Of Pyros, Polka Dots, and Hidden Love
A Gakuen Alice Fanfic by (The Very Harassed) Y.N.T. Maria Blanca
DISCLAIMER: GYAH! I don't own Gakuen Alice, not at all. Sad Huh?
Author's Notes: It's (one of) the CRUCIALLY CRUCIAL chapters of this VERY STUPID story. I'm sorry to torture you with its existence but, I have nothing better to do. So sorry. Enjoy what you can.
Chapter Four: Trance Alice, Part 2 – I'm sorry…Mikan.
Without warning, Mikan was on the grass, with Natsume's face inches from hers…
Luckily (or unluckily) for both our hero and heroine, Natsume was able to stop the Trance Alice from working at the VERY LAST SECOND. Getting up and brushing himself off, Natsume resumed his manga-reading, with Mikan looking at him in horror from behind.
"N…n…Natsume…" Mikan said, her voice suddenly very small.
"What?" Natsume said nonchalantly.
"W…why…why did you do that?" Natsume lowered his manga to see Mikan's terrified face. Not chibi-terrified, just plain terrified. Great, what the hell made me do that? Natsume mentally smacked himself.
"You were disturbing me, and I was going to burn your eyebrows off. But I decided not to waste such flame on a stupid girl like you." Natsume lied by way of explanation. Unfortunately, Mikan was more perceptive (oddly enough) than that.
"You…you're eyes…then…they were…they were filled with…" Mikan stared for a few minutes in horror, then, terrified, she ran away in tears, running blindly into the crowds of Central Town.
For a few moments, Natsume congratulated himself on restoring the peace. But then he realized, to his abject horror…
What have I done?
"Little girl! Little girl!" Natsume called out amongst the noon crowds, to no avail. He silently cursed himself, thinking that if he had the chance he would incinerate his own body.
"Little girl! Oi! Little girl!" He tried again, waiting for a response. He got lucky, Amongst the crowds, seated, trembling in her coat, was Mikan, getting herself some tea to calm her shocked nerves. Natsume dashed for Mikan's table, only to find that as soon as Mikan caught sight of him, she quickly abandoned her tea and dashed off. What hit him the most was her terrified expression, as if she was running away from…
A monster. Natsume cursed himself fervently and ran after Mikan, following her red jacket flapping in the wind created by her running.
When he finally caught up to her at the edge of the Northern Forest, he gave her a death glare and asked, obviously tired, "Why the heck did you keep running?"
Mikan cowered against a tree and said, in a tiny voice, barely audible against the sound of Natsume's rushing breath, "Natsume-san…are you…are you going to…to rape me?"
Natsume was shocked by two things. One, Mikan had used the honorific –san next to his name. Two, Mikan's voice was so tiny, her eyes wide in fear. And this wasn't chibi-fear folks, it was real fear. For a second (A/N: OMG, stupid keyboard, I almost typed "sex-ond"!) Natsume stared at Mikan in shock, contemplating if she wasn't as innocent as she looked. After all, she had used the word rape. When he finally cleared his head he turned his back to her and said,
"No, and I'm sorry for scaring you…Mikan." Natsume said, quietly.
"You…you used my name." Mikan said in shock (chibi-shock), her eyes boggling.
"Will you quit with that face, ugly!" Natsume said in a huff. Mikan, in her surprise, did.
"It's okay then Natsume! You only scared me a little!" Mikan said, back to her regular old cheery self. Natsume smiled (though Mikan didn't see it on the count of Natsume's back having been turned to her), then took on his regular gruff tone.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, now leave me alone, polka-dots. Or should I say rabbits?"
"Grr…I'LL GET YOU FOR THAT YOU PERVERT!" Mikan exclaimed. She grabbed Natsume's manga and ran off with it. Natsume gave chase, and, from afar, it would seem like a couple having fun. Mikan giggled exuberantly while Natsume even managed a snicker, or two. Natsume eventually got his manga back and hit Mikan on the head with it.
"Give it a rest, ugly." Natsume said and walked back to under his tree to read and nap on the snow. But Mikan smiled to herself.
I made him smile! Maybe he does like me!
With that, Mikan skipped away into the snowy distance, leaving Natsume to his almost identical thoughts.
I made her smile, ha! Maybe she does like me! Score!
End Notes: I agonized over this equally-short chapter too! So cut me some slack, I'm getting out of ideas! The next chapter will be Christmas already, so murder me later…OKAY! growls
Ciao Bellas!
MB