i felt like writing akashi today
longer chapter (because im stressed and procrastinating)
"Maybe I'll talk to Akashi-san again."
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"Nope."
Ayame sighed and flopped onto her bed. It had been nearly a week since she had promised herself to visit Akashi-san, but she had yet to do as mentioned.
"Is it too late?" she mused to herself out loud.
Visiting after one whole week did seem like an awkward time. Maybe it was too late.
"Ugh! I'm an idiot!" she mumbled, rolling around her bed.
It wasn't that she was too shy to visit. She was just too busy! Especially with her new band, practice was taking up majority of her time. Practices was important, just that it took up a lot of time. Not that Ayame was complaining though, as a full band was what she had been wanting for a long time.
("Ayame-chan.. could you be thinking about a boy?" Yumi, the bassist asked, as Ayame was staring at the lyrics to a love song.
"Pft! No!" she said immediately.
"Well... alright then~" the other girl replied, giggling quietly.")
Ayame sat back up, thinking about her situation. Why was she thinking about Akashi-san so much? He was so small in her grand scheme of things... especially with the fact that the basketball team always brought up-
"For SPIRAL SKY's future!" She yelled suddenly, jumping off her bed to attend weekend practice. Wiping off all her previous thoughts immediately, she went to grab her telecaster thinline 74. Now was the time for her band, not basketball.
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"Hey Ayame!" chorused Yumi, Maeda and Chie.
The quartet hadd ecided to met up at a small practice room every weekend, splitting up the cheap renting fees. At school they would still practice as a band, but weekends would be their big practice days, as all official equipment where free there.
"Let's get started shall we?" Maeda called as she tapped her drum.
She laughed and put down her guitar. "Let me set up first!"
"We'll start without you!" they all teased.
She laughed, thinking it was a joke, until they actually began. The girl scrambled for her guitar, and ran up to her spot just as the singing was about to start.
"Ah..I take in a deep breath~
Going along with the same kind smile~
Even though you're always by my side~
Again today you haven't noticed the mistake I made~"
The band moved as one, despite only being together for a short while. Mistakes were made, slight squeaks, mis-steps in the beat, a few wrong notes, but even so, the lyrics still carried out throughout the whole song. They went through the whole 5 minutes, playing first full song they had ever practiced as a band.
The guitars finished on the last note, holding it longer than necessary. A few moments passed, until the band burst into excited chatter.
"Ah! I made a mistake!"
"That was great for the first go!
"I knew I loved this song for a reason!"
"That was so cool!"
The four girls stared at each other, smiling and chattered on, but very quickly moved onto serious business. Looking at the song together and accessing small mistakes that could be fixed, the girls worked hard as one.
Once the first 15 minutes finished, they took a small break from constant revising. Chie looked up from her electric guitar, and stared at Ayame.
"You alright Chie?" she asked curiously.
The girl nodded. "I'm good. I was just thinking, no matter how many times you sing this song, it still comes out with such strong emotion every time.."
Yumi quickly followed in agreement with her own comment, and Maeda nodded at the back.
"Ehh? Really?" she blushed and thanked them, until Yumi smirked.
"Could it be a.. boy?"
Akashi quickly popped up her mind, but she frowned. "Those aren't my feelings for him though.."
"Oh? But that's still someone, right?! Who is the mysterious boy?" Yumi said excitedly.
"No one." she replied, rolling her eyes.
"But-"
"Back to practice, silly!"
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After 45 minutes of practice, the four girls walked out of the building. They all chatted to each other about the new school week tomorrow.
"Don't.. want.. to.. go.. school.." Chie mumbled dejectedly, with Yumi nodding along, just as sad.
This time, Maeda spoke up. "I heard class 1B and 1E are going to have P.E together tomorrow, just as a fun class."
The previously dejected Yumi gasped. "Why am I the only one in a different class?" she whined.
"It's alright," Ayame reassured while laughing, "We can have fun other ways."
She pouted. "Better be good!"
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The next day, just like Maeda said, the two classes joined together for P.E. Girls giggled, boys showed off, and overall, everyone mingled.
"Everyone!" The teacher called.
The two classes turned their attention on him, and listened carefully.
"As you know, today will be a day for some friendly competition! And just as a note, basketball will not be included!"
People in the class giggled quietly, understanding the inner joke, while Ayame stood confused. She looked at the people beside her nodding, but didn't get why. Unbeknownst to Ayame, Akashi had been standing at the back of the gym since he spotted Ayame chatting with his classmates. Although she had not visited for a week, the redhead still remembered her. It did not matter anymore that she had not visited, as this almost made up for it. He watched her confused facial expressions, and almost smiled to himself. Did she not realize he was in class 1B? Not that it mattered, as it was amusing for him to watch her reaction anyways.
The teachers decided for a nice warm up sprint first. It was simple enough for everyone, and the two classes versed off with 4 people each. Akashi watched the sad attempts of sprinting quietly. It was so bad that he felt more interested in Ayame's actions. It seemed she almost knew everyone, as she cheered for everyone that went on. Perhaps she was more of a social butterfly than he knew. Whether the affection was genuine or not though, he had not worked out yet.
"Inoue, Endo, Ota, Chiba from class 1B, next. Takahasi, Yoshida, Watanabe, Shirokawa from class 1E, next."
The redhead shook off his thoughts, and observed the mentioned girl once more. More than a few of his classmates, and majority of her class cheered for Ayame. Either she was extremely loved, or just talented. Talented, probably, as there was no mistake when his Emperor Eye once locked onto the girl in the past.
The whistle rang, and suddenly Ayame sprinted off. It was fairly obvious that she was good and was far ahead of everyone. Maybe not as fast as the speed of GoM.. but nearly there.
"An athletes speed, most definitely." he thought.
After her 3rd win, it was obvious that she was dominating but the girl begged for one more go.
"Please? The last time, I promise!" she asked the teacher, all sunflowers and shine.
Akashi, more than happy to judge her athletic skill, didn't mind her going for the fourth time.
It began all as usual, with Ayame sprinting off first. Her deft body was nearly at the end line, when she screamed all of a sudden and fell flat on the floor, clutching her knee. Moving automatically, he rushed over to the people crowding around her. Her face was writhed in pain, and was curled into a small position. Automatically disliking the foreign expression, he picked up her light body and ran towards the nurses office.
"I'm taking her to the nurses office." he yelled to the teachers as he left.
Ayame seemed to briefly realize her surroundings and he ran, holding her.
"A..ka..shi?" she whispered.
But then yelped in pain right after and grabbed onto him, forgetting all about politeness. The heavy breathing and whimpers made him go even faster, and in matter of time he arrived at the nurses office, bargaining in. The nurse quickly realized the situtation and politely asked him to leave.
"This is a private matter for Shirokawa-san."
His red eyes narrowed for a slight moment, but left willingly. The boy was left to stand outside, where flashbacks of her face replayed in his head.
"So this is why she stopped" he thought to himself, but surprisingly he found himself caring more about her safety than her relation to basketball.
Reasoning with himself, he told himself to go back to class, but at the same time also told himself to stay since her brought her there (and maybe also because of curiosity).
Several minutes later, once the whimpering had gone down, he entered himself without needing permission. The nurse had just finished speaking to Ayame, and turned to face the basketball captain.
"I'll leave to notice your parents then. Goodbye Shirokawa-san, Akashi-san."
The nurse left quickly, leaving behind the pair of teenagers to themselves. Akashi sat himself next to her, but asked no questions. He didn't feel like it.
"Uhm.. thank you Akashi-san.. for helping me."
She was quiet on the bed, looking much too pale and much too solemn on the bed. Her eyes avoided his own, obviously nervous about what had happened. In respects to her silent wishes, Akashi only nodded in reply and wished her a fast recovery without any questions.
Akashi would get his answers when he wanted it, later.
spiral sky seems like a cool band name
scandal will always be coolest band tho sry
story gets more serious wow what
reviews give me more motivation ^_^