AN: hey!!! =) surprised I was able to update so soon?? (don't worry, I'm surprised too :P) anyway, here it is, chapter 4. Thanks to Mizuyuki Yuu and kei12 for helping me with my html...working with MSWord is bloody, messy work...check out their stories, btw. They're really cool :P
Mitsui
She said she wanted to play with me.
She said she wanted to play with me.
Needless to say, I laughed my head off. Play basketball?? her??
Well, okay. If she really wanted to...
" Fine," I had said after I regained most of myself. " I'll play with you."
There was more to this girl than what met the eye, was there? Well, she had guts, that was for sure. And she wasn't afraid of anything.
Heh. My type.You're in for the kill, Hisashi...
" So," I said smoothly, taking hold of the ball. " Your ball, then?" Rule number one: Always be a gentleman. To the girl of your dreams, that is.
She just looked back at me like I had suggested we eat dirt after class. " No,your ball, I already told you awhile ago..."
I studied her for a moment. She actually sounded like she was serious.
She wasn't serious, was she?
I cracked up. Yeah right.
I decided to play along for a while. " Fine, then." I stood by the free throw line. " This is how we decide. We stand behind this line here..." I pointed to the free throw line..." And we shoot. Whoever's shot gets in..."
" Gets the ball first. How many free throw shots?" she asked me briskly, already behind the line.
I raised my eyebrows. " You know what they're called."
" Of course I do."
" Ah." There really was more to this girl then what met the eye...interesting...
Our eyes met as I tossed her the ball. She glanced at me one more time, shrugged, bent her knees, and shot the ball.
I didn't even bother to look towards the net. No doubt it wouldn't--
swoosh.
The ball shot cleanly through the net. I didn't see it, but I sure as hell heard it.
I turned around, not really believing my eyes. " It went in?"
She raised her eyebrows. " Yup. Your turn." She casually tossed me the ball.
I blinked. It went in-?
So she did know how to play...I should have known. That flawless form, casual flick of the wrist...
Or maybe it was just beginner's luck. I shook my head. Plain luck, I decided. yup, just luck. My turn to shoot. I took my place behind the line, and grinned at her. Now to show her the true power of Mitsui Hisashi. " Dare me to do it with my eyes closed?"
She shrugged. " Go ahead." She actually sounded...bored.
That would change, though. I grinned confidently and shut my eyes tight. I raised my arms in the standard shooting position, bent my knees, released the ball gently. I opened my eyes, and watched as it formed a smooth arc towards the net...and gently sank in.
Hah. I turned to the girl, who was smirking beside me. " Well?"
" Not bad," she said. Ha, I knew she was impressed. Of course she was, who wouldn't get impressed by my--
" But not good enough," she added. She pointed to the free throw line and shook her head. " You were standing outside it."
I was? I felt my grin melt away. " I was?"
I caught a hold of myself. " I mean, yeah, I was, of course I was, did it on purpose so you could have the ball, y'know, ladies first and all that--" I was distinctly aware of myself blabbering away. " So, let's get this game on the road." I tried my best to sound and look confident as ever, but inside, I was deflating. Way to go, Hisashi, blow it, why don't you? I had stepped outside the line...idiot...
She eyed me. " I'm flattered by your chivalrous ways, but I'd rather it be your ball first." her lines were dripping with sarcasm. Okay, so maybe she had seen through my act. Oh well, can't have everything.
I raised my eyebrows. " Fine, its my ball then." she visibly relaxed. " On a condition."
She glanced at me warily this time, her grey eyes gleaming. " What?"
I smiled smugly. You're smart, Hisashi, damn smart. " That if I win, you go out with me, and you tell me your name."
She rolled her eyes. " That's two conditions."
" It's a buy one take two bargain. Take it or leave it."
" I'd rather leave it," she said dryly.
This was not how I wanted things to work out. " C'mon," I said. " You scared you might lose, that's why you won't agree?" I felt a grin spread on my face. I was taunting her, and I was enjoying it. " Or you know you'll lose, that's why you don't want to agree?"
That worked. Her face hardened. " Am not!"
" Prove it," I taunted her. " Say yes to the deal."
She scowled at me. " Yes to the deal."
Ha. I've always like a girl with a sense of humor.
" Good," I said confidently. " Let's start it, then."
Boy, I sure was going to have a hell of a time.
Hayane
Me??? Go out with him???
God, this day was getting worse by the minute.
Plus, I had to tell him my name...
Finally, he'd know that it really was I, Kazushino Hayane, whom he had been hitting on all this time...
Not really a very interesting prospect. I nearly fell over when I heard his deal.
Even worse, I had agreed to it. Me and my stupid ego.
Now I knew I couldn't lose.
" Just until five shots," I told Hisashi. " First one to score five baskets wins."
He scoffed. " Why so short?" he asked me arrogantly.
I rolled my eyes. It was hard trying to hold up my sweet act around him. " Because lunch break is nearly over, and I don't think our senseis are going to like it if we're both late." Especially me...I was a new student, after all.
Hisashi nodded. " Fine then." He eyed me once more and smirked. " The deal holds, ok?"
Whatever. " Ok," I answered. " C'mon, let's start!"
Hisashi smirked once more and swaggered to the three point line. I couldn't help but roll my eyes and gag at his walk. What a big-headed buffoon.
And to think I had found him handsome the first time I saw him....
He dribbled the ball slowly at first, then with steadily increasing rhythm, faster and faster. I watched him warily. I didn't know how he played, so I didn't really know what to expect...
" Beautiful," Hisashi said softly.
What the hell-?
" What?" I asked him puzzledly, letting my guard down.
Hisashi's eyes flashed, and he evaded me in one swift movement. I just turned and watched, dumbstruck, as he laid the ball up smoothly into the net.
I began to complain. " Hey! You distracted me!" Asshole.
Hisashi smirked at me again. " What? I didn't distract you."
What an asshole. I swear I wanted to kill him then and there.
" Yes, you did!" I managed to sputter out. " You spoke to me."
Hisashi grinned. " Oh, that?" he gave me a knowing look. " What makes you think I was talking about you?"
I didn't know what to say at that. " I-"
" I was talking to myself," Hisashi interrupted me. " I was complimenting my beautiful form and strategy." He grinned at me. " You thought I was talking to you, didn't you?"
What the hell was he thinking?!?
My eyes narrowed. " I can't believe you! You dirty--"
Hisashi stepped up to me. " Dirty what?" he said softly.
There were a million dirty words I could think of to call him. idiotic moron, conceited jerk, donkey, duck-feet...
a thousand more possibilities flooded into my mind, but I paid no attention to them.
Why the hell is he standing so close?
I looked up into his eyes. They were a beautiful shade of cobalt blue.
beautiful...
how come I had never noticed that before?
I nearly forgot that this was Mitsui Hisashi I was talking about, the Mitsui Hisashi who got ice cream down my back, the Mitsui Hisashi who made me his slave, the Mitsui Hisashi who...
Ah, put a lid on it, Hayane. You're dreaming again.
Besides, I didn't even like Hisashi. So what the hell was I thinking?
I snapped out of my reverie and stared right back into Hisashi's face. " Nothing," I said softly. " Let's get on with the game."
AN: ooh....*wink* heheh...I'll put the continuation of the game in the next chapter. Sorry, I'm chopping them all apart, don't like writing everything in one go. Let's just wait and see then... Are the chapters getting shorter? O_o R&R please!! be nice and review...
Mitsui
She said she wanted to play with me.
She said she wanted to play with me.
Needless to say, I laughed my head off. Play basketball?? her??
Well, okay. If she really wanted to...
" Fine," I had said after I regained most of myself. " I'll play with you."
There was more to this girl than what met the eye, was there? Well, she had guts, that was for sure. And she wasn't afraid of anything.
Heh. My type.You're in for the kill, Hisashi...
" So," I said smoothly, taking hold of the ball. " Your ball, then?" Rule number one: Always be a gentleman. To the girl of your dreams, that is.
She just looked back at me like I had suggested we eat dirt after class. " No,your ball, I already told you awhile ago..."
I studied her for a moment. She actually sounded like she was serious.
She wasn't serious, was she?
I cracked up. Yeah right.
I decided to play along for a while. " Fine, then." I stood by the free throw line. " This is how we decide. We stand behind this line here..." I pointed to the free throw line..." And we shoot. Whoever's shot gets in..."
" Gets the ball first. How many free throw shots?" she asked me briskly, already behind the line.
I raised my eyebrows. " You know what they're called."
" Of course I do."
" Ah." There really was more to this girl then what met the eye...interesting...
Our eyes met as I tossed her the ball. She glanced at me one more time, shrugged, bent her knees, and shot the ball.
I didn't even bother to look towards the net. No doubt it wouldn't--
swoosh.
The ball shot cleanly through the net. I didn't see it, but I sure as hell heard it.
I turned around, not really believing my eyes. " It went in?"
She raised her eyebrows. " Yup. Your turn." She casually tossed me the ball.
I blinked. It went in-?
So she did know how to play...I should have known. That flawless form, casual flick of the wrist...
Or maybe it was just beginner's luck. I shook my head. Plain luck, I decided. yup, just luck. My turn to shoot. I took my place behind the line, and grinned at her. Now to show her the true power of Mitsui Hisashi. " Dare me to do it with my eyes closed?"
She shrugged. " Go ahead." She actually sounded...bored.
That would change, though. I grinned confidently and shut my eyes tight. I raised my arms in the standard shooting position, bent my knees, released the ball gently. I opened my eyes, and watched as it formed a smooth arc towards the net...and gently sank in.
Hah. I turned to the girl, who was smirking beside me. " Well?"
" Not bad," she said. Ha, I knew she was impressed. Of course she was, who wouldn't get impressed by my--
" But not good enough," she added. She pointed to the free throw line and shook her head. " You were standing outside it."
I was? I felt my grin melt away. " I was?"
I caught a hold of myself. " I mean, yeah, I was, of course I was, did it on purpose so you could have the ball, y'know, ladies first and all that--" I was distinctly aware of myself blabbering away. " So, let's get this game on the road." I tried my best to sound and look confident as ever, but inside, I was deflating. Way to go, Hisashi, blow it, why don't you? I had stepped outside the line...idiot...
She eyed me. " I'm flattered by your chivalrous ways, but I'd rather it be your ball first." her lines were dripping with sarcasm. Okay, so maybe she had seen through my act. Oh well, can't have everything.
I raised my eyebrows. " Fine, its my ball then." she visibly relaxed. " On a condition."
She glanced at me warily this time, her grey eyes gleaming. " What?"
I smiled smugly. You're smart, Hisashi, damn smart. " That if I win, you go out with me, and you tell me your name."
She rolled her eyes. " That's two conditions."
" It's a buy one take two bargain. Take it or leave it."
" I'd rather leave it," she said dryly.
This was not how I wanted things to work out. " C'mon," I said. " You scared you might lose, that's why you won't agree?" I felt a grin spread on my face. I was taunting her, and I was enjoying it. " Or you know you'll lose, that's why you don't want to agree?"
That worked. Her face hardened. " Am not!"
" Prove it," I taunted her. " Say yes to the deal."
She scowled at me. " Yes to the deal."
Ha. I've always like a girl with a sense of humor.
" Good," I said confidently. " Let's start it, then."
Boy, I sure was going to have a hell of a time.
Hayane
Me??? Go out with him???
God, this day was getting worse by the minute.
Plus, I had to tell him my name...
Finally, he'd know that it really was I, Kazushino Hayane, whom he had been hitting on all this time...
Not really a very interesting prospect. I nearly fell over when I heard his deal.
Even worse, I had agreed to it. Me and my stupid ego.
Now I knew I couldn't lose.
" Just until five shots," I told Hisashi. " First one to score five baskets wins."
He scoffed. " Why so short?" he asked me arrogantly.
I rolled my eyes. It was hard trying to hold up my sweet act around him. " Because lunch break is nearly over, and I don't think our senseis are going to like it if we're both late." Especially me...I was a new student, after all.
Hisashi nodded. " Fine then." He eyed me once more and smirked. " The deal holds, ok?"
Whatever. " Ok," I answered. " C'mon, let's start!"
Hisashi smirked once more and swaggered to the three point line. I couldn't help but roll my eyes and gag at his walk. What a big-headed buffoon.
And to think I had found him handsome the first time I saw him....
He dribbled the ball slowly at first, then with steadily increasing rhythm, faster and faster. I watched him warily. I didn't know how he played, so I didn't really know what to expect...
" Beautiful," Hisashi said softly.
What the hell-?
" What?" I asked him puzzledly, letting my guard down.
Hisashi's eyes flashed, and he evaded me in one swift movement. I just turned and watched, dumbstruck, as he laid the ball up smoothly into the net.
I began to complain. " Hey! You distracted me!" Asshole.
Hisashi smirked at me again. " What? I didn't distract you."
What an asshole. I swear I wanted to kill him then and there.
" Yes, you did!" I managed to sputter out. " You spoke to me."
Hisashi grinned. " Oh, that?" he gave me a knowing look. " What makes you think I was talking about you?"
I didn't know what to say at that. " I-"
" I was talking to myself," Hisashi interrupted me. " I was complimenting my beautiful form and strategy." He grinned at me. " You thought I was talking to you, didn't you?"
What the hell was he thinking?!?
My eyes narrowed. " I can't believe you! You dirty--"
Hisashi stepped up to me. " Dirty what?" he said softly.
There were a million dirty words I could think of to call him. idiotic moron, conceited jerk, donkey, duck-feet...
a thousand more possibilities flooded into my mind, but I paid no attention to them.
Why the hell is he standing so close?
I looked up into his eyes. They were a beautiful shade of cobalt blue.
beautiful...
how come I had never noticed that before?
I nearly forgot that this was Mitsui Hisashi I was talking about, the Mitsui Hisashi who got ice cream down my back, the Mitsui Hisashi who made me his slave, the Mitsui Hisashi who...
Ah, put a lid on it, Hayane. You're dreaming again.
Besides, I didn't even like Hisashi. So what the hell was I thinking?
I snapped out of my reverie and stared right back into Hisashi's face. " Nothing," I said softly. " Let's get on with the game."
AN: ooh....*wink* heheh...I'll put the continuation of the game in the next chapter. Sorry, I'm chopping them all apart, don't like writing everything in one go. Let's just wait and see then... Are the chapters getting shorter? O_o R&R please!! be nice and review...