Once diner had been set up, Aoi volunteered to bring one of Ema's brother's, Subaru, to the table and left before anyone could argue.
While the house looked huge on the outside, the inside had looked a lot smaller with Ema around , but now lost, and in Ema's bed, the only thing Aoi could do was look up at the ceiling and let out a sigh as she regretted her words and closed her eyes, until the sudden sound of a basketball began to interrupt her train of thought.
Surprised, she lifted her head and payed close attention , and finally she remembered Ema mention one of her brothers played college basketball, and began to run down the hallway until she finally found the stairs , made her way past the kitchen where she ignored some surprised faces , and instantly ran towards the back yard where she reacted just in time to a ball being thrown at her.
An odd silence filled the backyard as Subaru began to stare at the girl who caught his basketball.
A minute passed, and finally, she took the ball down so they could both gaze at each other.
While Subaru knew this was an accident, Aoi, on the other hand , felt like this was the perfect time to get to know one of Ema's brothers, and out of nowhere , began to dribble the ball in her hand.
Leaving, Subaru confused , until he remembered one of Ema's friends was coming over, and asked :
"Nee aren't you Ema's friend?."
Smiling the girl quietly looked at Subaru and said
"Yep! so hey.. why don't we play ball to kill time ..."
Having mixed emotions Subaru wanted to put an end to it but before he could say anything else she mocked him and said
"What ? you can't even play against a high school girl? My~ how embarrassing~!"
15 minutes later...
When everyone came out to watch, all Subaru could think was a bunch of praise to the girl playing with him. Not only was she somehow able to keep up with him, she also made it past him ! and before he knew it, both of them had played... 20 , 30... 40 minutes!.
Then, close to an hour passed, and while the younger girl looked drained, there was still a spark in her eyes that made all the spectators gasp in excitement.
... or at least close to all of them...
While everyone continued to cheer, Ukyo only let worry graze his features as he saw how exited everyone else was to see Subaru have an opponent, but didn't realize that the girl herself was in no shape to be playing after coming tot heir house with injuries.
An hour and 10 minutes passed and finally the game came to an end.
Obviously the college basketball player, Subaru won, but even with her defeat, Aoi somehow kept an air of pride around her that made Subaru's victory amount to almost nothing ...
Realizing this, Ukyo knew she was completely out of his zone of expertise with women, and deep in his thoughts he couldn't help but chuckle at the fact. Behind the quiet temper, she hid a mischievous glare, and now nothing else could move Ukyo's eyes away from the girl.