Miles Apart

By

Your_Lavender_Lace

Though I hope I do, I do not own Gakuen Alice.

It's owned by the GREAT Tachibana Higuchi.

Cheers to all hope you enjoy reading!

CHAPTER 3

The day flew like a bird and the last bell for the day rang.

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"Hey Mikan!" A friend Nonoko called her along the hallway.

"Hey Nonoko, Koko." Nonoko Ogasawara is also a graduating Student of the Chemecal Engineering Department while her boyfriend Koko Yomi is in the Psychology Department.

"Off to see Natsume?" Koko asked her.

"Yup. How about you two?"

"We're on our way to the cafeteria." Nonoko answered.

"Yuu and Anna are waiting for us." Koko continued. Yuu Tobita, another friend of Mikan is a Theatre Arts Student while Anna Ogasawara

"So if that's the case then see you around." Mikan said with a smile and waved a little.

"Bye Mikan" the two said in unison.

"Ciao!" she replied while walking backwards.

She walked to the place where she and Natsume call their own. Their famed Sakura Tree. She walked in silence and looked around in the process. The place where the tree is well hidden and is taken cared of by the Agriculture Department Headed by the most able Buta (The Great Tachibana Higuchi in the manga who was discovered to love gardening.)

When she arrived at the place, she just sat on the ground where the Sakura tree was rooted and leaned her back at the tree's trunk. Natsume was nowhere around the place yet. She closed her eyes and listened to the birds singing and to the blowing afternoon wind.

She heard footsteps going near her but she tried not to open her eyes. The sound grew nearer and then she just felt somebody's breathing near her face. She smelled a familiar masculine scent that she would know even in her sleep. "Hmm. Hugo Boss." She said to herself.

Then she felt him getting nearer and nearer by the second. After a few breaths his lips found her and gave her a passionate kiss. They kissed as if there was no tomorrow. Then his lips left hers and moved down to her neck giving her soft bites.

"Hey Natsume."

"Hmm." He moaned while he continued kissing her neck then eventually moved back to her lips. Then after a while, they broke their kiss and stared at each other.

"I'm so gonna miss this." Natsume said while staring at her and catching his breath.

"Same here. S-same here." She said unintentionally breaking the sound of her voice in the last part. She looked down and started crying.

"Hey don't cry honey. Please." Natsume said trying to comfort her.

"I-I just can't stop it. W-we'll just be together f-for two weeks and…and… oh Natsume." Then it came. Her eyes were covered with tears. Tears of sadness despair and sorrow.

"Oh come on Mikan. You know how it hurts me when you cry." He hugged her tight as if it will erase all her worries and her sadness.

"It's just that…"

"Mikan you're flying to Paris to study in ESMOD and I'm flying to the stated to take up my MBA in Harvard so please be strong for the two of us cause it will never be enough if its just me who'll stand firm. I need you Mikan. We need each other."

"Oh Natsume. I'll try. I'll really do."

"Yeah Mikan you should. Please."

"Ok. Ok." Mikan said. Natsume positioned himself behind Mikan hugging her from behind while Mikan sat on his lap. Silence enveloped them as they stared at the tree that served as their home in school. Nature seems to be sad and to mourn with them. The birds were like humming a sad tune while the wind blew colder than usual.

"So when is your flight?" Natsume said to break the ice cold silence.

"Saturday after next week's Saturday." she said in a teary eyed manner. "How about yours?" she said while wiping the tears that are warning to fall from her eyes.

"Same as yours." He said while he looked up to the sky to prevent his tears. "Oh God! I will not cry. Not now. I must be strong; she needs me to be strong." He said to himself.

"So we'll go to the airport together then." She said and tried to face him. Their eyes met and they just stared at each other.

"I think we better go. It's almost late." Natsume said after a few minutes of staring at Mikan.

"Yeah we better do. I think it's going to rain." She stood up and extended her hands to Natsume to help him stand. She tried to pull him but he was heavy so when Natsume stood up she was slammed to his broad chest.

"Aw. Too much gym exercise huh?" she said with a teasing smile on her face.

"Yeah. How can I protect you when I'm skinny?"

"Oh Yeah? Protect me or attract girls?" teased Mikan

"I'll take both." He joked.

"Oh-Ho." Then they laughed at their silliness.

"Natsume can I ask you a favor?"

"Anything for my princess."

"Please don't smile and laugh with girls like you laugh and smile with me." She said with a slight sadness and jealousy in her face "I can't take that. Please Natsume?"

"Oh my little girl is jealous huh? And to future possibilities eh?" he teased her and that made he pout.

"Ok I promise. And in return you promise me one thing."

"Ok go." She urged him to speak.

"Don't let anybody and I mean everybody both men and little boys a like fall for you when you're away."

"Hey I think that's more of a command than a favor."

"Yes it's a command." He looked straight into her eyes and through her soul. "I can't bear to loose you honey. Never." He lowered his face to hers and captured her lips. The kiss was a lot different from the past kisses they shared. It was a kiss full of promises and assurance.

They pulled off and walked hand in hand to the parking lot of their prestigious school.

"Mikan I'll follow you home." He said as her closed her car doors. He then walked to his car and waited for her to start her engine. He saw her pick up her phone and dialed something. Then his phone rag and saw who was calling.

"What is she trying to do now?" he said with a smile as he looked at the ringing phone. She turned to her direction and saw her signal him to pick up his phone.

"Hn?" he answered

"Hn what?" he teased him.

"What?"

"Natsume…"

"Mikan…"

"I love you…"

"I love you too…"

"Ok that's all bye…"

"Bye…" he turned to her direction and saw her blew him a kiss. She started her engine and drove off then after she turned her car he followed. They convoyed till they reached Mikan's house. He didn't step out of the car anymore when she reached their front door. He just opened his driver's window and she walked to him to give him his kiss. Then he drove off and saw her in the rear view mirror waving at him.

"How can I live without this woman with me?"

"How can I live without this man with me?" They both said to themselves in unison.