Hey guys, Lanel is back! :)

I remembered saying that I will update around April but I updated today instead, yeah? :) -nervous laughter- Sorry for that. I had a lot of things in mind you know, there's school and all those other stuff, you get me ;)

Just saying that my writing has degraded over the past few months. I blame myself for not trying to maintain my writing skills when I went on hiatus from FFN. First, I want to say thank you to the readers who have patiently waited for this chapter, you know that I love you right? :) I would like to say thank you to the silent readers too, it just makes me happy to know that somebody is actually reading this fic of mine you know? :)

Last, this fic is dedicated to the silent readers. I can see you, you know ;)

Disclaimer: Gakuen Alice will never belong to me. NEVER!

Chapter 6: Reminiscing the past on a date Part II

"You need to stop being an idiot."

Natsume reprimanded the currently exhausted brunette who was sprawled on the succulent green grass.

Mikan grunted as she closed her eyes and inhaled the rich nature scent that invaded that part of the park.

She could still remember in detail as to what happened back at the café when people knew that they were the famous Hyuuga couple.

They were chased by the people in the café. Heck, both of them were tired but Natsume didn't show any sign of exhaustion. Even if Mikan didn't want to admit it, not getting tired by that is just so 'athletic' of him.

"Or you are just weak."

Mikan snapped her eyes open and saw Natsume sitting beside her with the usual superior aura around him.

"Did you read my mind?" Mikan eyed Natsume like an eagle eyeing its prey.

"Those eyes will not intimidate me, and never will." Natsume replied to her question and focused on the vivid blue butterfly that's wandering above the girl's head. Thinking whether the butterfly would land on her head or not. His thoughts were then shortly interrupted by an annoyed sigh.

"You did not answer my question. Did you read my mind?" Mikan said in a very impatient manner seeing that Natsume was still staring at space. Mikan directed a glare at him once she saw that he had diverted his attention to her. "Well? Did you or not?"

Natsume noticed the obvious change of Mikan's mood from relaxed to annoyed and decided to change the course of the conversation to something more enlightening, something more pleasant, something more like the past.

"I'll answer your question if you answer mine. Fair enough?" Natsume suggested.

"Not fair at all! I asked you a question for you to answer, not for you to question me back!" Mikan shouted exasperatedly at him.

Both of them were silent until Mikan gave in as she just couldn't stand the deafening silence.

"Alright, I'll answer your question. What is it that you want to ask me?" Mikan said as she prepared herself for the worst and looked at him in the eye.

"Do you still remember how we met?"

"W-What?" Mikan exclaimed as the question caught her by surprise.

"Well, do you remember or not?"

"Uh-uh, of course I remember," Mikan nervously nodded at him.

"What are you waiting for? Start talking."

"Well …." Mikan trailed off as she recalled back how they met.

"Miss!"

Mikan sighed as she rose up from her seat and tended the customer who just called for her. It was a hectic day in 'Lan' El', people, to be specific – the female population were flooding into the cafe like ants competing for sugar cubes. She did not know why but according to her sources (which is only Hotaru), someone by the name of 'Hyuuga Natsume' has caused this. She didn't know what he looked like but she's expecting someone quite attractive as the rumours said so. That was what occupied her mind until another customer called for her.

"I'm coming!" she shouted as she made her way to the customer with the help of the customer's voice, but as she was on her way, she bumped into someone.

"What the fuck? Look at where you are heading woman!"

A rude someone that is.

Mikan heaved a sigh before sparing a glance at the rude person and oh my lords, wasn't she surprised? He had dressed himself in a trench coat and sunglasses which is very peculiar considering the hot weather that they are experiencing right now. Mikan continued to stare at him, thinking of the reason for his dressing code until he himself disturbed her thoughts.

"Ahem. I have better things to do than be ogled upon by a mere waitress like you." he voiced out impatiently.

Mikan snapped out of her thoughts and composed herself before she gave a morning greeting to the stranger. However, the stranger mistook the greeting as her flirting and started to taunt the girl like nothing else matters in this world. This resulted in world war 3 until a girl who went by the name of Hotaru interrupted their fight.

The fight ended with the man's solemn vow. "I will make you suffer." Before he left the café without even sparing her a glance.

Mikan gave a questioning look at the guy before going off to do her own work with Hotaru. However, before she could even start on her work, she was called by her boss and was told that she was, well – fired. Mikan didn't accept that and tried to take back her position until these very words were said to her, "I'm sorry Mikan but Hyuuga Natsume's words are final."

'Now what the eff? What does Hyuuga Natsume have anything to do with her? Let alone her getting fired?' She thought as she directed a puzzled look to her boss. "What do you mean?" Mikan said in a puzzled voice. "What does Natsume Hyuuga have anything to do with me getting fired?" Mikan continued as she observed her boss who kept on fidgeting. "I seriously don't see the connection between me getting fired and-"just then a thought occurred to her, was the trench coat guy Hyuuga Natsume? Her questions stopped when all the evidence that supported that possibility flooded her mind. Like he purposely dressed like that just to hide from his admirers and how he said he was to make her suffer.

She cursed mentally at the predicament that she was in. Has she been watching too much mystery movies? She sighed and returned back to reality. She left the room and went straight to her best friend with Hyuuga Natsume in her mind. Mikan tried to ask for advice from the violet haired woman but was ignored. Mikan then decided that it was better to just go home than be ignored.

Once she went home, she was greeted with the sight of a man with dark crimson pools lounging in her living in room without a care. She resorted to screaming but was shortly quieted down by his booming voice, "Do you not know who I am?"

"Well?" a voice similar to her flashback interrupted her thoughts.

Mikan sighed before she faced the sky, just to see a vivid blue butterfly land on the bridge of her nose. Mikan blinked a few times before capturing the butterfly in the palm of her hands for which she had successfully done.

Natsume can only smile at this before he asked her another time, "Well?"

Mikan slowly opened the palm of her hands as she marvelled at the wings of the butterfly.

"I pissed you off. So, you somehow managed to tell my boss to fire me."

The vivid blue colour of its wings left a big impact on her; it reminded her of the eyes of someone, someone who she has not communicated for awhile. She smiled, thinking that she will definitely contact him when she's safely back at home.

"Then? What happened?"

"I went back home just to see you lounging on one of my couches looking smug as ever." A smile slowly crept up to her lips before she released the winged insect.

She heard Natsume chuckle at this as she faced him with an annoyed look. "It wasn't funny you know. How you suddenly stood up and said 'Do you not know who I am?'" Mikan said with her best Natsume imitated voice.

"Hn. Whatever, It was entertaining you know. The look on your face was priceless; I couldn't imagine you having that look on your face right now." Natsume chuckled shortly after the statement that he made.

"Aren't you getting used to chuckling dear Natty?" Mikan replied to him with a big grin on her face.

Natsume growled at the nickname that she addressed him with, "Stop calling me that."

"Oh, should I?" Mikan hummed as she delighted herself with the memory of her finding out about that nickname.

She was sitting down on one of the couches in her living room with a thoughtful look on her face. "Wait, this is just too much for me to digest." She finally voiced her opinion after leaving the other occupant of this room alone with his thoughts. "You want me to pretend to be your girlfriend. Did I get that right?" she continued with a questioning voice.

"How many times do you need me to say yes to the question woman? YES!" the other occupant furiously spat out as he massaged his temples. Seriously, this woman needs to get her brain working at a better condition. Well, he can't blame her, it's not every day you see Hyuuga Natsume lounging in your living room asking you to be his girlfriend but this is just taking it onto another level, they've been at this question for 2 minutes. This is just making his patience run dry.

"But why me?" Mikan quietly murmured under her breath. "Why does it have to be me?" She continued shooting questions at Natsume but each time an octave higher than before. All of the questions basically meant why he chose her of all people.

"Calm down." Nastume said with a commanding voice. He saw the woman heaved a breath in an attempt to calm herself down and was now staring back at him with a confident look on her face which clearly says, 'here goes nothing'.

"Cause you're a girl." he saw her twitch at his pathetic excuse for an answer, like he would really tell her why he chose her. She was about to explode from his reply when a tune interrupted her, it was one of Yiruma's pieces as she assumed that it came from Natsume's phone. "Hold on a second." Natsume said as he stood up, took out his phone and answered the call while walking towards a corner of the room.

Mikan could hear him frivolously whispering words to the other person in line. She wanted to laugh at his constant face changing when he was on the phone but she settled for a snicker, his face changed to an annoyed one now and this erupted another snicker from her. Her snickers didn't go unnoticed by Natsume of course; he should end this call quickly.

"Mom, I got to go and don't call me Natty!" Natsume spontaneously whispered to the other person in line as he pressed the end call button on his phone. "Now that was rude, wasn't it?" Natsume growled as he settled himself on the couch facing her.

"Oh I don't know …."

Natsume wanted to flick her forehead

"Natty." Mikan said as she grinned at him with amusement dancing in her eyes.

Oh no, she didn't just say that."What? What did you just say?" Natsume asked her in a low voice.

"Natty of course!" Mikan beamed back at him, of course in a way, mocking him.

"Ah, those were the good times."

"Just shut up." Natsume growled at her declaration before taking notice of the girl's movement. She was reaching for a nearby pink flower as she plucked it and brought it in front of his face. He looked at her smiling face as she asked him a question.

"Natsume, do you know what this flower mean?"

"What?"

"This is a pink coloured Zinnia. Therefore, it means lasting affection and now, I want to give it to the person I like." Mikan said as she placed it in her small handbag.

That action baffled Natsume, "Wait, you're not going to give it to me?"

"Of course not, It's not like I like you. Right?"

Watch of for Chapter 6: A planned night

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