Chapter 9: Benefits of Knowing Horikata Mai-chan

"You've got guts to be able to read that in public,"

Aomine looked up from the magazine and met deep black eyes. The girl in front of him looked like she was in middle school and had a dead expression on her face.

"I'll praise you for that." She said.

He raised a brow, "Who're you?"

The ace was sure he didn't know her. Aomine would have totally remembered such a boring face because it was just that high leveled.

The brunette ignored his question and only pulled out another magazine but this time out of her own sling bag. Aomine watched curiously as she flipped through the pages before she opened one particular double-page and showing it to him.

Aomine recognized the model on it to be a famous male gravure idol named 'Hanada Yuu'. How did he know about a male gravure idol? Well, that was because Hanada Yuu was working in the same agency as the sexy Horikata Mai-chan.

"I'm a fan of the male gravure world." She admitted shamelessly.

Aomine was going to be honest. At that moment he was really caught by surprise because he didn't expect the brunette to just admit it. Usually, people would stammer and deny it completely but the girl in front of him pretty much just told the world she read gravure magazines; not that there was anything wrong with that. It was just a bit strange coming from a female.

Aomine slouched down even more against the wall, smirk dancing on his lips. "You here for the basketball game?" He asked.

She nodded and put her magazine away. Soon, a comfortable silence surrounded the pair as a few seconds past. The blue haired male continued to flip through his magazine as the brunette stood by him, also leaning against the wall but unlike him wasn't slouching.

"Ojoucchi!" A familiar voice called out to the two.

Aomine let a small scowl on his face at hearing his former teammate's voice. Wait, and who was Ojoucchi?

"Ah, Ryouta." The girl beside him turned to the blond.

Kise jogged up to them, panting tiredly as he let out a tired breath. "You shouldn't run off like that! What would you do if you got lost?!" He said.

"Well, this guy is a player isn't he?" 'Ojoucchi' jerked a thumb towards Aomine.

Kise's eyes moved to the other male who was keeping her company. His yellow gems widened in surprise, "Eh?! Aominecchi?!"

"Kise? You know this chick?" He honestly didn't care about Kise's sudden appearance because he already knew that they were going to face each other in the match anyway.

Kise gazed back down to Akira and smiled, "Ah, this is Ojoucchi,"

"Natsume Akira, actually." She said after he did without skipping a beat. Akira knew he was going to introduce her like that and she really didn't want anyone else calling her a stupid name.

"Ah, so you're a fan of Horikata Mai-chan, huh?" Aomine turned to her.

She shrugged, "If you can call me that."

"Ojoucchi, an innocent girl like you shouldn't talk about gravure idols!" Kise scolded.

"Heh, you know her? Check this magazine out."

"Aominecchi!"

Said teen just stared at the blond tiredly while Akira also looked at him. "You're not a normal teenager if you haven't read a single gravure magazine." Aomine said.

Kise flushed and Akira nodded in agreement with the tanned player. He whipped his head back to the brunette, "Let's go Ojoucchi!"

Before she could answer, he grabbed her and ran down the hallway in immense speed. Kise was an athlete so such a thing was a breeze for him to do. Akira always thought about how it'd be like to be a hot guy. It seemed like too much of a pain.

Kise stopped in front of the Kaijo locker room. "You shouldn't talk the enemy, Ojoucchi!"

Akira was confused. "Isn't that guy a buddy of yours?" She asked.

"Ah, well… It's complicated but for now you're on Kaijo's side!" Kise explained vividly, shaking her by the shoulders.

"Fine, I got it." Akira didn't stop him. If he was going to annoy her for not being on his side then that would be a real annoyance and she might even drive the ball into his head.

Akira shrugged his hands off and turned to walk back, "I'll wait for you guys to get done."

Kise nodded happily, "Alright!"

"Hey, it's you again."

Akira found the same dark blue haired teen lying outside of the building. She really wasn't expecting him to be just there.

"Yeah." She replied, honestly not caring about his presence.

Comfortable silence rang around them and Akira found herself trying to keep herself entertained by staring up at the clouds. Clouds were boring in her opinion.

"Shouldn't you be with Kise?" Aomine broke the silence.

Akira moved back to lean against the wall. "He's changing right now." She answered.

"Ah."

The silence returned once again. There wasn't anything to talk about seeing that they did just meet a few minutes ago, and right when they split up they were reunited again. Hajime would have probably called it 'fate' or something.

A figure running up to them caught Akira's eye. It was a pink haired girl that looked around the same age as they were but with large breasts. She looked like the type to be in the same magazines Aomine was currently reading.

"Aomine-kun! Don't try to escape the match!" The girl finally reached them with a puff.

Aomine clicked his tongue in response and only rolled to his side to continue reading the gravure magazine. "You're too loud, Satsuki." He said.

Momoi pouted before realizing there was another person near them. She smiled at Akira and the brunette waved an awkward greeting in reply.

"Eh~ Who are you?" Momoi asked, interested.

"Natsume Akira."

"Ah, I'm Momoi Satsuki! Nice to meet you!"

Akira nodded back.

"Shut up, Satsuki." Aomine said, tiredly.

"You shouldn't skip!" She scolded.

Akira looked over at the male lying next to her feet. He looked completely done as hell with his life. Was the girl really that annoying to him?

Akira bent down and swiped the magazine off his hands, "You read gravure magazines for a living and skip matches? That's not good, Aomine-san."

"Hey!" He sat up almost straight away, eye twitching annoyed that his precious magazine wasn't in front of his eyes anymore.

Akira handed the magazine over to Momoi who's eyes were sparkling. She took it with both hands and looked utterly grateful.

"Thank you so much, Aki-chan!" She smiled brightly.

Akira almost winced at just how pretty she looked.

"Uh, yeah."

Aomine groaned at the what-seemed-to-be new friendship that just formed between his loud childhood friend and his gravure comrade.

"I wasn't even going to skip." He yawned.

Momoi sent him a look as if she didn't believe him. Akira yawned as well and turned to go back into the building.

"Kise said I can't talk to you guys so I'll see you whenever." She waved the back of her hand before disappearing into the building.

Momoi smile seemed to sparkle even more, "She's so nice isn't she, Aomine-kun?"

"Huh? Are ya blind?"

The manager then hit him swiftly on the shoulder with his own magazine.

Akira found Kise leaning against the railing at the top of the stadium. He noticed her straight away and motioned for her to come to him.

"Ojoucchi, doesn't this place look cool?!" He asked energetically.

She scanned the stadium. It looked like the ones she saw everywhere and she couldn't really point out any difference besides the colors and the areas where the vending machines were. Akira yawned again. It wasn't exactly time for the match to being yet so there wasn't anything to play around with to keep herself occupied.

Kise was humming excitedly next to her but it seemed like he was much more serious then he usually looked. Was the game today really that important? Was the team they were going up against really that strong?

"I'm going to get a drink." Akira decided.

"Can you get me a sports drink while you're there?" Kise asked kindly and Akira nodded.

The brunette wandered over to vending machine, black eyes examining the drinks they had for sale. She entered in some coins and pressed the buttons for a canned coffee and a bottle of pocari.

"Eh? Nee-chan?"

Akira looked behind her shoulder and she felt herself go stiff. The male behind her had short brown hair with eyes to match. He was only slightly taller then her and had a small piercing on his left ear. His bangs were swept to the side perfectly as his eyes shun behind them curiously.

"What are you doing here?" He asked, confused.

The girl only stared. He was wearing a black t-shirt that was messily tucked into his matching jeans. He obviously came here for entertainment unlike her, who was pretty much forced into coming.

"I could ask you the same thing. Do mother and father know you're here?" Akira turned to face him with her drinks.

"How else do you think I got here?" He answered with pure sarcasm.

"I thought you forced the driver to listen to you again."

He flushed, "That happened only one time!"

Akira patted his shoulder, pointing to the direction from where she came from. "Do you wanna meet a player? You two seem to mirror each other."

The boy shrugged and followed her to Kise who was surprised at the sudden entrance of him. The blond blinked at him. He looked pretty familiar.

"E-Eh? Ojoucchi, who is this?" Kise asked, still staring down at the male.

"He's-"

"Why the hell are you calling Nee-chan such a stupid name?"

Kise gaped, "'N-Nee-chan?!"

Akira opened her can of coffee and took a sip.

"This kid is my younger brother, Jun."

EXTRA;

"Nee-chan, who the hell is this guy?"

"Kise Ryouta. Model and ace of the Kaijo team."

"Ah, nice to meet you, Jun-kun!"

"Shut up, I don't care about you!"

"Eh?!"

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Chapter 10: Benefits of Being Older

"Middle school students should just go sleep and never go out."

"Nee-chan, do you really want to get rid of me that much?"

"Wow, this game is intense."

"Don't ignore me!"

A/N: Finally, after 9 chapters I can finally reveal the younger sibling. This has been planned since the start. I've always wanted to introduce Jun but just never got the chance to but finally he's here. He is a hot younger brother in my mind. (despite being a second year in middle school) and they are biologically related so it isn't messed up or anything. Just saying that he's hot.

Q&A:

Q. Does Akira have a bad or good relationship with her brother?

They have a good relationship with each other. Nothing bad really going on. She doesn't treat her brother any differently then she does to others.

Q. Why was Jun mean to Kise?

Kise is male. His sister is female. You get the picture. Jun is a Sis-com.

Q. Can Akira cook?

Honestly, I haven't really thought about it. Even if she can't cook she's better then Momoi and Riko that's for sure.

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