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Last Edited - 25.o2.o5
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It's been over a month since I've updated. And I've got my reasons…thanks a huge lot to all you who have reviewed/been reviewing and have read this story and been reading and waiting for me to update each chapter. You all have unbelievably great patience, unlike me…eh…I think… You want me to type the story? All right, then I shall. Meet you at the end of this chapter!
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THE MIXUP
Chapter Fourteen
By Flipstahhz
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So what!
Maybe he did have some sort of feelings towards Hikari, as if things were going to work out between them after what had just happened. Maybe it was because…she acted more…pleasant that night…maybe because she looked beautiful in the attire she had worn. Or maybe…it was because he enjoyed her company… sure there would be those girls who he thought were drop dead gorgeous, but how come he didn't realize it until the winter dance…and that the person would be Hikari…out of all people?
Just being with Kari, was another story…she was just too much to handle. Her uniqueness. How he was amused whenever they fought or even talked. How she spoke back to every compliment or insult you gave her. How she could be so nice, and yet so mean at the same time. Or act so innocent when she was a devil. Well…not really devil… And it was stupid to think that he, Takeru Takaishi, had finally fallen for her…
He couldn't stand not talking to her, and knowing that she was pissed off with every action. He hated how for the past two days, Yolei would toss him angry glances while Kari would completely avoid him. At least on their terms before, whenever they walked passed each other they would tease each other. But now that Kari was giving him silent treatment, which was something else…something completely different from the normality.
Which was why he had to confront her…
" Takaishi!"
Out of the team of Odaiba basketball players, the both of us turned around.
"Takaishi not Kamiya!" the coach roared.
"Oh…," TK shook his head to himself, watching Hikari jog towards the coach. Even though his surname had changed, the school still followed by his old one. He ran his fingers through his damp sweaty locks of blond hair.
"So what's up, with you and that Takaishi girl," his basketball player friend, Herci, nudged him with a smirk. " Cause if she's not taken, I'd go for her. She's exactly what a chick should be. She's smart, witty, good at bball, fights…and not to mention she's damn hot!"
Takeru snarled.
"Gee, TK! I was kidding. No need to get jealous," Herci chuckled, bending his head cockily as his auburn coloured hair fell over his emerald shaded eyes. He was a rather handsome guy whom always loved to fool around, another guy that the entire girl's at Odaiba Junior Campus would drool over. Even though his skill in basketball was average, it was good fun having a one on one session whenever TK had spare time.
" Why would I get jealous, now?" TK laughed back good-naturedly.
" Cause…you're an item!" he laughed.
"An item! I wish… I mean…eh…no we ain't an item!" TK objected in defence.
" Stop playin' man…after winning best couple at the winter dance…I think you should know th-."
"Best couple! And no one told me!" TK exclaimed in disbelief.
" KAMIYA! ENOUGH OF THIS CHATTERING!" The coach yelled. " Everyone can go home now, except Takaishi and Kamiya!"
Herci slapped TK on the back while whispering in TK's ear, " Before we know it, we'll have a NBA married couple."
Curiously, he walked towards Hikari and his schoolteacher.
"Yeah!" TK asked casually.
" Don't be flattered, Takeru , Hikari," the coach addressed them. " But you two are probably the best in the team, we've had for years. For the passed weeks I have been observing your skills. Hikari's aim is perfect, just then I took her aside to test how many shots she could get in row. An unbelievable result! And Takeru, you're known to be the best at stealing and your incredible agility. If the two of you work together, we'll have a strong force…and we'd surely win!"
Throughout the time, Hikari had listened the coach, feeling TK's gaze glance at her a few times. If she was being a total biatch, she thought, she had her reasons. Even though TK had been incredibly sweet at that winter's dance…and letting her stay over at the Takaishi household…he had invaded her privacy… if TK had seen what she had hinted about who she liked… it would be – but how could she avoid TK that long! Now that she had to team up with him to become the outstanding duo the coach wanted them to be.
"But –."
" You start now, you're training. I'll come back in half an hour. I want you two to devise a plan and get along…I don't care if you hate each other's wits. You've got to learn to work as a team, if you don't…I'll simply you boot you out of the team and you'd miss the opportunity of your lifetime…"
"Fine," TK agreed, eyeing at the coach left the gym then gazed at Kari with an astounded expression on his face. " What are you doing!"
"I'm leaving," she replied simply, not bothering to stare at his face.
"No you're not. You heard what the coach said…"
"I don't care," she spat lividly.
"No…I'm not going to watch and let you destroy this opportunity. We can do this Kari…"
She raised an eyebrow, " Since when did you speak for we. Or maybe it's because you've most likely read my whole diary to know exactly what I'm thinking."
"Kar-."
"TK, please…just leave me alone. You've done enough damage. Maybe if I hadn't met you. All this mess…would have never started in the first place," she stated, slinging the bag over her shoulder, about to head the same direction the coach had exited out of.
"Then you're admitting to weakness," TK yelled after her, his voice bouncing and echoing of the walls. " You're running away again. You can do better than this Hikari…"
"Stop expecting so much from me, when you hardly know me at all!" she cried, throwing her hands up in rage. " What else do you want from me, TK?"
" A game. Just a game," TK paused, choosing his words wisely. "Unless I'm just better at you at bball…"
"Whatever," she said numbly as she caught the ball Takeru had bounced towards her. " No chance you ever will be…"
"Knew you'd fall for the bait," TK winked, taking his position on the basketball court.
" Guess running away isn't my weakness. Guess my pride is," she couldn't help but smirk at him.
TK grinned, at least there was some sense that the Kari 'he knew' was there, her basketball spirit was hard to vanquish.
Now this was what Takeru called…confrontation
She ran, the blond headed by her side. She furrowed her eyebrows, and continued to run and dribble the ball, yet…he was still there.
"Sorry for being a jerk…" TK whispered, so that only she could hear. Noticing Kari hesitate, he speedily stole the ball, increased his pace and ran to the three pointer a mark, scoring a hoop.
" That wasn't fair," she glared.
" Sometime's life isn't fair," TK quoted. " And when you're playing this game…there's never going to be pretty little butterflies flying around and playing by the rules."
"What do you mean?"
"What I mean is…you're most likely the only chick that's made it in a basketball team, which makes you easy prey for the other guys to go hard on you…or even gang up on you… You've got to be tough and not show you're feelings…or even daydream when playing this game, you've got to be completely focused. This is why you've gotta stay alert the whole time, whenever you play. You're easy to read, and people sense fear easily…"
" I'm not scared and I really trust you to talk about it…after 'reading' my diary," she muttered.
It was TK's turn to ignore her. " What I just did to you then, is a guy's trick…playing with your competitors feelings. Just then, I used me saying sorry to you…you hesitated. When we play against other people, they'll try and attempt to get on your nerves. In bball you have to also have the patience skill to ignore and discard all your feelings away and stay focused."
"And why are you telling me this? What's with the change all of a sudden!"
" Just thought you'd need the advice. Since we're going to be an unbeatable team," TK smirked. " And, must I add, pretending to be innocent or flirt with our opponents…then I'll get the chance to steal the ball off them. That could be one of the tactics. Agreed!"
"Agreed," Kari laughed. " Is this what you think in your spare time? Tactics to fool the enemy? What have you told my maybe a pile of crap…so…how do I know that you're telling the truth."
"To you," TK shrugged, " it may be a whole lot of crap. But it is helpful to note, when we verse other schools. But there was some truth in it…
"Truth!"
"Yeah…" TK said in a raspy voice. " That I was sorry…"
"Sorry?" Kari raised an eyebrow, a think amusing smile quirking in her thin glossed lips. This was the first time she had ever heard the words escape TK.
"Sorry for being an idiotic stuck up jerk and reading your diary. The both of us have been dealing with so much, and I went a bit low this time…invading your privacy and all. So I ask thee for forgiveness, we're all cool!" TK stared at her, right in the eyes then observed the look on Hikari's face, " What's with you!"
"Wishing I could rewind what you just said a couple of times and play it over and over again," she giggled.
"So you accept my ever so corny apology?"
She laughed.
"I take that as a yes."
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Short chapter! (hides) … sorry, just have been coping with school work and I hope this piece of a chapter was beyond all your expectations. Though I do promise, that next chapter will be rather lengthy. I just decided to cut if off here for quite a number of reasons and this "sweet" scene should be separated from what's going to happen next. And no, I don't think it'll be terrible ( I think) .. That's all for now. Take care and I hope you liked the chapter!
Stahhz..
NEXT CHAPTER: Chicken oil? Ken? Billiards, karaoke…and a party? What's going on! O-o
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