The Love Doctor
"Love is like gum, when it sticks on your shoe. It drives you crazy"
Disclaimer : I do not own Gakuen Alice
Summary :She's the best when it came to the field of love. She gives advice and finds their Mr. Rights. Fixing up relationships from left to right, she's Mikan Sakura, the Love Doctor of Alice Academy, but why is it that she can fix others' love problems but she can't fix hers? Would she ever find her Mr. Right, or would she end up with Mr. Wrong? Characters are a little bit OOC. You have been warned. NxMxY R&R Please.
Chapter 16: Downfall
"10…9…8…7…6…"
I can't believe how the time flew by so fast.
It's already December 31 and just a few more seconds and it's January 1.
New Year and my birthday.
God, I'm getting older!
"5…4…3…2…1… HAPPY NEW YEAR AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKAN!"
We all had a group hug then made tons of noise.
I could hear the sound of a lot of fireworks from outside and celebrating new year and my birthday with my best friends and my boyfriend is just the best.
Everybody's happy now.
Each and every one of them has their other half.
I can't possibly imagine anything going wrong.
"Mikan! Come on! It's time for our group picture."
Anna called out to me excitedly while the others were already in position.
Heck, even Natsume was!
Not wanting to be left out, I ran to them and positioned myself right next to Natsume.
We had our picture taken at Anna and Nonoko's rooftop.
The fireworks display truly was a majestic view from up there.
And that was how we celebrated the first day of 2011 and how I celebrated my first day of being a 17 year old.
Oh, how I wish I could just stop the time on that day because after that…
Everything was a mess.
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It's a Saturday and like what I usually do during Saturdays, I came to visit my father.
And how I wish I didn't.
Because when I entered his office and when I said, "G'morning dad." I did not see my dad in his tall office chair that was facing the window and instead I came face to face with Natsume.
Oh, hell. Why now of all the times?
"M-Mikan? What are you doing here?"
Oh, God. I can't breathe. How can I answer that? Think fast Mikan. Quick!
"Uhmmm, I… was asked by Aoi to ask for permission from your father if she and Youichi could go on a date… yeah, that's it."
He didn't seem to believe me.
He was giving me this stare and I was getting really nervous.
He was about to speak up when the door suddenly opened and in came a man.
Dad.
Phew, thank goodness.
"Mikan? What are you doing here? Oh, and Natsume, I believe you still have business to attend to?"
Thank God Dad said that or I could've been found out and it wouldn't be pretty.
With one final look from Natsume, he exited the room before whispering, "I know there's something wrong. Tell me later okay?"
What should I do? Should I tell him?
But what if he gets mad and… leave me.
I can't imagine my life without him anymore. I can't-
"Mikan. We need to talk."
I was startled by my father's voice and I only noticed that he was sitted on his tall office chair again.
I walked briskly to one of the chairs there and asked him what he wanted to talk about.
"It's about Natsume."
Uh-oh. I do not like where this is going.
I said in a nonchalant manner, "What about him" and I regretted ever asking him to continue on.
"I think we need to tell him."
And just like that, I went berserk.
I started screaming at him like insane and kept on saying "What? Why? He doesn't need to know!"
Toshouro (Great it's back to the first name basis again) tried to calm me down and after a few attempts, he finally achieved it.
"Mikan. It's the only right thing to do. I know about yours and Natsume's relationship. Think Mikan, if he found out from another person… he might leave you and think that you betrayed him. Please, Mikan. Tell him."
It must've been the way he said it that made me think of actually doing what he suggested and after some time, I finally agreed to his request.
With a bow, I left his office and walked to a nearby café.
I needed time to think.
When I reached the café I used to work in, I ordered strawberry shortcake from Asuza, my co-worker back then.
I was eating in silence when someone approached me.
I looked up to see Hotaru, carrying shopping bags in each hand.
"Hey."
She sat down after "greeting" me and ordered herself a caffe latte.
"So, what are you doing here alone?"
She emphasized the word alone as if it was impossible for me to be alone.
Well, now that I think about it, me and Natsume always seemed to be together nowadays.
"I just… wanted to think. How about you? It's unusual that you and Ruka aren't together."
She scoffed at me and said, "Honey, if you haven't noticed, me and Ruka not being together is not much of a shock. As you can see, we are barely together."
Now that I think about it, I never noticed Hotaru and Ruka being all lovey-dovey. They were one peculiar couple.
"So, what are you thinking of? Must be pretty important because it's already been a minute and you haven't said a word."
I was startled to hear Hotaru's voice. True enough, I was unusually quiet today and that didn't go unnoticed to her.
Should I tell her?
I wonder what g=her reaction would be after I tell her that I'm an illegitimate child of Natsume's dad and Natsume's adopted.
Well, I'll never know if I don't tell her right?
"Hotaru… if I tell you something that might end something very important, would you… still keep it a secret."
She seemed to think of it for awhile until finally, she have me a defiant answer of yes.
That was all I needed to urge myself to tell her and that's what I did.
I started from how I found out and the story of why I was the illegitimate child and Natsume was adopted.
Throughout the story she was emotionless but I could feel it on the way she fidgeted with her fingers that she was shocked and finding it hard to believe.
What I've noticed about Hotaru was that she had perfect control of her emotions on her face but when it came to her hands, it was a huge giveaway.
When I finished my story, I waited for an answer.
Any reaction would do.
But after a lot of minutes, there was still no reaction.
She must've been shocked like hell to not get over it so fast.
When I couldn't take it any longer, I waved a hand at her eyes to break off her trance and called her name.
"Hotaru., any reaction asides being speechless would do."
After a few more waving, she broke off from her trance and she muttered a "Sorry"
After that she said in a rather rushed way, "Does he know already?"
I shook my head and she sighed, "Mikan, you should tell him. You never know what might happen if you don't tell him."
That's it. Two people already told me to say it and that's all it took.
Tonight for sure, I'll tell him.
No matter what happens I'll tell him.
After a little more chit chat, she bid her goodbye and I, too left soon after.
This time, my feet were heading off to our apartment.
Hopefully he's there already.
I hope after I tell him, he'll still be there for me.
But I guess that was too much to ask.
Chapter 16 END
Oof, sorry for not updating yesterday…
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