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Summary: To be able to be with her friend Hotaru, Mikan go to Alice Academy and be reunited with her best friend. But seems Fate has another plan for she is now face in trouble for she came back to Alice Academy and to her best friend as a blind Mikan Sakura. She's blind! how will she handle it? Will she regain her sight?
Disclaimer: I do not own Gakuen Alice. As simple as that.
Perfect Seems Impossible
Chapter 7: Natsume's Side
Mikan slowly open her eyes and the darkness usually welcomed her every morning.
Mikan mumble and close her eyes again wanting to stay a little moment at her bed. 'I need to prepare myself for school' she said in herself as she finally get out from her bed and went towards the bathroom to have her morning shower.
It's been a week that she already going to school and act as a normal student there in the Academy, well almost, except for the fact that she is doing missions for them. She already has friends in her Class B other than Hotaru.
Speaking of Hotaru, Mikan already accepted the fact that her best friend is not yet ready to face her. But she accepted it with her understanding on her reasons after she received a letter from Hotaru.
Mikan heard knocks on her door at that time. Mikan wonder who could it be in that 11pm that night then she opened the door.
The person..no..the thing behind the knock is a robot carrying a letter?
"You must be Mikan Sakura. Hotaru-sama sends something to you Miss Sakura." The robot said and handed to her the letter then the robot goes away.
'Hotaru? Hotaru Imai?'
Before Mikan could react to what the robot said it's already gone. "A letter from Hotaru?" she felt happy to hear about it.
She closes the door then walk to her be as she open the letter.
It contained…
Dear baka,
You must not get too close to me and just wait for the right time. I'm not just ignoring you for nothing.
I hope you can understand with that stupid head of yours.
Hotaru Imai.
P. S: Don't hug me anymore just like what you did to the Cafeteria or You'll get regret.
Mikan couldn't help but to smile. She's happy receiving a letter from Hotaru and it added to her happiness when she learned that Hotaru didn't just ignore her because she's damn angry to her. 'She had a reason. I'm sure of that. I'll wait for that moment to know what her reason.' She thought that night before she close her eyes and sleep with a smile on her lips
Mikan smile and change in her uniform. She prepare herself and after she's done she left her room then went to her classroom.
"Ohayou minna-san!" she greeted cheerfully as she enter her classroom.
The students there are happy to hear her greetings every morning she enter the class. It's been a week that the new student arrived in the Academy and they found-out that this 'special' student is kind-hearted, cheerful, friendly, easy to be with, true and powerful in her own way. One more thing about this brunette is that she never failed to amaze them. Even she's blind as in no sense of seeing, she act like a normal being and deal things in keen senses. They wonder about this and find the new student mysterious. But this 'special' student somehow caught their hearts, adding the fact that she is smiling most of the time.
"Good morning too, Mikan-chan." Anna and Nonoko greeted her happily.
She smiled at the two girls.
" Ohayou, Mikan." Yuu Tubita, the class representative or Iinchou, greeted also the new arrived brunette. They are already friends.
"Good morning Iinchou!"
Mikan somehow felt the irritated aura of someone followed by the other girls aura.
She faced to a particular group and smile at them. Not sweetly but a bit of sarcastically. "Oh, Ohayou Permy." She greeted them.
The class chuckled of the nick name she named for a particular someone.
Sumire stood up with gritted teeth while hands on her hip. She faced the blind angrily.
"How-many-times-do-I-have-to-tell-you-that-my-name-is-not-PERMY, blind witch!" Sumire yelled hysterically to the smirking girl in front of her.
Mikan didn't even give a flinched "Oh, sorry 'Permy'" she just said emphasizing the last word then walk towards her chair leaving the violent creature that looks like a tiger ready to eat its prey.
But the members of NatsumexRuka fans club stop their president in doing anything to the brunette. They are grabbing Sumire in preventing the attack to the brunnte. They are worried.
Worried not for the Brunette but for their President for goodness sake!
"Stop it president, you may end up again in the clinic with broken nose or even worse..!" they said warily.
The statement somehow calmed Sumire and fear for her 'gorgeous' face. 'Damn that bitch! Wait for your day!' she cursed.
Mikan stop in her track when she was now in the line of where Hotaru, her dearest best friend, sits.
"Ohayou, Hotaru." This time she is serious in greeting. She turned her face to her best friend then smile. Playing in her mind the sentence in the note that Hotaru sent.
"…I'm not just ignoring you for nothing..Wait for the right time.."
"Ohayou." Hotaru greeted back simply.
That somehow shocked our brunette. She's not expecting that she will be greeted back by Hotaru but she's glad what she did. She's about to open her mouth to say something to Hotaru when she was cut by a sound of Oh's and Ah's by her female classmate followed by..
"Ruka's really handsome!.."
"He's my prince Charming!"
"..Yeah..but wait, where's Natsume-sama?.."
" He's not with Ruka! They usually are together when they go to school…'
And the girls began crowding Ruka to asked questions where's Natsume but the Animal Pheromone prince just ignore them and went directly to his seat, which is in Hotaru's side.
Then Mikan heard him sigh. Mikan would usually greeted Ruka and Natsume a good morning. But it's obvious that Ruka is not in the mood to be greeted a 'pleasant' morning.
Mikan just asked him directly. "Ne, Ruka-pyon.." she started, she gave an address –pyon to Ruka because of the latter's fond of his rabbit. "Where's Natsume?"
Ruka once again sigh. "He's in his room, he won't open his door." He involuntarily answered the question. "I know he's from his mission last night. So I came to his room to check him but he won't face me..probably…he's…" he don't want to continue his sentence and just cup his face with his hands. He's worried of his best friend.
Hotaru just look to the animal pheromone boy with her usual stoic face then went to the brunette's face. Mikan's face is obviously bother and worried as well, of the thought that Natsume might in danger. Mikan is still Mikan, no matter how good she is in fighting, and the changes that the years of training did to her or her blindness. The usual soft spot of Mikan is very visible still. She predicted right away what Mikan will do next.
"I'll get him here." Mikan said in her designated voice and came out to the classroom. She met Jinno-sensei in the corridor, the Math teacher and the first teacher in that morning.
"Sakura, where do you think you're going?" the terror teacher asked her.
Mikan who seem didn't hear the teacher just passed by him and set her footsteps to a particular place with bother thoughts.
Leaving the teacher who felt disrespected at the moment. "Sakura." He said her last name between his gritted teeth then walked to the classroom.
Mikan continue her paths to the boy's dormitory, thinking that he will go directly to Natsume's door and knock. 'But wait.' She stops. Natsume didn't let Ruka, his best friend, enter his room. Probably she will not be order too, she's just a new friend to him, you know.
Mikan decided to change her track and went to Natsume's balcony.
Geez, you might be thinking how she handle to went there even she's blind? A year of training her Alices and abilities will answer it.
Mikan landed gracefully to Natsume's balcony. 'This is easy' she thought about the way she entered Natsume's place.
Mikan slowly open the slide door in the balcony and get herself in. She felt an aura. A flame aura. She knows who it belongs.
Mikan heard a noise of splashing water. Probably Natsume is in the shower.
Mikan walked towards the bed and sit on the foot part of it. Natsume own a king-sized bed. He is a special star student like her in the first place. She decided to wait Natsume there.
Someone just has gotten himself on the shower and partially shock of what he saw. An unexpected visitor in his room.
Natsume just smirked as he brush his hair with his towel while his stares is glued on the certain brunette who seems comfortably sitting on his bed. He examine her face from her usually close eyes, now he already know what color beneath it, to her lips that looks like inviting.
Natsume swallowed to clear his throat as he licked his starting to dry lips even he just got into shower. Oh man, he surely looks like a horny-teenager boy.
Who wouldn't think of it? He had just finished his shower with only towel in his lower body and there it goes a lovely girl sitting comfortably on 'his' bed.
Actually their situation is awkward. But it's not his fault anyway she just come out nowhere and invited herself to come in into his room without his permission. That's trespassing you know.
Then he saw that the head of the brunette raise in his direction. She noticed him.
"Oh there you are." She said to him smiling.
That smile somehow startled him. Glad that she's blind and if not probably she will surely laugh at his reaction in front of her. Just because of a smile dude.
Natsume walked towards in front of his closet and change into his uniform. Distracting himself from the tempting situation he's in.
"What are you doing here, little girl?" he asked her while changing.
Mikan stood up and walk towards his window. As if she can see the beautiful sceneries from there.
"Ruka-pyon is worried to you, Natsume. He said that you didn't let him in and check on you." Mikan faced him. "He said also that you're from mission last night, so it's true?'' she said as she leaned on the wall beside the window while crossing her arms into her chest.
He just looked at her for a moment then " Why would I tell you? Are you worried too?" he look at her with intensity as if she can see it. Yeah, he knew that Ruka came but he didn't bother to answer him and take the time of his friend to took care of him. As usual when he's done with his mission and overused his Alice he felt a familiar pain in his chest. He knows that Ruka is aware of it but he chose to let only him to deal his own pain. He just decided to take a shower to relax himself and it didn't fail to do so.
Mikan straighten her stand. "What a silly question. Of course, I'm worried. I'm your seatmate, classmate and friend too." She answered him in a matter of obvious tone.
Natsume smirked at her answer and put his belt on his pants. When he's done doing it he came closer to the brunette. " Oh yeah? You're my friend polka-dots?'' he asked in a teasing voice. He smile, well there's no harm in smiling besides no one can see it even the girl in front of him, as he see her blush of her last two words.
Mikan could feel her cheeks flushed. 'Oh.' She just said to herself. She is aware of Natsume's closeness but she didn't bother it because she was annoyed again of the pervert in front of her.
"Will you stop calling me that, pervert!'' she hissed bratty as she remember the incident why he called her of that stupid name.
It started in the incident in the Cafeteria a week ago…
When auburn eyes meet ruby colored eyes.
Mikan knew that her sight is back since that time is night already.
"Oh." She just said in a soft tone but enough for Natsume to hear.
'I don't want everybody knows that I'm not blind at night.' She thought over and over again. Mikan doesn't want the whole students here to know, because this is not the right time. She's satisfied that they know her state as a blind student and nothing else more. She only plan to tell it to Hotaru but since the latter don't want to talk to her she decided to let it to herself..but..now…As she looks at those bloody-red eye of the familiar raven-haired boy, she knows that he already knows of her little secret.
She closes her eyes immediately hoping that he should think that he might be played by his hallucination only. She then jumped out to his lap and ready to exit in that cafeteria when someone grabbed her arm.
Another whine of girls there heard because of that 'someone's' action.
She turned her face to the raven-haired boy who grab her arm and in a low voice she said "Let go of me and I'll exit in this cafeteria, properly."
"No.." he said in arrogant tune. "Until we talk." He didn't let her arm go, instead his hold tightened.
Mikan sighed at his action. "Okay." She said and he let go her arm then she walk towards the cafeteria's door out. Natsume followed her.
Leaving the cafeteria filled with murmurs and noise again, talking about what had happen earlier in that place.
No one dares to confront Hotaru because of her latest 'Baka Gun 4.1'. They are afraid that if they annoyed her she will shoot 'em up and unlike the Brunette who succeed the gun in dodging, they will end up in Hospital with break bones. Scary.
While Ruka just stayed silent and thinking of his best friend.
Meantime, in a particular Sakura tree, two figures are standing just a meter away quietly.
Minute again passed and no one dare to break the silence. Then Natsume decided to talk.
"So you're Shiro Neko, afterall." He said as he places his hands inside his pockets.
Mikan slowly sit down on the grass. There's no point in denying to this Black Cat. She sighs. She wonder how Natsume easily found out she's Shiro Neko, she knows that last time in their mission where she suddenly appear and faced him, he never saw her clearly because it's damn dark. 'How could he?' she asked to herself. Kuro Neko has also a keen sense.
"Ahm..yeah. You figure it out." She admitted looking at the bright stars. Oh how she love the sceneries. She's always looking at them every night especially when she found out she's blind and only at night she's able to see. She couldn't miss that opportunity. She even curse rain because if it comes, bright stars are not there in the sky as if they are hiding.
Natsume also sits down and look at where she's looking. "So you're faking, pretending to be a blind person.'' he said in a statement not bothering to confirm it to her.
Mikan turn her face to look at him with brows twitched. "Of course I'm not faking nor pretending. As you can see I can only able to see at night time." Geez, she found herself explaining.
Natsume also looked at her, smirking. "Oh yeah?" he mocked.
That pissed Mikan, there's no sense in talking with this guy. "You know what, I don't really care if you'll believe me or not, but since you already see my condition I'll go no hard feelings. Have a nice evening Kuro Neko." She said as she prepared herself to stand but in second time again, Natsume grab her wrist. Only this time that she fall in second time again on his lap. 'What a he—' she was cut by his words.
"Why did you kissed me last night, huh Shiro Neko?'' he ask in a cool tone.
That question more pissed her off. 'The nerve of this guy' "I didn't just kissed you, you moron! I saved you! For goodness sake!" wow Mikan your composure. The hell with composure. How this man can easily annoy her in the first place?
Natsume just smirked of her answer, enjoying the annoyed look on the brunette, when suddenly he felt the familiar pain on his chest. 'O holy shit. Not now..' he said to himself as he clutched his hand to his shirt on the chest area. He's starting to breath hard.
Mikan got herself up from his lap. She wipe her skirt as if she just seated on a dirty area.
"Have a nice eve--Natsume?'' she was about to say again good evening when she saw; the pain expression of Natsume she didn't even think that she just said his first name. "Hey, what happened to you?" she asedk as she kneeled down and checked him. She placed her hand to his forehead, neck and other part to touch him. She saw the big sweat in Natsume's forehead. He's obviously fighting what he's feeling right now.
"Don't touch me, idiot!" he said arrogantly, slapping her hands away.
Mikan didn't bother him and just continue to touch his neck behind her palm, as she remember what Persona said to her before the last night Mission….
"You're going to look at him, Shiro Neko. He had a limitless Alice that could weaken him tentatively. And the Academy doesn't want to lose him…" Persona said way back then when she ask why she needed to accompany the black cat who seem powerful…
'So that's it. This causes his Alice. He's in pain.' She thought, then she place her hand from the neck of Natsume it slid up towards he's cheek as if cupping his cheek.
"You're in pain do you?'' she asked in a worried voice. She doesn't know why she's worried about him, but she just felt it.
"Tch." He just said and made his self sit properly while Mikan still holding his face. Her Auburn eyes really look worried. "Cut the crap, stupid, and just leave me here alone."
It didn't flinched Mikan, she just look unto his eyes. "Do you know what my Alice is, Natsume?'' she stated in a low voice but it is enough for him to hear.
"Hn. You already know what it is idiot." He snapped, leaning on the trunk of the Sakura Tree then close his eyes hoping that through this his pain will vanish.
Mikan just shook her head. "You just didn't understand it Natsume."
Natsume open his eyes to look at those auburn eyes.
"Not only Nullification Alice I had. I also have…Stealing Alice…" her head slowly came closer to him.
'Stealing Alice' Natsume thought registering what he just heard.
"..and one of my already stolen Alice is Alice of Healing. That's why…" Now their face is only an inch a part.
Natsume is just merely looking…no…staring at her waiting her to continue. Continue in what, Natsume?
"….I can save you by it…--"
Mikan was about to continue her sentence and reach the space between her and Natsume when someone voice interfere.
"Natsume!" a familiar voice not far away from them called his name probably looking for his best friend.
'Damn!' Natsume cursed. Wait, curse?
"Ruka is coming, polka-dots." He said standing-up properly. He somehow feeling better now than earlier. Maybe of the pressure he just breath in from her that seem soothing his heart and body that made the pain somehow vanished.
Mikan just blinked at him as if registering what had just happened and what he just said. In the other words No reaction yet at all.
Natsume looked at the still sitting on the grass brunette then he smirked. "Thanks anyway for trying to save me again, little girl. It helped me you know. I feel somehow relieved." He told, stepping forward to go to his still looking for him best friend.
Mikan found her self and tongue as she stood up too. "Wait. Are you feeling better now,really?"
Natsume stopped his track to face the brunette. " Yeah. Let's continue the kiss some other time, polka-dots." He said nonchalantly.
"It was not supposed to be a kiss! It's a healing!" she corrected.
Natsume just barely send her a look. "Whatever." He said and continue his walk then stop again and said "Nice choice of underwear, polka-dots" with that he now completely vanished in her sight.
Moments passed before Mikan reacts. "What did he say? Polka-dots?" she asked no one in particular, still thinking of his words..when…
"OHH! He saw my underwear!! No way!!" 'That pervert!'
Mikan frown when she remembered that incident. But somehow feel glad about it, because what had happen serve as an Angel in Disguise. She started became close to Natsume and eventually to Ruka. She dealt herself as a friend and started hanging with them. At first Natsume was pissed-off but he knows that this brunette is one heck stubborn won't spare them. He just let her of what she's doing. He didn't bother at all.
When Mikan started to be close to them, the news spread to the Academy because the only girl that became close to them is this lovely yet stubborn brunette.
"What's wrong polka-dots? Are you stunned by my presence?" Natsume teased, smirking at the frowning brunette.
If she can see, she'll probably roll her eyes. "Stop kidding air-head boy and don't call me that…that…childish name! It's disgusting!" she grunted, walking towards the balcony.
Natsume just look at Mikan with his hands in his pocket. "So you already admitted that you're disgusting and childish?''
Mikan stop and face him. "You know what Natsume there's no point talking to you. Look, we're late in our first class let's just enter in the second class. Besides I know you feel okay now." She reminded.
Natsume walked towards his door. "I'll skip class this morning. I need to go to the Central town." He said in a bored tone.
Mikan's hands on her hips. "What do you mean you're skipping classes? And you'll go to this Central Town? Where is that?" she asked, following him.
Natsume didn't bother to answer and just continue his track. He knew that Mikan is following him.
Mikan now find herself skipping class as well. 'There's no harm in skipping and be with Natsume' she thought. 'hmm..Central town? I wonder where is that?'
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