First Photographs [Kasamatsu Yukio]

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Kasamatsu could
barely keep his eyes focused on the large movie screen displayed before
him, most of his focus going towards fighting the heated blush
threatening to devour his face. Though his upper body was as stiff as
stone, his lower body was shaking almost violently and he was quickly
becoming a vibrating mess in his seat. A shrill screech from the
overhead speakers resonated within the theater and Kasamatsu jumped in
his chair. Though, it wasn’t from the movie being played. No, he had
jumped because, at that exact moment, [Name] had decided to quickly grip
at his arm, pulling it towards her body in her own shaking fear.
Glancing over at her, Kasamatsu could see her wide, worried eyes
transfixed on the movie screen as if she were trapped in a spell. Her
lips were pressed in a thin line and her knuckles had started to turn
white from how hard she was gripping him. He could feel the edges of her
nails prodding at his skin through the sleeves of his team jacket.

“Please don’t go in there,” she weakly whispered to herself, urging the movie’s main actress to stay away.

Turning
his attention back to the movie screen, Kasamatsu tried hard to
remember why he had suggested a movie date in the first place. He had
overheard a few of his classmates talking about the newest horror film
out in theaters and couldn’t help but eavesdrop when they mentioned
taking their own girlfriends to the movie. Upon hearing how their girls
had been clinging to them the entire time, Kasamatsu decided that he
would give it a try. It’s not like he had any better ideas anyway. As
soon as basketball practice had ended that day, he promptly picked her
up from her home and walked with her to the theaters.

“Tch.”

Kasamatsu
gave off the small noise upon feeling [Name] lace her fingers with his
own in a desperate attempt to calm herself. The plan had worked
splendidly, yielding the exact results Kasamatsu had hoped for: his
girlfriend was definitely a quaking mess in need of his comfort.
However, the poor Kaijou captain had neglected to add his own nervous
habit into the mix when thinking about the plan. Now that it was
actually in action, Kasamatsu could do nothing but freeze whenever her
small hands brushed up against him. He had also become a quaking mess,
but it wasn’t due to the blood and gore that were artistically displayed
on the screen.

“K-Kasamatsu-kun,” [Name] whispered, turning in her seat so she could face him better.

Looking
down at her from the corner of his vision, Kasamatsu noticed how her
eyes danced back and forth between his face and the screen. He turned
his upper body as well, giving her his full attention. Shakily, [Name]
opened her mouth to speak, but just as she was about to talk the sound
of a motor revving up and an evil cackle boomed throughout the theater.
[Name] screamed instead, causing a chain reaction as multiple other
people in the audience screamed as well. Feeling an embarrassed flush
rise to her cheeks, [Name] hid her face in Kasamatsu’s shoulder and
squeezed her eyes shut. Kasamatsu stiffened at the contact. He hoped she
wouldn’t be able to hear his heart practically beating through his
ribcage.

He felt bad for dragging [Name] to this type of movie,
but he hadn’t known she would react this way. Feeling a blush worm its
way onto his face, he leaned a bit closer to her. “W-We can leave n-now…
If you want,” he whispered, his larger hand squeezing hers.

Receiving
a quick nod from the first year, Kasamatsu gathered up the drinks they
had purchased for the movie before standing from his seat. Luckily the
pair had decided to sit in the back of the theater, upon [Name]’s
request, closer to the doors. She had probably seen this sort of outcome
being the result of their movie date and didn’t want to bother the
other moviegoers when they would inevitably leave during the middle of
the show.

“Let’s go,” Kasamatsu grunted as he felt [Name] curl her arm around his.

Making
their way out of the dark room, Kasamatsu dumped their drinks into a
rubbish bin near the doorway before leading [Name] to the main lobby of
the theaters. The lobby was much more brightly illuminated than the room
they had just been in and Kasamatsu found himself squinting a bit as
they walked through it. There were still crowds of people in the movie
theater lobby, some of them hanging around and chatting about movies
they had just finished, others standing in line as they waited to order
their snacks, and even more standing idly around as they waited for
their own movie to start. Kasamatsu grimaced as he tried to make his way
through the crowd. Eventually, the mass of people had become so thick
that [Name] had to relinquish her hold on his arm and settle for
latching her hand to his, making it easier for them to weave through.

“A-Ah, Kasamatsu-kun, wait!”

[Name]
called out after her boyfriend when, at one point in their journey
towards the front door, their hands had separated to allow passing
children run by. Before she knew it, a small wave of people had taken
that break as their cue to walk in front of the girl, causing her to
lose sight of Kasamatsu altogether. Feeling a slight panic, [Name] tried
to walk around the crowd and see if she could find the older teen, but
she only ended up getting more lost within the sea of people. After a
minute, she decided to walk in a straight line. Eventually she would hit
a wall and she could work her way towards the exit where the two would
hopefully meet up.

“Whoa, so old school,” she breathed out once she had made her way passed the crowd and to the opposite wall.

Standing
before her was an old photo booth; the kind that only took black and
white pictures and would print them out four at a time. She found
herself fascinated by the slightly old piece of technology, its
weathered corners and vintage style intriguing her. The curtain that
separated the inside of the booth from the outside theater surrounding
it was a dingy red color, stained from years of use and torn at the
edges. Reaching a hand out, she felt the rough fabric between her
fingers and tugged on it slightly. It felt loose and [Name] was sure she
could tear the entire thing off with one strong tug.

“There you
are.” A sudden hand clapped down on her shoulder and [Name] had to fight
the urge to scream. Looking up at her sudden companion, she sighed
mentally in relief when she saw Kasamatsu standing before her with a
worried expression etched in his face. He jerked his head in the
opposite direction, eyes glancing between hers and the exit. “Come on,
the door’s this way.”

“Wait, can we do this first?”

“E-Eh?”
Kasamatsu looked at the old photo booth that stood tall behind [Name].
It had definitely seen some better days and looked like it was about
ready to shut down any minute. “R-Really? D-Do we have to?”

“Please?
Oh, please, please, please,” [Name] begged, clasping her hands together
in front of her face as a small grin broke out onto her features.
“Besides, you owe me for taking me to such a scary movie. I nearly died
in that theater. A few pictures isn’t going to hurt.”

Kasamatsu
frowned slightly, but nodded nonetheless, earning himself an excited
squeal as [Name] dragged him into the booth after her. It was quite
small in there and the third year felt the heat of a blush creep onto
his face as he was forced to stand extra close to the girl in order to
get within the cameras sights. After inserting money into the machine,
[Name] turned towards the taller male and poked him in the cheek.

“Make sure you smile, okay?”

Kasamatsu
nodded and the pair turned forward to face the camera. [Name] gave her
best grin, her smile going wide and reaching up to her eyes as she held
onto Kasamatsu’s arm. She leaned closer to him and he bent down a bit to
get closer to her, his own barely present smile on his face. His brows,
however, were furrowed in slight confusion and annoyance. He hoped this
ordeal would end quickly.

The machine clicked and a bright flash
blinded the couple for a second, leaving black and white spots in their
vision. It started counting down again and [Name] made quick work of
getting into another pose. Kasamatsu mentally sighed, staying in the
same position as before. Another click and another flash. They were
halfway done.

Suddenly, Kasamatsu could feel the front of his
basketball jacket being forcefully tugged downward. He followed suit,
not wanting his jacket to be damaged and barely registering another
flash of the camera as he stared at the mischievous grin plastered on
[Name]’s face.

“Last picture,” she said, tugging the tall male even closer.

Kasamatsu’s
eyes widened and his face and ears turned red as [Name] pulled him into
a kiss, her own eyes shut in merriment. As their lips locked, Kasamatsu
heard the shutter of a camera and saw the bright light of the flash go
off in the corner of his eye. The screen started to play a short
animation as it printed their pictures.

“You could at least kiss
me back,” [Name] mumbled against his lips before pulling away with a
cheeky grin. She poked his cheek once again before stooping low to pick
up the photos the machine had just deposited through a slot. There were
two sets, one for her and one for him. “Oh well, maybe next time.”

Giving
him his set of photos and pushing the still frozen in shock male out of
the booth, [Name] latched her hand into his and led him towards the
exit of the theaters. By now the crowd had thinned out significantly and
they both had an easier time walking passed the strangers. As they
walked and Kasamatsu recovered from his embarrassed daze, he couldn’t
help but notice that [Name] had begun fiddling with her cell phone.

“W-What are you doing?” He asked as he watched her remove the clear case from around her phone.

“I
want to put the photographs in my phone case,” she answered, placing
the photos face down in the case before snapping it back into place
against her phone. She showed it to him, grinning. “Now I can see you
even whenever I want to.”

Kasamatsu sputtered as he looked at the
embarrassing photos displayed proudly in her phone. He started to
complain, telling her how she could’ve chosen better pictures, but she
only responded by childishly sticking her tongue out. Red in the face,
he declared that he would steal her phone later and destroy the evidence
before anyone else could see it.

They both knew he wouldn’t dare.

{EXTRA}

“Eh?! Hey, [Name], is this you and bushy brows?!”

Said
girl paused her conversation with Kawahara midsentence as she looked
over to Kagami. The obnoxiously loud redhead had her cellphone in his
hands, pointing accusingly at the photos she had displayed in her case.

“What?
No way, [Name]-chan and Knee-Socks-senpai?” Koganei asked as he too
went to go look at the photographs on her phone. “Wow, I didn’t know
you’d display something so risqué on your phone, [Name]-chan.”

“H-Hey,
wait,” [Name] stuttered, blushing at the odd nicknames her friends were
giving her boyfriend. She was starting to regret visiting Seirin’s
basketball practice as the rest of boys and Riko cooed and wolf whistled
at the pictures. Her plan of embarrassing Kasamatsu with the pictures
had backfired and now she was the one slowly regretting ever stepping
foot in that booth. [Name] could only hang her head and cover her cheeks
in embarrassment at the treatment she now received.

Somewhere in Kaijou, Kasamatsu was sneezing.

So funny and cute!!