Disclaimer: Gakuen Alice belongs to Tachibana Higuchi!
Author's Note: So... I'm on winter break right now and have tons of time to update my fanfics and add new stories but my winter break is ending this week! T.T Anyways! I'm trying to get as much written as possible and who knows! I may be able to finish this story before school even starts!
Mikan's POV:
I open my eyes. Where am I...? Oh right. I'm in my room. I left the infirmary yesterday. I looked at my clock. OHMIGOSH! "Nonono!" I whisper to myself. I whipped out of bed. "It's already seven and Natsume said he was coming to get me at seven thirty!"
Flashback:
"So I'll come get you at seven thirty." Natsume said before he started to leave my room.
"Oh okay. Wait! Don't you need this photo?" I asked and handed him the photo of our first date.
"Why?"
"Because... you know? Sumire said that we should wear the exact same thing and go to the exact same place..."
He handed it back to me. "I remember everything. I don't need to see it."
Mikan's POV:
I'm blushing, just thinking of that. I snap out of it and run to the bathrooms to take a quick shower. After I'm done, it's seven ten. I quickly blow dry my hair. Seven fifteen. I run back into my room and put my hair into a loose bun. Seven seventeen. I swipe on a bit of mascara and lipgloss. Seven twenty. I put on my dress and jacket with my ballet flats. Seven twenty two. Now I need to find my purse. I grab my purse and throw in my lipgloss, money, and other essentials. Seven twenty five. I grab a granola bar that I have in my room and munch on it quickly. Seven thirty. I sigh in relief. I'm not late. I hear a knock on my door and I look into the mirror one last time to make sure I look okay. I swing the door open and Natsume is standing there in his black tee, jeans and converse.
"You woke up late, didn't you?" Natsume says.
I blush slightly in embarrassment. "Nice to see you too."
"Let's go."
"Okay." I mumble to myself and we start walking to the bus stop.
Natsume's POV:
It's quiet and I feel like Mikan is uncomfortable. I don't know what to say. Usually it was Mikan who would strike up a conversation.
"By the way. I don't kiss on first dates." Mikan says.
I chuckle, feeling amused. "How would you know? The only date you've gone on with is me."
"Because I know myself."
I roll my eyes. "This isn't even our first date, anyways."
"Hey, by the way... shouldn't you be telling me how great I look?" She asks me, peering into my face.
I bite back my laughter. "More like you should be telling ME how great I look."
"As if!" She laughs. "Who's the girl in this relationship again?"
I grin. "You look great." I say without looking at her because it's slightly embarrassing but it's Mikan that blushes deeply.
"Am I usually late on our dates?" She asks.
"Not always. It's usually me." I shrug. "Why?" We reach the bus stop and the bus comes right on time.
Mikan steps into the bus. "You somehow knew I woke up late."
"That's only because you woke up late last time too." There was one seat left so I let her sit and I held onto a bar hanging at the top.
"Oh." Mikan looked up at me. "So... tell me what happens or happened on our first date so I can know what to expect."
"Well... We went to the amusement park, I bought you an ice cream cone. We rode the roller coaster and when you were trying to go to the bathroom because you felt sick, some guys tried to mug you. So I had to fight them off with my fire alice and in the end, I won. It was seventeen to one but I guess my powers were no match for them. Then you had to patch me up." I lied.
Mikan's eyes widened. "We can't replay that! What if you get seriously injured this time?"
I laughed loudly. "You idiot."
She realized that I was joking and kicked me in the shin. "Jerk."
"You're the idiot that believed me." I retorted.
"Tell me what really happened before I kick you in the shins again."
"So the first part was true. We went to the amusement park, I bought you an ice cream cone and we rode some rides. We rode the roller coaster. I took you to a fast food restaurant for lunch. You ate the chicken burger combo with iced tea. We played some carnival games and I won you a stuffed animal. We watched the circus for a while too. Then it became time for dinner and we went to a restaurant. You ate a garden salad and I ate a steak. Then when it became dark, you dragged me to the ferris wheel because you wanted to see the view."
Mikan paused before saying, "You have a remarkable memory."
I shrugged. Of course I do. It's you. I looked out the window and saw that we arrived the the amusement park. The bus doors opened and I led Mikan out of the bus. "Here. I'll buy you some ice cream." I offer.
Mikan's POV:
So he does. Natsume buys me a pink ice cream cone that tastes like strawberry and he eats a chocolate cone. I slowly savor the ice cream and suck on my spoon when Natsume grabs my hand and take a bite of my ice cream.
"Hey!" I protest.
"Mmm." Natsume licks his lips.
I feel myself blush but I shake it off and try to grab a spoonful of his but he moves to fast. He looks amused. "Give me some!" I demand.
"No."
"Jerk!"
"It's delicious by the way."
"What, mine?"
"No, mine." He taunts. I grab his wrist and quickly grab a spoonful.
"Ha!" I laugh but I'm certain that he let me take it. I eat the chocolate ice cream and it melts in my mouth. "Yum."
Natsume reaches for my ice cream again but I swing away from him. "Give me some more. It's good."
"No!" I giggle and we bicker all the way to the rides. I know that I should feel uncomfortable around him because we're practically strangers but I don't. Everything feels... natural. We arrive at the roller coaster and I shiver. "This looks awfully fast."
"Let's go." Natsume starts dragging me to the line.
"I think we should ride the merry-go-round first." I stammer and point to the merry-go-round.
"Hell no." He snorts.
"Come on! It looks fun!"
"No. This is just like last time, you're just trying to avoid the roller coaster."
"No, I'm j-" I stop. "Wait. You said just like last time. So we rode it on our first date!"
Natsume's eyes widen. I laugh loudly. "Then we HAVE to ride it again! HAHAHA!" I start dragging him to the merry-go-round.
"What did you ride last time?" I tease. "The pink fluffy horse or the purple carriage?" Natsume looks irritated and embarrassed but I'm laughing too hard to care. I end up riding a white horse and he reluctantly sits on a brown one.
"Enjoying yourself?" Natsume bitterly groans.
"Tremendously. I'm just curious as to how I got you to ride it in the first place."
"You did what you usually do when you want something."
"What do I do?"
"You made a puppy face."
I laugh again. "Nice to know what I have to do when I want something now."
"Hn."
"What about you? What do you do when you want something?"
"I don't need to do anything. There's nothing else I want except you."
I blush a very deep shade of red. Natsume notices and smirks at me. I look away and pretend to be interested in looking at the rides. It felt so natural to have my heart beating loudly when he was around me. And I felt that a part of me longed to remember. Remember everything about Natsume Hyuuga. The painful memories and the happy memories. I wished they would come back.
Natsume's POV:
After an embarrassing ride on the merry-go-round, I drag Mikan to the line up for the roller coaster. She looks absolutely nervous but she survived it the first time so I'm certain that she'll survive it this time as well. The closer we get to the front, the more afraid Mikan looks.
"No. I can't ride this." Mikan gasps.
"You rode it once, you can ride it again."
"No! It's too scary! I can't!"
We reach the front and we're guided into our seats. "It's too late to back out."
"Ohmigosh. Ohmigosh."
I grab her hand. "Calm down. It's just a ride."
The ride starts moving and Mikan starts shaking. "What if I fly out?"
"You won't" I reassure.
The ride moves up and we're nearly at the highest point.
"I'm going to die." Mikan squeaks.
"Nobody's died on this ride." I shake my head. Just as we're about to fall, I lean in and whisper, "Yet."
Mikan screams loudly as hell. "NATSUMEEEEEE YOU IDIOOTTTT!"
Mikan's POV:
As soon as we get out of the ride, I fall to my knees and start taking in deep breaths. "I'm never doing that again." I whisper to myself. "I just saw my life pass before my eyes."
"It wasn't even that bad." Natsume rolls his eyes and helps me up.
"MY TEETH ARE CHATTERING!"
Natsume smirks once more. "Let's go get lunch."
He holds my hand and leads me to a fast food restaurant. After walking for a while, I notice that he's holding my hand. I almost pull away but I realize that I don't want to. I want to hold his hand. I keep longing for my memories. Why won't they come back to me? We arrive at a fast food joint and we go inside. I sit down and Natsume goes to order. I turn around and realize that Natsume ordered and was already paying. He stands by the register and waits for our order. I hear some girls walk by and giggle.
"Do you see that guy?" One girl whispers.
"He's gorgeous. Oh my god." The other girl giggles.
I feel a pang in my heart. I feel... jealous.
"Do you think he's with someone?"
"Maybe we should talk to him."
"Oh my god! He's coming this way."
I turn around and see him walking to me with our order. He sits down and places the tray in front of me.
"Oh. He's with someone." I hear the girl say.
I shake my head and I open my purse. "I can pay." I offer.
"No." Natsume argues. "This is a date. Besides, I paid last time."
"Oh. Then... thank you." I smile and open my chicken burger. Natsume munches on french fries and a cheeseburger.
Natsume's POV:
Now that we finished eating, I lead her to the carnival games. "What do you want to play?"
"Ooh! Let's play that one!" Mikan points to a duck fishing game.
"That's what you chose last time too. You're right on schedule."
She leans in to the counter and talks to the owner of the game. She tries to fish for a duck and misses. "Awe." She pouts. She keeps trying and finally picks one up. "Yay!" She cheers. She picks up the duck and looks at the bottom.
"What did you win?" I ask.
"A ticket for a free chicken burger." She laughs.
We move onto the next game. We arrive at a shooting aliens game. "This is where I won you your stuffed animal. You already have one, but I'll get you another." I drop some coins into the owner's hand and pick up the gun.
"Good luck." Mikan smiles.
I shoot but I miss. "Fluke." I retort. I try again but I miss. I miss again. And again. And again. "What the hell?"
"It was too easy so I changed it to move faster and be slightly more difficult." The game owner explains.
I bite my tongue. This wasn't part of the plan. I can see Mikan trying to hide a laugh. I shoot again but miss.
"You don't have to get me a stuffed animal, Natsume. Like you said, I already have one... right?" Mikan says pityingly.
"No! We're not leaving until I win this." I shoot again and again. I shoot for the twenty fourth time until I finally hit the alien. Mikan laughs and cheers. The game owner hands her a black stuffed bear. I feel exhausted but Mikan looks happy enough so I don't mind.
"Aw, crap." I look at my watch. "That took longer than expected. Let's go! We're gonna miss the circus!" I grab Mikan's hand and start running.
Mikan yelps but starts running as well. We arrive by the circus tent and I see Mikan trying to catch her breath.
"A teleportation... alice... would be... so handy..." Mikan gasps. I smirk and pull her into the tent.
Mikan's POV:
I laugh happily while watching the circus because there are so many interesting acts. After the circus is over, Natsume looks at his watch and guides me to a restaurant. A waiter comes by and seats us.
"Is there anything that you'd like to drink to start off with?" The waiter asks.
Before I can even answer, Natsume orders. "Actually, we already know what we're getting. For an appetizer, we'd like the garlic breadsticks and for the main meal, a garden salad and the new york steak. For drinks, iced tea for her and pepsi for me."
Feeling slightly flabbergasted, I hand the waiter my menu back and so does Natsume.
"I can't believe you remember every little detail." I point out.
"You did too. Well, not anymore, I guess."
"It was fun today. Thank you."
"It's not over yet, you still have to drag me to the ferris wheel."
The garlic breadsticks arrive with our drinks and they are delicious. Savory and salty. I lick my lips. As we're drinking and talking, eventually our food arrives and I take large bites of my salad and at one point, offer Natsume some. I taste a bit of his steak but I still prefer my salad.
As we finish eating, we start walking to the ferris wheel. It's almost closing time so no one is really in line. We move up the front very quickly.
Natsume's POV:
We get to the front of the line and we get into a red pod. I help her in and sit across from her. As we slowly move up, I can hear Mikan gasp in wonder.
"It's beautiful." Mikan smiles as she keeps looking out the window.
I look at her. "Yeah. The view's pretty great from here too."
As Mikan's gazing out the window, I lean slightly closer to her. She must have noticed because she looks at me and quickly says, "I don't kiss on first dates."
I laugh. "I'm just reaching to hold your hand." I grab her hand and she starts blushing. "Hey."
"Hn?" She asks, not looking up.
"Do.. do you remember anything yet?" I ask even though I already know the answer.
She looks at me, slightly pained. "No."
I sigh. "I figured."
"But, I think I understand you a little better now. You're sweeter than I thought you were."
"Don't call a guy sweet. Ever. It's just a blow to my pride." I joke.
She giggles. "Well, you are. You're sweet."
The ferris wheel stops and we get off.
"Well, I guess it's time to go." I offer.
"I guess it is." Mikan nods but she seems reluctant to leave.
We head back to the bus station and we ride back in silence. Mikan dozes off and leans on my shoulder for the whole ride back.
Mikan's POV:
I wake up to Natsume slowly shaking me. "Hn..?"
"We're here." Natsume jerks him thumb to the girl's dormitory. I yawn as we step out the bus and he walks me back to my room. I open my room and start to step inside. Before I lose all my courage I take a step closer to Natsume.
"I know I said I don't kiss on first dates. But..." I trail off and give him a quick peck on the cheek. "Thank you. I had fun."
He looks appalled and I quickly walk into my room. "Good night, Natsume" I say and close the door.
"Good night." I hear him whisper and each time his foot hits the ground as he's walking away, my heart aches. Why can't I remember? Why is my alice kicking in now? I really want to remember again.
- TO BE CONTINUED -
Author's Note: Whew! Longest chapter by far! :D I really don't want to drag out this story for too long so I think I'm going to finish it up within 2 or 3 chapters! Look forward to it! Please review :3! Thanks for reading!