High School Beauty
By xXAikoXx
I do not own Gakuen Alice
Chapter 6 Humiliated by after School
It was raining hard, like that day Natsume and Mikan first shared an eternal embrace. Not that it reminds Mikan about that incident everytime it rains. She had long ago got over Natsume and -whether she liked it or not- locked all their memories somewhere deep inside, where they could do no hard to her anymore.
Mikan panted hardly as she arrived at one of the Starbucks outlets down town. It was the one she usually visits because it's the nearest and they serve the best coffee.
Just as she was about to enter the building, a familiar face walked past her without noticing her.
Mikan couldn't take her eyes of the lady.
How could she?
She couldn't help but held her breathe while her gaze followed the lady with hair of lighter shade than hers -a bright glossy orange- into the building.
Mikan shrugged and tried to hide herself though she had her disguise on.
"Stalker." Someone from behind mentioned.
Mikan jerked and clumsily lost her balance. She grabbed on hold on the nearest item to keep her from falling...
Unfortunately, it didn't work so she ended up crashing towards the ground with the vase that she was holding. Luckily, it was made out of plastic so it didn't break. But it did caused Mikan's dress to be soaked wet from waist down thanks to the rain.
She adjusted her glasses before looking up just to meet her eyes with a pair of red orbs which she'd probably looked into for heaven-know how many times before this.
"Natsume..." She couldn't hold her panick.
What is he doing here...
With her.
Suddenly, everything started to sink in.
Natsume is having a date with Luna. At Starbucks. After school. And those were the exact time and place which Hotaru had asked her to meet her. For goodness's sake, of all the potential dating venues...
And now, worst of all, Mikan was the center of attention.
She mustn't stay on the wet floor... Sooner or later...
"Owh, Natsu-kun! Hey! How are you!" Luna rushed out of the premise towards Natsume, who was standing in front of Mikan. She managed to splash some more water from the small puddles onto Mikan's already-dirtied dress as she walked past her recklessly.
"Oh, sorry. Didn't see you there!" Luna took a brief glimpse at Mikan and then turned her attention to Natsume once again.
She totally ignored Mikan.
Oh wait. She didn't recognize her. Finally. The first good thing that has happened to Mikan today.
She carefully avoided Luna while carried herself up. Then, just when she was about to turn and walk away...
"Saruka. Where are you going?" Natsume called out in the middle of his conversation with Luna.
It got Mikan's nerve wrecked but she tried to hide it. And then, she increased her pace to walk away from...
"Sakura Mikan." He called out once more. This time, it finally caught Luna's and the owner of the name herself's attention. She stopped walking away altogether.
"What?" Luna frowned, and looked at the dorky girl with a pair of old glasses from head to toe from her back.
Mikan could feel someone approaching, and judging from the sound of the heels she was expected to confront with a very awkward...
Luna turned Mikan around and slapped her hard on the face, knocking her down onto the wet floor once again. This time, there was no shelter. The cruel rain mercilessly poured on her.
Okay... So no awkward there...
"How could you leave Natsu-kun like that a year ago? And now you're coming back dressing... dressing up like a school girl?? If you think you have any chance -even the slightest possibility- to go back together with Natsu-kun by playing naive, then think again! We both know that you were cheating on him!" Luna yelled in rage, suddenly out of control.
Mikan couldn't absorb nor digest her words, what she was saying is either alien or new to her that she couldn't comprehend any part of the conversation.
Cheating? Her? She's got to be out of her mind! Natsume was the one cheating on her with Luna behind her back! And she left him because it was the only choice she had and she didn't want things to end out ugly. Leaving him silently was her best effort to show him one last piece of her love for him... And now he... Mikan glanced behind the mad lady in front of her... Natsume was as still as ever. No words, no taunts, and definitely no trace of kindness.
Wait- was that sympathy in his eyes?
That got Mikan feeling like she was falling into a never ending pit. Pathetic. She was being pathetic.
She looked back to the woman in front of her, still panting so hardly. But for what?
She didn't care about this woman. No words from her could get her...
"I'll gave you know that Natsu-kun and I, well, we're going steady and you are not allowed to interfere with our relationship since you're the one who walked out of his life. Who do you think you are anyways?"
Okay, scrap the part which said nothing could get to her. Mikan was definitely angry. She could feel her hands holding into a punch when she heard that Luna and Natsume were going steady...
"Substitution." She whispered, in a relatively low volume considering that her head was hanging down.
"I can't hear you, ugly. Mind to carry your pathetic self away from my vision? Preferably for forever. I'll have you know that Natsu-kun and I do not want to see you in any part of our life ever again!" Luna went on.
"I said substitution, airhead!" Mikan lifted her head up to face Luna, "I said you're merely a pitiful substitution! It's only the matter of time until that man is done with you. He did it to me, so he'll probably do it to you as well. We'll see who's thee pathetic one by then!"
Mikan stood up and adjusted her dress so that she could level Luna's intimidating aura.
Luna's eyes showed signs of fear, "I- I don't know what are you talking about."
"Owh... trust me. I'm sure someone here does." Mikan reassured both firmly and calmly.
She was actually referring to Natsume, who was the only third party having full access to their whole conversation. The rest of the public just watched the show silently from the background and anticipated.
With that, Mikan turned and walked away, for good this time. She didn't want to prolong their unpleasant meeting further. And she definitely didn't want Natsume to further humiliate her. He had done enough just by calling her name in front of Luna, whom he's currently dating.
End of Chapter 6
Arrrrghhhhh! I'm so frustrated with slow updates from GA manga... haha . I guess, I have to experience being hanging so that I'd know what it actually feels like. Well people, Chapter 172 is out! Though I have no idea if they've done with the English translations or not. I read the Mandarin one. =D And well! I better not give you people any spoilers haha! But I truly miss Natsume! I want to see him! What to do?!
Anyways, feel free to Review(Please =))
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