One week. It has been one week since Masato Megumi started attending high school. Thanks to a certain boy she bumped onto on her first day, she was able to make friends easily; and thanks to her being smart enough to gain a scholarship, she was able to cover up for lost time quickly. Not that she didn't get help from a red head and a green haired boy during lunch breaks.
Well… at least he's warming up to me…
She could still remember it. Midorima's reaction when Akashi asked him to tutor her.
"Why would want to do something so troublesome for her nanodayo?!" Well... Akashi settled things with him easily.
Atsu-kun helped too… He was very encouraging and who would have thought that he was good at chemistry!
"They say that a good chef knows good chemistry~"
Atsu-kun as a chef… Somehow I can imagine that… She smiled to herself.
Wait
This is no time to be thinking about that!
She was currently running away from her homeroom teacher. She couldn't believe that a day would come when she'd be doing so. She was always silent and good at studying, so she never had to avoid or run away from teachers
"Megumi-chan! Stop running!" Yamakawa Ruri, her new homeroom teacher, shouted
As if I'd ever listen to that! She internally screamed as she turned the corner. She collided with something solid and then she fell down. She looked up, only to find green and red staring down at her.
"Megumi-chan!" She heard the teacher shout. Damn! She was getting closer!
She looked up at ruby orbs pleadingly. Akashi shoved her into a space between the school buildings, where she wouldn't be seen if they were lucky.
"Akashi-kun, Midorima-kun, have you seen Megumi-chan? I'm sure she was running this way" The teacher asked. She was out of breath.
"Yes, we have" Was Akashi's simple reply. Megumi tensed
"She was running towards C-entrance nanodayo" Midorima lied
"Thank you, boys!" She retreated
Akashi and Midorima turned towards Megumi. She felt a cold shiver run down her spine.
"I never thought I'd see Yamakawa-sensei chasing you of all people" Akashi was the first to speak. He had a nasty smirk plastered on his face
"What did you do nanodayo?"
Megumi huffed "I didn't do anything!" She denied
Akashi took a step towards her "Megumi…" He warned, pinning her to the wall
"I-I just don't want to join a club, what's so wrong with that?" She puffed her cheeks and looked away
Akashi kept looking at her, fazed, even though his stoic mask of an expression wouldn't show "Shintarou… I'm losing my strength… You take over" He said as he let go of Megumi and put a hand on his face
Midorima looked at him suspiciously for a second, but then did as he was told. He towered over Megumi, making sure she couldn't go away and glared down at her, making her sweat "It's against our school's regulations to not join a club… You will join one or else"
"What?! What can you do?!" She bravely countered, taking both males by surprise "If this school wants us all to join a club, then there should be more clubs than just basketball, drama and literature club!"
"That is not something we can change, Megumi" Akashi replied calmly, hoping to calm her down instead of fighting "You can always found a new club, if you find 8 students to join" He offered the only solution
"What's the point of a music club without musical instruments?" She whispered, trying to be inaudible. The red-head though, managed to hear this
"You like music?" He asked, taking advantage of a change in the situation
"I do… I learned to play the violin before I could write" She sighed "My parents had been gathering money to buy me a decent violin ever since… They managed to buy one for me just before I entered the hospital"
"How come you've learned music when you say that your family is… economically weak, nanodayo?" Midorima narrowed his eyes
"My father plays and tunes the piano… I learned music from him"
"But you play the violin, nanodayo"
"It was a present from one of my father's clients. He said his son didn't like it after all, so it was passed to me. I learned how to play using my ear"
"So, that's the story, nanodayo"
"Your father is a piano tuner? Shouldn't that give you a lot of money?" Akashi asked again
She gave a sad smile "He learned through experience. Nobody will hire him, because he doesn't have a diploma"
"I happen to have a very old grand piano at my home. If he tunes it so that it can play as it used to, I will give him a very good pay" Akashi offered
"Why would you do that?" She asked, surprised at his offering
"Because it's been years since I could play"
"You could have just hired someone else" She sighed "Why would you do that?" She insisted
"I didn't have the time for this. My schedule has been hectic, so I didn't give it my immediate attention"
She gave a suspicious look. She knew that he didn't need to be present to have his piano tuned. She was certain that he had enough maids for that. In the end, she decided to let it slide. Whatever his motive was, her family was in need of the money. Her mother was unemployed since before she was at the hospital and her last money would be spent by the end of this month. Her father was recently fired from his job as well. If the Akashi heir was so willing to pay, then so be it
She gave another sigh "Alright, I'll ask him for you"
"That would be wonderful" Akashi smiled "I will arrange a car for you and your father for Saturday afternoon. You may join us for dinner as well"
"Ah, so that was your motive" Megumi pointed out, a bit afraid to ask why he wants their fathers to dine together with them
He nodded in reply "Back to the problem of which club you will join, follow us" He ordered and turned his back on her and started walking off with Midorima, who tried to whisper something when he was stopped "Not a word, Shintarou. I will not hear it from you" She heard him reply. The green haired male seemed to be in a confused but satisfied state
The gym… That huge and spectacular gym that houses the basketball club. Megumi had learned over the past week that Akashi and the others had been especially important players of the first string. Even though it was rumoured to be impossible, Akashi, Aomine, Murasakibara and Midorima had all been placed at the first string after the entrance exam.
Megumi was proud to have managed to make such friends on her first day of middle school. She thought it would have been impossible for her, normal as she is (plus late), to be friends with such people. She was happy, too. Even though he made her feel bipolar ever since she met him, the redhead boy that seemed to be at the centre of the world would never leave her mind. He'd make her angry, sad, scared, anxious and calm in the same five minutes and by the time the day was over, she was replaying every moment in her head, falling asleep with a smile on her face.
She had an inch she knew what it was. She had an inch that Atsu-kun (if not everyone) knew as well. And, sometimes, it was like he was feeling the same. She knew she had the boy's attention by the way his friends reacted when he did something with her. He'd asked her to call him Sei-chan, he'd often spend the lunch break with her instead of Midorima, he'd take her home after school (if he didn't have club practice) and he'd hold her hand at random times. Lots of times, it would cross her mind. Confess. But, she knew nothing about these things. How was she supposed to confess to someone like Sei-chan? Was she even worthy enough? Their worlds are completely different.
As these thoughts created a gloom around her, Akashi caught her arm and brought her back to reality.
Right… The basketball club… Why am I even here? She turned towards him but she never even got the chance to reply.
"I want you to watch practice today. Perhaps you should join as well" He smiled at her
"Me?! I don't think so… I'm not that into sports… You know, I'm sickly and all" She smiled back, trying to be as polite as possible
He chuckled "That's not why I want you to join. You see, girls around here help the players. I want you to be my personal assistant"
"Personal assistant? What does that mean? What do I have to do?" She asked curious. If she wasn't playing basketball, then what was she supposed to do?
"Akashi-sama! Good afternoon!" A cheery blond with green eyes greeted. She was so beautiful and so full of life, that Megumi sort of admired her. Her natural colours shined, making her hair look like gold and her eyes like emeralds, jewelled by her rose coloured cheeks, showing how perfectly healthy she is.
"Good afternoon, Rei" He nodded in response "I want you to meet Masato Megumi. I brought her here in hopes she would join us. Mei-chan, this is Kawasaki Rei, chief of the assistants" He introduced them
Megumi bowed respectively "Nice to meet you"
Rei was taken aback "M-Mei-chan?!"
A/N So…. Hi… hehehe ^^" please don't hate me everyone, I had really serious stuff going on… At Christmas holydays I was in and out of doctors' offices for exams and right after that I had to finish two HUGE projects and then final exams…
I'm really sorry I had to make you guys wait this long, I didn't mean it! Just… Don't worry, I will never leave a story unfinished, I'm just slow…
Btw I just started a new therapy and I'm curious if you guys will find anything different in my writing in the next chapters cause well… I'm taking some medicine for my officially diagnosed DID xD Lol… guys wish me luck and PLEASE leave some reviews! Till next chappie!
