Chapter 18, guys! I hope you liked the previous chapter. (the Special)

I won't be able to update this week again, but next week I promise!

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

Shinohara Mayumi

Aomine wasn't here again. Well, I was kinda relieved, because since I had found out about my feelings towards him, I felt all nervous and flushed around him. His smile kept coming up in my mind and I couldn't shake it off. I decided to get my mind occupied by watching the guys practice and even playing with them, but I only remembered Aomine's kind smile.

Since basketball only reminded me of him, I decided to go to the library and continue writing on my novel, I hadn't written in a while now. Best place to go to right now was the library. A quiet place that wasn't so full of people and the most important detail… A place Aomine would never visit.

"Satsuki-chan, I'm going to the library!" I called to the pinkette, who were sitting on the bench, next to my uncle.

"Okay!" She said, with a wave and smile.

I walked out of the gym, but unlucky me, I bumped into the very own person I was trying not to see today.

"Mayu, watch where you're going." He said and put his hands on my upper arms to steady me, since I stumbled a little due to the impact.

I glanced up at him and immediately felt my face heat up. "G-Gomen!" I said and took a step back, making his hands leave my arms. I looked down, embarrassed.

"Where are you going?" He asked and put his hand in his pockets.

"T-To the library." I said and slightly lifted my head up to look at him.

"Oh, okay. I'll come with you." He said and turned around to walk.

I stared at his back, surprised. I walked up to him and stared at his profile. "Why? You don't like the library." I said, looking confused.

I saw him tense up a bit, before he turned his head away. "Well… I wanted to spend some time with you." He said, making me blush and stare at him with wide eyes. "That's why I was coming to the gym."

I turned my head and stared in front of me, with a flustered look. He just said that he wanted to spend time with me! My mind kept running around the thought of him wanting to spend time with me. I hadn't even realized that we reached the library. When I glanced up from the floor and saw the library right in front of me, I walked up to the door in a fast pace and opened the door.

Aomine followed behind, making me more uneasy, since he was walking behind me. I couldn't see what he was doing or looking at. Let's not forget that he is a hentai.

I walked up to my corner as usual and sat down. Aomine sat in front of me and kept staring at me while I was taking out some papers from my bag. I felt nervous and flushed under his gaze. "Stop staring! It's creepy." I said, not looking at him and instead looking down on my novel.

I felt his stare leave me, as he picked up something from somewhere. I glanced up to see what he just brought up and saw none other than his gravure magazine. I felt my eyes narrow and immediately turned back to my story, but I couldn't really concentrate on what I was writing. My eyes would wander up to the magazine in front of me and then up to Aomine's face. He kept looking at the pictures with a straight face, his eyes looking lazily.

My eyes stayed too long on his face and I examined every detail of his face. His eyes sharp, but looking lazily, his pupils moving now and then. His thin brows not knitted together, like they usually were. My eyes wandered down to his lips. They looked so smooth and soft now that I focused on them. My eyes stayed on his lips longer than it should have. Unconsciously I had started to bit on my lips and then on my pencil as I stared at his perfect lips, imagining them being on my own.

Aomine Daiki

I could see what she was doing through my eyelashes and it disturbed me. I could feel myself getting turned on as she kept biting on her lips and pencil. I felt like just pulling her over the table in between us and devour her. I tried to calm myself, but to no avail, it didn't work.

I slightly lifted my head to see her eyes. Surprisingly, they were watching me. Her beautiful amber eyes focused on me and deep in thought, since she didn't notice me looking at her now. So she had been biting her lips and pencil while watching me. This only made me crazier. I had to do something before I lose control of my body.

Suddenly I noticed her eyes wander lower down and stopped at my collarbone. I hadn't really buttoned my shirt up all the way, making a little part of my chest visible. Why was she staring at me with lustful eyes in the first place? Had she finally fallen for me? I felt a small smirk tug at my lips. "Done staring?" I asked, still smirking.

I saw her startle at my voice and saw her eyes find its way back to my face. "What?" She asked, confused. Then she started to blush, making me chuckle. "I-I wasn't s-staring!" She said and continued to write on her paper.

"Are you going home now?" I asked, as we had reached the shoe lockers.

"Yes." She answered and exchanged shoes.

I did the same, before walking up to her. "Okay, I'll walk you home." I said. She turned around in a swift, probably startled since I had spoken from right behind her.

"O-Okay!" She stuttered and looked down.

We walked out of the school grounds and headed towards Shinohara's house. The walk felt comfortably silent, for me at least. I could see from the corner of my eye that Shinohara was kind of flustered. I wonder what was up with her… Seeing her like this only made me feel uneasy as well. Maybe it was because I asked her if she was done staring at me. She could be feeling embarrassed.

"Do you want to go and grab something?" I stopped and pointed towards the shop, across the street.

Shinohara turned towards me and stared at the shop. "Um, okay." She said in a whisper. We walked across the street and entered the small shop.

"What do you want?" I asked her and glanced at her.

She kept looking down, and I could see a small blush on her cheeks. Did she really have to act this way? It was making me nervous as well. "Okay? I'll go and get us some drink then, it that good?" I asked her and waited for her answer. She just nodded and stood still by the checkout.

I walked over to the freezers, with cold drinks. I chose sodas to the both of us, but then something clicked in my mind. I got an idea. I slightly watched Shinohara over my shoulder and then gave a mischievous smile. What if I tell her that I only have money to pay for one drink? We would be sharing our drink then, which would lead to an indirect kiss.

I walked over to Shinohara, with a fake excusing smile. "Ah, Mayu! I only have money to afford one drink. Wouldn't mind sharing, right?" I said, rubbing the back of my head.

I watched her face turn from 100 shades of red. "Sh-Sh-Sharing?" She said and swallowed. I just gave her a nod, with a smile. "O-O-Okay."

I paid for the drink and we walked out. I opened the drink and took a sip, handing the can to Shinohara. She accepted it, with shaky hands. Was she feeling cold? She stared at the drink for a moment, before slowly bringing it up to her lips. I watched her every move intently, as she slowly placed her lips on the can and took a sip.

I mentally high-fived myself and gave a victorious smile. After taking two sips, she handed the can to me, which I gladly took and immediately drank from. We had now kissed each other, indirectly though. Well, this is a step as well, right?

Suddenly I felt something drop on my nose. I glanced up and saw that it had started raining slowly. We fastened our pace, but the rain just got harder. "Damn! Let's get under that shelter." I told Shinohara and motioned over to the shelter, by the street. When we were under the shelter, I saw Shinohara shaking. "Are you cold?"

She slowly nodded and rubbed her arm. This was actually the first time I saw her soaked wet.

"Here." I said and started to take off my sweater, but she stopped me.

"No, Aomine-kun! You'll get sick then." She said and zipped up my sweater, before I could take it off. Realizing what she did, she turned around and I could just imagine her blush. I felt a smirk tug at the corner of my lips. "Come on." She said and just walked out in the rain.

"Oi! Wait! You're getting soaked!" I said and ran up to her. We started to walk in a fast pace and soon we finally reached her home.

"Yeah?" I answered the phone, while lying in my bed.

"Aomine-kun! Mayumi-chan is sick and since you won't probably go to most of your classes today, could you stay and take care of her?" Now today was a good day. I would be able to spend the whole day with Shinohara. I felt sorry for her of course though.

"Okay." I said and hung up. I felt all the laziness in me disappear and immediately jumped up from my bed and got ready to leave.

I rang the doorbell and waited for her to open the door. After a few moments later, the door opened and showed a Shinohara wrapped in a blanket, with half lidded eyes and a flushed face. She sniffed a few times, before saying something. "Aomine-kun?" Her voice was hoarse. "Why are you here?" She asked, still looking at me, with tired eyes.

I thought that she looked cute. Her body seemed smaller than usual when she was wrapped in that blanket and her hair was all messy. I gulped, before pushing the door fully open and just walked in. "Satsuki told me you were sick. And since I usually don't go to those boring classes, I decided to stop by."

She just stared at me, tiredly, before starting to walk towards her room, I assumed. I had been in Shinohara's house before, but never in her room. I just followed her up the stairs. We stopped in front of a door, which probably was her room. She put her hand on the doorknob, but didn't turn it down. I stared at her, from behind, confused. Then suddenly she sneezed.

"God bless you." I mumbled, before she turned the knob down and opened the door to her room.

"Thanks." She said, in a whisper. We entered the room and I started to examine the room, after all this was the room where my Shinohara was sleeping, changing, studying. I saw her bed, which would fit two people. I wanted to go and lie on her bed, but refused to do so, since she was sick.

Shinohara walked over to her bed and lay down, the blanket still wrapped around her. I went and saw down on her dark purple loveseat. She just lay in her bed, sniffing and sneezing now and then. I got a little bored.

"It's… so hot." I heard her mumble and turned to look at her. She had uncovered the blanket around her and started to unbutton her pajama shirt, which was a short sleeved, light pink shirt, with smileys. Her pajama shorts were the same color, but without the smileys dotted on it.

I felt my face heat up, as she continued to unbutton her shirt. I wanted to see her naked, of course, but I knew that it was wrong. I walked over to her and grabbed her wrists, stopping her from going any further. "Holy shit! You're so damn hot!" I said, feeling her wrists' heat. I touched her forehead to check her temperature. "Damn, you're hot!" I said and panicked. She was really hot. What should I do?

"Aomine-kun…" She said, with a husky voice. It all just made the situation worse. She looked so hot and sexy while lying on the bed in only her pajamas, her shirt already unbuttoned down to her chest, making a little bit of her lacy bra visible. One of her hands was on her forehead, while the other one was resting on her stomach. Her lips were slightly parted, breathing in and out, rapidly.

I could feel my whole head burn and I immediately went to the kitchen, took out a bowl from one of the cupboards, filled it with cool water, went to the bathroom, took a towel and then went back into Shinohara's room. Her eyes were closed, but she wasn't sleeping. She was still in the same position.

I slowly lifted her hand and put it away. I wetted the towel in the cool water, before placing it on her forehead. My hand went down to her cheek and slowly I caressed it.

"Aomine-kun… I have a headache." She said and gripped her head in her hands. "Can you get me a painkiller?" She asked and looked up to me, with her half lidded eyes.

I nodded and stood up from her bed. "Where?" I asked.

"In the bathroom… In the cabinet." She said and closed her eyes again.

I went to the bathroom and took a pill, before going to the kitchen to get her some water. When I came back to her room, I handed her the glass of water and the pill. She sat up, making the towel fall on her lap, and drank the pill together with the water. "Thanks." She said, a small soft smile appearing on her face.

I just nodded and sat down beside her, on her bed. Suddenly her hand took a hold of my own, and then she intertwined her fingers with mine. I gripped her hand tightly and lied down beside her. I didn't care if I got sick, but I doubt it. I have a strong immune system.

We still held onto each other's hands and stared at each other's eyes. I watched her and she watched me, but slowly her eyes grew tired. I wrapped my arm around her waist and pulled her closer to me. I couldn't help myself and just muttered out the words I had been holding forever. "I love you, Mayu."

Shinohara Mayumi

My eyes shot open and I slightly lifted my head up. I stared into his serious looking eyes. Did he just…? "What?" I said, unbelievably. "Did you just say that you…" I felt my eyes water. "… Love me?" I finished, not being able to hold in the tears.

I noticed his eyes widen and immediately a look of anger crossed his face. "Didn't I tell you that I never wanted to see you cry again?!" He said, a little loudly.

I flinched a little at his angry voice, but I knew that he didn't mean anything bad about it. "Do you really love me?" I asked, looking into his eyes, with disbelief. I didn't want to get my hopes up if he didn't really love me.

He gave a sigh and pulled me closer to him, kissing my forehead. His lips stayed there for a while, and I felt love emit from them. I gave a small smile. "Yes. Yes, I love you. I love you so much." He whispered.

I gripped on his shirt and pulled him a little away. I stared into his deep, blue eyes. "Aomine-kun… I love you too." I said, giving him a smile.

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