The Plan

Disclaimer: Though it would be an honor to own Gakuen Alice, I'll be honest, it's not mine.

Chapter 6: Alone with Him

Silence. Deafening Silence. I hate it.

The one thing that I truly hate. I just hate awkward silences, well I am silent right now and can't seem to find a topic to talk about with Ruka, I just feel so awkward.

Ruka drove off silently keeping his eyes on the road, and me, looking outside the window to decrease the tension inside the car.

My thoughts flew away and when I realized that we were almost at our school, I can't help but remember Natsume. When I think about him and our punishment, I kinda feel guilty for leaving him do all the work.

When we were about to pass the school, I shouted, "Ruka, wait, stop!"

Ruka panicked and pulled to a quick stop.

"Ruka-pyon, could you please leave me here? I mean leave me here in school? It's because I forgot to do something" I'm such a horrible liar but I'm so glad Ruka bought it.

"Will it take long? I'll wait for you"

"No, I'll be just fine, I just had to finish something there cause I don't want Jinno-sensei yelling at me tomorrow, I promise, I'll go home right away after this, besides, I think you had a rough day and you deserve some rest"

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, I'm sure, now go... Goodbye!" I say as I wave my arms while he starts the engine.

When I saw no signs of Ruka, I went to the front gate of the school and to my surprise, it opened.

I walked towards the entrance and again it's opened. I briskly walked towards the hallway and was impressed that it was spotless. That Hyuuga forgot to lock the gates, I was beginning to think that he was sti-

...

He was there.

Natsume Hyuuga was there.

He was sleeping on one of the benches, beside him was a pail and a mop.

'So he did do his job, now I feel so guilty for leaving him here do all the work'

I came closer to his sleeping figure and can't help but admire his god-like beauty. His pale-white flawless face with his raven hair messily placed on the top of his head was simply breathtaking. He looked so peaceful and so unlike the arrogant bastard I met days ago.

I automatically stepped backward when he shifted from his position and hoped that he wouldn't wake up but life was just so unfair because when I looked at him, his eyelids slowly open revealing his tantalizing crimson orbs.

"What are you doing here?" The man said.

"I came to check if the job was done, though I'm surprised to see this school spotless, how did you do it? Did you hire someone and slept it off?"

"..."

"You know it wouldn't hurt to answer, and if you won't, I'll consider the saying:'Silence means yes'"

"You're so annoying"

"Yeah, I've heard, now answer my question!" I say, irritation present in my voice, still keeping my eyes on Natsume.

"I cleaned it myself, okay?" I'm stunned at first when I heard him say that, I don't know why but I believed that he really cleaned it, and for some reason, I quickly believe anything that comes out of his mouth.

He then stood up and walked slowly to my direction. I swear I can feel my cheeks burning up, my heart increasing its beat every second; all because of that simple gesture.

'What's happening to me?'

I came back to reality when I realized that there was just a mere feet of distance between us.

"What?" I blurted out, feeling a little tensed about our "closeness".

"Shouldn't you be at home right now? You do realize that it's half past eleven, right?" He asked emphasizing the time...

'OH SHIT! I'm in sure deep trouble, my parents will kill me!'

I was having second thoughts if I could ask him to ride me home but I really don't feel comfortable around him, so I took all the courage and blurted out,"Will you ride me home? Please? My parents are going to kill me! I'll do anything you want, just please spare me a ride home!"

I saw a faint smirk at his beautiful lips. I felt my face heat up again.

'Stop looking at his lips you idiot!'

"Okay, but you still owe me" He said with a smirk and a glint of amusement in his tantalizing crimson orbs.

Without thinking, I hugged him while saying,"Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

"Tsk. Just stay away from me polka"

I'm so happy! I finally got a ride home, I'll just tell my parents that Ruka and I were stuck in a traffic th- wait what? Did he just call me polka?

"Pardon?" I asked, blushing red as I rewind the sly remark on my um... Underwear.

"I said stay away from me. I knew you were stupid and clumsy but I didn't know you were deaf too polka-dots"

"Hey! I'm not stupid! Okay, I admit, I'm a little clumsy but no need to rub it in! And by the way, looking at someone's undie print is only a proof of my conclusion that you really are that perverted." I defended. Hey, It's rude to tell someone directly that they are utterly stupid right? Okay, I'm not that good in math, but that doesn't count as stupid all the way! Some people have difficulties too! If only I had the courage to tell him that, but unfortunately, I'm too much of a coward to say much more

"Just to clear things up, I did not, whatsoever, looked in your underwear... intentionally. You showed it to me, baka" He argued. His face as annoyed as ever. I could only imagine an imaginary score board with a point for me and none for the jerk.

I then remembered my curfew and checked my phone for the time, '11:42'.

'Great' I thought while checking the missed calls left by my parents and one from Hotaru. I hit call button on Hotaru, hopefully, she might help me with my problem, but as I push the button, I just realized that I didn't have enough credits to make a call.

"Oh shit! Come on already! Drive me home! I need to be home at 12 midnight, I'm already late for a 2 hours! Arriving at midnight is the least I could do to prevent my parents from erupting a volcano!"

"Hn"

And just like that, I was back to the awkward silence like the one I had in Ruka's car. Though I have to say, his car was classy, black and clean. Not that Ruka's wasn't but I don't know, I just preferred this one better than Ruka's.

Natsume's scent lingered around the car, his scent so strong yet so mild, and before I know it, his car was pulling up on our front yard.

"Go," He says, but when I began to take take off the seatbelt, I felt his warm hand tug my wrist.

"You still owe me" He whispered in my ear that sent a shivering sensation through my skin. He let go of my wrist and pushed me lightly away. Before I could even thank him for the ride, he goes off without a single word.

Author's Note: Sorry if it took awhile, you see, I was updating the Revenge gone wrong more often than this one but I swear, I'm trying my best to update both of them, I know, I suck at updating but I'm so glad that reviews are still there to help me update a little more often. Anyways, about this chapter. This chapter is basically Mikan, developing her unknown feelings for Natsume, but then, you'll have to wait, sorry for keeping you waiting, but I'll try my best to update, even though our tests are coming up... Nyways, Thank you! Ja!

~MyTwinklingStar