Author's Note: I rewrote chapters one and two of this fic. Chapter three will be up as soon as I finish typing it up from my notebook.
Of Snakes and Shrooms 01
It was strange. Of all of the people Hiyoshi had had a crush on (which wasn't many), he hadn't thought it would be someone from another team. Let alone, captain of said team. He'd dated a few times before, but he'd never exactly felt like this. For some reason, he couldn't get Seigaku's mamushi out of his head. Now he seemed to watch all of the other player's games. He couldn't help it. Kaidoh Kaoru had an amazing drive and determination to win each and every one of his matches..
Kaidoh made an excellent captain this year. He didn't seem to be overly hard on his team, but he wasn't lenient either. Hiyoshi himself was quick to give laps. If it weren't for the fact that Ohtori was his vice captain (all Atobe's fault for saying he needed one), a lot of the Hyoutei players would live running laps. If anything, the only one Kaidoh seemed to be hard on was his own vice captain, Momoshiro Takeshi. The two were always at each other's throats. The only time they didn't seem to be fighting about something was when that Echizen kid took the vice captain's attention.
He had grown accustomed to watching the other male in the past few weeks that it had become a habit. Even now, he found himself watching one of Seigaku's matches. Kaidoh seemed to easily be overpowering his opponent. Not that he was surprised; the team Seigaku was playing against hardly seemed like they were a challenge. He was glad Choutarou was nowhere around. As nice as the other seemed to be, Choutarou liked to tease him. He wouldn't put it past the other already already figuring out that something was up.
When the match was over (Kaidoh had won of course), Seigaku had beaten the other team winning both their doubles matches and singles three.
He watched as Kaidoh hissed at Momoshiro when the other started talking to him. Quite loudly. Hiyoshi shook his head. He was really glad that he had Choutarou and not someone like that.
Kaidoh hissed as he put his tennis racket back into his tennis bag. That match had been too easy. He wondered if the other team had even practiced before they showed up.. It hadn't seemed like it. It annoyed him slightly. And to top it off, he felt like he was being watched. Yes, there was a crowd of people that had been cheering the team on, but that wasn't what it. He knew it was silly, but he felt like maybe he had a stalker. He had been feeling like it for a while. It was beginning to be a bit creepy now. He thought that he might have to have a talk with Inui about this the next time he saw him. Inui still made him training menus after all. It was just harder to see his senpai now that the older male was in high school.
He sighed as Seigaku shook the other team's hands before walking off the court. He didn't get far before Momoshiro practically jumped on him.
"Oi…Good game mamushi." His vice captain was basically hanging off of his left shoulder, grinning at hi like an idiot.
He shook him off. "Quit calling me that." It confused Kaidoh more than it made him angry. The power player had become very touchy lately.
"Oh come on…All I said was good game." A pause. "Did you want me to say it sucked?" Momoshiro commented, pushing his luck. He dodged the hand that came to hit him.
"Hey Momo-senpai, weren't we gonna go get something to eat?" Echizen asked, his tennis bag slung over his shoulder as he walked towards them, drawing Momoshiro's attention away from Kaidoh.
Momoshiro's head snapped towards Echizen's direction. "That's right. How could I forget?" He pushed himself off of Kaidoh. "I'll be right there Echizen. See ya mamushi." He ran over to Echizen's side.
Kaidoh shook his head, thankful to the now second year for distracting Momoshiro with food. He readjusted his bag on his shoulder before he began to head home. After a few moments, he stopped and looked around. He was having that feeling of being watched again. He started walking again, a bit faster this time, hoping whoever it was would stop. He wasn't afraid or anything. It was just creepy. When the feeling didn't leave, he stopped and turned, looking around.
He let out a slow hiss. "Who's there?"
Hiyoshi hadn't meant to follow Kaidoh. He had planned to stop the other captain all the way back at the courts, but it had been just a bit too crowded. When he had realized he was following the other, he had been lost in his thoughts of what he was going to say. When Kaidoh stopped and turned he darted into a small alley. He felt like an idiot for hiding like this. He heard the other calling out asking who was there and took a breath before stepping out to where Kaidoh could see him. He bit his lip. The other looked a bit shake up.
Kaidoh's eyes widened at the sight of Hyoutei's current captain. He hissed. "What do you want?"
Hiyoshi swallowed as he just stood there a tad bit nervous and annoyed with himself at being caught.. This was not going to be easy. "Um..."
"Well?"
"Kaidoh-kun... I know this must look bad but please listen to me..." Hiyoshi started. He paused for a moment and took a breath. He could do this. "I really like you... Would you date me?"
Kaidoh just stared at him. "You're kidding right?" So it had been Hiyoshi that had been following him. Hiyoshi that had been following him and practically putting him through hell because he was beginning to think that it was something serious. "You've been the one stalking me..." A hiss. "I don't deal with stalkers."
Hiyoshi blinked a bit taken aback. Following him? Stalker...?"I'm not a stalker..." He muttered aloud. Today was the first day he'd actually followed the other captain anywhere.
"Che, yeah right…" Kaidoh snapped. "And you aren't the one who's been watching me?"
Hiyoshi opened his mouth, but closed it. He only watched at games.
Kaidoh hissed. "Forget it…Why would I want to date you anyway?" Kaidoh started walking away. "And quit following me," he added.
Hiyoshi just stood there and watched the other's retreating back. How had that gone so wrong so wrong so quickly? He had no idea what the other male had been talking about. Kaidoh seemed just a tad bit... paranoid? Though, he sort of could understand where the other was coming from. He had been having an odd feeling that there was someone else around. Maybe that's what Kaidoh was talking about. It had to be. He shook his head. He needed to get home. He'd figure out later how to get Kaidoh to like him or at least not hate him.