Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN GAKUEN ALICE!
(Hehe…I decided to add the whole Na-chan thing in the last chapter…I wanna see Mikan being close to beating Natsume in a verbal fight once in a while.)
Me: Anyway Mikan, what I was going to tell you were that Na-chan has very, very, very big cr…
Natsume: I know that you thought Jesus was crucified in 1994. (Suddenly disrupted Mikan's conversation and mine.)
Oh, and you don't have to exaggerate so much about you-know-what by putting so many 'very' in front of the word c-r-…
Me: I was 4 then and I know how big your … on her is.
Natsume: What about that time when you walked into the male's toilet by accident, hentai?
Me: Erm…I can explain that…wait…how do you know that…you hypocritical pervert and as you have said, it was accidental.
Natsume: Smirks. What about the fact that you were hyper because you had some Bailey's (alcoholic) ice cream!
Me: Attempting to throw the table at him but was restrained by Ruka
I – WAS-NOT-DRUNK! LEMME GO RUKA, I HAVE TO TEACH HIM TO RESPECT HIS ELDER.
Natsume: I didn't say you were drunk, I said hyper, you corrected yourself.
Mikan: What were you going to tell me?
Me: Don't worry, Mikan. Attempting to give her a reassuring smile whilst I was actually Frightened like a baby deer
Natsume: Gives me a smug look.
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Chapter 4 – An Unforgettable Past, An Unforgettable Friendship
After some of intensive anger management sessions for Mikan, provided by the generosity of the author – me. Whilst poor Yuu-chan was the one who has to give her these sessions and Hotaru helped to calm her down by using her Baka Gun oh-so-wisely. (I told you at the beginning of Chapter 1 that I knew she would have to turn to anger management soon, didn't I!)
"What's that, Mikan-chan?" asked Yuu; pointing to the piece of paper Mikan was holding…curiosity needed to be fed.
"What?" Mikan was confused. "Oh…this?" she asked as she waved the paper in front of Yuu.
"This is what me and Hotaru will be singing for the competition." She looked at Hotaru and smiled widely and a small smile graced Hotaru's lips even though no one saw it…except for Mikan of course.
Mikan then returned her gaze back at Yuu who was now reading the piece of paper. The rest of the class started to turn their attention to the piece of paper too. They crowded the small group consisting of Yuu, Mikan and Hotaru and started reading the paper too.
When they finished reading it they turned their attention back to Mikan and Hotaru, they were curious.
"The song is really good, especially the lyrics!" they said.
"But what song is it, I've never heard of it before." Nonoko asked.
"It's mine and Hotaru's favorite song," Mikan grinned.
Mikan looked at Hotaru then looked at her classmates and they both smile sweetly at the class. They were amazed; they never saw Hotaru smile before, even though the smile is barely noticeable it was still a change from her usual blank face. (Unfortunately no one saw Ruka-pyon blushing over Hotaru's smile.)
Mikan continued, "Of course you wouldn't know it, me and Hotaru composed it a few years ago for a singing competition at our home town."
Even Ruka and Natsume at the back of the classroom started listening out of interest; they wanted to know more about the two girls' past, more about what happened before they arrived at Gakuen Alice.
"Why did you compose it?" asked Nonoko.
"Well, erm…" Mikan stuttered, she turned to Hotaru for support; Hotaru gave her a warm look, urging and allowing her to continue.
"Well, it was when Hotaru first asked me to be her friend, it was when our friendship first started."
FlashbackHotaru walked up to Mikan, who was slowly making her way back home. She stopped when she realized that Hotaru was walking behind her. She turned around and looked at Hotaru.
"Let's be friends!" Hotaru said, out of the blues.
Mikan looked at Hotaru, confused. The new transfer student just asked to be friends with her.
"Two cute girls like us who are also popular should join to form a group together, this way we can benefit from the friendship."
Everyone in the class whilst listening to this flashback sweat dropped at Hotaru's bluntness. Even though they don't show it, the class knew that the two girls were cute, especially when they are together.
When they were at their last school they were very popular, especially with the boys. Their personalities made people love them for who they are, not to mention, they are both so kawaii-looking. Their contrast of personality interested the people around them and Hotaru's ice-queen image makes the guys to take interest in her because she was so mysterious.
In this school, people feel intimidated by Hotaru and her weird gadgets and the harm that it can cause, thus no boys (if they have an intention to be 'more than friends') has dared to approach the two girls unless they just want severe body harm. Hotaru is very protective over Mikan even though she doesn't show it. She would shoot the boys with her Baka Gun if they have any intention of becoming "more than friends" with either of them. Anyway, no one dare to approach Mikan, it is like Natsume has an invisible claim on the girl.
However, when the classmates knew what Hotaru said to Mikan when they first met, to put this fact so simply then and wanting to use this fact as an advantage for their friendship. Well…it was just like Hotaru.
Hotaru presented a poster in front of Mikan, it was a singing competition and the winning group will earn 10,000-yen worth of food coupons.
The whole class sighed; again, it was just like Hotaru to do something like this – for food or money.
Mikan smiled warmly at Hotaru and said "hai!"
She took Hotaru's hand and they walked back home together.
"Call me Mikan, Hotaru!"
A Few days later - a day before the competition
"Hotaru, did you notice that on the poster it says that we have to compose our own song?"
"…"
"Do you want to come to stay at my house tonight and compose it together? Ji-chan wants to meet you, he had heard so much about you from me!"
Hotaru smiled.
"Ji-chan, I'm home, I've brought Hotaru with me."
"Konbawa, Hotaru-chan."
"Konbawa." Hotaru smiled.
Mikan's house is a second-home to her. Sometimes she feels more comfortable here because it feels so tense in her own house, her mum is over-protective of her because they are trying to hide her from Gakuen Alice and sometimes she feels uneasy around her parents.
At nighttime the two fell asleep in Mikan's bedroom, Ji-chan switched off the lights and tugged the two into bed and covered them with a duvet. The moonlight lit the song lyrics on Mikan's desk.
The two girls tossed and turned in their sleep until they found comfort when they leant close together, facing each other and they held each other's hand.
"Hotaru…" Mikan whispered in her sleep.
As if she had heard Mikan, she replied, "Baka" and a smile can be seen on both of their faces in the moonlight.
They won the competition easily and they got the food coupons. On the same day someone also started a Fan Club for the two of them, supported by both boys and girls in their school and in the village. (Hotaru earned money in her old school by selling pictures of Mikan and sometimes…only sometimes, both of them together.)
Ruka: So when I wasn't there she blackmailed Sakura for pictures.
Hotaru: Is there something wrong with that?
Ruka: Err…no.
Hotaru: Good. (Everyone sweat dropped.)
But what they treasured the most from this competition was not popularity or the food coupons…even though Hotaru did want the coupons very much. What they treasured the most was the precious time they got to spend with each other whilst working on the song, it was the start of a blooming friendship and the song they composed constantly reminded them of that.
They both smiled at each other at this flashback of memory. They looked happy and their classmates can't help but smile with them. Somehow looking at them makes them feel happy inside. They all used to think that maybe they are not really best friends; by the way Hotaru treats Mikan they can't be. But they realized that the two girls had a strong bond of friendship by looking at their faces when they were reminiscing the start of their friendship. They just had a different and weird way of showing their friendship than others have. The contrast of characters between the two of them just makes their friendship stronger as they will cover and give what the other one lacks. (I find it is rather ironic how MxH and RxN are complete contrast friendship whilst MxN and RxH are also a complete contrast of pairing.)
The End of Chapter 4
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