Chapter-6
Yanagi Renji had tried to spend his weekend doing something productive. He had visited the library to study for midterms, reviewed his notes on his team members and practiced in the street courts nearby. But he had found it very hard to concentrate on anything. He kept reviewing only Asuna's notes when he was supposed to go through everyone's data. All the time he spent in the library, he wondered if Asuna would come to him for help before their midterms. He kept imagining how he'd feel if Asuna came to see him practice. In short, Asuna was everywhere even though she was nowhere. And Renji had never felt so confused.
He was getting ready to do his laps before morning practice when he heard Asuna call out. He turned to see her running towards him. She looked gorgeous to him even in just her tennis shorts and jersey. Her short dark hair flying around her and the ever present bright smile on her face had poor Renji's stomach tying into knots. "Renji senpai! Wait for me." she called out. She stopped in front of him with her hands on her knees, panting lightly. "I thought you would go on without me" she let out a light tinkering laugh while Renji could only stare.
They began their laps together. "How was the weekend?" Asuna asked enthusiastically since the other almost always stayed quiet. "It was rather productive" he stated. "Well, senpai" she began carefully. "You can study with me. I don't mind", his accurate reply of her unspoken words almost threw her off balance. All on a sudden she threw her arms around him and they both fell to the ground. "Thank you so much senpai!" she laughed at their amusing state. She had fallen on top of Renji, while the puzzled, also madly blushing, data master lay stiffly beneath her. She was still giggling when they both dusted themselves off before going back to the courts. Renji could only hope she wouldn't notice his bright red face in her laughing fit.
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Akaya Kirihara sat with Sanada during lunch time, begging him to tutor Kirihara before their midterms. Sanada had used many of his glares and threats, but the second year devil was too desperate to care for any of those. Sanada pinched the bridge of his nose in annoyance.
Just then Asuna and Renji came to sit on their table. "Yo senpai!" she greeted him and gave Kirihara a critical glance. The boy was a mess. Too bad. But that's what he got for not studying regularly. Before Sanada could say anything to return her greeting, not that he would've, the rest of the team came to sit with them.
"Oh, Kirihara's begging to be tutored again", Marui snickered. Yukimura only chuckled. "It's not fair!" Kirihara wailed helplessly and Asuna started to feel bad for him. "Kirihara, it's okay. You can study with me and Renji senpai. Right, senpai?" she asked hopefully. Renji wanted to slam his head on the table. But he only shook his head to decline. Asuna's jaw dropped. Although he felt bad at disappointing the girl, he refused to let go of a chance to spend alone time with her. Especially to tutor one of the slowest and most difficult students in the world. Kirihara, at this point, resembled a lost puppy.
Sensing his situation, Yukimura turned towards Asuna. "I assume you two are studying together?" Asuna nodded. "But Kirihara deserves some help too" she said a bit sadly as Kirihara continued to beg Sanada and Renji to tutor him. Yukimura chuckled. "It's not that easy and you know it, Asu-chan." He lightly reprimanded. "It takes the three of us to teach him the basics. You can't really expect Renji to be able to tutor both of you together." Asuna pouted but then she had an idea. "Well, in that case you three could help him out", she exclaimed pointing at Yukimura, Sanada and Niou. Marui almost fell off his chair laughing.
While Yukimura wanted to help his friend by making his one-on-one study session successful, he also didn't want to get stuck in a study session with Kirihara. He heaved a sigh and looked at Niou. They both knew what this meant for the data master. So, while the clearly oblivious Sanada kept ignoring Kirihara, Yukimura and Niou announced that they would be tutoring the second year devil.
Now, as Kirihara cried from joy, Sanada was on the verge of screaming. God help them.
Asuna was happy that she could get her senpai tachi to help Kirihara, although she did feel a bit bad for Sanada, since he was actually sulking about it (in a Sanada-like manner).
She suddenly turned to Renji to see that he was already looking at her. "Is something wrong?" she asked, tilting her head. Renji only shook his head and turned away. "Senpai, what time do I have to come over?" she inquired. "Let's meet up tomorrow after school. Is that okay?" she nodded and went back to her food. Renji looked up to see Yukimura and Niou studying him. He raised an eyebrow questioningly and they smiled way too nicely.
Renji groaned inwardly. He'd have to pay a price for it. Only kami sama knew what it could be.
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Renji stepped into his house with Asuna right behind him. She's been here so many times. The team almost always met up for their meetings at the Renji residence. She even had to cook for them here on several occasions. For some unknown reason she just felt welcomed whenever she came over. But she could never tell her senpai that. He'd probably think she was a retard.
The first thing she noticed when they entered the house was that no one was home. Renji's prents were almost always out. But she was concerned since Renji might want something to eat.
Renji turned to see Asuna standing in front of the kitchen. "What's wrong?" he asked. Asuna turned to him biting her bottom lip. "I was wondering if you were hungry…" "Asuna you don't have to cook." He shook his head. "Well then, I'll just cook something for the both of us", she smiled. Renji sighed. She knew he liked to eat something after coming home from the countless times she'd been over. And he was kind of hungry. He only nodded and watched as she entered the kitchen.
Once in his room, Renji put down both their bags and collected his clothes. He decided to take a quick shower before she was done with her cooking. He was about to enter the bathroom when he heard Asuna's voice from downstairs. "Senpai I'm using your kitchen utensils", she yelled. He sighed and shook his head. No matter how many times she used the kitchen, she made it a point to take permission. "Go ahead." he yelled back, a smile on his face. Just the idea that they were all alone at home and she was just downstairs putting up a meal for him, made his face feel hot.
He liked the way the evening was going so far.
