AkiMina Part 3~~~

"Yeah." I replied, "But, where?"

Akihiko looked down for a moment, pondering where we should go, "C'mon," Akihiko took my hand, and pulled me out the room.

No one was in the lounge when we got down, usually Mitsuru would be here, reading her never ending book. It's been a while since I got here and she's always reading that book. If not, she'd be standing behind the counter, sending reports through the computer.

We left the dorm, heading to nowhere in particular. We walked side-by-side, keeping a small distance in between.

I don't know why it's kinda awkward right now. I mean, we did spend the night together. I think of something to talk about, and when I was about to say something…

"Uh, where do you—," / "Um, what do you—," we spoke at the exact same time, cutting ourselves off. I have bad timing. I scolded myself mentally. "Ah, sorry—," / "Oh, sorry—," We apologized at the same time, too. "Y-you go first."/ "Ah, you start."

We keep interrupting each others' sentences. An awkward silence covers our mouths. I rubbed my arm, while Akihiko purses his mouth. We look at each other, his eyes met mine, a smile forming on our faces. Akihiko's pale face flushed a light shade of pink.

I stifle a laugh, making a snorting sound that catches his attention.

"Hey, what's so funny?" His smile turns into a pout, his eyebrows furrowing in curiosity.

I shake my head, "Nothing, you just look so cute like that."

He tilts his head to the side and raises one eyebrow, "Like what?"

"Nothing~" I said in a playful voice, picking up my pace, walking faster ahead of Akihiko.

"Hey-! Wait!" I looked back and saw him running, chasing after me.

I decide to play along, running faster, hoping he won't catch me. I'll be dead if he does!

We ran around Iwatodai. Akihiko was still at my tail. Damn, he's fast! Well, he does live up to the Boxer image.

I threw a glance at him, seeing a panting Akihiko covered in sweat. I wasn't sweating at all, but I'm trying to catch my breath. His tantalizing grey eyes focused right at me. He looks full of competition, like he's trying to win one.

After a while of running, I don't see Akihiko anywhere.

'THUD'

I slam into someone and their arms wrap around me tightly. "Caught you." Akihiko says and I look at him. "You really are a troublemaker, aren't you?"

I giggle at him, wrapping my arms around him as well. I could feel people staring at us. Some girls were huddled talking in hushed tones glaring daggers at us, other girls were squealing at the display of affection we had. I swear. Girls are completely hard to understand. The guys were indifferent. Some would wear a disgusted face, others would just continue walking.

He lets go and I follow suit. He's covered in sweat. But that just makes him more enticing and irresistible. I pull out a handkerchief and start wiping sweat off his face and neck. "You're all covered in sweat!"

"Yeah, whose fault is that, eh?" He replied.

I look down, dropping my hand.

"Eh?! Ah! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to say that! I'm sorry!" He begins to stumble and apologize, his face flustering. He grabs my face with both hands and looks to my eyes. I keep them lowered to the ground. He keeps on apologizing and I keep a straight face.

He starts to kneel down the floor, hands on his knees, lowering his head down, firmly apologizing, "I-I'm sorry. Please forgive my manners."

My face breaks into a toothy grin and I kneel down in front of him. I attack him with a hug, bringing us both down the floor. "It's okay." I stand up and pull him up as well. Akihiko dusts himself up. I creep closer to his ear and whisper, "I was just messing with you."

I bolt quickly away from him, leaving him surprised. "W-what?" When I get a considerably large distance away from him, he starts to chase me again shouting, "MINATO! GET BACK HERE!"

I snicker, and run away, laughing. I can see his eyes flare up, a fiery expression planted on his face. Oops. I'm dead.

I make a quick turn and run faster, it wasn't till a bit 'til

"THUD"

A sharp pain attacks my head which puts me off and sends me flying backwards. "Owww!" I slammed into a hard object. A wall? I gently massage the side of my head that hit the object and slowly looked up to see an opened door. "Wha-?

A tall well-built man towers over me, wearing a maroon coat and a pair of black pants. I look at his face and see him wearing a beanie. He looks awfully familiar. "Look where you're going, next time." He stares down at me, slowly extending his arm out at me.

I hesitate to grab it when Akihiko finally catches up.

"Minato!" Akihiko comes up beside me, voice full of worry. "A-are you okay?"

I instinctively lashed out a sarcastic remark to that, but a jolt of pain shocks me from uttering a word. "Y-you-Ah!" I grip my head tightly with both hands, enduring the throbbing pain in my cranium.

"W-we need to get to the hospital!" He quickly says, slowly pulling me up.

"N-no. I-it's fine. I just need to sit down." I replied, waving my hand in the hair.

Akihiko looks up at the guy and calls out his name, "Shinji."

Oh! He's the guy from the hospital! "Ack!" My head begins to prick at the memory. Akihiko catches me right before I fall.

Akihiko slowly helps me get up, sits me on a nearby bench and sits beside me. "Come on, rest your head on my lap. Stretch your legs out."

I do as he says and close my eyes, resting my hand on my forehead.

"What happened?" Akihiko asks, directing the question to 'Shinji'

The man scoffs, "I walk out of a café, and this brat slams his body on the door I opened." My ears perk up at the mention of brat but my head is throbbing too much for me to come up with a comeback.

Akihiko clicks his tongue in annoyance, "This is why you shouldn't run aimlessly around town." He rubs my head to soothe the pain. "Hey, where are you going?"

"Away from here." I hear the man's footsteps getting weaker and weaker.

"How does your head feel?" Akihiko asks after a long pause.

"Great, actually. I feel like I can ram it against another door." I reply sarcastically.

Akihiko lets out a defeated sigh. "What am I supposed to do with you?" He said shaking head.

When the pain subsided, enough for me to function, we went to eat at Hagakure, it seems like Akihiko loves this place, seeing him crack smile when we entered. When we took our seats at the counter, the chef notices him and greets him. He's a well known fellow here too, I guess.

"Two specials, please!" Akihiko says, placing our orders. "Have you been here? I mean, you've been around for a while since you transferred, right?" He asks, leaning his shoulder on the counter.

I nod, feeling for the pain in my head. There's a slight jolt, but it's tolerable.

After a while, food was placed in front of us, the fragrance of herbs and spices fill my senses.

"Come on, eat!" Akihiko says, picking up a two pairs of chopsticks and handed one to me.

"Hey, I bet I can finish this bowl faster than you." I challenge him

"Is that a challenge? Very well, then. I accept. But whoever finishes last pays the bill, okay?" He replied

"You're on." I say and began to slurp at the ramen.

After moments of audible slurps and swallowing, I slam the bowl on the counter at the same time Akihiko did. "It's a tie."

"I'm just getting warmed up. Two more bowls, please!" Akihiko says and another bowl is placed in front of us. "Ready? GO!"

After a couple more bowls, we let out a loud belch and notice people crowding around us.

"Go! Akihiko-senpai!"

"Kyaa! You're so awesome, Akihiko-senpai!"

"Woah! A worthy challenger to Akihiko? Beat Akihiko! Avenge us!"

Embarrassingly enough, people were cheering on us, most of the girls were on Akihiko's side, probably his fans, and the guys were on mine, probably because they can't beat him fast enough.

"Heh, last one." He said and another bowl was pushed against us. "Ready, set, GO!"

Was he really that insistent on a record? Weird little boy, you are. I wasn't even remotely full. But I can see he was almost at his limit. Dang, it sounds so erotic.

His pace slowed down noticeably, giving me the upper edge, and eventually, I won.

Cheers and screams were loud as soon as I finished. They really wanted to beat him that bad, huh?

"Congratulations." Akihiko whispered in my ear, softly biting at it, giving me shivers down my spine. He stood up and lowered his head to bow. "A good game, I say. No one has ever beaten me at this." He draped his arm over my shoulder, pulling me closer. He took out money from his pocket and paid the bill. "A deal is a deal."

Akihiko leaned closer to my face, and something soft touches my lips. Screams and shouts of fangirls and fanboys arose at that moment. I see blood pouring from their noses. "A-are they, nosebleeding?" I asked in shock.

Akihiko let out a laugh, "Yeah. People tend to do that."

He took my hand in his as we left the shop.

We went to Paulownia Mall and shopped a bit. The Arcade was where we spent most of the day at. I beat Akihiko in several arcade fighting games but he won a big prize for hitting the top of the hammer thingy. It was a teddy bear, a big one at that.

Night fell when we were done, and as we walked home, he held out the teddy bear, looking at it as it were something alien. He paused for a bit and words I never thought he'd say pour out of his mouth. "Hmm… I wonder what I'll call you. You're so cute, with those big round grey eyes and that big black ribbon."

I chuckled at his expression. "You're seriously going to name him? Who are you, Yukari?"

He laughed at that, "Yeah, of course I am. He's special. Like you." My face burns up at that. I look away, trying to hide my face. "Hmm… He does look like you when you wear the Gekkoukan Uniform, doesn't he? Big grey eyes and a black ribbon to top it all off. Maybe I should name you… Minato."

"Woah!" I suddenly trip over a rock, but catch my fall, regaining balance. "Sorry, tripped over a rock."

"Um… We're at the dorm…?" Akihiko says, pointing towards the building.

"Oh, right. Yeah." My eyes widen in realization, and rush in quickly.

"Oh, hey!" Yukari said as I entered, "And…Akihiko-senpai."

"Welcome back." Mitsuru greeted as well. "Akihiko, you were out?"

"Hey." I said, heading towards Akihiko's-err-our room, tired. Akihiko stayed down at the lounge, and sat the teddy bear beside him.

He's in for some questioning, I bet. I flopped down the bed, my eyes heavy. And not long after that, my consciousness slipped away from the world.

A/N: No yaoi for you today! Just fluff, if it was fluffy enough. Pardon the late update, but the good news is, I'm going to make this an official story with updates. Though, I'll probably update after a month or so? Tell me, Would you like me to insert Shinji in their love life? If so, would you rather him as a rival, or the three of them all together? xD