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Chapter 7
Tetsuki stared at the male before her. She was at a lost on how to handle such an occurrence for the simple fact that this has never happened to her before. She was so use to her lack of presence, and practically being invisible, that she was quiet literally stunned. For someone to come up to her first was something she just couldn't wrap her mind around. So with that being cleared, Tetsuki had no idea what to do, an so just stared at the boy who had introduced himself to be Aomine.
As she watched, she saw his smirk slowly fall from his face as he continued to look into her eyes, something that she would of found rude if her mind wasn't already trying to figure out the reasons that he had come up to her in the first place. Also, why the hell was Kagami taking so long. His eyes seemed to take on a glazed look and his skin, if possible, seemed to get darker. If someone was to take notice of the two, it would look as if a pair of lovers were sharing an intimate moment.
Tetsuki, feeling uncomfortable with the staring match opened her mouth to speak, only to suddenly jerk in surprise when she was quiet literally picked up from her chair. She was suddenly half standing, half hanging next to a silently fuming Kagami. His face was clear of emotion and, from her new spot next to him. She couldn't really see his eyes, but if she were able to, she would have seen that his eyes were like molten lava and filled with a possessiveness that even made Aomine hesitant to really start something.
But he had his pride and he wasn't about to let this guy make him look weak in front of his little nymph. Squaring his shoulders, she watched as the blue haired male planted a cocky smirk on his face. "Now, that wasn't nice. Hasn't anyone ever told you not to interrupt into someone else's conversation?"
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Kagami watched as the guy before him smirk, his eyes dancing with mischief, "Now that wasn't nice, hasn't anyone ever told you not to interrupt into someone else's conversation?" He felt his eyes narrow and his mouth form a slight sneer, his male pride going up a notch when he noticed the others smirk faltering and his eyes taking on a more weary quality.
"Well, from my point of view, it wasn't very much of a conversation now was it? After all, you need to be speaking for a conversation to even take place, so I never interrupted anything to begin with." He responded, his voice shocking even him as it was more husky and darker in quality then usual, though he made sure not to show it. He felt a shiver of thrill go through him as he saw the other boys eyes narrow and his body tense, not enough for others to notice, but enough for him to notice as he was watching him like a tiger would its prey.
When Kagami had left the bathroom, he was shocked to have found his Tetsuki staring into some other guys eyes like some kind of cheesy romance movie. Kagami had felt something in him snap. Tetsuki shouldn't be looking at anyone else but him, and when he saw her about to speak he had quickly crossed the room and picked her up. He knew he had no reason to be so openly possessive, but he was always a person who let his instincts rule him, and they were screaming to get what was his away from the other male.
"Well if you were watching carefully, you would of noticed that she was about to say something, isn't that right?" He said, before looking pointedly at Tetsuki. Kagami felt a growl come up, but quickly smothered it. He to looked down at Tetsuki who had kept quiet throughout the whole confrontation. Kagami had felt his eyes and his inner beast soften a bit when he noticed that she was looking up at him, before turning her gaze back to the other boy, her face expressionless and her voice monotone as she spoke.
"I'm sorry, Aomine-san, but Kagami and I must be going. I'm afraid that we have errands to run and if we don't want to be late we must get going." She said, before bowing slightly. "Have a good day, Aomine-san." Kagami couldn't quiet keep the pleased smile off his face as he faced the now newly dubbed Aomine, especially when the other was looking like he was at a lost on what to do. Not giving the other male the chance to say something, he turned and quickly left the establishment, still half carrying his Tetsuki in his arms. It's not like she minded anyway. Once they were half a block from the place, he put her down and they both silently made they're way to the pharmacy, one in victorious silence the other in a contemplating one.
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Hyuuga couldn't stop the shiver that went throughout his whole body when he heard the cackling of the devil resonate throughout the gym. He had no idea why Riko was laughing the way she was, and he really didn't want to find out the reason anytime soon. For he was too busy trying to keep an eye out for Teppie and his crazy schemes. Ever since he had laid eyes on the beautiful bluenett that one fateful day, he has been insufferable.
For the past week, Hyuuga has been busy trying to keep Teppie from stalking Kagami on his way home in hopes of running into his 'soul mate' as he so adequately put it. Or from trying to follow him around the school in between classes, in order to get information about her. Though, thankfully, because of them being in different years, he couldn't stalk, or in Teppies words, 'observe' him for long, or try to trip out much information in the first place.
Unfortunately, he had manipulated thing one and thing two into doing his bidding, which made Hyuuga's job tougher as he would have to keep a closer tab on those two as well, and both in his opinion, were just as bad. As they tended to follow him around like a sick puppy, always asking him out to play a game or two with them, and when that failed to go out and get something to eat.
When such strategies backfired, they tired to, and failed miserably might he add, to get any information about they're newly dubbed 'angle', not like they would call her that to his face of course. They would then meet up with Teppie and try to follow the poor boy home, and that's where he would come in. He would try to keep the three monkeys off his back to give Kagami a good head start and then he would watch the others to make sure they didn't do something stupid.
Though he had to admit, he understood why Teppie and the others had fallen for her. Hell, he too fell for her a little bit. But he would never admit it, and would of course deny it till his dying breath, for it didn't take a genius to know that Kagami had in a way staked his claim on the girl. It was all in the way he had held her the first time they had stumbled upon them, the subtitle possessiveness in his eyes as he smiled down at her. Or the way his arms lingered longer then necessary before letting her go. And call him old fashion, but he liked having all his bones in tacked at the end of the day. Besides, it wasn't much longer that the baka would stay in the dark about his feelings, it was written all over his face without him even trying.
How the girl in question hasn't figured it out yet was beyond him though. Before he could get in much deeper thought, he was brought out of his musing by a loud bang. Sighing, he looked up to see that Shinji had tripped on his own shoe laces after trying to throw from the free throw line. Kami-sama, give him strength for he was quickly running out of patience. "How many times do I have to tell you to make sure your shoes are tied? This is the second time today you've tripped."
"Hehe... Sorry, senpai?"
"Idiot, why are you forming it like a question?!"
"Oh, give him a break Hyuuga, he's just having a rough day that's all." Teppie said as he rest with his back to the wall. "Tch, you do something to! We don't have time to be monkey-ing around, we have a game in a week, remember?"
"If that's so, then where is Kagami-kun?" Haru asked, appearing out of nowhere as his face formed a smile too wide to be innocent. "After all, I can't be of much use without him here to be my partner."
"He had to take a day off to do some errands for his father. Also, he needed a break before he strained his muscles with his one track mind, so we let it slide this once." Riko spoke as she started going through her current data, before looking up at both Teppie and Hyuuga, her eyes sparkling with something that made shivers go done both their backs.
There was something in her gaze the just screamed horror and doom for the both of them. "Don't worry, I'll make sure you each get a chance to be paired with Kagami-kun before the week is out." Riko said as she looked at Shinji and Satoshi as well. All was quiet the rest of practice as each player that was singled out felt like they had unleashed a power that was not meant to be freed.
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While Riko was busy coming up with ways to help her boys, Tetsuki was walking down the street with Kagami to go pick up her prescription. She had kept quiet throughout the walk and was instead very busy replaying the scene in the fast food joint within her mind. Never before had she heard Kagami's voice like that. It was husky, dark, and flat out dominating. It made her feel things she's never felt before, and even though she couldn't see his face fully, she knew that had she got a good look in his eyes she probably would have swooned right then and there. In fact, it had taken all her will power not to shiver in his arms when he spoke to Aomine. It's not every day that the guy you like acts all possessive like that.
But because he had reacted like that, all she can think about is whether or not he likes her like she likes him, or if he's just overly protective of her because of her condition. And if so, her mind was tricking her into believing that it is possessiveness because she wants it to be. She was a blunt person by nature, and normally she would have just asked plain out on if he liked her or not.
But this was Kagami, and she was afraid that by asking him a question of that caliber would either scare him off or make things awkward between them. Not to mention that Tetsuki got the feeling that he just wasn't ready to give an answer even if she did ask. She prided herself on her ability to read people. After all, when no one ever notices you, you learn quiet a bit on how people interact with each other.
She knew something was changing in they're interactions, and Tetsuki so badly wanted to confront him about it, but her instincts were warning her that now wasn't the time. So it was while walking into the pharmacy, that she came to the decision that she would wait and let whatever was happening on his side grow. She would let him come into his feeling and let them cement before she would question him about what she wanted to know. She could be very patient. After all, and if she had to be patient to get what she wanted, then she will wait before striking. Kagami wasn't the only one who liked to hunt his prey.
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Kagami stood beside Tetsuki as he waited for her to get her new medication. He was still reeling in his victory over the blue haired male. Granted, it was a small victory but he felt like he had come one step closer to something amazing. Though, he was slightly troubled about how he reacted in the first place, not once had Kagami thought of himself as possessive or jealous. In fact, he thought that he was quiet the laid back person when it came to relationships. But then again, he only had a couple here and there in America, and yet there was the high possibility that it was because none of those girls were Tetsuki. Ah, but he wasn't in a relationship with her either. He was her best friend, but Kagami was quiet sure that one wasn't as possessive with they're friends as he was with her. So the big question was did he want to be more then her friend?
"Kagami-kun, do you think you can stay at my place for a couple of days? I don't know how I'm going to react to these new pills, and the doctor advised I had someone with me for the first two days as it's still in its trial period." She asked as she stared apprehensively at the once innocent looking bag, a bag which didn't look so innocent anymore in their eyes.
"What happened to those other 'new' pills they had you on before?" He asked as he took the bag from her hand, watching as her face scrunched up cutely.
"Those were kind of like a warm up, to get me to a recommended condition for the ones you're carrying. Anyways, I would really appreciate it if you could do this for me. Last time I took something that was still in its trial period I had bad reactions to it. Though, they promised that this would be better, I think it would be safer to listen to the Doctor and have someone with me for the first two days." She said, frowning at the floor, her eyes far away in a memory. Sighing, Kagami subconsciously entwines his fingers with hers. When she looked up, he smiles and bumps her shoulder lightly.
"Yeah, just let me get some stuff from my place and I'll camp out on the couch for a bit. Maybe bring over some of my movies." He's silent as he watches a smile bloom on her face, her eyes glinting with something he couldn't quiet grasp. Giving a mental shrug, they continue to walk home in a comfortable silence.
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As Aomine sat in his room, his mind replayed all that had taken place earlier. He remembered looking into beautiful royal blue eyes, the feeling of falling and being mesmerized by the small fleck of cyan in them as well. How everything seemed to slow down as his heart rate picked up and a feeling he hasn't felt in a long time filled his body. The feeling he used to get when he played against challenging players, the feeling of freedom and an adrenalin rush that made you want more. Christ, she was like a drug and he was already addicted to her. Now the only problem was her boyfriend and Kise. Kami-sama only knows how long he'll hold out before he too makes a move. Groaning, Aomine flopped down on his bed and glared at the posters on his ceiling. He was going to have to take care of that red headed animal, because that's what he was, Aomine could sense that he was a man of instinct because he was one too.
'And now I have become his prey... tch, well two could play that game.' Sneering, he sat up and started to dress for bed. He'd think more about this later. 'I only hope no one else notices her, it'd be a pain to have to deal with any more guys.'
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In they're respective beds, all four Seirin members, Hyuuga and Teppie along with Shinju and Satoshi, had a rather large sneezing fit. All wondering who would be talking about them so late in the evening.
Well I hope you all like this chapter, took longer then I expected to finish it, anyway just wanted to thanks once more my beta for helping me with this, TheJRose thank you very much! also please feel free to leave a review as they are very much welcomed!
