[ I'm already near the markets ... no mom .. I need to pick a few things myself I can't keep on relying on the servants for the rest of my life .. I'm not a kid anymore ... yes .. it's ok .. bye ]

Shindou put his phone back into his pocket and entered the clothes shop , he has just left his car nearby and went minutes ago before receiving the call from his mother who always prefers to let their attendants do such works for him , not that he was against that idea , and in fact shopping was never his thing , but he just liked to relax his mind from all the mixed up thoughts that were tiring out his head lately , last night he couldn't sleep for a late time because of Tsurugi's words that kept echoing in his ears , and even when he did , the pinkette's angelic face didn't want to stop hunting him in his dreams that when he woke up he felt like just storming off to his boyfriend , apologize about his recent behaviors and return to their earlier relationship , but he couldn't surrender after reaching this point and all his sacrifices ,

Ignoring his love of life with his alluring aura isn't an easy thing after all ,,

Anyway , he wandered around in the place watching various clothes for a while ,, as a boy who was born in a rich , noble family who liked classical things , his type of clothing wasn't any different , suiting the name of his family so most of his attires haven't crazy styles or flashy colors , only calm ones like black , white , brown or maybe dark blue and similar to that ,, but according to the current season , the spring , almost all the wears do have flashy colors , making the matter of choosing good ones more baffling , he really didn't know that shopping is this hard and mentally thanked god for not being a girl ,

He gave another look around for a shirt to catch his attention , it was green , having a touch of turquoise with white edges , suddenly , an imagination came to his mind of Kirino wearing it and smiling toward him ,, green is Kirino's favorite color , he told him that he prefers it because it suits him and Shindou had always agreed , with his shiny pink hair , the boy looks like a cherry tree in its first days of blooming when he wears that color , and somehow his overly twinkling azure eyes turns to be more of green , oh how much he wished to see him wearing this shirt , maybe , if they were still the same as before , he would take it as a present for him ,,

Right at the next second , he was taken aback by a slender hand holding the same shirt to take it , surprise was spread all over his face , this could not be considered as a simple coincidence , god did definitely hear him , cause his boyfriend was standing directly at his eyesight and inspecting the shirt he wanted to see him in , unexpectedly , his hair wasn't in the usual twin tails , instead he collected it in a high ponytail like he had used to in the primary school before that joke he made with him at a day , Kirino had asked for help to tie his hair and Shindou made it in two instead of one , he didn't forget the boy's adorable pout , somewhat annoyed after his comment about him looking totally as a girl , but after laughing for a minute and friendly |kinda painful| hits from the pinkette , Shindou admitted with a serene expression that he looks so beautiful in them , at first Kirino looked surprised , before a cute red tint decorated his delicate cheeks the very next moment , and from that time on , there wasn't a day he didn't wear it this way no matter how people commented or boys flirted , until today ofcourse , though he didn't realize the reason behind the abrupt change , but Kirino had mentioned once that he likes wearing his hair in a ponytail in admiration to Endou-san's friend and Raimon's previous ace defender , Kazemaru Ichirouta , who's his ' idol ' as he said , and the cognizance was anything but pleasant to the brunette ,,

However , when his friend turned to head for the cashier , cerulean eyes met with russet ones and Shindou forgot about everything

" Ki- .. " the name was nearly about to escape his mouth before remembering the existing state of affairs , nevertheless if the other came to him , he wouldn't have any excuse to fake not noticing him with his foolishly gaping mouth and wide eyes still staring directly at the defender , and he even didn't have the heart to do so , at least now and after last day's events ,
but to his shock the pinkette never did as he thought , just turned around to continue on his destination , paid for his things and went silently out of the shop , never giving him a small glance nor even bothered to look at his direction ,,,

" oh Takuto .. you're back fast " Shindou's mother greeted as she saw her son entering the house with empty hands " .. haven't you bought anything ? "

The boy gave her a simple no and continued to walk , didn't even raise his head to her nor opened his mouth , " you alright son ? "

" ... umm .. " he answered after a moment

" are you sure ? .. nothing wrong happened with you ? ... you seemed to be fine before going "

The boy stopped for a second , before resuming slowly " .. don't worry "

He went out of his mother's sight and seeing his dispirited steps she became sure that yes something is wrong , following him to inquire was an idea that crossed her mind but she remembered his wards earlier , he really isn't a little kid anymore , now mature enough to live on his own and solve his problems alone , especially that he didn't want to talk about it , then with no doubt it is a personal matter , and even though she's his mother , but invading her son's privacy was the last option in the list ,

With a sigh , she turned around and walked , there was no way she would go forcing her son against his will ,,,

Meanwhile inside Shindou's room , the brunet closed the door behind him as he entered , back glued to it and hand still holding the knob firmly ,, the way his boyfriend's orbs had rolled carelessly from him to another direction was burned into his brain and didn't want to leave a second to calm ,

From all the situations he imagined the matters with his friend turning into , Kirino ignoring him had the least percentage in them , he had thought the boy would find it a great chance to talk with him properly and with no one to interrupt , which was proven false , all his plans have headed to the wrong direction and he felt the situation's going to be out of hand ,, he went to sit down on the piano stool , not feeling any desire to touch a simple key ,

Did his boyfriend really decide to dumb him this easily ? ,

The boy's train of thought was broken in on by his phone's ringing sound , he looked at the screen " .. Tenma .. " , though he wasn't in a mood to talk to any one , but something in his heart told him that his teammate has an important reason to call , [ .. hello .. ]

[ hello Shindou-san .. hope you're not busy or anything ]

[ no it's ok .. is something the matter ? ]

[ actually ... I wanted to ask about Kirino-san .. ]

[ .. about Kirino ! .. ] Shindou raised his eyebrow , wandering if Tenma did somehow know about what happened , [ .. but why ? ]

[ well .. I know that you don't want me to intervene in this Shindou-san but I just wanna check on something .. if you're ok with it ofcourse ]

Shindou gave a low sigh [ .. it's fine .. you can talk ]

[ well ... you remember how Kirino-san had left early at yesterday's party ? right .. ] ,

Ofcourse he remembers , How could he forget , it was right after he had turned his face from Kirino when he was talking to him , giving the boy a deaf ear and cutting his words off to start his own conversation with Ibuki , and in a way , this moment , he felt a stinging guilty about doing so [ .. yea ]

[ in reality I don't know if you've noticed .. but he had left while crying .. ]

Shindou managed to stifle a gasp [ .. crying ? .. ]

[ yes .. I followed him but he didn't stop trying to hide his face but I could see it clearly .. he looked so sad and I wanted to_ ... ] ,

Tenma's voice began to get lower in Shindou's ears until he wasn't hearing it anymore ,, did his actions effect his friend to the extent of crying ? , to the rate of shedding the tears he never wished to see on his beautiful face someday ? , Kirino was always there to reassure him when he did and his reward was causing him to do the same ? , no , this's really going to the unwanted side , he can not keep on- ,

[ Shindou-san .. can you hear me ? ]

[ uh .. um ? ]

[ .. I asked if you did by any chance see him today or talked with each other ... my point is that I was in a walk with Tsurugi not long ago and we've met him .. so we talked alittle then we asked if he's alright .. you know about the conditions between you both ... but we were surprised to see him smiling .. assuring that it's ok and we shouldn't worry .. he even said that .. he doesn't care anymore .. by his words we assumed that your relationship's back as before ... well it's not to be cheeky but did you make peace or anything ? ]

Shindou wanted to answer but the words didn't come ,, he doesn't care ? , Kirino said that he doesn't care anymore ? , this means ,,

[ Shindou-san .. ?! ]

[ Tenma .. ] the called boy flinched at the other side of the line , Shindou's voice suddenly sounded strong , more like being freaked out

[ y .. yes ? ]

[ that's not the case Tenma .. when he said he doesn't care ... he meant me .. he doesn't want me anymore ]
[ what ? .. you mean he .. broke up ? ]

Shindou's eyes started to water at the mention of that word [ .. I met him today too .. but he ignored me and went away without saying a word ... please Tenma .. I don't know what to do .. ]

[ deal with it senpai .. it's what you asked for .. ]

Shindou flinched when he heard Tsurugi's voice on the line , he listened to Tenma muttering something before the other replied it with abit stern phrase , obviously they're together and the call was on speaker ,

[ I'm sorry Shindou-san .. Tsurugi didn't mean to- .. ]

[ I MEANT to ]

[ stop it Tsurugi ]

[ why ? .. isn't this what he wanted ? .. we've warned him a lot but he didn't listen .. ]

[ .. I didn't want this .. ] , the couple stopped arguing when they heard the playmaker's shaking voice [ .. I just wanted to make him feel jealous .. his treating to me didn't cross the friends bounds and I wanted him to respond more to my feelings .. to be more intimate and behave like a lover ... I really didn't want things to turn this way .. ] ,

Tenma couldn't help but pity Shindou's state , his senior sounded so fragile , so hurt that he wished to do anything to help him , while his boyfriend kept that strict look on his face

[ .. making him respond by not responding to him .. what an intelligent idea ]

[ Tsurugi enough ... Shindou-san .. I have a suggestion .. what about we gather everyone today for a match ? .. I think getting close to him through soccer is the best idea for now .. I mean if you don't mind ... maybe you should also lessen from interacting with Ibuki in his presence ] , after these words , Shindou became sure that his entire plan was drowned in failure , because whom he wanted to notice his rapprochement with Ibuki was Kirino alone , not all the players , and exactly at that moment he just wished to vanish into air [ .. what do you say senpai ? ]

[ a .. alright ... what about time ? ]

[ umm ... is 4 fine ? ]

[ anything's fine to me ]

[ it's decided then .. I'll call the friends to inform them ]

[ ... thank you so much .. I really appreciate your help a lot ]

[ please don't thank me .. I just want to see you and Kirino-san happy together ... say something .. ] , he heard Tenma whispering to his boyfriend and the complying came not long after

[ I just want Kirino-san to be happy ]

[ uh w .. well .. see you then Shindou-san ]

[ see ya ] Shindou ended the call an sighed , Tsurugi's behaviors were really beginning to irritate him , since when did the striker care for Kirino's feelings ? ,, he got up from his seat , walking to stand near the large window and watch the sky through it ,, this wasn't the time to think about that ,

All he wanted now is Tenma's plan to work out

Author's note

I'm very glad you liked this fic that far minna and hope to make it more good for you , and as you see , Kazemaru has his role here ;) , and Shindou'll turn to be more of crazy , you know I'm not sure what his jealousy might cause him ot do and maybe he'll end up being insane , keyword maybe :3

many , many thanks for the comments , for reading too , I appreciate it alot ^^