Dom: Okay we're getting closer 2 more guys plus Akashi and we're going to have our final chapter. Hope you guys enjoy :)

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Disclaimer: Don't own

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"You've been dating Higurashi-chan for some quite time now, right?" Mibuchi casually asked the orange-haired lad.

The wild member paused from his changing and nodded warily. It wasn't a good sign when one of the guys suddenly asked about his love life, "Yeah… 7 months on the 18th."

"That's nice. A little more and you guys would be together for a year. Have you guys fought? They say couples aren't really official until they have their first fight."

"Uh, yeah. On our third month. I was, uh, jealous," Hayama continued watching his teammate in suspicion.

The shooter nodded in understanding, "Of course. A girl like her would have many admirers. It's good that you guys worked it out."

"Okay. What's up?" Hayama stopped the pretenses and just blurt it out. "Is something wrong? Did we mess up? Or not reach your standards, Reo-nee, as a couple? Because this is seriously freaking me out."

Nebuya laughed. He patted the shorter teen who gave out a grumble at being patted like a kid. "Mibuchi here just wants to know if you already said the three words."

"Well, have you?" the inhumanly pretty boy zoomed into Hayama's space and held his hands, his eyes sparkling in curiosity.

"Three words…?" Hayama tilted his head to the side.

The two Uncrowned Kings blinked at the confusion.

"You… you haven't said the three words?" Nebuya blinked. He would've thought that Hayama or maybe even the girl would've said it already. They've been together—officially—7 months. But everyone knew they had feelings since they were in first year.

"We are together?"

"No." Mibuchi shot down immediately.

"'We are official?'"

"No."

"'Meet the parents?'"

"No."

"'You're my soulmate'?"

"Close, but no."

"'Will you marry me?'"

"Okay, that's not three words and you're in the same line of thought, but you shot way too far. No."

"Oh my God, have you told her you love her?" Nebuya groaned in frustration.

Olive green eyes blinked as they peered up at his teammates. "Love… her?"

"You haven't told her yet? After all this time, you haven't told her?" Mibuchi stared at him incredulously.

Hayama blushed and fidgeted under their disbelieving states, "I mean… I haven't gotten around to tell her yet. To be honest, it completely slipped out of my mind," he chuckled sheepishly.

There was a tic mark pulsing in Mibuchi's temple, "HOW CAN YOU FORGET YOU LOVE HER?!"

"I didn't say I don't love her I'm just saying that I keep on forgetting about telling her and besides I'm pretty sure she knows that I do!" Hayama pouted rather childishly.

"Higurashi-chan would have an inkling to what you are feeling, but it would still be nice to hear from your mouth."

"Then why doesn't she tell it first then?"

"And risk getting shut down?"

"I won't do that!"

"She doesn't know that."

"And I'll be the one risking to be shut down?"

"She won't."

"And how do you know that?" Hayama crossed his arms across his chest.

"Oh, for the love of," Nebuya groaned before putting his hands on their wild team member. "Just freaking tell her you love her. You won't win against, Reo. I'm already telling you. Just agree with it and we can move on, okay? Okay," the dark-skinned teen didn't bother to wait for the answer before exiting their locker room.

"Well," Mibuchi started, "that's that."

Hayama just blinked in response before nodding slowly as he faced his teammate, "I'll tell her today."

"Good," Mibuchi ruffled the orange locks.

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Hayama thought it'd be easy, but, geez, he was so very wrong. His olive green eyes are trained on his girlfriend who's currently summarizing the mythology of Oedipus for their quiz the next day.

"So there's this prophecy about King Laius of Thebes and his wife, Jocasta. Apollo—who was the God of Truth—foretold that Laius will be killed by his own son and that son would marry his own mother who is Jocasta. The two didn't believe it (at first), of course, and they thought that they can make it untrue—" Kagome continued explaining the myth as Hayama looked on with a small smile on his face.

He really, really loves this girl. He has no idea what he did in this current life or any of his past lives to ever deserve this girl right in front of him.

"And then Oedipus knew about the prophecy—about him killing his own father and marry his mother—left his home Corinth because he thought he was going to kill Polybus, the man who he thought his father. He self-exiled himself then traveled until he encountered Laius, but he didn't know at that time and stuff happened and he killed Laius. Then he met the sphinx with her riddle—the answer of the riddle is man by the way—and he was made King and—"

"I love you," Hayama just threw caution in the wind and decided to blurt it out which was his plan to begin with.

"Ha?" Kagome paused in her ramblings and stared at him. A red flush slowly appearing on her pale cheeks.

"I love you. And I'm so very in love with you and I don't know what I did to ever deserve someone that is you," he took both of her hands in his. "I love you, Kagome-chan and I promise that I will try not to hurt you and that I will love you till the end of my time—"

"STOP, STOP!" Kagome's face was red as she took back her hands from his grasp. Hayama found it adorable. It's his first time seeing her so red. "What's with you and the sappy words?" Although, she tried to look unaffected, there was still a very obvious blush painted on her face.

"Can't I tell you I just love you? Because I do," Hayama grinned cheekily, his eyes closing in the process.

His eyes shot open in surprise though when soft lips were pressed against his. He stared at his girlfriend who was blushing to the roots, her eyes were solely focused on her notes.

The way she kisses him when he says "I love you".

"Araaa…" Hayama was grinning. "Did you just kiss me? Did you, Higurashi Kagome, kissed me to shut up? Or did you just want to kiss me? Awww, you're so cute—"

Then Kagome kissed him again.

Actually, just the way she kisses him.

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Dom: Omg, after this two more guys and it's Akashi. I'm so excited hahaha well, hope you guys like this *smiles*