A/N: Hey guys! I'm so glad you enjoyed that last one! And well decided to sort of have a repeat performance, but not a better one, I think. Mikan won't be subconsciously helping anyone but will deliberately help someone in this one! Hope you guys still like it! And I placed a little thing that I always found funny in fics and learned about it first hand, you'll find out in the end.
Hope you guys enjoy! Again please leave me a review!
Hotaru: Kakasol728 doesn't own any of this
Me: HOTARU!!!I MISSED YOU!
Hotaru: You now owe me 1000 rabbits
Me: Wha-
Hotaru: See yah baka
Being With You
XII
"Matchmaking Pair"
"Go to sleep Mikan" Was all Natsume replied before sleeping
Mikan woke up the next day to see Natsume had gone out their room already. She stood up and saw that at the foot of the door there was a sketch book. She bent down and took it, it had only one page with a drawing the rest were blank or ripped out pages. What she saw made her eyes widened and what she read at the bottom shocked her even more.
Bridesmaid's DRESS: SAKURA MIKAN
"WHA!!!" she screamed in delight as she clutched the sketch of the dress to her chest and hugged it for a while when-
"Mikan?!" Natsume stormed inside, thinking maybe she was hurt or in a nightmare, but then he looked down to see Mikan looking up at him a sketch book hugged to her chest eyes showed shock at his instant arrival.
"Oh, I'm fine Natsume-kun sorry about that!" Mikan apologized "Uh, Ohayo!" she quickly added
"What're you doing down there?"
"Looking at this!" she stood up and presented the sketch book, hands on the sides of the book and pushed it infront of him
He took it with one had and examined it "That's what you're gonna wear?" he said insultingly
"Hmph! Isn't Anna-sempai talented?!" she took the book and looked at the design again
"Hn," was all Natsume said as he leaned on the wall and looked as she sat on the bed and looked like a little girl looking at a picture book, completely dazzled by that hand drawn dress design. She looked kind of cute in that point of view, so he looked at the ground to hide his little smile
"Hey Natsume?" she looked up from admiring the drawing
"Hn?" he replied still not looking up
"Did you train with Ren again?"
"Yeah, and the other guys" he looked up this time and his slightly wet hair bounced up as he did and he leaned back that made Mikan blush to see how handsome he looked at that moment
"Even Yoh-sempai?" she covered her flushed face with the book, acting like she was looking at it intently
"Nope, he's still asleep"
"Oh,"
"Hn"
"Hey Natsume?" she asked her face going back to normal
"What?"
"Do you think I can fit this dress?" from her innocent question he smirked a zinger
"If it's a children's size, yeah sure" the next thing he knew a traditional pillow was thrown at him
"Direct hit!" Mikan squealed in victory as Natsume leaned down to the floor after the hit
"Natsume?" she was worried but then he raised his head with a smirk on his face just as he threw the pillow at her
And it hit her just fine
"Ow!"
"Now that was a direct hit baka"
"Unfair I was distracted!" Mikan complained
"And when you hit me I wasn't?"
"Hmph!" she folded her arms and closed her eyes, pretending she was angry
"Hmph yourself baka," was all Natsume said before pulling her down and hitting her with another pillow
"Hey! I didn't feel you come up on the bed!"
"You're too preoccupied pretending"
"Why you!" then this started a total pillow fight, they weren't fighting really but laughing (mostly Mikan) and having fun, even with the traditional pillows
Then they didn't hear door opened
"Oops! Sorry!!! Gomen! Gomen!"
And the door sliding shut
"Pilica-san?" Mikan stopped laughing and pillow fighting
"Usui?" Natsume asked
"Natsume-kun I think Pilica-chan was just here"
"You must be imagining things"
"I am not!" throwing him with a pillow again
"Hn" dodging the pillow
"Hey weren't you supposed to be training with the guys?"
"Yeah, its okay"cause I like being with you more it would be so OOC if anyone heard me saying this out loud
"Natsume?"
"Hn?"
"Do you think its breakfast now?"
"I don't know, even when you were asleep you ate everything I brought last night"
"Really? Hahaha"
"That isn't normal baka"
"Nullifying any Alices aren't normal too"
"Hn," then he went off the bed and opened his bag, which wasn't "butterfly" inspired unlike Mikan's. His was just white and black, as requested, and then took out a shirt and some pants.
"Why're you gonna change?" Mikan asked puzzled, she was looking at the design again; honestly she was very interested in that dress design maybe because she's never been to a wedding before, nor seen a custom made dress, designed by hand, before.
"You wanna see if Ryu's done cooking right?"
"Hai!"
"Then get dressed baka"
Reminder she was wearing her cherry blossom pajamas
"Hai!"
But before they could move they heard something
"I told you I wasn't snooping!"
Natsume looked at Mikan and read her mind, both thinking "That was Pilica"
"Oh yes you were baka, you know that's a criminal offense"
And that was Ren
"Criminal offense?!"
"Invading people's privacy and trespassing"
"Are you crazy?!"
"No you are"
"Ugh! I don't care what you think! I was just gonna call Mikan!"
"And what?"
"And tell her that breakfast is gonna be ready!"
"Yeah right…"
"Why do you care Tao?!"
"Did it seem that way Usui? I apologize" he said in the most sarcastic way possible, the two listeners could almost see that he completed it with an evil smirk
"ARGH! I HATE YOU!" then they heard her walk away or stomp away and Ren sighing and following her flight
"What was that about?" Mikan asked
"You weren't hearing things"
"Huh?"
"Seems to me Usui stopped by to tell you breakfast was almost ready and Tao taunted her for doing something else"
"Why would he do that?"
"You're clueless," he said shaking his head
"Huh?"
"Didn't I tell you to change already?"
"Oh yeah, I'll be right back," then Mikan changed into a red medium length skirt not too short not too long and a white with red lining turtle neck and pulled out the necklace Natsume gave her to emphasize it and brushed her hair down before she met with Natsume who was wearing plain jeans with a black shirt and the necklace that was identical to hers, even with the plain clothes and that fall down hair, he was drop dead gorgeous to her, maybe she was deeper in love than she thought so she held her part of the necklace.
NxM
She would never forget that.
"You done?" Natsume turned to her
"Hai!"
"Let's go baka" when they went outside he took her hand and she felt flush, she was deeper than she thought alright
Then they arrived to the dining part of the whole residence. Everyone was talking at the table and Mikan could see her new friend flushed red with anger, she looked at her with concern and turned to Natsume but he already nodded to her and squeezed her hand before leaving her to her friend.
"Ohayo Pilica-san!" she greeted her with enthusiasm
"Ohayo Mi-chan…"
"Are you okay?"
"Hai…"
"You sure?" when she asked Pilica looked at Ren talking to her brother and Natsume as if nothing was wrong
"I don't know anymore Mi-chan," then she changed the subject "Oh yeah! Mi-chan, how'd you do it?!"
"Do what?"
"Do that!" motioning to Yoh and Anna still nothing has changed but she could see that Anna was lighting up a bit
"Anna's happy? ier?"
"Uh-huh! And that," she motioned under the table then Mikan looked
"THEIR-!" before she could scream out loud Pilica put a hand on her mouth, but she already attracted attention
"Ano…she's just hungry!" Pilica saved to say and everyone else went back to their own ways
"Hn, RYU! HURRY UP!" Anna called out
"Don't shout Mi-chan," Pilica said when she released her hand
"Hai, Gomen"
"So did you see it?"
"Hai! They're so Kawaii! I can't believe they're finally holding hands!"
"Like you aren't" Mikan heard the sorrow in her voice, not bitterness
"Oh sorry Mi-chan! I didn't mean it that way!" Pilica said apologizing
"Its okay Pilica-san, I think I know what's happening to you, hehehe"
"Really? What?"
"You like someone"
"WHAT?!"
"RYU! HURRY UP! ITS LIKE A SCREAM FIT IN HERE!" Anna called out again after Pilica shouted
"Gomen!"
"Hahaha"
"Why would you think that Mi-chan?"
"You like Ren" she whispered not really the exact answer to her friend's question
Then Pilica stared at her like she was going mad and laughed
"Your joking right Mi-chan?"
"Nope, I'm not"
"Okay?"
"Remember that time I first met you and you said that you and Ren weren't together?"
"Hai?"
"And you said that he didn't like you?"
"Hai"
"And I asked you if you did?"
"Hai, I mean I remember not hai as in I-"
"I understand but you answered you 'don't know?' right?"
"Hai?"
"That means you're not sure!"
"So?" she was confused now
"I think you really like him now, and I'm sure!"
"How? Why? What?"
"We heard you outside our room"
"Oh, gomen, wait" she paused "but that just means you heard that I hate him not like him"
"But you were fighting; we always say what we don't mean when we fight"
"Wow that was mature of you Mi-chan," Pilica said proud of her friend
"Really? Cool"
"Okay back to the topic"
"Hai! See I think you're just not sure how you feel about him because you don't know if he likes you back or not"
"Okay, that makes sense, how did you know that?"
"I think, I'm not sure about that too, but that's what I felt when I liked Natsume"
"Liked?"
"I…um…no…"
"Oh! You love him now!!!"
"Ryu! Where are you?!" Anna called out
"Uh, hai"
"Kawaii!!!"
"Back to you now Pilica-san"
"Okay," she seemed uncomfortable talking about their topic
"What if we found out if he likes you?"
"That's impossible"
"Don't say that! We don't know!"
"Not knowing is better, I don't get humiliated and we remain at least, sort of like friends"
"But what if you both like each other? Wouldn't that be a waste?"
"But what if only I like him? What'll happen?"
"Its better to try Pilica-san than to think what-if's all our lives"
She looked as her friend sighed and Ryu come in.
"Breakfast is ready!" he screamed out
"Finally…" Anna said
"Calm down Anna-chan" Yoh whispered in her ear, their friends were watching closely
Anna looked at him with those cold expressionless eyes and said "Urasai Yoh," before she hit him with her legendary left she hit him and everyone laughed before they dug in
After breakfast, Mikan excused herself from Pilica to go to Anna before she watched her morning soaps.
"Ohayo Anna-sempai!"
"Ohayo"
"Anna-sempai I just wanna thank you for the designs for the dress! They're so beautiful!"
"Hn,"
"Ano…Uh Anna-sempai can I ask you something?"
"What?"
"Do you think Ren like Pi- I mean anyone?"
"Tao? Why so interested Mikan? Tired of Hyuuga?"
"NO! Ofcourse not!"
"Then what?"
"Uh…Ano…can you keep a secret?"
"Do I look like a gossip and secret spreading type to you?"
"Uh, No"
"Good, then what is it?" Mikan neared her and whispered
"I think Pilica-san likes Ren" then she stepped back and saw the emotionless expression of Anna
"That's it?"
"Huh?"
"I already know that baka"
"You do?!"
"What do you think spending years being with these people give you?"
"Right…" she said realizing
"Hn"
"So your not gonna do anything?"
"Why should I?"
"But-but"
"I'm not a matchmaker" with that she left
"Why can't anyone tell me what a matchmaker is?!" Mikan shouted clearly frustrated
"It's a person who brings two people together baka"
"Natsume!" how can he sneak up on me like that?!
"So you're planning to be that again?"
"I think so…"
"What're you planning to do? Get Pilica and Ren together right?"
"Hai!"
"That's already matchmaking baka,"
"Really? Wow! I'm a matchmaker!"
"Yeah yeah so what now?"
"Well do you think Ren likes Pilica-san?"
"Yup, I think Tao does like her," he answered not even blinking
"You sure?"
"Positive"
"Now how can we get them together?"
"You can make Usui tell Tao"
"She doesn't believe there's a chance Ren would like her and she's not wiling to take a risk"
"Like someone I know"
"Hey! You didn't give me a chance to!"
"I wasn't talking about you baka"
"Oh…" she blushed furiously "Gomen"
"Hn"
"So who were you talking about?"
"Seems Tao and Usui have that trait in common"
"Really?"
"Yeah but he's convincing himself he doesn't like her"
"What? Maybe he doesn't, what are we gonna do? Poor Pilica!"
"He's just got some pride issues, he likes her no doubt about it"
"Okay so how are we gonna get them to pest down?"
"That's fess up baka"
"What's that?"
"Never mind"
"Natsume?"
"What?"
"Can we sit down?"
"Sure"
Mikan ran up to one of the Sakura trees and Natsume followed and lied down, head on her leg
"It's been a while since you did that Natsume!"
"Hn"
"Now what are we gonna do? Pilica's too afraid to lose their friendship and Ren; well he's too stubborn and proud! Hmph! What're we gonna do with those two?!"
"I'll make Tao talk"
"How?"
"Like you said he's stubborn and proud, we can use that against him"
"How?"
"I won't try to even explain in to you baka"
"Hmph! Pilica said I said something mature a while ago!"
"Being mature isn't being smart baka, besides I'm not explain it to you not because you can't understand"
"Then why?"
"It's because I just wanna show you baka, it'll be clearer that way" then she remembered that rainy night
"Fine"
"Wait here"
"Hai!"
"Wait, do you know where Usui is?"
"Uh, no"
"Get her here and I'll get Tao"
"What'll I say to her?!"
"Your mature now baka, you'll figure it out"
"Natsume!"
But then he was off in a flash.
"sigh" was all she did before looking for Pilica.
"Pilica-san?!"
She searched all around the residence and made twists and turns all round.
"Horohoro-san! Tamao-san!" at least she found her brother and Tamao
"Mikan-san!" they both waved her over
"Did you see Pilica-san?"
"Nope, I didn't see my sister"
"How about you Tamao-san?"
"I think I saw her by the secluded dojo"
"Anna's dojo?"
"Hai"
"But isn't Anna there?"
"Nope I think I saw her with Yoh" Horohoro replied
"Oh…" Mikan smiled
"Mikan-chan that was really great you did with them last night" Tamao acknowledged her happily
"Yeah we've been trying to do that for years" Horohoro added
"Really? Sankyuu!"
"Doitashimashte" she replied shyly
"Okay I have to go now! See yah!"
"Wait Mikan!"
"Hai Horohoro-san?"
"Why are you looking for her?"
"I have something to tell her"
"Okay"
"Ahh…" then Mikan thought of something
"Uh Horohoro-san?"
"Hai?"
"Would you be okay if Pilica-san liked someone?"
"Sure! My sister likes a lot of people"
"Uh, not like that, a boy"
"Hm…" then Horohoro got a pat from Tamao and he looked at her "Yeah, my sister can," he said forcibly
"Can the boy like her?"
"What?!" then Tamao held unto him and he sighed
"I guess…why're you asking me this?"
"Uh, no reason! Thanks again! Bye!"
Then she ran off to Anna's dojo, but then without her subconscious feet or anyone else leading her there she got confused.
"Oh no where am I?" she looked around and found that she was completely lost…
Then she heard a sound
"Pilica-san?" she was getting nervous now, a bush was moving
"Anyone?" then a something jumped out at her and she screamed in surprise
"AAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!" but then she stopped when she realized it was cat
"Phew, I thought it was something else…" then the cat jumped off her and ran down a path, Mikan watched it go but then she saw it look back at her as if it was trying to tell her to follow her
"Okay kitty, I'll follow absolutely anyone now," then she followed the cat to a dojo.
"Hey! I'm here! Thanks kitty!" then she looked and the cat disappeared
"That was weird"
Then she found Pilica sitting at the dojo looking troubled
"You okay Pilica-san?"
"Mi-chan! What're you doing here?"
"I wanted to talk to you!"
"About what?"
"Ren!"
"Oh…I rather not…"
"Oh come on Pilica-san!" Mikan said pulling Pilica up
"Where are we going?"
"Um, I thought we should go and talk somewhere!"
"Why not here?"
"Uh…I wanna talk at the Sakura trees!"
"Why?"
"I just really like it there, uh…" she was panicking
"Mi-chan?"
"It reminds me of home," she said as sentimentally as she could, it wasn't a lie it did
"Okay, it's really cool there too"
"So let's go?"
"Hai!"
"Do we really have to talk about him?" she asked as they walked
"Yup!"
"sigh"
"Don't worry Pilica-san I think you'll like it"
"Why would I like it?"
"You'll see"
"Huh?"
"I won't try to even explain in to you"
"Was that an insult Mi-chan?" she asked looking surprised
"No! Gomen I just konted him"
"Konted?"
"Its quoted baka"
"Huh?" she looked up and saw it wasn't Pilica who spoke but Natsume
"Can I talk to her first?" he asked
"Sure!"
Then Natsume steered her away
"Where's Ren?"
"He's coming"
"Why aren't we stop stopping from walking"
"You'll see"
"You always say that!"
"I know"
Then he carried her bridal style and jumped to the top of a dojo that overlooked the Sakura trees. That reminded him of the time everyone found out about them in school but he didn't bring it up, she was asleep that time.
"What're we doing here?" she asked
"We have to give them some privacy baka"
"Oh, gomen"
"Hn"
"Mi-chan? Natsume?" Pilica was looking for them when Ren arrived
"Ren?"
"Yeah, that's me"
"What are you doing here?"
"I have no idea," she was taken aback by that answer
"First time I heard you say that Ren"
"Yeah"
"Why aren't you as loud mouthed as usual?"
"Could you just stop being nosy?"
"And your not?"
"Why can't you just listen baka?"
"Hello? You didn't say anything but 'yeah'"
"So? Why can't you wait until I say something else?"
"You were saying something else? It didn't seem so!"
On the roof…
"They're arguing Natsume that's not good," Mikan said worried
"Tao is messing this up"
"Should we help them?"
"Let them work this out"
"I can't believe they would fight on such simple things!"
"Like we don't baka?"
"That's different"
"How?"
"Natsume! We shouldn't fight right now okay so stop teasing me"
"Hn"
Back to the two
"What if I had something important to tell you baka that you didn't hear because of your motor mouth?!"
"What could you say that could be so important?"
"I don't know"
"See? You can't even think of anything!"
"Ugh, why can't you just listen?"
"I'm listening!"
"Then will you hear what I have to say?!"
"Duh baka! What do you have to say?!"
"You'll faint when I say it"
"Let's see…Really? What?"
"…"
"What?!" she shouted impatience getting to her
"I LOVE YOU BAKA!"
Silence…
"Y-you l-love me?"
"Duh baka…" Ren breathed out
"Your tricking me again aren't you Ren?"
"Why would I do that?!"
"I don't believe you," she said turning away
"Ugh! What do I have to do to-" then he was cut off by a thought
"What are you doing?" Pilica asked as she felt him step nearer
"I shouldn't have said that," he said behind her
"W-what?" she spun around and shocked he was right infront of her
"I should've just shown you"
"How-" but Pilica was cut off by Ren's kiss which she responded to happily to
"Yeay!" Mikan said above
"That wasn't what I expected"
"I knew it would turn out!"
"No you didn't"
"Yes I did!"
"No you didn't"
"Why do you want to argue with me?" Mikan asked, Natsume looked at the two new couple and faced Mikan
"Maybe, to do this" then Natsume pulled her to him by her waist and kissed her. She kissed him back and they kissed for a few moments when it was broken by someone screaming
"TAO! GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY SISTER!!!"
Mikan looked at Natsume, still in his arms and they both laughed
"I thought he was okay with it," Mikan said worriedly
"You were wrong"
"sigh"
"You know baka"
"What?"
"I'm happy you don't have a brother," then he kissed her again
A/N: SORRY FOR THE LONG CHAPPIE! Hope you enjoyed that one guys! I hope you can review and got the funny part. I returned Mikan's mistaken clichés and just to tell, the wedding is almost up! It may be the next chappie or not. Hehehe…
Oh yeah I have a gift for all of you guys! Information! LoL
Seriously and here it is…
GAKUEN ALICE SEASON TWO WILL BE OUT NEXT YEAR!!!
That's all I know now! Belated Merry Christmas you guys! And an advance Happy New Year! Be careful with those fireworks!