hey minna san~! this is chapter 19!

mikan: yey~!

natsume: tch, another chapter...

me: mouuu... anyways, i don't own gakuen alice!

mikan: yep! tachibana does!

Chapter 19

The next day passed quickly. As usual, both the girls and boys had quality time with each other, oh, and even tsubasa and misaki's officially an item! Natsume, too, planned a way to apologize to mikan, but he kept on changing the plan in one way or another. Ahh, what an eventful day it was! Well, it was the exact opposite compared to this day, which is Monday….

"nyaaa….. ohayo gozaimasu…." Mikan yawned as she greeted herself, a little bit gloomy, since she knew that she won't be accompanied by anyone today, because all of them went to their dates, so since she's the only one who doesn't have, she was left there. So she combed her silky brunette hair, and left her room, not even bothering to change her pajamas.

As always, the kitchen greeted her with a welcoming, delicious scent of chocolate pancakes and blueberry muffins.

"ohayo, mikan…" a familiar voice greeted from behind. She then turned around, only to see her brother, without her noticing, her expression suddenly dropped.

"tch, you look disappointed the moment you saw me. How ungrateful." Youichi muttered and ruffled her hair.

'I thought it was him…. Oh come on! Pull yourself together mikan!'

"mouuuu~~ you meanie! The ruffling of hair was uncalled for you know!" she pouted and took a seat next to him.

"itadakimasu~!" she exclaimed happily and quickly ate her food.

"you look like a pig, you know?" he teased her while she just puffed her cheeks and pouted.

"wahhhh you're sooo mean! Teasing me like that…. Mouuu~" she said as mikan took another bite on her pancake.

"I'm not teasing you, I'm facing you the truth" he smirked as he emphasized the word truth.

"ehh! You meanie! I'll be taking my leave now, tsk." She stomped her way to her bedroom.

"'kay, what a nice way of saying thanks to me," youichi smirked as he read a book.

When mikan reached her room, she heavily sighed and did her morning routine, she came out of the bathroom wearing an off shoulder, rose coloured shirt, with black loose shorts. She then clipped her bangs, and took her laptop. 'yosh! Since I have nothing else to do, I'll just enjoy the fresh air instead~!' she decided as a smile flashed in her face.

"kyaaa~! It looks even more beautiful this summer~!" she exclaimed to herself as she admired the beautiful view in front of her. With the magical sakura tree in front, with cherry blossoms in full blooming (a/n: it's magical, remember?), some pure white and pink shrubs surrounding the said garden, a white, two-person swing hanging on one big branch of the tree, and the luscious green grass, which is semi-full of white and lavender carnations. Although it may be a little small, it looks like a little paradise for the brunette, so she happily skipped under the shade of the great tree, and opened the internet, until a question intrigued her,

"ooohhhhh….. why don't I give it a try?"

Hyuuga's residence

'boringggg….. curse you ruka for leaving me here..' natsume thought as he growled angrily.

"he said, just make a development out of your free time! Tch, yeah right, I can't even think of a plan to apologize to her!" he messed up his hair in irritation, until an idea came into his head, 'if I want to apologize to her, why don't I start by asking what type of guy she would like?' he thought evilly. But, his victorious expression turned into a nervous and sad one. 'what if- what if I'm not her type? But still…..' he just pushed through with his idea. Of course, with a little, I mean super knowledge in creating an internet page, and hacking into a computer, he felt relieved, that at least once in his lifetime, he would put it in good use. And so, he began typing….

Back to mikan….

(for this, italics is for the questions, normal is for mikan's answers, and those in underlines for natsume's reactions)

What type of guy do you like? Find out here!

what does he look like?

-hmm…. Probably like a prince charming~!

Ugh, I think that's ruka, not me…. I'm more of an evil prince in her point of view, but at least a prince, right?

I try to look for…

-loyalty and romantic :" oh and I want someone that's always there to protect me of course~!

Of course, I'll do whatever it takes to protect her, I'll be loyal, romantic...hmm it depends on my mood.

What is the first thing you notice in a guy?

-probably his eyes…?

…I wish she did look at my eyes,

what do you prefer him to be?

-anything he likes! Well, if it's legal, that is…

Tch, of course, what kind of answer is that?

Do you want him to be taller than you? or shorter?

-definitely taller!

No problem here, tch.

Would you like him to like what you like, and hate what you hate?

-umm…. I don't really want that, it'll get irritating :/

…no comment

Do you want him to make the first move?

-of course!

Oh shit

Nice or bad boy?

-nice! :D

…

Patient of hot tempered?

-definitely patient! I wouldn't want our date to be ruined just by his temper :|

…good luck to you, hyuuga

Gentleman or a bastard?

-tsk, what kind of question is that? Of course a gentleman!

…I could be one

Cheerful or serious?

-cheerful!

…damn

If he would apologize to you, how would you like him to?

-well, not necessarily grand, but, I just want him to be sincere and really promise that he wouldn't do it again, then that's enough!

…

Would you forgive him and give him another chance? Or just be bitter?

-hmm…. Give him another chance, wait, what does this have to do with my type of guy?

…oh man, she's suspecting….

Will you still love him even if he's the total opposite?

-…what kind of a question is this?

Well, you have to answer it,

-?

Well?

-it depends….

On what?

-oh come on! I'm soo out!

Oh god! You ruined it! Nice going!

And that ended their question and answer portion, leaving a totally crushed natsume, and a furious mikan.

Hyuuga mansion

"damn damn damn damn!" natsume cursed loudly.

"how could I be soo stupid? To think that I'll be pressing her in the end? What kind of a question is that?" he flung his hands in the air.

"baka baka baka! Hyuuga you're such a fool!" he buried his face in his hands.

"instead of boosting me up, it turned even worse! I would lose if it's like this, not that I treat her like a game, it's just that….." he stopped.

"how could I have her if she doesn't even deserve me!" he shouted louder.

"nii chan! What are you shouting for?" a 13 year old girl barged in his room, he didn't mind her, even if her soft crimson eyes are full of worry, and her raven black hair was in a mess.

"what are you doing here? I thought you're in Hawaii?" he just asked her with gritted teeth.

"I just feel like coming back, and it's a good thing too!" she went to his side.

"come on nii chan, tell me what happened, pweeeaassee?" she used her puppy eyes as she pouted. Natsume sighed in defeat, as always.

"I'm just going to say you this, I'm a hopeless romantic." He blushed. Aoi just giggled silently, but still, natsume heard it and glared at her.

"stop giggling." Natsume scowled.

"w-what? Oh sorry. It's just that, I can't believe I would see the day when you would say that!" soon she broke into fits of laughter.

"nice, you don't have to rub it in my face, aho." He muttered.

"hey! You're such a meanie you know that! I mean, aho? I'm just happy that you finally gave someone a chance, you know, after her" she said, rather softly.

"yeah, but, truth be told, ruka have to persuade me, the girl of my dreams getting mad at me, and a bet to make me realize about it." Natsume smirked.

"tch, well, you could be a genius in all aspects, except for love that is, and it's not surprising that ruka nii would have to persuade you like that." This time, it's her turn to smirk at him.

"and why is that?" natsume raised his eyebrow at her.

"that's easy, it's because you're soo dense and stubborn." Aoi grinned. Natsume now scowled at her, but later, smiled sweetly and patted her head, which made her blush.

"h-hey!"

"this is just my little way of saying, arigatou to you." he stared in her eyes, which made aoi even redder.

"h-hai….." aoi replied, while she ran out of his room. Natsume then sighed heavily and plopped his self in his bed.

Meanwhile, with mikan.

"the nerve of that quiz! I mean, to pressure you that much? And what's with those questions at the end? Are they creepy serious?" mikan snapped.

"this must be a trick, if I found out who did this… ooohhhh he is sooo dead!" mikan steamed with anger.

"oh, there you are" someone said. Mikan quickly faced the person, and saw her brother, wearing a gray shirt, and cargo shorts.

"nyyaaaa…. I just answered some baka quiz" she mumbled, but youichi heard it nonetheless.

"tch, I bet you failed it." He smirked.

"no, it's not that kind of a quiz! It's a quiz for what kind of guy do I like." She explained.

"ohhh… I guess you still failed it." Youichi teased.

"and why is that?" mikan scoffed.

"it's because you have no taste at all." He stuck out his tongue.

"why youuuuu…" mikan was now restraining herself from strangling him.

"anyway, before my death, why don't we go to the mall?" youichi offered with a sigh. Mikan blinked twice, and rubbed her eyes.

"why are you doing that?" youichi asked.

"I can't believe you would offer me to go to the mall. I mean, the youichi yukihara is asking someone to go to the mall with him!" she gasped.

"s-so?" youichi has a tint of pink on his face. Mikan just giggled and took his hand abruptly.

"woah!" youichi exclaimed as mikan pulled him to her car.

"c'mon~! hurry up!" mikan coaxed youichi. Youichi, took a quick glance at mikan, and he smirked at the cute sight.

"what are you smirking at?" mikan stopped and poked his chest.

"you forgetting something?" youichi grinned.

"nani?" she narrowed her eyes on him. He gave her a clue by eyeing her appearance.

"ohhh *giggles* so that's why, well, it's not only me you know!" she stated as she pointed to his appearance.

"oh shit." He muttered as both laughed and hurried to their rooms.

Mikan was not in the mood to dress up, so she just grabbed some skinny jeans, she kept the off shoulder top, and got a pair of shades, she also wore black doll shoes to complete the look.

"I'm here~! Did you wait long?" mikan asked as she eyed youichi,

"well, this is unusual," youichi glanced at his watch. "you're early," he smirked, mikan looked at his appearance, he changed the shirt to a black and white plaid shirt, a pair of shades, loose pants, and a pair of sneakers.

"haha. Don't worry, I just wanna spend some time with you~!" mikan smiled sweetly, which made youichi smile. So he scooped his sister into a big bear hug.

"I soo missed you" he whispered in mikan's ear.

"y-yeah…" mikan blushed as she hugs back.

"okay!" youichi suddenly exclaimed as he escaped from the hug.

"why don't we get moving?" he stated, but before mikan could answer, he pulled her into his car.

"hey! Why are we in your car? You're under age for heaven's sake!" mikan retorted. Youichi just grinned mischievously and revved up the engine.

"remember, when you have the money, you could do anything." And so he started driving.

"and don't worry, I already got my licence, remember?" mikan thought about it until her mouth formed into a little 'o'

The ride was silent; the only thing that was making it a little alive was the radio.

"hey, will yah talk even for a minute?" youichi messed up his hair. He wasn't used to mikan being this silent, I mean, mikan, silent? No way in hell that would happen, well except if she's having a problem, so with that in mind, youichi became more and more serious.

"…"

"hey! Could you at least talk?" he shouted.

"…"

"hey! Are you damn deaf?" he shouted even louder as the car came to a stoplight. He quickly took advantage of the moment and grabbed her shoulders, making mikan face him. He quickly looked at her, and released a sigh of relief, she was sleeping!

"so that's why, tch, you really sleep like a rock…" he muttered and laid her back gently, and he continued driving.

Meanwhile…. In a black Ferrari car…

"I don't know why you wanted to go to the mall suddenly…." Natsume sweatdropped as he drove all the way to the mall.

"because I want to buy something~!" aoi cheered.

"*sigh* fine….." natsume finally agreed.

After 20 minutes of driving, they finally arrived their destination….

"oohhhh! Let's go to that store!" aoi exclaimed as she drags natsume in a store.

Natsume didn't know what happened. In one moment, he was standing there, not being noticeable by other people, the next, he was in this damn store filled with dresses, girls, shoes, jewelry, and more dresses! To a girl, it was like paradise, but to a guy like natsume, everything seems so….weird? crazy? I don't know…. Bizarre?

'where is she?' he screamed in his head as he rolled his manga and clenched it in his fist and went off to find her. Well, luck wasn't on his side, after about thirty minutes of girls drooling over him, and unsuccessful searching for his little sister; he stormed out of the store pouring his stress unto the defenceless manga in his hand.

"I'll just wait for her then," he said coolly and started to read the manga again. But while reading the comic book, one person is stuck in his mind…

"mikan…. Oh I wish I could see her angelic face….." he whispered as he sighed heavily.

Meanwhile with mikan and youichi…

"ne…. youichi… I'm bored" mikan muttered for the umpteenth time as she tugged on his sleeve. Youichi just ignored her once again as he sighed heavily and continued on searching for his favourite manga in the comic store. Mikan puffed her cheeks in annoyance and tugged harder,

"youichi! Are you deaf or what?" she called once again between gritted teeth. Youichi just groaned in return and told her,

"fine fine! You can go already! Just call or mail me when you're done." With this, mikan jumped and hugged him in gratitude, and dashed off, glad to get away from the boring comic store. What? Even though she's smart, she dislikes reading books… sooo boringggg….

After walking around and around the mall, she finally saw a perfect store, with white, gold, and pink wallpapers, making it look like a palace for all girls ONLY. So she looked up to the name of it, it said:

~HEAVEN~

As she went inside, she gasped in awe. Dresses and gowns are arranged by colour and occasion, shoes by colour, jewelleries by occasion, too. For a while, mikan was awestruck at the sight. Sparkles were visible in her eyes.

"sugoi…." Mikan muttered then the next second, she dashed off to different racks of clothes while exclaiming aww and ooohhs all the way, with some occasional gasps, too. But after some time, she got tired as she proceeded to the next rack, this time panting.

"hahhh hahh….. got….to find…. A cute dress…. That I like…" mikan murmured as she looked at all the dresses one at a time. Until she stopped at a light white tube dress that has a pink ribbon around the upper waist, black thread-like pattern at the hem, and a matching dark pink bolero.

"kawaii…." She whispered as she take the dress from the rack and looked at the brand,

"A.H.? it was designed by A.H.? OMG! I have to buy this!" she exclaimed as mikan ran towards the fitting room, only to bump someone in particular, making herself and the person fall butt first.

"oowwwiiiieee!" both of them chorused. As mikan opened her eyes gently, a hand greeted her offering help to her.

"oh! G-gomen! I should be the one helping you up, hehe." She reached for the hand and stood up as she scratched the back of her head in embarrassment.

"oh, it's okay, I'm at fault too. Gomen…" the girl bowed as mikan sweatdropped.

"oh! No need for formalities! I'm mika-" but before she could continue, the girl spoke,

"m-mikan y-yukihara? Is this true? Kyaaa~!" the girl exclaimed as mikan covered her mouth.

"shhh… be quiet please! I want to maintain a low profile so I could shop without disturbance," mikan explained as she let go. But as she did, she was caught by surprise by those soft crimson orbs and short raven hair.

"y-you must be….." mikan trailed off.

"yes, I'm Aoi Hyuuga (remember, A.H.?) and I'm a big fan of you~!" she squealed silently as mikan blushed.

"ehehehe me too, I'm a veryyy huge fan! I was going to buy your design right now…." Mikan stated as she grabbed the dress. Both of them giggled because of the coincidence.

"so, we're fans of each other, eh?" aoi giggled while mikan did, too.

"yeah! So we're friends now?" mikan stretched out her hand. Aoi just shook her head and hugged her instead.

"nope! We're bestfriends!"

"really?"

"hai~!" mikan hugged back with aoi's words. After about some time, both were sharing experiences in the fashion industry.

"so, I heard you were going to release your new line?" mikan asked.

"yep yep! Since the school year is getting near, I introduced the 'school rulez' line~! I'm getting excited myself!"

"well, I'll be looking forward to it~!"

"wait, you'll be having your photo shoot tomorrow, right?"

"yep!"

"where will it be held? Huh? Huh?" aoi asked, rather excited.

"errmmm…. Tokyo national park, why?"

"nothing, I just want to make sure~! Hehe, I'll try to visit to wish you good luck!"

"oh really? Arigatou~!" mikan hugged her, just then, mikan's phone began to ring…

Oi baka….baka baka baka….pick up this phone will yah?

"what's with that ring tone?" aoi asked as she giggled.

"probably youichi set it up…he's soo dead…" she muttered as she answered the phone.

"moshi moshi~?"

"MIKAN YUKIHARA! What the heck are you still doing there?" youichi shouted at the other line.

"hey hey! What are you shouting for? You just called just now!"

"yes because you didn't damned answer to my fuckin' mails!" as mikan heard this, she became confused.

"wait, you did?" she asked. Youichi sighed exasperatedly.

"of course I did!"

"you sure?"

"goddamnit! Just get your butt out of there! I'm hanging up." And so he did. Mikan sighed nervously as she got the dress and stood up, forgetting aoi's presence.

"wait! Where are you going?" aoi asked as she caught up on mikan, who is now paying.

"uhh… m-my brother is super pissed off at me….s-soo I g-gotta go…." She stammered.

"ohhhh…. I'm sorry I kept you in here…" aoi apologized as she bowed her head.

"no, don't worry, It's not your fault~! Well, see yah next time~!" she waved at her cheerfully as she exited the store, while removing her shades. 'great, he told me to get out, but he didn't tell me where he is!' she shouted in her head as she sat on the bench near the store.

"I just better call him instead…." She whispered as she put his number on speed dial.

"ummm…. Youichi…"

"nani?"

Someone's pov

I heard a faint thump in front of me. There I saw a girl, sat on the bench in front. As she took off her shades, I saw a familiar pair of hazel chocolate eyes. 'oh no, don't tell me, it's mikan?' I exclaimed as I put down my manga (= familiar?) , but before I could stand up and walk to her, I thought, 'did she forgive me already?' I just shoved that away from my mind and, as I was about to stand up, she fished out her phone, and dialled a number.

"umm…youichi…" I could hear her. God, I have ears like those of a bat's!

"nani?" someone from the other line answered, probably it's youichi, duh of course it's him!

"I'm sorry…"

"tch…."

"gomenazai! I'm terribly sorry!"

"okay okay, shut your effin' mouth! I forgive you!"

"really? Oh thank you thank you thank you!"

"yeah yeah…"

"I soo love you youichi!" ouch, that hurt me.

"yeah.. i-I know already! Just one condition."

"okay! What is it?"

"c-can you.."

"nani?"

"c-can you….b-buy…"

"oh come on! Spit it out already!" she shouted.

"couldyoubuymeanecklace? There I said it!"

"nani? dooshite?"

"I want you to damn buy me a necklace."

"dooshite?"

"well, it's not for me, for your goddamned information, I'll give it to someone." Then I saw mikan snicker.

"really? Who is it?" huh? Huh?" she asked excitingly.

"none of your business! Just buy it already!"

"I won't until you tell me who it is!" she pouted cutely.

"I'll give you a clue."

"okay! Tell me!" then after that, I can't hear anymore. Aww man! I wanna use that for his weakness! I wanted to give him his own medicine, but too late, she closed her phone and walked off. But, i jump to my feet and caught her wrist.

"hey! Let go!" she squirmed.

"shh…. It's me." As she turned around, I removed my shades, to let her see my face fully. But all I received from her was a scared and shocked gasp.

Normal pov

"hyuuga!" mikan gasped shockingly. 'so it's hyuuga now, huh?' natsume sighed.

"hi."

"what are you doing here? Let go of me you baka!" she squirmed once again as she tried to excape natsume's hold. But, natsume kept firm.

"I want to talk to you." he whispered. Mikan shot him a death glare and shouted.

"NO! I don't want to talk to you! damn let go of me HYUUGA!" as soon she shouted 'hyuuga', every girl came running towards them, natsume and mikan's eyes bulged. 'oh damn!' 'oh my god!' they both thought. But, before everyone came close to them, natsume took out a pen and wrote something on her hand, and then dashed away.

"thank kami sama he's gone…. But although I said that, I really really want to talk to him." Mikan sighed as she faced the palm natsume wrote on.

"I guess I'm not yet ready, I'm so-" but before she could finish, she was too shocked, surprised, mad, confused, and happy when she saw her palm.

anata o ai shite imasu mikan. (sorry! i made a mistake there! it means i love you in japanese! gomen ne!)

"w-what?" she tried to squeal, but couldn't find her voice to do so. She is just too shocked and surprised because it was soo sudden, mad because he damned wrote it on her hand, confused because she doesn't know what to say, or reply, or probably because of her own feelings, too, and lastly, happy, well, she doesn't know too, herself.

'why do I feel happy? Probably just because he doesn't hate me…? Or is it more than that?' she thought.

natsume: finally!

mikan: huh? why?

natsume: dense baka...

mikan: hey!

me: oi natsume! i forgot, some people reviewed, remember last chapter, you said nobody would, but they did! i love you guys!

natsume: tch, you're freakin loud! well, i bet nobody will review after this, it's just a baka chapter anyways. whoever reviews this will be burnt by me.

me: ehhh! nooo! i love my readers! i really loovveee them!

natsume: who cares?

mikan: hey! don't be rude!

natsume:...

me: well, please review! don't worry! no one even natsume could touch you guys!