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 Five
Cliffhanger

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Written by EzMouse

A smile crawled on Mikan's face as she stared at Natsume's face.

Natsume returned her stare with a glare. "Well, are you just going to stare at me or what?" A few seconds later, Mikan pulled away and laughed like a maniac. "What are you laughing about?" Natsume asked, annoyed.

Mikan was in hysterics. "It's… it's…"

Natsume was getting irritated. "…It's?"

"YOUR FACE!" she shouted, still bursting with laughter.

Natsume put a hand to his forehead. "My face? What's wrong with my face?"

"Your face is so red, Natsume! You look so cute! So, this is what you look like when you turn red!" Mikan said, gaping at the blushing face of Natsume.

Natsume blinked twice and shook his head. He glared at Mikan and he hit her on the head.

"Ouch! What did you do that for? I only did it because Hotaru told me to! She said that if I did that, you'll turn red again. I just wanted to actually see you do it in front of me!"

"Hey, what are all these video tapes for?" Mikan asked.

"You'll find out tomorrow…" Hotaru said, continuing with her business.

"Hotaru… are you busy?"

Hotaru turned away from her work to answer. "I am. Can't you see I'm doing something?"

"Can you tell me what turning red means?"

This was able to catch Hotaru's attention. "Why do you ask?"

"Well, remember what Youichi said? He said Natsume was turning red because I said he was cute. When I took a peek of him, he just covered his face with his manga…" Mikan replied, reminiscing what had just happened.

Hotaru thought for awhile, then answered, "I'm not telling you."

"Why not?" Mikan puffed up her cheeks in defense.

"You have to find out for yourself. Besides, you already did it before… Turning red, I mean."

"I did? When?"

"When Hyuuga kissed you," Hotaru said, grinning.

"REALLY? What did I look like?" she asked, her curiosity piqued at the highest.

"Your face was all red and you looked like you were being suffocated. It's called blushing, idiot."

"I want to see Natsume's face turn red, what do I do?"

"Just stare at him. Closely," Hotaru snickered.

Mikan didn't know how this was relevant to turning red and she asked, "What? Just like that?"

Hotaru nodded. "Actually, that's the best I could think of to make Hyuuga blush."

Mikan tilted her head to the side and nodded. "Staring at him will make him blush?

"If you want better results. you can try kissing him again," Hotaru teased.

"No way! Who was I to complain? Staring at him will be better. Anyway, thanks." Mikan was about to hug Hotaru, but she got hit by the Baka Canon. "Why did you do that?"

"I'm busy, go away now, idiot."

Natsume just pushed Mikan away and turned around. He put his hands in his pockets and he started to walk away.

"Hey what's the big idea!" Mikan shouted, making her stance stable again.

"Who told you that you can stare at my face like that? And don't call me cute," Natsume answered, not stopping from his tracks.

"Hmph!" she exclaimed as she dusted off her skirt.

Seeing that fighting with Natsume would not be able to take effect anymore, she also started walking away opposite direction to where Natsume was going. Unknown to them, they were watched by a certain raven-haired girl with a video cam in her hands. It seems that she hasn't completely left, after all.

"Hi everyone!" Mikan entered the classroom and greeted, but no one answered. "What are they all doing?"

Youichi came running towards Mikan and said, "Mommy, come watch Hotaru-neechan's video with me."

"Video?" Mikan asked. "What video?"

"Come and see!" Youichi said, grabbing Mikan's hand and dragging her to where the crowd was. Natsume entered a second later and Youichi spotted him immediately, as well. "Daddy!" He ran towards Natsume and dragged him by the wrist to the rest of the crowd. This however, attracted the other students' attention.

"Mikan and Natsume are here!" Anna giggled.

With that, everybody pulled Natsume and Mikan to where Hotaru was.

"Look at what Hotaru caught on video!" Koko said, beaming widely.

There was a big screen and a machine connected to it. The screen flashed a bright white, and all of a sudden…

"WHAT THE—!"

TO BE CONTINUED.

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