Crimson & Clover//AkashiSeijuroXReader

Grocery shopping

You skipped club period and came home early. It wasn't even 4 yet. You cleaned your room with a sheet mask on. It was a self-care day for you since the past few weeks had been quite overwhelming. You keep reminding yourself that you came home early not because you were avoiding Akashi but because you needed a self-care day. 

You took a cold shower with your favorite strawberry and vanilla body wash while your stray kids' playlist was blasting in the background. You then slipped into your softest pjs and did some skincare. After that, you sat at your desk but instead of studying you pulled out the latest volume of the manga you were reading since it was self-care day duh. But the maga left you traumatized you were rolling on the floor bawling your eyes out. You were so engrossed in reading that you didn't even realize it was 6 in the evening. You were starving and wanted to make yourself some ramen but you were all out of it. So you decide to dress up and go out shopping to relieve some stress.

You wore a bottle green min skirt with a black tshirt and a black denim jacket over it. For shoes, you wore your chunky black oxfords with black socks. You did a little bit of makeup mainly blush mascara and lipgloss and wore your mom's expensive perfume. Then you take your crossbody bag, put on your headset, and head out for shopping.

You took a bus to the store furthest away from your place cause you wanted to stay in your outfit for a bit longer but not too far so you wouldn't stay out too long. On your way to the store, you could feel heads turning towards you but just like every other girl you pretended you didn't. The store was close to your school but you didn't expect any of your classmates to be there since it was already past 7. 

You made your way down the aisle towards the ramen section with a basket in your hand. You tip-toed and tried your best to reach the top shelf, that's when an arm hovered over you, picked up the pack of ramen you were reaching for, and placed it on your basket. You had music blasting in your ears so you didn't realize that someone was behind you. You turned around to thank that person and saw your crimson boy, Akashi. You took a look around and saw it wasn't just Akashi that was here but almost the entire basketball club. Some were still coming in and some were just standing outside. You were relieved that at least you weren't looking homeless.

"What are you doing here at this hour?", Akashi asked looking you up and down "Are you here for Sato?"

"NO!" you yelled without realizing how loud you were. Akashi smirked seeing you get offended. "No" you repeated softly this time "Why is your whole damn club here?" 

Before Akashi could reply a first-year from behind yelled, "Captain made us practice one hour extra so he's buying everyone snacks as compensation" 

Another first-year shouted, "Is she your girlfriend captain? She's hot!" This comment made everyone turn towards you to get a glimpse of Akashi's girlfriend. The crowd was filled with "Oh she's pretty" and "Dang who is she" "Is she from our school?". One of your classmates took a closer look at you and confirmed your identity "Oh that's just Y/N from class 2-B"  

Another boy from your class came up and exclaimed "Oh right she is Y/n. It's just that you are kinda invisible in school so it's hard for us to recognize you outside in regular clothes" 

You just looked at him without blinking or saying a word, staring straight into his soul. 

"I..ah...I mean you..uh look good...hahaha?" he stuttered moving away from you. He whispered into Akashi's ear "Is Y/n really your girlfriend?"  

You shouted firmly, "NO, I'm not his girlfriend, we are not dating jeez." 

Everyone quieted down and went back to picking their snacks.

"So you came all the way here to buy ramen?" Akashi asked, "Or did you get all dressed up hoping to meet me here?"

"No, you wish I dressed up for you, I was just strolling through town since I had so much time in hand and I was passing by here when I realized that I ran out of my favorite ramen flavor and this store has it so I just came in to buy some okay", you lied. 

"Fine fine I believe your story no need to elaborate" Akashi lied.

"Why do you always try to piss me off?"

"Cause your little angry face is cute"

You step on his foot and make your way towards the frozen food section. Akashi followed you limping on one foot.

"ouch that hurt I had a broken toe just last month you know ", he complained.

"Serves you right" you teased. "And it was your other foot toe that was broken"

"Wow you remember such small details about me"

"I just guessed dummie I knew you were lying" you lied again.

You picked up a pack of tofu, ground meat, lemongrass flavor sparkling ice tea, frozen chicken nuggets, and a bar of dark chocolate and turned towards the vegetable aisle. Akashi again followed you.

"Yeah, it doesn't even hurt, your step was pretty weak."

You didn't reply this time. You picked up some enoki and oyster mushroom, spring onion, pickled cucumber and jalapeno, and headed toward the checkout counter. 

"Look I'm sorry", Akashi said "for everything" He held your hand when he saw you weren't stopping.

"What now", you snapped.

"I'm sorry for that day" he paused "Can we go back the way we were it felt good to have a genuine friend close to me", Akashi apologized again with pleading eyes.

You could feel his sincerity. You realized how selfish and unreasonable you were being. You didn't try to understand him even a bit. You could feel his warmth melt your cold self. Your eyes softened and you replied, "I'm sorry too and it's alright"

"You don't have anything to be sorry for" he took the basket from your other hand and walked you to the counter. He took out his card to pay for your groceries.

"Hey you don't have to pay for me you're already paying for so many people", you insisted.

"Don't worry, I'm rich and this is my dad's card", Akashi replied.

"He won't get mad at you for spending so much in one night?"

"He won't even notice plus I pay him back by being the best basketball player in Japan" He picked up a pack of pocky sticks and placed it on the counter," This too please"

Akashi turned to you and asked, "Do you want me to drop you home?"

"No it's alright I'll just take the bus home", you replied.

"Okay go home safely and text me when you reach, I would drop you home if I wasn't buying snacks for all these people it looks like it'll take some time if you could wait but then it'll be too late your mother would get worried", Akashi kept blabbering to himself.

"Hey hey slow down I can go home on my own"

"okay okay then go home already it's almost 8", Akashi reminded you.

That night you lay on your bed with the pack of pocky that Akashi brought for you in your hand, wondering if he sees you the way you see him.