Game 03: Erm... Hi...?

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"Are you okay now, Eiri-chan?" Kiyoko-sempai asked while handing me a bottle of cold water.

I nodded and gratefully accepted the drink, pressing it against my cheek and savoring the sweet chill.

"Um... Y-you're our tutor?" Some kid with orange hair asked, standing- hiding- behind a taller guy with a nasty glare.

I huffed out my chest and crossed my arms. Then with a burst of confidence, I replied:

"...yeah..."

"That was a boring reply!" Bald-guy yelled.

I flinched and slowly inched towards Kiyoko-sempai. She gave a short glare back at the group of boys and then sighed, "I told you, she's a hikikomori. She's bad at talking to people."

"W-wait! Don't group me with those people...!" I whined, feeling myself embarassed to be explained in that way, "I don't shut myself all that...long... and I have f-friends... I go out too..."

The group sweatdropped.

I redirected my gaze at the orange-haired boy, "Y-you're... Hinata-kun then?" Lucky guess. The one giving me a nasty glare must be the so-called King of the Court.

"Yeah!" He sent me a flashy smile before it faded into a sheepish grin, "This one's Kageyama and um..."

I felt bad for the kid stuttering in my presence (hah) so I finally mustered the courage to stand up and hold my hand out for him, "I-I'll do my best to help you.. I'm... Eiri Tsurane..."

"Osu!" Hinata nodded and returned the handshake," Hinata Shoyo!"

Oh wow. See? It wasn't so bad an-

"Tch."

It's as if my glasses cracked at the overwhelming confidence and malice coming from the guy beside Hinata. I gazed back at the black-haired boy with fringes covering his cobalt-blue eyes, which were glaring at me by the way.

I retreated my hand and called out, "K-Kageyama-kun?"

Crap! Why the hell did I stutter?! It sounded like I was afraid of him! I AM NOT! Not to some guy I just met!

Kageyama looked away, scowl still in place, "...We'll be under your care then."

I blinked, slightly tilting my head to the side, "O-oh... S-same here..." I felt my breath come out easily.

Thank goodness.

Thank goodness!

THANK FRIGGEN' GOODNESS!

I felt like I was about to get suffocated my the tension from his glare! Gosh, so what those boys were talking about was true.

My legs turned back to jelly and I sat back down on the bleachers, beside Kiyoko-sempai ofcourse.

"So, what happened? You look like you ran 10 kilometers." Asked one of the gray-haired sempais, "I'm Sugawara by the way,"

I froze at the mention of that incredible number of length. I'll never make that in my whole life!

I fidgeted with my fingers, "I... I walked..."

There was silence in the gym before some shorty-sempai blurted out, "...That's sad."

"I-I don't have reserve energy for here okay!" I whined out, "60% is used up for going and coming back from school. 30% is for going back and forth from the canteen for my snack...!"

"... S-sad..."

I slumped my head down, hopefully to have my bangs covering my flushed face. Omg. This is so damn hard.

"Anyways, may I ask when do you plan on giving these two their tutorials?" A large sempai asked, "Oh, I'm the captain, Daichi. We have our schedules too."

His presence is overwhelming, coupled by his large stature! "...u-uh... S-sometime... Else.. It's.."

"Captain, you're scaring her!" Came a voice behind him and out came Takeda-sensei. He patted Daichi-sempai on the back and smiled at me, "You can have them during lunch and probably Tuesdays and Thursdays. Is that fine?"

I nodded rather quickly, "Y-yes..! Th-thank you, Se-sensei..."

Kiyoko-sempai smiled at me, rubbing my shoulders reassuringly, "You don't have to push yourself hard, okay? Just stay in the classroom with the two,"

I sweatdropped and laughed awkwardly, "I... I'll do so.."

The bell rang just as timely as it is and I immediately stood up, bowing to my sempais, "I-I'll be going then..."

"We'll go with you!" Hinata offered, smiling as bright as always. This kid's easy to get along with, huh.

But meanwhile, Mr. Killer Glare is... Can you guess? Right! Still glaring at me. Hinata started walking off with Kageyama behind him, so I followed.

"Watch out, Hinata! Make sure she doesn't collapse!" Bald-sempai yelled out, but instead of being a warning it felt more of an insult.

I moaned in irritation and sluggishly made my way out. The walk was silent back to the classroom with the occassional banter courtesy of Hinata and Kageyama, so I just watched them.

And while looking at Kageyama's back, it felt as though he has an overwhelming presence like that of his title.

... King of the Court.

I bit my lip and entered the classroom just as the teacher did. We rushed back to our seats and prepared for the lessons. Or more like, let the others prepare. I most likely understand the lesson already since I did a quick browse of the next chapter last night, so I ended up spacing out while staring at the window.

Hinata will be okay, since he's more of the type to be determined, but... Just how well will I fare with tutoring a King...?

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TBC

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A/n:

Weee! New chappy! And it's longer this time! xD

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