Author's Note: This is it everybody, the last chapter to "The Things Misaka Mikoto Sees." I admit, this chapter ended up being a lot longer than I originally planned.

Chapter 8: Declaration of the Heart

A lot of eyes were staring at Mikoto.

People were whispering amongst each other

The Railgun could catch some of the audible whispers but tried her best to ignore it.

At this moment she was at the center of attention.

She had a few options on how she could get out of this situation. However her mind and her heart did not agree on some of the options.

Just how did she get herself in this odd situation?

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-One hour ago: 7 pm-

"Onee-sama, tell me who your guest is for Tokiwadai's ball." Kuroko brushes her hair gently. The teleporter was sitting on her bed while delicately handling her hair.

She looked towards Mikoto who seemed to be preoccupied with looking for the right hair clip to wear.

"…" The electromaster pretended not to hear what her roommate said and went straight to their private bathroom.

When Kuroko noticed her roommate storming off to the bathroom, she sighed shaking her head.

"If only I had the esper ability to read minds, I would know what onee-sama is plotting."

While in the bathroom the Railgun was feeling rather anxious. Her stomach was filled with butterflies and her heart was pounding.

Misaka Mikoto goes over to the sink and turns on the faucet. She reaches her hands out to the pouring water and then puts her hands over her face. The coolness of the water had a soothing effect.

A few seconds later she turns off the faucet and stares directly at the mirror in front of her.

"Looks like I really have to go through with this…"

She takes in a deep breath.

Just a few days ago she was able to bravely ask a certain young man to be her date for Tokiwadai's annual ball. Fortunately this certain person agreed and things suddenly started to look brighter.

The fact that Mikoto invited that "gentleman" was not known to anybody else, including Kuroko. She knew that Kuroko would loudly object to Mikoto's decision. At least at the ball, Kuroko would have to try to be on her best behavior – at least that's what she was hoping.

Ever since that day, Mikoto had not met up with Touma. She still felt a little uneasy at how he truly felt about her but at the same time happy. She felt that if she tried to contact him through phone or run into him in person, he might feel that she was being clingy.

A month ago when she was at Green Mart, there was a particular magazine that caught her eye. It was the teen magazine that Tokiwadai girls would always anticipate, but Mikoto could never understand their hype. Since the electromaster was rather bored, she picked up the magazine and began flipping through it. Her attention was immediately caught by one section titled "What girls do that annoy guys the most." Apparently one of the top ways a girl can annoy a boy is when she acts very clingy towards him.

I should have bought that magazine when I had the chance.

Perhaps it was her lack of expertise in the field of relationships that made her feel so uneasy. The Railgun was a girl who was able to exude confidence in almost every aspect of her life, whether it was academics, esper rankings or athletics. Relationships other than friendship were where she crossed into foreign territory.

Knock knock

Mikoto goes over to the door and opens it.

"Onee-sama why aren't you in your dress yet?!" Kuroko stares at Mikoto in disbelief

Kuroko was wearing a strapless magenta colored dress that reached a few inches just above her knees. In the light, the dress had a bit of a shine to it.

Her lips slightly sparkled but that was not really noticeable. The teleporter did not alter her usual pig tailed hairstyle.

Mikoto looks at her roommate's attire and winces when she sees Kuroko wearing silver high heels.

Those look like a pain to walk in

"I'm just er putting on some final touches."

The electromaster immediately reaches out for the object closest to her, a Gekota brush and begins brushing her hair. She kept on an awkward smile.

"If you don't hurry up, I'll have no choice but to use my teleportation to forcefully take off your clothing." The teleporter's nose huffed excited and it looked like drool was almost coming out of her mouth. "I really don't want to resort to doing that to you~"

WHACK!

Mikoto expertly throws her brush straight at Kuroko's head. She did not know whether to feel more embarrassed or angry at what Kuroko said.

"I AM PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF CHANGING BY MYSELF!"

The electromaster roars as she slams the door shut.

Her eyes gaze at the bathroom door which had on a few hooks. On one of those hooks was where Mikoto's dress was resting at.

Just yesterday, Mikoto, Kuroko, Kazari, and Ruiko went out dress shopping. Mikoto was adamant about getting this green colored dress because it was the same color Gekota was; this resulted in her three friends vehemently opposing that choice.

Even though Ruiko could not go to the ball, she kept reminding the others to take lots of photos.

At one point her friends pestered the Railgun on who her guest would be, but Mikoto kept on trying to dodge the question. She really wondered how they would react once they saw that certain spikey haired boy.

Five minutes later she opens the bathroom door and walks back into her room. Kuroko's eyes attention immediately shifts to her onee-sama. The teleporter's eyes were glued on Mikoto.

"You look beautiful onee-sama!" Kuroko lights up. She has her black camera out and immediately starts taking pictures of the electromaster.

"Don't you already have enough pictures of me?"

Mikoto digs into her desk drawer and pulls out a hair clip that had on a blue ribbon and a white flower. She proceeds to put on the hair clip while the teleporter was taking many snap shots.

The electromaster looks at the mirror and sees herself wearing a teal dress with thin black straps. The dress was long, as it went about seven inches past her knees.

Instead of wearing the hard to walk in high heels, she opted for white dress shoes that were comfortable.

Kuroko's cell phone rang and it was immediately picked up

"Hello? Ahh Uiharu, we'll come outside to meet you right away." Kuroko hangs up on the phone. "Unless you have something else more important to do, let's leave."

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Waiting outside was Kazari Uiharu. The Judgment girl was wearing a dress that covered her shoulders and had flower designs, which was as expected.

"I can't believe you really are wearing such a flowery dress. At least it will be easy for me and onee-sama to find you in a large crowd." Kuroko utters as she immediately spots Kazari outside.

Outside was certainly a beautiful night. There were some visible shining stars, wisps of clouds, and a brightly shining full moon in the night sky.

When Mikoto walked out of the dormitory after Kuroko, she could feel a gentle cool breeze running through her.

"You two look so lady like and pretty!" Uiharu beamed with delight.

There were 15 other people including the three girls waiting at the bus stop nearby the dormitory. These were perhaps the last group at Tokiwadai's outside dormitory students heading to the school. Many of the other girls went earlier but Mikoto and Kuroko saw no point in arriving too early. Among the 15 girls there were three males present. From the first impression of these guys, they looked refined, like true gentlemen.

I hope that guy is able to blend in…

Mikoto's eyes look towards the sky while her mind was in a cloud of thought.

"Let's take some photos while we wait for the bus." Kazari suggested.

"This is an excellent opportunity to fortify lasting memories with onee-sama hee hee hee." The teleporter lowly cackled.

"Get whatever perverted thought you have out of your mind." Mikoto sends a sharp look at her roommate.

The three of then took turns on who would be taking the photos.

Out of all of the photos taken within a few minutes, there were some that were memorable.

There was one with silly poses done by Kazari and Mikoto. Mikoto was sticking her tongue out in a silly manner and Kazari put on a pouty face.

When it came to the photos with Kuroko and Mikoto, Kuroko was adamant about having physical contact with her onee-sama.

The teleporter's attempts at "female bonding" with Mikoto included glomping the electromaster, trying to kiss Mikoto's cheek and getting her arms around Mikoto as many times as possible. The Railgun was of course not amused by her roommate's antics which naturally resulted in Kuroko receiving a punch to the head.

"No more photos of you and me!" Mikoto held her fist out threateningly.

"Aw why not onee-sama? I promise to treasure photos of you and me for the rest of my life~" Kuroko was rubbing the part of her head that got hit.

"Now now calm down. Misaka-san surely wouldn't want to create an electrical black out right now." Kazari sweat dropped nervously, trying to ease the situation.

"Too bad Saten-san couldn't be here with us, which left onee-sama the chance to choose a guest."

"Misaka-san, why won't you tell us who you are bringing along?"

"You'll see…" The Railgun smiled very nervously.

It'll be their surprise of the evening

Mikoto was feeling very antsy. If the bus came before Touma arrived, she would not forgive him for coming late.

A minute later her ears pick up the sound of pounding feet. The Railgun turns her head towards the location of the noise.

She gives silent scream when she saw who it was.

Running towards her was a certain spikey haired boy. It was obvious that he did not do anything to his hair for this formal occasion. However his attire was not too shabby. Touma had on a white dress shirt, an unzipped dark blue jacket, a black tie and black slacks. Compared to the attire of the other males present, Touma looked like he could fit in with them.

"I used up some of my food money to buy this tie." He approaches Mikoto while panting heavily.

"I'll be sure to treat you out to lunch next time." She couldn't resist smiling, especially after not seeing him for the past few days.

The electromaster notices that Touma's tie wasn't put on properly and the cuffs on his dress shirt were disheveled.

"Let me help you out." Mikoto comes up very closely to the spikey haired boy. She straightens out his tie and his cuffs. The electromaster does her best to hide her embarrassment for being so physically close to him.

"You should look at yourself in the mirror." Touma grins.

"Why do say that?"

"Because you look stunning."

"…" The short haired girl was speechless.

While Mikoto was occupied with fixing up Touma's outfit, she was unaware of the attention she was receiving from two pairs of eyes.

Kazari grabbed Kuroko's camera and began taking photos of Mikoto and Touma.

"Is this the person that Misaka-san holds dearly in her heart?"

"T-Th-Th-that …" Kuroko's eyes turned a diabolical red. She looked like she could rip something apart. "Why is that ape here? GAHHH!"

Kuroko's hand reached for her thighs underneath her dress and pulled out a metal spike. She held the spike menacingly.

"I'll teleport this inside him!"

"Shirai-san calm down! Why did you even bring your spikes with you?"

Mikoto grabs Touma's wrist and drags him over towards Kazari and Kuroko.

"O-oy what are you doing?" The spikey haired boy had no choice but be dragged.

Staring at Mikoto and Touma was one flowery girl who was attempting to calm down her friend who resembled a raging beast.

Touma gulped nervously while Mikoto did her best to keep a warm smile.

"Kuroko, Uiharu-san… this is Kamijou Touma, my date."

"H-hello there." Touma tries to smile, but from the look on his face, it was as if he was walking on needles instead. Kuroko's death glare towards him fueled the tense situation.

Kazari reaches her hand out towards Touma.

"It's nice to officially meet you Kamijou-san, I am Uiharu Kazari. You must the infamous person who has been helping out Misaka-san lately. "

"Has she been talking about me a lot?" Touma chuckles a bit as he shakes Kazari's hand.

"No I haven't!" Mikoto waves her hands in front of her face.

"Hmph!" Kuroko turns her head to the side, facing away from Touma.

"Uh… nice to see you too Shirai-san."

"Don't mind her; she's just angry that I couldn't be her date." The Railgun said up close to Touma in a low voice.

"She's a teleporter who has metal spikes strapped on her, what's there not to be afraid of?" Touma sarcastically says. "I don't want anything to ruin our evening together." The boy puts his hand on Mikoto's head and messes her hair a bit

"W-why do you keep doing that to me?!"

"Because you're so short and it's cute when you get angry and flustered."

"Why do you insist on making me irritated!"

While Mikoto and Touma were bickering, Kazari smiles amused.

"Those two surely match together well. I think you should learn to accept them Shirai-san."

"…" Shirai Kuroko disappeared from Kazari's side.

"Shirai-san?"

The pig tailed girl teleported over to Mikoto and Touma

"Uiharu, let's take some pictures shall we? Saten-san will be sad if we don't take a picture of every fun moment we have." The teleporter grinned. However behind her grin was a clearly dark intention behind it.

"Hah?" Kazari looked confused at Kuroko's sudden change in expression. "Shirai-san can you please move out of the way? I want to take a picture with Misaka-san and Kamijou-san together."

Kuroko grumbles while complying with Kazari's request.

The flower haired girl holds out the camera, counting down, and then takes the photo.

Kazari checks the camera and looks surprised.

"Shirai-san you aren't supposed to be in the photo!"

Mikoto and Touma got close together however a certain teleporter used her ability to go in between them. Kuroko became the definition of a photo bomber.

Kazari looks at the photo and notices something odd.

"An expensive camera like this shouldn't have issues with red eye, how strange." She looks at it closely. "Oh wait… it's just Shirai-san who has red eyes in the photo."

In the photo just taken, Shirai Kuroko eyes were filled with a red colored demon look while Touma and Mikoto's eyes looked normal.

"Erm, let's try to take it again, but without Shirai-san butting in."

In the following photographs, an interesting sequence of events could be seen. In one picture, Kuroko would jump in, pushing Touma away and hugging the Railgun. Following that was Mikoto shoving away the teleporter while she tried to keep up a smile with Touma. Eventually there was a perfectly normal photographed image of Mikoto and Touma right next to each other smiling happily. They were able to achieve this normalness after the electromaster grabbed onto Kuroko's hand unleashed electricity upon the teleporter.

Right now Kuroko was on the ground, her body emitting out some smoke because of the electrical shock she received.

"Will she be fine?" Kazari looked at her Judgment teammate worried.

"She will be. I've released out higher voltages at that pervert before."

While they were waiting for the bus to arrive, Touma and Kazari began talking to each other. Mikoto felt happy seeing her good friend and the boy she cared deeply about get along. If only Kuroko was as accepting as Kazari.

Not too long later a large bus arrives and the students begin boarding on it. Each student would have to show their ID card to their driver, a policy that set to guarantee no strangers would board onto the bus.

Any guests would have to show the driver an invitation envelope that was given by a Tokiwadai student.

"You have your invitation right Uiharu?"

"Yup of course!" Kazari pulls the envelope out of her small purse.

"What about you idiot- I mean Touma."

"Ahh hold on." Touma digs through his pant pockets.

"Please don't tell me you forgot it."

"I may be misfortunate but I'm not that forgetful." The spikey hair boy grins while holding out his invitation.

The Tokiwadai bus was held at a higher standard than ordinary school buses since it was a rich school. The seats were soft, comfortable, fluffy and each came with a neck pillow. Mikoto and her friends sat in the back seats.

"So when did you two get on such friendly terms? Onee-sama doesn't seem to be shooting any electricity at you." Kuroko eyed Touma suspiciously.

"Are you and Misaka-san in any special type of relationship?" Kazari asks.

"Well er…" Mikoto was stumped. She and Touma haven't exactly declared their relationship yet.

"They say a change in heart can calm a beast haha." Touma chuckles.

"Did you just call me a beast?!" Mikoto glares at Touma.

"N-no I didn't, it's just an expression I made up! It has nothing to do with you."

"Geez, you have a lot to learn about girls Kamijou Touma." Kuroko sighs.

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The School Garden was usually a quiet place at nighttime because of the curfew rule. However tonight was buzzing with activity because of the ball. Students who could attend the ball were allowed to be out past the curfew. Usually the shops at the School Garden closed early as part of the curfew rule but about 50% of the shops were opened right now. Mostly it was the shops that served food or sold cute trinkets.

The streets were extremely clean, the lamp posts were on. It was like a beautiful city setting.

"It's been so long since I've been at this beautiful place!" Kazari was mesmerized.

The four of them were able to get past the School Garden security check without a problem. Though there was security personnel that took extra measures to make sure Touma did not carry on anything suspicious. Kuroko was allowed to bring in her spikes since the security knew she was part of Judgment.

"We have some time to spare before the ball begins. How about we explore the School Garden together?" Mikoto suggests.

"Hm, how about Shirai-san and I split up from Kamijou-san and Misaka-san."

Kazari puts an arm around Kuroko's shoulders and forces the teleporter to keep going forward.

"Let's go Shirai-san, we wouldn't want to get in the way of the other two." Kazari whispers in her friend's ear.

"Wait what?! I can't onee-sama be alone with that ape!"

"Oh look, there's a special sale on lingerie."

"Really, where?!"

"Uiharu-san is one of the only people that can talk some sense into that girl…" Mikoto smirks amused.

"This place isn't bad at all." Touma's eyes scanned the area. "There seems to be a really feminine atmosphere here, sort of makes me feel out of place."

"Usually boys are never allowed in here."

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"Oh look there's a guy, he's not that bad looking."

"He's with that girl, so he's her date."

"I wish I could have brought a guy, but I don't know that many."

Mikoto could hear the chatter around her about Touma. She knew that they were receiving attention because a boy was a rare sighting to many of Tokiwadai's students.

It bugs me that they're eyeing him like he's a piece of meat…

"What's wrong biri biri." Touma's face freezes when he realizes his mistake. "I mean Misaka."

"N-nothing…" She turns her face away. The Railgun was used to having attention because she was the Ace of Tokiwadai. However this time she was getting a lot of glances because she was with a boy, which made her feel more nervous than usual.

While Mikoto and Touma were walking around the School Garden, they noticed some students were in the cafes sipping on tea and drinks. The ball would be catered with food, which is why there did not seem to be many people at the usually busy cake shops.

"This is like a paradise for ojou-samas."

"It's nice but I wouldn't want to live in here all of the time."

"If there are no boys allowed, does that mean any romantic relationships are forbidden?" Touma wonders out loud.

Mikoto's body froze for a split second when she heard him ask that question.

"How about we go get a cup of tea? It can warm us up since tonight feels chilly." Mikoto looks towards the tea shop that was right next to them.

Tonight wasn't actually that cold at all, but it had a pleasant coolness to it. Mikoto just wanted an excuse to pretend not to hear what Touma asked her.

Why am I not able to pull myself together? Sooner or later I'll have to decide what my official relationship with Touma is going to be like.

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"Why is everything here so expensive?" Touma was staring at the prices on the menu.

The two of them were at the outside seating of the café. It was relatively busy, full of girls who were chatting excitedly about the ball. It looked like Touma was the only male present there. Touma and Mikoto sat directly across from each other.

"It's not that expensive, what are you talking about?" Mikoto sipped on her cup of warm tea.

"I sometimes forget you are rich." Touma mumbles while staring at his cup of tea.

"What did you say?"

"N-nothing! So I was wondering… what exactly happens at a ball hosted by a rich school? I imagine everybody doing fancy dances like a waltz."

"It's not like going to be like those types of balls from the movies. Usually there's a live orchestra playing music. Since there is going to be a very uneven ratio of males to females, there's a lot of casual dancing, hardly any ballroom type of dancing. Also…" Mikoto's eyes turn away as a faint blush could be seen on her cheeks. "I can't dance."

"Can't dance? You should at least know how to do the electric slide." Touma's face cracks into smile. He begins chuckling much to the chagrin of Mikoto.

"Don't be suggesting such weird things you idiot!"

"When it's time for the couples to dance, I'll be sure to lead. I promise to catch you if you fall."

"C-couple…" Mikoto clears her throat. "With your misfortune, you're probably bound to mess things up." She playfully smiles.

"I think that your good luck and charm might be able to negate my misfortune. I have been feeling a bit lucky lately."

Lucky huh, somehow I feel that way too

Mikoto softly smiles.

"Ahh Misaka-san, I didn't expect to run into you." A voice shot out.

Mikoto turns her attention towards the voice that called her name. She saw a girl with long black hair approaching her. The electromaster instantly recognized this person.

"Kongou-san, nice to see you too."

Kongou Mitsuko, a transfer student who was usually at odds with Kuroko. She was usually seen brimming with extreme confidence and pride but she was considered a good ally to Mikoto. The long haired girl wore a long red dress that looked like it was made out of expensive material. She had on a pearl necklace, pricey looking ear rings and even had her nails painted.

"This ball does certainly seem exciting." The red dressed girl said. "Is it an event that is worthy of its hype?"

"Well I didn't go last year; I was rather occupied with something else."

"Oh really? I guess we're both in the same boat then." Kongou looks at Touma and smiles. "Misaka-san, who is this gentleman? I'm surprised Shirai-san let him come with you."

"This is Kamijou Touma and he's lucky that Kuroko hasn't done anything to him."

"Well not yet at least." Touma awkwardly laughs. "Nice to meet you Kongou-san." He extends out his hand.

"You should feel privileged to be at the School Garden on this beautiful night." Kongou shakes his hand. "During regular days, nobody would be out at this hour and there would be especially no boys around. Feel free to brag to your friends tomorrow about your experience here."

"Er I will."

"I'll see you at the ball Misaka-san, I wouldn't want to occupy too much of your time with Kamijou-san." Kongou walked off.

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"Onee-sama is with that ape, I cannot forgive him for snatching her away like that!"

"Try to be happy for Misaka-san, she looks like she's having fun."

"How can I be happy for her when my own happiness has been trampled?"

Kuroko and Kazari were waiting at Tokiwadai Middle School's entrance waiting for Touma and Mikoto to arrive. Just earlier all four of them agreed to meet up at the school together. The two Judgment members had been waiting for five minutes already.

"W-what if that ape is doing something treacherous right now to onee-sama?! They should be here already!" The teleporter was pulling on her pig tails.

"Relax Shirai-san, Kamijou-san doesn't seem like a guy who would do such things to Misaka-san."

"Any wild animal like him deserve to be in a cage!"

"I think you're overreacting here…" Kazari sweat drops.

Kuroko's attention shifts when she sees Touma and Mikoto approaching them. She immediately teleports over to Touma, grabs onto his wrist and walks ahead quickly.

"I'm going to be borrowing Kamijou for a bit."

"Hah? Where are you going with him?" Mikoto calls out to her roommate but Kuroko kept on going forward. Mikoto was about to run after Kuroko but is stopped by Kazari.

"I think those two need to settle their differences right now." Kazari points out.

"Alright sure…"

The Railgun and flower haired girl begin talking to each other while Kuroko wanted to have a private conversation with Touma.

Once Mikoto and Kazari were out of ear shot, Kuroko turns towards Touma and gives him a death glare. Touma does his best to succumb to the teleporter's obvious aura of hatred and rage.

"W-what is it Shirai?"

Kuroko extends her right hand out and grips onto Touma's dress shirt collar. She had a vice like grip, which meant Touma would not be able to resist easily. For a second, she stares intently into his eyes. The teleporter's eyes were like a tiger about to pounce upon a prey.

"Listen Kamijou Touma. If you dare do anything to onee-sama that is perverted, ungentlemanly like, or even take advantage of her –I swear I will hunt you down to the ends of the earth!" Kuroko holds out three spikes with her left hand. "I will send these spikes in places in very unpleasant parts of your body if you step one toe out of line."

"Uh… aren't you being a bit of a hypocrite?" Bullets of sweat were falling down the boy's face. "According to Misaka you try to take advantage of her with opportunity you get."

"Why you-!"

"I understand you care about Misaka, but I care about her a lot too." Touma's face turns completely serious. This was his one shot at saving his own life right now. "I know she is an amazing girl and I would never do anything to hurt her. She is somebody I want to protect… she is an important person to me."

"As if somebody like you could protect Academy City's most powerful electromaster!"

"Everybody has somebody dear they want to protect. I intend on doing whatever I can to make sure that Mikoto never falters and can keep moving forward." Touma spoke with confidence.

"You can't use your teleportation ability on me, but I know you can still beat me up if you wanted to." The spikey haired boy said in a good natured tone.

Kuroko sighed. "I know you make onee-sama happy, which is what matters the most. Just because I say that doesn't mean I've accepted you as her worthy partner! I am still onee-sama's herald and vanguard!"

"I don't exactly need your acceptance; I just want you to not give me a look of death every time we meet. Misaka really wants you and me to get along"

A few seconds later Kuroko sighs frustrated.

"We'll have a temporary truce tonight for onee-sama's sake."

"I am fine with that." Touma extends out his hand to Kuroko but Kuroko simply ignores his gesture and walks back to Kazari and Mikoto.

Tokiwadai Middle School's structures were definitely worthy of its high class reputation. Mikoto and Kuroko took their guests around, giving a small tour before they would go to the school gymnasium, where the ball was held at.

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Tokiwadai's large indoor gym was transformed into a Cinderella like setting. All over the walls were long white ribbons beautifully adorned, bright ornaments hung on the walls, a large chandelier hung from the ceiling – which must have been recently put there for this occasion. The committee that set up for the ball managed to turn a regular athletic gymnasium into a place fit for ojou-samas.

There was a stage with an orchestra present. Most people would have thought that the orchestra would be playing classical music; they were actually playing a type of music that created a comfortable dancing atmosphere.

At the west side of the gym was a long table filled with all kinds of food and drinks. It was a stand up type of party which meant guests had to literally stand up while eating.

"Misaka-sama is with a boy?"

"Who is he?"

"I don't know. He looks like a delinquent."

"Misaka-sama would not be seen with any low class person. She has much higher standards than that."

Mikoto tried not to listen to the whispering of the nearby students. One negative aspect of her popularity was how people like to talk about her behind her back.

"Kongou-san was right, she is with somebody!"

"I wonder what their relationship is."

The electromaster tries to direct Touma to the part of the room where there was food available. Her goal was to further avoid hearing what the other girls were saying.

"I never knew so many types of cheese existed…" Touma was staring at all of the different colored cubes of cheese.

"You should try them all. Some of this food has been transported from other parts of the world." Mikoto uses a toothpick to stick it into a cheese cube.

"I bet you eat like this everybody right?"

"Mhm yup, Tokiwadai's dormitory makes sure that students do not have to worry about their stomachs; so that we focus on their studies."

"How lucky…" Touma began gathering all types of food on his plate.

After Mikoto, Touma, Kuroko and Kazari were finished eating, they began conversing with each other. Mikoto noticed that Kuroko did not seem as cold towards Touma as she was before, though the Railgun was not aware of the teleporter's temporary truce with Touma.

Most of the students were done eating so they were at the dance floor. It was a very casual type of dancing with girls forming groups and dancing in a circle.

"Onee-sama, let's dance!"

Kuroko grabs Mikoto's arm and pulls her to the dance floor.

Kazari looks towards Touma with an amused smirk. "Kamijou-san, are you going to let Shirai-san take Misaka-san away from you?"

"Ha ha, looks like I have no choice but to protect Misaka from the clutches of Shirai."

Touma and Kazari proceed forth and find Mikoto attempting to wrestle out of Kuroko's grips.

"Stop trying to touch me!"

"But dancing requires the two people to get close, very close~" Kuroko purrs while trying to wrap her arms around Mikoto.

"Sorry Shirai, but Misaka is my date tonight." Touma intervenes by gently pulling Mikoto away from Kuroko.

Mikoto nearly yelps as Touma pulled her towards him.

"After tonight, onee-sama belongs back to me." Kuroko declares to Touma. Kazari breaks the tense situation by grabbing Kuroko's hands and begins to twirl the teleporter around

"Ui-Uiharu, what are you doing!"

Touma turns to Mikoto and has his right hand held out to her. "Would you care to dance with me?"

"Me… dance with you?" Mikoto's mind was screaming for her to say yes but her body felt very nervous.

"Well I'm not that much of a great dancer." Touma rubs the back of his neck nervously with his left hand. "So we could both look silly together."

Somehow Touma's words managed to soothe the electromaster's nervousness.

That guy has no idea the effect he can have

Mikoto grins happily as grasps onto his right hand.

The orchestra was playing a type of catchy music that made everybody jump up and down.

Touma started to do some random dance moves but Mikoto was staring at him weirdly.

"What are you doing?"

"Just let your body get loose. Lose yourself to the beat of the music."

Touma's reassuring look of happiness made Mikoto decide to follow along with him. She began jumping and moving her feet to the music. Laughter escaped from her lips.

A while later, the two of them were tired and decided to go get something to drink. Touma led Mikoto out of the dance floor and they went towards the refreshments side of the room. The boy and the girl did not let go of each other's hand.

The refreshments area was filled with girls who were socializing with each other. Among those girls was Kongou Mitsuko. There was even Kuroko and Kazari there too with cups in their hands.

Kongou spots Mikoto and Touma together. "O-ho~ you two look very close." She said that a bit too loudly, which caught the attention of the girls around.

"Misaka-sama is holding hands with a boy." A few nearby girls said to each other.

"Oh my goodness so those two must be really dating." Another group murmured to each other.

"I thought that spikey hair boy was just her friend, looks like they are more than friends."

"Just who is he to you Misaka-san? Your boyfriend?" More girls chattered towards the Railgun.

There were now many girls who had their attention fixated on the couple.

Mikoto at Touma and realizes she was holding hands with him. She immediately legs go of his hand opens her mouth to say a rebuttal to everybody's comments. However nothing seemed to come out.

She looks around at all of the faces that were staring at her.

If she could not say anything out loud, then it was up to take action. After all, actions can speak louder than words.

The electromaster turns her back to everybody and faces Touma.

Before Mikoto's mind could calculate her next move, her body moved on its own.

She leaned her body towards Touma and her lips met his.

For the first time tonight, all of the voices hushed. Everybody was staring at what was before them.

Some loud gasps escaped from the audience.

Kuroko and Kazari had their jaws drop at the same time.

"O-o-onee-sama?!" The teleporter looked like she was about to faint.

Seconds later the kiss ends and Mikoto directs her attention to the crowd.

"I am proud to say that he is my boyfriend." She says with the utmost confidence in her words.

Touma's eyes go wide in surprise and a split second later he has a calm and happy expression. He grips onto Mikoto's hand.

"BOYFRIEND?!" Exclaimed everybody who heard what Tokiwadai's Ace announced.

Mikoto's heart flutters when Touma had his hand with hers. Somehow she was able to find the courage to declare what her heart was trying to say.

-T-T-T-T-T-T-

After the fun filled night was over, the Tokiwadai students went back to their dormitories.

Uiharu Kazari departed from the group once they reached to Tokiwadai's outer dormitory

Kuroko's feet ached because of her high heels so she immediately went inside the dormitory once Kazari left.

Now it was just Touma and Mikoto alone together outside. They were under the glow of the beautiful moonlight.

Mikoto was wearing Touma's dark blue jacket because the temperature was colder after the ball was over. The two of them exchange eye contact for a few seconds. The electromaster could feel her heart pounding faster every second.

She opens her mouth to speak.

"I know you like to call me biri biri or Misaka… but since we're close, call me Mikoto."

"Does that mean I can't call you biri biri anymore?" Touma chuckles.

"I have a proper name you weirdo."

"Fine fine, I guess it does make sense that I get to address you so casually. You call me by my first name already."

"Y-yeah…"

Several more seconds of silence.

They stare at each other.

Mikoto and Touma lean forward to each other.

The electromaster's cheeks feel like they are literally burning.

Every moment felt much longer than it usually did.

"Shhhhh they're about to kiss" A voice hissed.

Suddenly a few giggles and muffled voices were head.

"What in the world is going on?" Mikoto turns her attention towards the dormitory, leaving Touma hanging.

"Uh… Mikoto?" The spikey haired boy looked really confused. He was also red faced.

Mikoto does a face palm and sighs annoyed once she realized the reality of their situation.

She noticed most of the dorm's windows were open and could clearly see a few eyes looking out at them. A lot of the girls had been watching what was going on outside. Once the girls realized that they were spotted, they began waving and calling out to the couple.

"Misaka-sama we support you!"

"Weren't you going to give him a good night kiss!"

Apparently Mikoto's and Touma's alone time was no longer private.

"You kissed me before in front of a lot of people, what's wrong with this time?"

"That time and this time are two completely different situations!" Mikoto shouted, blushing furiously.

Touma catches Mikoto off guard with a hug. The spectators watching from their windows went "awwww"

"Looks like there will never be a dull moment with the two of us." He whispers into her ear

Mikoto wraps her arms around him "I suppose that is true."

The boy and the girl looked at each other, smiling and laughing. Things always seemed to turn out for the better when they were together.

Author's Note: Now that's a wrap! Thank you for all of the readers who have been keeping up with my story, it turned out longer than I originally planned it to be. I am definitely flattered by the amount of feedback, follows and favorites my humble fanfiction has received, especially since this is the first story I posted on this website.

I will be back with another story in the near future, not sure when that will be. Right now I am trying to plan out how that new story will be developed as well as continue with my SAO and Railgun crossover.

Again, thank you very much my loyal readers! I hope you enjoyed this story because I certainly had fun writing it.

Until next time

-Blazingstarz258