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Disclaimer: I don't own Gakuen Alice eventhough Kami-sama knows how much I wanted to.

CHAPTER II: The Guy of Her Thoughts

'I am already feeling lucky' Mikan almost spilled out. "You wish pervert." She said instead.

Natsume didn't seem to hear. He was thinking of something. 'Or maybe someone', Mikan sadly thought.

"Polka." Natsume suddenly blurted out.

"For Pete's sake I have a name, are you that stupid to realized that?!?" Mikan retorted.

He didn't seem to mind about her rage at all. Instead, he asked him the same question he asked a while ago.

"What's with 'the guy of my thoughts' you said about polkadots?"

She smiled inwardly at the question. 'Is the oh-so-famous Natsume Hyuuga jealous?', she thought.

"It's about a guy obviously.", she said while copying the perverts' trademark smirk.

"So you had yourself fallen for a guy huh?" Natsume said while getting up from Mikans' lap and sitting beside her.

"Yeah, a long long time ago. So what?"

So that's it. His little girl have fallen in love. And she just said a long long time ago. Why did he never knew of this. Anger and sadness was building inside him. He hated this feeling- losing her that is. He never had her anyway, so how could he ever lose her in the first place. And now, some guy has entered into the picture. He definitely needs to roast something, or someone, particularly 'the guy'.

"Tell me, who's the poor guy?", he asked somewhat pissed.

"None of your business Natsume, besides, when have you been interested in my love life anyway?"

"You didn't answer my question."

Mikan felt silent. This is getting more complicated. She can't just confess to him like this. She needs to get away from the topic. Her first plan was just to see if he will be jealous. Well, things seems to be getting quite serious. If only Natsume will realize how she felt for him, maybe, just maybe things will be smoother. Will she tell him, or will she not?

"Natsume, tell me, do you still see me as the stupid baka idiot? As the little girl?". Mikan asked rather out of the blue.

Natsume looked at her trying to figure her out. It was a simple yes or no question. But somehow, he had a feeling that this would determine what will happen to both of them.

"Yes." He answered plainly.

'Yes', three letters, a single word, that's all that took her to feel so much broken. She smiled bitterly as tears started streaming down her cheeks. 'Yes', the word echoed in Mikan's mind. After all the things she have done, after all the things she have become just because of him, he still sees her as the same 10-year old she have been. Right at that moment, she realized one thing, whatever she do, whatever she try and will become, she will still be the stupid baka idiot little girl in his eyes. In Natsumes' eyes… Yeah they're right, truth hurts, but this truth hurts just way too much.

All of the sudden, when she felt herself being torn into pieces, she felt strong arms enveloping her tightly. It felt like an eternity while the owner of those hands- who else but Natsume Hyuuga- held her like that. He broke the hug while carefully wiping the tears out of her face.

"Don't cry." He said coaxing as well as commanding.

'The hell with him'. Mikan thought to herself while tears continually flow out of her eyes. How can he even tell her not to cry if he is the very reason for her tears? How can he be like this? Those were the questions that flooded Mikan's mind. She started wiping the tears in her own face. She looked into his crimson eyes and smiled again bitterly.

"I guess I'll be an idiot little girl forever in your eyes, right Natsume?"

"…" Silence took place for a while. Just then, Natsume answered.

"You made a greater idiot of yourself by accepting missions. Why did you even did it huh?!? Just because you always wanted to protect everyone, you were stupid enough to think you could go into missions."

"So that's it huh?!? You thought I was just wanna be like the hero in here, that I was reckless enough to get myself on missions, that I could never protect the ones I loved!?! Did you even realized that all I ever wanted was to protect my home, the academy, my friends?!?. I wanted to protect them, and most especially I wanted to protect you, to be with you!!!"

"I will protect you. You don't have to put your life in risk because I've been more than willing to give everything just to protect you."

Mikans' eyes widened in shock. He just said it. He wanted to protect her. She couldn't find the right words to say. Natsume continued.

"Is this the reason why you've changed yourself so much? You wanted to protect me? To be with me? I'd rather have that little baka back than you. Fortunately, you're still the little baka, only smarter in class and alice but much more stupid in personal."

He just looked intently back in her eyes. Mikan just couldn't take it anymore.

"I'll always stay to you like the 10-year old Mikan? Whatever I do or become?"

"You'll always be the Mikan I knew, and that's forever."

"Why huh Natsume? I just wanted to be the better girl for you. Can't you just understand that?" Mikan said with an air of defeat in her tone.

At this point, Natsume pulled her closer to his chest. She could feel his heartbeat, the way he held her seemed just like the ones she's been dreaming of. She just let herself be hugged by Natsume, hoping it will never end.

"Do you want to know why you'll still be my stupid baka idiot little girl no matter what happens?" Natsume said while still hugging her tight.

Mikan nodded silently, as she sort of lost all the efforts to speak.

"Because I have loved you, and still loves you, like that- stupid, baka, idiot, little girl and everything. I love you just the way you are." Natsume said while cupping Mikans chin.

Mikan looked into him still with tears. The difference is just her tears now were of nothing but of pure happiness. They both stared intently at each other's eyes before they allowed themselves to be kissed passionately by each other.

Mikan hugged him after it.

"I love you too." It was all she could say.

To Natsume Hyuuga, it was everything he so much wished to hear.

"Thank you." He said will hugging her back.

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