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Another long day of hard training has passed at the German soccer team, Bastard München. They’ve been practicing relentlessly for the Neo Egoist league. You are a part of that team, playing as a forward. Isagi and you are good partners on the field, having created a chemical reaction from the first match you had together. Whenever he and Kaiser are arguing, you manage to break them apart and calm Isagi down. He’s very grateful for that. In general, you get along quite well with everyone on the team, some a bit more than others. Your closest companions are: Isagi, Hiori, and Kurona. You really love practicing with them, especially resident shark-boy Kurona… You couldn’t understand why… Why are you so drawn to him? Maybe it’s his cute habit of repeating words? Or maybe you like hearing him rant quietly about all different types of sharks?
After winning the match against P.X.G., they all decide to have a victory sleepover/party. Some agreed a little reluctantly though… Hiori, Kurona, Isagi, Yukimiya, Igaguri and you were most excited, Raichi was grumbling about how ‘this is a waste of training time’. Kaiser and Ness probably weren’t even attending. Kunigami was neutral about it all and just went along without a word.
It is about 8 pm now. Everyone finished dinner and those attending the sleepover got ready, putting on pajama’s, getting snacks, choosing movie’s…
You’re brushing your loose hair after packing a bag with some snacks. A bit further from you, Isagi is looking through his box of soccer match tapes. You watch him for a bit and decide to ask him about it.
“Isagi? What are you doing? Shouldn’t you get ready for the sleepover?” You tilt your head as he looks back at you after hearing you talk.
“Oh, y/n! I’m picking out some of my coolest tapes to watch later.” He answers quietly but with excitement clear in his eyes. “You wanna take a look and help me decide?”
You give him a confused look: “Why watch soccer tapes at a sleepover? just how obsessed with this sport are you??” You laugh. Isagi chuckles a little out of embarrassment. “Hey, hey, don’t make fun of me!”
A little later, you and Isagi go grab some futons, you leave your bag open as you were still packing. Igaguri comes in a bit later, having taken a shower. He sees your bag, it’s on his side, opened, how you left it there. Igaguri glances around himself, as if checking no one is there. He then decides to take a little peek in your bag. The first thing he sees is a cute little plushie, one he’s never seen before. The plushie is a cute hammer head shark with chibi eyes. Attached is a small note saying: ‘For Kurona ♡’. His eyes land immediately on the small heart next to the written name. “What the- Could this be a gift or something? And why the heart..?”
He then gets a thought and gains a mischievous little smirk on his face. “What if y/n has a little crush on Kurona? hehehe” Igaguri was about to inspect your bag further until Hiori entered the dorm room. “What are ya up to, Igaguri?” Hearing the light-blue haired boys kansai accent, Igaguri visibly flinches. Before Hiori could see, he put the plushie in the bag and turned to him like nothing happened.
“Oh h-hey..! Hiori… how are you?” Igaguri chuckles nervously and gulps under Hiori’s gaze. “Is that y/n’s bag there? You weren’t looking in it, were you..?” Hiori squints his eyes to look more carefully in Igaguri’s direction. “O-Ofcourse not! Why would I do that? I don’t have any business looking in it..” Hiori was about to go further with interrogating, when Ayco came back with Isagi and Kurona. They’re all carrying something for the sleepover. “Alright we got everything for the sleepover.” Isagi says as he lays down a pile of futons. Kurona appears from behind the pile with his shark-like grin. “We’re ready for the party, chomp chomp” You glance at him and blush very lightly as he repeats that last word.
Like an hour later, they’ve settled into the common room, turned on the tv, and chose a dvd of some random thriller movie. Yukimiya had made some delicious warm popcorn with butter to snack on during the movie. Isagi, Hiori and Kurona sat on a couch together. You sat next to Isagi and Kurona on that same couch. You were holding a small bucket of popcorn with a little bit of butter, it was still warm and smelled heavenly. On the tv, a thrilling scene started, you were all on the edge of your seats. Your hand moves to take a popcorn as your eyes were glued to the screen. You flinch slightly as your hand brushes someone else’s. Y/n looks up and locks eyes with none other then: Kurona. He looks back at you with his usual distant expression. His other hand was mindlessly toying with the small braid in his magenta hair. He was going to steal some of your popcorn before your hands brushed each other’s. “Sorry.. You don’t mind if I take some or your popcorn, popcorn?” Kurona said a little shyly. “Uhm.. of course not. T-Take as much as you like..” You internally curse yourself for stuttering in front of him. Igaguri noticed the subtle interaction and giggled to himself like a little maniac. He wasn’t gonna tell anyone about how he noticed the chemistry between you two.
The movie ended and it was a little late. Nobody was really tired though. So Igaguri had the ‘amazing’ idea to play ‘truth or dare’. Everyone agreed. (Some a little less excited than others but they all participate nonetheless.) They sit down on the floor in a circle.
“Alright! Who’s going first?” Igaguri announced excitedly. “I’ll go first.” Yukimiya answers with his usual composed but kind tone. “Hmm.. Isagi. Truth or dare?” Isagi looks up before answering: “Dare ofcourse.” He sounds confident but he’s a bit nervous. Yuki thinks for a moment, until he comes up with a perfect dare. “I dare you to.. try and kick a soccer ball onto Raichi’s head, blindfolded!” Everyone breaks out in curious and excited whispers. Raichi isn’t on board with the idea obviously. “What the hell?! No way I'm doing that shit!!” He yelled. His temper flaring once again. After a lot of arguing and yelling, Raichi very reluctantly agreed. As he stood up to pose as a target for Isagi’s shot, he kept mumbling to himself “stupid Isagi and Yuki” and “i’m killing them all once this is over”. After Isagi’s dare was over and Raichi had a whole rampage, Igaguri was up to ask someone truth or dare. He immediately knew who to pick: “Kurona, truth or dare?” Kurona looks up. “Dare.” He answers. Igaguri is secretly glad the short boy chose dare. “Hmm.. Let me think..” He pretends like he doesn’t already have the perfect dare in mind. “Kurona, I dare you to give y/n a kiss on her cheek!”
Everyone gasps.
The room was silent, except for Raichi loudly chewing on popcorn. Kurona was surprised and blushing, but not as hard as you were. Secretly, you both weren’t really complaining about the dare, maybe secretly even excited.
Kurona clears his throat before ‘reluctantly’ leaning in. His eyes meet your’s, as if asking for permission.
You nod shyly. And then before you could make another move or pull away (which you weren’t planning to do anyway), Kurona plants a small kiss on your rosy cheek. It only lasted for like one second. You turn bright red, you could’ve been mistaken for a tomato. As for shark-boy, his cheeks were pinker than his spiky braided hair. Igaguri cheers loudly and shouts: “Awh, you both definitely enjoyed that!~” Isagi swats his head but chuckles. It seems like he also knew about the chemistry between you and Kurona.
Everyone continued teasing the pair until they later on after more rounds of the game, settled down to go to sleep. After they said their goodnights and laid down on their futon’s, it was silent, you could only hear soft breathing and light snoring.
Half an hour later, you’re still wide awake. Your mind is full of thoughts about Kurona and that attractive grin of his. To clear your mind, you decide to go for a little walk around the blue lock facility. The halls were empty and dark. You could still see due to the small automatic lights as you passed by. Sitting by a closed window in the common room, you still think of him. You groan and shake your head. In your hand, the shark plush rested still with the tag attached. You wanted to give it to Kurona but you don’t know when or how. Suddenly, you feel a presence behind you. It’s a short figure which you couldn’t see clearly through the shadows. They step closer, out of the shadows. You can see clearly who it is now. It’s Kurona. What is he doing up this late..? Maybe he couldn’t sleep either.
“Y/n? What are you doing here? Couldn’t sleep, sleep?” He murmurs, almost whispering. As he steps even closer, you quickly hide the plush behind you and blush. “Yeah… I haven’t slept for a single minute yet.” You yawn. Kurona blushes a bit, finding your yawn a little adorable. “Same here… Also.. what’s that in your hand, hand?” He saw your hand behind your back. You freeze instantly as you process his words. “Uhm..I-it’s…” You stutter. Holding out the cute little plushie, you blurt out: “It’s for you..!” Kurona gasps quietly and you look away with embarrassment and shyness. He inspects the plushie and his eyes widen as he realizes it’s a shark. One of his favorite sorts too! “A hammerhead shark, shark?” His eyes practically glow as he takes the toy shark out of your hand. Seeing his name with a heart next to it on the tag, he blushes even more than he already was. “F-for me..?” He mumbles. You simply nod still looking away. “I-It’s nothing.. just a little presen–” you get cut off and your eyes widen in shock. Kurona pressed his lips against yours before you finished your sentence. Feeling his mouth over yours, your brain short-circuits. When you finally understand what’s happening, you put your hands on his shoulders, close your eyes and melt into the kiss. It was a gentle and loving one, free from lust, rush or heat. Just pure tenderness. Eventually, you break apart and Kurona rests his forehead against yours as you both catch your breath. “Y/n, thank you so much… You know.. I really like you-.. No. I love you.” You gasp softly but a small genuine smile graces your lips. “I love you too, Kurona..” They wrap their arms around each other in a hug. Kurona whispers in your ear: “You’re mine, mine.” You giggle softly as he grins at you with his shark teeth. “This shark plushie is amazing, amazing. my favorite shark type behind the great white, too” Your heart flutters at his enthousiasme. “I’m glad you like it…” You whisper.
Kurona and you were an amazing couple. Often spending time together after training or matches. He loves taking you out to the aquarium to watch the shark tank, taking the plushie you gifted him with him every time. Isagi and your other teammates are very happy for you and think you guys are cuties together (cuz you are :p). Isagi admitted to shipping you two from the start, Igaguri kept rubbing into everyone’s faces that he knew way earlier.
You’ve never been happier with your newly found love.
The end ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡