Hi guys! It's been years since I last updated my story. I'm sorry for those who have waited for so many years but here I am again ready to write and share my story to everyone again. Actually at first I didn't have the heart to write once more but seeing that even though this story has been in hiatus for years people are still reading and reviewing. Thank you to my reviewers, you guys are my inspiration, so here you go…
I don't own Gakuen Alice.
Previously…
"Hyuuga?" she said a little bit shocked.
Mikan and Natsume turned to look at her.
"Imai." Natsume said a bit annoyed.
"Hotaru?!" Mikan said.
"Mikan." Hotaru said preparing her baka gun to shoot Natsume. But before she can do so a little boy from behind her looked at what's happening inside. He has silver locks that matches his pale white skin and cerulean orbs.
"Daddy?" he said while clutching at Hotaru's pants.
"Youichi?" Natsume said a bit shocked.
End…
Chapter Eight: Hotaru Imai
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Hotaru Imai
It has been five hours only since I exited the plane from Los Angeles coming here to Japan. I still have a little bit of jet lag after my so called flight. First, I went to my best friend's grandfather's coffee shop called House of Sweets.
For me it was like any ordinary visit but still a part of me is nervous in seeing all of the people that I have left after going to a foreign country and cutting all my communications. Well, it was a tough decision but it was for the best.
After an hour of travel, I came across the said coffee shop, with the breeze of the air and the scent of coffee lingering with the air all memories from this small shop started popping out of my head. I heaved a sigh and shook it all off since, I'm already here and I have to answer all the questions that they have in store for me especially Mikan.
I looked at myself in the rear mirror of my car, took out my sunglasses, opened the door of my car and slid off my seat. When I saw the door of the shop, I quickly but gently pushed it and a bronze bell on the upper right corner of the oak door made small light sounds. I tried my best to remain calm and stoic while everyone stared at me. Whatever, pieces of perverts! I walked straight to the counter where Anna and Koko greeted me with big smiles on their faces.
"Wow, they didn't even recognize me. Was I out for that long?" I thought.
"Uhmm...yeah! Are you really the Imai Hotaru, the smart girl? What's happening to your brain? Did it get juggled up in your flight?"
"Shut up, stupid conscience!"
"Woah! Still recognize me? I thought you have forgotten about me." My conscience said while faking her little cries.
"Who would forget about you when you always bug me? Shut up or I'll shoot you." Hotaru thought angrily.
"That will hurt not just me but you too…hahahaha. Anyways, I'll go, focus Hotaru, you're almost at the counter. Bye!" and my conscience faded away.
I heaved a sigh, thanking God for getting my conscience to stop bugging me and when I looked in front of me I almost jumped out of shock that I was already at the counter. Luckily, I had my sunglasses to hide my shock from my friends who are undeniably and honestly can't recognize me. I removed my glasses to see them clearly and to cut the long pleasantries short.
"Where's Mikan?" I asked in my most natural (meaning, emotionless) voice.
"Hotaru?!" they both shouted at me with excitement imprinted in their eyes.
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"Be careful, Hotaru-chan" Anna shouted at me at the doorway, I gave her a small nod and started the engine of my car and drove passed the coffee shop.
"Where can that idiot be?" I thought.
After giving Mikan's grandfather my greetings and some stuff I bought in LA for him. I had a little chit-chat with my friends, Anna and Koko but not long enough, it was cut short by the customers coming up here and there. Anna had to go and serve them to prevent any negative commentaries. Koko, on the other hand, stayed with me and said that Mikan was already a week and half away from them without a single call. He said she only left a small note for them saying, she'll be back after a month. Suspicious.
Mikan is not the type to do that especially now that she knows her old man is getting older and older everyday. I told Koko to tell me if he has any updates with her whereabouts and to call me as soon as possible. I bid them goodbye and started driving my car.
I called every single connection that I have and told them to look for her,
"I will send you a picture of the woman you're supposed to find. Her name is Mikan Sakura, 21 years old. Find her as soon as possible." I said to my secretary and hung up.
I don't know why but the first thing that came into my mind when I heard that Mikan is lost was to go to Natsume's house. Weird, right? What am I thinking, of course they won't know. It can't be.
I entered a small town going to the Hyuuga mansion when I suddenly noticed a black limousine parked on one side of the street. It was very familiar to me and then it hit me, I saw a little boy with pale white skin and grey hair. His back was on the side where I was in. I went out of my car and tried to look on his side to make sure it was him.
"Can it be?" I thought to myself.
When I already have a good view of the little boy, I was sure it was him. Pale skin, grey hair and cerulean orbs, his emotionless façade was so much like his mom. I smirked with the resemblance that I saw.
"Youichi." He looked at me and gave me a big shocked smile and hug.
The driver went out from the fluff puff's store and gave it to Youichi, I signalled him that I'll be the one to send Youichi to his dad's place. I picked up the little boy and secured him at the seat next to mine, I jumped to my own seat and drove going to the mansion.
The little boy beside me was happily eating his fluff puffs and playing with his little bear he calls Mr. Bear.
I smiled at his childish look and remembered Mikan. I'm still worried sick on what the hell's going on with her. I drove faster and after sometime arrived at the entrance of the mansion. Gerald, the chef greeted me instead of the usual, Antoinette. I let it pass since maybe Antoinette was busy. I walked passed the living room and dining area but still no signs of the other maids.
"Would you like some tea, Ms. Hotaru?" Gerald asked a bit nervous.
"Weird." I thought.
"That won't be necessary. Where's my cousin?" I asked. I saw Gerald look up to a particular direction upstairs and gulped. When he noticed that I was waiting for his answer, he gave me a very nervous smile and told me that he will be out any minute now.
I got a little sceptical with his movements and told him I will just go to his room. He tried to stop me but it was futile. I strode faster and faster getting impatient on the fishy business going on in here. I practically dragged the clueless child behind me and then, I saw a small commotion in front of Natsume's room. The maids were all clumped on that place including Antoinette. I cleared my throat to get their attention and almost everyone's reactions were either to turn pale or plainly blue except Antoinette who remained in her best composure.
"Ms. Hotaru, why don't you just wait for Mr. Natsume outside?" Antoinette was getting nervous with every step that I take towards the room.
"Why? Am I not allowed to go inside his room?" I said a little irritated, I went to the door of his room and opened the door and what I saw almost made my eyeballs get out from its own sockets.
Mikan is under my half-naked cousin.
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Mikan, Youichi and I went to the living room to wait for my half-naked cousin that I almost shoot with my baka gun saved by Youichi who was there. If he wasn't there, I might have killed that asshole.
Inside the living room, it was a little awkward. My best friend, Mikan sat on the black leather couch across mine; I just stared at her almost trying to burn holes in her body. I can see that she was feeling every ounce of my stare and I decided to break the fucking deafening silence between us. I am really pissed off.
"Why are you here? What's up with you and my cousin?" I tried to compose myself but I'm trembling with anger. My knuckles are turning white with all the pressure that I am giving to the baka gun on my hand.
"What's going on in here?! Why is that hell shit of a molester cousin that I have with my precious best friend?! UGHHHHHHHHHH! How much did I miss while I was abroad? How the hell did they see each other? Do they know already?!" different thoughts come into my mind and it gave me a little headache which darken the mood that I am already in.
"I dd—didn't know he was your cousin, Hota-chan." Mikan answered with her mouth trembling with nervousness and her face red like a tomato.
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Mikan was already crying in front of me, I don't know what to do. I didn't want us to meet like this in this kind of twisted situation. Is this what I get for all the lies that I have done and covered in the past?
I was at the verge of fuming and shooting anyone that I will see on my way when suddenly I saw Youichi stariing at me and then to Mikan.
"Who's the polkadotted panties girl, Auntie Hotaru?" He blurted out.
For awhile what he said made me smile and calmed me down a bit. Good thing there was a kid in the house. I signalled him to sit on my lap and I explained to him who Mikan was. I know that even though he wasn't showing it in his face that this kid is actually a little bit confused on how fast things are happening inside his dad's house.
"What?!" Mikan almost shouted. All her nervousness and crying were gone in just seconds and she was now trying her best to hide all the veins popping out of her head from all the anger she's feeling.
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Flashback…
Youichi
My aunt Hotaru and I went together to my daddy's house. I was eating my fluff puffs happily when Gerald, my daddy's personal chef greeted us in front of the door. I thought it was weird since, it was always Antoinette who greets me when I go here but…
I care less
My aunt talked to Gerald for awhile and I can see that she's already getting a little annoyed, I don't know why but they just keep on talking and…
I care less
Afterwards, Aunt Hotaru started dragging me upstairs towards my daddy's room…
I care less
My Aunt Hotaru started talking to Mrs. Antoinette, I didn't know what they were talking about but when Aunt Hotaru opened the door, I can feel with the tension of her body that she was shocked. Well, she literally froze right in front of me and when I peeked I saw what shocked her…
I couldn't care less
There was a woman under my dad on his bed and daddy was half naked. When I looked and observed further I couldn't help but smirk the woman who looks very angelic had her dress hiked up to the point where part of her underwear is already seen…
Polka dots
End of Flashback…
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"Youichi, she's Aunt Mikan, a good friend of daddy and auntie, so treat her nicely, okay?" I told the kid seated on my lap.
"Okay, but I don't like her style for underwear." He smirked while directly staring at Mikan and back to his Mr. Bear.
"As the saying goes…like father, like son." I thought.
Mikan, on the other hand, just stared at Youichi for a moment and said. "You're still a kid but you really have a lot to say, huh? Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you about my style but that's what makes me special and like you, the way you like teddy bears a lot, sure gives me a hint that you love toys very much, right?" Mikan gave him the sweetest smile while the lad on my lap just stared at her and quickly ran off towards the direction of his dad's room.
Oh well, what can I say? Though my friend has her own stupidity plastered right in front of her face, I can definitely say that she can detect very quickly what people around her wants and their real personalities. Well, that's what makes us stick together as best friends.
I may have the brains but she has the best heart.
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After Youichi left, there was a deafening silence that engulfed Mikan and I, I don't know why but it was just really awkward. Well, maybe because of the situation. We were never like this back then, she always starts a conversation with me even in its simplest form when she just tells me how much she loves me and fluff puffs and how she misses me. Her rants which I listen to every now and then but, now it's different and I can't bear it anymore.
"I don't get why you're here and I'm not gonna push you if you're not ready to tell me but seeing that you're fine is good enough for me." I said to break off the silence.
After what I said, I can see a smile starting to light up her face. She was crying but she was also smiling. Ironic, right?
"I miss you, Hotaru." Mikan said and she just jumped out of her couch and hugged me. I just let her hug me since, I really miss the idiot in front of me.
"I miss you too, idiot." I whispered to her and smiled.
After our little chit-chat, I heard small taps of steps coming from upstairs; I looked at the side and saw that it was Natsume carrying Youichi downstairs. I tapped Mikan a little bit to signal her to fix herself and she did.
"Mikan, why don't you play with Youichi first. My cousin and I just need to talk for awhile." Mikan and Youichi both agreed. Wow, that was fast, I never knew Youichi can be that friendly easily. Youichi grabbed Mikan's hand and led her towards the garden. I can see that Natsume was also shocked by what Youichi did but he let it pass.
"I never knew the Ice Queen can also be sweet, huh?" He said while smirking.
BAKA!
"Ouch! What the hell is that for?!" Natsume asked a little annoyed while touching the part of his head where my baka gun's bullet hit him.
"You have a lot of explaining to do, cousin." I said in the coldest and most venomous way possible.
Red meets purple.
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