barking at the moon [tendou satori]

chapter six: picture booth

AFTER A LONG week of training hard (and even getting a boyfriend) the coaches had decided to let the teams out on the town for a free day. Lucy had apologized to Oka (and Tendou after Oka's insistence) and everything seemed calm.

  Oka dressed herself in a large brown sweater that draped to her low thighs, cinching it with a large black belt. She had carefully slid on some stockings and put on some boots, grinning to herself in the bathroom mirror. Other girls filtered in and out, exchanging compliments and makeup.

  She fluffed her dark brown hair, letting it drop down. She bit her lip slightly at her shoulders, they were just so wide, and she always worried about wearing tighter clothes. She wasn't skinny, just a little stocky and muscular.

  But whatever. To hell with beauty standards.

  She headed outside the gym to where everyone had waited in groups, excitement filling the air like a flu. She spotted Shiratorizawa hanging in their own group and approached them, nerves rolling in her stomach.

  Semi, dressed in tan pants and a hoodie, was the first to notice her. His jaw dropped and he stopped in his conversation with Tendou and Goshiki. The first year was the next to notice and blushed furiously at her outfit, hiding his face immediately.

  Tendou slowly turned around, just when she stopped in front of him. He was wearing a similar aesthetic (thank god) with baggy black pants and a dark navy hoodie that slipped past his waist, a black baseball cap covering his head. His eyes widened when he spotted her and she nervously pulled at her sleeves.

  "I know it's a bit much just for a trip to the city, but I figured I should dress up at least once." She defended herself, even though no one had said anything yet. Semi shook his head furiously, swallowing thickly.

  "I-it's not that! You just look very nice, Oka." He settled and turned around, joining Goshiki in ignoring her. She scoffed at their reactions. Tendou was still staring at her in awe. She nudged his arm, laughing a little.

  That seemed to snap him back to life as he rushed to shield her from everyone else. He also tried to slide off his hoodie but Oka grabbed his arms and raised an eyebrow. "What the hell are you doing?" She asked. Tendou looked her up and down, giving her the same expression back.

  "What the hell are you wearing? You can't wear something like that without a warning! And the rest of the boys all got hard-ons as soon as you came over, so now you have to wear my hoodie!" He hissed and draped his hoodie over her head.

  Oka scoffed. "Tendou that's stupid. I'm wearing a nice outfit." She insisted but still slid on his hoodie. It was warm from him wearing it, and smiled like his cologne. It hung off her frame and enveloped her, falling to her knees. Tendou took a step back and surveyed her.

  "No! That's still too sexy! We'll just have to get you something else in the city." He grimaced. Oka cackled, throwing his hoodie back at him. She looped her arm through his and pulled him to the buses.

  //

  Shopping with Tendou was as much fun as it sounded. Every time they entered a store Tendou enjoyed pretending to be a different character. A helpless idiot, a bossy costumer, a lost child (who was six two) and a deaf person.

  Needless to say Oka couldn't stop laughing. They left with too many bags and ate way too sugary food. When they came to a coin fountain, Tendou insisted on throwing coins.

  "Alright, make a wish." He instructed her. She rolled her eyes but still held the coin tightly and murmured words under her breath.

  Tendou pulled her into his body. "So what you'd wish for?" He whispered into her ear, sending shivers down her back. She batted his arm away.

  "You know I can't tell you that." She giggled as he playfully glared at her. Together they continued wandering the mall and tormenting random store employees. But really she just didn't want to him she wished to spend forever with him.

  Eventually they came upon a picture booth, the sides advertising the various poses and pictures you could take. As soon as Tendou spotted it, he was tugging Oka towards it and pleading with her to take pictures.

  "Alright! You're paying through," she told him and set her bags down outside the booth. Together they slid in, a little cramped with Tendou's height but when the camera counted down for the first picture he rapidly tickled her sides.

  She burst into laughter and punched his arm, in which he tugged her in for a hug. This made her look up at him adoringly and he planted a big kiss on her lips. She returned it, wrapping her arms around him like she always did. Finally the machine dinged to let them know their turn was over.

  Oka turned to the camera with a frown. "Oh no, we missed all the countdowns." She huffed as she exited the booth. Tendou rubbed her back comfortingly as they waited for the pictures. Oka wasn't sure what to expect since they were moving around so much.

  But when the film slid out and they picked it up, she gasped.

  The first picture was her laughing with closed eyes with Tendou gazing at her with adoration in his eyes.

  The second was her punching his arm, his eyes wide in betrayal and a smile still planted on Oka's face, even though she was hitting Tendou.

  The third had the pair hugging tightly, staring into each other's eyes so lovingly it made her sick. It reminded Oka of those movies where the couple just loved each other. Like it was so obvious they loved each other.

  The fourth and final picture was of them kissing, their arms wound tightly around their bodies. Warmth spread through her chest as she stared at the pictures in awe. By some grace of an unexpected power all the pictures turned out amazing. She looked at Tendou who was smiling at the pictures.

  "Oka these are amazing. We should take more of these." He winked and she playfully slapped his arm before sliding her arm through his.

  "Alright, let's go find some more then."