égoïste [Akaashi Keiji]

raison #16

"You think you'll pass?" Bokuto eyed Shiori from his desk, his hands clenched into fists as he awaited the teacher.

Shiori, with an equally bothered look, exhaled slowly. "I damn hope so, Kou."

"I think you two should be fine." Yukie poked Bokuto and Shiori with her ruler.

In truth, as much as Shiori wanted to focus on her quiz results, she found herself thinking about the straights that Bokuto showed the day before during the practice match. They were incredibly straight and powerful, and it was so much better watching it live than on screen or being told about it.

She wondered if she could do anything like that and be so happy about a successful one afterwards. Bokuto was always smiling when he did them, and it did somewhat make her feel a touch jealousy that he was. He was always improving—always.

"Bokuto!" The teacher called. Kou stood up from his seat and took the results from her, taking a look at it. His expression immediately brightened up.

Oh, he passed.

"Maebara!" Shiori went up to the teacher and got her results, taking a peek at them. She nodded to herself when she was marked 50 to 60 for her bad subjects. She passed.

The bell rung for lunch. Students filed out, including the three of them. They had agreed to go outside to eat because it was such a nice day.

Bringing their food outside, they passed by Konoha's classroom to fetch him. He had a huge grin on his face when he came out, "I passed! How'd you guys go?"

Bokuto and Shiori gave him a grin and a thumbs up, and they all high fived each other before going to their usual outside spot.

"Hm? Where's Akaashi?" Shiori questioned. He was late. They had already finished up their lunches, and normally he would have already been there with them.

"I don't know, maybe he's on duty?" Konoha suggested. "I didn't see him today so I'm not sure."

"Is he sick?" She raised a brow, finding it almost impossible for the setter to be. But, it was entirely possible as well. "Well, I'm going to check up on him, then. I also need to give the forms back for archery and the club manager's in 2nd year, so I'll be back soon." She added, "Yukie, you can finish my lunch!"

"Okay!" Yukie smiled and waved as Shiori went off to the classroom. Yukie had in fact seen Akaashi that day, but she wasn't going to say anything about it.

Well, he'll be happy if she comes to check up on him, was her thought when she smiled. She quickly took her favourite parts from Shiori's lunch, sharing it with Bokuto and Konoha.

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"Yup, here's the form." Shiori handed the paper to the archery club's manager, smiling. The club manager blushed at the appearance of the third year, taking the paper with a grin.

"Thank you! You didn't need to come all the way, Shiori-san."

"It's fine. I had a few things to do here." The volleyball player gave her a wave as she exited her classroom, "I'll see you tomorrow!"

"See you tomorrow!"

The Maebara exited the 2nd year classroom and stood outside for a moment, trying to remember which class Akaashi was in. She remembered, and then proceeded to go down the hall, ignoring the stares and whispers that were going around when she passed.

She peeked her head into Class 2-6's room, scanning to find Akaashi.

Hm? He's not here...she raised a brow. The students inside were all looking at her, so she wondered if she looked weird doing what she was doing.