Summary: When people see Natsume Hyuuga, they see someone who is pure perfection, they see someone they envy, hate, love and admire. But when Natsume Hyuuga looks at his own reflection he sees someone who is imperfect, someone who will never be loved, never accepted and never cared for. However when Mikan Sakura sees Natsume Hyuuga she see's someone who is an imperfect perfection.
Disclaimer: I do not own Gakuen Alice or its characters.
It was about 7:15 am, I was in my English class, staring out the window, watching the sky start to turn gray as rain began to pour down, trapped in a trance, class hadn't started yet, so I just decided to sit around and wait for the bell to ring, waiting for everyone to come rushing into the classroom and into their seats so when the teacher came in no one would have to serve detention in evening school later around 5 pm. I was so deep in my trance that I wasn't paying attention to my surroundings.
But my trance was disturbed, by something loud, something I had heard before, something so familiar, I glanced farther out the window to find out what that noise was, but when I saw exactly what it was I should have realized sooner.
Girls, screaming girls.
All crowding around an black umbrella, a few times I saw a few of the girls back away and then shortly they returned, I hadn't realized I was staring for quite sometime, then all of a sudden my clear hazel eyes came into contact with deep red crimson ones.
His name was Natsume Hyuuga. I knew him, well not really, everybody knew him though, both guys and girls, everybody watched him, I guess in a way I watched him too, I mean who wouldn't he's perfect or at least that's what everybody else thinks, but sometimes I wonder what he thinks of himself, he's probably a huge jerk, I told myself, but sometimes the way he carries himself can tell you different, but anyway no ones that perfect I tell myself in conclusion, but still...
"Mikan what are you doing?" my trance broke, and I realized that I no longer had eye contact with Hyuuga, that I was just staring out of the window in one fixed direction, I glanced back at who was calling my name, "Anna, whats wrong?" I asked looking at her stare me down, with worry in her eyes. But after my question was stated the look in Anna's eyes changed and she scoffed "whats wrong with me, what's wrong with you? I come into class and see you staring out of the window, staring at exactly nothing"- she paused and started at me then shook her head - "Sometimes I just wonder what your thinking" she said sitting in the seat next to me.
I stared at her then gave her a warm smile "No one ever knows what I'm think but still you get an A for effort, thanks for trying though" I said, then the bell rang and everyone came rushing into class, and Anna left to go to her seat, class is boring as usual, and I never really listen I just put my head down and stared at the window and watched the clouds in the sky start to get darker, so I started to drift into a simple dream.
I don't know how long I had been asleep but I found my self being softly shaken, my eyes started to flutter open, and I sat up and looked at both Anna and Nonoko and gave a small yawn "What time is it I asked?" grabbing my bag and standing up and pushing my chair in.
"Well It's Third period, and its lunch time now, do you want to grab something to eat?" Nonoko asked me in a bored tone.
"Nah, I'll go to the music room or library or something, is that okay with you guys?" I asked, Anna looked at Nonoko and Nonoko shrugged her shoulder "Want us to save you something or do you want to go out for something later after school?" Anna asked me, I gave her a small smile and said "surprise me" then I walked away.
I'll go to the music room I decided, after making it half way down the hall, I pulled out my iPod and put the headphones inside my ears and pressed play, as I got to the music room, I heard giggling then something fell, half of my brain was telling me to walk away and forget about it, but the other half was telling me to walk inside and find out whats going on, as both sides of my brain continued to argue, I heard the giggling stop and then gasping, then I heard the oddest noise, it sounded like someone being slapped, then all of a sudden the door to the music room opened, and a girl about a couple inches shorter than me, she had neck length red hair and green orbs, he whole face was flushed and she looked like she was going to start crying, then out of nowhere she pushed past me and ran down the hall. I just stared at her retreating figure with pure bewilderment.
I blinked a few times, then came back to reality, then I walked slowly into the music room, and saw standing in-front of the window staring out of it Natsume Hyuuga, I should have guessed, I said to myself...there had been recent gossip about Hyuuga just randomly going out with girls and then after getting what he wanted, dumping them, lots of girls were left heartbroken, and when I saw lots I mean lots, but I suppose that's what happens when you leave a perfectly good guy that you've been going out with for a while just to go out with the schools number one playboy.
I walked completely in and leaned against the wall, and stared at him silently, what could a person say in a moment like this, I asked my self, then I shortly received an answer, nothing, I thought, just another one of those weird moments that happens to everyone, as I continued to stare at him I noticed the sun start to come out and the sun shined off of his skin, I had to say something, "But what?" I asked aloud without even realizing it. He turned and looked at me, for a moment there was a pained look on his face, then it turned to nothing.
"What do you want?" he asked in a disgusted tone. At that instant he turned his face completely towards me, and right there on his left cheek was a hand print, bright red, and next thing I know I burst out into laughter and I was pointing at him "She slapped you didn't she?" I said trying to gasp for air, then he let out a annoyed sigh, then I stopped laughing and looked at him, that look, the way he carried himself, what is he thinking?, I thought, I walked over to the baby grand piano, and pressed a key, and then a few more keys "I'm Mikan, Mikan Sakura" I said staring down at the keys "And your Natsume Hyuuga" I stated, then at that exact moment I noticed that he was standing next to the piano, and he closed the key case so I had no choice but to look up at him, then at that instant his deep red crimson eyes they had their own light and he looked at me as if searching, for something, but what?
"What do you think of me?" he asked, I just blinked my eyes and stared at him with bewilderment.
To Be Continued...
