The following day, Mikan was discharged from the hospital as she went straight to Teiko middle school, wearing her uniform and carrying her bag. Passing through the school gates, she saw a familiar redhead walking. She was about to call his name when she stopped, remembering the fact that he was ignoring her.

    I should stop...I don't want to bother him anyway. she thought as she dropped her hand down and continued walking. Then she heard her name being shouted by someone when she turned around to see Satsuki running towards her, behind her was Aomine.

    "Sakura-san!" the pink haired girl called as she finally reached her. "I see you're finally out of the hospital."

    "Yes, I just got discharged earlier and went straight to school." Mikan replied as Aomine finally reached them as well.

    "Yo." he greeted the girl as he sneered at her lazily.

    "Hello, Aomine-kun." she replied.

    "Already in a good shape to go to school?" he asked as she nodded.

    "Yup, I can't afford to miss classes anymore." Mikan sighed. "I have lots of things to catch up, both lessons and club work."

    "You've got it rough." Satsuki nervously chuckled from that.

    "You can say that again." the orange haired girl cringed as the three of them continued walking to school.

    Not noticing a pair of red orbs watching them from the distance, ever so quietly.

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    During class sessions, the teacher was teaching a whole new different lesson as Mikan was indeed confused, despite being confuse, she continued taking down notes and will just study it later by herself.

    T-This is impossible...I don't get it. she thought as she used the ends of her pen to scratch her hair, a frown gracing her lips.

    The subject ended as she didn't get a damn thing, she slumped herself on the desk as bubbly tears rolled down her cheeks. Frustration was all she could feel as she can't follow the wave of discussion. Then suddenly, a notebook was extended towards her, looking up, she saw Kise.

    "Here you go, Sakura-chii." he said, handing her a notebook as she raised an eyebrow. "What's that...?"

    "Notes from the previous lessons, all subjects." he flashed a cute grin as she sats up and took the notebook from his grasps, flipping the pages, she saw the previous lessons from all subjects written down.

    "Oh, thank you. You're a life saver, Kise-kun." she smiled back genuinely with gratitude.

    "I took pains in taking down notes. I have to use both of my hands to copy them, my wrists turned sore." he stated while shaking his hand.

    "I'm sorry." Mikan says as she looked down, but soon looks up and met his gaze. "But thank you."

    A blush spread across the blonde's cheeks as his lips curved in a smile. "Your welcome, Sakura-chii."

    "Ki-chin, you are wrong in this part. It's supposed to be 'Brush' not 'Blush'." Murasakibara leaned towards Mikan and peeked at Kise's notes.

    "It is? Uwaah! I'm so sorry! I thought it was Blush."

    "Don't confused 'R' with 'L'."

    "The painter used the blush to paint the canvas with watercolor. Isn't it supposed to be brush instead?"

    "Stop rubbing salt to the wounds, Sakura-chii!"

    Mikan and Murasakibara stifled a laugh as a dark blush spread across Kise's cheeks, he was so embarrassed. He misspelled 'R' with 'L'.

    Then the violet haired guy noticed candies from the orange haired girl's pockets as he tapped her shoulder, asking her. "Can I have a piece?"

    "Piece of what?" she asked as he pointed his index finger at her pocket filled with candies. "Oh...sure!"

    Mikan handed him a grape flavored candy as he unwrapped it from the plastic and plopped it inside his mouth, he began savoring the flavor as he was in bliss. Seeing him like that, earn a giggle from her.

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    After class, Mikan headed to the gym as the basketball practice has started. She began to help Satsuki out with the things needed to do while the guys were busy practicing as they were reeked with sweat.

    "Haizaki didn't attend practice again, that son of a bitch." the captain of the basketball cussed as he was tapping his fingers in anger.

    "Um...Nijimura-senpai, if you would like, I will search for him." Mikan suggested, hoping she could decrease his rage.

    "But you just got discharged from the hospital." he stated, turning to her. "I don't want you to pass out again."

    "Don't worry, Senpai! The fact that I am able to attend school right now is because I'm already alright, my health is not really that frail that I would go back to hospital again!" Mikan cheerfully said.

    "Alright, if you further insist." Nijimura heaved out a sigh, approving her to go and find Haizaki.

    "Bring that rascal back here!" he stated as she nodded in reply. "Okay."

    She ran towards the gym doors, before exiting, she turned to Nijimura and waved at him. "I'll be back!" then she already left.

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    Mikan exited the school grounds and decided to go to the arcade, where she thought he could find Haizaki and her thoughts were on-spot. She saw a gray haired guy goofing around inside, all by himself with a bored face.

    The place was filled with delinquents like before, she entered quietly, avoiding any unnecessary attention from other people. She finally reached Haizaki as she tapped his shoulder, making the boy turned his head towards her.

    "I knew it that I'll find you here." she chuckled.

    He scorned. "You're here again? What do you want now?"

    "Um...Nijimura-senpai told me to take you back at the gym so you guys could practice together." she stated.

    "Oh, that bastard..." he frowned as he turned back his attention at the game that he was playing, Tekken.

    "Let's go back, Haizaki-kun." she persuaded him to come back.

    "I don't wanna, go back yourself." he replied as his eyes were still glued at the screen.

    "But he said—" she wasn't able to finish her sentence when they overlapped. "Just tell him that I had a fever so I went home right away."

    "You want me to lie?" she asked him as he simply nodded. "Yeah."

    But I don't want to...I don't know how to deceive someone else. she thought at the back of her mind.

    "No," Mikan clearly said. "You're coming back with me." she held his arm and pulled him with her.

    "What the heck? I already said that I don't want to!" he snarled, yanking his arm off from her hold.

    "Please, please, please. Let's just go." she pleaded for him to come along with her, but he resists to go. After constant of persuasions, Haizaki stood up as he had enough of the game.

    "For the last f*cking time, I'm not going." he growled as he walked out of the arcade.

    Mikan followed him from behind as she didn't gave up in persuading him to come along—this irritated Haizaki to no end. A frown formed his lips as he stopped in his tracks and turned around to face the girl, he was annoyed by her constant pestering.

    "Will you stop it? I'm not like Nijimura, I might really punch you on the face." he snarled angrily.

    "P-Punch?" she flinched as her face turned pale. "please don't..."

"Then stop following me." Haizaki stated as he began walking once again, leaving her behind.

"I can't do that, Haizaki-kun!" she firmly says as she sprinted towards him, but before she could reach him, a hand was extended towards her and pushed her away with force. Mikan fell on her butt on the ground.

"Ouch..." she muttered as Haizaki's eyes widened a bit as he didn't mean to push her away. He stared at his hand for a moment before tucking both of his hands in his pockets.

"Later." he mumbled as he lifted his heel and started walking away, leaving Mikan on her knees. "W-Wait!"

"Shut the fuck up!"

She flinched from that as he stopped but didn't turned around, he gritted his teeth in anger. "When I say I don't want to play, I don't want to. Don't even try to change my mind 'cause it won't. Stop putting your nose in other people's business already!"

With that, he completely left. She stood up and started dusting off her uniform, she could no longer see his back as he was now gone.

That's when she noticed something on the ground, it was a handkerchief. She bent down on her knees and grabbed it as she stood up straight again. It probably belongs to Haizaki who dropped it earlier.

"I have to at least return this." she says as she puts the handkerchief inside her pocket and she was about to go after Haizaki when a handkerchief covered her mouth and led her to the nearest alleyway as she was being suffocated.

W-What's happening?! she thought as she began resisting under the person's hold. They had a iron grip.

Then she whiffed up a unfamiliar scent from the handkerchief as her eyesight slowly darkened, then she fell into a deep sleep in the person's arms who abducted her.

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Hajime: I'm sorry for the late update, I've been really busy these days because of schools and shits. It's been only 2 weeks and I already miss Wattpad. Thanks for the 5K reads though and I also hope that you guys can continue reading this story :)