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So, will our beloved (silly) couple reconcile soon? Or is Kouki still out of her luck this time? Some unexpected meeting and talks here would probably change the way she think. Just read and find out! Hope you'll enjoy this!

Ch5: Kiss and Tell

Just apologize…

Easy to say, really.

In the reality, Kouki found it very hard to do. She had lost her chance to apologize last night and during the breakfast. She was just too afraid to talk to Shiraishi. He had been really quiet all the time and had said nothing to her at all. She knew she was acting too cowardly, but it was just too scary. What if he hated her? What if he didn't want to talk to her forever? Maybe she was being too pessimistic, but what if her fears were true?

She sighed. This afternoon they would go back to Osaka and she didn't want to end this trip so badly like this.

"..ri….tari…. Oi, Oshitari!"

She jolted as someone particularly called her out loud right next to her ear. She quickly covered her ear and turned around to see him. "N- N- Niou-san?"

"It seems that you really like to space out a lot," He commented. "Don't look at me like that, it's not like I'm going to do anything."

She still looked at the taller guy skeptically, mentally noted herself to be careful to this what so called trickster.

"What? You don't believe me?"

"No."

He scratched his head. "Uh, well, I'm sorry about yesterday. I think I overdid it."

She blinked. Had he just apologized to her? She was indeed a little angry to him and thought nothing would have gone wrong if he hadn't tried to trick her, but she had never thought that it had been entirely his fault. She was angrier to her own self for falling to his trick. That's why; having the trickster come to personally ask for forgiveness was beyond her expectation.

"Oi, are you listening?" he waved his hand in front of her face.

"Uh, yeah, of course." She quickly replied.

"Good."

She thought for a while before finally asked. "Say, Niou-san, why did you do that?"

"Well," he mused. "I'd simply wanted to disguise as Shiraishi and took a little revenge. I thought yesterday would be a great chance, though in the end I overdid it a little."

"Revenge? But he did nothing wrong to you."

"He lost in the national final."

"It was you who lost."

"He made me lost on the national final."

"Still, it's you who lost, Niou-san."

"I lost because I was him at that time."

"Maybe it's because your impersonation was imperfect."

"My illusion was good enough to deceive you though…"

She pouted and looked away. He got the point. How could she have fallen to such a trick?

"Well, I don't want to argue with you about this. I came here to personally apologize anyway," He shrugged. "Anyway, can you do me a favor?" He asked as he opened his bag and took out a yellow and green colored jersey. "I know it'll be better if I give this back and apologize to him directly, but he's just too dangerous right now and I might get killed if I try to talk to him. That's why; can you give it back to him in my place?"

She took it as he handed it to her. She held it tightly onto her chest and sighed deeply. "I wish I could."

"Huh? Did you say something?"

"Eh? N- No, nothing." She shook her head and tried to put on a fake smile. "I'll return this to him later."

He looked at her closely and raised a brow. Bad move. A fake smile couldn't deceive a master of trick and impersonation like him.

"It seems Shiraishi-san is also angry at you…" that was what he was about to say as someone else said it first.

Kouki yelped in surprised as she heard that voice. It was the girl from yesterday. When she had been there since?

"Stop scaring people like that." He scolded the ghost-like girl.

"I didn't mean to. Beside, I've been here from the start. It wasn't my fault she didn't notice." She said monotonously.

He sighed then turned to Kouki. "Sorry about that."

"No. It's also my fault for not noticing. I'm sorry for my rudeness." Kouki bowed.

"No problem," The bespectacled girl replied. "Speaking of apologizing, shouldn't you apologize directly to Shiraishi-san?" She asked to him.

"Didn't you hear what I said before? He was waaaaay too dangerous for me right now. Do you want to have me killed?" He snorted.

"You might deserve it…"

"That's so cold of you."

"Well, don't you feel guilty for making another couple fight?"

"Nope," He glanced at his yesterday's victim and quickly made a correction. "Err, I mean yes, of course I do feel bad for them. However, there's nothing I can do right now. There's no point of shedding my blood here." He shrugged.

Kouki watched the strange couple in front of her. Honestly, she felt a little jealous. She really wanted to reconcile with Shiraishi as soon as possible. She wanted to talk to him again, have him tease her like what he usually did, laugh with him, and see his smile…

But still…

She couldn't get the negative thoughts out of her mind. She didn't have enough courage to say a simple I'm sorry.

"Oh well, whatever. I have to go now; otherwise either Yukimura or Sanada will also try to kill me," Niou ended the argument. He then made a fast cutting gesture with his finger on his neck, referring to what would his fellow captain and vice-captain would probably do to him if he was late. "See you. I'll try to talk to Shiraishi.. err, later… maybe."

Both of the girls just silently watched the trickster ran across the court to meet his teammates. Kouki felt awkward being left alone with the other girl. She really didn't know what to say.

"Sorry about him," The glassed girl suddenly broke the silence. "That Niou-san, he troubled you a lot."

"I- It's okay. No need to apologize, really." Kouki shook her head.

"But he made Shiraishi-san angry to you."

"It was also my fault for not seeing his trick after all."

Right, Shiraishi was mostly mad at her because she fell for the trick. It was her fault, and just like what Yuuji had pointed it out yesterday, Shiraishi had the right to angry to her.

It was natural for every single person without exception to get angry seeing his/her lover went out with another person.

"Aren't you angry at him?" Kouki asked bluntly without thinking. "I mean… You don't seem you minded with what happened yesterday. Didn't Niou-san literally…" Her voice turned into squeaked as the other girl stared at her.

"…flirt another girl beside me?" The light-brownhead finished Kouki's question.

Kouki nodded and nervously waited for the answer (If there really would be an answer, because the question itself was really a personal one and anybody could refuse to answer such a question from a stranger).

"Of course I'm angry." The girl answered flatly. "It just…"

"Just?"

"I don't want to ruin our current relationship by a mere issue. He flirted to trick you anyway, not tricked to flirt you. He's just like that; he will do anything if needed only for the sake of his tricks. Niou-san is Niou-san. I'm his girlfriend so I have to at least try to bear with his bad habits and understand him. Though I won't let him do that too often... That flirty thing…"

Kouki was surprised by the answer. She didn't know nor have any idea for how long this girl had been dating with Niou, but she was sure it was way longer that her relationship with Shiraishi. That girl pointed out something she had never realized before: a relationship needed understanding. Now she realized that she was too selfish and never thought about what his true feelings. She knew he was angry to her, but she never thought and tried to understand what he had felt back then, what he felt right now…

"Your relationship shouldn't be ruined by this kind of thing. I'm sure Shiraishi-san feels the same way. He really loves you, doesn't him?"

Kouki blushed by the mention of love. "Thank you."

The other girl just smiled in reply. The awkward atmosphere around them had long gone and Kouki felt much better. He fears and pessimistic thought had also disappeared. Now she knew what she should do.

"Ah, sorry for being rude, I haven't asked your name yet."

"Masami. The name is Takamiya Masami."

"I'm Oshitari Kouki. Nice to meet you, Takamiya-san."

No, the title is not taken from Bieber's song. *sweatdrops*

Finally Kouki got the courage to talk to Shiraishi... And it seemed she had forgotten about the kiss thingy. Is it a good thing or a bad thing?

A little message in this chapter: don't let a mere small problem ruin your relationship. It also goes for friendship and family ;)

This story almost ends, maybe in 1 or 2 chapter(s). Sorry if it's too short, this was actually meant to be a fluffy oneshot with no problem and Niou's trick XD

Please look forward for the updates and review! Tell me what you think about this chapter. Was this good? Concrits are always welcome.