Drabble Title: 10. Jealous
Words: 1183
A/N: This was written in a rush and it's awful and I am so so sorry. I'll write a better one next, I promise! Thanks to everyone who reviewed last chapter, and to everyone who suggested what to write next. Short note today. I've got a test I have not studied for yet not to mention homework that is in my backpack, uncompleted. Oops. Anyway, thanks for reading!

Moriyama is jealous and makes a very dumb decision

There was nothing...

The sound of a whistle signifying the end of practice makes Moriyama stop and pant heavily. He has his hands on his knees and is now regretting his choice of eating two lunches earlier that day. But even though he feels disgusting and is likely to collapse as soon as he reaches the locker room, a smile still makes its way onto his face. Nothing makes him happier than basketball.

Then he spots a familiar point guard standing by the bleachers and his smile grows even wider. Maybe there is something that makes him happier after all.

He starts to walk over to where Izuki is but Kasamatsu beats him to it. Moriyama stops when he sees his captain jogging over to Izuki with a pleasant smile on his face and pats him on the back like they're good friends.

Moriyama's smile turns into a frown when he over hears his captain saying, "Let me change and we can get going." His frown becomes even more evident when he sees his boyfriend smiling back and nodding. Since when are Kasamatsu and Izuki so nice to each other?

Kasamatsu walks away and Moriyama sees this as an opening to get some answers. When he reaches Izuki, the other looks surprised to see him, like he totally forgot that Moriyama went to Kaijou, or something.

"Hey," Moriyama says casually, trying to keep the annoyance in his voice from showing too much. "I wasn't expecting you here."

Izuki's eyes widen for a second before he laughs nervously, a guilty look crossing his face. "Oh, yeah," he starts to say. "I forgot to tell you. A couple of us point guards decided to hang out today," he explains.

Moriyama still has a sour look on his face, but before he can say something, Kasamatsu returns from what seems to be the fastest shower in the world. "Let's go," he says to Izuki, totally ignoring the fact that he just pushed Moriyama out of the way. "Where's Takao? Wasn't he supposed to come up here with you?" He looks behind Izuki, as if he thinks that the Shutoku point guard is hiding behind the slightly smaller Seirin player.

Somehow, Moriyama's look turns even sourer. 'Takao?' he mouths. Izuki doesn't answer him, and turns to his captain instead. "He got sick, so it's just me today." Izuki ends his sentence with a bright smile and Moriyama can't help but think that that is the smile reserved for him and Kasamatsu has no right to see it.

Kasamatsu laughs – what? Kasamatsu can laugh, even if he's not torturing us? This is unbelievable! - and nods towards Moriyama. "Sounds like someone I know, always skipping practice." He then furrows his eyebrows and turns to Moriyama, finally noticing him for the firs time, apparently. "Speaking of which, why are you over here?" He takes a closer look and notices the way Moriyama's forehead still shines with sweat and makes a face. "You haven't cleaned up yet? No wonder Kobori nags you all the time.."

Moriyama tries to defend himself, but gets ignored, again. Kasamatsu tells Izuki they better hurry if they want to get at least one on one game in and the other nods, turning to leave. But before he does, he turns to Moriyama and mouths an apology and a promise to call later.

Moriyama watches his captain and his boyfriend walk away and doesn't realize he's making a face until Kise comes over and asks him why he looks so stupid. Ignoring the insult, Moriyama just turns to his blond teammate and asks, "Do you know who Seirin's shooting guard is?"

A week later, he's standing at a neighborhood basketball court trying to shoot while Hyuuga Junpei is lecturing him from the sidelines.

He starts to regret his decision and wishes he had actually listened to Izuki when the other told him that there was nothing to be jealous of and his decision to hang out with Hyuuga was a bad one.

"You know," Hyuuga says, "one day, your unorthodox shooting will come back and bite you in the ass."

Moriyama ignores him and shoots the ball the way he always does anyway. It promptly goes in, and a smug smile appears on his face as Hyuuga grumbles about the over confident third year.

When Moriyama came up with the idea to retaliate and make Izuki jealous by hanging out with Seirin's shooting guard, he was expecting it to be much more fun than this, or at least more satisfying. After he loudly and rudely barged into Seirin to invite Hyuuga out to a one on one game, Izuki had warned him about the easily irritated captain. As a matter of fact, Izuki didn't look all the bothered by the fact that he was planning on making him jealous by playing a game with his captain.

Moriyama suddenly starts to feel bad for not trusting Izuki and being such a clingy jealous boyfriend. But he feels even more bad about the fact that Izuki has to deal with Hyuuga everyday.

"I'm older than you," Moriyama states, giving Hyuuga an annoyed look as he throws the ball to him. "Why are you lecturing me about my way of shooting?"

The younger male just shrugs and instead of answering the question, shoots a three. The ball swishes through the hoop perfectly. "I still don't understand why I'm here with you."

"Then why are you?" Moriyama retorts. He's agitated by the other player's constant nagging. It's worse than even Kobori's!

He grabs the ball and takes another shot, this one, however, bounces off the rim and hits the asphalt with a disappointing thud. He swears he can feel Hyuuga's smirk searing into his back.

"Told you so," Hyuuga says as he picks up the basketball. He makes a perfect three pointer and his smirk grows wider.

I'm sorry, Izuki, please come save me, he thinks. But of course, Izuki is no where to be found, most likely enjoying his time alone at home.

Moriyama looks at the Seirin captain and wonders who is worse, Kasamatsu or him?

He then realizes that it doesn't matter because both of them are awful.

That night, Moriyama flops onto his bed, mentally exhausted after being berated by the younger captain for a few hours straight. He pulls out his phone and sends Izuki a text, one that simply says 'Sorry'.

Not even a minute later, he gets a reply.

'Did you learn your lesson?'

Moriyama laughs, but instead of replying, he just calls Izuki. The other boy picks up immediately. "Yes, I did learn my lesson, I'm sorry for being jealous of you and Kasamatsu."

He hears Izuki laughing and he smiles. "How was your day with Hyuuga?"

"Awful," Moriyama replies honestly. "I'm sorry you have to put up with him everyday."

"Hey, he's alright. He probably just doesn't like you," Izuki teases, "and for good reason too."

They continue to talk and when they finally hang up, Moriyama finally comes to terms with the fact that Izuki's is all his and no one can change that.

...to be jealous of.