I finished preparing dinner with Akatsuki and called the others to join us.
"Whoa, something smells nice." Kimishita said walking down the stairs.
He was always the first to rush down whenever it was time to eat.
"Whoa! What the hell?" He asked looking at me, he was taken aback.
"Food, I need that badly." Akaji said taking a seat. "Whoa!"
"What's going on?" Tamura Hinami asked walking down the stairs with other girls.
"Yeah, you guys have been..... Whoa!" Nakamura said looking shocked.
The others walked downstairs and took their seat.
*Must be my hair, maybe I look weird after all.* I thought sitting on a seat beside Akatsuki.
I picked up my chopsticks to begin eating but I felt their gaze on me.
"Huh?" I asked looking up at them.
"Who?" Watabe asked.
"Um..." I tried speaking up as I noticed Akatsuki trying to stifle his laughter.
*Damn you, did you do anything to my hair?* I thought looking at him as he looked away.
"Um, guys, the food's gonna get cold." I said trying to look away.
"Um... Oshiba-san?" Sugawara asked.
"Hmm?" I answered.
"Oh my God, that's actually Atsushi-kun." Tamura said.
"Oh, yeah." I said.
"Whoa, like you look totes different." Hayashi said.
"Tell 'Im." Akatsuki said.
"Yeah, you look cool." Akaji said smiling.
*Urgh.* I thought looking at him.
"Why'd you always cover your eyes?" Watabe asked.
"Nothing serious, just wanted to." I said looking down.
*Can't just tell 'em 'bout my middle school days.* I thought munching my rice. I looked up and saw Ueta looking down.
She wasn't all jolly like she usually is, she's more like, sad.
*Wait, what?* I thought as the realization hit me.
We previously agreed that she'd cut my hair for me but today my hair was cut by someone else.
*Nah no way in hell.* I thought shaking the thought out.
After dinner, the guys decided to stay back in the sitting room to have guys talk, get it, they decided, I still don't get why am here with them.
"So like we'll be free till next year." Nakamura said opening the bag of chips which I guess he bought earlier in the day.
"Yeah like am so happy about that, we'll have few weeks of free time." Watabe said popping his can of soda open.
"It's just for Christmas preparations, at the end we'll have to engage in worse exercises after new year." Saitō said.
"Yeah, but I guess I'll just take it easy for now, just in preparation for next year." Akaji said smiling.
*When's he gonna stop putting up a face.*
"Yeah, seems alright to me, I don't think they'll be giving us a match anytime soon." Watabe said.
"Mm-hm." Akatsuki said.
"Hey, you guys wanna hit the arcade tomorrow?" Akaji asked.
"Yeah, count me in." Watabe said excitedly.
"I don't have anything doing so I'll be with you guys." Saitō said.
"Me too."
"Same here."
*I'll be bailing out, I'll use these days to make myself better than I used to be.* I thought about to speak up.
"Yeah, I and Atsushi-kun will be coming as well." Akatsuki said smiling.
*Shut the fuck up!!!!*
"Oshiba-kun." Akaji said waiting for my approval.
"Oh, guess I don't have anything doing." I said looking away.
"Well that settles it, we'll be going different places tomorrow." Akaji said.
"Huh? I thought its just the gym?" I asked.
"Oh, did I say that out loud, don't mind me. Tee-hee😋"
*Crap, I really hate walking around.* I thought as they kept discussing.
I went up to my room when we finished talking and saw Ueta about to get on her bed.
"Oh, Ueta, looks like you're about to go to bed." I said forcing a smile.
"Yeah." She answered lying on her bed.
"Oh, goodnight."
"Yeah."
*Seems like she's mad about something.* I thought looking at her.
*Well, it doesn't look like she wants to talk about it, and even if she does I really wanna go to bed.* I thought yawning.
The next day, I went to Akatsukis' room and we talked for sometime before deciding to have our bathes.
"Won't Saitō be waking up?" I asked.
"Nah, he's not gonna wake up, just leave him, he'll be up soon." Akatsuki said as we walked out.
"Oh, looks like you guys are here already." Nakamura said as we walked into the bathroom.
"That's cause a particular someone said we'll be leaving by 10, it's already few minutes after 9." Akatsuki said.
"Yeah, sorry about that." Akaji said smiling.
"Yeah whatever, let's be fast and leave." Akatsuki said.
Before 10, we were ready to leave.
"Shouldn't we tell the coach that we'll be leaving?" Saitō asked.
"Maybe you should try fixing your bed hair first." Watabe said.
"Oh, forgot that." Saitō said as they laughed at his hair, emphasis on the 'they'.
We left the compound. We went straight to the arcade after leaving the house.
"Whoa, not what I expected this place to be like." I said looking at the place.
"Your first time in an arcade?" Akatsuki asked.
"Yeah."
*I didn't go to places I thought were not important, more like I hated crowded places.*
"Meaning you don't know how you play." Akatsuki said with a smug smile.
"What are you tryina say?" I asked as he laughed.
"Just have fun, you don't seem to have fun back at the dorm." He said walking to a machine.
*I guess so.* I thought sitting beside him. He taught me how to play some games while playing his.