The Story of Us

By: Iceyicecream

Dedicated to AR

Chapter Ten: Central Town

Mikan waved her arm frantically to get Ruka's attention. "RUKA-PYON! Over here!"
Ruka turned and jogged over to the group of friends. It was Mikan, Hotaru, Yuu, Nonoko, Anna, and now Ruka. "This is everyone right?" Mikan asked doing a head count.

Hotaru nodded her head. "Let's get going then, the bus is here anyways."

Mikan nodded her head and held on to her best friends arm as they stepped onto the bus. It only took ten minutes to get there. Mikan smiled seeing the whole shopping area. "This is crazy! Even within the school there's even a place like this."

Anna nodded her head. "I still can't believe it and I've been here for who knows how long!"
Yuu looked at his watch. "If we're going by what we planned, we should be back to Mikan-Chan's room sometime before dinner."

"Then I propose we split up!" Nonoko chimed in.

"Agreed!" Anna piped.

Hotaru nodded her head. "Then we'll go groups of two. Anna and Nonoko, me and Tobita, and Mikan and Nogi."
Anna and Nonoko snickered at Mikan. Mikan glared at them and then looked at Hotaru who had her back turned to her. "I guess we should go and check out phones for you then." Ruka said.

Mikan nodded her head and followed Ruka. There were students everywhere. Not only that but all the shops were cute and Mikan wanted to stop at each one to gaze at the trinkets. Ruka noticed this and chuckled. "Maybe next time we can come and just spend the whole day just looking at the shops."
Mikan's eyes twinkled with anticipation. "Really?"
Ruka nodded his head. "But first, you have to try this."

Ruka took Mikan to a vender and bought a box of some kind of sweets and handed to Mikan. Mikan opened the box to find little fluffy candy that looked very similar to cotton candy. "What is this?" Mikan said as she inspected it.

"It's Howalon, I guess you could say it's similar to cotton candy but it's different. You just have to try it to understand what I'm trying to say."

Mikan took one and placed it in her mouth. Mikan's eyes widened and her mouth watered. "It's so good!" Mikan squealed happily.

Ruka smiled. "I'm glad you like it."
Mikan nodded her head and put another one in her mouth and another and another, with each one her smile getting wider and wider. Ruka couldn't help but smile along, her smile was contagious. Mikan gasped when she realized how rude she was being. "I'm sorry I'm eating all your food!" Mikan said holding the box up to him.

Ruka shook his head. "I eat it every time I come so I'm not missing out on anything."
"Are you sure?" Mikan asked looking suspiciously at him.

Ruka nodded his head. Mikan smiled and ate the last one. "Arigato Ruka-Kun."
"You're welcome, well let's go and find you a phone."
Mikan nodded her head. "Okay!"

Mikan and Ruka headed towards the phone store and Mikan looked at the phones. "Hmm…I'm not really sure about which one to choose. They all look really cool."

"Well since you're a new phone user then you should go with a model that is simple and I suppose you can say 'user friendly'."

Mikan nodded her head. "And which phone would that be?"

Ruka looked at all the phones that the store carried. "Well I suppose the IPhone would be the best choice. It's easy to use but the problem about this is that a lot of times, IPhone users crack their phones because they drop it."
Mikan rubber her neck, "Well that may be a problem for me cause I'm awfully clumsy."

Ruka thought this over. "Then maybe you can get an Otter Box then."

Mikan looked at him. "What's that?"

"It's a heavy duty case." Ruka informed her.

"Ohh, well then let's do that then."
Ruka nodded his head. With the help of Ruka, Mikan was able to get a phone. "Thank you Ruka-Pyon."

Ruka shook his head. "It was nothing."

Mikan couldn't help but smile. "Neh, where are we supposed to meet up with everyone?"
"I don't know, let me ask."
Ruka pulled out his phone and groaned and put it back in his pocket. Mikan looked at him confused. "My phone is dead."
Mikan gasped and Ruka let out a sigh, "I suppose let's look for them and if we can't find them we'll just head back to your place."
Mikan nodded her head. So they left the phone store and looked all around Central Town but could not find their friends anywhere. Mikan sat down on one of the public benches. "They're not here." Mikan sighed.

Ruka nodded his head. "I guess we should head back then."
Mikan nodded her head. Together, the two of them headed to the bus and all along the way they talked about themselves and about anything. As they took the elevator up to Mikan's dorm Mikan couldn't help but laugh. "Today was lots of fun." Mikan said.

Ruka stuck his hands in his pockets. "Yeah, it was nice."
Mikan looked at him and Ruka stared back. The elevator dinged and Mikan smiled. "This is our floor." She said as she stepped out.

Ruka nodded his head and stepped out and followed Mikan. "Oh, you live next to Natsume." Ruka said.

This made Mikan frown. "What?" Ruka said.

Mikan sighed, "Nothing, I just don't like Natsume."
Ruka chuckled, "Most girls are head over heels in love with him."
"Well I'm not most girls now am I?" Mikan said as she fished for her keys.

Ruka smiled warmly, "No you are not."
Mikan got her key out and unlocked her door. "Well, welcome to my humble abo!" Mikan said opening the door for Ruka to come inside.