Perfection
Chibi Tsuki
A/N: Sorry – very short chapter!
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Chapter 9
Not That Weak
Heero glanced at the mysterious person in front of him, his eyes focused on the person while his hand kept in contact with the basketball. The rubbery texture felt comfortable as it sprung up from the floor and pushed against the ball of his palm. His Prussian blue eyes darted from the teenager before him back to the backboard. He brought his right foot over to his left foot to feint a run but Noin had anticipated the move and followed brought her hands up to follow the ball as he moved. Casting a sideways glance, Heero shifted his weight to the right and made a three hundred and sixty degrees turn, allowing himself space to attempt a shot. The ball fell through the ring and bounced on the floor twice before Noin retrieved it. She was only warming up at the moment; she wasn't going to allow the boy to beat her. Her hands ran expertly over the basketball, feeling its bumps before starting to bounce it. Walking back to the halfway line, she lifted her head up slightly so that she had full view of the boy and smiled softly. He was standing no more than two metres away from her looking ready and confident. Slowly, she approached him, her sneakers pressing against the floor lightly. She suddenly charged at him, dodging to the right at the last second but Heero wasn't easily startled and he brought his hand up to block the shot. One second too slow; the ball went in. Both understood that the other was definitely no push-over.
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Panting, the pair stared at each other intensely. Sweat poured down their necks as they prepared for another round. The brown-haired boy darted to the side with the basketball bouncing low. He shuffled to the right, twisted his body around and was about to shoot when Noin's fingers came tipping the ball out of his hands. She smiled in triumph and rushed off back to the halfway line with Heero hot in pursuit. Neither player was winning so far, both had scored the same score, leaving one more goal to determine the winner. Swiftly, Noin bounced the ball behind her as Heero advanced, trying to swipe the ball off her. But she had managed to manoeuvre around him fast enough. Heero turned with her and slapped the ball out of her hand before she managed to shoot. Retrieving the ball, Noin charged up to the penalty line and tried for a goal. The ball circled the ring and fell off on the side, to be in possession of Heero once again. Neither player was prepared to back down. Noin smirked and slowly advanced towards him, her senses alert at all times. The boy too smirked and walked with the ball bouncing. He curved towards the left, tracing the outline of the key before charging inwards for another try. But Noin dived at the gap between Heero and the basketball, stealing the ball once again. This last round was taking its time but neither player cared. Only a few steps from the three-point line, Noin darted forwards once again and shot as Heero's hand knocked her cap in an attempt to push the ball over. Falling to the ground, the dark-coloured cap landed harshly, just like the basketball after falling through the ring.
This time the victory went to Noin as she retrieved the cap and the basketball, leaving Heero staring in half-amazement and amusement. Placing her cap back on her head, the raven-haired girl smiled and asked, "Aren't you coming for lunch? Or are you just going to stand there." Heero grunted, noticing a pair of blue eyes staring at him. He heard a mew and watched as a kitten stepped from under the seat, following its owner with short, quick steps. A certain warm friendly feeling washed over him as he followed in slight hurry while keeping his mask of solitary on. He decided that if his classmate, Wufei Chang play against this girl in basketball, he would surely reconsider his opinions towards females. Perhaps he wouldn't call them all 'weaklings', his friend's favourite term for females even though he didn't classify them that way.
They were the last to enter the dining room, obviously since there were only two paper bags left with their lunch order written on it. The cooks too had left the dining hall leaving the pair to gather their lunch and find somewhere to sit usually in the front gardens. "Mew, mew," Midnight pawed at Noin's tracksuit pants with anxiety before making a hopeless climb up her legs.
"Come on Midnight, off girl," she murmured and shook the kitten. But unfortunately the cat's sharp claws clung into her trousers.
Heero hide a grin behind his hand, pretending to sneeze but he wasn't fast enough, as Lu caught his smirk and merely made a face at him. She picked up the kitten and placed her gingerly onto her shoulder before striding outside with her lunch held firmly in her hand, away from Midnight's swiping claws. Following her, Heero seemed to loosen up, clearly shown by his smiling Prussian-blue eyes under his thick brown hair.
A/N: Please forgive me!