This is the final chapter of 'Widened Eyes'. I am very happy with the fact that I finally finished it. I do not own Gakuen Alice.

Final

I was on a bridge decorated with golden statues and ornaments while gazing out into the beautiful city seeping with romance on every corner. Another cruise ship was by passing with young people screaming and enjoying life while partying on the river. I waved back at them with a smile while they continued on with their carefree lives. Before I knew it, I let out a heavy sigh. Why was I assigned to the romantic city of Paris? They should've have sent me to Kenya or something. This place was just depressing for a single person like me…well besides the fact that some French men wouldn't stop hitting on me since I came here but that was beside the point. Maybe I was destined to be forever alone. Maybe it was the fate of stupid people like me. I might as well start picking up stray cats off the street now and have them live with me. I took my camera that was hanging around my neck and started to get a few shots. These should be enough inspirational pictures for the day. I was still fiddling with my camera when I heard loud haughty footsteps approach me. Probably another French guy with expensive Italian shoes, I can tell just by the sound.

"Um…ex-cu-ze…mu-ah?" I heard a deep voice with an uncertain tone, what was this fool trying to play as? "er…par-don?"

"Desole je suis occupe" I said trying to sound disinterested, actually I was disinterested. I didn't bother to look at the stranger while I was still fiddling with my camera.

"Okay screw the language of love, I give up!" he suddenly said in a language I was very familiar with. I turned around and saw him in all his designer clothing glory. I couldn't believe it; did he come all the way from Tokyo just to find me in Paris?

"H-How did you know I was here?" I asked bewildered, he suddenly had a flustered look on his face as he started to open his mouth to explain.

"When you didn't show up that day…"

Final

Natsume was sitting in a coffee shop while drinking some coffee to help ease his mood but the caffeine didn't help him one bit. He was tired and irritated, one wrong move and he could snap at anybody.

"Wow, you look like one angry tiger" Natsume looked up and saw his best friend Ruka standing in front of him.

"Oh, you're here" he said in a voice displaying no enthusiasm.

"So she told you, huh?" said Ruka as he sat across from him, Natsume raised his eyebrow in confusion.

"Who told me what?" he asked having no idea what his best friend was going on about.

"Eh? Didn't you meet with Mikan yesterday?" asked Ruka with disbelief showing on his face.

"She texted me saying she had work to do" answered Natsume "Is there something I don't know?"

"Well um, I don't know how to tell you this Natsume but…she moved" said Ruka nervously as he tried to avoid Natsume's gaze. As soon as he heard those words Natsume slammed his cup on the table and grabbed Ruka's collar.

"What do you mean she moved? Did she change apartments or something?" he said raising his voice in Ruka's face.

"H-Hold on! People are looking!" pleaded Ruka as he was trying to pry Natsume's strong grip off his collar and dragged him outside the coffee shop.

"Natsume, before you strangle me anymore…" trailed Ruka while he panted "She's not in Tokyo…"

"Is she in a province? Her hometown?" Natsume quickly questioned. Ruka shook his head.

"She's overseas by now, in Germany" answered Ruka.

"That idiot, why didn't she tell me?" muttered Natsume as he was even more frustrated than he was earlier.

"Her boss might know Mikan's new exact address" said Ruka, Natsume looked at him "Go get her" Natsume nodded as he quickly disappeared from Ruka's sight. Ruka smiled happy at the fact his best friend was finally pursuing happiness.

"Ruka!" his smile instantly disappeared when he heard the voice of his fiancé.

"Yes honey?"

"I want to eat crabs from Hokkaido"

"Eh? But…"

"Now!" demanded Hotaru.

Final

"Do you know how tiring it was to find you? The moment I arrived in Germany they said you gone off on some assignment in France, I had to wait five hours for the next flight and walk around Paris asking French people if they've seen a daydreaming idiot and this one French dude thought I was picking him up and invited me to a gay bar! Do you know how mortifying that was?" rambled on Natsume, Mikan couldn't help but laugh at his ridiculous story. She then stopped laughing and crossed her arms then looked at him straight in the eyes.

"You described me as a daydreaming idiot? No wonder you got dragged into a gay bar" said Mikan as she started to giggle.

"You're gonna have to pay me back for all the trouble you caused me" said Natsume as he caught her gaze with his eyes.

"W-Who told you to come after me? It's your own fault, I had nothing to do with it" said Mikan as she tore her gaze away from Natsume.

"You have plenty to do with it" Natsume grabbed Mikan's wrist "You ran away from me. You always did, but I'm not letting you run away from me again. Even if you run halfway across the world, I'll still come and get you. This may be selfish of me but just let me love you, as long as I can just see you even that would be enough for me. Please, just don't run away from me again" whispered Natsume as his bangs started to cover his eyes. Mikan slowly turned to look at Natsume and gently brushed the hair out of his eyes.

"I'm so sorry" she said as she felt her eyes starting to water "I-I was just afraid, I was a coward. I just didn't think I would be suitable for you. I-I gave up without trying" tears started to overflow from her eyes and she was hiccupping. She suddenly felt warm all over; she was in his arms taking in his refreshing scent.

"Baka, tears make you look ugly" he said in his teasing tone.

"Excuse me…hic…for being ugly" even though she was hiccupping and her cheeks were stained with tears, she was still retorting to his comments. Natsume gently held her face and started to feel her lips against his, both of them being lost in their own world with people staring at them with smiles on their faces. After all they were in France, the country full of love and passion.

"Monsieur!" they heard a loud shout. They both broke away from the kiss and saw a French man in a gaudy outfit. Natsume cursed under his breath and grabbed Mikan's hand then fled.

"Natsume…pant…why are we running?" asked Mikan as they were on the run.

"That was the guy who tried to drag me into the gay bar" said Natsume, Mikan started to laugh.

"I see he does seem like your type after all!" teased Mikan.

"Can it! Let's go to the hotel you're staying at" said Natsume.

"Why? It's still daytime" said Mikan, Natsume looked at her with a smirk.

"We can do it during day, why not?" Mikan suddenly felt her face go hot.

"Natsume you pervert!"

"What? We're adults now, plus we're in France which is the perfect lovemaking atmosphere"

"You perverted idiot!"

Final

This is the longest fanfic that I have ever written. And to think this started out as a one shot. Thank you very much for reading and reviewing. It is because of you readers that I didn't want to leave this story unfinished. Thank you very much for your encouragement! I take a deep bow.