Teacher's Pet - Chapter 25
Title: Teacher's pet - 25
Author: tensaibaka
Pairing: Sakuraiba, Aibaxfriends
Genre: Fluff, Romance, Angst, comedy, Friendship
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Friends will always be there when you need them. Aiba had so many support from his friends, and he swear that not going to lose this challenge! Will he? Or will he not?
Previous chapter : Preview, 01, 02, 03, 04 , 05 , 06 , 07 , 08, 09, 10 , 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 , 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 , 22 , 23, 24
A/N: 3267 words. Second last chapter. A long chapter.
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“Okay. So first of all, we need a plan…”
“I agree”
“I’ve a question…”Aiba raised his hand. “Why are you 2 doing here?”
It was the Sunday, and also the 2nd day after Sho’s mom had issued him the challenge. Ohno got him up early today, and brought him to his house to strategize. Just when they finished their breakfast (chahan), 2 men came crushing in all of the sudden. It’s not that Aiba didn’t want them to know or what, but he just hate bothering his 2 best friends since they had also lots of things to do as well. However that 2, were helping no matter what.
Jun cleared his throat. “Alright back to the main topic. There is about 9 subjects, including H.E, Art and P.E”
“I believed Aiba is able to get A for P.E.” Nino rubbed his chin, “H.E wise… He need some help”
“Not only that, there are some other subjects, like Sciences, English, Mathematics and Japanese.” Ohno continued. “This is gonna be tough…”
“I’m not going to give up!” Aiba clinched his fist. “Let’s plan now!”
They went on planning for who to teach Aiba which subjects. Jun would be taking H.E, Japanese and Chemistry as Jun can cook, he read tons of books at home and he was a Chemistry freak with Toma, his current study buddy. Nino would be taking, Mathematics, Physics and Japanese too, since he loved to calculate especially money, he loved doing things physically and lastly, this man could write nice, beautiful lyrics. And Ohno would only be taking Art, since that was his only strongest.
It left with Biology and English. The 3 had the least confidence in that 2 subject, and it was also Aiba’s weakest subjects.
“So who is confident enough to take that 2 subject?” Ohno asked as he knew he had totally no confidence in that 2.
“How about asking Sakurai-sensei to teach?” Nino proposed the idea.
“No. I don’t want to bother him. He had too much things in hand, and I am afraid he might just fall apart.” Aiba rejected it.
The 4 guys circled around the coffee table and thought hard. Sho’s exam paper could KO them easily as it was well-known for being the hardest and craziest paper. For English, they all knew that Aiba could only speak a little English, and it’s all broken. A well-known example among them would be , very very cuticle! (he meant cute, by the way)
Aiba scratched his head. “What should we do?”
“I will help!”
They all were surprised by that female voice.
“I can help!” Mayu strolled in like a fair lady. “But English only!”
“Really?!” Aiba stood up and walked to Mayu. “Are you sure?”
“Are you looking down on me?” She frowned. “I’m Mayu Tanaka. Nice to meet you. How are your studies going? Pretty bad huh?” she spoke fluently in English.
"I'm sure you are something bad about me.."
“Mayu, how many time must I tell you, not to crush into someone’s house without permission?” Ohno snorted.
“Well, I can’t help it.” She gave a quick glance at everyone. “I didn’t know there are visitors here.”
“Mayu…” Ohno shook his head. “So you heard of it.”
“Yes, and that’s why I am here, to help this idiot pass his exams!”
“Mayu…”Aiba looked at her with his most thankful expression. “Thank you so much!”
A little red blush appeared on Mayu’s face. “Idiot. I am helping because i don't want to see you idiot crying again.”
“Mayu, are you blushing?” Ohno smiled while eying her. “Your face is red…”
“Maybe she is in love with Aiba?” Nino stated but received a stare from her.
“No..no.. I am not in love with this idiot!” her blushed reddened even more. “Let continued with the plan!”
Mayu joined them and they started to plan the daily schedule for Aiba. Aiba decided that he would study Biology himself, though Jun was opposing it strongly. But that the subject that his lover taught, and he didn’t want to fail it either. Like Sho always say, he didn’t want a F-graded guy to be his partner, and Aiba won’t want to be that one. They planned to take turns to teach Aiba. His diet will be taken care by Jun, a very health conscious man , while his daily expenses would be taken care by Ohno. Nino would be a talking buddy when needed and Mayu would be a quarrelling buddy where they will just quarrel to release the stress in Aiba. For the whole month, it would be like this, studying, studying and studying. He’s not going to waste time doing useless things. He would use his time wisely and never waste any minute of it.
However one thing would be tough, and it was not meeting Sho for a month. He missed his scent already, and wanted to feel him again. Still, he had to try.
A month without him… I have to work hard!
~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x
The tough month began and Aiba already had difficulties understanding it. Luckily he had friends who were willing to help him. Of course he couldn’t depend on them much. He would need to do it himself too. He was used to doing things alone, so this time, it wouldn’t be difficult.
The revision had started for 2 weeks, and Aiba was getting better and better. He gradually could solved most of the problems that was given. He was improving fast, and he himself felt it too. Studying was a tough thing when you got a will to do so.
It was the middle of the night and Aiba was still studying. Another hour to go, he chanted in his heart as he looked at the alarm clock on his table. Suddenly, his phone vibrated and it surprised Aiba. Who would call him in the middle of the night, he wondered.
Well, there’s only this man here…
“Hi..”
“How are you Masaki…” It’s Sho.
Aiba had longed to hear his voice. “Good.”
“Just a word? Should you be missing me?”
Aiba laughed, true he missed him a lot. “Yea, I did miss you…”
“Still studying?”
“One more hour left and I can go to bed…”
They remained silent for a moment before Sho spoke again.
“Masaki… take care of yourself..” he said it so smoothing and gentle.
Maybe because it had been a while since Aiba had heard him, he felt stingy in his eyes. His nose suddenly felt sour and his smile was long gone.
“I’m sorry that I’m not with you at this important period… I can’t take care of you now, like I always use to do. So take good care of yourself…”
“I..” Aiba sniffed softly. “I’m fine. Still strong like a bull!”
Sho giggled though his voice was shaking a little. “Yea, strong like a bull when you are now crying like a baby…”
“I’m not crying.” Aiba wiped his tears away. “There is some eraser dusts in my eyes and I'm rubbing it away…i…i.. am not crying…” The more he said, the more he cried and the more he missed his lover.
“Masaki…” Sho continued “I love you…”
“Me too. I love you too…”
Aiba could felt Sho smiling at him. He smiled too and wondered if Sho felt the same too?
“If you need any help, you can-“
“You have so many things to do, and I don’t want to bother you anymore. Just this time, I will prove it to you that I can do it!”
“If you say so…” Sho’s voice went softer. “I’ve a meeting tomorrow morning…”
“Yea..” Aiba knew it was time to bid, though he didn’t feel like it.
“See you soon. Bye..”
“Bye…”
Sho ended the conversation before Aiba did. Aiba felt much better after speaking to Sho, and his goals were much clearer now.
Aiba Masaki! You can do this!
~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x
A month later
The test took a week, and when finally completed it. All they need was to wait for the results now. Aiba was confident that he won’t fail any of it, but getting all ‘A’s, it still scare him.
“Aiba-chan!” Jun came over to him. “How is it?”
“It’s good! But I don't know if I can-“
“No! Don’t say that!” Nino stopped Aiba from saying that words ‘pass’ and ‘fail’. “Since it’s the last day, should we go out and party a little?” he smirked at his friend.
“Mr Ninomiya Kazunari. For the last time, you are attached” Jun reminded him again. “And if you let your very emotional boyfriend found out, he would be crying rivers and lakes."
“Attached doesn’t mind I can’t party around right? I mean I love Satoshi, but that doesn’t stop me from not going out and have fun” Nino explained.
“But your fun is different from us. Your fun includes of flirting, kissing and making out with some unknown woman. “ Jun empathized the word 'fun' from Nino's dictionary. “And also-“
“Forget it!” Nino interrupted. “We will just buy beer and camp at Satoshi’s house. Is that good?”
Aiba laughed at his friend, which then his friends stopped fighting and joined him laughing. Their relationship had stepped up to another whole new level. They began even know more of each other after these whole crazy incident. It’s just great to have friends around when you’re in trouble, Aiba thought. He was contended that he could find such friends who were willing to help him. He was thankful ,really thankful.
They decided to crash in to Ohno’s house. Aiba and Jun went back home to change, while Nino went straight to Ohno’s house. Later, Jun drove Aiba to Ohno’s house when a table of beers were already prepared for them. Nino and Ohno had already started drinking. The other 2 believed didn’t just only drink, after seeing the fresh red hickey on Ohno’s neck.
Aiba took his 5th can and raised it high. “Let’s cheer for completing our exams!”
“Aiba, you did that for the 7th time already…” Jun laughed. “But let’s do it again too!”
“Cheers!!” the rest rose their beer can and gave a toast.
They drank it all down, and released a loud breath out.
“This tastes so good.” Nino look at the can before crushing it.
“Yea. Sho introduced this beer to me. “ Satoshi smiled. “That time, I can’t hold my liquor and got drunk after having the 4th can.”
“Really..” Aiba laughed. “Sho… I miss him…”
“He is busy now…” Jun gave a pat on his shoulders.
“I know, but I want to see him…” Aiba’s head lowered. “ I miss his voice, his smile, his warm, his dirty jokes, his laughter… his everything”
The next moment, Jun could see tears pouring out of Aiba’s eyes. Nino saw that too. Their hearts were aching when they saw it. They knew he missed him real badly. They knew Aiba want to see him, but they tried contacting him just now. Yet he wasn’t available.
Still, Aiba was being too emotional again. It always happened Aiba got a little alcohol inside him, he got very emotional and would be happy at the next moment, and crying in the next. Just that this time, he was crying even more.
“You will see him soon.” Jun opened another can and passed it to Aiba.
He wiped his tears and smiled. “Thank you…”
Satoshi looked at Aiba. His vision was unclear and he couldn’t pretty much think. He wanted to help Aiba though, and he thought of a great idea.
“Well Aiba-chan… Let’s talk about happy things instead…” Ohno hip-cupped
Aiba gulped down the beer that Jun passed to him. His tension switched immediately. He was smiling and waiting for Ohno to say something.
“That day when I was drunk…we had our first night!”
“Eh? Really?”
Nino who was beside him, was surprised. He didn't know about it, although didn’t have the rights to know about it too. Nino knew that Satoshi had dated Sho, but he just didn’t know he gave his first time to him. He looked at his boyfriend, who was happily telling stories to Aiba about Sho and himself. Though he knew his boyfriend was drunk, but he hate to listen to those lovely dovey story about his ex-lover past.
“Aiba-chan…” Ohno pointed at his crotch. “He is big right?”
Aiba nodded his head almost immediately. “Bigger than I thought.”
Jun who was a little sleepy then, was shocked after hearing it. His eyes were wide opened and was shocked by the words that his friend had said. Aiba was the most innocent-minded among them(though he can be a little perverted sometimes), but those words that came out from his mouth just now wasn’t like him at all. Looking at him, he could confirm that he was drunk, and he need to get home, if not he would popped out even more secrets of himself.
“It was so painful! The lube didn’t work well” Ohno pursed his lips.
“My case is worst than yours! He didn’t even used it on me.” Aiba sighed.
“He is not fond of using lube”
“I agree…”
“He loves to-“ His mouth was covered by a meaty hand.
“Don’t mind him…” Nino winked. “Satoshi is drunk…”
“I…am not drunk..” he muffled in his hands.
“Then, I should say my first time instead” Aiba insisted. “ It happened-“
His mouth was then covered by Jun. “They are drunk…”
“Exactly…” Nino agreed. “You better send him home…”
“Okay… But are you okay with Ohno-sensei? He looked more drunk that Aiba”
“I’m fine. I will pull him to bed and make him sleep…” Nino ruffled Ohno’s hair. “Satoshi, they are going. Say goodbye to them…”
“No… I don’t want…” he pouted at Nino and the rest.
Nino raised his voice “Satoshi!”
He looked at the fierce looking Nino and then to the other 2. “Goodbye.”
Jun stood up from the chair, taking Aiba with him. “Then we are going..”
“Bye Nino, Bye Ohno-kun…” Aiba smiled and left with Jun.
Luckily Jun had a driver, if not they would take forever to wait for a taxi at that quiet district. Ohno’s place was quiet and peaceful, no doubt from an artist. He was much relived that Ohno had Nino’s accompany. At least Nino could help to clear the rubbish that they left at Ohno’s house, since he knew that the artist cleaned his house when there were visitors coming. And the way he cleaned was like an amateur too.
Jun drove to Aiba’s house, or Sho’s apartment to be exact. He brought him back him and placed him on the bed. He didn’t want to leave him alone here, but it was rude to stay in others house without permission. What if Sho came back and saw it, it would caused commotion.
Or maybe Jun was thinking too much. But it’s better to think for the worst.
Jun left Aiba, covering him with that thick blanket to prevent him from getting cold. Aiba had sort of knew Jun sent him home. He remembered saying goodbye to him before getting back to sleep.
In the middle of the night, Aiba heard some footsteps in his room. He knew someone was here, but he barely opened his heavy eyes. The person was near to him, probably beside his face. He kissed his forehead. It was then Aiba smelled the same scent.
“Sho…” he tried to open his eyes. “is that-“
“Sleep, Masaki…” the man patted him. “You are tired…”
Aiba was getting sleepier. Or maybe he was already sleeping and that he was dreaming of Sho, that silly man thought.
“Goodnight…” he said before tugging the blanket higher to his neck.
The next day Aiba woke up, his head was spinning a little. He had too much drinks yesterday, he thought when he then saw a cup of water and a pill on the nightstand, together with a note. He took it up and read it.
[Take the pills, it would be good for your hangover. I have cooked some porridge in the kitchen. It may not be as good as yours, but at least it’s edible. Warm it up and eat it. Sho]
Aiba smiled. So yesterday wasn’t a dream at all… he took the pills and ate it before going to the kitchen.
I will see you soon… I promise!
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A week later
The classparent came in with booklets. It was finally the time to get their report cards, and results of their exams of course.
“A few student did exceptionally well for this semester. There are the top students for the whole cohort” the teacher announced. “I will announced their names.”
Aiba obviously knew it wasn’t him. He did all his studies at the last minute, and he knew he won’t have the ability to be in the top 3 too.
“First in position, Matsumoto-kun, scoring a near perfect score of 395.”
Everyone clapped, especially the girls, for him. He walked to the teacher confidentially and took his report book. Jun finally immersed top in school, and he was so happy that he defeated his rival. He wasn’t worried that his rival would hate him, since they both had became friends and study buddies over a few months.
“Second in position, Ikuta-kun, scoring 394 marks.”
Toma walked out smiling, and took his report book. Every clapped too, thought it wasn’t loud. Jun gave him a hi-5 when he passed by him.
“Third in position, Ninomiya-kun, scoring 392 marks.”
His cheers were the loudest. Girls in class were screaming like mad. Nino went to take his report book, and he strolled back to his seats, shooting ‘beams of love’ to those girls, making them mesmerized to his charm. He still haven’t lose his charm even he was already dating someone. No doubt he was called the ‘lady killer’.
The teacher continued to give out the card, not by ranking. Aiba waited for his turn to be call. And when the teacher called him, he jumped in surprised. He took a very big breath and stood up from his seat.
This will tell him if he would lose Sho forever or not. It’s his final chance and he worked so hard for it. Each step seemed heavier and he reached the teacher, he didn’t dare to look at her.
“You did a great job, Aiba-kun” the teacher praised and passed him the report book.
He didn’t opened it at first. He rushed to his seat and placed it in front of him. The truth, he didn’t dare to do it. He was so scared and worried. He didn’t want to disappoint, not just only Sho, but everyone who had spent time helping him.
The teacher dismissed the class, and one by one they left. Aiba was still sitting on his seat, staring at the results. Jun and Nino went to him. They both stood beside his friend, with their hands on his shoulder.
“No matter what happened, you worked hard for it.” Jun said.
Aiba nodded.
“Ready?” Nino asked.
Aiba took the report book, and opened the book delicately. He closed his eyes, and flipped to the last updated page. Taking the last deep breath, he let it out while opening his eyes to read his results.
English --- 85 (A grade)
Mathematics --- 95 (A grade)
Japanese --- 80 (A grade)
Home Economics --- 90 (A grade)
Art --- 80 (A grade)
Physical Education --- 95 (Gold)
Science (Chemistry) --- 88 (A grade)
Science (Physics) --- 84 (A grade)
Aiba’s world seemed to fall apart when he saw the last results. His friends were holding back their tears, while his face couldn’t hide anymore emotions. He clinched hard on his report book with his face wet with his own uncontrollable tears.
“I’m sorry Sho… I’m sorry…”
Science (Biology) --- 70 (B grade)
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A.N : second last chapter!! I am going to finish the series soon!! So do you enjoy it? A 3000+ chapter is still quite tiring huh?
As for the subjects, since i am not a Japanese, so i don't know what they kinda of subject they took. So i picked up some basic subjects, and some that i have seen in the anime. It's the same as grading. 75 marks and above is consider an 'A' grade.
Surprised by the outcome? Who thinks that Aiba would get all 'A's at first? LOL! Still, even though Aiba worked so hard, but still didn't win his challenge. It's sad right? Sho will leave him, and he will not see him again... T.T
Yet, please look forward for the last chapter to see how it will progress!!
Thank you for all your comments for the previous chapter. Like I have said in the last chapter, i won't be replying comments for now. But i will reply all in the last chapter! So again, look forward for the last and final chapter!!!
Author: tensaibaka
Pairing: Sakuraiba, Aibaxfriends
Genre: Fluff, Romance, Angst, comedy, Friendship
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Friends will always be there when you need them. Aiba had so many support from his friends, and he swear that not going to lose this challenge! Will he? Or will he not?
Previous chapter : Preview, 01, 02, 03, 04 , 05 , 06 , 07 , 08, 09, 10 , 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 , 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 , 22 , 23, 24
A/N: 3267 words. Second last chapter. A long chapter.
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“Okay. So first of all, we need a plan…”
“I agree”
“I’ve a question…”Aiba raised his hand. “Why are you 2 doing here?”
It was the Sunday, and also the 2nd day after Sho’s mom had issued him the challenge. Ohno got him up early today, and brought him to his house to strategize. Just when they finished their breakfast (chahan), 2 men came crushing in all of the sudden. It’s not that Aiba didn’t want them to know or what, but he just hate bothering his 2 best friends since they had also lots of things to do as well. However that 2, were helping no matter what.
Jun cleared his throat. “Alright back to the main topic. There is about 9 subjects, including H.E, Art and P.E”
“I believed Aiba is able to get A for P.E.” Nino rubbed his chin, “H.E wise… He need some help”
“Not only that, there are some other subjects, like Sciences, English, Mathematics and Japanese.” Ohno continued. “This is gonna be tough…”
“I’m not going to give up!” Aiba clinched his fist. “Let’s plan now!”
They went on planning for who to teach Aiba which subjects. Jun would be taking H.E, Japanese and Chemistry as Jun can cook, he read tons of books at home and he was a Chemistry freak with Toma, his current study buddy. Nino would be taking, Mathematics, Physics and Japanese too, since he loved to calculate especially money, he loved doing things physically and lastly, this man could write nice, beautiful lyrics. And Ohno would only be taking Art, since that was his only strongest.
It left with Biology and English. The 3 had the least confidence in that 2 subject, and it was also Aiba’s weakest subjects.
“So who is confident enough to take that 2 subject?” Ohno asked as he knew he had totally no confidence in that 2.
“How about asking Sakurai-sensei to teach?” Nino proposed the idea.
“No. I don’t want to bother him. He had too much things in hand, and I am afraid he might just fall apart.” Aiba rejected it.
The 4 guys circled around the coffee table and thought hard. Sho’s exam paper could KO them easily as it was well-known for being the hardest and craziest paper. For English, they all knew that Aiba could only speak a little English, and it’s all broken. A well-known example among them would be , very very cuticle! (he meant cute, by the way)
Aiba scratched his head. “What should we do?”
“I will help!”
They all were surprised by that female voice.
“I can help!” Mayu strolled in like a fair lady. “But English only!”
“Really?!” Aiba stood up and walked to Mayu. “Are you sure?”
“Are you looking down on me?” She frowned. “I’m Mayu Tanaka. Nice to meet you. How are your studies going? Pretty bad huh?” she spoke fluently in English.
"I'm sure you are something bad about me.."
“Mayu, how many time must I tell you, not to crush into someone’s house without permission?” Ohno snorted.
“Well, I can’t help it.” She gave a quick glance at everyone. “I didn’t know there are visitors here.”
“Mayu…” Ohno shook his head. “So you heard of it.”
“Yes, and that’s why I am here, to help this idiot pass his exams!”
“Mayu…”Aiba looked at her with his most thankful expression. “Thank you so much!”
A little red blush appeared on Mayu’s face. “Idiot. I am helping because i don't want to see you idiot crying again.”
“Mayu, are you blushing?” Ohno smiled while eying her. “Your face is red…”
“Maybe she is in love with Aiba?” Nino stated but received a stare from her.
“No..no.. I am not in love with this idiot!” her blushed reddened even more. “Let continued with the plan!”
Mayu joined them and they started to plan the daily schedule for Aiba. Aiba decided that he would study Biology himself, though Jun was opposing it strongly. But that the subject that his lover taught, and he didn’t want to fail it either. Like Sho always say, he didn’t want a F-graded guy to be his partner, and Aiba won’t want to be that one. They planned to take turns to teach Aiba. His diet will be taken care by Jun, a very health conscious man , while his daily expenses would be taken care by Ohno. Nino would be a talking buddy when needed and Mayu would be a quarrelling buddy where they will just quarrel to release the stress in Aiba. For the whole month, it would be like this, studying, studying and studying. He’s not going to waste time doing useless things. He would use his time wisely and never waste any minute of it.
However one thing would be tough, and it was not meeting Sho for a month. He missed his scent already, and wanted to feel him again. Still, he had to try.
A month without him… I have to work hard!
~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x
The tough month began and Aiba already had difficulties understanding it. Luckily he had friends who were willing to help him. Of course he couldn’t depend on them much. He would need to do it himself too. He was used to doing things alone, so this time, it wouldn’t be difficult.
The revision had started for 2 weeks, and Aiba was getting better and better. He gradually could solved most of the problems that was given. He was improving fast, and he himself felt it too. Studying was a tough thing when you got a will to do so.
It was the middle of the night and Aiba was still studying. Another hour to go, he chanted in his heart as he looked at the alarm clock on his table. Suddenly, his phone vibrated and it surprised Aiba. Who would call him in the middle of the night, he wondered.
Well, there’s only this man here…
“Hi..”
“How are you Masaki…” It’s Sho.
Aiba had longed to hear his voice. “Good.”
“Just a word? Should you be missing me?”
Aiba laughed, true he missed him a lot. “Yea, I did miss you…”
“Still studying?”
“One more hour left and I can go to bed…”
They remained silent for a moment before Sho spoke again.
“Masaki… take care of yourself..” he said it so smoothing and gentle.
Maybe because it had been a while since Aiba had heard him, he felt stingy in his eyes. His nose suddenly felt sour and his smile was long gone.
“I’m sorry that I’m not with you at this important period… I can’t take care of you now, like I always use to do. So take good care of yourself…”
“I..” Aiba sniffed softly. “I’m fine. Still strong like a bull!”
Sho giggled though his voice was shaking a little. “Yea, strong like a bull when you are now crying like a baby…”
“I’m not crying.” Aiba wiped his tears away. “There is some eraser dusts in my eyes and I'm rubbing it away…i…i.. am not crying…” The more he said, the more he cried and the more he missed his lover.
“Masaki…” Sho continued “I love you…”
“Me too. I love you too…”
Aiba could felt Sho smiling at him. He smiled too and wondered if Sho felt the same too?
“If you need any help, you can-“
“You have so many things to do, and I don’t want to bother you anymore. Just this time, I will prove it to you that I can do it!”
“If you say so…” Sho’s voice went softer. “I’ve a meeting tomorrow morning…”
“Yea..” Aiba knew it was time to bid, though he didn’t feel like it.
“See you soon. Bye..”
“Bye…”
Sho ended the conversation before Aiba did. Aiba felt much better after speaking to Sho, and his goals were much clearer now.
Aiba Masaki! You can do this!
~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x
A month later
The test took a week, and when finally completed it. All they need was to wait for the results now. Aiba was confident that he won’t fail any of it, but getting all ‘A’s, it still scare him.
“Aiba-chan!” Jun came over to him. “How is it?”
“It’s good! But I don't know if I can-“
“No! Don’t say that!” Nino stopped Aiba from saying that words ‘pass’ and ‘fail’. “Since it’s the last day, should we go out and party a little?” he smirked at his friend.
“Mr Ninomiya Kazunari. For the last time, you are attached” Jun reminded him again. “And if you let your very emotional boyfriend found out, he would be crying rivers and lakes."
“Attached doesn’t mind I can’t party around right? I mean I love Satoshi, but that doesn’t stop me from not going out and have fun” Nino explained.
“But your fun is different from us. Your fun includes of flirting, kissing and making out with some unknown woman. “ Jun empathized the word 'fun' from Nino's dictionary. “And also-“
“Forget it!” Nino interrupted. “We will just buy beer and camp at Satoshi’s house. Is that good?”
Aiba laughed at his friend, which then his friends stopped fighting and joined him laughing. Their relationship had stepped up to another whole new level. They began even know more of each other after these whole crazy incident. It’s just great to have friends around when you’re in trouble, Aiba thought. He was contended that he could find such friends who were willing to help him. He was thankful ,really thankful.
They decided to crash in to Ohno’s house. Aiba and Jun went back home to change, while Nino went straight to Ohno’s house. Later, Jun drove Aiba to Ohno’s house when a table of beers were already prepared for them. Nino and Ohno had already started drinking. The other 2 believed didn’t just only drink, after seeing the fresh red hickey on Ohno’s neck.
Aiba took his 5th can and raised it high. “Let’s cheer for completing our exams!”
“Aiba, you did that for the 7th time already…” Jun laughed. “But let’s do it again too!”
“Cheers!!” the rest rose their beer can and gave a toast.
They drank it all down, and released a loud breath out.
“This tastes so good.” Nino look at the can before crushing it.
“Yea. Sho introduced this beer to me. “ Satoshi smiled. “That time, I can’t hold my liquor and got drunk after having the 4th can.”
“Really..” Aiba laughed. “Sho… I miss him…”
“He is busy now…” Jun gave a pat on his shoulders.
“I know, but I want to see him…” Aiba’s head lowered. “ I miss his voice, his smile, his warm, his dirty jokes, his laughter… his everything”
The next moment, Jun could see tears pouring out of Aiba’s eyes. Nino saw that too. Their hearts were aching when they saw it. They knew he missed him real badly. They knew Aiba want to see him, but they tried contacting him just now. Yet he wasn’t available.
Still, Aiba was being too emotional again. It always happened Aiba got a little alcohol inside him, he got very emotional and would be happy at the next moment, and crying in the next. Just that this time, he was crying even more.
“You will see him soon.” Jun opened another can and passed it to Aiba.
He wiped his tears and smiled. “Thank you…”
Satoshi looked at Aiba. His vision was unclear and he couldn’t pretty much think. He wanted to help Aiba though, and he thought of a great idea.
“Well Aiba-chan… Let’s talk about happy things instead…” Ohno hip-cupped
Aiba gulped down the beer that Jun passed to him. His tension switched immediately. He was smiling and waiting for Ohno to say something.
“That day when I was drunk…we had our first night!”
“Eh? Really?”
Nino who was beside him, was surprised. He didn't know about it, although didn’t have the rights to know about it too. Nino knew that Satoshi had dated Sho, but he just didn’t know he gave his first time to him. He looked at his boyfriend, who was happily telling stories to Aiba about Sho and himself. Though he knew his boyfriend was drunk, but he hate to listen to those lovely dovey story about his ex-lover past.
“Aiba-chan…” Ohno pointed at his crotch. “He is big right?”
Aiba nodded his head almost immediately. “Bigger than I thought.”
Jun who was a little sleepy then, was shocked after hearing it. His eyes were wide opened and was shocked by the words that his friend had said. Aiba was the most innocent-minded among them(though he can be a little perverted sometimes), but those words that came out from his mouth just now wasn’t like him at all. Looking at him, he could confirm that he was drunk, and he need to get home, if not he would popped out even more secrets of himself.
“It was so painful! The lube didn’t work well” Ohno pursed his lips.
“My case is worst than yours! He didn’t even used it on me.” Aiba sighed.
“He is not fond of using lube”
“I agree…”
“He loves to-“ His mouth was covered by a meaty hand.
“Don’t mind him…” Nino winked. “Satoshi is drunk…”
“I…am not drunk..” he muffled in his hands.
“Then, I should say my first time instead” Aiba insisted. “ It happened-“
His mouth was then covered by Jun. “They are drunk…”
“Exactly…” Nino agreed. “You better send him home…”
“Okay… But are you okay with Ohno-sensei? He looked more drunk that Aiba”
“I’m fine. I will pull him to bed and make him sleep…” Nino ruffled Ohno’s hair. “Satoshi, they are going. Say goodbye to them…”
“No… I don’t want…” he pouted at Nino and the rest.
Nino raised his voice “Satoshi!”
He looked at the fierce looking Nino and then to the other 2. “Goodbye.”
Jun stood up from the chair, taking Aiba with him. “Then we are going..”
“Bye Nino, Bye Ohno-kun…” Aiba smiled and left with Jun.
Luckily Jun had a driver, if not they would take forever to wait for a taxi at that quiet district. Ohno’s place was quiet and peaceful, no doubt from an artist. He was much relived that Ohno had Nino’s accompany. At least Nino could help to clear the rubbish that they left at Ohno’s house, since he knew that the artist cleaned his house when there were visitors coming. And the way he cleaned was like an amateur too.
Jun drove to Aiba’s house, or Sho’s apartment to be exact. He brought him back him and placed him on the bed. He didn’t want to leave him alone here, but it was rude to stay in others house without permission. What if Sho came back and saw it, it would caused commotion.
Or maybe Jun was thinking too much. But it’s better to think for the worst.
Jun left Aiba, covering him with that thick blanket to prevent him from getting cold. Aiba had sort of knew Jun sent him home. He remembered saying goodbye to him before getting back to sleep.
In the middle of the night, Aiba heard some footsteps in his room. He knew someone was here, but he barely opened his heavy eyes. The person was near to him, probably beside his face. He kissed his forehead. It was then Aiba smelled the same scent.
“Sho…” he tried to open his eyes. “is that-“
“Sleep, Masaki…” the man patted him. “You are tired…”
Aiba was getting sleepier. Or maybe he was already sleeping and that he was dreaming of Sho, that silly man thought.
“Goodnight…” he said before tugging the blanket higher to his neck.
The next day Aiba woke up, his head was spinning a little. He had too much drinks yesterday, he thought when he then saw a cup of water and a pill on the nightstand, together with a note. He took it up and read it.
[Take the pills, it would be good for your hangover. I have cooked some porridge in the kitchen. It may not be as good as yours, but at least it’s edible. Warm it up and eat it. Sho]
Aiba smiled. So yesterday wasn’t a dream at all… he took the pills and ate it before going to the kitchen.
I will see you soon… I promise!
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A week later
The classparent came in with booklets. It was finally the time to get their report cards, and results of their exams of course.
“A few student did exceptionally well for this semester. There are the top students for the whole cohort” the teacher announced. “I will announced their names.”
Aiba obviously knew it wasn’t him. He did all his studies at the last minute, and he knew he won’t have the ability to be in the top 3 too.
“First in position, Matsumoto-kun, scoring a near perfect score of 395.”
Everyone clapped, especially the girls, for him. He walked to the teacher confidentially and took his report book. Jun finally immersed top in school, and he was so happy that he defeated his rival. He wasn’t worried that his rival would hate him, since they both had became friends and study buddies over a few months.
“Second in position, Ikuta-kun, scoring 394 marks.”
Toma walked out smiling, and took his report book. Every clapped too, thought it wasn’t loud. Jun gave him a hi-5 when he passed by him.
“Third in position, Ninomiya-kun, scoring 392 marks.”
His cheers were the loudest. Girls in class were screaming like mad. Nino went to take his report book, and he strolled back to his seats, shooting ‘beams of love’ to those girls, making them mesmerized to his charm. He still haven’t lose his charm even he was already dating someone. No doubt he was called the ‘lady killer’.
The teacher continued to give out the card, not by ranking. Aiba waited for his turn to be call. And when the teacher called him, he jumped in surprised. He took a very big breath and stood up from his seat.
This will tell him if he would lose Sho forever or not. It’s his final chance and he worked so hard for it. Each step seemed heavier and he reached the teacher, he didn’t dare to look at her.
“You did a great job, Aiba-kun” the teacher praised and passed him the report book.
He didn’t opened it at first. He rushed to his seat and placed it in front of him. The truth, he didn’t dare to do it. He was so scared and worried. He didn’t want to disappoint, not just only Sho, but everyone who had spent time helping him.
The teacher dismissed the class, and one by one they left. Aiba was still sitting on his seat, staring at the results. Jun and Nino went to him. They both stood beside his friend, with their hands on his shoulder.
“No matter what happened, you worked hard for it.” Jun said.
Aiba nodded.
“Ready?” Nino asked.
Aiba took the report book, and opened the book delicately. He closed his eyes, and flipped to the last updated page. Taking the last deep breath, he let it out while opening his eyes to read his results.
English --- 85 (A grade)
Mathematics --- 95 (A grade)
Japanese --- 80 (A grade)
Home Economics --- 90 (A grade)
Art --- 80 (A grade)
Physical Education --- 95 (Gold)
Science (Chemistry) --- 88 (A grade)
Science (Physics) --- 84 (A grade)
Aiba’s world seemed to fall apart when he saw the last results. His friends were holding back their tears, while his face couldn’t hide anymore emotions. He clinched hard on his report book with his face wet with his own uncontrollable tears.
“I’m sorry Sho… I’m sorry…”
Science (Biology) --- 70 (B grade)
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A.N : second last chapter!! I am going to finish the series soon!! So do you enjoy it? A 3000+ chapter is still quite tiring huh?
As for the subjects, since i am not a Japanese, so i don't know what they kinda of subject they took. So i picked up some basic subjects, and some that i have seen in the anime. It's the same as grading. 75 marks and above is consider an 'A' grade.
Surprised by the outcome? Who thinks that Aiba would get all 'A's at first? LOL! Still, even though Aiba worked so hard, but still didn't win his challenge. It's sad right? Sho will leave him, and he will not see him again... T.T
Yet, please look forward for the last chapter to see how it will progress!!
Thank you for all your comments for the previous chapter. Like I have said in the last chapter, i won't be replying comments for now. But i will reply all in the last chapter! So again, look forward for the last and final chapter!!!