FASH: Anime North was awesome! And you wanna know that highlight of the whole convention? Eyeshield 21 cosplayers! There was a Shin, a Sena, a Komusubi and an Ootawara, all walking together, 'twas awesome!

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The Name: Kakei

The Sentence: "Why can't you just be a normal boyfriend?" "Are you saying I'm weird?" "Yes, in the nicest way possible." (Woah, this'll be fun eh?)

Kakei was passionate about football, he definitely made the top five list when Sena thought of the people who trained most and were most obsessive about it. Sena liked football too, it was the reason why he had earned people's respect, it was how he gained friends and confidence in himself.

But with Kakei, even though they were going out, Sena sometimes felt like football was more important to his boyfriend than he was. And that was how they had stumbled into their first fight.

Sena had taken great care in planning their date out, it would start an hour after Kakei's Friday practice, at seven o'clock, they'd meet in the park, then walk to a movie and then go out for dinner. He'd made sure to remind Kakei about it every time they were together and Kakei had smiled at him, saying his was like an over excited puppy and that he'd be there five minutes early.

But it was now twenty minutes past seven and Kakei still wasn't in sight, and Sena couldn't reach him on his cell phone. 'Maybe something came up.' He'd think to himself, trying to make light of the situation. 'But then, why didn't he call me?'

He waited another fifteen minutes before sighing in defeat and heading home alone.

It really wasn't like him, to hold a grudge like this, but Sena found himself avoiding going near Kyoshin at all costs, he didn't answer calls that were from Kakei, he pretty much went to school, went to football practice and went home. And Kakei noticed.

He had been in his room, going through on of his text books when his mother had knocked on the door, saying that a friend had come over. Sena told her to let him in, still not taking his eyes off of the text book, it was probably Mamori, worried about him enough to come see him, she'd probably be happy to see him studying.

"You've been avoiding me." A voice that decidedly was not Mamori spoke up and Sena's eyes snapped up to see Kakei standing awkwardly in front of Sena's bedroom door.

"You missed our date, I waited for over half an hour and you never showed up, you never even called to tell me if something had come up, Kakei..." Sena felt tears welling up and he took a deep breath to calm himself. "Why can't you just be a normal boyfriend?"

Kakei took a cautious step forward, careful not to meet Sena's eyes.

'He really did forget about our date, didn't he.'

"Sena, I'm sorry, but right as practice was ending Akaba showed up and said that he wanted to train one on one a bit, I didn't think that we'd be practicing for so long, when I finally realized how late it was getting I rushed to the park, but you weren't there anymore."

Sena was silent for a moment. "Am I... Am I always going to be second to football to you? Will I ever be top priority?" "Sena, don't say that, you are top priority." Kakei took another step forward and gently cupped Sena's face in his hands, looking straight into his eyes. "Sena, I love you and I'm sorry I missed our date." He took his hands away from Sena's face and began to wrap his arms around the smaller boy. "I'm really, really sorry Sena."

The brunette slowly relaxed in the embrace. "It's okay Kakei, I know it must be hard, you're so used to focusing all of your energy on football that it must be hard to set aside time for me." Kakei opened his mouth to protest but Sena gently pressed a finger against his lips. "It's okay Kakei, but if you're ever late for one of our dates again..." Sena smiled brightly. "I'm gonna tell Mamori-neesan on you."