The following day Akari was getting ready for what Akashi had planned today. She has no idea what he wants, but for some strange reason she was excited. It's been a while time since she got the chance to hang out with him. She just wore casual clothes because if she did wear a dress or anything really nice, it'll seem she's on a date which she wouldn't want.

Her phone rang and she picked up, "Hello?" She answered. "Akari, I'm in the front." He told her and hung up the phone. Akari hurried up and ran to the front, "I'm going now!" She yelled while putting her shoes on. Her mother came out to the living room, "Have fun on your date." The mother said with a smile. The daughter opened the door when her mother said those words.

"Mama! It's not a date and Akashi and I are just… friends." The girl shouted back, not knowing that Akashi was in front of the door. The mother giggled, "Good morning, Seijuro-kun." She smiled at the red head. The blue haired girl froze with her eyes popping out. She didn't what to say except to feel dumb. "Good morning Tsutsumi-san." Akashi bowed to the mother and turned to the girl. "Shall we?" He asked and took a step back.

Akari sighed and turned to her mother, "I'll see you later." She said and walked out the door. The two of them walked towards the car and the red haired opened the door for her. "Have fun on your date, Akari sweetie!" The mother waved while smiling brightly. The girl blushed and went inside the car. Akashi smiled and waved at the mother before going inside the car. He sat next to the embarrassed girl who covered her face with her hands.

The two of them put on their seat belts then the driver started driving away. While heading to the destination, the ride was quite awkward, well for Akari at least. Akashi was staring out through the window and as for the girl… Her head was looking down, overthinking things. The guy glanced over her, noticing her expression, "Don't overthink too much. You might overheat." He told her. She glared by his statement.

"You haven't told me where we're going." She pointed out. The guy only smirked and he let out a slight chuckle. The blue haired crossed her arms and she opened to her mouth, getting ready to say something else. On the other hand, Akashi spoke before her, "How's America?" He asked. Akari blinked for a moment, "It's good, I guess." She replied. The red head nodded his head, "What did you do over there?" He asked another question. "I just did what I usually do here, but in America except for speaking Japanese. I've became very fluent in English." She told him with a smile on his face.

Akashi gazed at the girl's expression and his lips formed a smile, but it faded away from the thought of loving America more than Japan. He turned away from her, "Do…" He started and Akari was quietly looking at him, "… you like America more than Japan?" He asked in a serious, yet calm tone. She frowned and looked down onto her feet. He waited for her response, but she said nothing.

The driver went to a parking spot, "We have reached our destination." He said. "Thank you." Akashi said then got out of the car and walked over to Akari's door. He grabbed the door handle and opened it for her. Akari slowly got out and thank him in a depressing tone. The two of them started walking in a certain direction and Akashi was the one leading the way. Suddenly a lady walked towards them, "Hello there! Welcome! You must be Akashi-san. Please, follow me." She said with a smile, turning her backs against them and walked straight forward. Akashi followed behind her, but Akari's feet wouldn't budge at all. Just what's going on? She stared down onto the dirt.

Akashi stopped and he looked over his shoulder, seeing Akari standing like a lifeless statue. "Akari!" He shouted her name out, making her come back to reality. She shook her head repeatedly, "C-Coming!" She ran towards him. While running she tripped over her own foot and was about to fall onto the ground, but Akashi managed to catch her, "Are you okay?" He asked in a concern voice. The blue haired nodded her head and they both stood up. He let out a sigh and he started walking with his fingers linked with hers.

They were both following the lady and Akari's eyes widen. She saw people riding horses and her eyes sparkled with amazement. Akashi smiled at the girl, "Surprise." He said and the blue haired turned to the red head, "Wait! This is where you wanted to take me? But… I don't know how to ride a horse though…" She muttered the last part. "Don't worry, Sei-chan will teach you." A tall guy with long black hair that reaches his chin popped out of nowhere and Akari got startled by the random guy's sudden appearance.

"Reo? Why are you here?" Akashi asked in a normal tone. The blue haired was confused and quickly turned her head to the red head, "You know him?" She asked. "I'm Mibuchi Reo. I saw you yesterday in the tournament." He told her. "Huh? Ho-…" She finally realized who the tall guy is. "Oh! I'm so sorry. Now I remember who you are. You are in the same team as Akashi and you're one of the Uncrowned King." She bowed at him. Mibuchi chuckled and smiled at the girl, "I like her already. You got a keeper, Sei-chan." He winked and the girl became flustered.

Akashi glared at the tall guy, trying to shut him up. "By the way, the others are here as well." The tall guy told the red head who sighed in annoyance. "Why?" He asked Mibuchi irritated. "Come on~ we just want to have fun. Now~" The tall guy turned to Akari, grasping onto her wrist, "Let's ride." He said and dragged her away from Akashi who dropped his jaws. Let's see what the end result is. Mibuchi smiled at his thought.

He led her somewhere and she spotted three other guys standing in a line. There was a huge dark skin tone guy, a boy that seemed to be a bit too hyper, and another who doesn't seem interested at all. "Reo-nee~! Oh! Kari-chan, hi~!" The hyper was waving his hand and Akari stared weirdly at him. "How long have you and Akashi know each other?" The hyper one asked. The uninterested guy sighed and Akari turned to look at the guy. He had a blank gaze and his presence was like someone she knew. The guy felt her gaze and he looked at her.

Akashi caught up to them, "What are you all doing here?" The red head asked in annoyance. Everyone kept their mouth shut and exchanged looks, "We just want to have fun, Akashi." The hyper one grinned. "Reo, Eikichi, Kotarou, and Chihiro… all four of you will receive your punishment later." Akashi glared at them and the four of them gulped. Even though Akashi is the youngest out of all of them… they are really scared of him. Akari thought, staring at all of the guys. She clapped her hands together to relieve the tension in the air and everyone stared at her, "Let's just have fun, kay?" She asked with a smile.

The teammates of Akashi were quiet, but their cheeks turned bright red. Akashi twitched his brow from all of this. He grabbed Akari's hand and dragged her away from all of the guys. Afterwards she was dressed up in riding clothes and was given a helmet. The Rakuzan basketball team was outside the horse stable, waiting for Akari to come out. She came out the stable and the guys slowly widen their eyes at the sight of her new appearance.

"Wow…" The hyper one whispered under his breath. The others nodded their head in agreement. Akashi walked towards her and extended his arm, "Time to teach you." He said and she nodded her head. She reached for his hand, but hesitated for a few seconds then her finger tips touched his palm and he pulled her along to the field. There were six horses and a man taking care of them. He then saw the five guys and the girl, "I hope you all have fun." He told them with a smile.

Akari stared at the horses and Akashi turned to her, "Is something wrong?" He asked her. She shook her head, "It's nothing…" She muttered and walked forward to the horse that she will be riding. She took the black horse and she slowly reached for it. Her palm touched the horse's hair and it was smooth. She petted it and a smile was formed on her lips. "Akashi, why her?" The blank guy asked and the red head crossed his arm, "Why not?" He said back and his teammate didn't understand that at all.

The red head went to the white horse next Akari's black horse. All of the Rakuzan team was able to get up their horses, but Akari was having trouble. Akashi helped her up by lifting her by the hips of hers. She blushed slightly and finally got on to horse. The red head got on his white horse and he turned to the girl, "Just take things slowly and follow my directions." He told her and she nodded her head.

An hour later, Akari was able to ride a horse and was running around the track with a pleasant look on her face. The five guys watched her with amazement, "It took me a long time on riding a horse, but she was able to do it under an hour…" Mibuchi said. "She's like Ryouta, who can learn quite fast." Akashi stated and his members stared at him. Hours past and Akashi's teammate went home and it was just Akari and Akashi. The red head was in front of the blue haired and she was petting her horse while riding.

"Akashi! Why don't we have a race?" Akari asked him and Akashi chuckled, "The only one that can beat me is me." Akashi told her. The blue haired rolled her eyes, "Don't be like Aomine, please…" She pleaded. "And besides… I have beaten you once." She smirked and the red head stopped his horse. "Get ready." He told her and she continued to smirk. She made her black hors next to his white horse.

"3… 2… 1! Go!" He shouted and they both started their race and Akari was falling behind Akashi's white horse. She clenched her teeth and tried to catch up to him, but she was still behind him. The red head wouldn't let her pass him. Damn it! I can't lose to him! Akari told her horse to go faster and her black horse was neck and neck with Akashi's white horse. They both were about to reach their finish line and surprisingly, Akari was ahead of Akashi. He widens his eyes and wouldn't dream of losing to her once more. He whipped his horse and it started to go faster, trying to surpass Akari.

The both of them reached the finish line at the same time and slowed down. Akashi clenched to fist, "She almost won…" He whispered. Akari sighed and petted her horse, "You did an amazing job." She said and got off the horse. Akashi did the same and walked towards the horse stable with the white horse.

They went back to the parking lot after changing and putting the horses back. They went inside the car and the driver drove to the blue haired girl's house, arriving under 30 minutes. The two high school students got out and walked up the door. Akari pressed in the code and held the door knob, but didn't open it yet, "I had fun today. Thank you, Akashi." She smiled at her friend and walked inside the house. The red took a step back and walked back inside the car. He sat down, staring throughout the window. "Is everything alright, sir?" The driver asked the red head. He didn't answer back so the driver sighed and started to drive away.

Akari was in her room and stared at the ceiling. "Today… I thought I could hang out with him, but I didn't." She talked to herself and went onto her side, grabbing a pillow and embracing it tightly. Her eyelids were slowly falling down, "I miss the old Sei-kun… come back, please." She whispered. A tear shed down from her eye as her eyes closed.


Hey everyone so I forgot to warn all of you that there's going to be a lot of mistakes so please forgive me for the mistakes. I will try to get better so for now don't mind the errors, not everyone is perfect and there will be mistakes here and there.

Well I hope you all enjoyed this story so far and I'll see ya later. Bye bye^^