Authors note: Sorry for just updating now after so many months. I was just a bit preoccupied with my school stuff and other things. Veeery sorrry. *Bows*

HAPPPY BIRTHDAY KOUKI! 3

Chapter 2:

Stress was clearly evident on the face of Seirin's coach. Riko Aida was scared for one of her kouhais. She could immediately notice that something was wrong while watching Furihata play.

"Fukuda, Kawahira, Have you seen Furihata?" Coach Riko asked. Fukuda and Kawahira both looked at each other and exclaimed "Furi!" at the exact same time, panic struck their mind. The last time they saw him, he could barely stand much less walk.

"Izuki, use your hawk's eye, search for Furihata here on the court."

"Furihata? Ah! Something furry-."

"Don't even dare continuing on what you were going to say!" Hyuuga said, observing them from the other side of the bench they were current sitting on. "Coach, what's the fuss around here? Someone missing?"

"Furihata's missing! I have to find him ASAP or else something really bad will happen to him!" Riko answered hysterically. What should she do? She now knew what was bugging her mind about Furihata. All the miniscule telltale signs that only people with sharp eyes for the body could see what was really happening to Furihata. He was going to go ito his very first heat! And if she saw the signs, she was sure as hell that Akashi also saw the signs. And what scares her most is that Akashi went missing from the Rakuzan benches the same time Furihata did. In short, she needed to find Furihata before it became too late!

"What do you mean?! What's gonna happen to Furihata?!" Hyuuga shaked Riko's shoulder to get the attention of his coach.

"Huh? What? Ah. Sorry but I can't tell you. I can't tell you that Furi's an omega and he's going to go into his first heat in a few minutes." When Riko realized what she just said, she slowly looked at Hyuuga's eyes to evaluate his reaction and all she though was: "Shit. Shit. Shiit!"

"Calm down. I already knew that. But wait, did you just say that Furihata's going to go into heat?!"

"You knew?! How did you? Since when?"

"That's not important. The important thing is to find Furihata as quick as possible."

"If what I've heard is right, I think I now where to find Furihata." Someone from behind interjected. It was Kiyoshi, actually.

"I saw him a minute ago. I was worried about him because he looked a little panicky earlier. He actually looked like a frightened Chihuahua back there." Kiyoshi laughed, remembering Furihata earlier. He then continued seeing how serious coach looked like. "If what you said was correct, then that would explain why he was looking anxious. He was in such a rush, he didn't even greet me. I think he was headed to the locker rooms." Kiyoshi said, he then added: "Coach, you know, if Furihata's not mated yet, I-I can help him. Someone told me going through your first heat without a mate is VERY painful." After Kiyoshi said that, he refused eye contact, he knew he was being assertive and he knows it will be just a matter of time. What he didn't know, Hyuuga and coach already figured out that he actually has a crush on Furihata, since a long time ago.

"We already know you have a crush on Furihata since a long time ago, but I also like him more so than you like him." Izuki said appearing out of anywhere (Either they were too immersed with their conversation or Izuki is learning from Kuroko), seemed to have heard everything. "I want to be the one to help him!" Izuki said with as much sincerity as he can muster. There wasn't even shadow of a pun in his statement. That right there was true evidence on how serious Izuki was.

Now Coach Riko didn't know what to do. First, his kouhai is missing and apparently on his first heat, and second, she needs to decide which of her friends is best suited for Furihata and now it looks like Akashi Seijuro is walking across the court and going in front of her. Wait. What?! The Akashi Seijurou?!

"Hello Miss Riko Aida" Okay now she really wished she knew what to do.

Riko was already stressing out about Furi, now Rakuzan's coach has something to say to her. Maybe something on the lines of: 'Why is your timeout taking so long? Haven't you taken care of that Chihuahua on heat on your team?'

This day is so unpredictable. One moment, I was wracking my brain on ways on how to beat Rakuzan and then now someone in my team is on his first freaking heat. What the hell is happening right now?! Ughhh. I still need to find a suitable mate for Furihata…

Akashi noticed the sudden stillness of Seirin's coach who seems to be stuck in her head thinking a lot of stressful things for a moment. Things Akashi knew very well, very evident on the coach's face. He then tried to take Riko's attention again.

"Excuse me, I would like to proposition something akin to a solution regarding to the problems you're currently facing right now."

Riko seemingly still not in her right mind blurted out: "Why, do you also want to mate with Furihata?"

Oh no. Oh no. Oh no. What did I just say, did I just offend him? Look,look,look does he look offended? Wait, why is he smirking?-

"That was exactly what I wanted to say Ms. Riko Aida." Akashi's smirk then turned into a dangerous full-on sexy smirk. He then continued, "In reality, I can take him without your consent and have my way with him. Nobody would consider that rape since an omega in heat let's just say is…always willing, but I really don't want to deal with you people while I enjoy him. In short, I just need you permission so that I can have your full cooperation so that you won't disturb us when I have him."

Riko's mouth hung open. W-whaat? Did she hear right? Akashi? With Furihata?

"I understand you are a bit stressed right now, but I need your decision at this instant." Akashi said, a bit off impatience slipping off from his usually authoritative beautiful face. "You might not be able to smell it but your dear little Furihata is about to burst. Just like what I told him before a lot of alphas will come for him not even caring if they hurt him. "

"Other Seirin members who also came forward with intent for him will never hurt him." Riko then said, suddenly feeling a bit defensive for her team but then she saw Akashi still smirking, not the least affected by what she said.

"But do you still know them when they are overcome by their inner alphas? An alpha might be a saint on his normal days, but he when he gets a whiff of the alluring scent of a male omega, which has been said to be ten times more powerful than an ordinary female omega on her first heat, said alpha will just be run by pure alpha instinct. He will only think of Kouki as someone to fuck, knot and breed. I am not the head alpha of two of the most powerful teams ever for no reason. I have perfect control of my alpha. If I ever physically hurt your teammate irreparably I will cut one of my arms. My words are absolute. Give me your decision now before it's too late."

Riko didn't know what to do. Should she trust her teammates to control themselves or should she trust Akashi's word? He didn't know what to believe in no more. All the things that had happened for the past hour were too much to take in. And now, everyone expects her to make a very important decision for one of her team members.

After sizing up everything she knows about the situation, Riko then made her decision. This decision wasn't the best she'd had. It was not a matter of who trusted who but what would benefit the team and especially Furihata.

"Okay, I've decided Furihata will go to….. you Akashi-kun. Please take care of him and please protect him from the other Alphas. I am entrusting him to you so please take care of him." Riko said wanting to say it quickly before she regretted it.