Disclaimer: Gakuen Alice belongs to Higuchi Tachibana. This story, on the other hand, belongs to me, and is inspired by and dedicated to xxtranscendence.

Hijiri Youichi's Parents

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Chapter Four
Wasted First Kiss?

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Written by EzMouse

Mikan tossed and turned in her bed because she couldn't stop thinking about what happened earlier. "I can't believe I kissed Natsume in front of everybody! No wait, he kissed me! Whatever. It's still the same! Oh, God. My life is ruined. I don't think I can face anyone anymore!" she cried.

Not being able to put up with it all, the next day, she decided to take a walk outside to get her mind off the kiss, but she wasn't expecting to see Natsume at the Sakura Tree. There was hesitation that conflicted in her mind, but she went over to him, anyway.

"Hey Natsume…" she greeted casually.

Natsume looked at her direction silently.

Mikan knew he wasn't going to say anything, so she began with, "I think you owe me an apolo—" But then, she was cut off.

"MIKAN AND NATSUME'S FIRST KISS CAUGHT ON TAPE! BUY A COPY FOR ONLY 150 RABBITS!"

"What?" they both shouted in shock.

"MIKAN AND NATSUME'S FIRST KISS CAUGHT ON TAPE! BUY A COPY FOR ONLY 150 RABBITS!"

The first thing they did was run towards the voice. It got louder and louder as they got closer. It was Yuu, helping out in the stand where Hotaru sold copies of The First Kiss. The whole stand was crowded with people and 90% of them belonged to the Natsume/Ruka fan club.

"I can't believe I'm doing this…" Yuu said to himself as he held out the sign.

"Stop complaining," Hotaru ordered as she counted the rabbits in her cash register.

Yuu sweatdropped and did what he was told. "Yes, Ma'am!"

"Listen,you're going to help me sell these copies tomorrow or else," Hotaru said while pointing her Baka Gun at Yuu.

"Okay, okay, I'll help. But you're responsible if we get in trouble!"Yuu taunted.

Hotaru took out an even larger Baka Gun and pointed at Yuu.

"You were saying?"

"Never mind."

"HOTA—" before Mikan could continue, Natsume covered her mouth and dragged her behind a bush. When they were far enough, he let go of Mikan and she fell to the ground. "What did you do that for! Were you trying to kill me or something?"

"Stop shouting. you idiot," Natsume said, glancing to see if anyone was near. "You'll attract people's attention. They would come and annoy us about what you did if they saw us."

"What I did?" Mikan retorted. "But you kissed me!"

"You know I didn't do it because I wanted to." Natsume shook his. "You're the worst kisser ever born."

"What? Who asked you? Besides, that was my first kiss! How was I supposed to deal with it?" Mikan shot back at him.

Natsume paused for a while.

"Well?" asked Mikan again.

Before any response was heard, Mikan hair was suddenly caught on fire. She ran around the area in an attempt to put it out.

"Don't talk to me like that. You're just an annoying polka-dotted panties gi—"

"Mommy, Daddy!" Youichi greeted, walking towards them with a big smile on his face. Both Mikan and Natsume sighed and looked away from each other. "Mommy, did you give Daddy his good morning kiss?"

Mikan's jaw dropped. "A what? And why me?"

"Sorry, Youichi, but your Mommy hasn't brushed her teeth yet," Natsume said, making a disgusted, mocking face.

"Why you—"

"Right, Polka Dots?" Natsume said as he gave Mikan a "just-say-yes" look.

Mikan then realized what he had in mind and he decided to play along. "O-Oh, yeah, sure…"

"Oh," Youichi muttered thoughtfully. "I'm going to play now. Bye, Mommy, Daddy!" he said as he gave them a quick hug and walked off.

Both Mikan and Natsume waved good-bye with fake smiles on their faces.

Mikan sighed when Youichi had gone and said, "You could've at least said a different excuse. You really are an annoying pervert."

"At least I came up with an idea. It's not like you've brushed your teeth, anyway. You even have a piece of broccoli stuck between your teeth. You're disgusting."

"Of course, I brushed my teeth! And I—what? Broccoli?"

Natsume sighed and said, "You're such a pig."

"Take that back, Natsume!" Mikan glared at him.

"What if I don't want to?"

Infuriated, Mikan clenched her fists and pranced on Natsume, unable to hold in the rage she was feeling. Soon, she was wrestling him to the ground.

Ruka sweatdropped when he saw Hotaru and Yuu's stand being sabotaged by the rabid fangirls. He walked to them and gave a nervous smile.

"How's business going?" he asked, avoiding being touched by the wild fangirls who were calling out to him.

"Great," Hotaru said, as if her eyes turned into dollar signs.

Yuu gently grabbed Ruka's arm and said, "Help me?"

Ruka laughed nervously. He suddenly heard some rustling around the bushes and looked behind. "Hey, what's that moving behind the bushes?"

"Well, let's go have a look shall we?" Hotaru said, getting her videocam. "Get the other people to stay here. Yuu, keep them entertained for a while."

"All 852 of them?" Yuu asked.

"Yes, all 852 of them," Hotaru said emotionlessly. "Is there a problem?"

"No, Ma'am," Yuu said, giving off a sigh.

Hotaru grabbed Ruka's arm and dragged him to the moving bush. Once they reached the bushes, she gave out a count and quickly opened it. To their surprise, they found Mikan on top of Natsume. Ruka gasped while Hotaru just kept video-taping the whole thing.

"What on earth are you two doing? Don't tell me you're doing that thing you did back at the haunted house?" Ruka, who was now panicking and blushing, asked nervously.

"Huh?" Mikan said. She had only realized now that she was on top of Natsume.

"This scene does look familiar, doesn't it?" Hotaru said focusing the camera on Mikan's face. Indeed, she remembered the time at the Haunted House where she was found wrestling Natsume to the ground in a similar way.

In an instant, Mikan hopped off of Natsume, shouting that he was a pervert as she did so.

"I'm the pervert now? You were the one of top of me!" Natsume said, positioning himself up and dusting the leaves off his uniform.

"I wasn't! Stop saying that!" Mikan whined.

"What were you two thinking?" Hotaru asked, eyeing Mikan.

Mikan waved her arms around frantically. "No! No! No! I wasn't doing anything to him! H-He was just—"

"You don't have to explain Mikan. I caught the whole thing on video."

"What?"

Hotaru's flying duck landed beside her and she pulled a dumbfounded Ruka on the back of the seat and flew off.

"Hotaru, come back here!" Mikan called out, chasing after her.

"Great, thanks to you, we'll be humiliated… again," Natsume grunted. "You shouldn't let your emotions get the better of you, you know. It was just a stupid kiss. It has no meaning whatsoever."

Mikan remained silent, then she said, "Natsume…"

"What now?" Natsume crossed his arms.

"Was my kiss… really that awful?" she asked thoughtfully. "You see… it was the first time I've actually been kissed by someone. And I can't believe it turned out to be you..."

"Of course it was awful. Did you hear what I've said yesterday? You're the worst kisser ever born," Natsume said. Mikan puffed up her cheeks. "I had to brush my teeth ten times, you know!" he added.

"Yeah, whatever!" Mikan stuck her tongue out at him. "But you know, kissing someone you don't like is so annoying."

"You're not the only one whose first kiss was wasted," Natsume said, looking away.

"First kiss? You, Natsume?"

"Shut up."

"Well, anyway, I'll make sure that I'll be a better kisser next time!"

Natsume raised an eyebrow.

"Hey, don't get the wrong idea. It's not like I'm going to kiss you again. Gross!" Mikan said, giving off a chuckle. "I'm going to give my best second kiss to my future husband."

"Pfft. Like you will ever get married with that ugly face."

Mikan was about to hit Natsume, but she stopped, looking like she had just remembered something. "Natsume!"

Natsume turned around and saw Mikan's face just a few inches from his. He blinked twice.

Natsume turned red and shouted, "…What are you doing, Polka Dots?"

TO BE CONTINUED.

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