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Chapter 3

"Hiruma-kun," Mamori was unsure if she should continue but she did her best to be as casual as she can.

"Mm?"

"Do you recall this photo?" she showed him the picture that Agon had showed everyone. She got even more nervous when she noticed that Hiruma's brow knit in irritation.

"Where did you get that?" Hiruma's eyes fixed her in place. She couldn't move and couldn't lie either since he looked angry.

"Someone gave it me," Mamori nervously replied, her voice quaking. "More importantly, do you smoke Hiruma-kun? I've never seen you smoke before."

"I do when I have to."

"What?! But Hiruma-kun that's not good for your health. Your an athlete so you-"

"I know. That's why only if I have to," Hiruma cut her off.

"And just how often is that?"

Hiruma seemed to ponder and said, "Hmmm. That depends on circumstances."

"Eh, Hiruma-kun that's – "

"Shut it. I told you not to mother me," Hiruma said coldly. "I'm capturing this," he snatched the photo from Mamori and she just stared at him in disbelief before walking out without a word. The teammates who were in there wanted a word or two but sensing the heavy atmosphere, they kept their mouths shut. Hiruma looked seriously pissed. Agon meanwhile was enjoying the show.

Mamori was crying in the ladies room. She knew Hiruma was right. She should stop being such a motherhen. But old habits die hard. And she cares about him, his health, and his career. Is it so bad to care for people that are important to you? The fact that he shut her up so coldly in front of everyone hurt even more. He could have told her not to pursue the matter in a more subtle way. Now that it's like this; people will be even more suspicious about his sexuality since just seeing the photo irritated him so much. How could she win the bet like this? She don't want to end up being Agon's girl and more importantly she wanted to know the truth about Hiruma's sexuality as well.

"Fucking dreads, it's you isn't it?"

"I was just showing her another side of you that she didn't know about," Agon snickered.

"Fuck off. Stop your fucking meddling."

"Don't be so cold. We had a past together after all. I knew you before she did. Did you not think that she would ask me of what you were like before?"

"She doesn't care about such trivial things."

"Trivial? Kukukuku. Interesting. I have a lot to tell her then since it's trivial anyway," Agon sneered. He dodged Hiruma's bullets after that.

"I'll kill you a million times if she ends up hating me more than she already does." Hiruma kept firing at Agon. He aimed to hit since it's Agon anyway.

"This fake bullets ain't nothing." Agon kept on dodging and the other members of the team scampered out so as not to get hit as well. Only the first string players remained. And they were the ones who believed most that Hiruma was into Mamori.

They continued to banter until the others jived in and other topics were discussed. Ikkyu primarily complained at Hiruma's treatment of Mamori. Yamato, Banba, and the others also agreed that Hiruma was being harsh. Hiruma brushed them off with "it's her fault for misunderstanding things. I did say I smoke when circumstances demand it. But those situations were quite rare. Maybe one to five times a year or none at all. She was the one who thought that I was hiding it from her."

"Why didn't you just say that from the start?" Banba sweatdropped.

"She was only concerned. You should apologize to Mamori-chan," Taka who had been silently reading and observing suddenly said and everyone gawked at him.

"Mamori-chan?!" the first string players all eyed Taka.

"What? We're quiet close you know," Taka replied as if nonchalantly but was actually showing off. Even Hiruma doesn't call her by name and no one except her female friends have referred to her with 'chan'.

"Since when did that happen?!" Ikkyu was frustrated.

"We have the same taste in a lot of things. See, this is her book," Taka showed off the novel he was reading. Ikkyu ran to him to touch and sniff the book but Taka didn't let him touch it. "What I'm saying is, if you keep treating her like that Hiruma-san, Agon-san, my chance will keep rising."

"What?!" Everyone was flabbergasted.

"He is fearless!" one teammate commented. Yes, that's the only word for it. Who would ever challenge Agon and Hiruma at the same time?

"Oi oi. You were after her too?" Agon narrowed his eyes at Taka. 'This guy is quite something,' he thought.

"Who knows? I might as well go after her too if you people don't know how to take care of her properly. Actually, I think you have a good chance with her too Takeru."

"Oi don't involve me in this," Yamato scratched his head.

"And you too Akaba-san."

"Me?" Akaba was surprised and honestly pondered about it. Yamato did as well. "Now that you mention it, I was not romantically interested in Mamori-san but if I date her I know I'd fall for her easily."

"Hmm. Me too. I didn't think of Mamori-san that way before but if I think about it seriously, she's a very lovable girl. I think I may fall for her quite easily too if I'd seriously think about dating," Yamato concluded.

"Yes, indeed. Mamori-chan is adorable. We are all single at the moment so we can also go after her if we want too. Although among the three of us, I think I have the best chance."

"You're quite something. I have better chances than you," Agon interjected.

"No, even if it's you I still have higher chances." Taka nonchalantly replied at that. The others realized that they should never underestimate Taka. In terms of having real girlfriends, he was the most experienced among them all. "Well, I was only holding back because I respect Hiruma-san. I didn't even think of you Agon-san as a rival because among us, you're the one that Mamori-chan would likely not choose since you're only after her body. If I go after her, I want all of her."

"The fuck! This prick is really something," Agon hated being downgraded. He was raring for a fight.

"Oh and by the way, if you hurt me she will surely get angry. I'm also important to her," Taka said matter-of-factly. "After all, Mamori-chan and I already went out on a couple of dates and we had fun all the time."

"What?!" They all said in unison. That was even more shocking. Even Hiruma had sat up and he was oozing with a dangerous aura.

"What kind of fun did you do?! You traitor!" Ikkyu wailed. His mind was concluding the wrong things.

Taka just smiled and left it to everyone's imagination. Then seeing Hiruma's reaction, he added fuel to the fire. "Her sleeping face is really cute. I always watch her when she sleeps. I even kept a picture."

"You!" Hiruma, Agon, and Ikkyu were all standing now. They looked like monsters ready to mercilessly kill right now and Taka fearlessly smiled at them.

And then Hiruma noticed that Mamori hasn't gone out of the ladies room yet. He calmed himself. He couldn't believe someone just riled him up so much. He looked Taka straight in the eye and said, "Kekeke. You can go after her if you want. Be my guest," Hiruma replied with a smug grin on his face.

"Overconfidence? I won't be so sure about that if I were you," Taka replied but Hiruma was already walking towards the ladies room. "Make sure to apologize," Taka reminded him.

"Was that supposed to be peptalk?" Banba asked Taka.

"Hmmm. Maybe. But those were also my honest thoughts."

"This is the first time I saw you like that," Yamato patted Taka's back in praise. "You are even more daring than me."

"Please don't say that. You were all so rowdy these past weeks that I couldn't concentrate reading," Taka lamented. Everyone sweatdropped.

"So that was the real reason why you spoke up," Yamato laughed.

"Part of it. I do like Mamori-san a lot so I'm helping her a bit."

"Trying to foil my plans trash?" Agon glared at him.

"This is exactly why she won't ever date you," Taka shook his head as if in pity and Agon threw a football at him which Taka gracefully caught.

"But what do you mean when you say you like her?" Ikkyu asked.

"She's like my older sister. They are very much alike," Taka replied and Ikkyu sighed in relief. The others laughed. It wasn't romantic interest. And some people insisted that he introduce them to his sister, which Taka shut down with "she's not into rowdy inexperienced guys."