Chapter 10: Give Me A Break

With the break we were given until we went into the last period, I told the team I was going outside for some fresh air. As soon as I got out I fell to the floor. I began to pant unnecessarily and the same blurriness from before was making it's way back into my vision. I needed fluids but I was being stubborn and not taking them. But I'd be fine. Just 10 minutes and then I'd start to replenish my body. No worries.

"Yuki-chan?"

Glancing up, I see the hazy figures of Satsu-chan and Aomine-kun beside her with a blank expression on his face. He clearly didn't want to be here.

"Sa…Satsu-chan!" I breath out, trying to fake the excitement in my voice when I was really in pain. Trying to walk to her like a civilized person, I hug her body. All I could think about was collapsing into her and passing out for the day. As I hug Satsu-chan, I stare up at Aomine-kun from behind her. He peers down at me, saying nothing. But his gaze is intense and almost studious.

Looking away, I pull away from Satsu-chan and ask if they had been watching.

"Well, I was. Aomine-kun kept wandering off," she mutters, as she elbows him in the side. I didn't mention anything of the little dispute between Aomine-kun and I. I laugh along with her, scratching the back of my head.

"Yuki-chan!" yells Furihata-kun from behind.

"I…I have to go. Wish me luck," I say, as I concentrate intensely in walking back to the gym in one piece. I feel Aomine-kun's watchful eyes on my back.

There he goes again, Kagami-kun. He drops in front of Midorima-kun, blocking his shot. There went his last jump. I could tell Kagami-kun didn't have anything left inside of him to do another. He must've been in more pain than myself but it clearly wasn't effecting him right now. As for me, I had been running non-stop back and forth from Shutoku's side to Seirin. I had found a system that once Shutoku went for a break away, I could catch up and pass to Kuroko-kun. From there he could use his misdirection and things would take off.

But as I watch both teams struggling to keep going for the last 3 minutes, I find myself gripping my nails deeply into my palm. I was starting to get painful cramps in the lower side of my abdomen. Just 3 more minutes and I'd be fine. Just…3 more minutes.

It's down to the last couple of seconds of the final quarter against Shutoku, all we need is a point and we'd be able to hold onto our win.

Running with the ball, I come to a stop as Takao-kun has me cornered. Glancing around, no one else is open.

Thinking quickly, I find myself struggling to put my thoughts in place. Random memories of my childhood were flooding through my mind, blocking my memories of basketball techniques. Takao-kun grabs the ball from me, running down the court.

Shocked, I whip around and watch as he and Midorima-kun go in for the basket. If they got it in it was all over for us! I'd feel exceptionally guilty if I let them score considering I let Takao-kun steel the ball. Once again running down the court, I try my hardness to run in a straight line. Appearing beside Takao-kun, I steel the ball and whip it back to the first person I see open. Hyuuga-senpai. Positioned at the 3 point line with only a few seconds remaining, I begin to panic. This was our last chance. Our final chance to get the ball and win. I place all my faith in Hyuuga-senpai and concentrate hard on my will power. I wanted nothing more than instead of myself, but him to get the ball in. He jumps, letting go of the ball. I place my hand over my chest as it miraculously goes in. We did it. Seirin had won against Shutok-

"You are all too quick to celebrate. There are three seconds left," says Midorima-kun, as we all watch in shock as he has the ball in his hands, positioning for a shot.

T-There was no way! Unless he somehow managed to get the ball into the hoop with three seconds. Didn't it take that much time just to release? But then again, Midorima-kun wasn't anyone. He was part of the Generation of Miracles.

As I take a step forward, I hope to make it in time to somehow draw a foul. But my body immediately freezes as an intense shock shoots from my abdomen up to my head. All I hear is a ringing sound as I watch in horror as Midorima-kun jumps to shoot the ball. But the ball doesn't get very far. Kagami-kun, somehow, manages to inhumanly jump once again deflecting his shot. I watch as he exchanges a few words between himself and Midorima-kun, a shocked expression overcoming the green haired boys' face. The buzzer goes off, signalling that Seirin had once again won against another of the three kings.

Smiling, we all walk to the center line for the customary thank you between both teams.

As soon as it's over, Seirin disperses and although all out of gas, they are overjoyed with excitement. Yet I stand in the middle of the court, away from them all. Looking around, I notice that people were already on the court. Probably wanting to talk to some of the famous players who were recently featured in magazines. Yet as I take a step forward towards the boys, my mind suddenly tells me I'm going the wrong way. So I turn and try heading towards Shutoku, but my mind once again tells me I'm going the wrong way. As I try the other two ways, my mind at this point is yelling at me that I was too stupid to even know where I should be going. As I ask myself where to go, my mind tells me that there is no way to go. Confused, I begin to panic and turn my body in circles. Frantically I begin to search for a way out of the little space I had mentally made around myself. Wanting to cry, I notice my eyes were exceptionally dry. No tears were going to make their way.

Collapsing to the floor in a loud thud, I watch helplessly as people begin to run towards my aid. I was so confused. What was I doing here? Where did I have to go? I had never been this badly dehydrated before.

Suddenly, I notice that unfamiliar, blurry bodies begin to enclose around me. Growing even more panicked, I begin to shout incoherent words and try to get away from all the strange looking people. My breathing goes ragged and my heart rate begins to speed up. The blurriness and confusion from before suddenly disappears and I grow deathly quiet.

I also fail to realize that I wasn't hearing anything from before.

"Call the ambulance!"

"Get everyone away from her! She's severely dehydrated if she's this delirious!"

Still on the ground, the quickness of my heart rate begins to frighten me. I watch with a dazed look as finally someone with a familiar face appears in front of me.

It…it was Kise-kun and…Aomine-kun? Glancing around, my team mates were no where to be seen. Most likely lost in the sea of people who had ran to watch my delirium.

"Yukitten!" shouts a frantic Kise-kun, as a worried Kasamatsu-kun tries to shove the other people away.

Looking at him, I notice he has his arms outstretched signalling that it was okay to rest in his arms until help arrived. But due to the confusion that was still lingering in my hand, I begin to find myself forgetting who Kise-kun was. So instead I nestle into Aomine-kun, breathing rapidly as I try to stay conscious. If I didn't, there was always a chance I wouldn't wake up. I feel Aomine-kun's body tense for a good minute before he picks me up in his arms. Something I knew that wasn't in his nature.

Although I hear the persistent orders of Kise-kun and Aomine-kun yelling at me to not close my eyes, I find myself slowly drifting farther away from them. To the point where the only sense I have left is smell. The warm, inviting scent of Aomine-kun was the last thing I remembered.

Read me: The next few chapters will have more Aomine and Yuki moments. I know the past ones may have been a little boring to read but I didn't want to forget about the basketball aspect of the story, so that's why the last two were games. The next chapter will focus on rebuilding the relationship between the two. Thank you for reading and love you all! xx