DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN GAKUEN ALICE AND THE SONG 'FALL TO PIECES' AND 'I'M WITH YOU' BY AVRIL LAVIGNE
AUTHOR'S NOTES: Sorry for the late update…really very busy and everything…sorry…but anyway…here's chapter 8 and more likely the 2nd part of their school festival. Anyway thanks to those who reviewed and read the last chap! Hehehe!!! ^^
CHAPTER EIGHT-SCHOOL FESTIVAL 2
Who was that guy? But nevertheless when he hugs me I felt comfortable in his arms. It's so gentle and…it feels like I have known that guy from somewhere but I just don't know who.
"Hey Mikan?"
But I really get this feeling that it's like I like this guy! What am I saying? I don't even know who he is! But just because of his touch, I think that I'm so safe in his arms…
"Hey idiot!"
"Hey Mikan-chan?"
Hmm??? Who could it be? Could it be that he's…
BAKA! BAKA! BAKA!
Ouch!
"Itai Hotaru-chan!" I cried. Why does she have to hit me in her baka gun anyway? I didn't do anything…
"Idiot! You don't even know that we're here…" Natsume said from behind. When I heard his voice I suddenly feel hot! What?! Why?
"Hey Mikan-chan are you okay? You seem you're out of this world…is something bothering you?" Ruka asked worriedly. I was still feeling hot! Argh! I don't know why I suddenly feel hot when I heard Natsume's voice…
"I'm okay guys…just thinking…" I said weakly.
"I didn't know that idiots could think." Natsume said and this time I turn around to face him, to argue him, but instead I couldn't find words to argue! It's like my tongue was tied when I look at him and I began to turn scarlet. What's wrong with me?
"What? You're not going to argue?" Natsume said with a bit of amusement.
"I…I…I hate you Natsume! I'm not an idiot you know!" I cried finally saying my usual words to say when Natsume began to tease me again but I was still feeling hot…what's wrong with me?
I usually feel this way when I'm with Ruka…does that mean that I like…no! It can't be! Why would I suddenly like that guy?
"Hey Ruka I have to talk with you." Hotaru said as she motioned to a nearby restaurant.
"O-Okay." Ruka muttered. I saw Ruka turning a bit of scarlet. I watch them as they went to the restaurant and went to sit.
-NORMAL POV-
"Hey Ruka…I've got to talk to you. It's about Mikan and Natsume." Hotaru said calmly.
"What about them?" Ruka asked as he saw Natsume dragging Mikan away from the spot. Guess they'll be going somewhere.
"Here's the situation between the two of them." Hotaru said as she reaches out a piece of paper from her pockets and laid it on the desk. There were pictures of Natsume and Mikan and some arrows.
"Here. Natsume likes Mikan right?" Hotaru asked casually.
"I…I think so. He never said to me that he likes someone." Ruka replied. "But judging also from Natsume's action I think that he likes Mikan-chan."
"Okay. So that's it. Natsume likes Mikan but…Mikan likes another person instead." Hotaru said.
"Who is it?" Ruka asked eagerly. It can be seen in his expression that he really wants to know.
"None of your business to know." Hotaru said firmly and Ruka was disappointed. "Continue to our discussions. So Mikan likes someone else but judging from her reactions earlier I think that Mikan sort of has feelings for Natsume already."
"I think so too." Ruka said.
"So…our plan is to let Mikan realize that she loves Natsume. I really think that she really likes Natsume but just because of a certain person that Mikan still likes she has doubts as to whether or not she likes Natsume or not." Hotaru said nonchalantly.
"So Mikan-chan still likes her crush but has doubts already?" Ruka said already getting to the point. "But…who is this person that Mikan-chan likes?" Ruka asked again for the second time.
"I said that it's none of your business. You'll know soon who he is. Right now let's just make Mikan realize that she loves Natsume. Just what from I say earlier, I think that Mikan is already confused right now." Hotaru said.
"O-okay. So what's the plan?" Ruka asked.
-Mikan's POV-
I saw Ruka and Hotaru leaving to go to a nearby restaurant to talk. I wonder what they'll be talking…
"Hey oranges want to go to the haunted house that our sempais made?" Natsume asked. I still feel hot…I wonder why? I can't really like that guy…
"I don't really like to go…" I muttered weakly.
"Oh come on oranges! Or are you just chicken?" he said teasingly. Grr…Natsume!
"Natsume! I'm not chicken! I just don't want to go that's all." I said defending myself. But it's true…I'm really afraid of haunted houses ever since we were young.
"Tch. Come on chicken!" he said as he grabs my wrist and we trotted to the haunted house. Just seeing it makes me scared.
"Natsume…I don't really like to go! You know that I'm afraid of ghosts!" I cried.
"You're such a baby! It's nothing to be scared of!" he said as we entered the haunted house. It was so dark…I tried not to shiver so that Natsume won't sense that I'm feeling scared already. As we were still walking suddenly a hand touches me from behind!
"KYAA!!! A GHOST!!!" I cried and began to run. I'm so scared!!! Natsume was calling me from behind but I don't want to turn around because maybe it's just another ghost that takes the form of Natsume.
Suddenly I trip from running. Ouch! What the hell! Just then I feel something crawling in me from behind. Waah!!! What is this?
"Huhuhu…I'm so scared!!!" I cried. Oh why do I have to be in here? Where's Natsume?
"Hey oranges!" somebody called.
"Kyaa!!! Get away from me! Get away from—oh it's you Natsume!" I cried as I went to his side. I was sobbing like mad. Natsume was patting my head.
"I'm here idiot! Why are you such a crybaby?" he cried.
"Mou! It's your fault! You drag me into the haunted house and I don't even want to be here!" I cried as I pound Natsume. Through my sobbing I could here Avril Lavigne's 'I'm with you' playing.
I'm standing on a bridge
I'm waiting in the dark
I thought that you'd be here by now
There's nothing but the rain
No footsteps on the ground
I'm listening but there's no sound
"Don't worry idiot!" he said and I suddenly feel hot again! Grr…Natsume! I hate you!
Just then as we were walking back to the entrance two hands get us and we were suddenly trap inside a sealed room.
"What the heck!" I cried pounding the solid concrete wall. "We're trap Natsume!" I cried. I can't believe this!
"It won't be long. I think that it's just part of their scary things." He said calmly. Just then I saw a white shadow passing by at my side.
"KYAA!!!" I cried as I went running to Natsume's side. "I want to go home now…I'm scared." I cried.
Isn't anyone trying to find me?
Won't somebody come
Take me home…
It's a damn cold night
Trying to figure out this life
Won't you
Take me by the hand
Take me somewhere new
I don't know who you are but I'm…
I'm with you… (2x)
"It's gonna be alright Mikan…I'm here…you don't need to be scared…" he said calmly then flung his arms around me.
"Natsume…" I muttered. I think that I don't need to worry now…I'm in Natsume's arms and I feel that I'm safe if I'm in his arms…
-Normal POV-
"So that's that." Hotaru said as she stood. "We'll go to where they are right now and be like paparazzi."
"But…we should at least give them privacy Hotaru. It's our best friends!" Ruka cried.
"So? I just want to earn loads of money and besides…it's like we're cupids! Bringing the two of them together…don't you like it?" she said.
"I…" Ruka said but didn't get to finish her sentence as somebody from far away suddenly screams.
"It's Mikan. I think that they're in the haunted house. So…are you up to it?" she asked Ruka. Ruka turn scarlet a bit and nodded. After that they went to the haunted house. The song 'I'm with you' by Avril Lavigne was playing.
As they entered the haunted house they were already searching where Natsume and Mikan is. They couldn't find them because of darkness.
Just then they heard another scream and for sure it really is Mikan. Hotaru and Ruka came running to where the source of the voice is but then…they didn't know if they've found them.
"Ho-hotaru are you sure that we can find them?" Ruka asked worriedly.
"Are you afraid to get lost?" Hotaru asked raising her eyebrow on Ruka.
"N-no it's…just…nothing." Ruka said. They continued to walk silently and just then somebody just get them and they were thrown on a room and they were locked. They don't have anywhere to go.
"Oh this is stupid!" Hotaru suddenly cried.
"Hey Hotaru…do you have any invention to somehow break to the door?" Ruka asked.
"No I don't and if I have one I won't be wailing in here." Hotaru said. The thought of being in a locked room and have no way to escape. She was wondering what happen to Mikan and Natsume. After Avril's 'I'm with you' it was 'Fall to Pieces' that was next played.
I look away
And I look back at you
You try to say
Things that you can't undo
Suddenly a big rock directly from Hotaru began to fall. Hotaru didn't see through it and was almost being hit when Ruka suddenly went towards it and he was being hit instead.
If I had my way
I'd never get over you
Today's the day
I pray that we make it through…
Make it through the fall…
Make it through it all…
"Hey Ruka! Are you okay?" Hotaru cried as Ruka fell unconscious. "Hey Ruka!" Hotaru cried again. This time she was slapping Ruka's face hoping that he'll wake up but still he didn't.
"Oh I hate you Ruka!" Hotaru cried and then hit Ruka with the baka gun. This work though because Ruka begin to wake up and smiled weakly.
"Are you okay Hotaru?" Ruka asked weakly.
And I don't want to fall to pieces
I just want to sit and stare at you
I don't want to talk about it
And I don't want a conversation
I just want cry in front of you
I don't want to talk about it
Cause I'm in love with you
"I hate you idiot! You make me worried." Hotaru said although she hesitated saying it.
"I'm just glad you're fine Hotaru. Don't worry about it I'm fine." Ruka muttered weakly.
There's a long silence as they sat there across each other. Ruka turning scarlet and Hotaru try to hide her face that was turning scarlet too.
"Thank you." Hotaru suddenly said breaking the tension.
"Wha—oh…yeah…" Ruka said and there was an awkward silence again. Just then Hotaru suddenly slips and began to fall. Ruka came running but he also began to fall.
-Mikan's POV-
There was a great rumbling sound from above. I wonder what's wrong with the ceiling.
"Hey Natsume what's wrong from above?" I asked. My fears were starting to go back again.
"It's nothing. Maybe just part of their tricks or whatever it is." Natsume said calmly. Okay…but I still felt scared the ceiling began to crumble! What's happening?
Just then as the ceiling fell down to the floor two familiar people were also there lying on the crumbled stones.
"Hotaru! Ruka!" I cried! I can't believe it! It's the two of them! Natsume and me began to help Hotaru and Ruka.
"How are you Hotaru? Ruka?" I asked.
"We're fine." Ruka muttered weakly. I'm glad Ruka's fine.
"I'm fine don't worry about me idiot." Hotaru said. Thank god! We're all fine! After much talking and taking pictures of Natsume and Ruka we then found the exit. We then went out. As we went out of the haunted house, it was starting to get dark so we decided to go home already.
Done! At last! Hehehe…but I think that I can't update that much now…so many projects to do! Sorry everyone!
