High School Beauty

By xXAikoXx

I do not own Gakuen Alice

Chapter 8 Revealed by 10.45a.m.

I've just kissed him. Mikan touched her lips, slightly trembling.

"What are you planning exactly?" Natsume asked, with his fierce eyes fixed on her.

"One moment you were damn sweet and the next, you started resisting. Again. What is your plan?" He demanded to be answered again.

Well, she couldn't have tell him that she thought being with him in the department store was all just her dream! He wouldn't buy it. And that'd probably sound like the most ridiculous thing ever.

She had a hard time trying to sleep the day before, thinking about the humiliation she got from both Luna and the impossible man. She didn't had enough sleep and thus, not in her right mind. But she didn't think that she was stupid enough to take reality as a dream! Well, she was indeed in a very tired state and wasn't in her right mind...

And on top of all, with Natsume following her to shopping in the first place, it was indeed more unbelievable after that he had just humiliated and watched her suffered in front of his girlfriend. Due to this reason, she somehow deluded herself that she was having a dream. Sounds fair enough, huh.

And why was he here in the first place? To humiliate her further more? Or to hurt her?

She was constantly having dreams about him from time to time. And in her dreams, they could talk harmoniously, play like they used to and do whatever they want. But when she woke up, she'll have to face reality. That Natsume and her were never ever, ever getting back together. (Hands up for Taylor Swift!)

When she first met him at the homecoming party, she was shocked, not to mention, she felt happiness in her! It was not just a typical feeling of contentment, her heart was aching, twisted, falling and above all, complicated! But she tried her best to suppress all that, because hating him was the only thing that could prevent her from admitting that she still wanted him in her life, after he'd abandoned him.

"I can't get you, woman, if you don't say anything." Natsume continued since Mikan wasn't explaining anything, "Why are you always so hard to understand?"

That's maybe the reason why Mikan could stir him like no one else. She was his woman, and she is the woman for him. He's very determined now that he knew what was going on a year ago.

After yesterday's incident, Natsume was tempted to rush up to poor Mikan, who was completely insulted by Luna.

This was before he knew that Hotaru and Ruka had set up a date for Mikan and him, to clear things out. He thought he was meeting Ruka while Mikan thought that she was meeting Hotaru.

But instead, Luna, who happened to pass by for a cup of coffee, ruined everything.

"We'll get to her next time." Hotaru said dangerously.

Later on, when Luna left after she put on another 'happy' (not to mention, fake) face in front of Natsume, Ruka and Hotaru appeared out of no where in front of Starbucks. They claim to have witnessed everything.

So the three of them sat down to have a chat on the past and to come out with an avenging plot for Mikan against Luna since they had the spare time to do so.

And that was when he found out. Lying between Mikan and him, it's a bloody big misunderstanding that wasn't meant to be there in the first place!

Unsurprisingly, Luna was responsible for everything.

A year ago, he met Luna on one of the parties when she started taking interest in him and approached him. She started giving him flirty calls every day of the week and showed out wherever he went.

At the same time, Mikan was being busy the month before she left him. But being the strong Mikan that he's known, she wouldn't let him shoulder her worries. Yes, Mikan was looking pretty pale and worried, apparently having a hard time with her family due to monetary issues.

How would it go unnoticed? Natsume, who was given access to monopolize the economic of his country in due time, eventually found out that the Sakura Enterprise was in despair of falling apart and sooner of later, if help didn't arrive, it might go bankrupt altogether.

But realizing her problem didn't help much. Because he'd known Mikan very well to figure out that she wouldn't want his help. She was very sensitive when money was concerned between them. And he didn't want a fight.

But that was when he did wrong. By letting Mikan shouldering everything on her own. By trusting her.

She became independent, in fact, she didn't have time for him anymore!

That was when her parents died in a car crash a year ago.

Natsume was almost the last to have found out about the tragedy, thanks to Luna's ingenious plan of distracting him!

He found her hugging Tsubasa, one of their sempai's, when he dropped a casual visit to her house that day.

He was so furious that he avoided her for the following days.

Luna had been saying that Mikan was cheating on him! That she's grown apart of him because she got fed up with him! And worst of all, he bought it. His logical thinking was no longer working when he saw her with Tsubasa, after they were really starting to grow apart.

She hadn't call him or visit him lately.

And he has always thought that she had a thing for Tsubasa, that was why he was constantly jealous during his school days.

But then, that, was before he knew what had really happened. Mikan lost her parents, her house, her dad's company -everything in one day. But she didn't come to him because she thought he was cheating on her instead!

Again, this was also in one of Luna's plots to separate the two.

How could he be so dense before this?

Then, he'd been thinking that Mikan left him and vanished from all potential places that he could find her, because she no longer loved him!

On the other hand, Mikan, who was forced to face the tragedy a year ago all alone, thought that he was cheating on Luna!

And he has guessed that at one of the times that Luna appeared out of no where just to flirt with him, Mikan was at the site to witness everything!

That was what which caused their relationship to shatter into pieces instantly. Years of love and commitment faded away when jealousy clouded both their analytic minds.

She left, without a message, without announcing their break up officially, leaving him lifeless for months.

And Luna, he'd made himself clear that she didn't stand even the slightest chance to be with him. Well, that didn't stop her from trying to get her paws on him!

He didn't have time to love another woman because he has been working really hard to search for Mikan despite that he thought that she didn't love him anymore. He even confronted Tsubasa, who said nothing but kept preventing him from seeing her due to some reasons unknown.

Tsubasa wasn't that rude to him before this. Now that he thought of it, Tsubasa was probably protecting Mikan because knew that he was cheating on her. That was the only reason for his sudden repulsive behavior towards him.

Now that everything has started to make sense for the first time in one whole freaking year, it was time to clear everything up.

Judging from Mikan's response to his kiss, he'd bet on his whole life that Mikan still has something for him, she still felt something strong towards him. Whether if it's love or hate, it didn't matter. There was only a very thin line between those two. And he's very confident that he could turn anything she felt for him into the former in the end. He was very sure indeed. Their passion was mutual.

However, easier said than done, getting her to realize and to accept this fact were the problems which were the most troublesome right now...

End of Chapter 8

Okay, past revealed! I needed this chapter to clear everything up. And personally I think it was rather cliche. =/ Well, how ugly can a misunderstanding get? =D Anyways, I hope you liked it!

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