Hey guys! So this is my first time so I'll try my best! Hope you guys can help me write better. I really appreciate it if you guys comment about the story or about my English.

Oh and by the way, in this story, there is no alice. Any other information will be stated along the story.

Enjoy~

"Okaa-san...," a girl whispered. The house was dark and silent. She was frightened. She was 5 minutes late. She strained herself to hear any noise. Nothing. Her mother must be sleeping. Being as quiet as she could, she entered the house and closed the door. She was wrong.

"WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN ?!" the girl felt her hair being yanked harshly by someone. She silently whimpered in pain. "I'm sorry Okaa-san! I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry," she apologized over and over again but the woman was deaf to the girl's pleas. Silent tears rolled down her cheeks. She felt a hand came in contact with her cheek.

*SLAP*

The sound echoed through the place. She felt the pain gone from her hair as her cheeks slowly turned red and swollen. She didn't dare to look at the woman in front of her.

The woman started kicking her. The girl did't try to defend herself. It was useless. She already knew it. Pain never did stop. Even after the woman stopped kicking her and left the girl there, alone and broken. The girl's lifeless eyes stared at the ceiling above her.

When will it end ?

"Ohayo, minna-san!" a brunette girl cheerfully greeted her friends. A girl with long dark blue hair and a girl with soft pink wavy hair greeted her back. "Ohayo, Mikan-chan," suddenly, both of their faces changed. "OMG! MIKAN! YOUR HAIR!" both of them squealed.

Mikan's hair was not in her usual twin pigtails. Instead, her hair was let down and combed to her side, covering her right eye and cheek. She wore a big pink bow on her head slightly tilted to right, right above her eye. "It's so KAWAII~! You look like a doll!" both girls gushed about her being cute. Inside, Mikan smiled bitterly. That's right. Like a doll. It can be thrown away whenever the owner wants. A doll that could nothing except to follow the owner's demand. Easily broken. That was perfect for her. She was exactly like a doll.

The bell rang.

"Good morning, my beautiful class! What a beautiful day today! And for a beautiful day means beautiful homework for my beautiful students!" the whole class groaned in protest. All except two. Huuga Natsume and Nogi Ruka. At the back of the class, Natsume was asleep with his manga covering his face and feet on his desk. Beside him, Ruka was reading a book with his bunny on his lap. Across the room, Mikan was sitting at her place. While Narumi-sensei kept babbling on about the homework, Mikan's eyes would sometimes drifted to the empty desk beside her but she would quickly look away. Her heart ached every time she looked at it.

Hotaru...

Unknown to her, a pair of crimson eyes were watching her.

The bell rang for recess.

Every student rushed out, impatient to fill their starving stomach, all except two. Natsume watched Mikan slowly got up and and left the class. He put down his manga and leg. Bored, he threw his gaze outside the window, watching the blue sky and pink sakura tree. He closed his eyes, not knowing what to do.

What should I tell her ?

"Mikan-nee..." a small but boyish voice called out to her. Mikan smiled as she spun around and saw the silver haired boy.

"Ohayo, You-chan!"

She lifted the boy and placed him on her lap. The boy didn't struggle, instead, he happily took the chocolate candy when Mikan offered it to him.

"Why are you here, You-chan?" Mikan asked. It was strange. Youichi Hijiri rarely meet her during recess except for something important. The boy got closer to Mikan's ears and whispered

"Persona-nii wants to see you after school," Mikan's face paled for a a moment before it changed into a big bright smile.

"Okay You-chan! Tell him I'll come" the boy only nodded. Suddenly, he pointed to the big pink bow on her head.

"Why you wear that ?" Mikan smiled brightly before she put him down and patted his head.

"Because I think it looks cute!"

"Youichi-kun! Wait!" a small girl with short black hair around Youichi's age appeared. She was running while panting towards us.

"Aoi-chan!" the girl smiled when she saw the older girl.

"Mikan-nee! It's great to see you!" the small girl hugged Mikan.

"Why are you here, Aoi-chan ?"

The girl smiled "I'm here to see Natsume-nii," Mikan nodded happily.

"Come on! Let's go and see your brother,"

"What do you want, useless," Mikan tensed a bit when Natsume called her useless but quickly recovered.

"Stop being so mean! I'm just here cuz your sister wants to meet you!" a small figure appeared behind Mikan.

"Onii-chan!" the small figure ran and hugged the older Hyuuga. The boy's face softened a little when he saw his little sister.

Unknown to them, Mikan's heart felt as if is was stabbed over and over again. For an instance, grief and sorrow passed through her face. However, it left as quickly as it came. She felt someone pulled her skirt. She looked down and saw Youichi looking at her with concern. He saw them. She smiled lightly.

"What's wrong, You-chan? Don't frown too much or you'll gonna be like this big meanie," Mikan said childishly while pointing at Natsume.

The bell rang.

"Well, time to go! Bye You-chan, bye Aoi-chan!" the two small children waved back as they left the class.

"Stupid,"

Mikan heard someone murmured beside her. Natsume. She pretended she didn't hear him. Everyone took their seats just as Jinno-sensei came in.