I hope you liked the first one..

I do not own the Alice Academy.

I'm super excited about the festival!

I'm on one of the committees, there's a dance, and there are contests that Hotaru and I can join!

We will surely win!!

"Hey, Mikan!"

I turned around and saw a beautiful red head senior calling my name, "Sayami!"

"We need assistance." she said as she came closer to me.

"I've gathered a group of volunteers to help you and all the committees!" I said gladly.

"That's great! I knew you can do it!"

"Thanks! So where do you need assistance?"

"Well, how many volunteers do you have?"

Flashback:

I was preparing to go to the barn this afternoon when I saw Mikan from afar looking for someone.

"Ruka, there you are!" she shouted.

I came nearer as she was waving her hand at me.

"What's up?"

"I need your help.."

"What is it?"

Now, I think I shouldn't have signed up for the committee.

I sighed while walking towards Imai's lab.

What will I say to her?

"Just say 'Will you be my date for the dance?'," someone said behind me.

I stopped walking then turned around to the person who spoke.

"Koko?"

"Hi Ruka."

"What are you doing here?"

"Well, I'm part of the committee, you know."

"You are?"

"Yup!"

"Why?"

He grinned, "I'm watching over someone.." He said nodding, "Hey, we're already here."

I didn't realize that we were already in front of Imai's lab door.

Knock, knock, knock.

"Hotaru!" Koko called out.

We heard steps getting nearer at the door.

I stood up straight, dusted my coat, brushed up my hair with the tips of my fingers, then cleared up my throat.

I suddenly realized that I am with someone and he's dangerous.

I looked at him, "This never happened."

He dangerously smiled, "Sure."

Then Imai opened the door in front of us.

Even before she wholly opened the door, Koko pushed the door open, Imai backed up suddenly making her utterly fall.

I pushed Koko, then caught Imai by grabbing her before she fell.

Darn that Koko..

I saw that!

And I heard that!

Even though I completely fell on my face, I recovered quickly to see Ruka's heroic stunt.

In slow motion:

Hotaru went out of balance. She was falling on her back without anything to grab on to.

Ruka, who "darn"-ed me, push me then wrapped his hands around Hotaru's waist grabbing her towards him. That made her lean towards him. The next thing I saw he was like hugging her.

I stood up.

When Ruka realized what he was doing, he suddenly took off his hands around her and turned his back. He was blushing madly..

Stupid Ruka you should say it now! But I should give credit to him, that stunt made Hotaru speechless.

"Idiot," she whispered.

How cruel.

Hotaru dusted her skirt and walked towards me.

"Ow, hey!" I shouted.

She hit me.

"Why are you here?" she said unemotional.

I went beside Ruka who was still blushing. I hit his side lightly with my elbow, then he shook the blush away and turned to her.

"Oh, the food committee needs us for help."

"I'm busy."

Food committee meaning food!

"But they need us!" he reasoned out, "you promised Mikan you'll help in wherever needs help.."

She looked straight into MY eyes, "I never promised anything," then she looked at Ruka.

"What are you so busy about," I asked, "the classes are practically no class," I said.

"I need to construct my invention for the upcoming shortage of dresses."

I remember now, she's planning to make a lot of money out of those girls who would be going to her for some good clothes. But why not go to a tailoring alice person? Well, with few students with that kind of alice, I can imagine those poor kids rushing to get out of this academy. This is going to be pure profit for her.

"But fine, I'll help," she gave up, "If I don't that idiot Mikan who volunteered me into this would attack me, let's go."

"The other volunteers are food poisoned when they ate those cookies.." Anna pointed the cookies at my side.

I can't blame those volunteers for eating those cookies, they look so yummy. There are only 5 or 6 including their leader left on the committee. So this is what Natsume said about, about assisting or helping the other committees.

"Are they alright?" Ruka said concerned.

"They're not in the hospital or anything, but they're fast asleep." she replied, "apparently the cookies has some sleeping powder contents in them; but the doctor said the sleeping powder won't harm them."

"When will they wake up?" I asked.

"Tomorrow afternoon, but we need these other cookies to be baked today or else we won't reach our goal..uhm, where's the others?"

"Oh, we three are the only available volunteers left, it seems that the other committees need assistance too-"

"Let's start so I can go back to my work," Hotaru interrupted dryly.

We went to our respective work tables.

I didn't know that the food committee would personally bake some of the pastry. I thought they would order them. But what I've heard, the higher-ups really wants to empress the coming leaders, so they want the main food course to be perfect so the committee went for the most delicious and expensive catering restaurant there is. So they didn't have much money left for the others. Good food apparently comes with a price. But I ate the cookies we are going to bake, it's quite delicious.

"Just don't add this.." Anna took out a pink bottle and placed it on top of the counter, "that's the sleeping powder."

"Okay.."

So we started to bake.

I saw Ruka, I saw in him looking at Hotaru while she was being taught by the committee head at the back.

I tapped his shoulder, "I know what you're thinking, you're thinking how cute she looks when she looks so clueless, am I right?"

He was startled by me, "Shut up!"

He returned to his job.

He looked really annoyed, "Just stay out of my head."

"Sorry.."

I started to mix the flour and the water together then he suddenly walked away from his table carrying a bowl of flour and water. He approached Hotaru who is obviously having a difficult time on her job.

I didn't hear what he said to her and I didn't quite hear his thoughts, they were too far, I was trying to get closer while at the same time beating the flour and water and bowl in my hand.

A little closer...

just more...

POOF!

Flour everywhere, all white everywhere.

"Sorry.." I said.

Apparently I knocked out a pillar of cans then that knocked out a cabinet full of flour..

"I'm really sorry, guys.." I said to everyone who was dusting flour out of their heads.

BAKA, BAKA, BAKA!

I kinda deserved that..and that left a big bump on my head by the way.

But hey! It was productive..

Slow motion:

After Hotaru shot me, she slipped and fell. Ruka immediately knelled down to help her, she had a bump on the knee which he cleaned and wrapped with those wrapping bandages, it wasn't a big bump actually but Ruka apparently made a big deal out of it..He was looking at her lovingly although she didn't saw it.

The way Ruka looked into Hotaru's eyes were priceless. I held my breath when they looked in each others eyes even though it was only for 4 seconds, wait I sound like a girl.

I can't believe Hotaru is being so clumsy.

At first, she fell down on her room. Secondly, she slipped and fell here.

Good thing I'm here to witness everything..

"I didn't know baking is so hard!" Ruka moaned.

It's already 6 in the evening and the bus didn't picked us up, the other guys went ahead on walking but we waited for it instead; so here we are walking at sunset.

"We don't have cooking alices, so it would be difficult, we don't have any experience in baking also," Hotaru said while she was scribbling something on her paper pad that she brought.

"I do."

They looked at me skeptical, "You do?"

"Of course, that's why I made the better cookies than you too did."

Hotaru sighed, "The head of that committee just won't let me use my inventions, she said that they won't be the same if it was hand made, stupid leader."

Anna laughed. She should have been mad at Hotaru for saying bad things at the head of the food committee, "My leader is a sentimental kind of person."

"What are you writing, Hotaru?" Anna noticed she was writing something.

"Just plans."

"Oh," Anna then noticed she walked a little crooked, "is your knee okay?"

"Oh, this," she said as she was trying to reach her knee, "it's better now."

I looked immediately at Ruka, he was blushing.

Anna giggled, she also looked at Ruka and saw him blushing as well.

OOOOUUUUUUHHHHHHARGHHHHHHHOUUUHHH!!

They laughed at me..

That was my stomach, I am so hungry even my stomach is trying to revolt; we didn't even get to have snacks at the pastry building!

We were getting nearer at the dining hall, everyone must be waiting for us.

Hotaru headed to another direction.

"Hey, the dinning hall is this way," I shouted as she was getting farther, "Aren't you hungry?"

"I'm not," as she waves her hand at us.

"Well I am," Anna turned to me.

"Me too," I was walking towards the door of the hall.

I held the door for all of us, Anna entered the hall; I was about to enter when I didn't saw Ruka, I saw him standing looking a far towards the path Hotaru went.

"Hey," I said, "she'll be alright, let's eat!"

He smiled then headed towards me..

We entered the hall..

"What is those white stuff on your coat and pants?" Natsume asked Ruka.

Ruka looked at me then he looked at them and smiled, "It's nothing."

"Where's Hotaru?"

I sat down, "I think she went to her lab."

Knock. Knock. Knock.

I tried to ignore the knocking.

I'm busy.

I'm trying to concentrate on my invention, I must finish this by tomorrow, customers are not going to be wait for me.

Knock. Knock. Knock.

I need to concentrate. That must be Mikan. Go away!

Knock. Knock.

Go away Mikan!

"Uhm..Imai?"

Nogi?

Knock. Knock.

"Imai?"

What does he want?

"Imai? Are you there?"

I went to the door and opened it.

He looks so surprised.

He stretched out his hand towards me, he was giving me a box?

"Uhm..it's food.." he looked at the floor, "uhm..you should be hungry by now and that's delicious."

I was surprised as well.

"Mikan couldn't bring it so I-"

"I'm not hungry."

He finally looked at me.

"You need to eat!" he said a loud.

I raised a brow.

"If you don't eat you'll get sick," he continued, "and if you get sick, people will worry about you!"

I didn't reply immediately.

"Well-"

"I'll be worried," he whispered as he lowered his head.

I was surprised.

"I mean, we will," then he looked at me again.

He pushed the food towards me. He looked like he won't give up on this nonsense.

So I took it.

"Don't exhaust yourself."

Then he walked away.

"Idiot."

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