Title: What Is Love?

Inspiration: Love is not simply a four-lettered word...

Dedication: My li'l sis. Thanks for not making fun of me. You're the best. :3

Spotlight: Mikan and Natsume

Genre: Romance

What is love?

A simple word you just say?

A dream when you think you're in it?

Something you just have to make yourself feel good?

No.

Ask Mikan Sakura, she might say:

"Ummm...well...ahh...I don't really know..."

Ask Natsume Hyuuga, he might say:

"Tch. Why are you asking me? Go find out yourself."

A genius would think they're telling the truth. But, alas, it takes a true observational person to uncover the truth.

Love is...

Nobody really knows. But...

Mikan?

Love is when you're happy to be yourself around the person you love. Love is when you tease and make fun of the person, but deep down you know the truth. Love is when despite the fact that you aren't alike, you still love the person for who they are. Love is when you protect the person, thinking of them and their safety first. To you, only their needs are what matters. Love is when you start out rough but slowly warm. Love is when despite the fact that there are people trying to tear you apart and bumps on the road, you know that your love for one another is strong enough to stay together until they pass. Love is when you do only what you know is best for the person, no matter what anyone else says. Love is when you'll stay true forever and never lie, never try to withdraw and hide yourself and only bring out the good and shed the sad. Love is when you don't care how they look or how they act, how you can pull away that facade to show who they truly are.

Someone you'd do anything for.

The kind of person you want to love.

And you know it's true...

...when the first thing you say to them is, "I hate you!"

And Natsume?

Love...is...

Okay, well, lemme start this off with the fact that love is not one of those things that you can just type in on Wikipedia and---bam!---you'll find the answers to all of your questions. No, it's not. So if you do think this, you need to really get a life.

In order to find love, true love, not fake love when you think you love someone with all of your heart, you need to find someone you hate.

When you do find someone you think you hate, all you have to do is really get to know them. Now, if they are a sadistic psychotic playboy, give up. Just give up now.

But when you do, you have to get to know them. Because you never know. They could just be faking how they act and you'll find out the truth behind their actions. And no matter how many times they try to push you away, just keep on trying. Opposites attract. They have proof of that.

And then a bit later, in your heart of hearts, you may just find out that you love them.

Fighting, screaming and teasing is only natural. Don't think they're doing it because they hate you. They may just not be the mushy types that like to fawn over love, who swoon just thinking about finding someone to love and spending the rest of their lives with them. Not everyone is like that.

But you know that it's true when all you think is that you'd do anything for them, yet you still say, "I hate you."

Spoken with true knowledge.

And basically, that's what love is.

And as Mikan tapped her ballpoint pen on the side of her head, she came to realize:

I love Natsume Hyuuga.

And as Natsume sat reading his manga, he came to realize:

I love Mikan Sakura.

But seriously, did it take that much to realize?

La la la. I was in one of those moods when I wrote this. Since I made my first story funny, I wanted to make this one serious, even though it's laced with humor here and there. I also made it longer. Yay me!

Just asking, what is love? And they answer. That was the basic idea.

Review?

Love always,

~Ariisha-chan