The first half of my Yowamushi Pedal 50 words challenge. The pieces are tied together, forming bits of a story. The second half will be absolute Imaizumi/Manami fluff.

Character may be a little OOC. Please enjoy reading, and review if you have

1. Awestruck.

Imaizumi stared in amazement as Manami passed him. He just had beaten Midosouji-kun, but the sight of seeing Manami cycling beat that feeling. ''Manami!'' he shouted, unsure whether it was in vengeance or encouragement.

2. Dork.

''And then, Hime Hime took her magical staff and..'' Imaizumi cut Onoda short, as he said, ''I'm trying to concentrate on the road. They were practicing with Hokogaku, and he'd be damned if he were to slack off. Onoda pouted, before a voice was added to the conversation. ''Neh, Ace-kun, you shouldn't underestimate the true powers of Hime Hime.'' And like that, Manami hummed the tone to the song of Hime Hime as he passed the both of them, leaving Imaizumi baffled, he was surrounded by anime idiots.

3. Cover.

Imaizumi watched as the team of Hokogaku ran around in a panicked matter, no doubt looking for their kohai. ''Have you seen Fushigi-san?'' Arakita asked him, looking as his to burst into a rage. Somehow, Imaizumi wasn't sure whether he should tell that Naruko had abducted their kohai to convice him to wear a maid outfit.

4. Stand in.

''Please, please, please.'' Imaizumi heard Onoda beg. As he watched, the kohai was talking to Naruko, who seemed unsure what to do. ''Something wrong?'' he asked. ''Makishima-sempai asked Toudou to accompany him somewhere, who said ok, but Manami had to come too, on the count that he was supposed to babysit him or something. So I was invited to come as well, but I had an appointment of picking up my figurine in Aikaba.'' Onoda said, seemingly torn. Makishima and Toudou did have the habit to get intensely infuriated with eachother. ''I'll go in your stead.'' Imaizumi offered, only because he was sure Arakita would to throw a fit if no one would join in.

5. Popcorn.

What Onoda had left out, and probably the reason why Naruko had declined, was that it was a date in a cinema, and as expected, the moment the two climbers saw eachother, they were in for a world record make-out session, not even bothering to watch the movie they had paid for. They probably didn't even know what movie it was, Imaizumi realised. Manami, on the other hand, seem to enjoy the Hime Hime movie, maybe because Onoda always talked in excessive detail with him about it.

''That's Animaru-kun.'' he suddenly whispered to Imaizumi, probably aware of the fact that he wasn't as much into anime as he was. ''I know, Onoda showed me a picture of him, or rather a thoussand. He couldn't settle on which one was more epic.'' Imaizumi whispered back, making Manami giggle. ''Want some popcorn?'' he added, tipping the bucket slightly. Manami nodded, as they both enjoyed the movie, and ignored the couple moaning beside them.

6. Irrelevant.

''It was amazing. But kinda distracting that our friends couldn't keep their hands of eachother.'' Toudou lied to Onoda's question how the movie was. Makishima nodded, and Imaizumi had the sudden urge to wring their throuts and make their tongue's pop out. ''Hold up, Hotshot gets to kiss you, but you won't wear a maid-uniform for me?'' Naruko asked the blinking bluenette.

''You are missing the point here!'' Onoda suddenly exclaimed. ''I missed the Hime-Hime movie, and you guys were to distracted to watch it's sheer awesomeness. Tomorrow, we are going again, all six of us!'' he decided.

7. Chaperone.

It turned out that the six of them, turned into seven, as Arakita had asked to come and join as well. Imaizumi was actually glad, because he sat next to Toudou and flicked his forehead each time the self-proclaimed sleeping beauty made a move on Makishima. He himself sat next to a delighted looking Manami, followed by a gleaming Onoda and a pouting Naruko.''I'm glad you joined in, sempai.'' he told Arakita. ''Che, I'm only here to see if you actually are making moves on my kohai.'' Arakita scolded as he wacked Toudou for trying to grab Makishima's hand.

8. Irked.

After that affair, Arakita seemed to be watching him like a hawk, yanking Manami away each time that he waved to to the bluenette. ''What's his deal?'' Imaizumi eventually asked. ''Aside from having an eternal scowl on his face?'' Naruko replied, ''He think you're making a move on Manami. He already had to deal with Makashima and Toudou, and the latter tried to make Manami his apprentice. It's disturbing if the two of you are also going to do that. But when you do, show me a picture of him in a maid dress. I really want to see a maid.'' Imaizumi assumed that Arakita's flicking the forehead method would suffice from now.

9. Awkward.

''Arakita-sempai, just listen to me, there isn't anything going on. And even if there was, I'm not the sam as Toudou-sempai.'' Manami said, as he once again was being dragged to practice, rather than talking with Onoda. The real reason was because Imaizumi was close by, and for some odd reason, Arakita had believed Toudou's lie.

''Why do you not like him. He never did anything wrong.'' Manami added. Suddenly Arakita stopped in his tracks and said, ''I don't want to feel left out.'' Manami let out an ''oh.'' before following Arakita more willingly.

10. Gather.

For some odd reason, Onoda had assembled the group that went to see the Hime Hime movie at the ice-cream parlor. ''It seems like there are some issues.'' he said seriously, and Imaizumi had to admit that he was impressed. ''So, I'd like to go over it once more. I know it's a complex situation, but it's starting to affect your racing, and I for one am not going to stand for it!'' he clenched his tiny fists, as Naruko nodded in agreement, and Toudou was seriously suprised. Manami was about to giggle, and Makishima twitched his eyes a few times, as they anticipated what was coming next. ''So, who wants to ask the first question Hime Hime's background story?'' he asked innocently, making nearly everyone groan, and Manami erupt in laughter.

11. Colorful.

''So, ehrm, are we cool?'' Arakita asked, as he and Imaizumi watched Naruko, Onoda and Manami playing the Hime-Hime boardgame. ''Sure. I understand your concerns.'' Imaizumi replied. ''So, when the two of you are going to you know, date, making sure you fucking take care of him, or I'll kick your rear.'' Arakita said. ''Rear?'' Imaizumi asked, ''Fukutomi-sempai told me to mind my language. 'So fucking is better than ass?' Imaizumi wondered, before saying, ''We aren't dating you know.'' ''Nope, but you'll dote on him in no time.'' Arakita said.

12. Meddling.

''Rumor has it that you are infuriated with a certain climber, Hotshot.'' Naruko randomly mentioned as they were cleaning their bikes. ''Ehr, what?'' was Imaizumi's dignified answer. ''Overheard some girls talking, saying it was sad that your taken, but look at it this way. You snatched a hell of a cutie.'' Naruko said. ''We are not dating.'' Imaizumi replied. ''Then you might wanna talk to his sempai before this gets out of hand. Imaizumi instantly realised this was about Toudou, and wondered what the so-called mountain god was up too.

13. Snapping.

For the umcoming weeks, Imaizumi had many girls coming to him for tips how to treat his boyfriend properly, and some crying about why he was taken. Toudou must be avoiding him, because for someone so vain and loud, he was nowhere to be found. He decided upon a decent trap to find said person.

14. Insanity.

''Man, and you guys say we are insane ones.'' Arakita said, after he had helped Imaizumi to tie Makishima up. Not that he minded helping, it was a perfect revenge for every time he had walked in on him making out with Toudou. ''I just want to get this over with.'' Imaizumi said, after he used Makishima's phone to send a text to Toudou. ''Then, just comply. Manami isn't a bad guy, you know. And I have to admit, it's cute how you go out of your way to confront your feelings.'' Arakita said. ''I don't have them.'' Imaizumi said, before they hided. ''Sure.'' Makishima said, rolling his eyes.

15 Coincidence.

Manami randomly sneezed, as he and Onoda were cycling up the hill. ''Are you getting a cold?'' Onoda asked, and Manami shook his head. ''Then someone must have been talking about you.'' Onoda said.

16 Devious.

As expected, Toudou showed up, before properly looking at the defenseless Makishima''Ehr, I do wanna make out, but I'm not into this crazy shit.'' he said, before a hand was clamsed over his shoulder, and Imaizumi said, ''We need to talk.

17. Dissapearence.

''You know, I haven't seen Hotshot today.'' Naruko randomly noticed, as they were having a skype chat with Manami. It was getting already dark outside. ''I didn't see Makishima either.'' Onoda said, agreeing. ''That's strange. Shinkai-sempai mentioned that he hadn't seen Arakita sempai today as well, and Izumida-san mentioned about Toudou being in a hurry. As Onoda and Manami remained puzzled, Naruko had a faint idea of what was going on.

18. Ideal.

''Man, you've got a bad sense of humor, never pecked you to be the one that snaps like this.'' Toudou said, as he untied Makishima. ''You are playing with my life here, do you have any idea what I've to put with since that rumor started.'' Imaizumi said, apoligizing to his sempai for tying him up. Makishima nodded, muttering about personal experience. ''I am a god, not only of mountains and beauty. I must preserve true love as well and give it a nudge.'' Toudou said. ''He's a loony.'' Arakita said, before adding, ''Just apoligize, the both of you. It's getting fucking cold, and we have our moronic kohai's to look after.

''You not swearing isn't getting any better, is it?'' Imaizumi asked, and Arakita said, ''After these ridiculous situations, you don't have an effing clue.'' he said.

19. Stubborn.

None of them did apoligize, saying they were correct in a sense, as Toudou and Arakita cycled back to their compound, glad it was over with. ''Just admit you have feelings in a sense, that's all he wants to hear.'' Makishima wacked his head, before saying, ''I'm heading to bed. That night, Imaizumi couldn't sleep, trying to get the picture of him and Manami out of his head.

20. Flirt.

''Captain Hotshot, you look awful.'' Naruko said, as the race was about to start. As expected, Imaizumi didn't get any sleep. ''Maybe you should sit this one out, sempai.'' Onoda said, but Imaizumi shook his head. As they were getting ready, he noticed Manami coming close to them with a mysterious smile. ''Ace-kun.'' he greeted. ''How are you doing? Haven't seen you in a while.'' Imaizumi smiled, god, Manami's presence was so nice.

''I heard about what happened.'' Manami admitted, and Imaizumi's smiled dropped, not noticing that the race was about to start. ''Yeah. The next time, just tie me up rather than my sempai.'' Manami said with a wink, before the race started, and cycled off in an angelic speed.

21. Nemesis.

''You're particuraly slow today.'' Midosouji-kun said, as he and Imaizumi raced to get pass Shinkai. ''I don't have time for you.'' Imaizumi asked, shifting his gear, suddenly pedaling much faster, and getting pass Shinkai, and more importantly, nearing Manami, who was climbing in front of Fukutomi-sempai

22. Fortunate.

Due to this sudden chance in speed, he ended up winning the race all-together. Manami and Onoda were close seconds, finishing at the same time, and their teammates all finished just in time for their entire groups to participate in the inter-high.

23. Courage.

''You promised me, Manami!'' Toudou whined. ''But, I don't want to. He is going to reject me.'' Manami said. ''I know he likes you, he was just being stubborn. I did most of the work, at least repay me by telling him. He has even tied Makishima up in the process, you owe it to him too.'' Toudou said. They both turned as they heard someone whisper, ''Tell him in a maid dress.'' meeting Naruko's signature playful grin.

24. Cohorent.

''Imaizumi-sempai!'' Manami called out, before running towards the serious cycler. ''Manami.'' he said, before being overwhelmed by Manami's hug. ''I weally Rike nou.'' Manami said, as his nose was pressed firmly against Imaizumi's shoulder. It took a moment or two for Imaizumi to process what Manami had just said, before his eyes widden with regonazation.

25. Confession.

He looked Manami in the eyes, as his heart pounded. ''I rike nou too.'' he said on purpose, making Manami cock his head, giving a confused stare. God, he was adorable. ''I like you too.'' he said, feeling bad for making Manami confused. The petite bluenette nearly beamed, as he asked, ''Really?''

Imaizumi chuckled, before nodding and giving a fond look. ''Come here, silly.'' he said, pulling Manami in another hug. Never would he know that Toudou and Onoda watched from a distance, as Onoda sparkled, and said ''Thanks for getting my real life OTP together.'' ''Anytime for you, Megane-kun.'' Toudou said.