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❝ NO DON’T BLOCK ME PLEASE!!!!! I NEED YOU IN MY LIFE! ❞

Hmph. Pull one over on her, did he? Riko knew entirely well that this was all a ruse, a way to get back at her for the teasing she did. Well the teasing she always did. But he should have known better, right? The truly easy way to go about things was to just let Riko have her way. Maybe not all of the time, but a majority of the time was enough to satisfy her. She grumbled to herself, gripping her bat and ready to go on a rampage.

At least until Hyuuga finally showed his face. She turned to face him, glaring up at him. She had half a mind to ignore him and still make a beeline to his house but she supposed she could let him off a little easier for once. She took her bat and jabbed him in the stomach, enough to hurt but not enough to make him keel over. “That’s what you get for trying to hide out from me!” She turned around to place her bat back inside her house, swirling back around with a smile like none of that even happened. “So now that you’re done being stupid, let’s go get ice cream! We’re going to the usual place, right?” 

Hyuuga really wondered about why he felt the way he did when this was practically a daily occurrence in his life. He clutched at his stomach, grateful she hadn’t hit him at his usual strength, instead just enough to cause him annoyance. He glared at her, her small body quickly turning around, the bat loose in her grip as she twirled it around. At this point he didn’t have much choice but to follow her, catching up quickly as he approached the side of her.

@warlordcaptain

 ❝ Captain – ❞ words are spoken softly over the surface hiding his face as Kuroko peers at his senior for a couple seconds. He does not wait for a reply. While he often chooses to remain silent sometimes, his words provoke thought. This time, however, Kuroko was only seeking a bit of approval.  ❝ I’ve been practicing my shots. Could you make a three-point for me? ❞ 

   He does not offer any more information, nor explanation as to why he needs Hyuuga to do it specifically. Nevertheless, that was simply Kuroko’s way of doing things.

“Oh, Kuroko.” Hyuuga greeted, Kuroko still managed to catch him off guard sometimes, but it was happening less and less, something Hyuuga was pretty proud of. “Huh....well I guess it wouldn’t hurt to.” Really, Hyuuga was excited to show off in front of his kouhai.

Perhaps saying that his face was flushed the entire time was a bit of an overstatement. They were fine from the time Hyuuga picked her up at her house, although he did look rather pale when she opened the door. He was probably half expecting her father to open the door. But it seemed like on Riko’s end that his blush only deepened when it really sunk in that they were on a date and not just hanging out as per usual. 

“Oh I am enjoying this, no worries!” She grinned at him, folding her hands under her chin. He was making it very easy to hide the fact that she was nervous. He didn’t even notice that her poor legs were shaking underneath the table! Maybe she did have a good poker face after all. She lost her smile for a bit when he mentioned it not being a good date. “What are you talking about? I’m honestly having fun with you. Er– My teasing aside.” She sat back in her chair, shaking her head from side to side in thought at his questions. “Hmm, yea I guess you have a point. It’s hard to really do first date questions when we’ve known each other for so long.” She raised a finger, “But! We don’t actually know each other romantically! It’s not like we’ve flirted with one another before–” She froze again, just as it really sunk in that this was a date. 

“H-Hyuuga-kun… I have a question. Just …how long have you liked me er– that way? Did I… miss cues from you before? Like flirting or anything?” 

“...You are?” Of course she was, seeing him like this was one of Riko’s things as long as it wasn’t on the court. It was hard to believe he was the same person that was supposed to lead an entire team with such confidence, when he was having a hard time time even remembering how to speak at some points tonight. But...she was having a good time, he supposed that was the entire point of taking her out, even if he felt like falling into a puddle for most of the night, anything to escape this feeling, although maybe it was good he was so nervous, something would’ve been wrong if he wasn’t right!? Jeez, he was overthinking this. He just needed to relax. 

“Uh...” Hyuuga froze. She...really didn’t know? Or noticed?! A part of him wanted to scream but the other shouldn’t have been surprised at all. As many times as he’d failed to get her attention or compliment her or completely messed them up he couldn’t blame her. “You really wanna know?” Well, it wasn’t any use lying to her. Besides, it’d feel good to finally get it off his chest. “Since...middle school?” He didn’t really remember when exactly, but sometime during their training he noticed he started feeling differently. “Uh, but, then all that stuff happened and then we got to high school, and then you and Kiyoshi...and I guess it was always there?” This was actually pretty embarrassing, it wasn’t nearly as therapeutic as he thought it’d be. “You really didn’t know?! Everyone’s been making fun of me for the past like, nine months!” 

@warlordcaptain from here.

Watching Hyuuga squirm was probably on the top of the list of things Riko loved to do. Right up there with coaching and collecting little bear paraphernalia. It wasn’t as if Riko wasn’t nervous going on this date with Hyuuga. Hell, it was only so long ago that she realized he wasn’t kidding when he told her that he liked her. (She still wasn’t completely sure he was serious.)

But seeing him be nervous helped her own nerves tremendously. If she could tease him, she could be less nervous herself. “Nah, I wouldn’t say it’s lame! But a little nervous is an understatement. Your face has been red since we got here! It’s quite fun to watch to be honest.” 

“W-what!?” Ah, surely she was kidding, right?! It was...hard to tell with her sometimes, especially now with his nerves all jumbled, to be honest Hyuuga wasn’t sure if he knew even what he was saying himself was a joke half the time when he’d actually found the words. It was a rare moment where he wished he could be a bit more like Kiyoshi, he couldn’t imagine that idiot being nervous, at least not like this.

your archetype is the warrior.

traits: purposeful, adaptable, loyal, agressive, mindful, decisive, skillful, isolated, destroyer

the warrior is most commonly used to symbolize the victory of a war. raised in the image of their trainer, and at most times, their parental figure, the connection that is fundamental in building relationships is extremely weak. although warriors find it difficult to trust, once they do, it is a bind that lasts until death. while warriors are fiercely loyal, they are extremely wary of strangers. their greatest wish is to be credited in their achievements, and they tend to isolate themselves if they aren't validated, taking things personally. warriors tend to things for the greater good, and destroy to protect.

fictional characters that are warriors: arya stark, indiana jones, lisbeth salander, sirius black

“Huh? Kiyoshi-senpai’s the one who told me about it too. I dunno, I still don’t know too many people here in Japan outside of you guys so it sounded good.” Maybe making a Grindr profile wasn’t the answer, but hey, his pictures had gotten him a lot of attention. “Oh, u-uh, sorry. Wait, we are? You don’t have to still go through with it or anything… Unless you wanna.”

“You know it, I’m only in it for the Aida fortune,” Hyuuga teased, as if there were any fortune to actually speak of. “Say, if your dad dies, does that mean you’d get the gym? Because I’m sure that’d be worth a lot of money.” He let out a laugh, continuing on their walk. All in all….the date was pretty nice, considering well, he was on it.