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Luca/Ruka

Noelle was asleep before we reached her dormitory. Natsume was practically fainting. He still had the energy to tease me though.

"You take care of my cousin got it?"

I blushed.

"Natsume, I-I-I don't..." I trailed off.

Nice move, stammering just makes people suspicious. But I couldn't really deny it. Why? It's not like I could love her. I barely knew her.

"Just do it Luca. You're one of the only people I'd trust her with anyways."

I just nodded. Arguing with Natsume was like trying to lift an airplane with bare hands. Worthless, useless. And I couldn't really say I didn't like her. I guess I kind of did. So if I said so, it would be...like, lying. We lay her on her bed in the dorm. I was surprised her room was just a few doors away from Mikan's.

"Natsume, what about her wounds?"

"She'll heal herself. Bringing her to the infirmary always causes so much fuss." His eyes were wary. We left her sleeping.

I woke up in the morning feeling very disorientated. I glanced at the clock. I t was 8:20 am! I only had 10 minutes to go out for breakfast. I arrived at the dining hall in record time. I walked toward my usual spot and froze in my tracks. Noelle was sitting at out table between Natsume and Mikan. She seemed to be deep in conversation with her. Everyone was staring at her and I could see her the usual blank expression on her face. Natsume leaned over Noelle protectively, as if shielding her from the prying eyes. I walked forward and sat down next to Natsume. Noelle turned around.

"Nogi-kun."

She said formally. I wondered how to respond.

"Ohio, Noelle-san."

She nodded, but before she turned back around I'm positive I saw her wink. That girl has awesome acting skills. I turned red and Natsume smirked at me.

"Luca, notice that all her wounds have disappeared?" He whispered.

I had forgotten about the wounds. I glanced at her again. The wounds were gone!

"Is it the Compusion's illusion or the healing?"

"The latter. Her Compulsion only works on one person at a time."

I nodded, impressed.

Noelle's voice suddenly sounded in my mind.

"Luca-kun, can you hear me?"

I froze. This was the first time I had heard someone other than myself in my mind.

"Gomenasai. Did I startle you?"

"It's fine." I thought hesitatingly.

"This is an illusion. I just wanted to say thanks for understanding my character so quickly this morning."

"Welcome." This was really strange.

"This is how I've been talking with Mikan. We were just talking for, you know cover."

"Pretty impressive."

"I know. Why does Mikan-chan call you Luca–pyon?"

"I used to carry a rabbit with me wherever I went. It's too old to move around much now." I explained.

"Can I see it sometime?"

"Sure."

"Thank you. Oh, um I'll leave you to eat now."

I could suddenly hear everything around me again. I blinked, slightly disorientated. I felt somebody staring a hole in the back of my head. I turned around and tried to locate it. It came from Hotaru Imai, Mikan's 'BFF'. Hotaru rarely sits or eats with Mikan because she is, according to Hotaru, too loud and embarrassing. Hotaru's intelligent eyes narrowed suspiciously as our eyes met. She turned abruptly back to her food. I had no doubt at all that she was concoting some kind of evil plan, ambush, or blackmail in her mind. I could almost hear the wheels turning and clicking in her head. When we all finished eating and was heading back to the classroom I'm sure we were all thinking the same thing: It's not nice being stared at.

Noelle

As we walked down the hall, we were stared at. I heard a fair amount of wolf whistles, all of which Luca tensed and Natsume glared wildly, his fist twitching. We managed to reach the classroom without Natsume hitting anyone. Luca was gritting his teeth. Meh. Our classmates stared and I tried to stop myself from beaming at everyone and introducing myself to every single person. Me, Natsume, and Mikan had just sat down when Imai-san entered the room, took one look at us, and headed our way. Mikan looked up from her doodling.

"HOTARU!" She yelled, waving madly.

Imai-san didn't respond. Her gaze was fixed on me. She stood in front of me and loaded her bakan gun.

"State your full name, alice, and why you're befriending the idiot."

Mikan seemed to take the 'idiot' comment as a compliment.

"Hotaru! You're worried about me."

The class was silent. I put on my indifferent face and decided on my response.

"Last time I checked, you didn't have anything to do with it."

Her eyes narrowed and she pulled on the trigger. I immediately teleported next to Mikan. Sumire got cocky, thinking that Teleportation was my only alice.

"Ha! That's your alice! Teleportation! We so didn't need your stupid attitude. How Natsume and Luca are putting up with you I REALLY DON'T KNOW!"

I was starting to get ticked off. Natsume stood up. So did Luca. They both glared at her.

"It's like...Heck! It's like Luna all over again!"

I put my hands on Natsume and Luca's shoulders, forcing them to sit down.

Natsume continued to stare daggers at her.

"Don't talk to her like that." He growled dangerously.

Sumire squeaked at surprise in his fury. I decided to interfere.

"Natsu-Hyuuga-kun. This is not necessary. This girl obviously doesn't know the extent of my alices."

I looked at Sumire.

"Don't you know that a person can have more than one alice?"

She licked her lips, nervous. I sat down and sighed quietly. Natsume yawned in response. Luca tilted his head questioningly, and I decided he looked really cute like that. I mentally slapped myself and turned red, cursing myself for thinking like that. But his worried face from last night bubbled to the surface of my mind. Luca was so gentle, so caring, so...

I actually slapped myself this time. Natsume and Luca were the only ones that saw and they looked at me worriedly. Luca's concern was the only genuine one though. Natsume looked worried in an are-you-mental kind of way. I complained mentally.

"Don't look at me like that! You should be worried!"

"I am worried...about whether you have to go to a hospital for mentally disturbed teens."

"Look at Luca. He's actually worried about me! And he's only known me for...3 days! Some cousin you are!"

I sent him a picture of me sticking my tongue out at him. Natsume snickered.

"You should be doing that with Luca...in his mouth."

I turned tomato red. Natsume winked at me. I sighed again.

"Natsume, you baka hentai."

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Chelsea