WHAT THE TRUTH REALLY IS…
Disclaimer: I own nothing of Gakuen Alice, if you want you can take it but I surely know that what you will get is only a lawsuit from the real author, which is Higuchi Tachibana. Therefore, if I were you, I'd rather not take what isn't yours, make just story out of it, but a fiction that is- just like mine! Read and Review please. (MY FIRST FIC EVER!).
The truth never seems to be true most of the time. It's always something distant and unreachable. Once you try to catch it- it disappears from your grasps- like a mist. It blinds you from your path but then it never was there in the very beginning, you never could touch it, but only feel it. If that is what truth really is, how can we know what truth is. Well… for starters, here's a story for you to find out.
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Chapter 5: A Special Talk: Clearing the Misunderstanding or…
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He stood up, went first to the rails of the veranda and said something to the wind, then left, leaving Mikan alone once more in her little world.
The night was young, with stars that glistened in the heavenly sky, with the moon that lightened the completely darkened surroundings. Today was a night where students had no care in the world. They talked, drank and ate inside the three- star dorm building. Mikan, the owner of the room, wasn't as participative as she was before the party. She sat alone in the veranda thinking about a lot of things, a lot of misunderstandings and thought of ways to clear them up. The cold wind then brushed past her as she began to feel cold but did no bother to stand up and leave. She just stood there with a somber look. The wind once more came but instead of feeling cold, she felt warmness instead. Could it be?
"Natsume…?" Mikan softly called out unsure if he was there or it was just her imagination stirring up. From her left, she felt someone coming nearer. She then looked at her left to look at the person. The moon, with its majestic beauty, did its role, shimmered a manly feature, which Mikan detected easily. "Natsume!" She shouted cheerfully upon seeing him in the flesh. "You came!" she smiled at him but only received a placid look. The fire user quickly then went to the rails of the veranda and leaned on it, his back against the rails and his face looking directly at Mikan.
There were minutes of silence. Only the brushing of the wind past them could be heard as the two were covered by silence. No one bothered to talk and start the conversation. They were drowned in their own world with no verbal communications present.
"I thought… you wouldn't want to come." Mikan fixed her attention to the raven haired boy looking at his reaction. There was none. He stood there looking so calm but his eyes were fixed on her as well. She was shot down quickly. Silence fell over them again. This time, the atmosphere became heavier and tenser as words were lost.
"Gomen… That time…" Mikan said whispering to the wind but was still loud enough to be heard by Natsume. Mikan then bent her head down unable to look at Natsume, she was rather ashamed. "That-!"
"-wasn't your fault." Came Natsume's reply as he diverted his gaze to the swaying leaves that bent down to the winds. "I was out of line that time." His voice slowly decrease as he tried to talk calmly to her.
"Eh? But… I made you mad. I'm so sorry about that." Mikan insisted as she apologized once more.
"YOU… He stopped, realizing his voice getting louder and saw Mikan quite scared. He sighed and bent his shoulders a little down- losing a bit of his composure. 'It's me who is supposed to apologize.' He said to himself trying to hide a small blush that crept on his face. "...you… don't have to apologize." This time, his voice shrank, making Mikan understand only a little of what he said.
The veranda soon was filled with noise as the volume of the noise inside the room increased. There were games that were held and everyone inside partake. Hotaru, the celebrator was the main attraction and most of the games held, she was the one who was volunteered to do it. Though the noise did fill the quiet veranda with the two, this noise did not bother them at all- busy with their own world, nothing could penetrate inside.
"Eh? What did you say?" Mikan stood up looking at him with curious eyes. She was eagerly waiting for him to repeat what he had just said.
"I told you… He straightened up his body and went quickly towards her. He shut the brunette's blabbering by closing her mouth with his… hand. "IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT… Since everything is resolved, enough of this foolish talk and-?" Natsume stopped. And what? What should be said now? Awkward silence soon followed, as words were once more gone in the presence of the two.
The wind blew the hairs of Mikan and Natsume as the two stood frozen together, Natsume's hand left Mikan's half- open mouth and stood beside Mikan. Feeling a bit cold from the wild wind, Natsume emitted a small fire.
"You…" Natsume started startling Mikan making her stepped a foot backward. "You don't seem to be supporting your best friend today. It's her birthday, right? Why aren't you inside?" Natsume walked away from her towards the rails.
"It's not that all the time I should be by her side. And today, she's having fun." She said looking over her shoulders, watching Hotaru enveloped by the crowd. "Don't wanna butt in, you know." She sat down once more then gestured a hand to offer Natsume a seat as well.
"Well… that's quite something… for you not to be socially involved this time in this party." Natsume shrugged at his own statement and quietly obliged with Mikan's invitation of sitting down.
"I've done a lot already and also this fight with you was bothering me so much." She replied coolly, her eyes fixed on his. "Okay…" She took a deep breath. "Why don't we start over again? …as…" he stopped. She doesn't know any word that could be a level lower than being friends.
'As what' Natsume was curious with her unfinished statement.
"As… how about… as soon-to-be-friends???" Mikan replied but still a bit unsure of response.
"soon-to-be-? What???" Natsume was taken aback by this silly girl's answer. 'You've got to be kidding me' "I… I don't want that kind of relationship!" Natsume growled.
"Eh? Bu-bu-but… But you said you didn't to-"
"I like you, Mikan!" He stood up his hands on the table leaning, supporting him. A small blush crept on his face realizing the words he had just uttered a minute ago. 'What am I saying! This isn't the cool NatsuME' He then looked at Mikan who had a look he didn't quite expected.
"I didn't know! I really like you too, Natsume!" She was smiling brightly 'Could this be…???' Natsume said to himself as her words repeated endlessly in his head. "Now I get it! You didn't want to have a relation with me with a soon-to-become-friends but simple as friends, riiiiight???" Natsume almost fell due to utter shock. He had forgotten Mikan's naivety and denseness when it comes to matters like this.
Time froze the two. No one talked, Mikan very happy about the situation while Natsume stood half-fallen and was still in a state of shock. After a minute or so, Natsume felt a presence, a quite familiar one. Looking at the doorway of the veranda, he saw Luca smiling- he was laughing, but only keeping it inside of him.
"I heard everything, Natsume… Aren't you glad that the two of you reconciled?" Luca answered Natsume unspoken question. He smiled at Natsume then came to Mikan. "Hotaru's looking for you, you know."
"Oh! Arigatou, Luca-pyon!" She smiled at him then excused herself from the two bishounen. Seeing Mikan entered the room, Luca sat down on the chair where Mikan sat before and stared at Natsume's returning coolness.
"YOU…HEARD!" Natsume growled at Luca, who only gave him a smirk that soon followed a laugh. "… and you're enjoying it to the fullest, huh?" Another point to add in his anger. Luca refrained himself from continuing to laugh then looked at him, this time, in a serious look.
"Natsume, remember… you're not the only one aiming for Mikan… There are a lot more of the guys out there aiming for her-" Luca stopped. He fixed his gaze directly at Natsume.
"That includes you… right?" Natsume completed his statement. "… and you as my greatest rival…" adding this very last statement and making his point. He did not receive any verbal reply but a smile.
"Please remember that…" He said as he then excused himself and went inside the room. Natsume clenched his fist as the sudden challenge but, knowing Luca and being his best friend, he knew that this challenge is a clean one with no strings attached to it.
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AUTHOR'S NOTES:
I'M BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!
I received a lot of replies from my poll… thanks for replying, it really helped me a lot! Oh yeah, sorry about this very late update. The months before made me very tired and did not allow me to do any typing, also this month, I'm already busy with a lot of schoolwork that's why it would really be hard for me to update. But please bear with me because I will surely finish this fanfic with a good ending suiting your taste – I hope if I could.
The part with Luca: You might ask why he was a bit aggressive with his talk and even laughed at Mikan's sudden reply right? Well, let's just say that Luca became a bit more confident especially when it comes to Mikan. Why? Hey… they're already old, and of course Luca's shyness shrank a bit and he gained more confidence. Also, his so-called threat or challenge towards Natsume… I'm not making Luca the enemy there, it's just that, knowing Luca, he knows Natsume's nature that's why he could say something like that- right? If not, he wouldn't be careless enough to say such things.
Next chappie! The whole month of November and half of December is full of work for the class of Mikan- of course, that includes Natsume and Luca as well! A Christmas Ball is arriving, the preparations must be done… there are a lot of things going on Mikan's head due to this activity and due to someone… who could that be?!?!?!
Chapter 6: What's With Me?
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Thanks to the reviewers!!!
To: Ladalada : i hope u update soon and i think Luca is suppose to be Ruka but if its a new character now in the anime than srry
Ruka or Luca, which is which, both are correct. You don't need to apologize because in the net, both names are being used, whatever names you wanted to use it's still alright, it's not questionable… c",)
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