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Ch7: Kiss Me Good Bye
The truth was: Shiraishi had forgotten all his disappointment, anger and sadness toward Kouki. The negative feelings had disappeared the time she had entered the room.
He looked at her face. The way she shut her eyes so tightly was both funny and cute. Funny that he found it difficult to resist his laugh. So cute that made him really wanted to kiss her right away.
However, he wouldn't kiss her. No, not yet.
He raised his hand and lightly stroked her cheek. Too bad that it wouldn't turn even redder.
He slowly lowered his face, leaning closer to hers. It was kinda evil, but he enjoyed how her nervousness was clearly shown on her face.
Finally, as a final blow, he kissed her forehead.
As expected, her reaction was hilarious.
"Well, well, feeling disappointed?" He teased.
"…a little…"
He let out a chuckled before ruffling her black hair.
"Let's go. The practice is starting."
She just nodded in return. He ruffled her hair once again then took her hand. He dragged her toward the door.
With his other hand, he grabbed the doorknob and turned it…
"Oh shit! They're coming!"
"Move! Move, you idiot!"
"Ouch! You stomp my foot!"
…were faintly heard from outside.
Just as Shiraishi opened the door, more than a dozen guys in regulars' jerseys fell through it.
"What the?" The couple was surprised finding their friends comically piling on the ground, with Kenya on the bottom.
"I guess we're ready to start the practice now." said Yukimura, the only one who miraculously didn't fell over and stood behind the others with amused smile.
"I thought Shiraishi would be mad back then." Kenya commented on the previous event as the matches among the non-regulars begun.
Kouki facepalmed, remembering the way he and the others had failed at eavesdropping and ending up felt trough the door. They had been eavesdropping. Did that mean everyone knew what had happened inside the clubroom back then? Geez, it was so embarrassing!
"Well, he seems in an extremely good mood now~" Kenya nudge his cousin.
She invisibly glared at him behind her fingers. "Mind your own business."
"It's good to have you two reconciled, at least we won't have Kin-chan freaking out about Shiraishi's omitting deadly poison," He mused. "You also look really really happy now."
"Is it that obvious?"
"It's well written on your face: Finally I can talk to Shiraishi again! I'm so glad he doesn't mad at me anymore. Well, though I'm 'a little' disappointed that he didn't kiss me." He stated with an ear-to-ear grin.
"That's not funny!" She smacked his back and pouted.
"I'm doubt it was a little. I think I should have been a lot or really disappointed."
"Oh shut up!"
"It seems that he hasn't forgiven Niou yet though." He said, watching Niou's nth attempt to avoid meeting Shiraishi.
She also looked at the direction Kenya was looking at. "I feel a bit sorry for Niou-san."
He turned to her with questioning face. "Why? Aren't you mad at him for tricking you?"
"I was, but he has apologized earlier and I decided to let it go. It's not like he had a really bad intention either."
"Hmm," Kenya tipped on his chin. "In my opinion, Shiraishi won't forgive him as easily as you… even if Niou really didn't have a really bad intention back then, he still, you know, flirt you."
"I think Niou-san did that only to trick me. Beside he already has a girlfriend." She tried to explain. Just like Masami had said earlier, Niou flirted to trick, not tricked to flirt.
Kenya snorted as Kouki mentioned about Niou's girlfriend. "Wow, I'm surprised it's not a two or three."
"Uh, Kenya… You know what… His girlfriend is actually right behind you."
"He?"
Kenya turned around and he finally noticed that there was someone who had been standing behind the fence he had been leaning on.
"GYAAAH!"
"Kouki-chan, can you come with me for a while?" Shiraishi asked as Kouki was gathering her belonging. The practice had just ended a while ago.
"Sure." She replied then he led both of them exiting the courts. They walked across the school ground then entered one of the buildings.
She remembered this way. If she wasn't wrong, this was the way to…
"Here we are," He said as they arrived at the rooftop garden. "Actually, I was planning to take you here yesterday, but that guy ruined everything. " He explained with a huff.
Somehow the feeling she got now was almost the same as the day before.
She raised a hand then tugged his hair.
"Ouch! What are you-?"
"Just want to check if you're really you." She grinned.
"Good decision," He chuckled. "But you didn't have to pull that hard, did you?" He added, rubbing his head.
"Aw, sorry," She gasped. "Was that really hurt?"
"Nah, I'm joking. It was hurt but not that hurt. Anyway, do you know this flower? It's called Adonis..."
She just smiled hearing his explanation about the flower, though she didn't really understand what he was talking about. She felt very comfortable watching his yet another lecture about flowers and plants. This was Shiraishi and the only Shiraishi. No one could copy this part of him.
"Oi, are you listening?"
"Oh, yeah, of course I am…"
"Then, can you repeat what I've just said?"
"Something related to myth… I think." She grinned nervously.
He sighed. "You can always tell me if you find my story about plants is boring…"
"Aaaa! I'm sorry, it's not boring. I was just… thinking about another thing."
"And what exactly the another thing is?"
"Uh, whether you want me to return your jersey or not?"
He looked at her. She was indeed wearing the jersey he had lost yesterday. "I do want it back." He then leaned closer to her and inspected his jersey. "But it smells like a trickster now. Maybe you should take it to laundry first before returning it back to me."
"Okay, then I'll just have to force the trickster to pay the laundry bill."
"Right~"
Both of them then burst into laughter. It was just nothing bad had happened yesterday.
"Say, Kouki…"
"Yes?"
"Do you want to try it? The kiss?"
She blinked, surprised by his question. She slightly nodded as her face turned red again.
He smiled then leaned his face to hers. He cooked his face a little. His hands on her shoulders, drawing her closer to him, while her hands clutched to his shirt. Their eyes were slowly closed as the distance between their lips went closer and closer.
Finally, their first ki-
"AA! SHIRAISHI'S TRYING TO EAT KOUKI-NEE'S FACE!"
Not again!
The couple growled and pushed each other away as their heard the familiar loud voice came from the bushes.
"Kin-chan, you're ruining everything!" Kenya smacked the kid on the head. "And FYI he's not trying to eat the face."
"You guys…" Shiraishi frowned. His team was really hopeless.
"Ah, sorry for the disturbance…" The speed star grinned sheepishly to his captain. "We didn't mean to. You may continue… If you want..."
"I don't think it's possible, senpai. They've lost the mood." Zaizen said as he switched of the camera mode of his cell phone.
"If it keeps going like this, I'm quite sure it'll really take another a month and 2 days, just like what my saiki kanpatsu says, or at least 3 weeks and 5 days based on Yanagi's calculation. Chitose said.
Look at how his friends were really concerned about their first kiss…
The bible smirked. "Well, I think neither of your useless predictions will be correct."
"Huh?"
Swiftly Shiraishi grabbed Kouki's arm, leaned his face to hers again, and kissed her right on the lips.
…
…
…
"Well, well… Youth, isn't it?" Osamu commented as he watched his students' antics from afar.
That's it. The ending. I hope it's satisfying enough ^^
I'm sure most of you expected a romantic first kiss! That's why I decided to make them kiss not in a oh-not-so-romantic scene *cough*Infrontoftheirfriends*coughcough*. It was just like the inner Shiraishi said: cut the useless crap already, just kiss and show them who the boss here is! XD
Oh, I tried to search what flower did Shiraishi and Yukimura were talking about in pair puri drama 5. I'm not really sure, but it's Adonis in my opinion. Sorry if it's wrong.
I think I'll rest from writing the Aruhi no Oshitari series for a while (note: there'll be a bunch of stories in this series, including stories about Kenya's, Yuushi's and Miki's love lives.)
However, I just caaaaaan't decide what story I should write next. I have a lot of ideas and plot bunnies are really killing me right now. Too bad that I can only write one story because I'm really busy right now D: That's why! I put a poll in my profile. Which story should I write first? ZaizenxOC or NiouxMasami? Please help me by voting what you want to read first.
For those who also reading Is Tennis Fun?, I'm really sorry for the wait. I'll post the last part ASAP.
Last but not the least, thank you for reading! I really hope you like the ending. Please review! I'll really appreciate it!
XOXO,
EcstaticPetenshi