This is the second chapter…. Hope you people will enjoy…

Disclaimer: I Don't Own Gakuen Alice (Sad!)!

Days pass by very fast and soon, it is the start of their home staying. All the students in the school are very excited for this program as they not only get to stay at their classmate's home, but most importantly, they get to go home at last. However, things were a bit different in class 2B as the 2 most famous guys in their class are not their partner.

"Eh… Hotaru, do you feel very strange?" Mikan asked.

"If you have so much time to care about other things, why don't you spend more time on thinking which item you should bring?" Hotaru replied.

Mikan just nodded and tried her best to ignore their sight. Soon, everyone is leaving the school as there are cars to bring them to their destinations. It was then when Mikan realized that Natsume and she are traveling together with Hotaru and Ruka. She is very puzzled by this, but didn't voice it out.

Soon, after hour or so, they reached a huge mansion.

"We're here." The driver said. "Two weeks later, I'll come again around 10am. Please be ready by then." He then said after they got down and drove off.

"Where are we?" Mikan then asked when the driver left.

"Uh… This is my home, Sakura, Imai. Welcome to the place where Natsume and I grew up." Ruka introduced.

"Oh wow! I didn't realized that you are so rich, Ruka-pyon." Mikan said. "Are both your parents staying together?" she then asked.

Natsume just walked away from them upon hearing the question.

"Natsume!" Ruka shouted for him, but he just waved. "Natsume's parent is dead when he is 7. My parents and his are very good friends, so they welcome him warmly to stayed with us." Ruka explained with a sigh.

Upon hearing that, Mikan immediately look down. She did not mean to make Natsume think about that incident again. Hotaru knows what is she thinking about and pat her back, giving her a rare smile. Mikan saw it and smile back before they follow Ruka into the house. They are warmly greeted by Ruka's parents and, after putting their things at the guest room prepared for them, Ruka showed them around his house.

"Your house is so beautiful and your parents are very nice, Ruka-pyon." Mikan praised and Ruka blushed a bit.

At night time, Mikan couldn't sleep as she was very excited the whole day. She then decided to take a stroll. As she was enjoying the night scenery of the garden, she didn't watch where she was going and accidentally bump into Natsume.

"Natsume! I'm sorry for I'm not looking at where I'm going." Mikan immediately apologized but Natsume didn't say anything.

Natsume walked to the Sakura Tree and sat down. Mikan then followed up and sat beside him.

"What are you doing here?" she asked.

Natsume didn't answer her, but instead, asked her, "What about you?"

"I cannot sleep. This is the first time I cannot sleep. I guess that is because I'm too excited. It may also be that I really missed my jii-chan. I really hope to see him really soon." Mikan said. "I'm sorry for what I said in the morning." She then apologized.

Natsume just kept silence. Mikan then looked up at the sky.

"Wow! I had never seen such a starry night ever since I entered the school. I missed those days." She then said, looking at Natsume. "Hey, you know what? Grandpa told me that my oto-sama and okaa-sama is one of the stars in the sky. Maybe yours is also there." She then smiled, turning to look at him.

Natsume looked at her with a bit of surprise and then smiled at her. For the first time in Mikan's life, she finally saw Natsume's real smile and it captured her. Natsume is also captured by her smile. Time seems to have stopped at that moment and something, deep inside both hearts, has began to grow but they did not realized it. It is also the first time Natsume talked a lot more then usual. They continue chatting under the starry sky for some time until Mikan slowly drifted to sleep. She leans against Natsume's shoulder and sleep peacefully. Upon seeing this, Natsume just smiled at her and carried her back to the guest room so that she can sleep peacefully.

"Good Night and Sweet Dreams, Mikan!" Natsume whispered at her ears before he left the room.