Dedication: For Team Fourplay, the awesomest, most badass people I have ever known. I am so happy to have been on the same team as them.

Disclaimer: I do not own Gakuen Alice.

1. Wherein Kokoro Yome happens to love Sumire Shouda, who doesn't love him back.

I have often been proud of myself. I mean, come on; I have the most handsome face in the world. And then I'm so freaking smart—no wonder why people become miserable of their lives after seeing the quintessence of perfection that happens to be me, now that I think about it—and then I am in possession of this great alice that's just so badass. I'm like a superhero the way I know what everyone thinks, you know? I'll be the best guy anywhere I go, because I'm just that cool.

But somehow, there are those times I wish I have been born as someone else. Sometimes I wonder if things would have been the same if I had a different alice. Sometimes I wonder how it feels like to live Natsume's, or Ruka's, or Yuu's lives. Sometimes I just wonder how nice it can be without hearing the thoughts of others.

Because honestly, it sucks when every day, you just hear the one you love thinking about that person she loves.

Of course I can choose not to hear it, but… you know humans. We just have this innate desire to know. I wonder if I'm a masochist, since I always choose to hurt myself.

"Sometimes, I wonder when he'll notice me."

"Why won't you look on my direction?"

"Should it really be her? Can't you see I love you more than she does?"

"At least notice me, please."

"You're so unfair."

Every day I hear the same thoughts. Most of the time, I just want to tell her those same words, because those are exactly how I feel, too.

But of course I cannot do anything but sit on the sidelines and watch her get hurt as I suffer at the same time.

She will never know.