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italics - thoughts

Disclaimer: I do not own Diamond no Ace.

"So heavy..." Ai grunted as she struggled to carry the various items in the two boxes. The one on top was the heaviest out of the two. She regretted her decision in carrying both at the same time. "Why... Me...?" After taking another step, she watched the top box being taken from her. The weight lightened immensely.

It was the younger Kominato brother, Haruichi-kun.

"Haruichi-kun!" She smiled brightly at his appearance. He blushed before standing next to her.

"Where do you need to carry this?"

"To the storage room." He nodded as he walked with her. "Thanks for helping! I honestly thought that my arms were going to break from how heavy these two boxes were."

"You're welcome." He quietly answered. There was an awkward but comfortable silence between the two as they finally entered the storage room.

Once Ai grabbed the short ladder and placed the lightest box at the top of the large shelf, a black mass on the shelf leaped towards her with a sudden loud noise. She yelped as she jumped backwards to avoid it. As a consequence, she fell on her butt painfully. The ladder hit the shelf hard, swaying it a little and tilting it enough to make the items on the shelf to slip off. Before the pile of items hit her, Haruichi called out her name as he pulled her quickly towards him. The strong force from his arm made her land on top of him roughly. After hearing the landing of the pile, she opened her eyes slowly and thanked Haruichi before locking eyes with him. She watched in fascination at how quickly his skin color transitioned into a deep pretty red. His arms were still wrapped around her protectively.

"Ah, I'm sorry. I'll let go of you now since we're safe..." He stammered and loosened his embrace. Ai smiled at him directly and thanked him once more before lightly pecking his cheek near his lips. The red became even darker if that was even possible. "Y-you're welcome..." She stood up, holding out her hand to help him up. When he grabbed her hand, she took this chance to examine if he gained any new injuries from this incident and nodded happily to herself when she found none.

"I'm glad that you have no injuries from this because you're my favorite player out of all." She grinned, still holding his hand.

"I'm glad that you have no injuries because you're my favorite person, next to my brother, out of all." He whispered softly to her. His deep colored eyes locked with hers as she blushed at his words. He blushed once more. "Let's get back to work then, shall we?"

"Okay." After they cleaned up the storage and organized it, they left the room with shy smiles, holding onto each other's hands.

"By the way, what was that thing that jumped at me? Did you see?" Ai paused as she waited for Haruichi to answer.

"I think it was a cat." He smiled reassuringly.

"Aw. I was kind of hoping it was a ghost or something." She pouted.

"Hahaha... Yeah... It was most definitely a cat..." He laughed awkwardly, looking behind him before facing forward again. "Definitely not a ghost..."

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