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.

I ran my fingers through the sand, balling up my fist in the process. I can't believe they did this to me, I thought. Anna and Nonoko had been my friends for almost a decade, and yet they betrayed my trust. I'll make they're lives a living hell, if I survive this, I thought. While looking up at the group of people standing around and talking with each other, one of the people in the group so happened to be Natsume, whom I had been avoiding for at least two weeks. I stared at the back of Natsume's head. He may have been standing with the group but he wasn't talking. Just like him to be so antisocial, I thought.

I suppose Natsume sensed that my eyes were on him, because he turned in my direction, I cringed when he turned and looked at me. The look on his face, somehow he seemed displeased and angry. Is he serious? I asked myself, while my sweat dropped in the process.

We stayed like that for god knows how long, our eyes locked on each others, in truth, I wanted to turn away as quick as possible, but Natsume's eyes refused to let me do that, when he finally turned away seeing as how he would have to be the one who broke the staring contest between the both of us, I mentally slapped myself. Yeah both Anna and Nonoko are dead meat, I thought. I assumed the fetal position and pressed my head against my knees. I hate my life, I thought.

The soft touch of fingers touched my bare legs. Who the fuck, I thought. "Is not like you to come to the beach, I thought you hated water" I lifted my head and was met with lukewarm brown eyes. I stared at the face in front of me, at first with surprise and then with recognition "Yuu-kun, what are you doing here? I thought you went to an all boys school" I said suddenly standing up.

Yuu looked at me and smiled. The smile itself gentle and welcoming. He hasn't changed at all, I thought. "Um…Anna-san invited me" Yuu explained to me. I watched Yuu carefully. "Is that so" I said smiling to myself. Oh, I get it, I thought. The blush on his cheeks was proof enough. If I remember correctly Yuu has had a crush on Anna since the sixth grade, and it looks like the feelings that he's had since back then haven't died down either. "Sakura-chan?" Yuu called out to me, I looked at him, and smiled giving him a thumbs up in the process "I think you should go for it" I told him happily.

Yuu suddenly turned red and looked at me "Am I that obvious?" Yuu asked me. I nodded my head. Yuu sweat dropped and he looked at me, pressing his pointer fingers together and looking down at his feet. Was I too much? I asked myself " You haven't changed at all" I complained to Yuu, who in return looked at me, his self confidence somehow shaken. "But…Anna's always liked shy guys" I said placing my hand over Yuu's back "Good luck, I'm counting on you, make a woman out of her" I said pushing Yuu forward, in the direction of Anna who was blabbing her mouth to Natsume. No doubt spilling all of my embarrassing secrets and fears, I thought.

"When did you become so caring?" I turned around and looked at Nonoko "I've always been caring" I explained to her "Likely story" a male voice said, I looked behind Nonoko at the speaker. I felt my eye start to twitch "Was anybody talking to you, Yome?" I asked Kokoro or Koko as how we all liked to call him, since he was the goofball of our group. Koko looked at me, his expression agitated, somehow I always managed to rub him the wrong way, but I suppose that the relationship as friends that we had was better than us not being friends even if we hate each others guts from time to time.

"I was just stated the facts" he explained. "You really are a idiot, that's you're opinion" I said, egging him on "I don't know why you decided to go steady with him Nonoko" I said, adding fuel to the fire "It is what it is" Nonoko told me with a pause "Even if he is a idiot" Nonoko continued, folding her arms over her chest.

"Nonoko, I can understand if you're not satisfied in your relationship, all you have to do is say something, and put Yome, here out of his misery" I said laughing to myself. "Well maybe" Nonoko said to me. "Wait a minute, Nonoko are you breaking up with me?" Koko asked her. Nonoko heaved a sigh "Does it matter?" she replied coolly "Yome, I think it's been decided, you're not doing your job of satisfying her" I said, placing my hands on my hips. "I-I do just fine satisfying my girlfriend as a woman" Koko said to me. "It doesn't seem that way" I said. "I'll prove it to you" Koko turned to Nonoko "Nonoko, don't I satisfy you're woman needs?" Koko asked Nonoko.

I'm not sure if Koko realized it, but the whole time the two of us were arguing Nonoko was beginning to become annoyed. Koko and I watched Nonoko. , her expression unseen because of her deep blue bangs. Nonoko looked up at Koko, you could see the vein in her forehead popping out, Nonoko balled up her fist and hit Koko in the back of the head "Idiot, don't follow me" Nonoko said turning away from him, arms crossed over her chest, walking away from both of us. "Nonoko…" Koko's voice trailed off.

I watched as Koko rubbed the back of his head "Why'd she hit me?" Koko asked me. I bent down to Koko's level since he was sitting in the sand "Because you're a moron" I said, poking him in the middle of the forehead "You were overreacting, saying embarrassing stuff, it's a wonder she didn't hit you sooner" I explained to him, standing back up, since the pose that I was in was uncomfortable after a certain period of time. "But you started it" Koko complained "Doesn't matter, you responded, you could've just ignored me, but you're to hotheaded" I told him. "You know…you really annoy me" Koko told me.

I placed my hand above my eyes. I annoy you, huh? I thought. Since it's come to that, then fine, I thought. I looked as far as I could to the end of the beach, and saw Nonoko by herself. I shifted my eyes over to Koko. Guess this is the last blow I'll deal to him, I thought, smiling satisfied with myself. "Hey, is that Nonoko, with a group of guy? They look like they're in their late twenties. Hey you know what they say…girls go for the older guys" I said, all of a sudden Koko stood up, standing next to me "Where?" he asked me. I out stretched my arm and pointed to the end of the beach "There…you'd better hurry, at school Nonoko's a heartthrob, they wouldn't waste they're time asking her out…and because you're an idiot she might just tell them yes" I said. I watched as Koko ran passed me, as if getting to Nonoko, who was stuck in a made up situation against time.

I laughed when Koko finally reached Nonoko, and she punched him in the face for following her. "Having fun?" I stopped laughing. And I pondered for a moment. If Anna and Yuu are together, and Nonoko and Kokoro are together, then I'm by myself with Natsume. Crap…I was so busy having fun at Koko's expense that I forgot about him, I thought, suddenly my mind flooding with panic. I turned and looked at Natsume and nodded my head slowly. "So you're not going to speak?" Natsume asked me. Shit, this is hopeless…as long as I feel like things are awkward between us, I can't handle confrontation with him, I thought.

"Actually that's good, I just want you to listen…I'm not good at this kind of thing" Natsume said to me, looking directly into my eye. "About, Aoi, I shouldn't have lashed out about you hanging out with her…and even though I can't tell you the reasons why I reacted so strongly, I just want you to understand that just because Aoi looks frail and cute, doesn't mean she is" Natsume explained to me. I looked at Natsume. I don't know why but I was suddenly filled with this intense admiration for him, I laughed softly "Are you apologizing?" I asked him. He was lonely, I thought.

Natsume looked at me and gave me his natural half smile half smirk "Yeah" Natsume told me, I smiled at him "You're not very good at it" I told him "I explained that from the beginning…oh and another word of advice" Natsume said, making me turn and looked at him "If you ever avoid me again, I'll make you regret it" Natsume threatened me. "What no fair, you made me feel uncomfortable, of course I was gonna avoid you" I said.

Originally I thought that things would have lasted all awkward for at least another week or so, but Natsume fixed things, honestly I'm happy that he did…so why did I feel so uneasy?

To Be Continued…