Seo Hyun here! A few more updates for April and that's it… I'm having exams coming up soon in the beginning of May, so I don't have much time for fan fiction writing.. :( No worries! I'm not quitting or anything, but I won't be updating for a few weeks. But, who knows, I might actually update if I don't feel like studying haha xD Well, Please enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Heart no Kuni no Alice!

Chapter 4: Hello Mr. President

Alice collapsed as soon as she entered her apartment. "Why me? Why me?" She repeated this so many times, face down on her bed. "It's okay, this is for Aaron, my younger twin brother… Mom and dad aren't here, so I should support him." After chanting a few more self-esteem statements, she got up and started making dinner. As she fried some tempura, she remembered Julius from earlier that day.

I forgot to ask Aaron why they're called the five flowers of the school… Julius seemed so scary… not to mention an aura where he could also kill like Nightmare. He's a third year student like Gray-senpai. I wonder how people get onto student council… I was surprised to see Nightmare there, well actually I feel like I see him everywhere… is he a stalker? I hope he isn't… It's bad enough Blood-senpai is out to get me…

Alice shivered and stared into space. Only when a waft of burnt tempura came to her nose was when she stopped daydreaming. "Damn… there goes dinner," she muttered. Alice brought the plate of burnt food and ate it silently. She smiled evilly as an evil plan began formulating in her head. "Time to get payback…starting with the first flower… Boris."

Alice woke up groggily and smashed the alarm clock with her fist. She mumbled a good morning to it before taking a quick shower and putting on her uniform. She put on her thick black glasses and smiled. Transformation complete… onto… hell—school… Alice waved Bandy goodbye and ran out the apartment.

I'm going to be late again…. I hope I don't run into—It was too late. She ran into Peter White, the class representative. "Sumimasen I'm late," muttered Alice. She tried to slip away from Peter, but with no avail, he stopped her. "Where do you think you're going Liddell?" He pushed his glasses up and moved his snow-white bangs from his eyes. "Um, class?"

"I don't think so. This is already the last time you're going to be tardy! Come here," Peter scolded. Students began looking out the class door and window to see what was going on. Boris sat on his seat, tilting it back and forth, snickering at Alice. "But, I—"

"No buts, you're coming with me to the office," said Peter.

"You have no authority to do that!"

"Technically he does Liddell-san," replied the teacher. He stepped out from the class and smirked. Ugh, does the teacher hate me as well? "He stays on hall duty until fifteen minutes after the bell. And you're late. I also do not tolerate tardiness. White, take him away." Without further ado, Peter grabbed Alice roughly by the arm and dragged her down the hallway to the office.

"Let go! I'm not an object!" Alice said it in a slightly too high voice causing Peter to let go of her. Alice covered her mouth and coughed. "I can go down there by myself," she said, slightly blushing, trying to keep control of her voice pitch.

Peter looked at her suspiciously. "Are you feeling well Aaron? It seems like your voice isn't alright."

"No, no, I'm fine!" Alice tried backing away from Peter who started cornering Alice towards the student council door. "Take off your glasses Aaron," Peter emphasized his—well Alice's brother's—name. She sweated nervously. "I cannot do that senpai, I can't see without them!"

"Surely you can just for a few seconds," smiled Peter. He pinned her against the wall and just about when he was going to take off her glasses, the student council door slammed open. "Peter?" It was Julius. His hair seemed to glow under the sunlight coming from the hallway windows and his eyes sparkled as well. Alice tried to diminish her girly thoughts and turned back to the situation she was in. "Senpai!" Alice took advantage of this and shoved Peter away.

"Peter, what are you doing?"

"I'm taking Liddell to the office for being tardy."

"I can do it, you can go back to class, it's already past 8:00; you're basically skipping," replied Julius. He took Alice by the arm and glared at Peter. "Fine," Peter looked at Alice once more before walking off to class. Once he was out of sight, Julius let go of Alice's arm. "Thanks senpai, I don't know how to say how much it meant to me for—" Julius quickly took off Alice's glasses and was shocked.

"Hey my glasses!" Alice covered her face and tried her best to turn around, but Julius prevented her from doing so. "Aaron, turn around now!" Alice could feel her back press against Julius's chest and started blushing. She wasn't so used to being close to a guy, besides her ex. "No!" She tried to squirm but it didn't work. Finally, she gave up and dropped her hands to the side and looked at Julius straight in the eyes.

"You're…Alice," said Julius. He looked at her teal eyes. "Stop looking at me," she muttered. Alice looked exactly like her brother except for her eyes. Her eyes were more feminine and were a darker shade of teal. Her lashes were longer as well. Julius realized that he was still holding Alice in an awkward position and finally let go of her.

Alice felt tears of anger welling up in her eyes. "Are you going to tell on me?"

"What?"

"I said, are you going to tell on me?" She felt a tear fall down her face. Aaron I'm so sorry… I couldn't even cover for you for one week. It's already the second day and I'm caught… To make matters worse, by the student council president!

"I—" Julius stopped talking. He felt pity for the girl all of a sudden. He remembered her name because it was his father's company that monopolized their watch company. It was the sole reason why that Aaron had to live on this scholarship and why the Liddell family went bankrupt and poor. Alice felt terrified under his stoic and hard glare, but even more fearful when she would have to tell her brother that her cover was blown.

"Say no more… I'll leave now," said Alice. She wiped her watery eyes and walked away from Julius. "No that's not it!" He grabbed her arm and turned her around. "Don't go…" He blushed. "Stay… I won't tell anyone. But stay low and don't get yourself into trouble," he mumbled. Alice felt her body relax. "Thank you so—" Julius went back to the student council room and shut the door, leaving Alice happy, yet confused. "Thank you… Julius," she smiled.

Alice picked up her glasses from the floor and put them back on her face. "Now, back to class," she muttered. She opened the classroom door and shut it close. "Oh good Liddell!" stated the teacher. "You're finally back. We have a new seating arrangement while you were gone."

"New seats?"

"Yes, now please take your seat next to Gottschalk-san in the third row," he said. Alice felt relieved, but freaked out. She wasn't in the front of the class anymore, but now she had to sit next to some weird gloomy kid. He was good-looking, but then again, he had a strange aura that was stranger than Julius's. "Hello," said Alice. Nightmare just stared at Alice.

"Hello?"

Nightmare just nodded and continued staring at her. Alice suddenly felt self-conscious. Just when I thought sitting to Boris was bad…

Hmmm... I wonder why Julius was so kind to Alice? Did he feel bad for her or was it... hahah xD What am I writing? I haven't really thought of pairings yet, so stay tuned! I'll give a chance for some more characters to find out Alice's identity.

Thanks for reading and please review! ;D