I'm gonna continue it! Writing style will be different though, as the first chapter was written (not published) nearly over 1 year ago.

A young teenager sat under a sakura tree while humming a quiet tune. Even the wind seemed to flow with the song, and the sun shined brightly in the sky. The girl looked quite peaceful, and perhaps even goddess-like as her deep melodious voice filled the air, until that was, her voice changed into a scream.

"Where are you DRUMMERS?!"

Ayame snapped out of her day dream state, and frowned. It was a sunday, two days after that disastrous meeting with the basketball team. She was originally out to buy some music books, but after wandering around for 2 extra hours, the girl decided to take a break. Now the guitarist was back to thinking about her band, more importantly, their lack of a drummer.

"I guess I'll have to be patient." She thought with a sigh.

Just as Ayame was about to leave for the train station though, she caught sight of a peculiar girl staring at some drum kit displays. 3 things clicked in her mind.

1. A girl was staring at drums

2. That girl seemed familiar.

3. Was that Maeda-san?

"Hello there Maeda-san! Fancy meeting you here! I see that's some drums you're eyeing. right?"

The previously peaceful girl spun around in surprise. How did she not hear someone approach her?

"Shirokawa-san?! What are you doing here?" she squealed.

"Just looking at some things for my band. I was just wondering.. do you play the drums?"

"Well I.."

Ayame smiled, locking onto her prey.

ooo

"GUESS WHO HAS A DRUMMER~?" A feminine voice yelled as the gym door was opened.

The basketball team all stopped and stared at the source of the voice.

It was the girl from last week.

"Whoops! Sorry guys, I forgot you were training!" The girl apologized sheepishly as she scratched her head.

"Isn't she begin a bit too friendly?" Akashi thought suspiciously, and watched her look around for him.

"Tch, isn't that the annoying girl from last week?" Aomine whispered (but a bit too loudly as she glared in his direction).

"Resume your training everyone." Akashi commanded, with a special smile in Aomine's direction. ("Ack! Tetsu, his smile is freaking me out!")

The red head called her over, and she walked over to him while muttering an apology.

"It's alright," He said reassuringly, "Did you need something today?".

Ayame, while as happy as she was today, did not miss the stranger-like tone in his voice. Well, there she goes again, being overly friendly to everyone. It was weird, how back at home everyone knew each other to the dot, but here over in Japan, everyone had walls up around themselves.

Smiling nervously, she looked into his eyes and tried to reply as calmly as possible. "Well, I just.. I thought you would like an explanation for my behavior last week."

He nodded politely, and she continued explaining.

"I told you I have a band, but it actually wasn't a full one. We were missing a drummer, which was why I was depressed. That was, until I found a drummer yesterday!" She explained, perking up a bit at the last comment.

The red head said nothing but stared at her.

"Uhm.. yeah. I just wanted to tell you.." She babbled on, drifting off at the end.

But he still didn't reply, and seemed to be trying to stare through her soul.

Ayame stood still under his watchful gaze, and tucked some hair behind her ears as a nervous habit. His red eyes followed her hand for a few moments, before finally smiling. He opened up his mouth to reply, but she interrupted him straight after.

"Well, I'll get going now! Sorry for disturbing you Akashi-san."

She spun around, and was about to quickly leave in embarrassment, until a firm hand grabbed her own. Surprised, she turn around to face Akashi, who was holding her hand.

"You can continue talking to me about your band."

Her eyes widened in surprised. "But.. aren't you busy?"

He shook his head. "I don't mind."

"Oh, uhm okay then."

Her face blushed, and she slipped her hand out of his grasp. Quickly covering up her embarrassment, she went on to ramble on about her sunday and about how she found her drummer.

The boy stared at her, who caught his full attention as she retold her story. Ayame (was that her name?). She was one of the very rare people who would talk to him so casually. It was.. interesting. He had decided, he was going to figure her out until she no longer interested him. And after a few moments of thought, he turned back his full attention to her.

"She has a beautiful voice." The red head thought unconsciously.

ooo

Meanwhile, Midorima carefully eyed the two in the corner. "No one has ever caught Akashi's attention like that. Especially with the way she greeted him, and the fact that she isn't even related to basketball. I wonder what will come out of this.." He thought to himself.

ooo

Ayame strummed her acoustic guitar mindlessly, as she hummed another random tune. Her thoughts drifted off to the red head earlier today, and began to sing a even happier tune. Downstairs, her mum called for her loudly, but she did not notice. After 5 times, her mother finally walked up to her daughters room.

"Ayame, you sure are happy today aren't you? Is it because of your new drummer friend?"

She nodded in reply, but didn't stop her tune.

"Well, we have dinner soon. Come down in a sec ok?"

She nodded wordlessly again, and her mother finally left.

"Should I visit Akashi-san again?"

Her thoughts drifted off to what her mother said.. of course she was happy over her 'drummer friend'. But perhaps, also a bit over what happened at basketball...

She stood up and left her guitar on her bed before walking out.

"Maybe I'll talk to Akashi-san again."

Sorry for the slow updates. It was my birthday recently, and I've been able to sneak in this update but I have my music exam + other assignments due soon, so I won't be updating ANY of my stories too fast. Apologizes! Hope you enjoyed this chapter for now!

edit: so many typos! apologizes ):