person with no backbone, I couldn't have said otherwise. Plus, he really didn't bother me and my best friend would have blast him into oblivion if he had hurt me. Yep, my best friend was my shield and that's why no one in school bullied me. Or maybe because I simply didn't exist in their eyes. Either way, I was happy about my 'invisibility'.
But now, it's going to be ruined because of the freaking person who called himself my boyfriend.
Natsume Hyuuga, that was his name. Hotaru had informed me the morning after the party and then told me that I was stupid to even think that he would "ravish me into the night". According to her, he only goes for beautiful, smart women and they are far from the ditzes I see in the movies as I had originally thought. Flushing from embarrassment, I had quickly flown away from that subject.
A few days into the post-party event, Hotaru had called me up and asked where I was. I told her I was in the park but before I could ask why, she already hanged up. Grumbling to myself, I sat Indian style in my favorite spot under the Sakura tree. It was already spring but the flowers of the tree were still not in full bloom.
After a few minutes of trying to figure out the shapes of the clouds passing by, I lied down for a better view and swiftly fell asleep.
I was walking towards the playground of the park. It was getting dark, but I wanted to sit in my favorite swing. When I saw the outline of the playground, I quickly run towards it and since no one was there I felt kind of free. There were no disapproving eyes, judging faces that I came out of my shell a little.
But suddenly, I heard a twig snapped and my head turned on impulse. It was Natsume, and he was running too with the same face when I forced him to stop smoking. It was even scarier and more… evil. I ran faster, and faster but it was no use. He was coming to get me and in an instant, I found him behind me and was about to grab me but-
And that's was when I woke up.
I sat up quickly, breathing heavily and sweating. That was really, really scary. I turned to my right, to see if he was there and then to my left. I felt my heart stop. He was there, and a worried look appeared in his face as he went near me.
"Bad dream?" He asked as his hand automatically reached up to touch my cheek.
I flinched.
I so didn't want to be near him right now.
"Uh yeah, um," I quickly got up and stepped as far away from him as possible. "I gotta go." I said and turned to leave but before I took another step, I felt myself being pulled into someone's chest. Of course it wasn't just someone. It was Natsume.
"I'm sorry if I scared you. I really didn't mean it." He reassured me softly as he gently rubbed my back. I felt my face get hot. "I…like you, Mikan." He whispered as he nuzzled into my neck. I gulped as I felt his moves get bolder, and bolder. I let a yelp of surprise when I felt his hands on my butt. Oh. My. God. He was actually groping me! And with that in mind, I quickly pushed him away. His eyes suddenly darkened and immediately pulled my hands towards him.
I gasped and I knew it was a mistake because he was going to ki-
And that's when I woke up. Again. Or did I? I asked myself as I saw a particular man standing over me with a smirk on his face. He would have alarmed me in normal circumstances but this was just a dream and I was not going to be fooled. Not again.
"So what are you going to do now, Hyuuga?" I asked him in a somewhat daunting way as I stood up. I ignored the bewildered look on his face. "Are you going to chase me like a madman or try to grope me again?"
He just stared at me blankly.
"So now you're deaf or something?" I told him, but he just continued looking at me. I waved my hands in front of him and still the same reply, or lack thereof. "And you're blind too huh? This maybe a better dream than I thought." I said more to myself than to him. Ever since that night, his face and that annoying smirk when he gave me a once over kept making their way into my thoughts.
I smirked the way I hope would have been annoying and gave him a very long once over. Of course, he was hot and in MY dream, so I get to check him out all I want. He was wearing a simple black shirt and khaki white pants. All in all, he looked like the boy-next-door with a bad streak because of the rebellious earrings he wore in his left ear. His face was still the blank save for his eyes which, if I'm not mistaken, showed a hint of amusement.
"So what if you're hot and rich?" I said to him with a matching glare. "You're probably just a dumb guy who inherited a fortune. Besides, I'm rich too BUT I don't let it go all to my head like you probably do."
Was it just me or his eyes just became cold or something? Hm, maybe it was just me.
I shrugged and look at him again. He was still not moving besides, maybe, breathing.
"You know, you're the first ever guy who actually touched me. Well, besides my dad anyway." I didn't know why, but I felt compelled to tell him my lack of interaction from the opposite sex. "And you're lucky I was too shocked or I would have beaten you to death." I shook my head. "Nah, I couldn't have done it since I have a serious inferiority complex as you might have known already."
"I don't even know why you dragged me anyway. Were you really interested in me?" I laughed, but it was an empty, cold one. "Who am I kidding? You, probably the hottest guy I've ever seen in my entire life, have an interest in me? I think hell had just frozen over."
"I don't even know why I'm talking to you because it doesn't matter right? You're just Dream Hyuuga. I'll wake up in a matter of seconds and I'll most likely forget about this." I frowned, confused when I saw one of his lips quirked before returning back to its normal blank expression. "Anyway, I should probably make the most of it."
I smiled sweetly at him.
"Hmmm, do you know that you have really, really pretty eyes?" I went near him, and since I was tall enough, I didn't need to tiptoe. I brushed a couple of strands away from his eyes. Was it just my imagination or did i actually felt him shudder?
"Is that your normal eye color? Or is that contacts? I mean, they're like blood or something. Honestly, it kinda creep me out but I still like them."
I was still very near him, that I can hear him breathing. "You know, this dream is a bit weird. I wonder when I will wake up."
"Anyway, this is getting a bit boring. Can you suggest of something to do before I wake up?" There was still no response, but I didn't need him to give me an idea because a light bulb seemed to go off in my head.
"I know, what about being my boyfriend?" I asked him, although I didn't expect answer. "My mom and dad is always pestering me to get out of these baggy clothes and start dating. You would think that they'd be more concerned in keeping their child away from those sex-starved bastards but no, they wanted me to have a boyfriend."
"So, wanna be my boyfriend?" I felt stupid by just asking this question. Thankfully, he's just a dream. "Well, even if you don't want to, it's my dream. I can do whatever I want."
"So, let's see, um, hi honey," My face quickly scrunched up. "Yuck, that sounded bad. Sorry, just trying what I see in the movies. Anyway, let's start again shall we?"
I tucked a strand of hair behind my ears. "Hi, so where are going today?"
I started going completely mental as I answered my own questions. "Movies? Wow, that's sounds great. What are we going to watch?"
I faked a squeal. "A horror movie???"
I let out a small voice. "I don't like horror movies. I'm scared of them."
My voice got bigger as I took part of his reply. "Don't worry, baby. I'll protect you."
Nauseated. That was what I was feeling.
"Okay, I don't like to do this anymore." I said, reverting back to my original voice. "My other dreams didn't last this long. I shou- aaah" I felt my foot slip but before I actually fell, the 'Dream Statue Natsume' grabbed a hold of my hand, a little too hard. I felt a bruise quickly form since I have very sensitive ski- wait a bruise??? But this was supposed to be a dream! I'm not supposed to feel pain...but I was! Then that means...
I looked at him with horrified realization, and I knew that he knew that I now knew.
"Welcome back to reality, baby."
Author's Notes 2: Another cliffhanger huh? Don't worry, all will be answered next chapter and if you really like it, please do tell me about it. Give me feedbacks and criticisms. Thanks for reading!
