juice. chapter five.
juice.
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five.
~Ruki~
I leaned into him and opened my mouth to let his tongue in.
It was warm and familiar, and I wrapped my arms around his neck to bring him closer to me.
Rei pulled me onto his lap in one fluid motion, never once breaking the kiss.
I could feel myself starting to need air, but I really didn't want to end this.
I felt him run his large hand through my hair.
(I was so glad I decided to wash it this morning...even though I was almost late for school! >___<)
It made its way through my hair, coming to a rest on my cheek.
Then Reita pulled away.
"Ru..."
He murmured as he cupped my cheek, looking deeply into my eyes.
"Rei..."
I breathed back.
I took both my hands and took his face, planting a peck as lightly as possible on his lips.
Then I rested on his chest, listening to his heartbeat.
He wrapped his arms around me.
"I've been thinking..." he said.
I closed my eyes and cuddled him, breathing in his scent.
"About what?"
"You know, Aoi has a basketball game coming up."
My eyes opened and I leaned back onto my pillow to look at him with wide eyes.
Here we were at my house, making out,
AND ALL HE COULD THINK ABOUT WAS AOI'S BASKETBALL GAME??!?
I pouted and crossed my arms.
He took the hint.
"Hey, Ru, don't get mad!! Please?"
He hugged me close to him again.
"It's just...this whole situation! I know I won't be able to rest peacefully until I know that Uruha and Aoi are together. Hahaha. And I have the perfect plan."
I looked at him wearily.
Another perfect plan?
Reita looked at me.
He seemed to know what I was thinking.
"I know what you're thinking!"
He said hurriedly.
"But this one is gonna work out!
See, we'll just bring Uruha to the game, then he'll see Aoi!
See where I'm going with this? So yeah! He'll see Aoi
THEN!
They will fall in love. Love at first sight!
Brilliant!"
He looked pretty pleased with himself.
I gotta admit, it was a pretty good plan!
"Sounds like it will work," I started.
"I know right??"
"But..."
"But what?"
"Could we get back to where we left off?"
"Ohhhhhhh. I see."
~Aoi~
I'm letting the stress get to me.
Shit.
This isn't good.
Last week's practise, I was supposed to meet Reita at this place afterschool.
I had to miss it.
I knew we were playing worse and worse ever since Tora broke up with his girlfriend.
Because he was playing worse, so were we.
He was one of our star players.
SHIT.
I'm scared for the next game.
We were facing K. R. A. Secondary soon.
Their team is beyond amazing,
and they beat us last year.
We finished second in the whole region.
We came so close to first.
The game is in eight days and we are nowhere near ready.
"FUCK!"
Ni-ya screamed as the ball missed the net for the fourth time.
I felt like screaming too.
Coach whistled for a time-out.
"Listen, guys, I know it's hard. But we all have to keep trying our hardest.
Right now, we are going to get murked if we continue on like this."
Yomi, captain of our team, was desperate.
Like me, it was his last year at Purinsu.
But he (unlike me) was riding on hopes of getting a scholarship into an athletic school.
We all nodded, too tired and too frustrated to say anything else.
Tora punched the wall in anger.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?"
Yomi yelled.
"YOU'RE GOING TO INJURE YOURSELF LIKE THAT!!
THINK ABOUT THE TEAM BEFORE YOU DO SOMETHING THAT COULD JEOPARDIZE US!
STOP BEING SO SELFISH!!"
Tora turned to Yomi, livid.
"All you can care about is the team!
If I want to break my knuckles, I'll break my knuckles.
You're not going to keep telling us what to do!
And as for me being selfish?
Look at you!
You don't care about us, you just want that fucking scholarship!"
Yomi looked like he was about to rip Tora apart.
Before he leaped onto Tora, I jumped up and pulled him back.
Tora was about to fight back.
Luckily, Satoshi followed my suit and held Tora far away from Yomi.
They both struggled in our grasps, trying to get at each other.
"Guys! Stop it! If we can't work together, we're not a team!
We're not gonna be able to do this!!"
The rest of the team nodded in agreement with me.
Yomi broke away from my hold, turning his back from us.
He was breathing heavily and looked ashamed.
Tora stopped struggling and had his eyes to the ground.
"Are we gonna do this or not?"
I looked around the team, begging them with my eyes to get back to being a team again.
"Yes!!!"
The team said.
"ARE WE GONNA DO THIS OR NOT?"
I yelled.
"HELL FUCKING YES!"
Yomi punched Tora lightly on the shoulder.
Tora punched him back, and they exchanged a clap on the shoulder.
We grinned at each other.
We're going to die trying, but this time,
we're gonna kick their asses.
~Uruha~
Grandpa had a heart attack the other day.
He's in the hospital now.
So after school, I go straight there to see if he's okay or it Grandma needs anything.
Usually, I try to take care of Grandma as much as I can.
Grandpa's okay, he just needs to rest up.
Grandma's having all these doctors check up on him.
She never leaves his side.
What I always do is buy food for her, though.
They bought me a car recently, so I use that to drive to this cafe she likes.
I used to go to the cafeteria the hospital offered, but the creepy server kept trying to get my number.
I avoid going there as much as possible.
Creepy.
Sometimes, I walk around the hospital, exploring a bit.
I see these other people in even worse conditions.
It's a sobering experience.
I don't know...
I guess this whole thing is making me grow up.
I'm really starting to see that everything does NOT revolve around me.
I'm trying to be a better person,
someone Grandma and Grandpa can be proud of.
When he first got the heart attack,
I felt my heart drop down to my stomach.
If he died...
He would have died only knowing what a dumb slutty brat I am.
I really want them to know that I'm growing up.
I really want them to know that they can rely on me.
They're old,
They can't do much.
I'll do what I can for them.
Once in a while, someone comes along and loves you unconditionally.
Those would be my grandparents.
And I love them too, I now fully realize.
I just want them to know that.
A/N: hey guys. i know this chapter's kinda blergh.
their situations will get better, i promise!
and it will get MORE interesting!
I PROMISE!!
comments are love!
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