STUDENT COUNCIL ROOM-YOSEN HIGH, 4:51 pm.

Himuro Tatsuya’s POV

“All right!” Hitomi slammed her palm on her council desk before her head turned to me with a cute glare. Well, she was pretty much annoyed at me again since I visited her in the student council office just to watch her work in the upcoming culture day. They wanted the whole school to contribute in celebrating it. I don’t know how though, tomorrow is culture day but we don’t have any classes. Maybe they just want the students of Yosen to participate in the events in Akita.

Still, Hitomi gave me that death glare of hers and crossed her arms giving me a question. “What are you going here? I’m working”

“I came here to watch you work” I smiled at her dreamily while leaning my cheek on my palm to look at her. “You just looks so admirable when you work” my compliment made her blush like it always had done but made her violent at the same time.

“S-Shut up! Leave the room this instant! You’re not allowed here!” she demanded grabbing me by the collar, our faces a few inches apart. Hmmm… I grabbed the back of her neck and pushed her face closer to mine while smirking.

“Do you really want me to leave, Hitomi?” I brushed my nose against hers making her swoon even more. She’s so cute.

She turned her mouth into a thin line and looked down before muttering: “You’re not allowed here” so she doesn’t want me to leave? “Only student council you dummy! Get out!” she pushed me away then turned to Suzume-senpai, the student council president. “Kaichou, tell him to step out!”

“Huh? Yoshio-san, I don’t know why you don’t like Himuro-kun around. Don’t you feel at ease when he’s around?” Suzume-senpai gave Hitomi a kind smile making her twitch.

“But I’m working… and he’s still not allowed here!” Hitomi insisted her protest. She’s so cute when she does that.

Suzume-senpai chuckled and looked at me. “There isn’t any rule that, non-council members are off limits here, is there?”

“K-Kaichou…!”

“Yoshio-san, aren’t you flattered that Himuro-kun wants to be with you?”

Hitomi groaned after that and sharply turned to me. “Fine. But don’t bother me while I work, okay?!” she demanded.

I smiled at her. “Yes ma’am”

STUDENT COUNCIL ROOM-YOSEN HIGH, 6:15 pm.

I watched as Hitomi scribbled down something on a piece of paper while working on the papers that the clubs had given. Stacks of paper were placed on her desk which I have no idea how will she able to finish it. Hitomi looking so focused is so charming.

My head started to fall from my palm as my drowsy eyes fight to keep and a soft snore came out of my lips. I straightened up. I almost fell asleep there.

I heard Hitomi snort a laugh, her hand covering her mouth. I blinked at her innocently while she suppressed her laughter at me. “You know you could go home and sleep”

“I want to walk you home” I say to her which she frowned.

“I can walk home by myself” she stated.

“I know, but I still want to walk you home”

She buried her face in her hands. “Why are you so clingy and stubborn?” I smiled at her then grabbed the jacket that was hanging out her chair. “H-Hey!”

“Hitomi is this yours?” I ask examining it. The knitting looks pretty nice. And I like how neatly it is sewed.

“Obviously, it was hanged on my chair. Give it back!” she tried to get it from me but I held it away from her. “Oi!”

“Yoshio-san, please quiet down. The other members are also working” Suzume-senpai requested, since Hitomi’s voice was rising again. It was heard all over the room.

“Ah, S-Sorry!” Hitomi slumped back on her seat, focusing on her work. I just stared at her and leaned on the other side of her table, while hugging her jacket that smells like her. “That’s mine” she said to me.

“Obviously, it was hanging on your chair” I replied sarcastically popping a vein on her head. “It smells like you”

“P-Pervert!” she whined shutting her eyes in embarrassment and opened them again to focus on her work. “Ugh, just let me finish this” I wasn’t really paying attention after that because my sleepiness took over me, plus, Hitomi’s scent put my body to ease and I felt relaxed. The last thing I saw is Hitomi’s face before collapsing into sleep.

Yoshio Hitomi’s POV

STUDENT COUNCIL ROOM-YOSEN HIGH, 7:09 pm.

“Alright, that’s it for today everyone!” Kaichou announced as everyone started to fix their things to head home. It was already dark and this stupid pervert Himuro fell asleep on my desk while hugging my favorite purple hoodie. Damn him, my dad gave that to me. “Yoshio-san, please wake up Himuro-kun”

“Can’t we just leave him her to die?” I asked but Kaichou just laughed at me. I was serious. Bleh, who am I kidding? I still owe this guy.

“I’m pretty sure you wouldn’t like it if he died” Kaichou smiled at me playfully. I avoided her mischievous eyes that were telling me something I didn’t like and just replied the obvious thing.

“Of course I wouldn’t like it if he died; I wouldn’t be able to repay him for what he did for me”

“See”

“But it doesn’t mean anything else, okay?!”

“If you say so~”

Great, now Kaichou’s on it as well. Now that I think about it… “By the way, Kaichou, why were you with Kensuke at the park the other day?” I wasn’t able to get an answer from neither her nor Kensuke. My question made her flinch and she started to sweat nervously.

“W-Well…” she stammered and couldn’t find the answer for me. “Fukui-san and I are—” she wasn’t able to finish because someone barged in the room. What was she saying? That she and Kensuke are dating?

“Oi Nanami, you ready go?” it was Kensuke who interrupted us.

Kaichou turned to him making her panic even more and frantically tried to explain something to me which I didn’t understand. “I-It’s n-not w-wha-a-at it.. it looks like!” what does she mean?

I gave her a confused look then turned to Kensuke who shrugged.

“C’mon Nanami, let’s walk home already, you’re stressing yourself too much on council duties” Kensuke came in the room, pulling Kaichou by her wrist and out to the hallway. “Hitomi, I have to borrow your Kaichou for a while. She promised me that she’d tutor me for the make-up test tomorrow”

“Don’t tell me you failed the Midterms again?” I grumbled in disappointment. Kensuke, you idiot.

“Hehe” he scratched the back of his head sheepishly. “See you then!” he closed the door and headed off with Kaichou. I sighed. Why do I get to be left with Himuro?

“Oi Himuro, get up already, it’s already late” I lightly shook him, since he was sleeping soundly like a little kid.

“Just five more minutes” he murmured burying his face into my jacket. H-Hey!

“What am I your mother? Get up already! This isn’t your bed!” I ordered putting my hands on my hips with authority. I saw him smirk. Damn, he’s already awake.

“You sound like my wife, Hitomi” What?!

“Oi, stop joking around! It’s already pass 7! I still have to work at the café! You’ll get me in trouble again!” I grabbed his arm to pull him up but he suddenly grabbed me closer to him, making me fall on his lap. What the!!!

“I didn’t for that to happen… I just wanted to spend my weekend with you” he whispered huskily at my ear, sending chills down my spine. I shivered. His arm was clamping me to his body and his other hand was holding mine. I looked at him uncomfortably his lime eyes staring it mine which I wanted to avoid. I notice the pair avert to my lips which made me jump out of his grasp and grabbed him out of the chair.

“I SAID GET UP!” I hollered successfully pulling him to his feet. “FINALLY!”

“Hehe, Hitomi, you looks so cute~”

“Ghhh, shut up already!”

Hitomi’s bedroom, 9:25 pm.

I exhaustedly collapsed on my bed after another shift done at work. My phone that was at the bed side table was ringing so I crawled up from the bed’s foot to where it is and answered the call from Mayu. “Hello?” I lifelessly greeted her as I flopped on my bed, resting my tired body.

“Ah, Hitomi! Is your café shift already done?” Mayu chirped through the phone with full energy. Well at least she’s still energetic in this type oh hour.

“Yeah… just did…” I muttered, lying on my back, burying my face on the soft bed.

“What’s wrong? You sound like you’re turning into a zombie”

“I think so too”

Mayu giggled. “Anyway, I’m going to Tokyo tomorrow to visit my cousin. He said that he’s injured due from a game of his yesterday. He lives alone so no one’s going to take care of him since his parents are working, and his her sisters too. I was thinking if you wanted to come and meet him~”

“Cousin? You mean that blonde model?” I remembered Mayu mentioning it to me when girls were reading a model’s photo book once.

“We’re both blonde, Hitomi” Mayu remarked. “So, want to join me?”

“Uh, sure, we don’t have classes tomorrow anyway. And my aunt gave me the day off”

“Sweet! I’ll meet you at the station, then!”

“Y-Yeah”

After that, Mayu ended the call. Hmm… Tokyo, huh? It’s been a while since I last visited there.

Akita station, 7:40 am.

“Hitomi!”

“You’re late”

Mayu came running towards me and panting. It looks like she rushed over here. We were supposed to meet up at exactly 7:30 and she’s ten minutes late.

“S-Sorry about that Hitomi! I woke up late…” was her reason scratching the back of her head. I sighed. Of course she did. Typical Mayu is always late. “Anyway, let’s get going!” she pulled my wrist and walked over to the train that just stopped in front of us.

Tokyo station, 11:40 am.

After that four hour trip from Akita, I and Mayu finally reached our destination. We took a bus to Mayu’s cousin’s house and were greeted by his teammate when we came to ring the doorbell.

“Huh? Who are you?” a guy with black hair opened the door which made me and Mayu think inappropriate thoughts about her cousin.

“Ah, G-Good afternoon! I’m Akihiro Mayu and this is my friend Yoshio Hitomi, and we’re visiting my cousin, Ryota-kun” Mayu introduced with a bow. I bowed with her with a small greeting.

“Ah, so you’re Kise’s cousin, come in” the guy let us in as we entered the large house of her cousin.

“Thank you very much…?”

“Ah, I’m Kobori Koji, Kise’s teammate. I and Kise’s other teammates decided to visit him for today”

“Ah, thank you so much, Kobori-kun!”

“Hey, Kobori, who was that?” another guy besides Kobori appeared. He had short spiky hair and had steel blue eyes. He somehow reminded me of the meme, grumpy cat. “G-Girls!” I saw him twitch when he saw us and started to sweat nervously.

“Good afternoon, we’re here to visit Kise Ryota-kun” Mayu talked to him but when it was his turn to talk, he started stuttering and shaking for no reason at all. “A-Ano… Are you okay?”

“Don’t mind him, he has a problem dealing with girls” Kobori told us before two other males joined us in the room. So those are the other teammates of Kise.

“I must say, this meeting of us is just unexpected. It’s like fate and destiny didn’t want us to have a remindful meeting” the guy with dark green hair approached Mayu holding her hand firmly in his. And is he flirting with her?

“What?! Kise invited two girls—” the guy with thick eyebrows was about to yell when the guy who was stuttering a while ago kicked him.

“Shut up Hayakawa!”

Poor Hayakawa.

“Huh? Mayucchi!” Kise appeared by the stairs in casual home attire when he saw us. He walked down to give Mayu a greeting that completely ignored the green haired guy who was flirting with her.

“Ryota-kun!” Mayu chirped giving him a hug. “Why are you out of bed? You should be resting your ankle!”

“Ah, sorry, I was thirsty and wanted a drink. When I called senpai and the others, no one was responding so I thought I should get it myself” Kise explain popping a vein at his senpai’s heads.

“Anyway, we should be going, Kise. Since your cousin and her friend are here now to babysit you” said the guy who stuttered, heading for the door.

“Ah, hai! Thanks again, Kasamatsu-senpai!” he thanked before his teammates exited his house one by one.

“We shall meet again, my lo—” Kasamatsu kicked the guy who was flirting with Mayu again. “S-Sorry about h-him!” he pulled the unconscious teammate with him and left.

“You have a weird team, Ryota-kun” Mayu commented when we were the ones left. “Come on, sit on the couch and I’ll get you a drink” she assisted Kise to the living room and let him sit on his couch.

I followed them and waited for Mayu with Kise as she got him a drink.

“Yoshio-senpai decided to go with Mayucchi?” Kise opened a conversation with me. How did he know? “Ah, don’t get me wrong, Mayucchi mentioned you to me couple of times. I happen to recognize you since I saw you in one of Mayucchi’s pictures” oh.

“I see” was my response.

“You don’t want to sit?” E-Eh!

“T-Thank you” I sit on the single couch just beside to his. I sat there for a couple of minutes until Mayu came back. She handed him a bottle of sports drink and sat beside him, then scolding him for playing recklessly at his previous game. They look really close. They remind me on how close Kensuke and I were. “Were”.

“Ah by the way, Ryota-kun, this is Hitomi, Hitomi, meet Kise Ryota-kun” Mayu introduced me to Kise, personally now.

“Nice to meet you” I told Kise.

“Hello there, Yoshio-senpai!” Kise chirped. She and Mayu share the same personality. Both are cheerful and energetic.

“By the way Ryota-kun, isn’t the Winter Cup 5 days away?” Mayu remembered pointing at her chin. “With your lost last time, I assume you’ll take revenge on that Aomine you were telling me about”

“Well, yeah. It is the last competition this year. Also, it’s just the preliminaries. We still have to win our four games in order to represent our bracket” Kise explained to Mayu.

Okay I was getting really out of place between their conversations since I don’t really care about basketball tournaments. Which remind me, Himuro didn’t play in the InterHigh, right? So I guess he’ll be participating in the Winter Cup this year.

“Oh, Hitomi, why don’t we watch the preliminary game of Yosen next week? For support for Fukui-senpai and Tatsuya-kun!” Mayu suggested making Kise cry dramatically.

“What? You’re not going to watch one of my games” he pouted and acted hurt as his hand held his chest.

“Of course I’m rooting for you too, Ryota-kun! But the number one in my list is Yosen High! And also Hitomi’s, since Tatsuya-kun is playing too!” WHAT?!

“Oi Mayu!” I stopped her before she could say something stupid again. I was too late.

“Wha…? Himuro-senpai and Yoshio-senpai are dating?!” What the?! Wait, he knows Himuro? He seemed to saw the look on my face when he said that so he told me that Himuro was being recruited by the modeling company Kise is working at, and said that they’ve met each other when Himuro just landed here in Japan. “He declined the offer though. He said he doesn’t want any extra activities besides basketball”

“So, you and Tatsuya-kun are close?” Mayu wondered, tilting her head to the side.

“Well, we’ve talked once or twice, I don’t know if he remembers me though” Kise scratched the back of his head sheepishly. “But he seems to be a nice guy” he’s not. Kidding, he is. I guess… Wha…?

Akita Station, 4:48 pm.

I and Mayu arrived at the station after riding the bus. Kise told us to go home when we noticed it getting dark and soon the rain poured down when we reached here. “The rain’s so heavy today” Mayu commented staring up at the dark sky. “So about that game”

“I told you I have no time” Mayu kept insisting me to watch one of Himuro—I mean Yosen’s games. “Besides, we don’t know the schedule”

“We can ask, Tatsuya-kun” she suggested. “And look, if you watch one of his games, then you can repay him for all the help he gave you. You won’t owe him anything anymore!” She’s right…

Damn you Mayu…

Ugh, should I?

“Murochin, I’m soaked” I heard a familiar voice which I remember, belonged to Murasakibara. It caught both mine and Mayu’s attention as we looked over to see it was him, and was walking with Himuro.

“Oh, Tatsuya-kun!” Mayu called as the boys’ heads turned to us.

“Mayu-chan” Himuro greeted her with a smile, then at me. “Hitomi, hello there”

“What are you two doing here?” Mayu inquired. “And why are you two soaked?”

“It was raining, apparently” Murasakibara rolled his eyes at Mayu making her pout. “Murochin wanted to sight-seeing around Tokyo but ended up playing basketball, dragging me with him”

“Oh, I see” Mayu smiled.

“By the way, why are you two at Tokyo too?” Himuro questioned.

“We came to visit my injured cousin” Mayu answered. “He’s Kise Ryota-kun, if you remember him Tatsuya-kun. He said he met you once or twice”

“Oh, Kise-chin” Murasakibara recognized the name.

“You know him, Murasakibara-kun?”

“He used to be my teammate”

“I see!”

Throughout the conversation, Mayu kept giving me looks. It says ‘think about it’. Ugh, whatever. Himuro smiled at the two and said that he remembers Kise even though they didn’t talk that much. After that, the two excused themselves to change giving Mayu a chance to convince me in asking Himuro about their games.

“Hitomi!!!!” she rocked my back and forth. Mayu stopppp. We’re in public…

“Huh, what’s going on?” Himuro came back with Murasakibara.

Mayu gave me one last look as she headed to the train that arrived with the purple head, leaving, me and Himuro behind. We’re always together.

 “What’s wrong Hitomi?” I sighed.

“Himuro, when’s your preliminary game? I and Mayu want to watch” 

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