Hey guys, sorry I haven't updated in a while! Here's chapter 5!
Summary:
After a disastrous relationship, Mikan Yukihara moves away from Okinawa to Tokyo and studies in Alice Academy, a private school for the elite and prestigious. After a year of studying there, Mikan has finally adjusted to her new school, with new friends and perhaps, a new love life. But what happens when a certain Natsume Hyuuga transfers to her school?
Chapter 5: The Transferees
*The truth is... We hide because we want to be found. We walk away to see who will follow. We cry to see who will wipe away the tears. And we let out hearts to get broken to see who will come and fix them.
"Is that him?"
"He's so hot!"
"I want to date him!"
"Does he have a girlfriend?"
Whispers and murmurs echoed across the halls as Mikan and her group passed. Although, frankly it wasn't really the group everyone was gossiping about; it was someone in the group.
It has already been a week since Natsume transferred to Alice Academy. But despite that, the excitement around the school (especially from the girls) never seemed to waver. He was already popular and he even rivaled the number of fan clubs that Eiji had. Girls always confessed to him, but typically, he rejected all of them. That was when the rumors about their past relationship started to spread. And since then, Mikan has been the object of hatred by almost every female student in the school.
Despite her many attempts not to get affected by Natsume's sudden popularity, Mikan couldn't help but feel jealous. Sometimes, she couldn't help but be envious at some of the girls who give him love letters and chocolates and despite her many protests not to get involved with him, she couldn't help but anticipate that one of those days, she'll just find out that Natsume Hyuuga was finally going out with someone. And she knew that she'd have a breakdown if that happened.
Luckily, Natsume wasn't aware of her real feelings since Eiji was always together with them. Mikan noticed that Eiji was a lot more protective of her, and was practically everywhere she and Natsume went, even to the point that he was becoming overly possessive. But in a way, Mikan understood his feelings. After all, she would've been the same had the situation been reversed.
One day, while she and Natsume, with the absence of Eiji, (he had basketball practice) were on their way to History class, Wakako Usami, a student from Class 2-B, gave Natsume a love letter. Although she tried to look natural and unaffected, Mikan couldn't help but stare at the letter in anticipation. Natsume, who noticed this, smirked.
"Are you jealous, Mikan?" He asked.
Mikan turned away from him and pretended not to care.
"Why should I be jealous?" She retorted.
"You should be." Natsume smirked again.
"Not likely."
"Oh, really?" He challenged.
"Definitely."
"I don't believe you."
"I don't really care."
They went on and on, firing retorts and eventually, insults at each other. But despite all of that bickering, Mikan found herself enjoying the moment with Natsume. Somehow, during those moments, she remembered those times when she and Natsume have always had playful arguments when they were in elementary school. During those moments, she felt as though time had gone back and everything was still the way it was before. Before everything had gone wrong. Before everything became so complicated. Before they broke apart. But those moments were only short-lived.
Monday morning, just as everyone was arriving for homeroom period, others chattering about random topics, others hurrying to finish their homework and assignments on time and others just cramming for the tests that they didn't study for. It was just a normal, ordinary school day. At least that was before Sumire barged into the classroom, exhilarated and typically, out of breath.
"Hey…guys…I have…interesting…news…" She called out to Mikan and the others, her face full of sheer excitement.
"Permy-chan, you seem to be quite enthusiastic this early in the morning." Mikan pointed out, grinning at her.
"Yeah, so what were you going to tell us, Sumire-chan?" Nonoko asked.
Sumire took several deep breaths before she finally let out a squeal that was so loud; it was probably heard all over the entire division.
"There are four new transfer students who just arrived this morning. And it seems as though, all of them are boys." Excitement was evident in her voice as she spoke. Sumire was, after all, a bishounen lover.
Every girl who heard Sumire's announcement (which counts all of them), immediately surrounded her, and within a matter of seconds, Sumire Shouda was engulfed in a crowd of girls, all of different year levels, interrogating her with questions all at the same time.
"Who are they?"
"Where are they from?"
"Are they hot?"
"Are they famous?"
"Do they have girlfriends?"
"What year are they in?"
The questions continued on and on, until the list was almost endless. Mikan and her group went as far away from the crowd as possible, not wanting to get involved with the ruckus Sumire created.
"Hey guys! Help me here! They're suffocating me! You know that I'm claustrophobic!" Sumire called after them, despite all of the noise that the girls were making.
Hotaru, who was so focused in finishing her new invention, suddenly snapped when the noise was too much. Everyone screamed in panic when she fired her baka cannon (a newer and better version of the baka gun) into the air, and the explosion was so loud, that almost everyone in the classroom fled, leaving the group and a half-disoriented Sumire behind. Fortunately, the explosion caused no damage to the classroom except for the thick cloud of black smoke that it left behind. Satisfied, Hotaru set aside her baka cannon and continued to work on her invention.
A few minutes later, after the smoke had finally cleared up and the classroom reorganized, homeroom period finally started. Everyone went as far away as possible from Hotaru and her baka cannon, all obviously not wanting a repeat of the earlier incident.
Narumi, with his oblivious and naive personality, wasn't even aware of the explosion that caused major uproar in the whole class. Instead, he was cheerful and giddy when he entered the classroom.
"Good morning, my wonderful and lovely students!" He greeted enthusiastically. The class didn't even bother to greet back at all, though that didn't affect Narumi's enthusiasm not one bit.
"As you guys have probably heard, there are four new transfer students who just arrived today. Just like Hyuuga-san, I will be assigning each of them a partner so all of you please be nice to them, okay? Please welcome your four new classmates!"
"Hey guys, that's our cue. Hurry up!" One voice called behind the door.
"Hey Koko, get up already!" Another chimed in.
Mikan immediately recognized those voices. After all, these were the voices that she grew up with ever since she was in elementary school. She immediately cast a suspicious glance at Natsume, who was unmistakably, grinning. It couldn't possibly be?
And as if right on cue, the four boys entered the classroom. Girls started squealing with delight when they saw them.
The first to enter was a handsome blond boy with gentle light blue eyes. Next was also a blond although he had dirty blond hair and light brown eyes hidden behind a pair of glasses. The last two boys were twins, who both had spiky blond hair, although one had brown eyes while the other had more of slanted, fox-like eyes.
Mikan couldn't help but stare at the four of them in shock. One of the boys, who had spiky blond hair and brown eyes immediately grinned when he saw her.
"Hey guys, Mikan-chan is here! Natsume I can't believe you actually got her back just after a week." He cheered.
Everyone's gazes turned towards them. Mikan couldn't help but blush in embarrassment. Natsume, on the other hand, just smirked.
But before any of them could utter a single word, Hotaru suddenly stood up, her invention totally forgotten, and her eyes focused on the blond boy with light blue eyes.
"Ruka."
Well, so how was it? Chapter 6 is coming up soon! Reviews are greatly appreciated!