It's been 4 years since I last wrote this story. To those who have waited patiently for the updates, I'm deeply sorry for the late. I've been out of commissioned all these times and now, please enjoy the updates. I barely remember the ideas about the story that I originally had, so maybe inconsistency within the story will exist. Please comment after you read.

Chapter 8

"She did what?" Misaki's voice echoed in the toilet.

"Shhh! You are too loud. What if somebody else notice us?" Narumi silenced Misaki with his hand.

"Okay. I'm sorry. It's just, you know, too shocking. The last time we heard something like this was like, years ago. You were just a crazy student that time, Narumi," Misaki said, almost in whispers.

Jinno interrupted. "Who else have you told about this?"

"No one else. Just you guys. Oh, wait. I told Natsume about this."

Immediately, all the heads turned to Narumi with their shocked faces. They couldn't believe him. How stupid can he be? Involving a student in this…

"What? I just wanted to confirm something. It's not like he would go ahead and tell Persona about this," Narumi said, trying to defend himself.

"You didn't know that. That boy is under that Persona's care. For all we know, he could force Natsume to tell him everything that you told that boy, if he saw you guys talking in private. For god sake, Narumi, that boy has a control device that emits tracking signals!" Misaki said in soft voice, full of anger.

"Oh, I didn't think about that. Natsume's control device is the damn Cat Mask, Misaki! He didn't wear that mask when we talked, that is why I was confident nobody saw us. I am pretty sensitive, remember? I can feel if there's someone near us," Narumi voiced back in anger.

Sensing the conversation slowly turned to violence, Makihara stepped in. "Alright, it might do us good to continue this another time. The bell's about to ring. Come on, let's go," he dragged Narumi and Misaki out of the toilet. The others followed behind, deep in their own thoughts.

She couldn't believe it. She couldn't believe what she just saw. It felt like her eyes was making tricks to her. Please God, if this is a dream, wake me up. But she knew, what was happening right in front of her eyes was definitely real. She was standing in reality. The girls screaming, the boys shouting in joys, all of them were real. Her heart felt hurt, she felt giddy. She couldn't watch it anymore. She took a step back and left that place behind. The few people who noticed her just follow her with their eyes. Before she disappeared from their sight, they turned their heads back to the front. To watch more what will happen next.

Her slow walks became fast strides, and before she realized it, she was already running. She kept running and running until she bump into someone. Someone she totally didn't expect.

Toshiro Lamperouge.

"Hey, what are you doing here?" he asked.

Upon seeing him, she cried. She cried as hard as she can and letting everything out at that moment. It was the first time she had ever cried like that. She grabbed his shirt and wiped her snots.

He was taken aback. "Wow, Mikan. Are you alright? Why are you crying? Are you hurt somewhere?" he asked worriedly.

"I'm sorry. It's just that I felt sressed lately, and I kept bottling them up. Then, just like that, everything exploded, and that's why I cry. I'm truly sorry for troubling you. Anyway, what are you doing here?" she asked after calmed down.

"I was asking you first. What the heck are you doing here in the forest? Oh I know, you don't want anyone else to know that you are crying, right? Oh, how lucky I am to see you cried like that," he dodged her question by asking her back.

Still angry by what she saw, and of course embarrassed that she cried in front of him, she stepped on his foot and left him alone. She walked back to her dorm, leaving him alone in the forest.

He just followed her with his eyes as she walked slowly out of the forest. Well, well, well. I'm pretty sure she didn't cry because she felt 'stressed'. There must be something going on.

Mikan saw someone was in front of her room. Oh no. Is he waiting for me? But that's impossible. Oh no. He's the last person I want to see right now.

"You are late. Where did you go? I've been waiting for you like, forever," he asked her with his poker face.

She felt angry all of a sudden. "It's up to me where I want to go. Where I go, what I do, is my business, not yours. Anyway, I don't remember asking you to wait for me in front of my room. Aren't you supposed with Luna?"

His face changed. He was shocked. Then, he smiled. "So, you saw what happened at the hall. Well, well. Are you angry? Jealous? I suppose you are," He walked towards her, slowly.

"What? I'm not angry, and definitely not jealous. What are you, retarded?" she said nervously as she took a step back.

He walked towards her and she walked away from him until her back met the wall. There was nowhere to escape. He put both his hands at the wall, making no exit for her to escape. "You look angry. Are you angry because I kissed Luna? You want me to kiss you?

She blushed as his face become closer to her. Then, he kissed her. And her mind went blank.