Alice in Borderland Oneshots

Short Hair (Nirashiya)

Summary: A short blonde manages to get Niragi's attention.

tags: fluff, niragi isn't that much of an asshole, everyone's in college, food dates

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Daydreaming is something many people do to romanticize their possible crush; and that's what Niragi Suguru was doing in the middle of his math lecture. He was deeply thinking about a person who's been "haunting" him in his dreams recently, trying to make a mental picture of them before being yelled at.

The professor spotted the mentally absent man through their group of undergrads, "Niragi, stop sleeping in my class. Otherwise, detention will be your new after-school activity."

He sat up straight, trying to act like he was paying attention while the teacher returned to teaching. Niragi, of course, could care less for the class and immediately went back to thinking. He didn't see the need for math besides the basics, so why waste time on things deemed useless mentally? But before class concluded, the black-haired man tried to jot down everything he remembered from his dreams before having a finished product.

Niragi held his notepad up to take a closer look at what he wrote down, "Blonde...short hair...CHISHIYA? CHISHIYA SHUNTAROU?!"

He couldn't believe what he saw, let alone his racing thoughts. The person—who's been in Niragi's dreams like the damn plague—was no one other than the short, blonde male he thought was weird? The same person he also coincidentally hates with every fiber in his body?!

Even though he didn't mean to, Niragi looked to spot Chishiya sitting in a school-provided booth, writing in what seemed like his notebook; "There's no way it's him, not in a million years..."

The taller male was completely grossed out by the fact that he had somehow gained a crush on Chishiya, out of all damn people. He frantically wrote about it since he knew his ego was too high to express some measly feelings to somebody he didn't respect. However, Niragi knew he had to tell at least one person. Definitely no one from his side, but someone from a different friend group...and that person was Kuina Hikari, a very trusted individual of Chishiya. It sounded dumb at first, but Niragi had a gut feeling she wouldn't tell the blonde about his one-sided enemy's crush.

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The last bell for the day went off after a few hours, letting undergraduates do whatever they pleased with their free time. Since Niragi figured this was the best time to talk to Kuina, he packed his stuff, threw everything into his backpack, and slung that over his back while searching for the tall woman. He found her talking with Chishiya at one of the campus-provided tables, eating their lunches.

Niragi went up to the table, mainly to Kuina's side; "You."

The girl noticed the tall male's presence, "What could you want from us, Niragi? I suppose it's not me but maybe Chishiya?"

Niragi rolled his eyes, "I don't need him, let alone want him." What a lie, but he kept talking; "I need to talk to you for a sec. You and only you, so..." Niragi looked at Chishiya, "You can wander off somewhere."

Chishiya shrugged before throwing away his trash and walking to a nearby area, leaving Kuina and Niragi by themselves.