March seventeenth was just around the corner, and Kabeyama was freaking out. It was St. Patrick's day – and he literally had no green clothes. Well, he did have green boxers, but everyone knew underwear didn't count. Kabeyama shivered. Tomorrow was going to be a very pinchy day.
"Hey, Bro!" Kabeyama's brother walked into their room. He had a green shirt draped over his arm, and Kabeyama breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thank you so much!" Kabeyama snatched the shirt away from his brother and held it in front of him. His sense of relief faded quickly, though, when he saw that the shirt was about six sizes too small.
"Hey, give my shirt back!" his brother said. Kabeyama tossed it back to him and crawled into his bed. His last little bit of hope was gone. His brother leaned over him and frowned. "What's wrong?"
"I'm gonna get pinched so much tomorrow," Kabeyama sniffed. He could picture it now: everyone would be out to get him. They'd be searching for kids with no green, ready to get them.
"Aw, come on, bro, don't be ridiculous!" his brother laughed and sat on his bed. "No one does that pinching junk anymore. It's just fun to wear green, that's all."
Kabeyama rolled over and looked at his brother. "Really?"
He nodded and smiled. "Of course! You'll be fine tomorrow." Kabeyama smiled.
Maybe tomorrow wasn't going to be so bad.
-.-.-
At school the next day, Kabeyama wasn't surprised at the amount of green. Girls had green socks and other accessories, while boys had their jackets unbuttoned, exposing green shirts. Kabeyama sighed and looked down at his clothes. It was just a fun dress up day, so why did he still feel worried?
He made his way to his classroom without much trouble. No one said anything, and thankfully no one pinched him. Kabeyama sat down at his desk and started taking out his books. He heard someone walking up to him, and when he looked up he saw Kurimatsu standing above him, an evil smile on his face. He had a green shirt on, and he was looking down at Kabeyama's jacket.
"Oh... uh, hi," Kabeyama stuttered. Kurimatsu crossed his arms.
"So, where's the green?" he asked. Kabeyama stared down.
"Uh, it's... my hair?" Kabeyama laughed nervously. Kurimatsu smiled, and Haruna walked up.
"Hey, Kabeyama," she said. "You wearing green today?"
"He says it's his hair," Kurimatsu said. Haruna shook her head.
"That doesn't count!" Haruna said. She looked over at Kurimatsu, who nodded, and together they reached over and pinched Kabeyama on each arm.
"Oww!" Kabeyama wailed. He wiggled out of Kurimatsu's and Haruna's way and tried to protect his poor arms. His brother was such a liar!
"Shorin! Get over here!" Kurimatsu called. The short, pony-tailed boy wandered over to see what was up, and he quickly caught on.
"Oh, Kabeyama's got no green!" he said. Shorin jumped up to pinch Kabeyama, but Kabeyama dodged it and huddled into a little ball under his desk.
"Stay away from me..." Kabeyama whimpered.
"Kurimatsu! Otonashi! Leave Kabeyama alone and get back to your desks!" Their teacher had walked in with his arms crossed. Apperantly, he had witnessed what was going on, and he clearly wasn't happy. Kurimatsu and Haruna sulked and went back to their seats.
Kabeyama sighed. He had ended up getting pinched after all. But that was just from his friends, so the worst must be over, right? Or maybe not. Kabeyama wasn't sure, but he chose to believe that. The rest of class went smoothy, and Kabeyama was happy to hear the final bell ring. He went over to Kurimatsu's desk, but he had hurried out of class to the clubroom, and Haruna wasn't far behind.
"What's with them?" Shorin asked. He walked up to Kabeyama, and he flinched.
"You're not going to pinch me again, are you?" Kabeyama asked.
Shorin laughed. "Is that what you're so worried about?" Him and Kabeyama made their way down to the clubroom. By the time they got there, most of the team was already there. Aki, who had green socks, was holding a tray of cookies smiled at them and waved them over.
"Happy St. Patrick's Day!" she said. She held out the tray, which had many green clover-shaped cookies stacked on it. Kabeyama happily took some and went to sit down on a stack of tires. He watched as Someoka grabbed Shishido in a headlock, apperantly because he had pinched him 'even though his boxers were green', and Kabeyama wondered why that never worked with him. It probably worked for Someoka because he was... well...
"Okay, man, calm down!" Shishido cried. Someoka let him go. He hurried away, and Someoka crossed his arms.
"Yeah, you'd better run," he said. Endou, who was wearing a green headband, walked over and put a hand on his shoulder.
"Hey, don't get too caught up in today," he said. Someoka rolled his eyes.
Kabeyama looked around at what everyone else was doing. Kazemaru and Kageno were changing into their soccer uniforms now, exposing their green shirts. Handa and Max – whose cat hat had green stripes now – were fighting over a four leaf clover, and Megane was about to pinch Gouenji, who pulled up his sleeve revealing a green wrist band just in time. Haruna and Aki were chatting and eating cookies, and Haruna took off her green glasses to clean them on her shirt. Kabeyama didn't notice Kurimatsu anywhere, which made him quite nervous.
"Where's Kurimatsu?" Kabeyama asked.
Aki shrugged. "I don't think he's come in yet." she turned to Haruna, who shook her head and shrugged too.
"He said he had something important to do and ran off."
Kabeyama sighed. He had a weird feeling that Kurimatsu was planing something...
"Why aren't you boys practicing yet?" Natsumi, who had just entered the clubroom, crossed her arms and scanned the room. There wasn't a speck of green on her, and Megane thought it would be a great idea to pinch her. She glared at him. "You're not seriously going to do that, are you?"
"...no..." Megane slowly backed away, and everyone stared at Natsumi for a second. She shook her head.
"What's the point of a club if they don't practice? Go!" Natsumi said. Everyone groaned, and she glared at them some more. But after a bit, everyone got up and changed, and they headed out for the field. And even after all of that, there was still no sign of Kurimatsu.
Kabeyama sighed and hurried on to the field to stretch. Without Kurimatsu, he started by himself. Kabeyama reached up and looked up at the sky and the trees. He saw something move up there, and a split second later something jumped out of the trees.
"AHA! I'm gonna get you Kabeyama!" Kurimatsu had launched himself out of the tree – and he was headed straight for Kabeyama. He stood there, frozen, not knowing what he could do. His legs wouldn't run, and he just stared at his flying friend.
But Kurimatsu must have underestimated the distance between them, and Kurimatsu fell down to the ground and landed. Lucky for Kurimatsu, he had a rather soft landing. But his luck didn't last long when he realized who he landed on.
"GET OFF OF ME!" Natsumi screamed. She was face down on the ground, and she wriggled around to get Kurimatsu off her. He panicked and jumped off. Haruna helped her off the ground, and when she was up and dusted off, Natsumi gave chase to Kurimatsu.
"AH! Stop, please!" Kurimatsu cried. But Natsumi was quite fast, and they chased each other around the field as several amused boys watched them.
"Should someone stop them?" Endou asked. But Kabeyama shook his head.
"Nah, he'll be fine." he said.
"I HATE THIS HOLIDAY!" Kurimatsu screamed before Natsumi tackled him to the ground.
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AN
Yaaay for western holidays in eastern shows! :D
But yeah, it was Kabeyama and well... I don't really like Kabeyama. But I did have fun writing this, and I hope you guys enjoy it! :D Anyway, I was thinking and I really don't like having to wait a month to update this, so what do you guys think? Would you prefer to have this updated whenever or have this little monthly update thing go? (because it really hasn't done that either yet XD) But enough of this rambly author's note! XD
Ps sorry if I got some names wrong. (mainly Shorin XD) Thanks for all of your reviews, too! :D
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