DISCLAIMER : Following the word itself "fanfiction", I do not own anything in this fiction and credits belong to the rightful creators of the manga: Inoue Takehiko, the publisher, the broadcasting company of the anime and etc.
"Who won't get mad at you?!"
A familiar voice spoke behind him the moment he just made it out of the exit.
Mika, with her arms crossed around her chest, tapping her foot to the ground impatiently.
"Teehee..." Sawakita rubbed the back of his head with a sheepish and awkward grin. "Sorry?..."
"That twat..." Masashi grunted whilst scurrying along the lively and bright night streets of downtown Kanagawa with the rest of the Sannoh seniors who were admonished by Doumoto-sensei not to return to the inn without Sawakita with them.
"What?!" The seniors, Masashi, Fukatsu, Nobe and Minoru blurted out in unison.
"An order is an order!" Doumoto-sensei strongly imposed to the seniors his order. And that is to find Sawakita by all means, and not to return to the inn without him. "You seniors were to blame in the first place for letting him out without permission. You know how much of a trouble it would be!"
"But we just had started to sleep! That punk was no more of a child for us to be held responsible of his wherea-" Masashi impatiently reacted upon.
"I'm the Captain yo. My bad yo. I wasn't able to keep track on him when he said he was just gonna take a piss yo..." Fukatsu however took account of the said fault.
"Let's admit it. We had been pretty lenient on him a while ago yo..." Fukatsu suggested while looking around carefully and attentively still.
"Well, who would know he really intended to sneak out? We're definitely not to blame about that." Masashi still objective about the order.
"And for fuck's sake, he's like 17? Who cares? He might be back in a few hours or so. Why don't we just wait?" Nobe added, looking around also.
"He's not as obedient and well-behaved like Mikio though. We would never know, whatever he is doing now might cause him not to be able to play tomorrow..." Minoru however stated in contrary.
"I'm so gonna fucking kill him..." Masashi gritting his teeth in irritation spoke while looking anyway.
"I'm not gonna treat you dinner no more. We've waited for you for like 400 years. I hate you..." Mika, sat still on the swing, while her arms wound around the chain handle. She swung her legs, pouting while kicking stones.
"Don't worry! I had a lot for dinner." Sawakita, usually insensitive of people's sentiments, coming from his childish nature, bluntly responded without malice, smiling. "Where's your friend anyways? The one you told me you would like me to meet?" He asked gleefully.
"She left..." Mika without looking back at him, eyes set on the floor said, sulking. "Like I said, you made us wait like forever..."
"Hey! Give me credits for sneaking out! I did my best to get here...!" Sawakita wailed, in his usual whiny and childish tone. "I was really exhausted I forgot the..."
"Alright, alright. I get it. I can see the efforts..." Mika, finally smiled interrupting him. "How's you anyways? You've gotten really tall!"
"HAHA! Yeah, sort of! A lot have happened though... I think you know why we're here?" With a sudden change of tone, he asked.
"HOLD IT!" Nobe blurted out, letting the rest to a halt upon getting a sight of someone familiar. "There he is!" Pointing out to the nearby, quiet and empty playground. They gathered around to take a look from the fence.
There they found Sawakita, sitting on the swing besides a girl who sat too on the other side.
"THAT-!" Even before Masashi could storm in, Fukatsu stopped him.
"Ssssh..." Fukatsu bended down in order not to be seen, and the rest of them did so leaving Masashi the only one standing.
"Sit down yo..." Fukatsu bid Masashi. "He might see us..."
"Who would know he actually snuck out on us to see a girl?!"
"Well, I'm gonna be watching your match tomorrow with Shoyo and she would be coming with me anyways so you might still see her again!" Mika with enthusiasm suggested.
Sawakita remained speechless, seemingly lost in his train of thoughts. He was reflecting upon still on their team's loss, looking back on how everything happened. At the same time halfway feeling the upcoming challenge upon finally finding someone who he can match his skills with. He thought, before leaving Japan, he needs to at least prove to himself, that he had beaten his counterpart, and give the crown back to them as the reigning champion.
"Hey! Are you listening?!" Mika yelled, awakening him from his thoughts.
"Uhh, sorry... I was sorta preoccupied..."
Mika sighed, and reached her hand to give him a pat and rubbed his back, as a sign of sympathy and understanding to his current situation.
"See that!?" Minoru whispered out loud in a held back exclamation upon what he just saw. "She just rubbed his back!"
"I never knew he had a girlfriend. A long distance relationship...!" Nobe followed, nodding his elongated face as an expression of curiosity on the matter.
"Hmph... That twat..." Masashi, still unconvinced and irritated rolled his eyes.
"Now we know, we can leave him... yo" Fukatsu finally stood up, shaking some leaves that got stuck on his pants. "We can't tell him that we have been prying on his private matters. Let's just pretend we saw nothing...yo"
"Leave? Remember we were told to bring him back with us or else..?!" Minoru contradicted.
"We would stalk him till we could find the right time to meet him and say it was just a coincidence meeting him on the way...yo"
"Well, it's getting late..? Perhaps?" Mika stood up from the swing, fixing her dress. "My mom would surely kill me haha"
"You can tell her you went to see me with a friend? Hahaha, she knows me!" Sawakita too followed, walking together out of the playground.
"Yeah I guess so..." Mika then brought herself to a halt. "Soo, I'll be taking this route to the left. And you?" She asked.
"I'm heading south haha. We are staying in an inn at the moment..."
"I see..." She nodded. "Bye bye!" She waved, as she moved along, still looking back at him.
"Bye!" He waved back, smiling at her.
10 pm. He pushed the glass door of the main entrance of the inn, then heading to the reception area. Passing by the lobby lounge...
"Where have you been...yo"
A familiar voice behind him.
"Ahhhh...?" He started stammering before looking back.
"Don't you ever sneak on us again! UNDERSTOOD!?" With a low yet strong tone, Doumoto-sensei reprimanded Sawakita who was caught red-handed the moment he went back. He sat cross legged on his mattress, fiddling with his hands, while staring blankly on the ground, guilty. "Yeah... Sorry... I would never sneak out again... I just happened to forget to buy something so I went out..."
"Whatever your intention is, you can always ask for permission." Doumoto-sensei with objection, interfered. "You even had to get your senpais in trouble..."
"I'm sorry again..." Sawakita bowed his head down as a sign of an apology. "Can we just go to sleep now?"
"(sigh) Alright..." Addressing to Sawakita, then turning to the seniors. "Make sure you guard the doors. Fukatsu, You are in charge, and you Minoru by the door!"
"Hai..." The two in unison replied, Masashi pointing a finger in each of his own eyes then flicking them on Sawakita.
"The rest of you also. Don't keep your guards down..." Then Doumoto-sensei, slid the door open and flicked the lights off before sliding it back close.
"'tch... teenagers..."
END OF CHAPTER 5