"Sometimes, that girl who seems so strong, who never lets what people say bother her, who smiles and laughs with her friends all the time, is really the girl who, deep down, is falling to pieces."

Mikan hummed quietly as she pulled up the socks on her legs. It was slowly breaking, she knew. Her inner façade. Soon… If those people's everyday treatment… kept coming like this… she would break. Like Humpty Dumpty who sat on a wall…and had a great fall. She looked at the clock. She was still early. She knew that Serio knew that her facade would break soon. Serio and Mikan had become great friends while training. Mikan had discovered her Alice one day by using it on someone while Serio had been passing by. Alerted by the screams.

Mikan glanced at the clock again. There was enough time to make it but there was a façade to keep up. She decided to just walk there. She contemplated about what they would do when her friends found out. Mikan was passing by the Sakura Tree when she spotted Natsume. She was about to go over and say 'Hi' when she spotted another figure. Luna Koizumi. They were kissing. She watched within hearing distance when Luna asked in a sugared tone,

"Nee~ Natsume-kun~ Why do you hang around fugly Sakura~?"

Natsume smirked, "She keeps all the fan girls away for me." Mikan's jaw dropped. 'So..he…' She tried not to cry when she ran to the classroom. She touched the knob when she heard a debate going on inside the classroom,

"Hey. Are we still going to be friends with that slut Mikan?" –Anna

"I mean, seriously she hogs all of Class 2B's glory for herself!" –Nonoko

"And that slut's always clinging to Natsume. She gets us all in trouble!" –Sumire

She dropped the hand that was on the knob… Wasn't anyone going to defend her? Everyone in the classroom murmured their agreement. They also said things, but all through that time… One person did not say a word. This person voiced out her opinion,

"That idiotic girl, I never told her I wanted to be her friend. She just clung on to me."

Mikan silently cried. She quickly wiped her tears and opened the door, seeing their shocked faces.

"Instead of saying things to me behind my back why not just say it to me now? You guys are ALL LIARS!" Mikan quickly turned her back and then ran to her room. She jumped on her bed and cried.

~*Narumi P.O.V.*~

Narumi stood there shocked. They had… just betrayed Mikan hadn't they? The facade was broken. He picked up his walkie talkie and dialed a certain extension. '666', Persona's. He spoke into it at once, "It broke." Two simple words…That sent her to America.

.:Explanation:.

When Mikan finished her training, she became cold. Emotionless. She promised Serio that she would keep a façade up of her real self. In return, Serio wouldn't tell anyone she was his new Shiro Neko. His new toy to replace Kuro Neko. And when her façade broke, Mikan would be sent to America.

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Posted 2/15/11

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