Quick update since the last chapter was really short :A (at least it was quick compared to me other stories... but maybe that's because I wrote less)
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Approximate # of Words: 2500
Pairing: MidorimaxOC
Summary: Midorima couldn't convince his parents to let him stay home. Today was not only a bad day for cancers, but also for him to beware of any Scorpios' as well; and knowing one certain Scorpio he could not get rid of, there was no way today was going to be a good day. So why was he sitting in front of girl's basketball coach getting screamed at... Because Oha Asa is never wrong.
Chapter 2: Tutoring what can't be taught
Red wisps trailed out from the clouds, as the sun was setting. The air conditioner was on, as the spring cold was fading, being replaced by the incoming summer heat. Midorima let out another sigh, as sweat bead started to slide from the top of his forehead. He wasn't sweating because of the heat though... It was because this girl could not grasp onto the concept osmosis! He was just starting off with a simple biology term, and the tutoring session was already going downhill.
He glared back at her amber eyes, or was it just a shiny hue of bronze, he couldn't distinguish, just that those doe-like eyes got on his nerves as they averted his intense gaze once more. She seemed to be more preoccupied with her paper than his words. He turned back to the board, lecturing as a teacher would, with a white board attached to the wall in the library. He could hear the scritch scratching of pencil lead to paper, as he could imagine her head bent down in focus, every single precious word of his being written down... Midorima quickly shook that thought out of his head.
"Why isn't you can't even grasp this simple concept?" Midorima angrily rushed the words out of his mouth. "And yet you were able to pinpoint exactly what type of pen I had in my bag?!"
"Gomenasai!" She tried adding a quick bow, as her head collided with the desk. "I-I just know the pen, because I like calligraphy. It's a hobby of mine..." Kobayashi grew quiet as Midorima pinched the brow in between his brows. This problem was getting on his nerves, frustratingly fast.
Midorima flinched as he could feel the stares coming off of a bookshelf from behind him. He looked back as he saw no one, but he knew his teammates were probably hiding somewhere in the vicinity.
"Takao, get out. I know you're there." He couldn't possibly call out his senpai's, that would rude as well enough to wake their own wrath. He didn't need other factors of irritation, but being spied upon was not helping his nerves.
"Ah, I got caught..." Takao sat right next Kobayashi, as she scooted over for some distance. Takao quickly closed the space between them though, "No need to be so distant. I'm not as scary as Shin-chan, but he's a a tsundere. He just acts mad and gruff the whole time, but is really ni-" Takao felt a book slam against his head. He looked down and it was 'Common Sense' by Thomas Paine.
"That really hurt Shin-chan." Takao gave a pout, before rubbing his head for dramatics. Suddenly he felt something cool against right hand, as he looked it was a water bottle. He looked back at Kobayashi, whose face was red as she stared at the table.
"To-to help with the swelling, Takao-san."
Takao smirked. Oh this was just too good. A shy/timid, indecisive high school student girl who is in need of tutoring, being taught by a tsundere high school boy, both single, and to boot both play basketball, the same position (from Takao's intel). Coincidence... Oha Asa thought not.
Takao stared at the bottle for a bit, before Midorima turned back to the board, drawing a diagram. Takao then looked over at Kobayashi's notes. Poor girl was even done writing the definition of osmosis. Her handwriting was really, really neat. Probably even neater than their Japanese Literature's handwriting, and that sensei always drilled into them the proper strokes through daily quizzes...
"Hey Shin-chan, look the water bottle is covered in sweat-"
"It's not sweat, it's condensation. Another term you should note Kobayashi." She immediately went back to her notes as she looked expectantly at Midorima, green emerald eyes staring into eager amber orbs. Takao noticed Midorima's ears starting to turn pink, something he did when he was faced in a nervous situation. So maybe there was a chance that Midorima liked Kobayashi... or he was just turning nervous because a Scorpio was around...
"Hai, Midorima-san."
"Shouldn't you be referring to Shin-chan as Midorima-sensei."
"Ah, sorry. Midorima-sensei."
"Takao, go away. You're spewing out nonsense and making her pick it up!"
Takao let out a smirk, as he scooted closer to Kobayashi, Midorima noticed, but narrowed his eyes at Takao's intentions. What exactly is he up to?
"Ne, Kumi-chan, what is your sign?"
"Me? Umm... I believe Scorpio."
Midorima's glasses cracked. Two scorpios... he was inside a room with two scorpios. Oh Oha Asa... Suddenly, a pineapple connected to the back of his head as Miyaji appeared out the shadows with Kimura and Otsubo.
"Hurry up and tutor this poor girl! She doesn't want to be stuck in the library all night! Plus, we can go kareoking just the two of us later on-"
"Not possible Miyaji. If her grades don't improve, I'm the one who will get in trouble. Stop pestering my student." Midorima interrupted. He'd be damned if his teammates when and took her out on a date, while Aoyagi-sensei would most definitely be putting him through hell.
"You mean capable cute student, right Shin-chan!"
"Takao stop putting words in my mouth!"
Miyaji hung an arm lazily around Kobayashi. "I'm sure Kumiko-chan is more than capable of learning this easy stuff." She visibly stiffened from the contact, but made no move to run away or reject Miyaj's action.
"Miyaji, please stop disturbing my student. She can't learn anything, with your idiocy rubbing off on her like that."
"Midorima... YOU-" Miyaji moved forward to teach Midorima with the pineapple at the floor, oh he was going to shove it up a certain orifice.
Takao quickly calmed down Miyaji, as he and Kimura immediately started planning more ways to torture Midorima with pineapples. Otsubo sat at the end next to Kobayashi, as she was trying to write down everything Midorima was saying.
"Kobayashi, it's always good to take breaks in between studying. Studying for too long can put your mind into a rut."
Kobayashi nodded politely. "Thank you very much for your advice, Otsubo-senpai." Otsubo seemed to brighten up after that comment.
Takao slid next to Kobayashi, as their chairs touched. He let a sneaky glare towards his captain. No way was he going to let Otsubo just steal her away! It was either Shin-chan or him! Shin-chan had dibs first! IT would be nice to see Midorima actually act like a high school boy in love for once... just maybe she could...
"Ne, Kumi-chan, you said before you had a hobby with calligraphy, right? What exactly did you mean by that?"
Her face brightened up, as she reached into her bag. She immediately pulled out a notebook, as she pushed it towards Takao. Midorima let out a gruff sigh, just wanting to be home and away from the dreaded scorpio pair. Takao just stared at it, but Kobayashi just smiled, for once he noted during this whole session of tutoring, looking expectantly at Takao. He opened the page, and slowly after turning the pages, he could see lots of literature and poems written on the pages. May they be just short little excerpts or haikus, and each was done in different ink, beautifully written with precision.
"Wait a minute." Midorima came over, as he pulled the book. He noticed some pages sticking out the back, with red marks. He quickly overlooked them as he looked at her past tests.
"Why aren't all the answer boxes filled in?! Most of them are blank! Why is it you don't even have one subject you are good in?! All your scores are terrible!"
Sure enough, as the others gazed at her test, only her name and 5 out of the 40 questions were filled.
"You should at least attempt questions if you don't know how to solve them!"
"I-I ran out of time."
"You what?"
Kobayashi now fidgeted in her chair. Takao seemed to deduce something, as he stared at all the nearly blank tests.
"Hey, Kumi-chan, what kind of pen did you use to write this with?"
"Oh I used it with a Tara 2001 blue open tipped calligraphy pen. Along with black ink made in Yukishi. It makes the ink very pretty, although a bit globby-"
"So you spent most of you time making sure you're writing was pretty right?"
"I-I guess. It takes me about 30 minutes to finish my name."
Midorima's glasses cracked for a second time that day, and he brought out his third safety pair. Not only could his student not learn, but if she did learn, she would be too obsessed with her writing to finish the forsaken test!
Suddenly Otsubo's cellphone went off. He seemed to frown, as he made an excuse to leave, leaving only Midorima, Takao, Kobayashi, Miyaji, and Kimura.
"Then I guess we'll have to go over the basics of test-taking..." Midorima let out another sigh, this day was going to be a long one. He turned back to the board as he lectured time was a very important key determinant of tests, more important than what you knew.
"What is the point in learning, if you are not capable of writing down everything you know within the alotted amount of time-"
"Shin-chan, Miyaji and Kimura stole Kobayashi away 20 minutes ago..."
Midorima turned around, and sure enough the trio were gone.
"TAKAO! Why didn't you say anything earlier?!"
"Shhh Shin-chan we are in a library."
Midorima threw another book Takao's way, but he dodged it this time, as the duo went off to search for the missing student.
"Wow, Kobayashi's personality just switches when she's in basketball..."
Currently Takao and Midorima were mystified... Why you ask? Because Kobayashi was now playing one on one with Miyaji, as Kimura kept score. 14 to 8 shots... wait for it... in favor of Kobayashi.
"Come on, Miyaji! Is that all you got? I thought being a starter on Shutoku's boy's basketball team meant something more than this!"
She did a quick crossover, as Miyaji followed, but she did a backwards spin off, as she drove towards the basket. Miyaji followed, and Kobayashi pulled up for a quick two. Miyaji jumped to block, but whoops too late, he didn't notice her fake pump, as she drove backwards to the three point line, making a quick three. The ball flew in with a perfect swish, as Miyaji panted for breath.
She was quick with the ball, average with ball handling skills, but those three's... She was almost even faster than Sakurai's release from Touou. No wonder Aoyagi-sensei wanted her on the court so badly.
"Too bad Miyaji! Good game though." She held up her hand, as she smirked. Miyaji shook hands, as he was completely amazed at the strength of this girl.
"I'd rather have you as our shooting guard than Midorima. You should trade spots with him." Midorima's forehead ticked with an angry vien at Miyaji's comment. But Kobayashi and Miyaji just laughed at that.
"Kobayashi! We're supposed to be tutoring, not playing basketball!" Takao trailed behind Midorima, as he stomped over to the other three. Kimura strided over as Miyaji blocked Midorima's path towards Kobayashi.
"We were just... assessing her strength in basketball."
"You were just having fun." Midorima retorted.
Miyaji threw a glare at Midorima, while Midorima stood there glaring right back with just as much intensity.
"Kobayashi, come." Kobayashi's figure flinched at Midorima's tone of voice.
"H-hai!" She immediately rebounded back to her timid-self. "Excuse me, Miyaji-senpai." He moved aside for her, as he and Kimura went off to go hang out.
"Oi, Kobayashi, don't let Midorima bully you around. Just text me and I'll come save you with a pineapple." He gave a menacing glare towards the verdant haired Shutoku shooting guard, before exiting the gym.
"Kobayashi, I want you to take a small test for me."
"T-test?!" She visibly paled, as Takao stared between the two of them.
"Come early in the morning tomorrow, give me your cellphone." Takao's eyes widened in surprise.
"I didn't know tests needed cellphone numbers?"
"It is so I can text her the location and time without being disrupted by you, Takao." Takao snickered. Like anything got past his intel base.
"H-hai." She handed it over with both hands, a slight bow to her stature, as if handing over a business card.
"Kobayashi." She looked up.
"We're not student and sensei. I'm just tutoring you, no need to be so respectful." Takao giggled, as Midorima shot him a glare.
"Y-yes." She murmured lowly, as she handed it over casually.
Midorima quickly inputted the info, as he handed it back to her.
"You may go."
"Thank you very much, Midorima-sense-" Midorima shot her a glare, and she flinched before quickly correcting herself, "Midorima-kun!"
"Good, see you in the morning." Both he and Takao left, as Kobayashi stared at her phone. That's what he had inputted as his name, so that's what he wanted to be called... right?
"You are beginning to like her, right Shin-chan?"
"Don't be ridiculous."
"You want her to come strolling up to you, as she tells you first of her test results," Takao spun for dramatics as he spoke in a falsetto voice, " 'Oh Shintaro, thank you so much for teaching me, as thanks I was wondering if you'd like to go out on a date-" Immediately Takao fell on his butt, as Midorima pushed him over.
"Takao, stop being so stupid. Where you come up with idiotic fabrications, even Oha Asa can't comprehend... Kobayashi and I are just two students, one needing a little bit more help. I'm only tutoring her."
"Did you tell her that so she wouldn't get caught up in the 'forbidden love between student and teacher'?"
Midorima gave another glare.
"Shouldn't you be going home by now?"
"Depends, what are you... Midorima look out!"
Midorima stopped in the middle of the crosswalk, before he heard the loud blaring of an oncoming truck. Before he could even register the hit, already he was cursing his luck and should've known better than to have Takao walk him home.
His backside hit the pavement, but for some reason the pain he thought he'd be in was quite less than what he imagined. As he got up, he could feel a foreign body on top of him. Instincively, he brought his hand up to remove said foreign body... that is til his hand groped said soft, rounded, delicate item. He then looked up and saw Kobayashi, her face immediately red.
The two leapt back from each other. Kobayashi was covering her chest, as he could hear her muttering to herself. He could also hear Takao running over to them. Midorima had only landed a few feet away from Takao, but he could already see the point guard flush with fear and relief.
"What were you thinking?!" Takao scolded the shooting silently thought of a counter arguement.
He then turned to Kobayashi, as he helped her up. "You okay, Kumi-chan?"
"H-hai." She then turned to Midorima, wanting to ask the same question. As soon as they locked gazes, they turned from each other, both faces flushing red. Takao noticed the exchange.
"Huh? Did something happen between you two?"
"N-nothing happened, Takao!" Midorima thought he might've yelled that out too loudly.
"Ohh? Doesn't seem like it..."
"It's okay, Takao-kun. I just happened to be running to go looking around in my favorite store, when I saw you two. I'm sorry for hindering you both on your journey home. If you'll excuse me." She gave a quick bow, Midorima noticed her face still red. She then ran off, as Midorima was still on the floor, with Takao hovering over him. Midorima looked at his hand, wondering why his heart was beating so fast. Why was his stomach filled with butterflies. Why is it the only thing he could look at was Kobayashi? He let out a sigh. Must be because he almost died, and he didn't want to look at the cause of his suffering.
"Don't think you are getting away as easily as Kumi-chan, Shin-chan..."
Midorima shifted his spectacles on his face. Oh Oha Asa, when will the torture of today end?
Yay, tutoring is not what kobayashi needs, it's learning how to write faster! Okay maybe she does need some tutoring... My poor lil idiot of a character. Hopefully she and midorima can grow on each other :D well Takao and the others are always there for her as well... jk jk jk
Idk if Midorima would've said thank you or not in that situation? Given especially of what occured afterwards... He's a very serious boy, so he'll probably do something about that matter in the morning... It can wait right?
Please review on how the story is coming along... I hope it isn't too boring... Also I see a lot of users that I absolutely love ask questions in the bottom part of their stories...
So I'd like to ask you guys questions! You can respond in a review/pm :D :D
Questions: Sometimes there are phrases I write in my stories that I just love, can anyone guess the line in this story? What is your favorite phrase in any story/tvshows/movies/blahblahblah?