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Akaya was upset. He walked to tennis practice especially early that afternoon, hoping to finally be able to talk to Yanagi. But the data master was nowhere to be found.
This sucks, thought Akaya. Yanagi had been ignoring him for days and today he was once again not around. What the hell did Akaya have to do just to talk to him? Literally trap him in a corner? Maybe Akaya'll try that later...
Or he could go find Yanagi himself.
"Renji?" said Seiichi when Akaya asked. The younger boy nodded. "Hmm… I believe he's lurking under the bleachers again."
Akaya gave his captain a weird look. "What? What's he doing under the bleachers?"
Seiichi shrugged. "He was there yesterday too. Something about it being a perfect spot for data collecting since many couples hang out there. Either that or he's creeping people out again. Go get him and tell him we are starting practice soon. He nearly got detention yesterday when a first year girl saw him and thought he was a stalker."
"O-Okay…"
Not quite sure what that was all about, Akaya left the tennis courts and ran towards the large outdoor field. The field was used by nearly all the other sports teams. There was a football field, a soccer field and a track for running. On the sides were the rows of bleachers where fans and friends sat if they wanted to watch.
Akaya reached the field, walking towards the bleachers. Captain had said that Yanagi was… lurking under them? All Akaya saw was a bunch of fangirls sitting on the benches.
But then, a face seemed to pop out of nowhere from the seat under where a small girl was sitting. Yanagi's closed eyes appeared from under the bleachers. Akaya stood there looking at his boyfriend. Seiichi had been right. Yanagi looked mega-creepy just standing under the bleachers, looking at people through closed lids.
It was like Valentines Day again where Yanagi stared intensely at girls just to freak them out and avoid getting too many chocolates.
Akaya huffed, making his way behind the long and high rows of benches and going to join Yanagi under them.
"Yanagi-senpai!" said Akaya, running forward.
Yanagi turned around. "Ah, hello Akaya."
"Senpai, why are you creeping at people? What if you really get detention this time?"
"Don't worry Akaya. This is necessary. Such a large amount of couples come here… it's ideal for data collecting." said Yanagi. "I must bring up my chances of success… as close to 100% as possible." Yanagi turned around and started looking at people again. There were quite a lot of couple sitting nearby and Yanagi was eying them as if saying 'go on and make-out already so that I can collect data'.
Akaya shifted around, a little upset that Yanagi was once again not really paying attention to him.
"Senpai, practice is starting soon. We have to go." said Akaya, irritated.
"In a moment. You can go on without me. I'll be back on time." said Yanagi, not even looking up at his lover.
After standing there for a minute, Akaya decided that he had had enough. He did the only thing he could think of that would definitely get Yanagi's immediate attention.
He tackled Yanagi to the ground.
Luckily, Yanagi didn't bash his head on anything and just ended up lying on dirt and grass with a pouting Akaya on top of him. Yanagi's mom was not going to be happy. Grass stains on his white tennis shorts were going to be a pain to get rid of.
"Senpai, you're an idiot!" said Akaya.
Yanagi brought his face out of the grass and blinked. What? Why was Akaya yelling at him now? He somehow managed to twist around and sit up while Akaya remained on his lap.
"Akaya, what is it? Tell me what's wrong." said Yanagi soothingly, reaching a hand forward to pat Akaya's hair.
"You!" Akaya shouted back, slapping Yanagi's hand away. "I thought you liked me and everything was going great! But now you are ignoring me. We never hang out anymore."
There was a pause. "Akaya, I am not ignoring you. There has simply been a lot of... things on my mind and stuff to do lately that I haven't been able to spend too much time with you. I do like you, Akaya, please never doubt that."
"So these things and stuffs to do were more important than me?" cried out Akaya.
"No. Of course not, Akaya. It's just…" Yanagi sighed. Truth was, he had been paying less attention to Akaya than he should for some time. Their relationship had advanced so fast and Yanagi had been certain that a few more hours together would have resulted in sex. In a panic, Yanagi had started collecting data like a madman, avoiding staying alone with the devil ace.
But now, it seemed like things were going a little bit downhill. Of course, Yanagi knew that Akaya constantly needed attention and reassurance. Ignoring the younger teen had been a mistake and a miscalculation on his part.
Yanagi suddenly knew he couldn't run away from this matter anymore unless he wanted his relationship to continue going down. It wasn't fair to Akaya. This data collecting was not improving his odds of success at a fast enough rate and Akaya was angry. He would have to make it up to his lover.
Yanagi took a deep breath. He might as well get it over with and stop beating around the bush. Today. He would do it today, at home, after practice. It was now or never. He's going to take Seiichi's advice and do it with Akaya.
"Akaya…" Yanagi whispered. "You… are right. Perhaps I am simply being stupid… I was just very dead set on not disappointing you. But I guess it won't matter anymore if I keep on not paying any attention to you. I apologize. Please forgive me."
Akaya just sat there looking stunned. The only thing that popped into his mind was a big "Huhhhh?" which he proceeded to say out loud. What the hell? Yanagi saying he was wrong and Akaya was right. Something really strange is going on here.
"What? Are you feeling okay, senpai?" asked Akaya. He nearly pressed his hand to Yanagi's forehead; to check for a fever.
"I am fine. Only a little nervous, but I suppose most people would be." smiled Yanagi.
"Again, whaaaaaat?"
Yanagi merely brought his hand up and this time succeeded at gently petting Akaya's hair.
"Akaya, will you come over to my house tonight? And tell your parents that you are sleeping over." said Yanagi.
"Senpai, why aren't you answering my questions?" Akaya pouted again. "Why am I staying over at your house?"
Yanagi gave a sly grin, leaning in to whisper in Akaya's ear.
"I'm merely going to give you what you've been asking for weeks. Make sure you don't forget the bottle of lube I gave you." said Yanagi huskily, attempting to sound sexy.
It more or less worked. Akaya paused for a second before giving a full-body shudder once he got the meaning of the words.
However, it didn't last long. Pretty soon, Akaya was up and bouncing around in excitement.
"REALLY? You mean it, senpai? We're finally gonna do it?" asked Akaya, the biggest grin present on his face. "Oh. my. gosh. This is going to be sooooo awesome. I'll finally be a grown up and the others won't treat me like a baby anymore and it's going to feel soooo good and I can practice and become better than even Niou-senpai and then I'll make you feel good too and-"
Seiichi smirked as they changed in the locker rooms after practice. "I'm proud of you, Renji." he said.
"What for?" asked the data master, who was preoccupied with the fact that he agreed to do it with Akaya that evening.
"You made Akaya happy. It's about time you gave in." said Seiichi.
"…And how do you know I gave in?" asked Yanagi.
"Akaya went around telling anyone who listens during practice."
Yanagi groaned. "Well, so much for privacy. Looks like I can't back out anymore now that the school knows."
"Oh, don't be too hard on him. He's just excited and wanted to tell people." said Seiichi. "Besides… you can still back out. Yagyuu and Marui both bet that you would back out..."
"Lovely. People are placing bets on my virginity." sighed Yanagi.
Akaya had been the first to leave once practice was over. The devil ace had been far too excited, leaving in a hurry to go home and fetch his things to bring back to Yanagi's house. Akaya and Yanagi were meeting at the data master's house in a few hours.
The data master was restraining from asking questions to Seiichi out of desperation for more data. Maybe he had a bit of time to go lurk under the bleachers and gather some more info, thought Yanagi. At the thought, he shook his head, reminding himself that looking at other couples making out and having sex was not the way. But he still felt the need to hang out under the bleachers. It was a comfortable spot.
Genichirou finished changing and Seiichi got up.
"Tell me the details tomorrow, okay?" Seiichi said, turning back to Yanagi. "You'll be fine. Good luck."
The bluenette left the locker room, holding hands with Genichirou. The vice-captain shifted his head to the side and nodded at Yanagi before closing the door.
Yanagi let out a huge breath. Minutes later, he got up, closed the lights and locked the doors, hoping that when he walked in the next day, it would be with a happy Akaya.
Author's Rant:
WATCH OUT. YANAGI IS EVERYWHERE, LURKING UNDER THE BLEACHERS.
So in the middle of writing this chapter, I suddenly got hungry. I went to re-heat my taco in the microwave. I think I put it in too long because the paper plate/styrofoam thing exploded. O_O
But don't worry, my taco was fine! :D :D :D
It's like when I was eight years old and I wanted my Barbie doll to go on an amusement park ride. So I put her in the microwave and watched her spin around. Then I watched in horror as her face melted. D;
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So next chapter... is going to be a pain. .-. But I won't back out this time!