HERE'S THE NEXT CHAPTER, GUYS! I really enjoyed writing this chapter and I hope you'll enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it! I really don't have much else to say.

Oh, one thing! This chapter is longer, like I promised and the upcoming chapters will be as well. ;)

Disclaimer: I don't own anything, except my OC. Everything else belongs to Tadatoshi Fujimaki-senpai!

Aomine Daiki

Ugh! I want to sleep a little more, but my phone just won't shut up. I sat up on my bed and picked up my phone, which was lying on my floor. I checked the caller ID and saw the name 'Mayu-chan'. I had saved her name as that, because I knew she didn't like it. I only called her 'Mayu-chan' when I was teasing her. Well, sometimes…

I answered the phone, with a husky voice. "Yeah?" I asked and yawned.

"Aomine-kun! Where are you?! It's 2.17 pm and we said that we would meet up at 2.00 pm!" She yelled into the phone. I could just imagine her scowl.

I checked the time and then stood up from my bed. "Fine, fine. I'll be there in 10 min." I said and hung up, not even bothering to say bye.

I went to my drawer and picked out a V-neck, white shirt, with long sleeves and black trousers. I put them on then headed to the bathroom. I did my usual stuff and then fixed my hair a little, so it didn't look too messy.

When I was done, I walked downstairs and out through the door. I kinda felt nervous. I wasn't good with apologizing. It wasn't my thing.

When I reached the park, I saw Shinohara and Momoi, sitting on a bench, talking about something. They both looked happy.

I walked up to them, but couldn't really look into Momoi's eyes. "H-Hey…" I said and rubbed the back of my neck.

"Hey." Momoi said. She sounded nervous as well.

"Finally you're here! Now come here and sit down!" Shinohara said, with a scowl and pulled me down onto the bench, where she had been sitting. "You two handle your problems and I'll be there." She said and pointed somewhere, before she walked off. So much for saying that she'll be there as well…

There was an awkward silence between us. I kept looking everywhere, except to Momoi.

"Well, are you going to say something?" She asked. I glanced at her from the corner of my eye. She was looking down on her hands, with sad eyes.

I relaxed a little and leaned back. "I'm sorry for everything I said. I didn't mean to."

I saw her turn her head towards me, her eyes softening. Slowly a small smile crept up her lips. "Don't bother apologizing. It doesn't suit you." She said, earning a scowl from me. "It's enough knowing that you came. That way I can see that you're sorry." She said, with a small smile.

I smiled back at her and felt the heavy feeling leave us.

Shinohara Mayumi

I saw both of them smile at each other. I gave a small smile myself, before running towards them. "So, are you guys okay now?" I asked, happily. Both of them nodded, with small smiles. "Good! Now we can go to the amusement park!" I exclaimed, happily and started to drag the both of them.

When we reached the amusement park, the first thing we did was go onto the roller-coaster.

"Come on, Aomine-kun!" Both I and Momoi said, with pouted faces.

"I said no. I don't want to ride that thing." He said, with narrowed eyes.

I jumped in front of him, before he could turn and walk away. I made my puppy eyes, which would affect Aomine a lot these past weeks. I wonder why… He never got affected by it before.

I saw him giving a sigh of defeat, before letting himself get dragged by me. We took seats, Momoi and I sitting next to each other, as Aomine sat behind us, alone with no one else beside him.

When the coaster started moving, both Momoi and I hugged each other. We clung to each other tighter as it neared almost the top, before it would go down with immense speed. I felt hands wrap around my waist, and I glanced back to see Aomine holding me tightly. He gave me a smirk, before I turned my head back.

"AAAAHHHH!" Everyone screamed, well except for Aomine, but he had a smile on his face. I was happy that he enjoyed this. It was so out of character for him to come to places like this.

"I feel sick!" I said and leaned against a wall. I held my stomach with one hand and covered my mouth with the other.

"Let's go and sit somewhere." Momoi said and started to drag me towards a bench. She slowly sat me down, before giving a small smile. "I'll go and get you something to drink." She said and walked off.

Aomine sat beside me, looking comfortable. I was surprised that the ride hadn't affected him at all. Even Momoi felt a little sick, but not as much as me. He just sat beside me with a straight face, watching the people walk by.

"You're so weird." I said, staring at him.

He turned towards me, with a confused look. "Hah? I'm not weird." He said, with a raised eyebrow.

"How couldn't you get affected by that?" I couldn't understand him. He never ceases to amaze me, whether it's in basketball or just in his daily stuff.

"Apparently everyone is not like you, Mayu-chan." He said, teasingly, with a smirk on his face. I just scowled at him, before seeing Momoi running towards us, with drinks in her hands.

"Here you go guys!" She said, and handed us our drinks. I took a slowly sip of it, already feeling better.

After a while later, I felt something nudge me in the side. "Mayumi-chan! Look there!" She said and pointed towards a group of guys. "Aren't they handsome?" She whispered.

I stared at the guys, my mouth hanging agape in surprise. "Wow!" I said, unconsciously.

Aomine Daiki

What the- I stared at the guys that were taking the attention of my Shinohara. I frowned at them. They were a group of five guys, probably sophomores. They were leaned up against a wall, a few yards in front of us.

"Especially that guy!" Momoi said and slightly pointed towards one of them. "The blond one!"

"What's so special about them?" I said, gruffly, looking away. I was annoyed. "And why do you care so much about that, Satsuki? Don't you like Tetsu?" I reminded her of the invisible guy.

"I'm not talking for myself, you know. It's for Mayumi-chan! She needs some romance, right Mayumi-chan?" She said and turned towards the blushing girl. Why the hell was she blushing now?! They weren't that attractive.

"W-Well… I-I don't know, S-Satsuki-chan." She stuttered out, looking down on her lap, embarrassed.

I felt a vein pop on my forehead. First it was that Wakamatsu and then Kagami, and now it's this blond! How many challenges do I have to have?! I knew that Wakamatsu had no chance in getting Shinohara's attention. Hell, I think she didn't even realize his feelings towards her. I knew that she found Kagami attractive, and that he had some feelings towards her as well, but she won't see him till the Winter Cup, so I have to try and get her until then.

"Come on, let's go talk to them!" Momoi said and stood up.

"EH?!" Both Shinohara and I said. She couldn't be serious, right? Right?! "Are you serious?" I asked, reflecting my own thoughts.

"I don't think it's a good idea, Satsuki-chan." Shinohara said. Good one!

"She's right! And they're not even that attractive." I said and leaned back on the bench. I tried to make a lazy expression.

"Oh… When did you become an expert in 'Girls' Tastes'?" Momoi asked, crossing her arms. I didn't answer and just looked away. "Or could it be that you're jealous?" She asked and leaned closer, wiggling her eyebrows.

"Why should I be jealous?!" I asked, loudly. I am of course jealous! They're getting the attention of Shinohara!

"I don't know why… Maybe because you like Mayumi-chan!" She said, emphasizing the word 'like'. I felt my face flush and immediately turned my face away from their line of view. She started to giggle now.

"I-I don't like her!" I said, annoyed. "W-Well, not in that way at least!" I added, so she didn't think that I didn't like her at all.

"Come on, May-" Momoi said, but stopped mid-sentence. "-umi-chan?" I looked where Shinohara were supposed to be, but couldn't see her. "Where did she go?" Momoi asked and looked around.

I stood up and looked around as well. "I don't know." I answered her and turned to glance at the group of guys. She wasn't there either. "Maybe she went to the restroom." I suggested.

"Right." Momoi said and we both started to walk towards the restrooms. "I'll go in and check." She said and walked into the ladies' restroom.

I leaned against the wall, with one foot up and my hands in my pockets. I looked around as people went in and out through the restrooms.

After a moment later, Momoi came out, without Shinohara. "She's not here." She said. I could feel the worry in her voice. I started to get worried as well.

"Let's go and check the bench again. She could've gone to buy something, and she would probably be back there now." I said, as we started to walk back to the bench. But she hadn't returned. Where the hell was she?!

"Should we ask people around?" She suggested and I nodded. We walked up to a couple, who sat next to the bench we had been sitting on. "Excuse me?" Momoi said, earning their attention. "Sorry if I bother, but have you seen our friend? She has long pale brown hair and she was wearing a white summer dress with flower patterns."

"Sorry, we haven't." The woman said and shook her head.

"Okay, thanks." Momoi said, with a sad look. We walked away from the couple and stopped a few yards away from them. "Where could she be?" Momoi asked and bit her nail. She looked thoughtful and stressed.

I looked around and rubbed the back of my neck. I was really worried and stressed as well. "Maybe she went home." I said and picked out my phone from my pocket. I called her and waited till she answered, but there was no answer. "She's not answering, dammit!" I said, frowning and put the phone back into my pocket.

"Should we call the coach?" Momoi asked, looking straight into my eye, with worry.

I shook my head. "No. No need to worry him now. She might just be somewhere here." I said and started to walk towards the crowd.

We searched and searched but couldn't find her. We looked around corners, behind trees and boulders, asked other people and described her, but no. No one had seen her.

"Fuck! Is everyone blind or something?! How couldn't they have seen her?!" I yelled, frustrated.

"Calm down, Aomine-kun!" Momoi looked really worried, but tried to calm me down. I saw her take out her phone and calling someone.

"Who are you calling? Mayu?" I asked.

"Yes. She might answer this time." She said, but after a while, no answer came.

We continued searching, but couldn't find her. It had been two hours since she disappeared, right beside us. "Where are you, Mayu?" I whispered out. I kept scratching the back of my head as I couldn't see her anywhere.

After 30 minutes, we stopped searching, she wasn't here. It had started to get darker. "Where is *sob* she?!" Momoi said and started to cry.

Countless scenarios ran through my head and none of them were positive. I tried to think of good things, but my mind only ended up at the same questions. What if she had been kidnapped? What if she had been robbed and thrown somewhere in a corner? What if she had been raped?! OR KILLED?! "Fuck!" I exclaimed, frustrated and stressed.

"Aomine-kun!" Momoi said, her voice sounding shocked. I turned towards her and saw her staring somewhere with wide eyes. I followed her stare and saw her staring at someone who was sitting on the bench we had been sitting on earlier.

My eyes widened when I realized who it was. "Mayu." I whispered, relieved and surprised. She was sleeping on the bench, leaned up against the metal arm.

We both immediately ran up to her and surprised her awake with our cries of relief. "Mayumi-chan!" Momoi exclaimed and threw herself on the brunette. She hugged her tightly then let her go. "We were so worried!" She said, still crying.

I pulled her towards me and hugged her strongly. "Baka, where the hell were you?!" I said, still holding her tightly to my chest.

"Satsuki-chan? Aomine-kun? Why are you looking so worried?" She asked, surprised and confused.

I pulled back and stared at her, my face immediately turning from a relieved one to an upset one. "Why did you vanish like that?! We were so fucking worried?! Do you know what we went through?! Why didn't you answer your phone?! What if something had happened to you?! Don't you ever go off like that again, okay?!" I yelled and pulled her back towards me.

I felt that it had gone silent between us and I opened my eyes to see both Shinohara and Momoi staring at me like I had grown a second head. "What?" I asked as I stared at Momoi.

"Aomine-kun… I didn't know that you were that worried. You look much more relieved than I do. Never expected that to come from you." Momoi said, surprised. "By any chance…" She started, suddenly a mischievous grin taking place on her face. "Do you love Mayumi-chan?" She said, her eyes gleaming.

I tensed and felt Shinohara do so as well. Then I realized that I had still been holding onto her and immediately pushed her away. "I already told you that I don't!" I yelled and crossed my arms. "More importantly… Where were you?" I asked and turned towards Shinohara.

"I went to go and throw my mug into the trash bin, but then I saw a stall that was selling some amazing smelling ramen so I couldn't help myself from going there and buying a cup. It was a long line so I had to wait a while. When I returned back here, I didn't see you guys. I wanted to call you, but my phone had died out, so I went around looking for you, but couldn't find you guys. I returned back here and decided to wait for you, but eventually I fell asleep." She finished, finally.

Momoi and I stared at her unbelievably.

"Sorry if I worried you guys, but I got worried here as well." She said, looking down, apologetically.

I gave a sigh and walked towards her. "Don't need to apologize." I said and patted her head. "It's good that nothing bad happened to you." I said and gave her a smile.

Shinohara Mayumi

What is this feeling? I have felt it before. That smile… It looked so kind. I felt my face heat up, as I stared into Aomine's deep blue eyes. My heart was beating rapidly. I brought my hand up to my chest and slightly clenched my dress, where my heart was located. Why is he making my heart beat like this?

"Come on! Let's go home now." Aomine said and took a hold of my hand. My heart skipped a beat. I felt it. He started to drag me. Momoi was walking in front of us. I kept holding the chest area of my dress.

Was this feeling what they call love?

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