Disclaimer: I do not own Gakuen Alice.

She was in love, and she never wanted to be out of it. It was a great how one look at his face would send her heart pounding, a few sweet words would leave her blushing for hours, and even a little peck on the lips would leave her wanting more. They say that there was nothing like young love, and, though Mikan had never experienced anything else, of this she was sure.

She watched him as he walked around taking the orders of his customer. He was a waiter at the Alice Café, a café at which Mikan had almost every meal. But who could blame her? After all, every time her boyfriend passed by her table he would give her a peck on the cheek or whisper something sweet in her ear. Mikan's best friend never failed to voice her opinion on how 'sickeningly sweet' their relationship was. Despite the fact that Hotaru seemed to despise her relationship she always accompanied Mikan to the Alice Café. Sometimes a whole group of their friends would go to the café just to hang out, talk, and laugh. Though many may say that Mikan was the life of the party, she was never very animated in these conversations. She was always watching her boyfriend with a small coy smile playing on her lips, a fact that Koko never ceased to tease her about. That day it was just her and Hotaru.

"Ruka!" a gruff voiced called from the back of the restaurant, causing Mikan to jump. She always seemed to forget that he worked there.

"What is it, Natsume?" Ruka asked as he walked over to join his best friend.

She knew Natsume said something to Ruka for she saw his lips moving, but she was unable to tell what it was. She was dying to know what Natsume was saying to her boyfriend. She hoped that Natsume wasn't telling Ruka what had transpired between them.

"If you want to hear what they're saying you can just ask me," said Hotaru.

"How would you be able to tell what they're saying?" asked Mikan, temporarily forgetting that her best friend was a genius inventor.

Hotaru glared at Mikan. "You truly are an idiot," she murmured before reaching into her bag and taking out a toy spider. "I call it the spy spider."

"How does it work?" Mikan questioned. She was always intrigued by Hotaru's invention.

"I navigate it over to Natsume and Ruka and the spider can listen into their conversation," explained Hotaru, placing the spider on the ground.

As soon as it left Hotaru's hand a foot came down and crushed it. "Are you really trying to spy on us?" asked Natsume. While the two had been examining Hotaru's invention he had walked over to the group and heard their plan to spy.

His face was surprisingly close to Mikan and as soon as she realized this she jumped back in shock. "You okay?" Ruka asked as he appeared next to Natsume, "You seem a little jumpy today."

"I-I'm fine," Mikan stuttered.

Ruka raised an eyebrow but did not comment. "Natsume and I are almost done with our shift. As soon as we're done we're going to go over to my farm. You guys want to come?"

"Of course!" Mikan exclaimed, "I love seeing you around your animals."

Ruka blushed. "I love seeing you all the time," he said.

She grinned at him. He was so sweet. "We have to go finish our shift," Natsume said grabbing Ruka's arm, "Let's go." He always seemed to get grumpy when Mikan and Ruka flirted with each other.

Mikan watched as the boy she loved and the boy she wasn't sure about walked away. She sighed. She and Natsume were great friends. They had lived right next to each other ever since they were toddlers and, as soon as they met, they formed a friendship that Mikan was sure would last forever. Unfortunately Natsume jeopardized that friendship when he kissed Mikan. Mikan was not going to lie and say that she hated every minute of it. In fact, the kiss left her craving another. But she knew she couldn't kiss him again, for she was in love with Ruka.

Cheating is not in the recipe for a good relationship. She already had plans to marry Ruka and live on a farm with him and his animals, their two kids, and one dog for the rest of their lives and Natsume Hyuuga was not going to ruin that. But then again, growing up and marrying Natsume Hyuuga was not that bad of an idea. The only problem was that he was an infamous playboy and she was in love with Ruka!

"Idiot," called Hotaru, "You seem a million miles away."

"Sorry Hotaru," Mikan apologized. She hadn't told her best friend about the kiss yet.

"What were you thinking about," Hotaru asked. If Mikan didn't know better she would think that Hotaru was just trying to make conversation for Hotaru looked portrayed an uncaring attitude.

"What great a boyfriend Ruka is," lied Mikan.

"He's all you think about these days," teased Hotaru. Mikan noted a hint of something in Hotaru's voice. Of what, she was not sure.

"Well, he is my boyfriend," said Mikan, "And I love him."

"You're too young to know what love is, Mikan," Hotaru said. She was always the rational one, while Mikan was the dreamer.

"You just don't believe in love because it can't be explained by science," said Mikan with a pout.

"I believe in love," Hotaru challenged.

"Then why don't you have a boyfriend."

"Because I don't want one."

"Let me set you up with someone."

"No!"

"Please?"

"I said no idiot, don't make me hurt you," threatened Hotaru.

"Sorry Hotaru. I just want you to be as happy as I am."

"I am happy."

"Really?" asked Natsume, who had showed up with Ruka, no longer wearing his work attire, "Is that why you look so sour all the time?"

"Piss of Hyuuga," ordered Hotaru. Just Natsume's presence seemed to make her angry.

"Are we ready to leave?" Mikan asked entwining her fingers with Ruka.

"Yup," replied Ruka, "Let's go."

"Actually," Natsume said, "I need to go grab something before we go."

With that Natsume ran back inside the café. Ten minutes later, when he did not reappear, Mikan volunteered to go find him.

She found him in the staff room waiting. "I figured you would come and find me," he said.

"How'd you know that Ruka wouldn't have come to find you?" asked Mikan.

"I know you both way too much," replied Natsume.

"And you're really good friends with the both of us," said Mikan.

Natsume nodded.

"Then why are you doing this to us?" Mikan asked.

Natsume didn't respond for a while. Then he said, "I'm not doing anything to you two. That kiss was a mistake." He began to make his way out of the room.

Mikan wasn't sure what came over her. Maybe it was the fact that her boyfriend wasn't in the room or the fact that Natsume looked utterly delicious as he stood before her, but she just couldn't resist him. She grabbed the collar of his shirt and pulled him down towards her. When their lips met, Mikan didn't feel an ounce of regret. His lips were gentle yet firm against hers. Her hands moved from Natsume's collar to his dark locks, pulling and tugging, while his hands found his way to her hips. They were both desperately trying to get closer. She had meant for the kiss to be slow and sweet, but when Natsume's tongue prodded asking for entrance, she just couldn't deny him. Their tongues engaged in the lovers dance but eventually, due to lack of air, they had to break apart.

Natsume stared at the girl in front of him. "I think I'm officially cheating on my boyfriend," she said.

Natsume just smirked, and without thinking of the consequences, kissed her again.

A/N: Did you like it? Do you think I went into too much detail with the kiss? If you do I can always make future ones less detailed.

Review please!

~Jay~