First I Love You [Kasamatsu Yukio]

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[Name] sighed in
relief when she finally spotted the wide open doors of Kaijou’s gym
before her, jogging the rest of the way towards the entrance. Noting
that the massive crowd of females were no longer present, she came to
the conclusion that ordinary practice for the basketball club had ended
long ago, leaving only the regulars behind. However, once she had
approached the open doors to the gym, she noticed that neither the sound
of bouncing basketballs nor the sound of squeaking shoes reached her
ears. Looking inside, she noticed that the gym was completely empty.
Worried, she quickly took her phone out of her bag, reading the time on
the illuminated screen and sighing in self disappointment. She was
fifteen minutes late for the end of basketball practice.

Frowning
to herself, [Name] placed her phone back into her bag before wiping at
the sweat that had started to form at her brow. She cursed her teacher
for making her stay later than usual after class and she cursed herself
for missing the first bus that would take her to Kaijou. Idly walking in
the direction of Kaijou’s school gates, she wondered if Kasamatsu had
already left to go home.

“Hey, [Name]-san!”

The sudden call
of her name caused the first year to falter in her step. She turned to
look back towards the gym, noticing a few familiar people waving at her
as they walked in her direction.

“Oh, hello again Kobori-senpai,”
[Name] greeted as Kasamatsu’s teammates reached her. “It’s nice to see
you again. You too, Moriyama-senpai, Hayakawa-senpai, Kise-kun.” She
nodded to them all in greeting as she said their names, giving them all a
charming smile.

“[Name]cchi, why didn’t we see you during practice today?”

There
it was. That nickname again. [Name] scrunched her face in slight
confusion as she looked at the blonde, choosing to ignore his question
in favor for her own. “Why do you call me that?”

“Eh? You’re
Kasamatsu-senpai’s girlfriend now,” Kise answered, as if it were the
clearest reason to all her confusion. “Getting him to actually interact
with a girl is a pretty amazing feat in itself. You must’ve been pretty
persistent.”

[Name] wasn’t sure whether to take his answer as a
compliment or not. Deciding to brush it off as one of those quirks she
would never understand about the blonde, she answered his previous
question from before with a heavy sigh.

“I really wanted to watch
you all practice again, but I got held back to make up a math test I
missed.” [Name] scratched at the back of her head as she explained
herself, avoiding the guys’ eyes as she pouted to herself. Remembering
that she had specifically wanted to watch Kasamatsu practice again, she
looked around for said captain before asking. “Hey, where is Yukio
anyway?”

Kobori smiled, having noticed the way the young Seirin
student called Kaijou’s captain by his given name. “He’s discussing
things with Coach Takeuchi about our upcoming game.”

“You should come watch,” Moriyama added in. “The more pretty girls in the audience, the better I can play.”

“I
would love to come watch you all play,” [Name] said, ignoring
Moriyama’s usual flirtatious tone. Her smile widened as she thought
about finally seeing her boyfriend’s team in an official match.

“Come
on, [Name]cchi, let’s go wait for Kasamatsu-senpai at the front gates,”
Kise excitedly said, latching his arm into her own in order to easily
drag the female along. He smiled down at her, his eyes shining with a
mischievous glimmer. “We have some questions for you.”

“Questions?
Sure, what do you need to know?” [Name] asked, oblivious to the model’s
ulterior motives. As she was dragged along, she noticed that the other
team members kept up in pace, following behind the pair.

“How did you meet him before you two started dating?” Kise asked, getting straight to the point.

“H-huh?”
[Name] muttered, surprised by the question. “Well, we never really met
prior to me asking him out…” [Name] thought back to the day she had
first confessed to Kasamatsu, cringing at how awful it had been for the
both of them. “I just saw him playing basketball once in junior high and
thought he was cool. He’s even cooler now that I actually know him…”
She trailed off, smiling at the memory of a younger her watching a
younger Kasamatsu play. Comparing the memory to an image of herself now,
there wasn’t much of a difference. She still got pretty giddy whenever
he was able to make a basket and she would instantly melt when she saw
his determined smile.

“So you confessed to him first?” Moriyama
asked, butting into the conversation quickly before Kise could ask his
next question. Kise, who was just about to ask the same thing, gave a
pout as he looked at his senior.

“Yeah, I confessed first.”

“And
he rejected you.” Kobori stated casually more than asked. [Name] only
nodded in confirmation, not knowing quite why the guys would want this
information.

“I don’t know why he would reject such a cute girl,”
Moriyama sighed, shrugging his shoulders. “I know I would’ve said yes in
a heartbeat.”

“You would’ve said yes to anybody that asked,”
Kobori muttered under his breath, earning a glare from Moriyama and a
few laughs from [Name], Hayakawa, and Kise.

By now the small group
had made their way to the front gates of the school. They slowed their
pace to almost a crawl before coming to a stop near the school sign,
standing in front of the big blue letters that announced Kaijou’s
presence to the area around it. Kise had let go of [Name]’s arm as soon
as they made it to the front gate, choosing instead to waltz his way in
front of the girl so she couldn’t escape his form even if she wanted to.
The other three basketball players stood to the side, watching as Kise
continued his interrogation of the Seirin student. Every so often they
would put in their own opinions or ask their own questions.

“Hey,
if you liked him so much, why didn’t you come to Kaijou?” Kise asked. He
had finished asking her about her past and was now moving on to
questions about the present.

[Name] sighed a bit, wondering if
Kise’s onslaught of questions would ever end. “My dad got transferred to
a different office and my family moved homes so his commute wouldn’t be
too bad. Seirin was a lot closer to home than Kaijou, so it only made
sense. Besides, why would I follow someone who clearly rejected me?”

Kise
waggled his pointer finger, giving a small wink. “I’m the one asking
questions [Name]cchi.” Thinking to himself for a moment, Kise wrestled
with his mind a bit to see if there were any more questions he had for
[Name]. When none came to mind, he decided to just say what was on his
mind, hoping more questions would come from the conversation. “So when
you saw him again, you must’ve been really excited. Or nervous, I guess,
since he rejected you before… But then you confessed again!”

[Name]
felt herself flush in embarrassment at the memory of her second
confession. She had forgotten that Kise had been there for the event as
well. When the others started to ask Kise what had happened during the
second confession and Kise had started describing in detail, hand
motions and all, she had to stop herself from punching the blonde.
Kasamatsu’s violent tendencies were starting to rub off on her.

“I
thought you were asking me questions,” [Name] reminded them in order to
save herself from further embarrassment at the memory.

“Oh yeah,”
Kise said, telling the guys he would tell them the rest of the story
some other time. “So, how long have you guys been going out now?”

“Uh,
almost a month and a half now,” [Name] answered, thinking back to the
night Kasamatsu had asked her to make their relationship official.
Telling Kise to continue with his interrogation had been the wrong move
after all, seeing as [Name] was slowly starting to find it harder to
keep a blush from forming every time he asked her about her previous
dates.

“How many guys did you date before?”

“Three.”

“And how long did those last?”

“About two months at most.”

“How long do you want this relationship to last?”

“A-As
long as possible of course!” [Name] felt stupid for playing into Kise’s
game as he smiled at her answer in a mischievous way. Her cheeks
continued to redden and she placed her hands upon them in a desperate
attempt to hide the color.

“Oh,” Kise drawled out in a teasing tone. “So, you really like Kasamatsu-senpai, huh?”

“I-I
more than like him,” she declared easily despite her darkening cheeks.
Kise gave her yet another teasing smiling as he raised a single brow,
asking her to continue. Swallowing the lump in her throat, she croaked
out more words in a vain attempt to get Kise to end his questions. “What
more do you want me to say? That I love him? B-because I do.”

[Name]
had closed her eyes in order to obtain the courage to say those words,
but after realizing that she was met with only silence, she opened them
in order to assess the boys’ reaction. It confused her as to why they
were all grinning widely until a strangled cough from behind caught her
attention. Turning to look towards the noise, she was met with the sight
of a very red faced Kasamatsu. He had a hand to his cheeks and his eyes
were wide, darting back and forth between her and his teammates. [Name]
could feel her own face flare up with another heated blush as her eyes
met with Kasamatsu’s steel blue ones.

“See, Senpai,” Kise
exclaimed, cutting into the awkward atmosphere with his bubbly
personality, “There’s no need for you to worry! [Name]cchi really does
love you!”

Kise could only cry as he became the victim to countless kicks to the back.

{EXTRA}

Silently
holding hands, Kasamatsu and [Name] walked to the station where they
would part ways for the day. His teammates, who he had reprimanded
harshly for their teasing, had already left and were long forgotten. As
they walked, Kasamatsu couldn’t help but replay [Name]’s and Kise’s
words in his mind. It would be the last time he confessed to the blonde
about his relationship troubles ever again.

“I meant what I said,”
[Name] murmured, breaking Kasamatsu from his mental stupor. She wasn’t
looking at him, instead opting for gazing at the trees they passed by as
the red of her cheeks slowly crept back. “I-I really do love you,
Yukio.”

Kasamatsu faltered in his steps before coming to a halt,
causing his younger companion to stop as well. He opened and closed his
mouth a few times, incomprehensible syllables spluttering forth as he
tried to gather his thoughts. Finally, after a moment, he took a deep
breath.

“I-I love you too, [Name].”

So funny and cute!