Riko's PoV
I gathered up the boys after school in front of the gym, making sure they had their bags. Koharu approached us accompanied by another giant bag of snacks. She still wore her school uniform and her hair still up in that tight bun that has me think her hairline will begin to recede.
'For a very fit and healthy girl, she sure does eat a lot of junk food.' I could only sigh as she stuffed her face happily. "Why do you wear your bun so tight? Your hairline will begin to recede." She only stared at me with this blank look on her face.
"My hair's too long and will get in my way, besides. . ." An equally dumb grin replaced her previous expression. ". . .I like it in it's bun, now let's go!" With a cheer she led us to the station to travel to a more mountainous area of Tokyo, baffling all the boys. Stopping just outside her family's huge facility, 'The Gym' accented the side of the modern building in huge white letters. Leading us in, her mother was at the desk as usual.
"Hi mama. This is Seirin's basketball team here to train today." Greeting the equally short woman, her cheeks were squished in returned affection.
"Ahhh, Riko-chan~ You've grown up quite well~" Turning her attention to me, she used the usual playful tone picked up by her daughter.
"Her beauty is inherited." Koganei whispered to Mitobe who only nodded.
"Riko-chan~ Can you get the boys to change while I go do the same~" It was double trouble now that they were both using that tone they addressed me with every day.
"Come on boys, time to go get changed." Leading them down the stairs, they stared in awe at how advanced their gym looked from all the machines to the two sections as a wing on each side of the building.
"How wealthy is she?" Kawahara whistled his question out loud resulting in a slap upside the head from me.
"When we talk about things like that, Koharu gets very irritated. So if you don't want to die today, don't ever ask that again." He could see that my warning was serious, shutting him up instantly.
Hyuga's PoV
Walking into the locker rooms, we were in awe. Walking in to the right was a row of eight sinks with silver faucets adorned dark gray marble counters and a soap dispenser between each two mounted on the large mirror. Eight cylindrical lights hung above the counters, one for each sink. To the left were five rows of lockers, a set of two benches between two and on the ends of the lockers were four shelves of fresh folded towels. This created a hallway affect, the tree on the other side of the wall at the end of the sinks separating the showers.
"Whoa. . .This is fancy." Koganei's eyes shimmered in awe while we stood looking around.
"I feel as if today will be tougher than we think." Izuki whispered walking to a locker to get ready. After changing into our practice clothes, we headed out to see Riko and Koharu conversing. We also saw that the blond had changed out of her uniform into baggy joggers, a Nike sports bra and running shoes, topped off with a sweater.
"Duuuude. . . The check." Koganei whispered to Mitobe who only nodded at the sight of the stretched Nike logo on her red sports bra. A few minutes later an extremely tall man appeared behind the group, easily towering over Kagami. The aura that emitted from him felt very intimidating, leaving me to wonder if this was the ever so playful Tsuneo Midorikawa I'd see on the television.
"So you young men have taken a liking to my little angel huh?" He scoured down at us, arms crossed.
"N-no sir." I was beginning to wonder if all of the hairs on the back of our necks stood in unison just like our answer.
"So you don't like my daughter?!" His scowl darkened, even more irritated before.
"I-it's not like that sir." Izuki attempted to explain nervously, yet the man looked as if he was going to yell again.
"Get out of here baka!" Connecting her foot to his seat, he was sent flying away albeit dramatically allowing us to see where most of her personality came from.. "Baka." Mumbling to herself she turned to us, a small smile spreading across her face. "Follow me." The look that flashed in her eyes sent worry through our minds. Leading us down to the ground floor, gymnastics equipment was set up on either side of us, space made to walk between split the sections of equipment in two. Leading us through the equipment to the right, ceiling high windows separated the huge basketball courts. "You guys are going to do a practice game today." Her hand pushed open the glass door to let us flood in. "Third Years against Second Years!" She had a grin on her face when she brought a ball over to the center of the court.
"Don't throw the ball too high Koharu! You put too much strength into it."Riko warned her friend who saluted her.
"I'll try Captain Aida." Getting into position, Kagami was pit against Mitobe just like their first match. I watched her wrist flick flawlessly, the ball rolling off of her fingers with so much hidden strength. Jumping for it, Kagami barely got it. Deciding to dribble the ball we could tell he was thinking, Kuroko right there for him. Mitobe marked Kagami, Izuki marked Kuroko, I marked Furihata, Koganei marked Fukuda, and Tsuchida marked Kawahara. Passing to Kuroko, they easily got past their markers. Receiving the ball Fukuda dribbled it down to the net and we could all feel her eyes on us. Going to cut him off, Shun and I double-teamed him only for him to pass to Furihata. Making the shot with a layup, the second years were in the lead by two points.
Us second years were holding a two point lead, not letting up even though we intended to win. When Kagami received the ball we decided to triple-team him, giving us the advantage to catch up and pass by two more points when he passed to Kawahara. Three minutes were left in the game with a score of 57-55. Well that was until a whistle screamed making us all pause in our tracks.
"I've seen all that I've needed, come with me." Taking the ball from Kagami, she lead us out and back up to the second floor. Yet, I realized that either way you look at it, the second floor will be the second floor. To the right of us were the aerobic items and weights in the same fashion as the gymnastic equipment, while to the right was an office and right next to it were aquatic treadmills in large accommodating water tanks.
"Tetsu-kun!" From the top level, we saw Mamoi leaning over the railing and waving her arms with a huge smile.
"Who is she?" Koharu practically yelled watching the girl bound down the steps. Her eyes widened at the pink haired girl tackling Kuroko in a hug.
"I'm Momoi Satsuki, Tetsu-kun's girlfriend." Koharu scratched her head taking it all in. "You are Midorikawa Koharu, or Haru-chan. You are daughter to former basketball star Midorikawa Tsuneo and your mother is former national Korean dancer Mi-cha. You can dance, draw, ball, highest ranking in your class, and you're a D cup." I could tell Koharu was beginning to become slightly creeped out.
"Guys, this way." Walking over to the tanks, she pointed to them.
Koharu's PoV
Momoi followed me and the team over to the tanks, bouncy giddily with anticipation.
"There's one for each of you, remove those shirts and get in." I pointed for them to get onto the treadmill. "I'm going to set you all at the same speed and gradually increase from there. You'll be in here for an hour so get comfortable." I began to explain, attaching sensor tabs onto their bodies in order to read their pulses while they ran.
"W-what?" I looked over at a very shocked Kagami who I only smiled to.
"It'll pay off, so be a man." He grumbled to himself leaving me to snicker.
"You're so cold Haru-chan." Izuki sighed while I attached his making me laugh at his pun referring to the water. I had to really reach in order to attach them to Taiga.
"Alright, we're starting now." I turned the treadmills on the lowest speed. As I thought, they started complaining half way through the hour. "Oi, suck it up." Momoi pulled me away to tell me what she's been itching to let out. I found it creepy how she knew so much about me, she had a huge smile on her face.
"Aomine likes you." I gave her a confused you. "He was the guy scowling at you in Maji Burger. He really likes you, it's the first time I've seen him like a girl this much." Her smile turned sweet. "I know you like him too." I was quite surprised.
"Where'd you figure that?" I pulled my arm away allowing her to poke my nose.
"It was on your face." She grinned widely causing me to look away. The timer went off just in time to save me from this conversation.
"Alright, training over." I let them step out of the water, turned off the equipment, and detached them from the sensors. "See you guys later." I let them go get changed so I could talk to my mom. "I'm going to Maji Burger then the studio." She nodded letting me know she heard me.
"Don't be back too late."I grabbed my bag and left after hugging her. I made my way to Maji Burger for a vanilla milkshake, it didn't look like many people were there today.
"Large vanilla milkshake please." I made my way up to the counter to order.
"Will that be all?" The lady named 'Akai' questioned me.
"And a burger." I added to my order and she nodded, I stood to the side in wait. I got my order and sat to eat facing away from the door. That's when my nose began to tingle, very persistently at that. I ended up sneezing repeatedly, all of them were very high pitched.
"That was a cute sound." I jumped at the deep voice that flowed into my ear, jumping to the other side of the seat.
"You scared me." I gripped my chest to still my speedy heart, which I guess he took as a sign to sit in front of me.
"Don't let me stop you from eating." That wasn't possible because he did just by being there. I unwrapped my burger and took a bite, I watched him quietly as he ate one of his two teriyaki burgers.
This is that Aomine guy Satsuki mentioned. He has a really handsome face, why does he scowl? I questioned to myself observing his features. I stood up when I was finished and gathered my trash and his deep voice broke through my nervousness.
"Leave it." Was all he had to say to break my concentration. I slowly grabbed my bag and turn to leave. "Oh, and don't let anyone else hear that cute sound you make." His blue eyes bore into my green ones before I finally left.
Koharu sat at the dinner table with her parents. Mother across from her with a grin that just wouldn't quit and her overly sized father next to his beloved. She sat awkward and fidgety under her father's intense gaze.
"So Koharu, how was your day besides that group of boys you brought in." He sat his bowl of rice down causing her to jump slightly
"I-it was alright, nothing new. Projects were presented and you know me, nervous as could be."She sputtered on, picking at her food
"Koharu has a crush on a boy Tsuneo!" Her mother beamed, the atmosphere dying completely. She could see all the emotions cross her father's face, all of them not pleased in the very least.
"Eomma!" She yelled exasperated at her mother's actions who only grinned deviously.
"A crush?!" His voice boomed through their apartment leaving her to cry internally.