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"OHAYO minna-san."

Brunette hair swung loosely in the air as she made her way over to her best friend.

baka baka baka

As usual, her loving best friend showed her love through a very dangerous way.

The brunette fell to the ground as usual, a stream of tears threatening to overflow from her chocolate coloured eyes.

"Hotaru." She whined, rubbing her head.

A boy with oval shaped glasses ran towards the two friends, concern evident on his face. "Are you alright, Mikan?"

Mikan quickly wiped away her tears and smiled brilliantly. "I'm alright Yuu, don't worry."

Mikan got up and dusted her skirt as the door opened once more to reveal a pair of boys.

Most of the girls' attentions' were caught as they began to ogle them from where they stood. They didn't dare to crowd them since they knew the consequences.

Of course, being as careless and clueless as she was, Mikan made her way to the two boys, stopping them dead in their tracks with a shining smile bright on her face.

Chocolate eyes met azure and crimson ones as the two boys realized whom it was that was standing before them.

"Ohayo Ruka-pyon, Natsume-kun." She greeted cheerfully.

A slight blush crept upon his cheeks as his azure eyes hit the floor. "Ohayo Mikan." He quietly mumbled.

A moment of silence passed as the brunette innocently waited for a reply from the raven-haired boy.

He blinked, his eyelids covering his deep crimson eyes for less than a second before revealing them again. He walked around Mikan as if she was an obstacle and made his way to his seat, leaving a stunned Mikan standing there trying to hide her fury.

'Baka Natsume.' She thought before calming her anger down to prevent herself from lashing out at anyone.

She turned on her heel and followed Natsume, her pigtailed hair trailing after her.

As he sat down in his seat, Mikan joined him since her seat was situated right next to his.

She eyed him curiously as Natsume began to pull out his manga.

"Hey Natsume." She started, still looking at him.

"Hn." He replied, not even bothering to look at her.

"Why don't you reply when I talk to you?" Mikan asked, her mouth forming into a cute pout.

Natsume snapped his attention to her, noticing her adorable pout playing on her lips. He blushed slightly at the sight, unable to control his emotions for the moment. He looked away, hoping that no one noticed, more importantly Mikan

Unfortunately, she did notice. Suddenly, it hit her. All the times that he avoided her and everybody else, the cold way he treats people, especially her, covering it up with pride and reputation. How could she be so stupid not to notice?!

Mikan leaned her head closer to Natsume, a small smile gracing her features. "Neh, Natsume." She said quietly and playfully.

Natsume turned to her once more, his blush gone just in time. This time he promised to keep control of his emotions. He glared coldly at how close she was to him. 'Damn it, what's she planning?"

"Your face was a little red there when you looked at me, and I think I know what's going on." She continued playfully.

Natsume gulped in his mind. 'Don't tell me that she figured it out. Maybe she's not that dense after all. Crap! What will I do? I have to protect her but I don't want to tell her off since she was the one who figured me out.'

"Natsume," She started. "Are you by any chance . . . "

'Here comes the moment of truth, damn it why did she have to figure it out. Was it really THAT obvious?'

"shy." She finished.

He sweatdropped. Maybe she was still the same dense girl as before.

Mikan smiled, thinking that she won. "Hah! I knew it. You were shy. People always think that you're only cold and quiet to keep your pride and reputation but in reality, you're actually shy."

Natsume sighed and shot Mikan the coldest glare that he could muster. "Stupid Polka-dots. Why the hell would I be shy?"

Mikan giggled. "Aw, no need to be embarrassed, Natsume. There is no shame in being shy." She teased.

Natsume growled before grabbing some of Mikan's hair.

"Hey! Ouch! Stop it Natsume! You're going to rip my hair out." The brunette whined, desperately trying to tug her hair out before Natsume could do anything to it.

Suddenly, he opened his hand, her hair lying in his palm unaware of the danger it was in. Before Mikan could pull it out of Natsume's reach, a fire lit up on his palm, burning her silky soft hair.

He put out the fire before it could spread, leaving a weeping brunette next to him holding her singed hair.

"Mou, Natsume. You're such a sore loser. Now I have to get a hair cut." Mikan pouted angrily.

But before he could retort back, the door opened to reveal their first class teacher, Misaki-sensei stepped in.

The entire class quieted down and scattered students returned to their seats.

Quiet footsteps could be heard as he made his way to the middle of the class. "Good morning class. Today, you will be learning how to write a lab report. Of course, just learning how to write it isn't that fun. So I will assign a project. There will be no partners allowed in this project so each of you can learn how to write a lab report properly."

"Now, a lab report is only done when there is an experiment. For your project, I want each of you to come up with your own experiment about anything you want. Of course, the experiment must be legal and appropriate in language and in the experiment's contents. Each experiment will take a period of two weeks, which is when your project is due. You much each have a lab report and will be presenting it to the class. You may do the actual experiment in class if it doesn't take too long or you can back up your observations with solid evidence. I will give you all the sheets on how to write a lab report."

Misaki-sensei handed out the sheets of paper diligently while talking. "Now, all of this will have to be on your report and as for the Questions section, you will come up with 5 logical questions about your experiment. You can ask other classmates to give you questions if you want. Also, since you need to provide evidence and make a presentation out of your report, I will each give you a camera to document your efforts. These cameras are Alice-proof and will cost you 300 rabbits if you lose it or damage it in anyway. You have the rest of the class to yourselves, so get started."

Misaki-sensei left the classroom as the class began to grow chatty with topics about what they should do.

Surprisingly, one of those people weren't Mikan. Instead of chatting with Hotaru about what she should do, she sat there and looked outside, smiling, a mischievous glint in her eyes.

Natsume stared at her suspiciously, as if trying to read what she was planning underneath her brunette locks. He got nothing.

"Hey Mikan." A pink haired girl and a midnight blue one ran towards Mikan, interrupting both Natsume and Mikan from their thoughts.

"So what are you going to do for the science project?" Anna asked while Nonoko waited patiently for an answer.

Natsume's ears zoomed in as they asked.

Mikan gave a small smile at them. "You'll see."

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