GoM
Kise chattered nonstop in the gym the next day, being his usual bubbly self, while Midorima sat in tsundere mode, filing his nails. Murasakibara stood at the back of the, gym munching on some new flavored candy and Aomine warmed himself up for the upcoming match. Akashi stood by the door, waiting.
but waiting for who? Kise watched Akashi with excitement, then quickly changed the topic to the girl from yesterday, "Sysekocchi is so kind don't you think! She's so exciting, and she said she'd come and watch us today also, isn't that awesome Akashicchi!"
Akashi turned a devilish glare to Kise, burning holes in Kise's head with his eyes. Kise continued, "and we're waiting for her, by Akashicchi's orders, how kind, you know Akashicchi, you're actually kind of fun!"
"Of course you are too, Kise...too fun, next word that comes out of your mouth and I'll not hesitate to cut tongue out." Akashi smirked as he saw Kise jump and look around for help, but everybody was supposedly 'busy'.
"But Akashicchi," Kise whined, disappointed, but still wary in case scissors came flying from the smirking redhead's direction.
"Atsushi," Akashi ordered, "go check on Ahriiah, if she's not at home then check the school also."
"But Aka-chin, don't you think it's going too far? We just met..."Murasakibara turned around and left, continuing to munch on his sweets, retreating from the dangerous glare.
"Anyone else?" Akashi challenged, aggravated.
Much to everybody's surprise Kuroko said silently, "Akashi kun, the word of a girl you've just met shouldn't delay a game if she breaks it, besides I like her, I don't think-"
"You like her?" Akashi asked, narrowing his eyes in suspicion.
"Not in that way Akashi kun," Kuroko said, seeing that he had said something wrong, athough he didn't know what.
"Of course not Tetsuya, but be careful with you're words. Anybody could misunderstand them, including her." Akashi's voice was so full of menace that even Kuroko had a hard time keeping a straight face, but he did.
"Syseko kun isn't coming," Kuroko deadpanned, "She probably has important things to do." and just at that moment Murasakibara returned, a sad look on his face, eating more slowly as he contemplated something. Akashi stared at the giant expectantly and waited for the purple haired player to say something. "Well, Aka-chin, it is a sad moment for Syseko chan right nowm," He sighed.
Ahriiah
She knew she was late for the game, and she berated herself over and over again for it, what a mistake, wallowing in self pity for her mothers death. Sure, her mother was dead and she should be grieving, but much good that would do if Ria stayed at home all day and did nothing but talk to Granny and wait for the twins. Her mother wouldn't like it if she didn't get some fresh air and contact her friends and do what she loved to do, watch and play basketball.
Plus, she had promised Ryouta that she would come. At first she had thought it was just another practice, but apparently to the Generation of Miracles a game against another school that wasn't for the inter high tournament or the winter cup was just another practice match or an easily won, non assessed game, where the Generation of Miracles always came out proud and unbloodied.
What a pain. A group of arrogant high school kids who thought they were good at everything as her friends, what could possibly go wrong? Fights, annoyance, more fights...but she was still somehow connected to them all in a way, and maybe to Akashi...or Ryouta a little more than anybody else. And judging by what she had seen of Akashi during the practice he could either be the mean punisher of times, or the mother, or a mix of both, or just plain creepy. Too many mixed emotions went with thinking of him...or seeing him.
Why was he just ahead? watching her at the bend in the road? shouldn't he be at a match?
Unjustified anger filled her and she stomped over to him, "why are you here, don't you have a match?" Ria asked, angry that he would skip. Perfect attendance made somebody so much better at something in her mind.
"It's postponed." Akashi said.
"I-you-how-why?" Ria sorted out her thoughts and attempted again to question the apparently carefree captain, "Why have you postponed it?"
"Because you weren't there."
"But I was just-"
"I'm sorry about you're mother," Akashi said in a quiet voice.
Ria was taken aback, "oh, well, eer..." What should she say? Thank you? But he was so scary, what if she offended him in some way! Ria shuddered at the thought of a devil Akashi coming after her.
Akashi, noticing the shiver, took off his coat and offered it to her, Ria tried to refuse, but with a glare, a smirk, and a 'You'll catch a cold' he convinced her to put it on.
Ria wasn't surprised that it fit, she and Akashi were about the same size, and it was warm with Akashi's heat, and it smelled like Akashi, and it made her shiver even more to think of all the things it reminded her of, basketball and him, which was all she needed to think of right now.
"So you still were going to show up anyway?" He asked, though his voice remained level as always, she detected a sense of curiosity. Intrigued Ria asked, "Why shouldn't I have come?"
"Don't play stupid Ahriiah, didn't your mother die yesterday?"
"Uh..." she couldn't think about it, it was too pressing, but Akashi asked another question, "and where's your father? who do you live with now?"
"My grandmother," Ria said, unsure if that would satisfy Akashi, it didn't apparently.
"Are you moving then."
"No."
"She's moving in with you."
"Yes."
"What about brothers or sisters?"
"That's none of your concern." Ria growled, suddenly her anger coming back. Who wanted to know about her brothers and sisters, she had the newborn twins (boy and girl) her older brother...and her older sister, who had refused to come, much to Ria's seemingly everlasting rage at her family, then her younger brother who her older sister wouldn't let come. Arrrgh, too many things to think about, change the subject, quick! Anything!
"So Akashi, you seeing anybody?" There was long silence until Ria realized what she had just said. oops, BIG oops, she hoped Akashi didn't get the wrong impression.
"Are you asking me out, Ahriiah."
EEEEK! Leave it to Akashi to put her on edge. "Heh," Ria placed a hand behind her head and looked anywhere but at Akashi, "no that's definitely not what I meant you see I-"
"Meet me at the cafe down the road, the new one, tomorrow," Akashi said, turning on his heel and starting to leave.
"W-what time?"
"8:00 pm exactly. oh, and Ria, I expect you to be on time, skipping wouldn't bode well for you either." and then he was gone.
Great, just great, Ria officially had a date with arrogant, too motherly at some points, sinister captain of the Generation of Miracles.
