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A/N: Well! Back for another GA fic! Hope you guys would like it! And while you guys are waiting for the next chapters (Hopefully ), please read my other fic, "The Pact between Two Friends". I really hope you guys would like it very much! Well then.. Off to the story!

Summary: Hyuuga Natsume finally realizes his feelings for a certain brunette. Find out how he tries to win her over.. and failing each time! Well, not everytime... Keep those reviews coming! NatsumexMikan

Disclaimer: Gakuen Alice doesn't belong to me. It is owned by the great mangaka Higuchi Tachibana.

Baffled

Chapter 1: Are You Pulling My Leg?

Hyuuga Natsume faced an emotionless Imai Hotaru. He avoided her gaze which seemed to drill holes in him. He looked down and shuffled his feet back and forth slightly.

Geez, this girl can sure intimidate a guy, he thought grimly.

"Well?", she said frostily.

He tried with all his might to keep his face completely blank and muttered, "Well, what?"

"When AND how are you going to tell her", she questioned in her same icy-toned voice.

He let out an exasperated sigh and mumbled, "I don't know.."

"Well, you better know soon, idiot", came Hotaru's flat voice. "And you better do it properly 'cause you know perfectly well what will happen", she threatened, patting her baka gun in a sinister way.

Geez, Hotaru!

"Alright, already!", he glared at her.

She glared right back at him, then patted her baka gun again a final time. She turned on her heels and suddenly disappeared.

Natsume blinked. How weird can that girl get? Must be another one of her crazy inventions.

OOO

Hotaru appeared somewhere else within the academy grounds, turned to the audience and said:

Invention no. 00767: teleportation heels. With a single tap of your heels, you can disappear to wherever you may choose. You just have to program it in the mini laptop that comes with it. Kind of like a modern version of Dorothy's silver shoes (Wizard of Oz, idiot, she added, rolling her eyes). Order your own now! Only 150 rabbits.

A few people stopped and stared. Who's she talking to, anyway? They raised their eyebrows, shook their heads and went on their ways.

OOO

The very girl that occupied Hyuuga Natsume's mentality was skipping along the sakura trees of the academy. Unknown to her, something very bad was about to befall her. Err..

"OUCH!", she cried then fell flat on her butt.

"Watch where you're going, blueberries!" (A reference to my other fic At that time, Mikan's undies were printed with blueberries XD)

Mikan rubbed her bottom and looked up to the very annoyed (and fine-looking ) face of Natsume.

"I'm very sorry, Natsume-kun! I didn't notice you were there at all!"

"Whatever, little girl". he muttered. Hesitating, he held out a hand to help her get up.

Mikan stopped rubbing her bottom and stared at his hand, bewildered. She glanced at his face, his hand, then back to his face.

Huh? Did someone swap personalities with Natsume just this minute? She looked up again at Natsume, looking absolutely baffled.

Natsume noticed her expression and turned red. "Well, little girl? Gonna take it or not?", he said, almost brusquely.

Mikan then smiled cheerfully, and said, "Thank you very much, Natsume!" She said this with such a bright voice that Natsume couldn't help but blush madly.

"Whatever, ugly. Next time, watch it!". And with that, he walked off with his usual stride.

Mikan looked at his retreating figure and smiled a bit uncertainly. Well, this certainly has been a weird afternoon.

OOO

Natsume slouched to the room of class B, ignored Sumire's overeager face then greeted his best friend, Ruka. And with that, dropped to his seat and read his usual shonen manga.

How the hell am I supposed to tell her now, he thought long and hard, releasing so much heat that Ruka and his bunny began to sweat profusely.

Why is it so hot today, Ruka thought uncomfortably. Last time I checked, it was a bit cold this morning.

He glanced at Natsume, who had this look of sheer concentration and noticed that it was him that was giving off heat.

Natsume, he thought a bit nervously. He quietly took his bunny and crept away, hoping that Natsume wouldn't notice at all.

"GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE!", came Mikan's cheery greeting!

And you can guess what happened when Mikan tried to hug Hotaru.

Splat! Mikan fell like a water bomb onto the floor. (Ooh, this is different! Water bomb! He he he..)

"Oh, Mikan", Yuu-chan shook his head.

Mikan caught sight of Ruka and Natsume. "Good morning, Ruka-pyon!"

Ruka turned to her and greeted warmly, "Good morning, Sakura-san". Then she went and patted the bunny on its head twice.

She looked in Natsume's direction and said, "Good morning, Natsume! It's a nice day!", she added smiling.

"Good morning.. uhh.. Mikan."

The whole class froze. It's as if somebody pressed the 'mute' button on the remote control 'cause everyone suddenly stopped speaking. A modern version of silent movies. Everyone was still moving a bit but nobody said even a single word.

Sumire's mouth dropped open and stared at Natsume in shock. Oh yeah, she was shocked, alright. Shocked to the core.

Ruka was surprised too, that he didn't notice that his bunny rabbit had hopped off.

Yuu-chan's glasses fell off but he didn't bother to pick them up.

Even Hotaru was a bit surprised. Her latest invention crashed to the floor but she didn't even notice!

Koko-chan (I want to call him Koko-chan! It's cute!) had obviously read Natsume's mind and was now grinning widely.

Mikan (sigh) being herself didn't even seem to notice the other people's reactions and continued being cheerful.

Natsume did, however. "Well? What's the problem?", he glared at all of them.

They all quickly averted their gaze and the classroom resumed its usual chatter.

Hotaru went over and pulled Mikan with her. "Okay, spill", she said tonelessly.

Oblivious, Mikan asked, "Huh?" She looked confused. "I didn't spill anything", she said stupidly.

Hotaru looked at her face more closely, sighed, and told her what happened moments before.

Mikan looked lost and asked, "So? What's wrong? Oh.. I get it! Natsume was just pulling my leg! Darn that Natsume", she scowled.

It was Hotaru who scowled back at her. It's no use talking some sense into this idiot. And with that, she treated Mikan to another one of her specialty punches.

A/N: So what do you guys think of it? Please review! If you liked it, please say so. If you hated it, please.. uhh.. say so in a nice way Thank you very much! Chapter 2 would soon be up if I get enough reviews! Thanks!