When I Met You(Gakuen Alice fanfic)

Chapter 22: Threat

One more day. 

Tomorrow is the last day that everything changes. Even though I know, my hands can't stop from shaking while holding a cup of hot chocolate. I'm sitting in my room for one last time because I won't be coming back to it ever again. If by some lucky chance, I'll be living with Aoi back at my home town, we'll be with our parents again. Or, most likely, if everything that has led up today and tomorrow fails, then I'll run away. I'll run and never turn back. I'll forget about Aoi and Mikan and Imai and Ruka.

I'll forget it all.

Knock Knock.

The knob turns slowly and I take a big sip out of the cup. My tongue burns from the stingy sensation and I'm left in pain.

"Hyuuga. How are you doing?" Imai asks even when she knows just about everything that is wrong with me at this moment.

"Peachy." I snap and she sighs, shaking her head disapprovingly. "How's the plan going?"

"Hyuuga. You don't have to worry about anything. Yuu and I have found out where your sister is being held hostage. We'll save her while you take care of the Principle."

"What if we fail?" My voice cracks. I place my cup back on the nightstand and clench the blankets on my bed. "Then what? Won't I have to kill Mikan? Won't I have to kill her, just to save Aoi?"

"Wow. I thought you'd never call a girl by her first name. You can easily say her name with so much feelings in it."

I stay silent. She didn't answer my question at all.

"Listen Hyuuga. I'm going to ask you a question. Do you want to kill Mikan?" Her face has never been so serious before. Like she's sad. I've never seen such an expression.

"..." The tears flow from my eyes and my lips quiver. "No."

"Then that's your answer. Since you don't want to, you don't have to. Why do you have to complicate things too much? Just go for what you want and believe in it. Sometimes you're such an idiot. I can't believe I ever loved you." I rub my eye dry and look up at her. She loved me?

"Do you know what I told Mikan that one time when I visited her?"

"No..." I racked up my brain trying to remember.

"I told her that you are an idiot for never realizing I had mutual feelings for you. I said, 'I realized that I loved him and he was an idiot for ruining our relationship."

"Y-y... you loved me?" I repeat and she rolls her eyes.

"Duh. I did. Now I don't anymore. I've got interest in someone else."

"Why... didn't you tell me? We could've..." I stopped and she shook her head.

"I never wanted a relationship with lies. I don't know how Mikan deals with you because you never say anything. Eventually people will leave because you are always hiding things. You never tell anyone and you stick to yourself."

"..." I don't respond because she's telling the truth. I'm full of lies and secrets. She's also right about Mikan. She deals with it anyways and she pretty much has some secrets herself but at least she doesn't think of killing me like I do with her.

"It's time you man up. A girl like Mikan needs someone strong. A wimp like you can never accomplish anything."

Finally, I let out a chuckle.

I get up from my bed and run out the door, "Thanks Imai."

"Hn."

I run at full speed to the Hospital.