AN: We are VERY SORRY! WE DIDN'T UPDATE FOR SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LONG! SORRY! Ok anyway some of you might know that this is the last chapter but guess what! It's not! This chap is dedicated to all the RukaxHotaru fans!

"His True Emotions"

A blonde haired boy was walking down the halls of the dormitories, he had just found out that Mikan already left the academy because her Alice is gone, he also found out that she loved Natsume not him, he felt his blood boil with jealousy.

'Why do these things happen to me' Ruka thought with full disappointment.

He was still thinking thought full of anger, disappointment, and most of all jealousy.

He then exited the dormitory and reached for the park; his face with a mixture of different emotions.

He suddenly stopped as he came across a girl he knew very well.

This girl had raven-colored hair, deep violet eyes yet remain emotionless, a calm look in the face and an emotionless, monotone voice, her name... Hotaru Imai

Hotaru was sitting on the bench as the cherry blossoms danced all around her; she was just sitting there, writing something. When he saw her there, it seemed like all his false emotions disappeared and suddenly, unsuspected, a smile crept in his face.

Ruka then felt the urge to talk to her, like when he was about to walk away his body would go the direction of the raven-haired girl and so he gave up.

'If you can't beat them; join them' Ruka thought.

And so he spoke to the girl.

"May I sit next to you?" Asked Ruka as the girl replied with a nod not taking her violet orbs away from the paper she was writing on.

"What are you writing?" Ruka asked, trying to start a conversation.

"Writing the list of things I'm going to sell with their prices." Hotaru replied still not having her mind off of her work.

"May I see?" Ruka asked.

"Fine, but don't complain when you see it." Hotaru asked as she handed Ruka her work. As Ruka read it he had a big sweat drop roll down the back of his head.

"HOW DO YOU GET THIS STUFF? THIS IS A TOTAL INVASION OF MY PRIVACY!" Ruka shouted angrily while having a small blush creep on his face. Forming a chibi look.

Hotaru smirked.

"I thought I told you not to complain." Hotaru said calmly.

Ruka just started to crumple the paper.

"Redo that paper; and no one gets hurt." Hotaru said as she had her baka gun pointing at Ruka.

Ruka stared at Hotaru in horror, he just stared.

Silence.

Silence.

Silence.

They kept that pose for several minutes. The wind blew pass them as Hotaru started to sigh.

"Never mind just give me that piece of crumpled paper." Hotaru said as she stretched out her hand to Ruka.

"Okay." Ruka said as he handed Hotaru the crumbled piece of paper.

Hotaru then took out something that looked like a toy dump truck then she put the crumpled piece of paper and put on the back of the truck and it exited through the small opening in the front of the truck all nice and brand new.

"Invention number 056, the paper renewal, on the outside it looks like a toy dump truck, but it actually fixes paper, this is ideal for renewing important documents. Oh and it also attacks the person who was responsible for destroying the paper." Hotaru said as she introduced her newest invention.

Just then the toy dump truck came running after Ruka hitting him with crumpled pieces of paper.

"STOP!" Ruka yelled.

"It's what you deserve."

After 5 minutes of throwing crumpled pieces of paper at the blonde haired boy the machine ran out of papers to throw at Ruka.

"FINALLY!" Ruka exclaimed with relief.

"Oh it only needs refill, wait there I'll go get it." Hotaru said calmly as she started to get paper.

"THAT'S ENOUGH!" Ruka yelled at Hotaru with anger.

And the next thing you know it they were back to sitting on the bench.

"Hey." Hotaru said getting 75 of Ruka's attention. 25 Were fixed on the cherry blossoms dancing and falling down.

"What?"

"You're really sad that Mikan is gone right? And you're mad at Natsume because he took the girl you like away from you. Am I right?"

"Well, yeah..."

Hotaru smirked and said. "Hm... You really are stupid."

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"Well, you really are, tell me do you really like Mikan? As in just not a crush, as in there's no one else that can surpass her place? And remember to look deep into your heart."

Surprisingly Ruka followed. He closed his eyes and began to concentrate.

'As in not just a crush' Hotaru's words came running through his mind.

'As in there's no one else that can surpass her place'

'There's no one else that can surpass her place'

'No one else that can surpass her place'

'No one'

'No one'

Suddenly Mikan's head appeared into his mind and was replaced with Hotaru. Upon seeing this, his eyes jolted up.

"You've got to be kidding me" Ruka said while he stood up surprised.

"What? What did you see?" Hotaru said a bit confused.

"N... Nothing" Ruka stammered as he ran nervously.

He ran, he ran, and he ran. And then he bumped into Kokoroyomi, his mind reading friend.

"What's the problem Ruka?" Kokoroyomi asked.

"N...Nothing" Ruka stammered.

"Oh no Kokoroyomi is here... is he reading my mind?" Kokoroyomi then said obviously reading Ruka's mind.

Upon hearing this Ruka started to run but was stopped when Kokoroyomi started to talk again.

"I saw Hotaru's face in your mind Ruka."

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Ruka was getting nervous now. Kokoroyomi found out!

"You like her don't you? Kokoroyomi said. Smirking as well.

Ruka then gave up he sighed heavily and replied...

"Yes... I do, but you've got to promise me don't tell her."

"Of course I won't!" Kokoroyomi replied with a grin.

"Thank goodness." Ruka said while he sighed with relief.

"Cause you will!" Kokoroyomi explained while he started to walk. He then faced Ruka again and said...

"Good luck!"

Ruka was now left dumbfounded; he then sighed and walked to the building where the dorms were.

---------- The park ----------

Hotaru was still sitting on the bench with headsets on her ears.

"Invention number 063 the not-in-the-same-place-but-you-can-hear-the-voice-machine. The name says it all" Hotaru said calmly, introducing her new invention while standing in a cute checkered background.

She then took the headsets off and smirked (A/N: Sorry if they love smirking! Hehehe…)

----------Hallway, in the dorms----------

Ruka sighed until he saw Hotaru coming his way.

"I...uh... well... you... uh..." Ruka stammered.

"Don't worry, I already know." Hotaru said as she passed Ruka. And once again Ruka was dumbfounded.

Hotaru then faced him once again and said...

"Oh, and I like you too." And with that statement, she made her way to her dorm.

Ruka's face changed from confused to a smile. And he too... made his way to his dorm.

With a shining grin.

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