Reader's Pov
'Home! Finally!' I thought happily as I approached the gate.
"This is me." I said as I pointed at the gate.
"Thank you for the help and the umbrella and well, everything." I said as I bowed at the man who saved me from the rain.
"The pleasure's all mine. Get some rest, okay? I don't think you should burden that ankle much more." He replied with a smile that could melt the hearts of many.
"I will. Thank you." I replied.
kroo kroo~ Silence had filled the air.
"So tomorrow at Raimon High. I'm sorry that you'll be the one picking me up. Next time I'll be the one picking you up." He said in embarrassment.
"You sound confident. What makes you think there'll be a next time?" I asked in amusement.
"There'll be a next time." He said with a wink then left. I watched as the figure of the red head completely disappeared before entering the house.
I was feeling butterflies fluttering all over me as I skipped my way through the dinning room. I didn't even feel the hunger until I spotted food.
"Well at least somebody's happy." A voice said causing me to jump in surprise. Gouenji who just looked at me with his I'm-creeped-out look. I fumed and puffed my cheeks.
"Ever heard of a proper entrance?" I asked.
"Ever heard of checking your watch?" He countered.
I checked my watch only to be shocked at the time.
'8 pm?! How can I not notice?!' I screamed in my head while giving Shuuya an apologetic laugh as he shot back an annoyed face.
"Where have you been?! The hospital is less than 10 minutes away. And your leg, you did not just walked for 2 hours with that ankle." He ranted while I looked at everything else except his face.
"I sort of got.. lost." I said while whispering the last word, hoping he didn't catch it, but he did.
"You got lost?! It's raining cats and dogs outside! You're in no condition to walk aimlessly for 2 hours with that ankle. And why are you not wet?" He started with an angry voice then changed in a confused voice.
"Someone helped me when I got lost and offered to accompany me." I said in a cheery voice.
But Gouenji Shuuya is not amused. No, he definitely isn't.
"You got lost, used my sister to stop me to stop you from leaving so that you wouldn't get lost and burden that ankle of yours, and now you're telling me a stranger just helped you while you were lost. WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THAT STRANGER WAS PLANNING ON DOING SOMETHING BAD?!" He shouted.
"On the plus side, he was hot!" I pointed out. I could see Shuuya's vein popping out as he tried to hold his next words in.
Then he pushed me to the wall, holding both of my hands over my head as I leaned on the wall for support. His body was getting dangerously closed to mine, his face was already near my neck, letting me hear the sound of his breathing, and the hotness of his breath. My face was turned to the opposite side, eyes closed as I felt him holding both of my wrist with one hand while the other held my face, turning me to face him. My eyes locked on his black sharp eyes that seemed to grew even darker.
Slowly, he neared himself, completely closing the gap and kissed me. His warm, soft lips were on mine; everything felt perfect yet dangerous at the same time. After finally getting over the shocked, I kissed him back, deepening it in the process to the point where we were already using our tongues. He finally let go of my hands where I immediately wrapped around his neck, his right hand on my cheek, the other wrapped around my slender waist, making sure I don't fall.
After what seemed to felt like forever, we both pulled back, breathing heavily as we stared at each other's eyes. I saw his eyes turning back to the not so dark color, and he immediately pushed me enough to let some space in, visibly blushing at the event that just happened.
"A-a-and that's what could happen if you let your guard down." He said while looking and walking away.
"It still doesn't changed the fact that he was hot." I pointed out.
"I'm hot." He said.
"What happened earlier was hotter." I teasingly said. I could see his ears turned pink.
"Shut up! I'm hungry. Did you not know how much you influenced my baby sister? She told me I'm not allowed to eat while you're not here." He explained.
"I don't see how that's my problem." I said innocently as I sat on the opposite side of the dinning table.
"Ughh. Just eat woman." He commanded.
I decided to let my hunger control my body as I munch away the food made my Fuku-san (which tasted really awesome by the way), but no matter how much I enjoyed the food (and eating), the scent of awkwardness was lingering around, making it difficult to swallow. Then I remembered.
"Hey Shuuya-kun?" I said seriously. He seemed rather curious since it's the first time I actually tried to create a decent conversation with him.
"Hmmmm?" He replied while he continued eating.
"Have you been on dates?" I blurted out causing him to choke at the sudden personal question.
"Uhhhh... yeah, of course." He replied as he tried to regain his composure.
"What or how does a date happen? Like what do people on date do?" I asked. His face turned bright red, and I honestly have no idea why.
'Too personal, I guess.' I thought.
"Well, they usually go to places, and they sometimes kiss..." He said while sounding confused as well.
"Kiss?" I repeated followed by a short flashback of what had happened. Shuuya must have thought about it too, he just turned redder (?) than before.
"AHH! Forget it. Why are you asking these stuff anyway?" He asked in annoyance as I looked at him like he just lost it.
"I got a date tomorrow." I simply said as I finished my meal.
I stood up and told Shuuya to clean the dishes then went to my room.
Next day - Saturday
Shuuya's POV
So I spent my entire morning wondering why [f/n] asked me that question all of the sudden.
'Maybe she thought we were dating after what I pulled off last night.' I thought then shrugged the thought off.
'Great! Now I have 2 annoying thoughts.' I sighed.
We're currently in school, practicing for our upcoming match next week. This time everyone was present. Hiroto was then bombarded by our teammates about [f/n] who became our manager.
'[f/n] and Fuyuka was nowhere to be found so it's best to assume that they're making lunch.' I happily thought.
Lunch time
The team exhausted and hungry entered the cafeteria only to be welcomed by the heavenly smelling food. All of us seemed to have our eyes closed since we entered to room to cherish the smell of food.
"Welcome, masters" Fuyuka and [f/n] said in union as we opened our eyes only to see the two managers dressed in a maid outfit.
The entire members of the team blushed as coach cleared his throat. The coach walked towards Fuyuka and asked what's with the maid outfit.
"[f/n] and I thought it'll be fun to wear something like this since cooking and serving meals is what we do best." Fuyuka answered innocently while the coach just nod his head to his daughter's response and walked to his seat.
We just looked at our coach the entire time, waiting for things to connect.
"Uhmmm. Masters, aren't you hungry yet? Please let Fuyuka-san and I serve you with all our hearts~" [f/n] said cheerfully as I blushed at how carefree and childish she looked.
We then sat down while Fuyuka and [f/n] were going back and forth, serving us our meals with a smile that seems to never fade. Apparently, she's also quite clumsy. She lost footing and slipped only to be caught by Hiroto by the waist. The two stayed in that position for quite some time while I can feel pheromones gushing from the two of them.
When Hiroto finally decided on pulling [f/n] so that she could stand on her own two feet, he whispered something to her causing her to blush and laugh at what he said. The two showed their comfortableness to one another openly, laughing at each others comments while on the corner of my eyes, I can see Kazemaru annoyed by their closeness. After their short chat, Hiroto came to sit with Kazemaru, Midorikawa, Kabeyama, and I.
"Hey Hiroto, how come you and [f/n]-chan looked like you already know each other?" Midorikawa asked bluntly while the rest of the team's attention were on Hiroto's next words.
"It's because she's my date tonight." He simply said with a huge smile on his face.
"EHHHHHH?!" Everyone excluding Hiroto and [f/n] shouted.
"Yeah. I met her yesterday, and I have to say that I'm very shocked to see her here, what's more, as the team's manager." He continued.
Kazemaru suddenly stood up, slamming both of his hands on the table. Everyone looked at Kazemaru. He opened his mouth to say something, only to close it back again then sat down, not facing Hiroto who seemed worried about his teammate.
I shrugged it all of as I saw Kazemaru leaving with Hiroto after lunch.
Afternoon Practice
Afternoon practice was unstable and messy. The rest of us, except Hiroto and Kazemaru, stopped running as those two were battling each other. It no longer looked like a team sport with those two hogging the ball, neither unable to take a shoot. Everyone was already worried while coach just looked at them seriously. I took a glance of [f/n] and the managers who looked as worried as we are.
Reader's POV
I just stood there, not really knowing what to do, as I watched their showdown.
'Should I yell at them? Ask the to stop? Beat them up?' These thoughts were running around, encircling my mind.
"Hey [f/n], did something happened between you and Kazemaru-kun?" Haruna asked.
I thought about it hard and the only memory I have was what happened yesterday (that and I only met him yesterday). So I told them what happened. By the time I was done, all of them went 'oh..'
"'Ohhh' what?" I asked, confused that all of them realized something that I didn't.
"I think Kazemaru-kun likes you." Fuyuka said softly.
"I.. no way.. We just met." I responded.
"Yeah, and you also just met Hiroto whom you'll be having a date with later." Natsumi pointed out.
"That's a different case. It's not going to be a romantic date, it's more like a friendly date, just to get to know each other." I explained.
"Even so. A date is a date." Aki added.
"How can he like me that easily anyway?" I said with a hint of annoyance.
Hello? It's only been a day and now my friends are telling me that the two of them likes me?
""They are boys." Haruna said with a sigh.
"Boys whose only lover was soccer." Aki said.
"Boys who are completely ignorant about female." Fuyuka added.
"Then boom, attractive female whose pheromones just crawled it's way to their brains." Natsumi said in a as-a-matter-of-fact voice.
I could only laugh at their comments, but a part of me knew they were right.
"Hey! Would you guys quit it?!" Tsunami yelled causing all of us snap our heads to the direction of the field only to see Kazemaru and Hiroto grabbing each other by the collar, on the brink of killing each other.
I looked at the coach, waiting for him to stop the fight, which should have already happened if Tsunami and Midorikawa wasn't holding them back. The coach seemed to have no plans of stopping them. I turned my gaze at their direction once more, but this time, I was annoyed. I could feel the fragile boundary of my dark personality snapping.
'I don't care if either of you like me, but as this team's manager, I will not tolerate bullshit just because of a petty jealousy.' I thought angrily as I walked towards the two.
When they saw me coming to their direction, they hesitantly let go of each other and looked at me.
SLAP!
I slapped the two of them at the same time as they held on their cheek. I demanded a reason of their nonsense fighting only to be replied by 'nothing'. I glared at the two of them making them sweat in nervousness.
"If neither of you are going to say something, I swear I'm gonna injure both of you myself, and lock the two of you in a room for the next week and I don't care if you starve or if you got into the 'missing people' list. Trust me, you really don't want me angry." I threatened.
"[f/n]-san, why are you going on a date with him when you just met?" Kazemaru blurted out.
"Why? I can't date people I only just met? That's like saying 'go on a date with someone before you have a one night stand with them'. It's my life and I would like to live it like I'm dying." I replied.
Kazemaru looked sad and hurt at the same time as he looked away from me. I turned my direction to Hiroto who had a victory smile on his face.
"And you. I don't give a damn if you tell the whole world that we're going on a date tonight as long as you act mature about it." I said while he did the same thing as Kazemaru.
"I am not some sort of prize people! I'm human and I have feelings, and I will not hesitate to break something in your body the moment you've pushed me on the edge." I yelled.
I took a deep breath as I rubbed my temple, trying to cool my head. I was starting to get a headache. Everyone was silent. Slowly, guilt crept into my heart as I watched the two boys in front of my while I remembered what just happened.
Kiyama Hiroto's POV
I feel ashamed. She was right, I handled Kazemaru-kun's jealousy immaturely. I felt Kazemaru's hand on my wrist, shaking it to get my attention. I looked at him only to see fear in his eyes as he stared at the woman who had stolen our hearts in mere minutes. I followed his gaze only to feel what he must have felt.
There she was, still standing there, crying. Tears were following out of her beautiful brown eyes while we all watched in horror.
"I came here to seek happiness. To feel what it's like to be a part of this team, I thought that everything I sacrificed would be worth it. I've never been so wrong." She said while sometimes choking a little from his tears then run away.
Everyone was silent, frozen on their tracks, that is until coach finally did something. He cleared his throat and made us proceed with our training. I was hesitant, I wanted to run after her, but I was stopped by Kazemaru whose hand was on my shoulder.
'It was our fault. She needed time.' He mentally told me as I nod.
"Sorry. I'm rather inexperienced with this whole thing." He confessed as I gave him a smile.
"I should have been more mature about it. I should have known you were inexperienced with women." I replied with a laugh.
"Hey! What do you mean by that?" He yelled in embarrassment.
"Well, you are also quite popular with the girls so I thought that you - "
"I'm sorry for not really knowing how to handle situation involving women." He cutted, still red from embarrassment.
We looked at each other and laughed it all of. We were called by our respective training team, shook hands before separating for practice.
Fubuki Shirou's POV
Practice had ended a few minutes ago, it's already 5pm. I looked for [f/n] and as expected, she was alone in a classroom. She's pretty easy to figure out since she's much like my twin, Atsuya.
She sat there back facing the wall, curled up as if protecting herself from danger. I walked towards her and sat next to her.
"You know, to achieve happiness, you have to feel pain." I started.
"I've already felt pain, I rather not deal with it again." I said softly as I looked at her with sad eyes.
"Then how about you share that pain with me. I'm also pretty broken already so how about it?" I offered but she declined by shaking her head slowly.
"Why? You're not comfortable with me or you don't want to me to be bothered by you?" I asked again. She responded by raising her right hand, lifting two fingers up. I laughed at how adorable she was.
"Trust me, I don't think I'll ever be bothered by you." I said as I laughed slightly. She started to lift her head and looked at me.
The joy in my eyes turned sad as I looked at her already swollen eyes, cheeks that are already tainted by tears, and her broken look. I hugged her right then and there, not even bothering asking permission, I just knew she needed one.
The moment I hugged her, she finally broke down. She cried and ranted about how she regretted yelling and hurting Kazemaru and Hiroto, how she should've just talked nicely, how stupid she was to tell them something she shouldn't have, and how she can no longer change herself. I just comforted the the whole way and after some time, she finally stopped. She looked exhausted, but I gave her a smile.
She was shocked at my amused face and started turning red.
"What's with the smile?" She said while looking away from me.
"You look like a lost kitty and I just decided to adopt this adorable kitten." I replied while pinching her cheeks.
"I look terrible, Fubuki-kun, and I don't need a mirror to know that." She said sarcastically while my smile grew wider.
"There's the [f/n] I met yesterday." I proudly said as I started to wipe the tears on her face. She smiled a little then it dropped once again.
"You can't control your mood swings that way." I stated while she looked at me shocked that I knew.
"I once had a split personality disorder, I know mood swings when I see one." I answered her look while giggling.
Her face lit up as she giggled at my comment.
'There, that's the face of the woman Hiroto and Kazemaru liked.' I thought happily while feeling my heart beat fasten like yesterday.
"I still ended up hurting people." She said sadly. I was about to reply when she spoke first.
"I should have told you guys to not fall for me in the beginning. Now it's too late, I think. Kazemaru and Hiroto doesn't like me, right?" She asked hopefully.
"What's wrong with liking you? You're pretty damn amazing if I say so myself." I replied clearly unsatisfied by my comment.
"Look, this team had gone through a lot. We're already like a family. Family members argue some times, but we always find a way to fix things. You're not an exemption. You helped with those guys with making up, and I'm doing my best to cheer you up." I explained.
"They made up?" She asked softly.
'God, this woman is cute.' I thought loudly.
I nodded in response.
"Don't worry, they don't hate you, no one does. Even coach seemed to have seen all of it coming. They're actually pretty worried themselves so no more crying, ok?" I said only to be tackled to the ground by a hug.
"Thank you so much Fubuki-kun." She said sweetly as my heart felt like it just exploded.
I got lost in her brown eyes that sparkled due to the light of the sunset. I just leaned in and closed my eyes, and felt her soft lips on mine. I felt like my lips were melting at her touched. I pulled away from the kiss the moment I can back to my senses.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to take advantage of the situation. I'm really sorry." I apologized.
"No. Hey Fubuki-kun?" She said softly. I looked at her curiously.
"I feel like I really am an easy girl. To kiss back those who kisses me without second thought." She said sadly.
I was shocked upon knowing that she had been kissed before, but didn't really made a big deal out of it.
"Do you like the people who have kissed you?" I asked seriously. She thought about it and gave a hesitant nod.
"Do you like me?" I asked again. She looked at me with wide eyes, blushing at my questions. I just looked at her, smiling at her, telling her to not be embarrassed.
She still said nothing and it was starting to get awkward.
"I just wanted to know 'cause I think I'm starting to like you." I said as I scratched the back of my head, messing my hair in the process, all to relieve the feeling of embarrassment.
"I... like you too." She said as I felt my heart stopped then went overdrive.
"Then you shouldn't think that way. There's nothing wrong with kissing someone you like unless you're in a relationship with someone." I said happily.
"It still feels wrong." She said.
"How about I change your mind?" I said as I leaned in to capture her lips once more, but this time, she kissed me back without any hesitations.
A/N
I dunno but I think this chapter is a bit suckish... _
For my Suzuno x Character fic, I'll probably post it by Saturday or Sunday.
Kazemaru: Author-chan, this is sooooo unfair~ How come Gouenji and Fubuki get to kiss reader-chan on the lips? (TTT^TTT)
Hiroto: At least all of you got your kisses. *goes to a dark corner, facing the wall, crouching while drawing circles on the floor, completely covered by a depressive aura*
Author: (=w=)/) (TT^TT)
Gouenji: Finally, you wrote something of my taste.
Fubuki: Gouenji-kun just confessed he wanted a rape scene. *smiles innocently*
Gouenji: No, I do not! *blushing a lot*
Author: Hmmm... a rape scene... maybe.. OwO
Kazemaru: Wait, what?! Can I have one too?
Author: Kazemaru-kun, you're too girly looking to rape a girl. hihi ~
Kazemaru: *joins Hiroto on the corner*
Fubuki: I like this chapter.
Gouenji: *nods in agreement*
Author: Kazemaru-kun, Hiroto-kun, stop being depressed~ It's just a kissed that you guys haven't experienced yet~
Kazemaru & Hiroto: *depressing aura got heavier*
Fubuki: You're so adorable author-chan. *pats my head*
Gouenji: [f/n], just wondering, did you like my demonstration or should we go further?
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