Where the Paths Take Me [COMPLETED]

Chapter 36 ~ Result Check ~

A whole week already passed and it's one week left before the Inter High. If Souma's usual training regimen for them is tough, difficult is an understatement when Megumi found the old training regimens in her grandfather's reading room. It seems that he used to help out the school's basketball team back in the days.

After school, Megumi walked down the hallways together with Kise. The other students still glared at her as she walked by. She heed no attention to them. Well, she tried to, at least.

Kise could see that she was uncomfortable with the situation.

"Ne, Megumicchi.." he started.

"Yes?" Megumi looked up at him.

"Why are we suppose to bring our exam papers today anyway?" he asked, mainly to distract Megumi from her discomfort.

"Oh, it's for the results check."

"What's that?"

"U-Umm, it's pretty hard to explain. We'll see when we get to the gym," Megumi said.

Kise could only looked confused at that. But, he kept talking to her. His ideas never seem to run out. He kept conversing with her until they arrived at the gym.

"Ah, we're here!" Kise exclaimed.

"I didn't even notice.." Megumi said, smiling shyly.

"It's fun when I talk to you, Megumicchi! Time is always jealous of that.." Kise playfully pouted, making Megumi giggled. Kise beamed back at her and held her wrist. Then, he led the way into the gym.

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Aomine witnessed all that from the rooftop. He wasn't sleeping at the time which was unusual. Instead, he stood watching with his arms resting on the railings for support.

The roof entrance door opened and cigarette smokes wafted into the air. Aomine scrunched up his nose at the smell.

"Oh, you're not sleeping nor reading your porn mags today~" Hokuto teased. "Is the world ending already?"

"Tsk, what do you want?" Aomine said without looking back at her.

"Momoi is busy so, I'm here to take you to practice!" Hokuto dropped her cigarette on the floor and stepped on it.

Seeing that he didn't move from his place, Hokuto crossed her arms on her chest. She raised an eyebrow at him. She had replaced Momoi in calling him to practice a few times before so, she had a pretty good idea on how to handle him.

Yeah, Aomine goes to practice nowadays. But, there are still those days where he turns lazy and sleep on the roof. Well, he oversleeps and is always late to practice.

"I'm gonna have to burn your Mai-chan if you're this stubborn, you know." She  took out a magazine from the bag she was holding and put it above the fire from her lighter.

"Go ahead. Not that I care.." Aomine turned and looked at her with uninterested eyes.

What he didn't expect was that a magazine with a half naked woman would be flung into his face at full speed. It his him square in the face. If it was thicker, he might have gotten a nose injury.

"Who are you and what did you do with Ahomine?!" Hokuto pointed at him.

"What the fuck?! Did Satsuki give you a script or something?!!" Aomine snapped. His eye twitched in annoyance as he pressed the bridge of his nose with between his thumb and index finger.

Hokuto smirked. "Now that's more like it. Your character just now was so unnatural."

"Tsk, whatever.." Aomine sighed and turned on his heels towards the roof entrance. He shoved his hands in his pockets, feeling lazy at the situation.