I felt his soft hand stroking over my bare chest. His face was so close to my own I could almost taste him. The sweet scent of his hair and his light touches on my body slowly drove me insane. There wasn't a single clear thought left inside of my head. Everything went dizzy as he stroke with his index finger over my lower lip. I could feel the slight movements he made on top of my lap. I wasn't able to think. Every sense I had was fixed onto him and everything he did in every moment. He leaned in and our lips were about to touch. I could almost feel the soft skin touching mine. But then it hid me. Suddenly there was a sharp pain rising from the back of my head. Everything around me went pitch black. I tried to open my after I shut them close from the sudden pain. To my surprise I didn't saw a blonde guy sitting in front of me teasing me with his touches I couldn't feel anymore but my teacher.
I guess I could say she wasn't quite as pleased as one would have hoped. "Yagami!" She yelled at me with her high-pitched voice. It hurt my ears not only because of the pitch but also because of the volume. "This shall be the last time you fell asleep during my lessons or else!" Lessons? I lifted my head up to take a look around and found way to similar faces. This could only mean I fell asleep in school again. This would also mean that everything what just happened between me and Matt has been a dream and nothing but a dream.
I already stopped to listen to my teacher a while ago and tried to remember everything what happened in my oh so pleasant dream. But with every minute I was awake the memory faded until all I could remember was that almost kiss I almost shared with my almost lover.
After her angry rant Mrs. Takanashi turned herself around still murmured some pretty pissed words under her breath. Back at the front of the blackboard she continued the lesson as if nothing had happened with her usual friendly smile on her lips.
My thoughts drifted of into oblivion again. On my mind was nothing else but him. Though, the pain that was apparently caused by a history book for 8 graders thrown at me at full speed, made it hard to think about anything at all. And once again I could feel a light touch on my shoulder which snapped me out of my daydreams of me and Matt doing things I never should think about. "Are you all right? Haven't you got enough sleep last night?" Izzy looked at me with a certain amount of concern in his eyes. "You know me I never sleep enough!" I laughed it off. Apparently bit to loud for the likes of our teacher as she send me a hateful glare from the front of the classroom. That action made a shiver go down my whole spine. I figured out it would be a bit healthier for the both of us if I wouldn't speak for the next few minutes anymore and faced my notebook to at least look like I am interested at what she says.
Fortunately the lesson was over rather quickly and most of the students rushed out of the classroom to get the lunch break they deserved. Matt, Izzy and I left the room too and made our way out of the building. We went to our usual lunch time spot. It was a small field in front of the actual sports field. The wind was calm and the sun heated up the atmosphere just enough to make it feel comfortable. Sitting like this in the fresh grass made each of us relax a bit until I began to speak.
"I'm having a game this Saturday are you coming?" I didn't talk to anyone directly but both of my friends gave me quick answers. "Sure" was Izzys reply. He spoke without even looking up from the science book he was currently reading. "Yeah. I'm going to ask T.k if he wants to come too." Were the words I received from Matt. I closed my eyes again and smiled at myself. Enjoying the warm embrace of the sun rays of my skin. Even though he hated soccer he never missed a single game of mine. If I could count on something it was that Matt would be in the crowd and cheer for me during every match. "Great" were the last words leaving my mouth before I dazed off into the world of dreams again.
The softness of a familiar voice woke me up. As I opened my eyes I could see right into those bright blue ones I admired. Matt let me know he tried to wake me up several times now already but didn't succeed until just now. He also told me that Izzy already went back to class because our next lesson is about to start, or rather, already started and Izzy didn't wanted to be too late. He let me know that we would be too late too if I wouldn't hurry. I felt a bit sorry that Matt would come too late to class just because he wanted to wake me up. But then again, something inside me told me that I shouldn't care about it but should make him say here with me just a little longer instead. Outside of the sports field where no one would disturb us. Shortly after I finished my thought he stood up. "C'mon Tai. We both will be in trouble if you don't stop sleeping like that." He said with that soft voice of his. You could tell he wouldn't mind staying here with me either but sadly his conscience told him different. He bends down to collect our school supplies off of the grass and kicked me into my side lightly to get me to move. After that I did the same, stood up and took both of the bags out of his grip to carry them myself. He looked at me slightly confused at first but let it be and walked of with me as his shadow.
A few seconds later I was finally fully awake after my lunch time nap and couldn't stop myself from talking with him about the most unimportant things one could think of. I got a few laughs out of him together with a few silly replies.
We reached the classroom almost 15 minutes too late which of course should cause us trouble but luckily our teacher was absent today. As we sat down on our places Izzy told us that the teacher hasn't show up yet and most students did whatever they wanted to do. A quick glance through the classroom and you would see most of the students with their phones out looking at funny pictures or silly videos from the internet. The ones who didn't had their phones out held their MP3-players in their fist and listened to music. No one really seemed to care about what would happen.
It seems like today has been out lucky day since our teacher didn't show up for the rest of the day. A classmate, and the vice-captain of our soccer team, took the chance to throw me out of my chair and pushed me in the front of the classroom in front of the black board. He then jumped onto the nearest desk and dragged me with him.
As we stood there on the table he suddenly started to cheer for out soccer team. He started a whole rant about how important it is for not only the team but the whole school, no, the whole city that we would win the match this Saturday. It was against our rivalry school and we couldn't lose against them.
After a few seconds I couldn't hold myself back anymore and started to rant with him. I almost yelled how much we needed the support of every single one if we really would want to win.
The whole classroom went nuts as we continued to scream our victory slogans. Sadly we may or may not have been a bit too loud for our own good. In the middle of our celebration the principal came in.
Everything suddenly went quiet within seconds while me and my comrade still stood on the table in front of the room. I knew this just couldn't end well.
With a glare he waved at us to tell us we should follow him quietly. Right before leaving the classroom I faced Izzy and Matt with an expression that literally spelled "help me" on top of my forehead. All I could recognize was a light laugh out of Izzies direction and a spiteful smile from Matt.
Silently we walked along the corridor. The principal didn't say a word, at least not yet. That shall change as soon as we reached his office he offered each of us a seat and sat down himself behind his big wooden desk. And that's when the discussion started. He told us what he did was not ok and that he didn't care that we are the stars in our soccer team. He said that he should just throw both of us out of the school for at least a week for being trouble makers. He couldn't even finish the next sentences as our coach busted in. He was out raged about the fact that me, the team captain and Tsubasa, the vice-captain didn't show up for our weekly practice. He screamed on top of his lungs. As the captain I saw him angry pretty often already but this shade of red was even new to me.
After a few more minutes of how impossible it would be to throw us out of the school for even a few days since the most important match this sesson was this Saturday and we wouldn't be allowed to play if we wouldn't attend school, we were finally allowed to go. Free!
Tsubasa gladly opened the wooden doors which lead towards the corridor. Both of us left the room and closed the doors behind us. I turned around and saw him? Matt casually leaned against the wall apparently waiting for us, or rather, me. He lifted his head and smiled at me "Finally I thought you'd never be free." He let out a light laugh and straightened himself up. "I knew something was off!" Tsubasa grinned at Yamato and started to laugh. He walked over to Matt and hit him on his shoulder in a friendly manner. I was slightly confused at first but then it hit me. In this exact moment our coach left the office too and began to talk. "a player told me you didn't came to practice. Ishida here told me where I could find you" Coach Shireito coughed as his voice began to get dry from all the screaming he made back in the office. He usually doesn't really care much about us, the training and the team. He's just our coach because we need one if we want to be an official soccer team and be allowed to attend to officials competitions. At practice I and Tsubasa tell the rest of the team what to do most of the time. The same goes for the actual games. I scream, they act. That's what being a good captain is all about, after all.
Coach Shireito waved us a last goodbye and told us to hurry finishing today's practice while heading off in the exact opposite direction.
"We better hurry, Tai!" Tsubasa said as he already began to jog on the spot. I nodded and returned to face Matt once more "You wanna come and watch?" I smiled "You know… a lot of sweaty hot boys for you to see" He began to laugh but finally nodded "sure. But only if you're going to buy me dinner afterwards, Tai." "Haha. All right let's call it a deal."
Tsubasa, Matt and I started to walk towards the sport field. Everyone was already there and kicked the ball over the grass without much condition. Tsubasa and I rushed of into the dressing room while Yamato sat down on the tribune.
We didn't have much time left of the training so we were in kind of a hurry. As we came back out a big part of our team stopped doing anything at all and excitedly chatted with Matt. "Sure is a killer, eh?" Tsubasa smiled and blew the iron whistle around his neck which made almost everyone to return to the field. I got a bit angry. The way he said it, it sounded almost like if Matt was flirting with everyone on purpose! But I know he wasn't. Or, was he?
I tried to stop thinking about it and gave everyone commands. We absolved the usual training and like always, everyone was glad it was over soon.
Afterwards the guys went into the dressing room. Most of them would take a shower and leave. What was the exact same thing I had in my mind but as I left the dressing room to meet up with Matt, ready to leave, I found him cheerfully chatting with someone else.
Anger filled my stomach. I knew it was silly being jealous because he talked with someone else. It wasn't for me to decide if he talks with someone or not. But I just couldn't help it the more I told myself to stop the worse it got.
I brushed a hand through the hair on the back of my head and told myself to calm down, after all there wasn't even a real reason to feel this way. Trying to look as casual as possible, I walked over to the two guys. As I arrived Matt just began to laugh about a thing the other must have said. Let me just tell you his laugh was the most adorable sound any human could ever hear.
"shouldn't you dress up or something?" I knew I sounded quite pissed but I didn't care. The player turned around to look where my voice came from. Number thirteen, Kanbara Satoshi, a defense player, and not even a good one I might add. "None of your business, Yagami" he smiled at me then waved Matt a short good bye and left. I may or may not hit him with my shoulder as he left by accident. "What was that?" still a bit pissed I put my hands in the pockets of my pants. "What do you mean?" Yamato bend down to pick up his school back. "You were flirting right now, weren't you?" "What?" "I am not stupid. Don't even think about hocking up with him. He's a jerk" No idea why I said it. And afterwards I even feel kind of embarrassed about it. "Let's just go" I could hear he was annoyed and I wanted to let it be but I just couldn't get myself to so I continued "I am serious, Matt" I walked behind him and caught up slowly by walking a bit faster than him. He suddenly turned around and I almost run him over. He crossed his arms on top of his chest. Our faces were only a few inches apart at that moment. I was able to smell his scent again and calmed down a bit. His bright blue eyes stared me down. I never wanted to fight with him like this and I knew he was really angry with me right now. I never meant that to happen and felt horrible and selfish about this whole situation.
He spoke "I never said I would and I didn't flirt with him either. But even if, it's none of your business, Taichi" I really wanted to hug him right now but my ego wouldn't let me. He even said my full first name which was never a good sign. "Yes, it is!" That didn't even make any sense but the words came out without me controlling them. "What? No it's not?" he snapped back at me. "Yes it is. You are my best friend and as such it is my duty to protect you from jerks like him!" I just wanted myself to stop talking. Sounding like the biggest idiot wouldn't help me at all. "What?" Every word I said made the whole thing even worse and Matt got even angrier at me "Thank you but I think I am able to take care of myself!" He turned around and began to walk off. "By the way, Tai…" he said once again facing me "You are the only jerk I can see around here." With those last words he turned away and left. I didn't wanted him to leave but I knew talking right now would be a great mistake.
"Great. Good job Tai." I told myself with a sarcastic undertone in my voice "He must love you so much he can barely stand it" A lonely soccer ball flew through the air as I kicked it into a goal in the distance.