“Kids, this is Suzuno Fuusuke. I hope you all treat him well,” Hitomiko-nee introduced the silver-haired boy to all the other orphans. He muttered a quiet ‘Hi’ before turning his attention back to the ground.
“Hi, Fuusuke! I’m (l/n) (f/n)!” You stuck out a hand. Instead of taking it, the boy just walked off. You were stunned for a moment, but then you glared at his back.
‘What is with that attitude?!’
A few years later
“(A/n)!” You turned around to see Heat, a fellow member of Prominence.
“What?” You asked him.
“Well, Burn kinda challenged Gazel to something, and the two of them decided to drag in their respective teams.”
You sighed. Burn and Gazel fighting was a daily occurrence. Although you would always support Burn in those arguments. Not only was Burn your captain, but you still hadn’t forgiven that arrogant bastard for dissing you off.
What a spiteful girl, eh?
“A soccer match?” you asked.
“No. To be honest I couldn’t believe it when Burn told me. I won’t be surprised if you don’t believe me. Burn actually challenged Gazel to a Pokémon game!”
You did a double-take. “What?!”
“Yep. So we’re supposed to meet up at the Prominence hall. Diamond Dust will see us there.”
You bashed your head against the wall. ‘Burn, you complete idiot!’ you mentally cursed.
At the Prominence hall
“Charmander, I choose you!”
“Purrloin, I choose you!”
The members of Diamond Dust and Prominence could only facepalm and try not to burst out laughing as their leaders ‘summoned’ their Pokémon. Actually, the Pokémon were just holograms, but Gazel and Burn didn’t really care. And they had somehow rigged it that although the Pokémon were fake, the attacks were real. If the attack doesn’t hit the Pokémon hologram, the person standing there could get hurt.
“Purrloin, use Pursuit!”
“Charmander, use Ember!”
The two attacks hit, effectively knocking out the two Pokémon. As each player only has one Pokémon, they both sat down in the ‘waiting area’ and chose the next two players.
“(F/n)! You better win!”
“Rhionne, I’m counting on you!”
As the two of you stood on the ‘field’, you summoned a Flareon while Rhionne summoned a Nidorina. You told Flareon to attack with Tackle while she told Nidorina to attack with Scratch. However, at the last moment, IC hit the hologram machine, causing Flareon to disappear. Nidorina was still charging at you, however. There wasn’t enough time to dodge, so you closed your eyes and waited for the impact.
“Watch out!”
You gasped as someone tackled you out of the way. You opened your eyes to see Gazel.
“Gazel?!” The said boy got off you.
“If you were injured, Oto-san would not be happy.” With that he walked out of the room.
After he left, the other members of Diamond Dust also left, with IQ yelling at his sister about cheating in a Pokémon game.
“You okay?”
“Yeah,” you reassured Nepper.
But what was that feeling inside your heart?
After the FFI
“(F/n)! Hiroto, Ryuuji, Haruya and Fuusuke are coming back today!” You smiled at Rean. Although you should call her An now. Everyone knew about her crush on the red-haired ex-captain. Well, everyone except Haruya himself.
However, the only person who knew about your crush was An. You were quite good at hiding your emotions, it seemed.
“Aren’t you excited too? Fuusuke’s coming back!” Your smile dropped.
“An, he’ll never feel the same way about me. I mean, he probably likes Clara, Ai or Yuki,” you told your best friend, referring to Clara, IC and Rhionne of Diamond Dust respectively.
“C’mon, you don’t know that for sure.” An protested. You were about to reply when you heard Reina shout, “They’re back!”
You and An quickly ran to the front door, where the four FFI players were currently being swarmed by the others in the orphanage.
“Haruya!” An ran forward and latched herself onto the redhead.
“Gah! An, get off me!” he yelled while the others just burst into laughter. Normally, An wouldn’t listen but for some reason today, she did. She then turned to Fuusuke with a dead serious look.
“Fuusuke. I want you to tell me right here, right now. Who do you like?” The ex-captain choked and looked at An with a shocked expression.
“W-What?”
Suddenly, all the boys had moved to the side while An advanced on him menacingly. Soon, Hana, Clara, Yuki, Ai, Fumiko, Ruru, Reina, Nozomi, Rimu, Rumi, Fuuko and Maki joined her.
“What’s going on?!” Fuusuke cried. Hana whispered conspiratorially to you, “An told us everything. Don’t worry, we’ll force it out of him.” You groaned. You should have known better than to tell An.
“Tell us, or be prepared for hell.”
Fuusuke, with no other choice, burst out, “Okay! Okay! I’ll tell you! I like…” He mumbled the end, making it impossible for you to hear. However, An, who was right in front of him, smirked.
“Say that louder so the rest can hear.”
Fuusuke looked horrified. “No way!”
Ai grabbed him by the collar and glared at him. “Are you a man or not?!”
Faced with the terrifying glares of the 12 girls, Fuusuke repeated himself. “I said, I like (f/n)!”
Fuusuke’s face turned redder than Burn’s hair. And you were pretty sure yours was, too.
An smirked at you while Maki and Fuuko pushed you to Fuusuke.
“(f/n), I, uh…”
“I heard you. And I just want to say… I like you too.”
Fuusuke had a stunned look on his face. Reina and Yuki yelled at him, “Don’t just stand there, kiss her!”
And that’s exactly what he did. The girls started jumping around, screaming while all the boys made a mental note.
Never EVER mess with the girls of Sun Garden.