FASH: I really liked the last chapter, 'You're blonde too, are you trying to insinuate something?' That part was awesome! Don't ya think? (Nods nods)

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Sena tossed and turned, desperately trying to get to sleep but with no avail, Hiruma's words coming back to haunt him. At first he was pretty sure the older boy had been lying, but if Mizumachi and Sakuraba did like him, then that might explain a couple things...

'No! Hiruma-san is lying! They couldn't possibly like me, we hardly know each other!' He told himself furiously as he burrowed under the covers. 'I mean really. We've hardly even talked to each other, and we're all guys! I don't like guys and they don't seem very gay to me. So Hiruma-san was just lying, good.' Sena closed his eyes and snuggled into his pillow as he tried to reassure himself to sleep. 'Really, 'you attract blondes'... Wait!' "Hiruma-san and Juumonji-san are blonde! And so is Taki-san!" He cried as he sat straight up, all thought about sleep forgotten as he worried over that undisputable fact.

'But they don't like me right? Right? Oh my God what if they do? Oh my poor weak heart can't take this!'

He really didn't get too much sleep that night.

But the next morning turned out to be worse than the night before, because Sena kept on trying to deliberately stay away from the blonde's on the team, and they noticed, or at least Juumonji and Hiruma notice, he wasn't sure about Taki. Hiruma seemed to find it funny and Juumonji seemed to be annoyed by it, but they both got back at him by deliberately seeking him out. Or at least that's what it seemed like to Sena, but maybe he was just getting paranoid because of everything.

And to top it off he now knew why Hiruma was grinning all the time and he knew what was running through the blonde's head and he did not like it at all. And so Sena confronted Hiruma about it, although he acted very wary around the blonde boy.

"How can you be so sure that they like me? So what if Mizumachi-san walked me back here, so what if Sakuraba-san happened to be training near the school when I went out around the block? It proves nothing!" Hiruma snapped his gum and grinned wider than he had been. "You remember when I forced you into that cheerleaders outfit?" Sena blushed and nodded, how could he ever forget that experience. "They both got nosebleeds from seeing you." "What? Wait... WHAT?!" Hiruma pulled out a gun from only-God-knows-where. "Just train fucking shrimp, before I get sick of your questions."

Well, that was a convincing argument if he'd ever heard one. So he went back to practice, although he still couldn't really focus and he still shot a couple of suspicious looks over his shoulder at Hiruma every once in a while, but for the most part his training went on like usual.

But damn, being paranoid made it really hard to concentrate. And he also discovered that it made him a bit jumpy as he walked home from practice, cautiously scanning the shadows, straining his ears to listen for any unusual sounds, screaming in fright when a cat leapt out in front of him.

'They don't know where I live though, right?' Now that would be freaky, just randomly answering the door one day only to see Sakuraba or Mizumachi grinning down at him while holding out some girly present for him to take, calmly asking if he'd like to go out sometime.

His mother would flip! Or at least Sena was pretty sure she would, she'd probably lock him in his room to keep him away from any male who might have a crush on him. His dad would probably just look at him and go: "I didn't know you were gay Sena." before turning back to his newspaper.

'I definitely have to keep this from my parents, not like that would ever happen though, I'm pretty sure that even if Mizumachi or Sakuraba wanted to go out with me, they wouldn't come to my house to do it, they'd ask after a game or- whyamIthinkingaboutthis?!' Sena cradled his flushed face in his hands, sighing in relief when he reached his house. 'It's okay Sena, just forget that the last thirty hours happened. Mizumachi-san and Sakuraba-san are nice and like you as a friend.'

The opened his front door and shuffled up to his room, collapsing on his bed and smothering his face into his pillow. 'I'm tired, I just want the day to end!' He turned to lay on his back, eyes lazily moving towards the door when he heard a mewling coming from the other side. 'I wish cats could open doors by themselves, or that I had telekinetic powers.' He slowly walked over to his bedroom door and opened it. "Hey there Pitt, did you sense my mood and came to cheer me up?" He asked the small kitten as it wandered inside his room, Pitt meowed in response.

"Ah, you're such a good kitty Pitt." Sena said as he scooped the kitten into his arms and sat back down on the bed, scratching her behind the ears thoughtfully. "You never tell me about people liking me, and you never do anything to freak me out... Except that one time, with the fish, but that's perfectly understandable for a cat." Sena smiled as Pitt began to purr. "You're such a good kitty Pitt, you would never let anyone go out with me unless they met your high standards, right?" It was a trick question, because Pitt hated most people other than the Kobayakawa family, but she purred and nuzzled up to Sena's hand anyways.

Sena took that as a 'yes.'