Chapter 3 –Revised-
Disclaimer: I do not own Gakuen Alice.
A/N: This chapter is entirely dedicated to RukaxHotaru fans. Enjoy. :)
Hotaru P.O.V
"Miss Imai-san," my robot said. "Your friend Nogi Ruka wants permission to enter your lab. Is this alright?"
"Ruka's here?" I walked over and opened the door myself. I was quite surprised to see Ruka. He usually didn't pay a visit to my lab unless Mikan and Natsume were there as well.
"Imai-san!" He exclaimed right when I opened the door.
"Yes?"
"Where's Natsume? I've been looking all over for him, which reminds me, I haven't seen Sakura-san either. Have you seen either of them?"
"They're in our dorm studying. Didn't Natsume mention that he was Mikan's tutor for this summer?"
"Oh that's right! I totally forgot that they were studying together."
"What's the emergency?"
"It's nothing really. Just some first year wanting to confess to Natsume. (A/N: The confession will be in the next chapter.) Nothing new."
"Ah. I see."
There was an awkward silence for a while.
"Well, feel free to take a seat, I guess," I said. I gestured, and he sat down next to my Mikan double.
"So…" Ruka said.
"So…?" I continued.
"How is your invention coming along?" he asked, clearly trying to avoid awkwardness.
"It's pretty good," I replied. "I just need to test it out a few times."
"Ahh I see. What does it do?"
"I named it 'Matchmaker'. I can bring any two people, no matter how different they are, together."
"Haha," he laughed. "Shall we test it out?"
"I was planning on testing it out on Natsume and Mikan, but Mikan seems really concentrated on her studies, which isn't like her at all. Also, I don't think they need it. They'll be together soon." I smiled.
"Really?" he gave me a Natsume smirk.
"Yep. I think they will."
"Imai-san, I have a question."
"Yes."
"How come you don't have a boyfriend?"
I paused and glanced at him. No one had ever asked me that before.
"I don't really know. I never thought about it I guess."
"Oh, I see." He stared out of my window.
"Why, do you have a girlfriend?" I asked. I was surprised that I was actually curious. My heart was pumping faster. I felt like a Mikan.
"Nope, but I have someone I like," Ruka said, smiling.
"I thought you got over Mikan a while ago. Do you still like her?" I asked. I felt a strange. Almost…jealous?
"Nope. I don't like Mikan anymore. I like someone else in our grade."
"Do I know this girl?" I asked, trying to hide my curiosity. Gosh, I really felt like a Mikan.
"Mhm. I guess you could say that." He smiled. "Hey listen, I'm planning on going to Central Town next weekend. Would you, uh, like to, uh, maybe come with me?"
"Oh, sure." I said, trying to hide my excitement with my monotone voice.
"Great, so Saturday at around 2:00?"
"Okay."
Ruka waved goodbye and left.
I sat down and thought about it. Then I realized, was I just asked out by Ruka? I was so confused. I mean, I've never felt this way about any guy before, but at the same time, I've never been on an actual date before. Was this considered a date? Or was it just two friends shopping around together? Or maybe it's him going after my rabbits….no, that's probably not it. I guess I should consult Mikan on this. She was usually the one fantasizing, so I guess I was never really interested in having a boyfriend. It just seemed like a lot of trouble. I should really talk to Mikan about this. Where is that baka?
A/N: Thanks for reading. I'm currently revising my stories. The next chapter will be posted up soon. I just revised this chapter and realized that Hotaru's really OOC. _
