Zero Gravity / 無重力(Gakuen Alice)

【Chapter 8】Central Town

For the last two days, Yue was in and out of consciousness. She was either awake for a small bit of time before her eyes gave out and only hearing voice echoes before she was drifted into a calming darkness that relaxed her body as it regenerated.

And in those two days, Mikan had visited her many times, or at least tried, before getting the door slammed and locked by a rather stubborn and angry Natsume who didn't want the bright and loud girl anywhere near the still weak Yue.

Ruka was mostly in the room with a silent Natsume, talking about the days in class and many details about what happened, whether the bluenette was awake or not.

And finally on the third day, Yue had gleaming ocean eyes filled with happiness and excitement as she held onto a caramel mug-cake, taking a large spoon take and munching silently on the sweetness of thee. She could finally eat and actually taste some food! Even though its only sweets it's her food so who cares! She sighed softly in satisfaction before a tug on her cardigan arm made her halt slowly and turn her head calmly to a cute poker-faced Yoichi that sat on Natsume's lap facing her, his blue eyes filled with sparkles.

Yue chuckled lightly and grabbed a spoonful of caramel mug cake before lowering it close to a shining lil boy that opened his mouth wide as she gently waited for him, then gently pulled the spoon away when she noticed his cheeks full and sparkling eyes staring up at her with full love and attention as he munched away happily.

She chuckled softly and took a small light blue napkin that was in her cardigan pocket, bringing it up to his cheek that had some leftover crumbs from the cake, then softly cleaned it off, putting it back into her pocket just as a light weight on her lap made her blink in realization, automatically wrapping her slim arms around Yoichi who was sitting on her lap, holding her shirt with his tiny fists, his face looking up at an amused yet slightly jealous Natsume.

Yoichi's eyes sparkled and he let out a small smirk, hugging closer to the soft-chuckling Yue that shifted so he wouldn't fall. Natsume's eye twitched and he would have smacked his small friend on the head if it weren't for Yue's stern glance she gave him whenever he attempted to.

Yoichi on contrast did it in interest and had fun on Natsume's reactions whenever the small boy would tightly hold onto the frail looking girl. Yue raised a non-seeable eyebrow at her bunny which was fawning over Ruka's rabbit in his arms instead of the animal-pheromone boy himself.

"Yuee-chaaann, please go to Central Town with mee!!" Their heads turned to a crying Mikan that was on the ground, anime tears falling out of her eyes and slumped shoulders, with a poker-faced Hotaru and nervously smiling Yuu behind her, both with paper boards filled with words of pleading next to them.

"Ah so it's that time already huh..." Yue softly wondered out loud, looking down in thought before Yoichi's soft hand patted her softly on her cold cheek, making her blink and chuckle lightly as he smiled tiny before snuggling closer, her arms easily wrapping him.

Natsume was bluntly ignoring Mikan and just giving her stared filled with questions such as 'Are you stupid?' 'What are you thinking?' Yue could already sense that he didn't loathe the girl as much as when she first arrives here. And Ruka with his rabbit on his shoulder was staring at the crying girl rather amused.

"Oh?" Mikan stopped abruptly and edged closer, her eyes widened as she stared at a poker-faced Yoichi who now had his gaze on her, rather curious.

"How cuuute!!" She yelled with hands in fists in front of her and blushing cheeks, her eyes sparkling.

"Who is he? Is he Yue's kid?"

"I'll burn you." Natsume stated after Mikan had just publicly questioned if the young girl had a child. Yue had almost burst out laughing if it weren't for her palm over her lips, her shoulders trembling slightly with muffled laughs silently hidden.