Roses

Gakuen Alice Fanfiction


The hardest thing to do everyday is wake up early. But today, I need to wake up at five instead of 6. An hour of sleep is very important to me. But I want to see what will happen today so I forced myself to crawl towards the door. Yep, I just don't have the energy to stand up.

The stairs are the hardest part of the morning. I went down while sitting. I managed to open the door. But the thi- I mean the person I'm seeing outside our house is none other than…Hyuuga Natsume!

"What are you doing here?" What kind of business does he have with us now? It's 5:10 in the morning!

"Waiting."

"Seriously, you need to get out of here. You disturbed my sleep!"

"You say that to the one who's been giving you flowers?"

"You? You're him? HAHAHAHA! You've got to be kidding me! You're not even the type of person who acts like that! Please. Just come inside to get breakfast. Nice joke, Hyuuga." Oh boy. He makes me laugh.

We went inside. Oh, Hyuuga used to eat breakfast here when we were still kids. But I got too formal so I call him in his last name. Apparently, he's my Mom's nephew.

"Mikan, good morning." Mom was still slouchy every morning.

Then she noticed Hyuuga.

"Na-chan! Good morning. It sure is a surprise to see you here. It has been a long time since you've come to eat breakfast." She said. I'll tell you that mom's not going to be surprise if Hotaru eats here up to dinner. She lives here but not officially. She just eats, sleeps, and showers here.

"Yeah. Mom's on a business trip. Dad went vacationing with Aoi. He can't leave her to me since Aoi's very young." I guess Hyuuga is always alone at home.

"Don't worry. You can always come over here. This is also your home." Mom said.

"Yes."

"Come on now. Help me cook breakfast. Mikan, ready yourself for school now." I was about to react that it is still early but I realized that we will have some activities to ready for the day. I forgot the event but there's something we need to do.

I readied myself for school. And the breakfast is ready.

"So Na-chan, how's school?" Mom asked him. She's like a mother to him. Well, she always wanted to have a boy child but she can't since Dad isn't around anymore.

"Same old. Nothing ever changes."

"Sooo, any girlfriends? You must've been the lady's boy!" And because of that question, I nearly raised my head from eating to see his reaction whatsoever.

"Nah."

"Eh? Oh well, but there's someone you like, right?" Luckily, I was able to see his reaction. He stopped midway from eating his soup but quickly regained. Mom didn't missed it.

"Oooooh! Tell me! You must tell me, Na-chan!" Mom forced him. But as if Hyuuga will fall for it.

Eventually, Mom gave up. There's no point forcing him. She will just try again. I'm pretty sure that she will be asking Hyuuga sometime just to know.

"Na-chan, I just called your mom. She said that you'll stay with us until they come back. Oh, you don't need to back off. You can't say no to this." She said.

Actually, they moved then moved again. I forgot to mention it. For all I know they moved somewhere far. But I just didn't know. Sometimes there are a lot of things that I don't care a moment to think at all.

We went out to go to school. But there's another rose waiting for me there! But it is not just another rose. It is a bouquet.

It is composed of several lavender roses and some small purple flowers. I don't know its name.

"What is this purple flowers?" I asked to no one in particular.

"What? You don't know them and yet you're the daughter of a florist." Hyuuga teased.

"Well, I'm sooooo sorry for not knowing them. I love flowers but I just don't know a lot of names. I'm not good at remembering names of them since most of them just look alike each other. As if you know them. Tell me, what flower is this?" I asked.

"The purple ones are called Larkspur. It means First Love." He said.

"Why on earth do you know these things?" This is so not him.

"I usually hang out at your shop when I was younger, remember?" True enough.

"And because of that you know a lot about them?"

"Yes. It's because I took an interest at them." Wow. This is my first time knowing this about him.

"Then… what does a lavender rose means?"

"It means Deep Adoration."

"I see." I felt my cheeks grow warm. SOMEONE'S LOVES ME?

I put it inside our house and then we walked to school.

Turns out there are a lot of activities to do. It was for the school festival.