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.

~Mikan~

Maybe I should have asked Anna and Nonoko for a ride to school, I thought looking out of the window as the ran began to pour down even harder, no matter how much I didn't want them to find out the truth...

"Mikan are you getting a ride to school?" my Mom asked from down the stairs, I walked out of my room and to top of the steps and looked down at her and sighed "No, I told Anna and Nonoko to go without me, and that I was going to walk," I said. "Mikan do you even know where your umbrella is?" she asked in a stern voice, the way she talked and the way she looked didn't fit... my mother and I were like twins, I mirrored her images except for my bangs, I got them from my father, and that my hair was twice as long than her's but that was only because she cuts it, not that I wouldn't tell her different, because she looked much older and more beautiful that way, but the way she talked was another story, she talked as if she were wise beyond her years, like an Old-Soul or something, I guess it was because after my father died she had to take on a lot more responsibility, but never the less she was always there for me.

I shook my head "No, and I looked but I couldn't find it," I said flatly. "How many days have you missed out of school?" she asked, I tilted my head to the side and thought for a moment "About three days, why?" I asked while shrugging my shoulders in the process. My mom shook her head "I suppose you can stay home today," she said then walked back into the kitchen... "I was planning on it," I said after she was out of sight and hearing range.

I walked back towards my room, and sat down on my window seat, I'd rather stay home than have to go to school and run into him, I thought, nothing happened, I told myself, it was all in my imagination, I said trying to convincing myself that absolutely nothing happened between Hyuuga and I, then that's when I heard a noise from the front yard, the sound of tires rolling over gravel, I gazed out the window to see a blue Nissan outside in the driveway... Nonoko, I thought.

That was when I noticed my cell phone started, I picked it up, and answered it.

"I thought I told you I was going to walk," I said while getting up from the window seat and walking over to my desk to grab my school bag.

"You did, but we decide to come and pick you up anyway, and I mean think about it... Mikan your pretty dysfunctional," Nonoko said with a smug tune.

"So what I thought was right, your here to give me a ride to school, huh?" I said as I was making my way down the stairs, and over to the front door.

"Yeah, we are, so hurry up, your wasting my gas," Nonoko said then hung up, I closed my phone and stuffed it into my skirt pocket, and grabbed my jacket from off of the coat hanger "Mom it turns out I'm going to go to school," I said twisting on the door knob, my mother came from out of the kitchen with the coffee mug that I gave her two mother day's ago "See you at 2:05," she said, then I headed out of the door and over to Nonoko's car, and got inside.

The car ride was short but it felt like an eternity, when Anna brought up a new fashion trend or some new juicy gossip, I nodded and said 'Yes' and 'No' even though I wasn't listening, out of the corner of my eye I noticed that Nonoko was steadyingly staring at me and a few time she would whisper something to Anna that I couldn't quite make out what it was, when we got to the school it had stopped rain so I took this as my chance to escape the car and get as far away from Anna and Nonoko as possible.

I found my way to my world history class in time to beat the tardy bell, I slipped into my seat, and just started to stare out the window... well the bell rang an hour and 45 minutes later, I found myself brushing past people in the hall, then that was when I ran into something hard, and found myself laying on the cold floor, I glanced up only to find my eyes gazing into deep crimson ones, I found myself gaping and staring, so I had to force my to close my mouth and blink a few times, that was when I noticed his hand was out towards me, a gesture to help me up I thought, that's when I noticed that everyone in the hall hadn't stopped they just continued to keep going, so I just took his hand and he helped me, it was a weird and terrible feeling but it felt warm and tingling, I pulled my hand quickly out of his hand, I looked up at him and saw that he was trying to say something but didn't know how to get it into the right words, then the bell rang signaling that everyone had a minute to get to class, so I walked past him, even thought his eyes were fixed on the back of my head, I continued to keep walking.

I got inside my biology class with thirty seconds to spare, I hurried to my seat, and sat down, 20 minutes into class and the door came open and everyone turned their attention towards the door, in walked him, he glanced at the teacher then at me, then back to the teacher and walked over to him, and handed him a paper, then suddenly every girl in my class broke out screaming, then the teacher shouted for everyone to stop shouting which they did, I mean who' d want to go up against Jinno-sensei, he's mean and scary, but those two words aren't enough to describe how terrifying he was, while everyone calmed down, Hyuuga's eyes remained on me, and my heart gave a strange thump.

Finally Jinno-sensei picked Hyuuga's seat, and with my bad luck he ended up right in the seat next to me, the entire time during the class period, I could feel Hyuuga's eyes on the back of my head, burning and imprinting...

On the way out of class, my cell phone started to vibrate, so when I pulled it out to look at the caller Id, I saw that it was Anna, so I answered.

"What's wrong?" I asked walking towards my locker, and opening it, getting out my lunch, so that I could head outside and enjoy nature for once in my life.

"Nonoko and I, have to leave early, will you be okay by yourself?" she asked from the other end sounding concerned.

"Yeah, but were are you going?" I asked, her as I made my way to the Sakura tree in the schoolyard.

"Mom's going on this business trip and she needs our help picking out some nice clothes," she said in a matter-of-fact tone.

"Okay, I have to go, so you'll be fine, right?" Anna asked for the second time.

"Yeah, I'll be fine, gotta go," I said, and cutting the line short.

The rest of the day seemed pretty bleak, at the end of the day, I found myself at the front of the school staring out into the rain, as it began to pour really hard, does god hate me, I asked myself... as I started to walk out onto the school yard, I realized that no water had landed on me, that when I looked, and saw Hyuuga, and I just continued to stare at him "Come on, I'll give you a ride home," he said and grabbed onto my arm and led me toward a silver Volvo, I didn't argue and I didn't struggle I just followed him, and got into the passenger seat and told him where my house was "Buckle up," he told me. Then he drove out of the school lot, and sped down the street.

I watched him shift the gears then he speed-it up again, as he kept his eyes on the road. Then silence crept over us, it was that type of silence that was full of tension, the type of silence that nobody likes... god I'll die if I don't say something, I mean anything would work, I thought, I went to go open my mouth but Hyuuga beat me to the punch "You ran," he stated, I glanced over at him quickly then turned away. Guess he doesn't beat around the bush... damn I'm trapped, I thought. "I was going to be late for class," I said shortly, throwing out the quickest lie that came to mind. "You went home, your friends looked for you," he said ignoring me but he looked as though he had paused as if he were trying to find the right words then he continued "Yesterday you said that I was imperfect perfection... why did you say that?" he asked me "I don't know what you're talking about," I said in a quite unsteady voice, then he hit on the breaks and we stopped at a red light "Don't lie to me, don't," he said looking directly at me, crimson facing hazel and next thing I knew my mouth started moving and I was speaking "I know that your perfect," I said then I noticed that his grip on the steering wheel had tightened and his knuckles turned white "But the way that you carry yourself, the look your eyes show... they tell me different, they tell me-" I paused and then shook my head "Nothing, never mind," I said while turning towards the window, I hope to dear god that he doesn't ask me to finish, I thought "They tell you what?" he asked, looking at me, then turning back towards the road, I found myself being caught inside a weird moment, I felt strange, and my heart made another weird thump, then I found myself answer him again "That you're constantly misunderstood by those around you," I said, god I have to stop doing that, I told myself, mentally slapping myself.

Then he smirked "So are you watching me?" he asked, I found myself stifling the urge to laugh but I failed. "Yeah I'm crazy about you," I told him, then the care came to a stop and I noticed that we were in front of my house "Hey don't fall in love with me," Hyuuga told me jokingly. I placed my hand on the car door handle and pulled, and looked back at him, only for our eyes to met for like the fifth time in two days "I'm just kidding, I mean there's no need to boast," I said and step out of the car and shut the door. Then he rolled the window down and with a smirk on his face he looked at me his crimson eyes shining from their own light "See ya later, polka dots," he said , then started backing away. I stood frozen for a moment, I could feel a slight warmth travel up from my lower stomach and onto my cheeks, no doubt I was as red as a cherry "PERVERT!" is what I had screamed at the top of my lungs.

Now that me and Hyuuga were friends, if you could call our encounters that, I didn't really think about the intimate danger that I might have put myself in but, dear god I pray that I'm not falling love with him, but I was the only one out of the millions of people who was even remotely close to understanding him, and maybe just maybe, I was someone who has truly and deeply on some level adored and admired him, I was the only one who saw him for what he was... but what exactly was I to him? And why did I feel saddened by such thoughts...

To Be Continued...