ERI'S P.O.V
Today I was in the cafeteria with Tomo , eating a bentou that I made since its good for the two of us . After that scene that was happen earlier I ended up to give and let her be . It's too troublesome to run around the campus , I'm not a kid anymore .
" This seat , isn't taken , right ? ", an unknown guy asked us .
I look to the guy who asked us , not even budging .
I was even more suprise when I finally saw the face of the guy who asked us " A ... Akashi ?! ", before I could loose my composture completely , I immediately retorted " YES , IT IS TAKEN ".
Tomo nudged me and whispered ' Oi , Eri ! ".
He half smiled in returned " I see ", the next thing he did , he sit in the vacant chair with our table .
" Are you deaf or what ? I told you that it IS ALREADY TAKEN ".
" You know , Eri . You're just bluffing , am I wrong ? ", he said with all of his might , confident about himself .
Since I have no choice , I give up complaining and just let him do what he have to " Fine . Do whatever you want . Anyway what are you doing here ? You were suppose to spend your lunch break with Mibuchi and the others unless you have a business with me ".
" So you really know me , Eri ", he said as he take a sip of his bottled drink .
" Not really ".
" Uh ... May I excuse myself , Eri , Akashi-san ? ", the girl beside me interrupted our conversation while raising her hand mid-way " I suppose I should leave here . So for now ... take your time ".
" Wait Tomo ! You stay here ", I stopped her , reaching out my hand to her .
" No , you must leave . Eri and I should talk one-on-one , privately ", he said with threatening voice .
" Stay here ".
" Leave ".
" Stay here ".
" Leave ".
" Stay here ".
" Leave ".
" Ahhhh ! Mou - Please stop it . You're pressuring me ! ", she cried out , confused who will she follow .
" Akashi or me ? Who's scarier ? ", I asked in a deep scary tone of voice .
It took a lot of seconds to answer me " According to others ... ", she paused once again . What is she hesitating for ? " A-Akashi-san is scarier than you . Sorry ".
" What ?! OI ", before she could fled , I quickly grabbed her hand and forcefully sit her into the chair .
" I said stay here ! ".
" But ... Eriiiiii ~ ", she said in teary eyed .
" Wait , why you have to say that with that poker face of yours ? ", I quickly glance at the guy infront of me as soon as I forcefully sit Tomo in the cafeteria's chair .
He just shrugged " Who knows ".
I face palmed and sighed , this is getting nowhere and he is definitely unreadable . I peeked at him between my fingers , still my palm were on my face " So , what do you want to talk about ? Please make it quick ", and with the next words , I whispered at him so that no one will hear us '' Everyone is looking at us ''.
" It is your fault why their attention were on us ", Tomo whisphered good enough to heard it .
" Shut up ! ".
Akashi didn't hesitate to break our little argument . He doesn't really care about us , though " Winter Cup is approaching , I hope you don't forget our deal ", then he gaze at the woman beside me " I presume that she is the one that you're talking about ".
" About what ? ", she asked innocently , she doesn't have any slightest clue what we were talking about . Of course ! I haven't mentioned it , yet .
" Uh ... what he was saying is he ordered me to collect all the recorded games of all the Generation of Miracles for the upcoming winter cup and I requested him that I need your help because I can't do it all alone ", I explained to her .
" Oh ... is that so ? ", a couple of silence strikes until she talked once again , giving us a big thumbs up " You can count on me , Akashi-san ", she said vigorously .
" Good ", with that , he slowly stood up together with the tray he brought " Now , I should go back to my practice . And you two should go back to your classes and Eri ", he gazed hardly at me " Go to the gym after class ".
" Yeah , I know . You don't have to mention it ".
He stopped from walking and glanced at me with the corner of his eyes " By the way go get a lot of game records of Seirin and Shuutoku . Touou , Kaijou and Yosen was not really necessary but if you want to see their game you may freely to do it ".
" Why ? ", I simply questioned him back .
" Because they would be impossible to be their opponent in the game ".
I didn't asked him once again instead I gazed hardly at him . How can he be so sure of himself ? Did he go to a fortune teller or is he a fortune teller himself ? Well that Akashi after all .
After that , he quickly turned his back to us , moving out of the cafeteria . I couldn't helped but to gaze is back until he was gone out of my sight . Not to mention , that I realized that Akashi has fine built back features . Even though its just his back figure he still look so ... h -
Wait ~ why am I thinking such a thing ?! This is embarrassing !
Erase ...
Erase ...
Erase ...
Erase ! ...
Pretend that I didn't say anything about him !
" Eri ~ ", Tomo called that snapped out into my deep thoughts .
" Now what ?! ".
" Care to spit it out ? ", she asked playfully .
" What do you mean ? And what's with that smug face of yours ? ", I answer her a question almost stuttering .
" Well you see , I notice that you look at Akashi-san differently . You always glaring at him whenever he ordered you or talked to you but now ... ", she paused for a few moments " Is there anything that I need to know ? ".
" None ", I nonchalantly retorted .
" Eeehhh ?! Boring ~ ", she said while pouting and meanwhile she smiled at me " Well if there's any progression , just tell me okay ? ", as she winked at me .
Even though she doesn't say it directly , I already know what she was trying to say , it was my feelings towards Akashi .
It seems that their training was more strict than ever . As expected from the Rakuzan . Since the Winter Cup is coming soon , they don't have much time to do such a thing like spending themselves in a game center after class or so . Lazing off is not in their vocabulary . They always spend their time in the court whether holidays or not .
Time flies so fast . As far as I remember I found myself entering this club subconsciously . I never thought that I will remain here for a months or so . But one time I thought of quitting this club because the way of Akashi treats me , ticks me off for some reason . But in the end , I still remain here even though they're not the team that I was looking for , I found myself enjoying this club , somehow .
" Hey , you there , Takasugi ", someone called me . It didn't take a lot of seconds to find the owner of that voice , it was from the manager of the team .
Before I could ask him , he give me a piece of paper which I quietly snatch it away from him . I scan it and ask a question on him " This is a schedule for the Winter Cup preliminaries . What of it ? ".
" I assume that Akashi asked you about something . So here's the copy of the schedule for the Winter Cup preliminaries . Akashi said that if you want to watch it , you may free to go ", he simply explained .
That's right . How should I forget that I have some things to do for the team ?
" Thank you ", after saying those words he looked at me as if I did something out of character .
" hm ... it's unusual for you to thank me while smiling wholeheartedly ", he commented in his usual tone .
" eh ?! ", I raised my brow and I feel that my cheeks was gotten hot " I'm a human after all so I'm allowed to show my smile and gratitude to others sometimes ".
" heh ... Beats me ".
After club activities I immediately went home . I was now done taking a bath and I went to my study table to do my few homeworks .
As I'm busy scanning my school bag , a pieces of paper fell from it . My eyes follow those fallen papers and quickly picked it up .
" Hmmm ... that's right , this is the schedule for the Winter Cup preliminaries that the manager gave me ", I mumbled to myself while examining the papers while my right palm was resting on my cheek .
Then I noticed something , behind that schedule , there was another paper that filled with schedules too . But this time it was different from the other one . It was a schedule game of Seirin High " As far as I remember I was allowed to watch their game but ... ", a paused for a moment and grunted " going all the way in Tokyo was troublesome . Well if I'm in the mood to travel , maybe I should go to watch and invite Tomo ", with that I started to do what I have to .
Sorry for the late update ... It took so much time before I could think the story of this chapter . Anyway , I hope it will not bore you . ^^