The Game Part 1
Once I made my way back to the room and take a nice hot shower, I change into my grey sweats and start playing Wii Sports. It was about half an hour later that the girls walked into the room, smiles on their faces. "Hey Atsui-kun! We're home." I pause the game and hug them all. "Welcome home, girls. How was your day?" I let them girl and plop on the couch as Yue and Nodoka sit next to me and Haruna sits on her bed. "It was pretty good, Atsui-kun. We worked in the library after school. Did you forget we had a meeting?" I suddenly remember and slap my forehead. "Aw, dammit! I'm so sorry, girls. I was gonna head there after I took a shower, but I had a run-in with some high school bitches that really took it out of me."
They all gasped and got worried, asking me what happened. "I'm alright for the most part, since they didn't touch me, but I had to act like an asshole before they'd leave me alone." Haruna sighs a bit. "I know what you mean. They're all crazy as hell and never seem to leave us alone. I hope they didn't bother you too bad, hun." I shake my head a bit at her statement. "They didn't bother me as much as they could've I guess, but they insulted you girls by calling you brats." I smirk a bit. "But then I called them a gaggle of old hags. Then they got pissed and walked off." The girls laugh when they hear what I called them. "But I don't wanna talk about that anymore. Can't we all just play the Wii for a bit? I need to work of my stress." They all nod and change into something more comfortable (luckily I have my blindfolds). Once they're all comfortable, we all start playing the different Wii Sports games. After a few hours, we turn the Wii off and settle down, just chatting and laughing about random things.
Haruna then looks over at me. "So, Atsui-kun, what's this I hear about you beating our star captain in a little one-on-one?" As I widen my eyes at how she already knew that, Yue and Nodoka look over at me in shock. "You beat Yuna, Atsui-kun?" I look over at Yue and shrug a little modestly. "It was just a friendly game in Gym today. She almost had me, though. If she hadn't gone for that last 3-pointer, she probably would've won." Nodoka then pipes in. "Even so, she's a really good player, and the fact that you beat her must mean you're practically a master." I blush a bit at the compliment. Honestly, I thought they were blowing this out of proportion. "It's really not that big a deal. Besides, I asked her to take it easy on me. Who knows, maybe she threw the game to make me feel better." Haruna then starts giggling like she knows something. "That's not what she told me, sweetie. She told me after you scored your third 3-pointer, the gloves came right off and she went full force. She took that last one because she didn't think she'd get through your defense again. You beat her fair and square at her best, hun. No getting around it."
I look at Haruna with my mouth wide open as Yue and Nodoka stare at me. I couldn't believe it. I thought she threw that game with that last shot. I knew she turned up the heat a little bit at one point, but I didn't think she was going full force on me. Maybe I'm not as rusty as I thought… "Well, Atsui-kun, I guess you're the basketball star of 2-A now. You plan on going for the team?" I shake my head and lean against the couch. "Not likely. I don't think I'd be a good fit. I'm better in a one-on-one. Besides, I'd rather be with you girls in the Library Club." Haruna laughs and hugs me from the side playfully. "Aw! He loves us! He really loves us!" The girls all pile on top of me as we laugh our heads off. "Get off me, I can't breathe!" They all get off and we keep laughing. I hadn't felt this happy in a long time; not counting when Yue and I got together. Once we all calm down, we all decide to head to bed. "Good night, Nodoka. Good night, Yue. Good night, Atsui." "Good night, Haruna. Good night, Yue. Good night, Atsui-kun." "Good night, Nodoka. Good night, Haruna. Good night, Atsui-Kun." "Good night, Yue-hime. Good night, Haruna. Good night, Nodoka. Good night, John boy." We all start cracking up at my cliché but ever-hilarious joke before going to sleep.
I wake up early the next morning around 6:30 like I often do. I creep out of bed, change into my workout clothes, and leave the room, locking the door behind me. I head down to the track and put my headphones on and start stretching. As I turn my mp3 player on and start jogging, I notice a few other girls are up jogging as well. Mainly those who are on a sports team, as I see some from the swim team, many from the track team, and a few from the basketball team as well. Once I finish my jog, I head back over to the room and walk in as the girls were talking. They look up at me in a slight shock as Yue asks me, "Where were you, Atsui-kun? We were starting to get worried that Evangeline may have stolen you in the middle of the night or something." I smile knowing that they care this much about me. "I'm sorry I worried you girls, but I just went out for my morning jog." They all nod, and I swear I thought I saw Yue and Nodoka sigh a little bit.
"Like I said, I'm sorry for worrying you girls. Let me shower and I'll take you all out to eat." They all smile and agree, and I hit the shower to clean off the sweat from my run. A few minutes later, we were all headed to Satsuki's place to grab breakfast. We all place our orders and start chatting about our week while we wait. As we talk, I see Yuna coming over to our table. "Hey guys!" We all greet her. "Hey Atsui, there's gonna be a 5-on-5 game later today. We'd love it if you played with us. Please?" I think about it for a moment and look towards the girls. They all nod and make "subtle" motions, telling me to accept.
I look over to Yuna and nod my head. "Sure. A 5-on-5 sounds fun. Are we on opposite teams or the same?" She giggles a bit. "We're the same team this time, Atsui." I actually laugh at this one. "Wow, don't you think this game will be just a little one-sided?" She giggles again. "Hey, I'm not complaining. Anyway, the game's in the gym at about 1 o'clock. See ya then!" She jogs off, leaving us alone as our food arrives. As I expected, they couldn't stop talking about my upcoming game, saying things like "Between you and Yuna, it's a given win!" or "I know you're going to do great." And of course, "Please be careful out there, Atsui-kun. Kick butt, but watch yourself." I smile at their worry. "I promise I'll kick ass and be careful, ladies."
