Disclaimer: I do not own Gakuen Alice.
Read & Review. I want to know what you think about this story!
Flashback:
It was an accident. It wasn't as if they had planned it to happen, it just did. Their parents, members of the society for the richest men and women in all of Japan, were throwing a party, and they were invited. From the very beginning of the night the two were thrown together. They couldn't go anywhere in the party without hearing, "Aw," and "There so cute together. What the party goers didn't know was that they were not going out. This severely annoyed the raven haired one.
"Why can't they just leave us alone?" she asked. Standing beside her was Ruka, the guy she was forced to spend the night with.
Ruka shrugged. He was just as uncomfortable with this arrangement as she was.
"We should leave," suggested Hotaru, the raven haired girl. "Let's go into the hotel."
The hotel she spoke of was the hotel at which their parents had booked the party. The party was strictly restricted to the outside picnic area but Hotaru was getting bored of the "picnic under the moonlight." She wanted to have some real fun and her senses were telling her that the real fun was inside the hotel.
"We can't go there!" exclaimed Ruka.
"Yes we can," persisted Hotaru. "All we have to do is sneak in under one of the food carts and get out once they reach the kitchen."
"But going into the hotel is restricted," said Ruka. Sometimes he wondered how his sweet innocent girlfriend turned out to be friends with an evil master mind like Hotaru.
"So?" asked Hotaru. She was already looking around for a food cart to disappear under. Soon she picked out a cart and made her way to it.
"Wait!" Ruka called after her. He grabbed her hand, ignoring the electricity that pulsed through him at the simple touch.
"I refuse," said Hotaru, removing her hand from Ruka. "I'm going inside the hotel and you can't stop me. You can join me if you like, but I'm not going to force you to."
Ruka was tempted to just let her go into the hotel by herself but he knew Mikan would be very angry at him if he did so. He lived to make Mikan happy. Grumpily, but willingly, he hid himself under a cart with Hotaru. The cart wasn't very big, therefore they had to squeeze together to fit. Ruka could feel heat where their bodies came in contact.
The cart soon started to move, making its way to the kitchen. Ruka was sure he saw Hotaru smirk when they passed the threshold. The cart was parked by an oven, not that they were aware of it at the time, and, simultaneously, they both peaked out of the cart. Hotaru, being the genius, immediately found away to get them both safely out of the kitchen without getting caught by the kitchen staff.
Wanting to be as stealthy as possible, Hotaru refused to speak to Ruka. Instead, she took out her phone and texted him.
"This is not a time for you to be texting," Ruka whisper-yelled to Hotaru, not realizing her plan.
She held a finger to her lips, signaling for him to shut up. A couple seconds later Ruka's phone buzzed.
There's a hallway by the door. As soon as they wheel the cart close to the doorway jump out. Don't let them catch you, the text read.
"This is never going to work," Ruka mouthed.
Sorry, Hotaru texted, I can't read lips.
Ruka was about to take out his phone to text her back when the cart began to move. I can't believe I'm about to do this, He thought as he jumped. The things I do for Mikan.
After he jumped he somersaulted out of sight of the kitchen workers. He was glad that no one seems to have seen him. He turned his attention from the kitchen workers to Hotaru. She was straightening her clothes and her hair.
"Well that was fun," she muttered.
Suddenly they heard a kitchen worker say, "I'll go check in the hall."
They heard his footsteps get louder and louder, and Hotaru, thinking fast, grabbed the front of Ruka's shirt and brought his lips down for a kiss.
The kitchen worker saw them and shook his head. "Young love," Her mumbled before walking away.
One would think that since Ruka had a girlfriend he would have pulled away as soon as the kitchen worker left. He didn't.
"I'm going to go see what's taking Natsume so long," said Mikan before making her way into Alice Café.
As soon as she left an awkward silence enveloped the two teenagers. Hotaru and Ruka hadn't talked about the kiss. In fact they hadn't talked at all since that night. There was something bothering Nogi though. Something that he had to ask.
"About the kiss," he started, "Why did you continue to kiss me after the kitchen worker left?"
"I don't know what you mean," she said. For a smart girl, Hotaru was great at playing dumb.
"Are you going to pretend the kiss didn't happen?" Ruka asked. He felt as if he was talking to a wall. She was so expressionless and indifferent. The exact opposite of Ruka.
"The kiss meant nothing to me," Hotaru lied, "I kissed you because I had to not because I want to."
As soon as she said that Ruka began to experience a feeling he hadn't before. It was nothing like the emotions he had experienced with Mikan. It was desire.
Blushing, Ruka ordered, "Prove it."
"How?"
"Kiss me then look me in the eye and tell me you don't feel anything."
"I don't know if you realize this but you're going out with my best friend. We are not going to hurt her," snapped Hotaru.
"I know," muttered Ruka, "I really don't want to hurt her, but I want- I want."
Hotaru seemed to know exactly what he meant for she said, "I do too," She must have been unsure of her words, for had she been sure she would have taken them back immediately.
"Then kiss me."
With that, hormones took over and the two kissed for the second time. They forgot for a minute that they were standing in the parking lot of the Alice Café and just got lost in the taste of each other's mouths.
When they broke apart for air, Ruka rested his forehead on Hotaru's and said, "I either need to break Mikans heart or cheat on her."
"We can't break her heart," murmured Hotaru.
"So, I'm cheating then?" asked Ruka. The words felt pungent on his tongue. He was not the cheating type.
Hotaru wanted to say yes, but she knew cheating would also lead to the eventual shattering of her best friend's heart.
She looked into Ruka's beautiful blue eyes, and, for the first time admitted, "I don't know."
A/N: Sorry, no Natsume this chapter. While I was writing Ruka, I realized that he started to act a bit too much like Natsume. I had a lot of editing to do. Anyway, please review! I love the idea for this story and I want to know if you do too.
Replies to Reviews:
pinkpocket23: Don't worry. There'll be a lot more MXN and HXR than MXR.
GAKUENALICEROCKS: She doesn't want to be a cheater either, but she has to or there will be no story.
AnimeBrat03Freak: PM me your plot! If it's too much trouble then I can give you my email. I was hoping that people would think that Natsume was her boyfriend first so I'm happy .Oh and you can start writing, just as soon as you've got a general idea of what your story is going to be like.
Ancie: I'm always very self conscious about my kiss scenes so thanks for the comment! When are you going to update your story? I feel like I've been waiting forever.
Hope you liked the chapter. I edited this while listening to Last Friday Night by Katy Perry, so don't blame me for any mistakes.
Review!
~Jay~
~Jay~