FASH: Dear lord, my older sister's getting married today and she's only three years older than I am! And I have over a dozen bottles of wine right behind me... Anyways, I tried to think of some sort of time-line for this, but I just couldn't think of one...

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The Name: Hiruma

The Quote from Raifu No Tenshi: "Sena, I know your still upset about breaking your leg and not being able to play for your team, but when there's a nice handsome man on the other side of the door, practically declaring his love for you in every possible way, one has to be fool to not let him in, especially into your heart."

He felt useless, utterly useless, he was a nobody if he couldn't run, just a kid with below average grades and a couple of tough friends. Why, why did this happen to him?

"Sena, sweetie, it'll all be alright after a while." His mother cooed from beside him as she petted his hair soothingly. Sena slumped down into his hospital bed, losing himself in his thoughts until he heard a cautious knock on the door.

"Sena?" Sena immediately straightened up and stared at the door in shock. 'That sounded like... But it couldn't possibly be. Hiruma-san never actually says my name.' He was nearly hyperventilating before he remembered that his mother was in the room. 'Ah, maybe he doesn't want to say my nickname in front of my mother.'

"Yes?" He managed to choke out as he shifted on his bed nervously.

"I'm sorry."

The brunette froze at those words, people hardly ever apologized to him, and Hiruma never apologized, he was hardly able to bring himself to ask: "For what?"

"For not being able to help you at that time, for not realizing what was going on before it was too late, for..." Hiruma's voice paused for a moment and Sena vaguely wondered if the blonde was ever going to bother coming inside the room, or at least open the door, to apologize to him.

"For not visiting you with everyone else, I had some stuff to take care of." Sena weakly smiled and wondered if that 'stuff' involved some sort of bloodshed.

"That's okay Hiruma-san, but it's going to be tough now isn't it? I guess the Devil Bats are going to be a passing team while I'm out of commission, don't work Monta to hard, he tries his best." Sena looked down at his hands folded in his lap. "Maybe by the time my leg is healed you won't even need me anymore, I'll be behind in training and-"

Hiruma's fist smashed against the door and both Sena and his mother flinched at the noise.

"You idiot! This conversation isn't about football. If your legs were the only thing about you that I liked I wouldn't bother coming here at all!" Hiruma took a deep breath and Sena tensed a bit, waiting for another violent outburst.

"If your legs were the only thing I liked about you, I wouldn't be apologizing for something I couldn't have stopped." Hiruma said so lowly that Sena strained to hear him.

And then there was silence.

"Well I guess he's gone now." Sena said, relaxing his posture with a small smile on his face. 'So Hiruma-san doesn't just put up with me because I can run?'

"Sena." "Yeah mom?" His mother took a deep breath. "I know your still upset about breaking your leg and not being able to play for your team, but when there's a nice handsome man on the other side of the door, practically declaring his love for you in every possible way-" "Wha? How was that declaring his love for me?" "Sena, how many people do you think Hiruma-kun admits to liking not only because they're good at football."

Sena stayed silent, a blush forming on his cheeks and his mother took that as the sign to continue. "As I was saying: when there's a nice handsome man on the other side of the door, practically declaring his love for you in every possible way, one has to be fool to not let him in, especially into your heart." She held her hand against her chest and looked at Sena with sparkling eyes.

Sena decided not to remind her that Hiruma hadn't asked to be let in.

"Well he's gone now, and I made him a bit angry, so he probably-" "Nonsense! I'll go track him down for you, I've seen him lurking around the hospital the last couple of days and I highly doubt he's left." She stood up from her chair and practically skipped to the door. "I'll bring him back here and then you and Hiruma can have a nice long chat about what other things he likes about you as I guard the door." She gave him a sly wink before springing out into the hallway.

Sena just went redder and wondered if he'd be able to survive the upcoming 'chat' without dying of embarrassment.