The World of Our Imagination

Chapter 4: Imai’s Siblings..

          “Hotaru!!! Goood Moorning!!”, Mikan with her full spirit greeted her best friend like usual. BANNG!! “Get away from me, moron. And good morning too.”, Hotaru greeted her but after shooting Mikan with her baka gun like usual too. Their friends didn’t know how Mikan can survive after being hit by Hotaru more than once. Maybe, that’s how they show about their friendship. Hotaru felt someone was watching her from far. Hotaru tried to look at the person but the person quickly disappeared. “Oniichan.”, she talking to herself and continued walking toward the school with her energetic friend. “Hey, do you know about the student with Healing alice and his friend.”, said one of Hotaru’s classmate. “Yeah! I know about them. They so damn hot and cool!!”, the other said. The class were doing their own stuff while Mika was checking their paper and watch her students every minute. Hotaru kept reading her book and listened what the fan girls talking about the healing boy. Mikan looked at her and asked her, “Ne, Hotaru chan. aren’t they talking about your b-”. “Shut up, idiot.”, Hotaru quickly stopped her friend from saying that word. She continued reading her book until the class end. Mika who checked their paper watched her from her table and felt something about her Invention alice student, Hotaru. Mika felt worried about her and walking towards the middle high school.

          “Ne, Misaki kun. Do you know about the healing boy from high school division?”, Mika began asked the question to her classmates, Misaki and Tsubasa beside. “Why do you asked? Are you begin to attract with him?”, Tsubasa teased her. “No, I’m not! I just asking, that’s all since I saw one of my student seemed so irritated when they talking about them.”, Mika explained. “Eh.. What? Your student?”, both of them looked at Mika. Mika cover her mouth after realised she told them about her student. Opps! I forgot that they didn’t know I am a teacher of elementary school for Nodacchi sensei’s replacement. “N-nothing. Really… hahaha.”, she covered her mistakes. “A- Okay…”, Misaki and tsubasa said. “But do you really want to know who is he?”. “Yes!”, Mika answered confidently. “Alright. His name is Subaru Imai, from high school division student. He has the healing and pain alice. He always looks so cool and very confident with everything.”, Misaki explained everything that she know. “Yeah. And he also has a little sister in elementary school, her name is Hotaru Imai, the invention alice girl. But…”, Tsubasa couldn’t continue the explanation. “But what?”, asked Mika curiously. “But they always fighting with each other and always being cold to each other. I mean, aren’t brother and sister must have feeling love and caring? But when I saw them, they aren’t like siblings. And I don’t know why.”, Misaki seriously explained. Mika nodded her head and listen carefully about him and thought, that’s why when I’m visit Nobara that day, his face familiar with someone… Just as I thought, it’s Hotaru chan’s niichan… Ding! Dong! The bell rings and Mika quickly stood up. “Okay, I gonna go to library now. And thanks for your infos.”, Mika grabbed her bag and quickly leaves the class. Such an interesting and mysterious girl… Both of Misaki and Tsubasa thought.

In the library~

          “Hmm… ahh- this is the book I wanted to borrow.”, Mika talked to herself after she found the she wanted to read, ‘Sins of Revenge’. As her hand grabbed the book, suddenly another hand of a student from high school division grabbed that book faster than her. Mika looked from the student’s hand until his looks. “I-I-Imai san!!”, she shouted in shock and fell. Everyone in the library looked at her and put their finger onto their lips. “Sorry.”, Mika apologised. Someone lend their hand to help her get up. Mika grabbed their hand and looked the person. It was Subaru Imai and they face to face with each other. Mika was speechless and quickly get up. She can felt her face began to blush and turns around. Why my hearts feels like it want to pop out or what? And even more, our face are so much closer!!  Mika thought herself and quickly bowed to Subaru as an apologise. Then, she quickly ran to the exit. “Who is she, Subaru?”, asked his friend, Sakurano. Subaru lifted up his shoulder and leaves his friend alone.

          *Huff. *Huff… Mika still running after her out from the library and blushing herself. Stupid! Idiot, Mika! How can I do such an embarrassing thing like shouted in the library!? Most of all, it was Subaru! The person I met when we visited Nobara chan and Hotaru’s brother! Why!!?? Mika kept mad at herself and suddenly, she knocked someone and both of them fell at the same time. “I-I am so sorry. Here, let me help you!”, she apologised and quickly collected the books on the ground. “It’s okay, Miss Mika.”, a voice from a person she knocked out helps her too. Mika looked at the person gently and it was the principle of high school division. “Principle!! I-i-i- I’m sorry!!! I didn’t know it was you!! Please forgive me!”, Mika kept apologised and bowed to him continuously. The principle holds his laugh and asked her to stop doing that. Mika’s face became more blusher than before and makes her head begin to spin around. Mika had lost her balance and fell. The principle catches upon her and his face begin to feel some warm fever when he was looking at her. Why kind of fever is this? I’ll better leave her here before anyone noticed us here but where should I put her? Anyway, I’m also in hurry for meeting. Suddenly, he saw a bench just 2 meters away from them and quickly takes her on his arms. He putted Mika gently on the bench and pushes away the leaf on her hair. Her hair is so beautiful and yet, it so soft. It makes me want to touches her hair more often. He smiled and realized he already late for meeting. He took his book and quickly leaves her alone, in faint while mad at himself for doing that. He didn’t know someone watching the scene and smiled. Then, the person turned away and walks silently.

“… …”.

          W-where am I? Why I’m sleeping on this bench? Mika thought for herself and remembered for what happened in the past. “Oh… You’re awake…”, she heard a voice beside her and talking to her. She looks at her left side and… “Subaru Imai!!”, again, she shocked. “Please stop acting like that, will you?”, Subaru politely told her. “So-sorry.”, Mika put her down to try to hide her own embarrassed. “You know that we’ve met during that day, right.”, Subaru began their conversation. “Unm…”, Mika nodded. “But why you acted like this in front of me? When the first time I saw you in Nobara’s room, you looked so calm, gently, and cool.”. “I don’t know… Maybe I’ve changed a lot after I came here and felt many warmness from everyone here.”, she calmly answered and looked at the blue sky. Unlike the past. “Owh.. I see. Maybe I should go because that’s all I want to ask you. Bye then.”, Subaru said and begin to take his leaves but Mika stopped him. “What is it?”, Subaru turned his head down and looked at her in his calm expressions. “Could you take your time with me? I need to talk with you about something.”, Mika’s gently eyes somewhat attach him and want him to look at Mika’s eye longer. “Sure but we need a private place for us.”, he suggested and Mika agree. Both of them walk toward a garden and they didn’t notice someone was taking photos of them two.

          “Hotaru Imai.”, Mika spoke out the name one of her student. Subaru felt shocked and looked at Mika’s serious face. “What are you s-“, Subaru couldn’t continue his words as Mika cut off. “She is your sister, right?”, Mika sat closely beside Subaru and asked him. Subaru remain silent. “Am I right?”, Mika forced him to answer. Subaru kept silent and looked at Mika with his bitter eyes. Mika moved backward as she saw him. “Subaru…”, Mika began to feel regret for what she had asked him. “Su-”. “Yes, she is my sister.”, Subaru began his admission and Mika listened. “You probably want to ask me why our relationship is so cold, right. Especially when we’re met for each other.”, Subaru said and smiled bitterly at her. “U-unm…”. “I will tell you everything. From the start until the end.”, Subaru looked at Mika. “When I was age 5, I been sent into this academy because of my alice. I always write letters to my family but never sent to them. But after I knew Hotaru has an alice, Invention Alice, they tried to bring her here. I was trying to protect her and I don’t want she be here like me.”, Subaru took a deep breath before he continued his story. “What do you mean, se-senpai?”, Mika asked but felt a bit shy for calling him senpai because they just have met. “I don’t want her to be like me when I was young that never met with my family or visited them. I want her to be like the other girl. And when I met her here, I have no choice but to act cold in front her.”, Mika listened to him politely and kept silent as he continued his story. “But deep inside you, you truly care and love her, aren’t you?”, Mika said and Subaru nodded his head. Both of their conversation stopped for a while.

“You know what? Hotaru and you have a very same personality. You just keep silent about which you care the most in your life. If you have your feeling like this, then she must be truly cares and loves you too.”, Mika stood up and picked a flower. Subaru just watched her from his seat. “Like what you did in the past, when your academy is in danger.”, Mika smiled and she looked at the flower. “What do you mean?”, Subaru began to confuse for what she had said and felt so shocked at the same time. “I accidently saw your vision with her when I visited Nobara recently. I think she got a shot from whoever they are and you tried to save her. You stayed by her side all day long and waited for her friends to get the antidote to cure her, right?”, Mika told him. “How did you know about this?”, Subaru stood up and Mika was walking towards him. “I have Clairvoyance Alice, don’t you know about that?”, Mika’s words makes Subaru remembered something and said. “So you’re the new student here with Clairvoyance Alice. I heard all the student said about you, especially teacher.”. Mika smiled. “Do you remember when you’re under someone’s alice, I mean being controlled by someone… Hotaru takes the risk to save you from them, Mikan insert Stealing Alice inside her body so she can took their alice from your body… that shows both of you were caring and loving for each other…”, Mika gave him the blue rose. Subaru took it and asked her why she gave it to him. Mika just smiled and said something that makes him surprised. And then, a silent occurred between two of them. Someone who was spying on them kept taking some photos of them without their notice.

“It’s getting dark. We better get going now, Mika.”, Subaru said and lend his hand to her. “Uh.. How did you know my name, senpai”, Mika surprised when Subaru called her name for the first time. “Um… Is that too obvious? I knew your name after your friends called you when we were in library this afternoon… But after you saw me, you quickly run away from me just in time I want to get to know you… they all warned you because I’m next to you but you probably didn’t notice, right?”, Subaru said as he took out the book and give it to Mika. Mika who was tried to remember what happened in the afternoon looked at Subaru. “Why are you giving me this, sen-.. I mean Imai san? Sorry for calling you senpai back then.”, Mika apologised to him and took the book. “Aren’t you’re the one supposed to borrow this; I mean I can read this book when I’m feeling free.”, Mika tried to give back the book but Subaru refused. “I already read this book more than once; since I know you want to read it… How about I let you borrow this book for a while? When it’s time to return the book, I let you know because I used my library card to borrow this.”, Subaru smiled so gently that everyone see him will crush on him. “Look! You finally smile.”, Mika gave her compliment to Subaru. Subaru felt a bit shy and he putted his hand on his face to hide his blush. “T-T-Thanks.”, Subaru thanked her and both of them went back to their own dorms. “You know what? You must continue smiling because that’s what makes you the real you.”, Mika said after they exchanged goodbyes and went to her room. Subaru turned around and smiled silently. I think it isn’t bad to get to know her… I’m felt so glad to talk with her and spend my time with her… it makes me want to know about her more. As Subaru walked back to his room, Sakurano came and walked next to him. “You looked so happy today but you still keep the coldness of yours.”, Sakurano teased him. Subaru looked at him and then ignored his happy-go-lucky friend with his smile.

In the dorms~

          Hotaru sat on her chair while creating her new invention in her room. She walked towards the window and looked at the full moon. The moon bright so pretty that night. “Oniichan…”, she whispery called out her brother with the tears on her cheeks. “I sorry for being cold to you but I think that’s the only way we can be connected together, right?”,  Hotaru cried herself in the room. She accidently heard all their conversation while taking the photos of them to blackmail them. Her tears dropped on the photos that make her regret for taking a photo of her teacher, Mika. She threw the photos and burned them in her burning invention but she kept one of the photos that will become her memory, the photo of Mika giving the blue to his brother and of course, she hear that too. “I’m sorry, sensei. I didn’t know about it until you said it now.”, Hotaru said with her happy tears and putted the photo in her album photos. Thanks for makes me realised about it, Mika sensei… And for oniichan, I think he must be realised about his own feeling… it’s all just beginning for him, to fall in love with someone for the first time, I can’t wait… Hotaru opened the window and the gentle wind blew her hair.

          Subaru was reading the book after he finished with his assignment. And he took his time to look at the blue rose, remembered for what happened during afternoon until evening and smiled alone. He took off his glasses and his face looks like Kyoya in Ouran High School. He watched the full moon from his room and remembered back what Mika had said to him. “Why I gave you this blue rose? The blue rose means impossible or rare… I just coloured it from its originally white rose… Which means again, it so rare to have siblings that always acted cold to each but deep inside their hearts, they truly cares for each other, loving each other and most important, always protect each other. You must be proud of yourself and her to have such a rare personality like this rose.”. Mika’s word kept repeating his mind and suddenly his chest felt weird. He just ignored it and went back to sleep but his mind full of her face that makes his heart beat so fast and couldn’t sleep well.

          I can always give everyone my advice but why can’t I even tried to give myself an advice. Is it true what I say is? Maybe my relationship with my Aneki would be like this? She always protects me when I’m being bullied by others… But why? Why she begin to avoid me by sending me to this gakuen. She even didn’t write a single letter for me. Mika cried herself on her bed while holds the photo of her precious sister. I am too clever, I always giving my advice to them and eventually, the word called ‘Friend’ soon fade inside them… and leaves me alone without feeling of friendship that I build with them after they know about this… My true self… Mika cried soundly and sleep with her tears. Sometimes she felt happy after what she had said before to Subaru and getting knowing about everyone is the most precious moment ever. “Your lost heart soon will fade away and I just knew that right after I saw everyone’s warmness finally fit in your heart and fill with your own happiness.” As a person said and watch her from afar. “Please take care of her, student of Gakuen Alice. I believe in you and put my trust on you to cure her from her memories.”, the person leaves and joined with the team. Or should I say… misunderstanding between them…

In the next morning~

          Mika walked towards her school as usual and she saw Mikan with others behind the bushes. She joined them and asked them what they are looking. Narumi pointed his finger on Subaru and Hotaru. “Shhh…”, they told her to keep quiet. “Hotaru, I think it’s time for us to talk.”, Subaru began their conversation. Hatorau nodded her head. Mikan and her friends watch them seriously and thought for themselves. Are they going to begin their new relationship as a brother and sister? But what are they hoping is useless, the Imai’s sibling began to fight with each other. “I think this IS the way they show their relationship.”, Tsubasa stood up and leaving them, same with others. Mika still watching them and smiled. Subaru and Hotaru looked and smiled. They thanked her by using their own signals and Mika replied it back. Mika takes her leaving and leaves them alone. “Oniichan?”, Hotaru called her brother. “Hmm?”, Subaru answered. “You loved her, aren’t you?”, she asked him. Subaru remain silent and looked at Hotaru. “Whatever you do or who’s your choice to be part of your life, don’t forget that you always have my support.”, Hotaru finally smiled to him and Subaru nodded his head. Both of them hugged each other before they went to school. Thanks again, Mika kun. For make us realised about ourselves. Hontoni arigatou.

NOTE: I finally updated my Chapter 4. I hope you guys enjoy it and understood what’s it plot.. ^^ and there’s still more chapters need to go… please support me, okay? And do leave your comment about my fanfic… hehehe.. that’s all..