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Chapter 11 : The trio and three shocking scenes

The next morning, on the 6th floor at the association

Man, this is tiring. Hikaru grumbled. Today he had 2 games in a row; the 2nd preliminaries for Kisei title in the morning and the 1st preliminaries for Tengen title in the afternoon. It had been a long day for him, finally it had passed. He won…both games. Right now, he was leaning against the vending machine closing his eyes trying to get a short rest. Suffering from 2 long games, his back ached, though he didn't take long to finish his 2nd game, thanked to Kosaga 4 Dans, his opponent, who made so many mistakes and resigned in no time.

Since it would take a while for the other pros to finish their games, Hikaru lit his Marlboro Menthol ashe decided to take this chance to smoke. He had never smoked at the association before. Actually, he had never smoked in front of anyone before…until that night in the park…that Seiji found him. No one knew about his little secret except the spine-chilling 10 Dans.

He kept it hidden from everybody…especially from his mom. Well, his dad maybe understood him, he was a 15-year-old boy once…but his mom…

Mom is definitely going to burst out into tears. What if Morishita-Sensei knows about this, he'll give me a hell for sure, maybe the rest of the study group will join him. Still closing his eyes, he exhaled the fume, What about Touya?...Touya is even worse than mom.

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" Hard game?" the familiar voice woke him up. There was only person who didn't criticize him for smoking. Who else could it be but the emotionless Jyudan.

" No, just a bit tired," he uttered.

" I've never seen you smoke here before," Seiji pointed out as he himself brought out his Larks. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw 3 pro coming out from the game room. It was Ashiwara, Saeki and, of course, Touya Akira.

Then the most wicked and evil thought came across his mind. He pretended not to see them and…

" Wait a sec," the world's thickest boy said as he searched for his lighter. Standing face to face, Ogata slowly placed his arm around Hikaru's shoulder and slipped his hand at the back of the boy's head. He gently tilted the Hikaru's head up and drew his face closer to the blond's to light the cigarette. Their faces were very very close. Hikaru was a bit off guard but he didn't push the other man away or say anything. Even if he wanted to say something, he couldn't since his friend was trying to get a light from his lighted Marlboro Menthol so it was better to be still.

What about the trio? At first, they were surprised to see Shindou-pro smoking. Then they were stunned to see Shindou-pro talking to Ogata-Sensei acting so familiar. Then they were more than startled to see the intimate scene. Three extremely unexpected shocking scenes that struck themin a rowcaused them a psychological and physical shock. They looked completely dump. Their eyes widened and widened in the way that they didn't know that they could possibly be that wide. Neither of them spoke, they were just standing there.

After a few seconds, Ogata's Larks lit up, he unhurriedly pulled himself away but him arm still hung the boy's neck. His infamous creepy smile was on his face as he was trying his best not to explode laughter. In his mind, he was laughing to tears knowing what the pros were thinking.

" Let's go, Hikaru, I'll buy you dinner," Not wanting Hikaru to see the trio, he didn't wait for a reply but immediately dragged the clueless boy to another way.

This is the first time he offers me a meal without making a bet…Why suddenly he seems to be in a good mood? I wonder what makes him so damn happy.

The blond was curious and incredibly slow. He didn't think that Seiji's move was disgusting or anything. For him, it was just another way to light a cigarette, though he wondered why his friend didn't use a lighter since it would be much much easier.

Although, Seiji's action didn't mean anything to him but it did mean something to the one who witnessed it…to be frankly, a very suspicious meaning.


Later

Seiji took his friend to the steak house again. Even for someone as oblivious as the two-toned-haired pro could tell that the normal indifferent man was in a very very good mood.

They had the enjoyable time together, though the dense boy didn't know what was going on, he was glad to see his older friend to be happy.

" Thank you, Seiji-san," Hikaru said contentedly after dinner, " May I ask what's that for?"

" Why you don't want to have dinner with me?" the grey-eyed pro questioned sarcastically.

" NO! Of course not!" the fashionable boy cried out, " …It's just this is the first time we didn't make a bet so…"

" Why? I can't have dinner with my friend without any gambling involved?" Seiji asked back.

The green-eyed boy blushed a little and chuckled softly, " You're such a sweet-talker, that's new to me,"

Hmm? Is he blushing? Just because I call him ' my friend'? At least, this brat has a cute side.

Umm, I'm so full..and I have been sitting all day long…a little exercise must be good.

" Ne, Seiji-san, What're you doing tomorrow?"

" Huh?"

" What're you doing tomorrow? Do you have a game?" the adorable boy asked again.

" Tomorrow? No, I'm free, Why?" Why?

" Good, Let's go, Seiji-san, I'll take you to a good place," said the brat who had a cute side as he tugged Seiji's long white sleeve.


A/N : So, Hikaru, What's the ' good place' you're talking about?

gravitation gig : That ramen does exist. But I think it's acceptable to add Parmesan in a pork soup,If they addit in Sio ramen ( Salted soup), that's unacceptable!

nina-b : Thank you! ( LittleNK is blushing ) Well, I've finished this fic before I post it. It's my policy, so I can promise you that all my fic will finish, I won't ditch it.

kari : Hope to hear from you soon