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Summary: He was on a mission to win her heart and more. She was the objective. Once it's all said and done, the mission resulted in her lost soul.

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"You've succeeded. You've won my heart, and you've also broken it."

-Mikan

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Heart Broken

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She never imagined the pain to be that immense. The pain was there, thumping irregularly within her chest. For once in her life she thought that life had lost all meaning. The world span with no end in sight, the light dimmed away from her eyes. Her throat was leaded with lead as she stared emptily at the forgotten memories of the past. All of them were cheerful childish dreams of an immature woman. She thought she knew what love was. She thought she knew what exactly she wanted in life. Marriage. Kids. Life beyond the school.

It was all thrown away at that moment. Her heart shattered into a million pieces. The tears falling without notice down her porcelain cheek. Auburn hair discarded in waves down her petite shoulders. The shaky embrace of snow rained down upon her fallen bodice. Her lips pale blue, her cheeks pinched red from overly circulated blood.

"I didn't mean for it to end this way."

His words echoed painfully in her ears.

"I still love you."

He continued to haunt her thoughts.

"I messed up; I shouldn't have been with her."

Who was her? Natsume Hyuuga who was her?

He never answered the silent question. There was no point in responding. He cheated on her and their relationship. All of the lies and deception finally revealed themselves. He had lied to everyone; who he was, who he was with. Why he was busy, why he wasn't around.

She broke up with him. It was shocking to the girl, that it was all true. She didn't want to believe. She didn't want to see it happen.

She did though. She saw his lips descend lovingly upon her adversary's lips. The way he looked tenderly at his new interest even though he was in a loving relationship of his own. For three years. Soon to be married.

"Mikan!" His words never ceased, the defeated crimson look he gave her was one of the first things the brunette noticed.

"Stop this… please…" She murmured. Her tears began to freeze under the touch of snow. "I can't do it anymore… I won't play with you Natsume Hyuuga. You've succeeded. You've won my heart, and you've also broken it." There was nothing more it could become.

"Leave… we're through." Mikan whispered. Her lips started to chap, and the solemn look appeared on the boy's face. He seemed to realize her resolve on the matter.

"I loved you, but I can't trust you anymore." Goosebumps erupted all over her skin, but she paid it no mind. Nothing felt normal anymore.

"Goodbye." It was never meant to be.

"G'bye Mikan." He realized his mistake, but it was too late to fix.

The dare was done, he left with everything she ever had. The innocence of youth was gone between the two of them.

He won her heart, and placed it heavily upon his shoulders.

And she? She remained numbly still in the frosty weather until darkness succumbed. Her heart was taken and never returned.

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TrigunsKitty: This is dedicated to my best friend who had her heart broken recently. Keep your head up.

Completed: October 15th, 2010 at 11:29 a.m.