Summary: "Fall in love with me"; Hiruma has a pressing question for Mamori that will change everything.
Notes: This is a set of 10 one-shots, each revolving around a different "order".
Disclaimer: I don't own Eyeshield 21. Nor do I own the idea of "10 Orders"; that belongs to the Live Journal community of the same name. I have no affiliation with them, and am simply borrowing some of their prompts.
Author's Note: Oh my gosh, this is finished! It's been so much more of a journey than I originally expected, but what can you do? I hope everyone reading this has enjoyed it. Thank you to everyone who reviewed.
Fall In Love With Me
"What are you thinking about?" Mamori asked, looking over at Hiruma. The two were sprawled in the Saikyodai clubhouse, debating strategies for the game against Enma that would determine who went to the Rice Bowl. Or they had been, but Hiruma had been oddly silent for a long time. Not that he was normally chattering away, but he had stopped throwing out strategies and hadn't asked for what she'd come up with for the past fifteen minutes.
Green eyes darted over to her, before going back to the laptop resting on the floor in front of him. "Do you regret getting involved with Amefuto?"
Mamori laughed. "Really? You're really asking me this?" At his furious glare, she quickly sobered up and reassured him, "of course I don't regret it. It was one of the best decisions of my life. Promise." She paused, waiting to see if he would say anything, but when he only grunted, she asked, "what's up with asking me this now? We have a match in less than a week, Hiruma-kun. Now isn't the time to play psychological games with the rest of the team."
He paused, hands stilling their movement over his keyboard. "Oi. Fucking manager."
"I was listening," Mamori scolded. "And are you really still calling me that? How childish can you get, clinging to that stupid nickname… Really, Hiruma-kun!"
"Shut up and listen," Hiruma barked. Mamori blinked, pausing in her own note taking. Hiruma sounded serious, when normally there was at least a hint of teasing behind everything he said. "Just this once, do what I say," he ordered. Mamori opened her mouth to ask what he meant, but Hiruma covered her mouth with one of his hands and whispered, "fall in love with me, Mamori."