Chapter 6

The encounter

Kise slowly got up from the floor. He had been sitting down for nearly two hours. The moment he go up he felt a jolt of pain throughout his whole body.

His legs was tingling, it hurt and it was sore again. Kise couldn't deny that the pain he was feeling now was his own fault. He ran almost across the school, sprinted up the stairs and on top of that he legs went numb from stilling on the ground for to long, in the same position.

Kise let out a long sigh. His heart was still pounding, he was still nervous. Just from a small glimpse of Kasamatsu, Kise got rattled up. He wasn't able to face him, he ran away like a coward. He knew that tomorrow there wasn't going to be any excuse. He would have to go and face the small man no matter what.

Kise knew that Kasamatsu wasn't going to buy the whole 'i'm not feeling good' act. Kasamatsu himself knows what the real reason is for Kise not going to practice today, that only made Kise worry more, worried that he might of made a bad move and should of gone to practice. But it was to late now, he couldn't change what he had done.

After a while, Kise's tingling sensation from his legs started to fade. He decided that it would be best for him if he just went home. Staying any longer, or wondering around the school would probably result in Kise bumping into his teammates.

He began to limp himself down the stairs. The soreness from his leg wouldn't go away for at least a few more days.

The pain in his neck was still there, and it seemed like it wasn't going to leave anytime soon. He let out another sigh, he told himself again that he deserved this. Deserved the pain for doing something so horrible to his crush, captain and teammate.

Before Kise knew he was already at the bottom of the stairs. He looked around his surroundings, not to his surprise there was no one around. He then began to shuffle himself towards the front off the school.

The last time Kise was injured he made the mistake of leaving the infirmary and in less than one minute he was swarmed with girls all around him. It grabbed many unnecessary attention, and they wouldn't leave him alone for the rest of the day. By the time he got to practice he was beaten by Kasamatsu for bringing in girls, and disturbing their practice.

Kise took a turn and stopped. He was in front of the locker room again. It was quite, of course it was quiet, everyone must of been in the gym already. Kise didn't know what he was doing. He walked toward the door and slowly opened door.

He stood outside for a while longer, not moving a muscle, nor breathing. He swallowed hard and took a step inside. The door closed with a loud bang and then he jumped. He got scared fast.

His mind was racing. He couldn't stop thinking if they had heard the door slam shut. Kise quickly managed to hide behind the lockers in the far end of the room. He was far away enough from the locker room door and the gym door.

After a few minutes no one came inside.

Kise didn't know why he went inside the locker room for. He had nothing to get and he was defiantly not going to the gym. Kise walked out from the far end and walked to the front row, where his and everyone else's locker where.

He went up to Kasamatsu's locker and started at it. If he wasn't able to meet the guy face to face, he could make an apology letter and shove it into his locker. That way Kise wouldn't have to hide in the shadows.

Kise looked around the room but couldn't find a piece of paper, he did manage to find a pen, but paper was a no go. He then suddenly remember that there was a stack of paper on top of a clipboard in the supply room. The only problem was that he would have to go into the gym, and he dreaded not wanting to go.

Kise put the pen down and slowly walked toward the gym door. He put his ear against it to hear what was going on inside.

He heard nothing.

He looked at a clock against the wall, it was nowhere near the time club activities ended. Kise looked back at the door. He took in a slow breath and with a shaky hand he grabbed the door handle.

He opened it slowly and steady. No sound was heard. The door was open far enough that you could practically hear everything that was going on inside. Kise walked closer to the door and peeked through the crack that was open.

He was surprised, no one was inside the gym. Kise cautiously opened the door wider and popped his head in. No one was in sight. Everything seemed to be put away.

Kise stepped inside. He let out a sigh. It looked like his plan was going to work out fine, until he heard the other gym door rattle. Kise didn't want to wait and find out who it was so he turned around and rushed off to the locker room. He barley took a step and now he was back inside, with no paper.

His heart was racing. He limped his way up to the other door and rushed out into the hall. He began walking. He turned his head to check if anyone was coming out and

BAM!

Kise bumped into someone. He felt his shirt, hands and pants all wet. He turned his head back, and saw a whole bottle of paint covering his shirt and pants.

The girl in front of him looked worried. She didn't manage to get any paint on her. Kise reassured her that he was fine and started to limp his way to the nearest bathroom.

Once inside, he took of his shirt carefully. He was lucky that he wore an extra shirt under and that it seemed undamaged. Walking over to the sink, he threw his wet shirt inside and turned the water on letting it fill up. He grabbed the soap from the soap dispenser and began to rub the shirt back and forth, trying to take off all the paint.

After a while Kise heard the bathroom door and someone walking. He didn't lift his head to see who it was. The only problem was that person never went into a stall, instead they stopped walking.

Kise had a bad feeling about it. He felt them staring at him, just standing behind him and staring.

Kise couldn't keep his head down any longer,he didn't feel safe at the moment.

He slowly lifted his head to look at the mirror, his body was covering the person behind him. Without making it obvious he shifted his body over to the side.

His heart sank, he went still and shocked took over his body. He wanted to move away, but his legs wouldn't bulge.

They were staring straight at him.

Kise swallowed hard. Then they spoke.

"Kise"

Kise wanted to die, wanted to hide away and run. He couldn't now. He couldn't do anything with Kasamatsu standing right behind him. br /span/span/span/pre