Waking up this morning to the sun's bright rays bearing down onto my face, I wasn't any short of unexpecting a call from my childhood friend Satsuki who wanted to meet for breakfast. So I decided to accept her offer, getting up and getting ready in my T shirt, cargo pants, and jacket along with my wallet. I met her at the small local cafe and I could tell she was practically itching to tell me something. Sitting across from her, I sipped my tea that she ordered for me watching her squirm even more in complacent excitement. She beamed heavily and if it was a weight it could very well sink me down into the floor. A thought crossed my mind while I ordered, prepared to see how long she could hold out without blabbing.
"Dai -chan!" She finally snapped, not even making it halfway through the meal.
"Yes?" I looked at her to see a pout on her features.
"I have something great to tell you!" She made it sound so urgent and obvious as if I
couldn't tell.
"Then tell me." Her pink eyes lit up instantly, giddy with joy.
"Koharu likes you!" I listened intently at the mention of the blond who caught my eye the other night. "I asked her the other day." When she said these words I knew she more so pulled it out of her.
"When did you have lunch with her?" A small mischievous grin crossed her face before proceeding to tell me the story.
The day before, I visited her at her family's gym to see Tetsu- kun of course. It looked like they had just finished a practice game and she was getting ready to test them.
So before she left we exchanged numbers.
' Was it against her will?' I questioned myself, the smile on her face making me think as much while she continued on.
So I texted her the following morning, and it went a little something like. She pulled out her phone to bring up their chat.
Me: Kochan~ Would you like to go to lunch with me?~
Ko-chan: Why?
Me: I want us to become good friends!
Ko-chan: You just want to pester me about your attractive friend
Me: No I wo-. Wait! You think Aomine-kun is attractive?!
Kochan: Where is the restaurant?
'So she does think about me.' The text of the message etched itself into my frontal lobe.
I told her where the restaurant was, and since it wasn't too far away from her home she arrived a few minutes later. While she approached, I took the time to observe her but it was short lived since she sat down abruptly.
"I know this isn't a normal lunch Mo -chan. But i wanted food so I showed up." She leaned forward with a sultry gaze, and I wasn't going to falter so I smiled.
"You're right. So you like Aomine- kun or nah?" I decided to ask her the question I've been waiting to ask since I saw her blush at you. She opened her mouth, making my excitement uncontainable only to sigh.
"Yes. I like him." I cheered with satisfaction, watching her look at her menu.
"You two should get together." Reaching across the table I grabbed her hands in giddiness.
"WAE? Ani!" Her eyebrow arched with questioning, an obvious no.
"But you two would be so cute together!" I protested and she sighed. "Why?" I inquired, wanting to hear her reason.
"I don't even know the guy!" Her reason wasn't farfetched, even reasonable.
"You can get to know him!" I tightened my grip on her smaller hands.
"Fine, if it'll end this subject and move onto a different one." I cheered once more in victory. We ordered our food and just as I promised we moved onto a different subject.
"And that's how I found out that she likes you." Her story was quite interesting and I wanted to see her again.
"Where's her gym?" Satsuki wasted no time telling me what I wanted to know and no time rushing me out of the cafe. I made my way to the location she directed me to and walked in. I could hear people talking, yelling, laughing, and breathing with the flow of the machines and clanking of weights as soon as I opened the door. The scent was fresh alongside the faint smell of sweat and concentration. A single male voice seemed to boom over it all every time he spoke even though it was a pretty huge facility. To my right was a giant circular desk, a woman who Koharu resembled behind it, typing on the computer. "Excuse me ma'am, but have you seen Koharu?" I questioned as I approached the desk. She looked up with a sweet smile that hid a fiery nature given away by her green eyes.
"Yes, she's outside in the back, through those double glass doors." She pointed to two fairly large glass doors on the ground level leading outside.
"Thank you." I gave her a slight bow of the head before descending the stairs to go outside. It was a huge mountainous terrain in my view as soon as I stepped out. There she was standing some feet away before me in front of it, so I did as Satsuki tried and observed her.
"Bring those knees higher Izuki! No slowing down Koganei! No tripping Furihata!" These names belonged to Seirin. "Stop punching bushes Kagami!" A sigh followed this order with a shake of her head. My eyes traveled down her petite figure shamelessly, starting just at the curve of her neck, a dimple placed perfectly on her exposed shoulders right before her shoulder blade. Continuing down, I could only imagine how deep the sides of her torso curved right at her waist leaving ample room between her skin and the fabric of her shirt. The dip of her lower back was very noticable, her bottom rounding perfectly and covered legs left to my imagination. I made my way behind her and leaned down to ear level.
"So this is what you do." She tensed up as did her delicate fingers into a fist. I stepped back and stood up right when she took a swing and grabbed her wrist. "Calm down, it's only me." He eyes widened in anger, pink covered her face.
"Only you?" She pulled her arm away. "Only you just have me a heart attack!" A full blown rant ensued.
"What are you doing here?" Kagami came bounding down the mountain like an idiot.
"Shut it Bakagami! I'm not here to see you." The whole team was there now. "I came to see Koharu." They looked on.
"There are no breaks, back to running!" She yelled at them causing them to run back up the mountain faster than they got down. She turned her attention to me, her neck at a slight angle to see my face. Without saying a word, she turned back around to monitor them.
"I want to do that." I looked up at the mountain.
"You don't need to, your stamina is high and the endurance you can take is up there with it. Theirs isn't." She explained to me.
"Double check." I looked down at her.
"Remove your shirt." I slowly removed my shirt and she circled me. "You don't need it." A prominent blush plastered itself across the bridge of her nose and cheeks.
"Check again." I decided to mess with her, taking her right wrist into my hand and placing her palm on my abdomen. Although I really just wanted to feel the soft, cool touch of her hand on my heated skin. "You still don't need it, yet since you are so keen on doing this training I can start you tomorrow." The blush dusted across the bridge of her nose grew a few shades darker, lips quivering before she continued to speak. "We can start your tests and regimen tomorrow after classes while Seiren is doing practice back at the school gym." I put my shirt back on as she spoke, taking in the adorable shyness that she attempted to play off.
Writer's PoV
Koharu ended Seiren's training shortly after Aomine had departed, leaving her an embarrassed mess. The group of boys heading to the showers sweat drenched and complaining, she thought they'd be used to it by now. The girl's mother approached her when she reached the top floor, a grin present on her face.
"Was that the boy you like?~" The grin grew with all too knowing allure to it, making her double's green eyes widen noticeably.
"Eomma!" Throwing her hands up in disbelief, the customers walking in showed surprise at the two women speaking Korean. "Don't bring that up in front of people!" Her mother let out a hearty laugh, scanning the people in.
"But it's adorable! He's so polite and such a handsome gentleman." Fawning over the possibility of her daughter gaining a boyfriend so polite around her made her day. "Besides you're following in my footsteps, pulling a basketball player!" Her daughter arched an eyebrow in confusion. "I'm surprised you didn't see it. Maybe because you were thinking about his glorious sculpted body you just felt all up on." Her jaw dropped in disbelief before huffing.
"I'm going to eat and go home for my studies!" Quickly rushing out with her bag, her mother waved after her. Ending her walk at a vacant streetball court, she looked around. She could tell it was greatly used from the shoe marks on the pavement, up to the small holes in the fence, to the tattered netting around the slightly rusted net frame. The squares also missed pieces as if were a puzzle waiting to be assembled against the off white backboard. She took out her favorite green and white basketball then dribbled. Dribbling calmed her nerves, dribbling was the first thing her dad taught her and it was her favorite thing in the world. She loved it, being able to have this control over something so ordinary.
"Koharu?" Her gaze traveled up to see Kagami on the other side of the fence with an astonished gaze. "You play ball?" He really isn't that quick about people.
"Why are you surprised? My dad was a national basketball star." Cradling the ball between her arm and torso.
"One on one." He threw his bag down and stood in front of her, easily towering over her.
"You don't want to do this Gami pyon." She looked at his determined facial expression.
"Oh yeah I do, since we met." She could tell he was serious.
"Fine." He got into guard stance while she took the dribbling stance. He watched the ball as it rolled off her fingers, kissing the ground, and flying back up into her palm only for his red eyes to dull in content. This gave her the opportunity to pass him and make the basket. "There." She held the ball and realization came over him.
"No way! Another round!" He yelled to her in another effort of a challenge.
"No Kagami. I'll see you later." Grabbing her stuff and jogging away, she left him there to calm down. Walking into Maji Burger at her usual time to get some burgers before heading home to eat again, she approached .After ordering, she lazily looked around the fast food place while idle at the pickup counter. Not noticing the young basketball player currently on her mind, she sat in her usual seat to eat. Taking a bite into her burger, she wasn't shocked at all to see him right in front of her only a few seconds later.
"Are you stalking me today or what?" She arched an eyebrow up at him, not receiving an answer.
"Give me your phone." He finally spoke leaving her to looked at him as if he lost his mind.
"Why would I do that?" She took a bite from her burger, giving no indication of her taking out her phone.
"Just hand it over." He held out his unnecessarily large hand to the smaller girl and reluctantly she placed her phone in it. Her green eyes watched as he put his name and number in it then placed it as an emergency contact. "So now wherever you go for meals I can join you.
But you have to promise to tell me, especially when you're in trouble." He handed back.
"Promise?" She could only nod. Classes droned on the following day, the blond thinking out a regimen even though he really didn't need one. She figured just to spite him, she'd put him on the basic regimen but decided against it. Signaling the end of classes for the day, she gathered her things. Still deep in thought, she failed to notice her childhood friend waving her hand before her eyes.
"Aish Riko- chan, what is it?" Scrunching her nose up at her friend, she slung her bag over her shoulder.
"You've been lost in thought all day! What's going on with you?" Breathlessly talking they walked out side by side, skirts swaying with every step.
"I was thinking about Aomine's training regimen because he doesn't need one, but he wants one." A frustrated sigh left her full lips.
"You're really dense, he just wants to spend time with you." An arched eyebrow was thrown her way, followed by an extra pair of footsteps.
"E -excuse me!" The duo came to a halt at the booming voice behind them. Turning around, the two saw an average sized third year with black hair and matching eyes. He wasn't that bad looking, so they wondered why he was there before them. "M-Midorikawa- san." The scowl that was currently present on her face was replaced by a slight eyebrow arch of surprise.
"Yes?" She could see his lips quiver along with his body under her gaze.
"I've thought you were beautiful ever since I laid my eyes on you and I would like to get to know you! I love you, so can we start seeing each other?!" He blurted his confession out, striking even more surprise into her.
'Ehhhhhhhhhhhhh.' Thinking the same thing for the fifth time this week she sighed.
"I'm sorry but I can't accept your confession." With a delicate bow she bounded off, Riko to bowing and following suit leaving the poor boy to wallow in his broken sadness.
"This is the fifth one this week, why do you keep turning them down?" Her brown haired friend questioned, the reason suddenly hitting her. "You like Aomine don't you?!" Choosing to ignore her question she glanced at her.
"SHOULDN'T you be coaching at practice right now?" Earning a gasp, the brunette ran off giving her a moment of peace while she made her way to her family's gym. Low and behold, he was waiting at the desk for her. "Hi Aomine, I see you're ready." She stopped just in front of him.
"I wasn't kidding." She sighed observing the scowl on his face which slowly let up the longer her eyes lingered.
"Let me get ready." She descended the stairs with him to go to the locker room.
"You're training with me?" The tone in his voice leaked of curiosity earning a small chuckle of amusement from her.
"Might as well, besides I haven't been exercising myself lately." He couldn't help but enjoy the musical tone in her voice, her laughter replaying in his head like a melody on repeat. After about five minutes, she exited the locker rooms in her workout clothes. "Before we work out, I'm going to have to run a test on you." Grabbing hold of his arm, she lead him to the aquatic treadmills. You're going to run for two hours then we'll start. Two hours because your body's ability to handle long periods of strain is higher than Seiren's." She pulled out the sensor tabs to attach to him.
"You can't keep your hands off of me can't you?~" He decided to tease her as she grazed his skin ever so slightly with every tab she attached.
"D- don't be a pervert." Immediately shutting down, a blush spread across her darkly toned cheeks. "I hope you can keep yourself entertained." She let him step into the tank then starting him at a walking pace.
"I'm sure I have a way~" That stupid smirk on his face gave her the urge to punch him. Looking up at him after an hour of typing, her heart nearly fluttered out of her chest. His sweat drenched figure, light panting, and sharp eyes that rolled over her form every so often made her squirm in her seat.
'Aish, this boy will be the death of me.'