The doctor had confirmed that it was just a sprained wrist, and Kiku was sent home just a few hours later with some antibiotics to take for the pain, as well as a velcro cast around his wrist that he was instructed to wear for the next few weeks. He was also told that at least two or three times a day he was to put ice on his wrist for a few minutes so that the swelling would go down. During the next day of school, Alfred kept apologizing multiple times for hurting him, and each time, Kiku said it wasn't no problem.
And it really wasn't, with the medication he was taking, he couldn't even feel it. The only problem was that it was the hand he usually would write with, so he'd have to use his left, which he was awful at. He thought about just typing everything he wanted to write down instead, but the teachers would probably assume that he had gotten all of his answers from online, so, he was just going to have to suck it up until his other hand was completely healed. At least he was excused from gym class until he could use his other hand, so, during gym class, Kiku would sit at the bleachers, and watch the other students as the gym teacher explained what they would be doing today- which would be Volleyball, another sport Kiku wasn't too good at. As the teams were divided, Alfred in team B, who coincidentally enough was chosen to be the team captain, the captain from team A was Ludwig, which made Kiku a little nervous, due to remembering the dodgeball incident, even though he knew Ludwig didn't mean to hurt him.
Anyway, after deciding that team A would start first, Alfred was handed the ball to serve. Holding the ball in his hands, he tossed it up into the air, and hit it towards the other side of the net, Ludwig ending up hitting it back, and after it was tossed back and forth, Alfred's team won the first score.
As the game went on, at first, Alfred's team seemed to be winning, that is, until Ludwig's team started to quickly catch up, eventually having more points, and in the end, Ludwig's team won by only four points. Kiku stood from the bleachers, and made his way over to Alfred as the teacher told everyone to head to the locker rooms to change. "Aw man, I can't believe we lost!" Alfred whined while rolling his head back. "Don't worry, I'm sure you'll beat them next time." Kiku reassured the blond while walking over to Alfred's locker with him, and sat on the bench, waiting for Alfred to change out of his gym clothes, and into his regular clothes. "Dude, you wanna ride in my truck instead of taking the bus?" Alfred asked as he slung his bag over his shoulder, slamming the locker door shut, and in result, make the Japanese teen jump, not expecting such a loud noise, and watched as Alfred put the lock back on.
"Ah- I do not want to be much of a hassle-"
"Oh come on dude, don't worry! Besides, it's nice having someone in the truck with me to talk with, gets kinda boring, y'know what I mean?" Kiku blinked, before he slowly nodded. "Ah- well, if you say so.." Alfred grinned brightly. "Awesome! Hey! Maybe you can even stay the night! It is Friday, after all, so your dad won't mind?" Kiku then began to think about it. Honestly, he had never had a sleepover before, nor attended one, either, the most he had to a sleepover was when he had accidentally fallen asleep when Alfred was at his house, and he was certain Alfred had left just after he had done so! "Well- I can call and ask if I am allowed.." With a grin, Alfred nodded. "Sounds awesome!" He exclaimed, before he followed Kiku out into the chilled March air. During the drive over to Alfred's house, Kiku had texted his father, knowing he was still at work, and asked if it was okay for him to stay over at Alfred's house, but, not even five minutes later he had received a reply, telling him it was fine, because he would most likely have to go in for work again tomorrow. "Well? What'd he say?" Asked Alfred as they pulled into his driveway. "He said I can, he'll probably have to work anyway."
"Awesome! Well, not the part where he probably has to work, but you know what I mean!" Kiku just chuckled faintly, and nodded. "I know what you mean." He replied, leaving his school stuff in the truck as he opened the door, stepping out, and shutting it. Once the doors were locked, Kiku walked around the truck, and inside the house with Alfred, taking off his shoes, and placing them neatly beside the door, whereas Alfred just kicked the off, simply tossing them next to Kiku's shoes, while at the same time announcing that he was home, and that he had also brought a friend with him, and said to not bother the two, before practically dragging Kiku up the stairs, into his bedroom, not even waiting for a response from his parents, or even brother, if he was home, and shut the door. "So! What do you want to do? I've got plenty of games for us to play!" Alfred walked over to the stack he had in the corner of his bedroom, and dragged them over. "By the way, don't worry about needing something to sleep in, you can borrow some of my clothes! Smiling faintly, Kiku thanked him, before he turned his attention to the games. The majority of them seemed to be only one player games, which honestly Kiku didn't mind, he'd still have fun just sitting there and watching Alfred play, especially if it was a horror game, but, he assumed Alfred would want to play a two-player game, so, he picked a zombie shooter game that seemed rather interesting to him, and that was the game that they played for the past few hours, Kiku enjoying how Alfred would react when zombies appeared on the screen, or how when the music suddenly grew louder, how he jumped in his seat, bu he tried not to make it seem like he was scared, but he was being quite awful at hiding it. But as dinner was announced, Arthur stating he had made dinner, Alfred looked at Kiku, before he shouted back. "No thanks, we're not hungry!"
"Are you sure! I've made more than enough so Kiku could enjoy!" Arthur shouted back from the bottom of the stairs, but, as a reply, he just said no, and that f they got hungry later, he could use his Christmas money from distant relatives to order them a pizza. Arthur sighed, before he made his way to the kitchen, sitting next to the Frenchman. "Alfred almost always skips out on dinner when I'm the one to prepare it, my cooking isn't that bad!" Arthur complained, while Francis went to pick up the what was supposed to be roll up, and examined it. It was pretty much just a piece of coal at this point, banging it on the table. It sounded more like a rock hitting the table, rather than a piece of bread. "Well.. I can't say I blame him."
Surprisingly, Kiku wasn't so hungry once Alfred had ordered a large pizza for the two of the to share, he hardly finished the first slice he had before he set it down on his paper plate. "You sure you're not hungry dude?" Alfred asked while he raised an eyebrow slightly, and, as a response, Kiku nodded. "I am sure, if I get hungry, I can eat it later."
"Well, if you say so.." Alfred trailed off, and continued to eat pretty much the majority of the pizza, leaving Kiku at least three slices for him in case he did end up getting hungry (Those three slices also included the one he had taken a few bites off of). Once finishing his food, Alfred closed off the box, licking the sauce around his lips, before he made his way back to his bean bag chair, and sat himself down. "Oh! If you want to go on and change into something else, go on, my pajamas are in the drawers next to my bed." Nodding, the teen went to stand on his feet, and went over to said drawers, and opened them, he glanced over a few of his clothes, before he picked up a Captain America shirt with red pajama pants, and went to excuse himself to the bathroom so he could change, and stepped out, though, as he did, he caught a glimpse of Alfred's brother, Matthew, who gave him a small smile, as well as a wave. Kiku returned the gesture, and went off to the bathroom, which was thankfully right next to Alfred's bedroom, and changed into the clothes Alfred let him borrow, while doing this, Alfred had to rummage through his closet, and pulled out a box, which held a twin size air mattress for Kiku to sleep on. He might as well inflate it, and after he plugged in the air pump, and turned it on, he watched the mattress inflate, and as he was doing so, Kiku had stepped back into the bedroom, his clothes folded neatly in his arms, which he ended up placing onto the floor, next to the air mattress, which was now filled up with air.
"There you go! Better than the floor, eh?" Alfred laughed to himself, and went over to the clothes, and pulled out a few pillows, and a blanket to place on the mattress. "There! Now you won't get cold at night!" Alfred added, and went back to sitting in his beanbag chair, and Kiku followed shortly after. "I would have sufficed with a sleeping bag." Kiku commented with a chuckle, and instantly Alfred shook his head. "No way! Besides, this was pretty much the only reason I have this, for people that stay over to sleep on." Alfred stated, and thus, went back to playing video games with Alfred.
Though, as night came rolling around, with Kiku really being used to sleeping so early, it didn't take long for him to start nodding off, his head rolling to the side slightly. Alfred only noticed this because he noticed the way Kiku wasn't playing as decent as he was before, and looking over, he noticed how Kiku was fighting to stay away, and rolled his eyes, pausing the game, and shut both the tv and the console off. "Okay, I think we should head off." He said, and stood up, crawling to his bed not a moment later. Kiku just blinked, but, he knew he would lose if he attempted to fight with Alfred about it, so, he just nodded, and went to place the pillows on the top of his bed, unfolding the blanket, and after he laid down, and placed it on top of himself.
Though, as Kiku finally fell asleep, Alfred stayed up. Honestly, he wasn't tired at all, in fact, he was wide awake, so, he slowly turned over, and stared down at Kiku while he slept, seeing his peaceful his face was, and like before, his made his heart rate quicken up just a little bit, a small blush dusting over his tanned cheeks. Yep, these signs were definitely feelings for the teen, but, what should he even do? Because honestly, he still wasn't even sure if Kiku was straight of not. He didn't even show any signs that he felt the same way, so there was also that. Alfred just sighed to himself, and went to go and turn off the bedroom lights, making his way back to his bed, being careful not to accidentally kick Kiku's bed. Should he confess to Kiku? But what if he got rejected? That possibility was pretty high. And over the course of the few months, they had grown to be close friends, he didn't really want to ruin any of that just because of Kiku nod feeling the same way.
He finally took his glasses off, and placed them on his nightstand. He might as well forget these feelings, because there was probably no way Kiku would like him back..
