DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN GAKUEN ALICE BUT THIS STORY IS MINE.
Cinderella's Shoes
"I was getting hungry so I let myself taste your lips."
-Natsume Hyuuga
Nobara Ibaragi walked gracefully and slowly towards her friend, Mikan Sakura who is currently sitting on the floor of the theatre stage. She felt a hostile presence not far from her and decided to check it out by looking around. Then she saw Natsume Hyuuga glaring, not at her but to her friend, Mikan. He's on the other side of the stage. She sighed and sat down beside Mikan.
"Hyuuga-san is glaring at you, Mikan-chan," Nobara whispered to her Mikan's ears. Mikan noticed the nervousness on Nobara's voice. She sighed and took a quick glance at her archenemy's face. Then she quickly looked away. "If looks could kill, he could murder me on the spot," Mikan commented. Nobara nodded, "He's really angry."
"But who cares if he's mad at me? Watch me, I'll make him wish that he'd never glare at me," Mikan murmured and stood up. "Mikan-chan, I think that's not a good idea!" Nobara said, trying to persuade her friend to stop what she's planning. Mikan went to the center of the stage and uttered sarcastically, "Oooohhh, I'm scared of Hyuuga's glares at me!" Then she pretended to shiver in fear.
"Do you have a death wish, you ditzy, little girl?" Natsume stood up from where he sat too and went towards Mikan. He stopped in front of her and glared down, since he's taller than Mikan. She had no choice but to look up. "Don't call me ditzy, little girl, bastard!" Mikan hollered. "I could call you whatever I want to, idiot!" Natsume said. Nobara stood up and walked towards the quarrelling couple.
"Guys, stop it right now," Nobara uttered, trying to calm both of them. "You dare to call me idiot!" Mikan shouted at Natsume. Natsume grimaced, "And you dare to throw your shoes on my face!" Mikan glared at him. "You deserve it!" Mikan said. "Oh, and what did I do?" Natsume asked Mikan, scowling at her.
"Y-You..." Mikan was lost for words as she tried to remember what happened that time.
He was looking at her, alright, but it was still the same, cold, bored, weary, and not interested.
"I...what?" Natsume raised an eyebrow at the stunned Mikan.
"Y-Y-Your face that time," Mikan hid her eyes on her bangs.
"So what of my face that time?" Natsume frowned at Mikan.
"Think, think, think," Mikan chanted on her thoughts. Then she blurted out, "I just hate your face that time. If you want me to stop throwing my shoes at you then have a face lift!"
"A-A face lift," Natsume muttered then went to Mikan to pinch her cheeks, "You want me to have a face lift!" Nobara was still trying to calm her friends, "Stop it guys, please."
"I'm more beautiful that you so don't dare tell me to get a face lift, stupid!" Natsume was still pinching Mikan's cheeks. "Ouch, Hyuuga! Stop pinching my cheeks!" Mikan hollered. "I will not obey someone like you, stupid!" Natsume glared at her. "Then, if you don't!" Mikan smirked and pinched Natsume's cheeks too.
"Guys, please shut up! Both of you are so childish!" Nobara shouted at both of them. Mikan and Natsume stopped pinching each other's cheeks and looked at the flushed Nobara. "N-Nobara-chan," Mikan stammered. "Sadako," Natsume murmured. Mikan punched Natsume's jaw and hollered, "Don't call my friend Sadako!"
Natsume held his red cheeks and said, "I can't help it if she looked like Sadako. I mean look t her hair and aura, totally out of this world. And why the hell did you punch me?" Mikan glared at him then looked at Nobara. "But anyways, I'm more surprised that a demure girl like Nobara-chan shouted like that," Mikan said. Nobara turned redder and stared the other way, saying, "It's because both of you are quarrelling."
"Well, Ibaragi had a point," a cold voice said. Mikan looked up and found Hotaru staring at them. "Hotaru-chan!" Mikan went to hug Hotaru but she evaded her. "We can't practice if both of you were fighting," Hotaru muttered. Then a girlish laugh rang inside the auditorium. They looked at the source of it and found a permy, green haired girl standing near the main entrance.
She walked towards them while saying, "Sakura is not really suited for the main role since she's immature and totally not a pro!" Mikan frowned and asked, "Who are you?" The girl laughed again and replied, "My name is Sumire Shouda."
"Ah, the one who got the grandma role," Hotaru said impassively. Sumire flushed and shouted, "You don't have to tell everyone about that!" The ones on the stadium tried to hide their laughter. Sumire glared at them and hollered, "If you want to laugh then just laugh! Don't hide it!" Then everyone burst laughing. Sumire turned redder. "You can shut up now. You all laugh too much," Sumire shouted.
"So what do you want Permy-chan?" Mikan asked, wiping a tear away from her eyes due to laughing. Sumire pointed at Mikan and answered, "I want your role. You're not suited for it anyways." Mikan scowled, "You will never get my role." Sumire laughed, "Then I challenge you for it then."
"I don't accept your challenge. It's just ridiculous," Mikan said and walked away. "Oh, are you scared that I might snatch your role and maybe Natsume-kun as well?" Sumire smirked then looked at Natsume, winking seductively at him. Natsume rolled his eyes. Mikan turned around and put her hands on her waist, "You can have Hyuuga but leave my role alone." Natsume glared at Mikan and muttered, "Stupid. I'll kill you later."
"But I want them both!" Sumire said. Mikan frowned, "Then I will accept your challenge. I won't back down from my role."
"Good! We'll have Narumi-sensei, Natsume-kun and Ibaragi as our judges. There would be three challenges. The first one would be this afternoon at four. Let's meet at the shopping district," Sumire laughed and walked away.
Cinderella's Shoes
Mikan and the others gathered at the shopping district waiting for Sumire to come. "She's late, that Permy," Mikan muttered and sighed. "You would not be here if you just rejected her challenge," Natsume said. "Shut up Hyuuga. I don't want her to call me a coward," Mikan muttered.
"I'm here," Sumire shouted. "You're late," Mikan hollered. "I just have to take care of something," Sumire said and then looked at Hotaru, "Why are you here?" Hotaru replied without any emotion, "Because I found this amusing." Sumire pointed at Hotaru and said, "You don't look like amuse!"
"So what's out first challenge?" Mikan asked. Sumire smirked, "Flirting." Mikan raised an eyebrow, "What was that? And what is its relation to acting?" Sumire shook her head and answered, "Tsk, tsk...You're very naive Mikan. You can get an audience in a theatre through flirting. And you could practice your acting skills as well!" Mikan put her hands on her palm and said, "Oh, I got it."
"Then it's good. The first one to get ten numbers from ten guys will win. The first challenge starts now," Sumire shouted and went to her own. Mikan turned towards Hotaru and Nobara and asked, "So what's flirting and how to do it?" Natsume slapped his face and shook her head, "You're impossible."
"I'm not talking at you Hyuuga so shut up," Mikan said and stared at Hotaru and Nobara again. "Look at Sumire," Hotaru pointed at the green haired girl.
Sumire went to a guy and asked, "Can I get your number?" The guy backed away but she hugged her arms, "Please, you just looked cute and very handsome. I felt like I could go out with you tonight." The guy blushed and nodded, "Alright, I'll give you my number." Sumire smiled at him then at Mikan. She mouthed, "1-0."
Mikan shivered, "I don't want to lose but I can't do what she's doing." Hotaru rolled her eyes, "If you can't then just beg." Mikan hugged Hotaru and hollered, "You're the best Hotaru. I just have to beg, right?"
Then Mikan went to the first guy she found and asked, "Can I get your number?" The guy like any others backed away from her. Mikan looked at the guy with her soft eyes and sad smile, "You can't?" The guy blushed and then gave his number to her. "Thank you," Mikan smiled and the boy turned redder and ran away.
"S-She's natural!" all of them thought out loud. Natsume clenched his fist and looked away from Mikan.
Cinderella's Shoes
Mikan and Sumire panted. Their score is 9-9. The others were on the side, watching them while drinking canned juice. Mikan glared at them and said, "Don't drink in front of us, idiots!" Nobara smiled at Mikan and said, "I bought you one Mikan-chan. Drink it after the challenge." Mikan smiled gratefully at Nobara and nodded.
She went to a random guy and said, "Your number, can I have it?" The guy looked at her from top to bottom and smirked. "Not bad. You're very desirable. If you wanted my number then you better accompany me for the whole night," the guy cornered Mikan to a lamp post and neared his face to hers.
"H-Hey, stop," Mikan stuttered. Suddenly a can flew towards the guy's face. The guy yelped and shouted, "Who did that?" He turned around and found a crimson eyed boy smirking at him and said, "Sorry, sorry. My hand slipped. You're face looks like a trash can."
"What did you say?" The guy shouted. Natsume went towards him and took Mikan's hands. "And I would appreciate it if you kept your filthy hands away from my girl," Natsume said and slapped the guy's hands away.
"Damn! Don't get my number if you already have a boy friend bitch!" The guy hollered and ran away. "H-He's not my boy friend!" Mikan called out to the guy and turned to look at Natsume, "You big liar!"
Natsume's eyes were hidden by his hair. "Mikan," he muttered. Mikan flushed and her heart started to beat fast. "You...You just called me by my first name," Mikan said incredulously. Then Natsume smirked at her and said, "You must be dreaming little girl. Never would I call you by your first name."
"Yeah, I must be dreaming. You will never call me by my proper name," Mikan said venomously. "You sounded bitter," Natsume uttered. "It's none of your business Hyuuga," Mikan turned her back on her and walked away. Natsume held her arms and forced her to face him. "W-What-" Mikan's words were cut by Natsume's lips on hers on a long peck on the lips.
Natsume broke the kiss and licked his lips. "Strawberry lip gloss," Natsume murmured then continued, "I was getting hungry so I let myself taste your lips." Mikan was stunned and when she recovered, Natsume was already far away from her. Mikan took of one of her shoe and throw it on Natsume's head. "That was my first kiss!" Mikan cried, "I won't ever forgive you bastard!"
Natsume picked up her shoe and said, "Thanks for your shoe." Mikan hollered, "Bring that back to me, thief!"
"Excuse me but I already won this first challenge," Sumire informed Mikan. "What?" Mikan shouted. "Our second challenge will be announced tomorrow. So do yourself a favour and win." Sumire laughed and walked away. Mikan sighed, "I can't believe I lost! It's all because Hyuuga distracted me. That thief!"
Cinderella's Shoes
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