…. Oh my god, did I really get a request? YES! I've been waiting for so long for this! But… wait… ImaIzu? Imayoshi and Izuki? When did this ship happen?! Maybe I need to re-read KnB… Well, I'll attempt it! I never really paid any attention to their personalities off the court… though Imayoshi is awesome as all fuck… So it is possible that I may have some moments where they're out of character… But otherwise, I think I'll get it right… Maybe? Oh, one more warning…

I don't understand puns, even the crappy ones, so don't expect too much from my portrayal of Izuki… I will struggle to figure them out…

Let's check it out!

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"Where are you?" The first thing Izuki heard when he answered the phone, surprised that Hyuuga was calling him.

"Er… going home?" Izuki tilted his head to the side, slightly wondering why Hyuuga would want to know his location when there were no plans for anything today. It was a lovely Sunday and Izuki was in a really good mood, already having made up ten puns and gotten the nice looking cashier lady at the store to laugh at his joke, and he was certain nothing could get him to stop smiling.

"… Why…?" Was it just him or did Hyuuga sound like he was going to kill him? Usually he doesn't sound that way unless he can't get one of Izuki's jokes. Maybe Kagami had done something to him yesterday that had upset him and he was taking it out on Izuki, Hyuuga could be a little weird like that.

"Because I need to get the groceries I just bought back." Izuki spoke slowly, wondering when Hyuuga would blow up on him.

"You idiot! Riko is getting pissed since you aren't here! Did you forget about this important practice?!" Ah, there's the explo – wait, practice?

"There's practice today?" Izuki had found the thing that had caused him to stop smiling, not that he was searching for it. "Crap! I forgot! I'll be there in a moment with a large momentum!" He joked even though he was already preparing to start running and he heard the beeping that meant Hyuuga had hung up on him. He put the phone back in his pocket, tying up the bag around the food that would be find without being cold since he hadn't bought anything from the freezer section having wanted to walk through the park, and, after tightening his hold on the bag, took off running. There was never a time that he was glad he always wore running shoes more than now.

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"Now, you see this place right here?" Imayoshi points out a part in the open book that was facing towards Sakurai, making sure the shorter male could see exactly what he was pointing out. "This is what I want you to memorize by the end of the week. It will help motivate you to be less of a wimp and it can also get you better grades in History." Sakurai had gone to him for help on gaining more confidence off the court, hoping beyond hope that he could catch a certain someone's attention by gaining that needed confidence. Imayoshi was starting off easy, holding the book out to the brunette, by just having him memorize something. It was a little annoying that he had interrupted Imayoshi's extra practice though, even if it was amusing to watch him grovel and apologize over and over for irrelevant things. Though, Imayoshi has to believe has he whips his head around in disbelief to watch the form running away, it was more annoying to get a book stolen by a stray mutt.

"Ah! I'm so so sorry Imayoshi-san! I should've grabbed it faster, I'm sorry for being so slow! I'm sorry that the dog stole the book from you! I'm sorry I'm alive! I'm sorry that I'm no more than a speck of dirt under your feet! I'm sorry for –"with that, Imayoshi set off in pursuit of the mutt, since apparently Sakurai couldn't do anything more than apologize. Luckily the stray wasn't the fastest dog in the world but, sadly, he also wasn't anywhere near the slowest. But that just meant that neither of them was getting closer to each other nor further away from each other. When the mutt started using back streets and running on abandoned streets, showing signs of exhaustion, Imayoshi saw it fit to put in a last burst of speed to catch up to the dog. The fact that he was getting closer probably shocked the dog into dropping the book but it was probably more the fact that there was a loud noise, the sound of impacting bodies, which startled it. Imayoshi ignored the person he had crashed into, running forward to scare off the paused stray and to pick up the book, until after he finished examining the teeth marks and damage to one of his favorite books. When he looked back, he wasn't expecting what he saw.

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When Izuki had crashed into someone, he was just as surprised as the other guy seemed to be. But his shock had quickly transformed into fear when he felt himself falling back. It was only extremely convenient and anime-like that he would fall on a set of stairs – except the only differences between this instance and anime would be that one, there was no hot guy that he had a crush on waiting to catch him and two, he was not pushed down by the school bullies. Well, those two things and the fact that they were concrete stairs and outside instead of marble – whatever school stairs are made of – and inside. He flailed his arms in an attempt to keep from falling further – although it was completely in vain as he was already almost parallel with the ground – and felt a shot of pain run from his right wrist all the way up to his elbow right before he attempted to catch himself with that arm. When his fall was over and he was sitting upright on the platform step five regular steps away from the top, he realized that the initial pain was from him hitting the railing right next to him with the side of his wrist.

Izuki sat there for a moment longer, in a state of shock, before he realized that his forearm hurt an awful lot for a mere fall and land on the stairs. He winced as he brought his arm into view, attempting to rotate his wrist only to stop near immediately after the shot of pain that ran up his arm, causing a sound of surprised pain to come out of his mouth.

"Are you alright?" Izuki looked up at the somewhat familiar voice to see the captain of Touou staring down at him with a what-could-be-mistaken-as-concern expression – he was probably annoyed from getting bumped into really hard like that. "Did you hurt your arm?" With the expression he was wearing, that almost sounded mocking while still seeming concerned.

"Ah, I'm fine. I'll just head to a nearby clinic to get it checked out." Izuki wasn't even going to try to make a pun with this guy – he would probably think he was being ridiculous afterwards – so kept the idea he had gotten to himself.

"I'll escort you then, it is my fault after all." Imayoshi stepped down the five steps and helped Izuki up, using his left uninjured arm to do so, before pulling him up the steps with the same arm. Izuki noticed the book in his other arm, the one that wasn't holding his left arm, but couldn't see the title – much to his disappointment. After all, he was usually able to see everything due to his Eagle Eye. Sadly, the title was faced away and covered partially by Imayoshi's hand. Why 'sadly' though?

"No, there's no need!" Izuki didn't want to trouble the guy, and he wasn't quite sure how Riko might react to seeing him with the captain of a rival team. Especially since this team had defeated them not that long ago. But as soon as those words were out of his mouth, he realized that Imayoshi was going to ignore his protests and take him to a clinic anyways – if the tight grip on his forearm and being dragged forward was anything to go by.

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"Well, it seems that you only put too much strain on your arm. Then you add in the shock your nervous system went though and it causes a state of exhaustion for your arm that causes pain.* I'd suggest that you don't participate in sports or any other strenuous activity for two weeks at the least. Also, you may want to ask a classmate of yours to take notes for you since this is your writing hand. But you should be good as new by the end of the month." The doctor smiled at Izuki, patting the brace that he had put on Izuki's arm before he left. Imayoshi paid for the visit – his excuse being that it was his fault Izuki was in the clinic, he should be the one responsible – before escorting Izuki to Seirin to help explain the situation.

"You know, even though it is your fault, you don't have to do this all." Izuki sighed, glancing over at the smiling face of the captain.

"Then what do you propose I do?" Izuki thought for a moment, before coming to a decision.

"I want you to play word games with me." Imayoshi thought for a moment, before nodding his head.

"That seems agreeable."

"I'm sorry, but I won't lose.*" Imayoshi smirked, letting out a chuckle.

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I am not a doctor… and I don't feel like looking up something that isn't as bad as a broken arm that could happen in this situation so it is very very very possible that this could not happen… It is all my imagination that gave me this conclusion to the doctor visit.

"I'm sorry, but I won't lose." In Japanese, 'I'm sorry' is 'Sumimasen' while 'I won't lose' is 'Makemasen'… So, in my mind, this becomes 'Sumimasen. Demo makemasen." Or something along those lines… ^.^' I'm only learning! I do not speak Japanese fluently! I apologize if this is absolutely and impossibly wrong!

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Yosh! Fin! Yonde kurete arigatou! (Yes! Finished! Thanks for reading!)

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