Surprise!Surprise!

Mikan woke up early today, too early in fact, because usually, she'd get up after the fourth time she snoozed her alarm clock. "I have a weird feeling that this day will be full of surprises." She said to herself as she got out of bed.

She took a nice warm shower with a strawberry-scented body wash, humming a soft, sweet tune as she dried herself and got dressed. She brushed her hair gently and was about to tie it up in her usual pig tails but decided to let it loose for a change. Grabbing her knapsack from her desk, she went outside her room and was surprised to see Natsume in front of her door. He was leaning against the wall, dozing off.

What the hell is he doing here? Mikan thought to herself as she leaned closer and poked him. "Hey! Wake up!"

"mmm…wha-? oh hey there love.." Natsume stirred from his sleep and stroked her hair lightly making her blush. "H-hey." She stammered. "What's wrong with you?" She glared at him and moved a few steps back,

"Don't you remember what happened last night?" he asked looking quite surprised by her defensive gesture. "What we confessed?"

"Huh? Wh-what happened? Wh-what 'd…what did I say?" Mikan receded a few steps more.

"Tch… Don't tell me you don't remember anything!?" Natsume grabbed her by the wrist angrily.

"W-well…I do remember th-that I w-went out-outside at around past mi-midnight…a-and after that…nil…naught…zero…nothing…" she was very nervous about being this close to him. What's he babbling about? Confessed? What did I confess? If it's about me liking him. Only Hotaru knows! No one else! And She would never bail out on me…I think.

"You're such a scatterbrained idiot!" he mouthed irritably. "But maybe that's one of the reasons why I love you so much." Before Mikan could say anything back, he pushed her against the wall and pressed her lips against hers. Her hazel brown eyes widened in shock. For a few seconds, her lips remained frozen from shock, but recalling what happened the previous night, she pulled herself away from him. "And you're stubborn and mean!" she retorted. "But that's what makes you so adorable!" Her lips curved into a small smile as she wrapped her arms around his neck and stood on tiptoes to reach for his lips. He ran his fingers through her long hair before he swathed his arms around her small waist, pulling her closer to him and deepening his kiss.

After a while they broke their passionate kiss, gasping for air. "What a good way to kick off my day!" Natsume licked his lips. "Come on, we'd better get some breakfast. I'm starving!"

When they got to the dining hall, every pair of eyes was on them. This was a huge shock to everyone!!! Natsume and Mikan are together? The girls from Natsume's fan club began to cry while a few of them fainted; some guys were swearing and muttering angrily under their breaths for someone already owns Mikan. An overprotective Natsume wrapped one arm around her waist and threw a dirty look at Mikan's admirers.

"Finally!" Hotaru muttered as Mikan and Natsume joined the group.

"I can't believe it! My glasses must be pretty foggy today 'cause I think I'm seeing things!" Yuu exclaimed, rubbing his spectacles on his sleeve before putting them back again. "Wow. Then it IS true!"

"kyaaa!! It's so romantic!" Anna and Nonoko giggled excitedly.

"You finally said it!" Ruka teased, punching Natsume lightly on the shoulder.

"Tch. Shuddup will ya?" Natsume replied looking a bit shy by all the fuss on him and Mikan hooking up. Mikan simply stared at her food; her cheeks were in a deep shade of red.

"Good going Mikan! That was very brave of you to finally say it to him." Hotaru remarked from behind the lens of her trusty digital camera. She began taking pictures of Mikan and Natsume to sell to the Alice Academy newspaper.

"Stop clicking and hand out the memory chip before I incinerate that thing to pieces. " Natsume gets really pissed off when someone takes his picture without his consent. A small fire flickered from the tip of his index finger. Hotaru ignored his threat and continued to click away some close-up shots of Mikan. He then threw a ball of fire at her camera but his effort was useless. As if she was on cue, Hotaru explained the features of her camera. "Invention number 804, the all-around camera, a small handy digital camera with 6 mega pixels, 20 gigabytes worth of memory, and a fire and water proof, scratch-proof stainless steel interior and exterior."

"I wonder what else surprise we'll be having today." Yuu said as he munched on his pancakes.

"Do you really want to know?" Hotaru asked with an evil grin.

"Y-yeah..i guess." Yuu replied, obviously scared by Hotaru.

"Invention number 853, the psychic hand, when directed on someone, it can read his or her secret love or crush." She pointed her invention at Kokoro The psychic hand beeped twice and said: "Nonoko Ogasawara! Nonoko Ogasawara!"

"I..uhm…t-that's…but…well…" Kokoro blushed and wanted to say something in defense but his actions were futile.

Hotaru pointed her invention towards Nonoko next and the answer was "Kokoro Yome! Kokoro Yome!"

Nonoko reddened and looked at Kokoro with a smile. "What's not to like?"

They also found out that Yuu and Anna feels the same way for each other. A blushing Yuu was speechless and the ever-enthusiastic Anna beamed happily and flung her arms around Yuu who turned even redder.

But when she pointed the Psychic Hand at Ruka who turned bright red at the objects' revelation, Hotaru fell silent. "Hotaru Imai! Hotaru Imai!" the object kept repeating. Mikan took this opportunity to take the Psychic Hand from Hotaru and directed it towards her. "Ruka Nogi! Ruka Nogi!" it answered.

"I'm sure the invention must have malfunctioned because I don't love or like any boy. She replied coldly, retrieving her invention from Mikan. "it is still a prototype after all. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to prepare my things for the first subject." She picked up her plate and left the table.

"Ouch. That must've hurt like hell." Kokoro commented as Hotaru departed from the group.

"Uh no. It's nothing. I don't like Hotaru at all. I'm sure her creation must've malfunctioned at the last two testing." Ruka replied, forcing a smile. "Anyway, we all have to go now, or else we might be late for our first class." He lifted his plate from the table and walked away.

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Yuki's Notes:

I wanted to do only a one-shot on this fan fic but since I got some nice feedback. I decided to continue the story. I was kind of nervous doing the first part of this chapter but it all went away as the breakfast scene came. , hehe…I just couldn't think of good names for Hotaru's new inventions…oh well

It was very painful to write the last scene……sniff…sniff…but it really needs to happen…I'm so sorry…

I want to thank everyone who read this story. There'll be more surprises, kisses, tears and laughter at the future chapters so stay tuned! Please don't forget to add a review. See you guys at the future chapters! )