The Only Exception Chapter 5, a gakuen alice fanfic

Chapter five

The following day was different. As Natsume was to head out of his house, opening the door, Mikan was outside smiling. "I was about to ring the doorbell," she said. Natsume cleared his throat, obviously stuttering. Mikan raised her brow. She looked over his shoulders and found something again unexpected. She heavily breathes out and stomp her way out. Natsume ran forward, grabbing her arms, calling her name.

"Mikan, wait! Let me explain"

Mikan forcefully turn to him, she took a deep breath, released it and crossed both arms. "Look, I get it that Ruka is staying in your house. I just got to go because I don't want to see his freaking face," she said very coldly, deadly and emotionlessly. Natsume sweat drop as Ruka came out of the house. He couldn't look straight in her eyes. If he does, he'll remember the thing that happened months ago. Mikan glared, at him, which made him flinch and embarrass more. Natsume snapped her out and told her through a gaze to look at him. Luckily, she did so.

Minutes later, Natsume guided her inside the house so they could talk. Surprisingly, she followed. They sat around the big round table. Ruka was uneasy. Mikan was smirking while Natsume was just speechless. The raven-haired guy cleared his throat. Mikan turned to look at him. "Ruka, explain your side" he instructed but Mikan shrugged, "Why does he have to? I perfectly know what happened months ago. The image is still clear in my eyes as if I just watched it yesterday like a movie on my flat screen TV" Mikan yelled. Ruka recoiled.

"I'm neither a judge nor a lawyer but I command you to listen to what he has to say," Natsume uttered, glaring daggers at her then at him, "Don't waste my time"

Mikan 'humphed' while she rolled both eyes, "Well, if your time is that precious, why can't you just let me leave peacefully?"

"Shut up, will you?" Natsume said, obviously irritated by her. She smirks, "Well, Mr. Smart Guy, as a matter of fact I'm just waiting for him to speak but he's not yet speaking which makes me a little bit annoyed waiting as what you just felt" she said in a matter of fact tone. Natsume, having the realization that she was actually waiting for Ruka to speak for minutes already, nudge the blonde silently sitting beside him. After he did so, Ruka turned to him as if he just returned to planet Earth. Natsume glared at him and shift his gaze to Mikan. "Well, she's waiting" he added.

After Ruka mustered all his courage, he finally narrated to Mikan all that happened like how he told Natsume days ago. As he finishes, she sneered. "Still, it's your fault for being an idiot! You still kissed her" she said sadly

Ruka managed a joke, "What? You're jealous because I gave my first kiss to Luna?" (AN: That means, Mikan still haven't given to anyone her first kiss yet, Ruka accidentally to Luna and Natsume to none)

She glared at him again and rolled both her eyes. "Never speak in front of me her name again". Ruka frightfully nods. Natsume gave a small chuckle. Mikan, finally bursting out, pushed back the chair and started exiting herself. Ruka just sat there. Natsume glared at him. God! How many times Ruka did receive a glare today? Ha-ha. Getting what he meant, he also pushed back his chair and ran to her. Natsume laughed when he was already out of sight. 'What an idiot' he thought. He hesitantly followed them a few minutes after and saw them just on his lawn… hugging. Mikan finally cried. 'I know I'll just be hurt by this,' he thought, 'But I have to do what's right' he sighs before going back inside the house.

A month has passed. Mikan surprisingly disappeared. Ruka said she went shopping abroad for a month. Natsume sweat drop. 'She went to abroad just to shop?' he mentally slapped himself. He tried asking the blonde what happened to them back in the lawn but he wouldn't answer. He just shrugged off the thought. Indeed, he felt regretful for ever doing that. Over the days when he keeps on visiting her, his feelings toward her has grown fully no matter how he tries to ignore it.

After he finished rehearsing his voice, he went to his desk instead of going to the lobby and recreational room. Pulling back the drawer, he got their picture. The venue was on her house back to the time when she was so demanding to take both their pictures. He denied at first but her puppy dog eyes totally got into him so he had no choice but to agree. And now, she's already back with Ruka. Although they wouldn't say anything but he's a hundred percent sure that they're back with each other. He shrugged off the thought and placed back the frame before closing his drawer.

Another hour later and Ruka went to his desk. He raised his brow. He was panting.

"What's wrong with you?" he asked him

"Nothing, it's just that I only got a few minutes to pick her up and I couldn't make it. I still have to prepare a 'welcome back' party for her at a restaurant" he said, obviously panicking

"And why are you here?" he questioned. Ruka smiled and told him what he was already expecting to hear.

"Can you pick her up? Please, I have no time. I still have to reserve the restaurant. Just bring her there. Bye!" then Ruka suddenly vanished to thin air after scribbling the address of the restaurant on a paper. He sighs and checking his watch, he pushed back the chair and exited the building. Unknown to him, someone was watching him while hiding somewhere unknown. 'I hope this will work,' the person thought, closing his phone after calling someone before heading back inside the edifice.

Minutes later, Natsume was already on the waiting section. Of course, he was impatiently waiting for a brunette to pass through. Fans started crowding around him since he forgot again to put on a disguise. Later, he spotted the person he wants and quickly went beside her and wrapped her waist. "What are you doing here Natsume? I thought it'll be Ruka who'll get me?" she said.

"Shh… Will you buy this act for a while so that these stupid girls will stop bugging me?" he replied in a whisper. Mikan nods while giving out a small chuckle. Seriously and surprisingly, the fan girls started backing out as they gave way for them to pass.

They went straight to the parking lot. Mikan actually has a lot of things that clearly states she enjoyed shopping outside. Natsume rolled both his eyes. But as they reached the parking lot, his car was gone. Obviously, there aren't any transport cars that'll pass by since it's not travelling day and the airport is miles away from the city proper and there aren't any house nearby. Natsume angrily threw his keys, clearly mad. He looked at his phone, hoping that the signal is high though he's expecting it to be low. To Mikan, it's not just the signal she's worried about but also her batteries. At the airport, during mornings, the CP signal is very high but when it reached four pm, it's the exact opposite. "Is this some sort of a prank?" he yelled. Mikan was worried too. It was five in the afternoon when she arrives and it'll be how many hours after they'll reach town by foot plus she's got tons of baggage. Nevertheless, they stayed in the airport hoping that in the morning, they'll have a signal. They hid in the restroom first until the building closes and the lights turned off, they went out. Though it's not natural for airports to close but just their luck, the people aren't expecting for a flight because of the sudden change of weather.

They were already alone except for the guards at the main entrance. They sat on one of the benches. The two of them remained quiet, expecting for the other to speak first and surprisingly, he began. "What kind of thought is that? Going abroad just to shop," he teased. She turned to him and raised her brow.

"So while you were there, you often called Ruka?" he continued, half expecting to be hurt

"No," she said, "I never called him"

"Why? He's your boyfriend, right?" he asked again, slowly closing the distance.

"No," she saw him cocked a brow, "Oh, yeah, he's a friend that's a boy. But if it's the other way around, no" she proceeded, turning to the other side

"I thought you already get his explanation a month ago" he sighed

"Yeah, I do. I get and understand him perfectly," she answered quite sarcastically.

"Then, why didn't you agree to go back to him? You're still that angry?" he gawked down at her

"No," she breathed out, "I did not say 'yes' to him again, not because I'm still angry but because I love someone else. I already told Ruka about it though, the reason why I was crying and hugging him tightly that day. It's because I told him I no longer felt anything for him. But I still thought about it when I was abroad and I was also hoping that he loves me too"

Natsume was speechless. "How about you?" it was her turn to ask.

He changed his gaze away from her as he spoke, "My goal was supposed to correct a friend of mine who made a terrible mistake. The task was simple but I met some complications while doing my mission that I simply can't get over with," he stared at her, their eyes met, "I fell in love with her, the girl that's supposed to be intended for him," he looked away again.

She smirks. "And can I know who the lucky girl is?" she continued staring at him

"She's talking to me right now" She was speechless but she turned to the other side to hide her feelings. Natsume, noticing her emotions, asked her also. "And who was the guy you fell in love with?"

Mikan didn't answer. He thought that it's impossible if it's him. He thought that he sees her glaring disgustingly at her so he stood up and started walking away when she spoke, "The guy was so proud and arrogant that he couldn't bear waiting for my answer so," she stood up, "he stood up and almost wanted to walk away," she teases as she went to him and circled him playfully, arms crossed.

"What do you want?" Natsume accidentally but softly yelled. She tops right in front of him and sneered.

"The guy I love was conceited, cold but slightly fun," she laughed while he turned his head to the other side, "and he's standing right in front of me. He even yelled at me. What a proud guy," she continued. Natsume's eyes widened as he stared back at her. She slowly stepped forward and soothed his face with her soft touch, "I love you"

He smiled as he said, "I love you too" Just then the light, which was previously turned off, was suddenly switched on as Paramore's song The Only Exception was played. He gradually bowed low as if inviting her on a waltz. She bowed low too and took his hand. She wrapped his neck with her arms as he with her waist and they slowly started dancing.

"What about your promise to your dad?" he asked out of the blue, "You can't break a promise especially if you made it during a burial ceremony," he continued

Mikan laughed, "Promises are meant to be broken and FYI, dad's not yet dead. That was actually the real reason I went abroad. He has a meeting there and he needed me to explain, etc and accompany him for a while"

Natsume raised his brow, telling her to continue. "When I got home after I talked to Ruka, he was there with mom. He actually took the next flight so he was saved but very heartless when he didn't inform us immediately. It was actually his secretary, who had his necklace, aboard on the plane"

He smiled again as she said, "Even if dad is really dead, I'll still break the promise. I know he'll still be happy," she cupped his cheeks, "You're the only exception of the promise I made" Then they continued dancing, stopped, kissed then dance back again –hugging while waltzing as the song ended.

You are the only exception

And I'm on my way to believing

Oh and I'm on my way to believing

The next thing everybody heard was the top news for how many weeks…

Famous Japan singer Natsume Hyuuga married his manager's niece, Mikan Yukihira during her birthday, January 1 XXXX

**The End**

Hope you like the ending. Like I said, it's better if you're actually listening to the song while reading this one especially the last parts of the chapter. ^^ Sorry if there are wrong grammars and stuffs. I usually don't double check my compositions.