DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN GAKUEN ALICE BUT THIS STORY IS MINE.
Cinderella's Shoes
"You're no prince or knight Hyuuga. You're the villain of this story."
-Mikan Sakura
"I'm the villain of this story, for now. But it will not last forever. One day, I'll end up being your prince."
-Natsume Hyuuga
Mikan Sakura came face to face with a small dog in the rehearsal of the play, Anastasia. She was blinking a couple of times. Mr. Narumi came beside her and said, "That small dog would play as Anastasia's pet, so you better get along with him, alright?" Then he turned around and started giving orders to the other characters.
The dog barked softly, making Mikan's face turned a shade of black. She was afraid of dogs, how could they expect her to actually get along with a dog. She stood up and ran to the other side, the dog following her.
"Damn it, don't come near me jerk," Mikan said, teary eyed. She looked ahead and saw a person. She jumped into him and closed her eyes. "I'm scared. Get that dog away from me." She hugged the other person tightly.
"You're really an idiot," she heard a familiar voice, just beside her ears. She opened her eyes and turned her head on the source of the voice. Her hazel orbs met the crimson ones, dangerously close. He could feel his cool breath against her face. She looked down and realized that her arms were in his neck, and her legs were wrapped on his torso. And he had his arms, just below her butt. In short, he was cradling her like a baby.
Mikan screamed, "What are you doing pervert?" Natsume rolled his eyes and uttered, "You're the one who jump into me." Then Mikan heard the bark of a dog, and she cowered again in Natsume's chest. "Please Hyuuga, do me a favour and get that bloody dog away from me," Mikan meekly whispered.
Natsume smirked, "I'm your mortal enemy, right? So what should I do? Maybe I should just drop you here." Mikan tightened her hold on Natsume and said, "I'm your best friend this time Hyuuga." Natsume was enjoying this. He taunted Mikan by simply feigning to drop her down to the dog. Mikan shook and hugged Natsume more tightly.
"I swear Hyuuga. If you drop me down, I will personally chase you till the ends of the earth and torture you to death," Mikan said. Natsume chuckled, "Is that a way to treat me? After all, I'm the guy who's holding you right now, saving you from that small dog."
"You're no prince or knight Hyuuga. You're the villain of this story," Mikan mumbled unintelligently. Facing an imminent danger, she couldn't help but say anything that comes to her mind. Natsume leaned down in her ears, "I'm the villain of this story, for now. But it will not last forever. One day,I'll end up being your prince."
"That would be a total nightmare Hyuuga. I don't even want to think about it," Mikan muttered. Natsume smirked and he looked down at the small dog in front of him.
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Being held by Natsume like that, Mikan felt a new, strange feeling. She felt so fluffy inside and she didn't know why. The only thing she was sure off was she hated him, hated his guts, and hated everything about him. But sometimes, she actually enjoyed bickering with him.
She sighed, looking at the scene just outside the window of the classroom. Her friends were talking animatedly with each other and she was not listening to them. Her mind was off somewhere around the globe. She felt tap on her shoulder.
"Oi idiot, Hyuuga's asking for you," Hotaru said. Mikan nodded and exited the classroom. Natsume was standing just outside the classroom. "What the hell do you want Hyuuga?" Mikan asked harshly. Natsume smirked and replied, "Naru wants to tell you that you should better memorize the lines he gave you the other day. And get along with the dog."
"I already know that Hyuuga. Anything new?" Mikan rolled her eyes. Natsume shook his head, "No. That's all." Mikan scoffed, "Why exactly are you here Hyuuga? Don't tell me you're planning to steal my shoes again." It was Natsume's turn to grimace.
"Idiot," he muttered and walked away. Mikan looked at his retreating back and mumbled, "So what exactly he went here for?" Having these thoughts, Mikan went inside the classroom. Hotaru was looking at her and said, "Dense." And Mikan could only wander why.
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Mikan was in the rehearsal again. She was looking at the face of the dog calmly until it barked and Mikan sped off to the other side, cowering under the curtains of the stage. Then he felt something grabbed her hand and she yelped. Next thing she knew, she was dragged towards the dog.
"No," Mikan protested. She looked at the person who was dragging her and found out that it was Natsume. "What the hell are you doing?" Mikan shouted in fear. "This play would get to nowhere if you kept acting like that," Natsume said. He tightened his grip on her and both of them stooped down to the dog's level. She closed her eyes in fear.
He forced her hand on top of the dog's head and let her hand patted it gently. The dog barked merrily. Mikan opened her eyes and found her hand on top of the dog's head. Natsume let go of her hand and she smoothened out the dog's hair and patted it gently. She giggled. The dog was barking, but it didn't scare her now.
She looked at Natsume beside her, her eyes glinting with amazement. "I did it Natsume. Thank you," she smiled. Natsume's eyes widened when he heard her called him by his given name. Mikan hugged him tightly, tackling him over a little. Mikan was smiling widely. Then they noticed their awkward position. Mikan was positioned between Natsume's legs, her arms around him. Natsume's right hand was in Mikan's waist, supporting her and his left hand was in the ground, preventing them to fall over. Their faces were so close, lips almost touching.
Blushing, Mikan get off him and smoothened out her skirt. "Thank you again Hyuuga." Natsume snapped from the trance and said, "You're back to Hyuuga again, little girl. A while ago, you called me Natsume." Mikan scoffed, "You're probably imagining things, Hyuuga." Then she walked out, her face was still flushing. And the others who saw that little scene had been grinning widely.
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The weekends came and Mikan was in front of the television, relazing and taking her mind off a certain crimson eyes bully. Mikan sighed when she felt her cell phone fillped it open and said, "Yes, Mikan speaking."
"In fifteen minutes, you should get your ass in here, little girl." It was Natsume's voice on the other end.
"What do you want now, Hyuuga?" Mikan asked, eyes glaring at nowhere.
"We're in the karaoke, in front of the train station. Naru wants you to grace your presence here."
"Are you sure it is Mr. Narumi? You're not planning to steal my shoes again, aren't you?" Mikan muttered.
"You're an idiot."And the boy hung up. Mikan fumed but decided to come anyway.
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Mikan found herself inside a crowded room. She looked for Mr. Narumi and found him talking to Natsume and his friend, Ruka. She went towards them and greeted them. Mr. Narumi smiled and said, "I'm glad you came, Mikan-chan." He patted a seat between him and Natsume.
"Thank you," Mikan said and sat down. She glared at Natsume who was smirking at her. Then the song she heard a while ago when she entered the room had stopped and a new song filled the air. Ruka gave the mike to Natsume.
"What is this Ruka?" Natsume glared at his friend. He smiled and led Natsume at the center. The others whistled and shouted, "Go Hyuuga." Mikan couldn't help but glanced at Natsume. He looked bored and uninterested.
Everybody's looking for love. Oh. Oh.
Ain't that the reason you're at this club. Oh. Oh.
You ain't gonna find a dance with him. No. Oh.
Got a better solution for you girl. Oh. Oh.
Natsume's cool, relaxing voice silenced everyone in the room. Mikan was in trance as she stared at Natsume. It looked like that time stand still.
Just stay with me now. Say the word and we'll go.
I'll be your teacher. I'll show you the ropes.
You'll see a side of love you've never known.
I can see it going down, going down.
In my head, I see you all over me.
In my head, you fulfill my fantasy.
You'll be screaming no.
In my head, it's going down.
In my head, it's going down.
In my head. Yeah. In my head. Oh yeah.
Some dudes know all the right things to say.
When it comes down to it, it's just a game.
Instead of talking let me demonstrate. Yeah.
Get down to business lets skip foreplay.
Just leave with me now. Say the word and well go.
I'll be your teacher. I'll show you the ropes.
You'll see a side of love you've never known.
I can see it going down, going down.
In my head, I see you all over me.
In my head, you fulfill my fantasy.
Youll be screaming no.
In my head, it's going down.
In my head, it's going down.
In my head.
Break it down. Ay-oh. Come on. Ay-oh. Ay-oh.
You singing to me baby in my head right now. Ay-oh. Ay-oh. Come on.
She'll be screaming out when it all goes down.
Just leave with me now. Say the word and well go. We can go.
I'll be your teacher. I'll show you the ropes.
You'll see a side of love you've never known.
I can see it going down, going down.
In my head, I see you all over me.
In my head, you fulfill my fantasy.
You'll be screaming no.
In my head, it's going down.
In my head, it's going down.
In my head, I see you all over me.
In my head, you fulfill my fantasy.
You'll be screaming more.
In my head, it's going down.
In my head, it's going down.
In my head...
Natsume stopped singing. Everybody looked at his score and he made a perfect 100. He went back to his seat and found Mikan staring at him. He leaned down in her ears and said, "Stop drooling by the sight of me, little girl." Mikan woke up from her trance and glared at Natsume.
"Oh please, I'm not drooling," Mikan said and stood up, "I'm going to sing." She went to the karaoke machine and punched the digits of the song she often sang. The song filled the room.
I've seen it in movies and TV shows
Wrapped up with roses and pretty bows
But that's just not the way my story goes
I get the love 'em and leave 'em kinds
The ones that can never make up their minds
But I know that next time
I'm gonna get my ever after
There's gonna be ups and downs
Twists and turns
Maybe a crash and burn
When I find the one I'm gonna let him know what I've learned
This is my definition of love
It's not perfect, but it's never giving up
And sometimes we're gonna fight
Cause we both like to be right
But love is unconditional
And that's my definition of love
Tired of making the same mistakes
Find the ones that don't wanna stay
We hit a bump in the road they just split like an earthquake
There's gonna be highs and lows
Good and bad, and there's nothing wrong with that
But you gotta stick it out and dig your heels in to make it last
It's not perfect, but it's never giving up
And sometimes we are gonna fight
Cause we both like to be right
But I am finally learning to say that I'm sorry and swallow my pride
This is my definition of love
Oh, we gotta stick together no matter what
And we're gonna make mistakes
And hearts are gonna break
But love is unconditional
And that's my definition of love
Never gonna leave you, love
Its never gonna diss you love
When you're falling down when you make a big mistake
When you wake up in the morning
With nothing, there's love
The kinds that is
Gonna kiss you, love
The kinds gonna miss you
That's my definition of this thing called love
Yeah
It's not perfect, but it;s never giving up
And sometimes we are gonna fight
Cause we both like to be right
But I am finally learning to say that I'm sorry and swallow my pride
This is my definition of love
Oh, we gotta stick together no matter what
And we're gonna make mistakes
And hearts are gonna break
But love is unconditional
And that's my definition of love
Oh, love (never giving up)
My definition of love...
Mikan grinned when she got the same score like Natsume. He was looking at her, alright, but it was still the same, cold, bored, weary, and not interested. Mikan felt hurt and she didn't know why. She took off one of her shoe, which was actually a flip flop and throw it at Natsume.
As usual, Mikan's 100% accuracy never waned and she hit Natsume in the face. She stormed out of the room and ran outside. When she made sure that the karaoke place was out of her sight, she looked down at her foot. It was dirty and she grimaced. Then a realization struck her.
"I know now! That thief must have been doing something to me so I would feel this way towards him. And then he would steal my shoes! That jerk, I hate him!" Mikan cried. That's what you called dense, everybody.
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anime16: I was thinking of continuing this one till the end. What do you think? So how about leave many reviews as you can so I'll be inspired to right more. And thanks for your undying support, everyone.