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“Yah, Murasakibara.” Murasakibara Atsushi turned to his teammate with a bored expression while nibbling on candy. “Isn’t your girlfriend a reporter?”
“My [F/N]? Mm, yeah.”
Murasakibara’s eyes roamed as he lazed further into the seat provided. It was a new season of basketball and to be honest, Murasakibara doesn’t really understand why he’s been crowned as vice-captain of the Yosen High basketball varsity team. He would rather be eating, but Himuro Tatsuya told him to stay.
“Atsushi.” The captain called him as he held onto his stomach. Murasakibara stopped walking and peered at his friend over his shoulder. The discomfort was evident in his features, Murasakibara couldn’t help but let out a deep breath.
“Go.”
“What?”
Murasakibara was getting impatient at this point. “I said, just go! Rest! I’ll handle the stupid team.” He grumbled childishly, which put a smile on Himuro’s face.
“Thank you, Atsushi.”
Murasakibara sighed. This opening ceremony was taking a toll on him. He only brought one bag of snacks with him, and it’s almost gone. Everything was irritating him, his clothes, his shoes, the chair, his bag, and his “stupid” team. They couldn’t stop asking about you. Of course, he was proud of you, you were pursuing your dreams but the frequent amount of times that another man says your name the more his patience wore thinner. Wei Liu, who wasn’t the type to be interested in things, had asked about you as well. He couldn’t help that you were attractive, after all, he did pursue you and he’s the one you go home to, at the end of the day.
Except today, he was getting fidgety. He wasn’t anxious, no, he never was. He didn’t know if it’s because this is the first time he’s had you as a reporter/MC in his games, or if it’s the feeling Himuro has every time it’s the start of a new season. Captain jitters, as he calls it. Murasakibara never had it before, obviously Himuro did all the work. He was just a lazy, ace vice-captain. When you went in the middle of the huge court gym, his heart pounded faster beneath his chest. You looked pretty, you always did but today you were extremely beautiful. You were dressed in a cheerleader uniform, with the words “YOSEN HIGH” bright and bold across your chest. He could feel blood rushing to his cheeks and his southern regions, to which he quickly leaned forward and covered with his uniform.
“Captain! Are you okay?!” one of the juniors asked him.
He let out an irritated sigh and nodded.
“Good morning!” Your cheerful voice emitted across the area. “Are you guys ready for another season?!” You thrust your mic forward to the crowd, who responded with the same energy.
There was no doubt that you could make a crowd go crazy. Wild. Fun. Energetic.
“I can’t hear you! I said, Are! You! Ready?!” The crowd went wild and hoots and hollers echoed all over the gym. “Wow, what an energetic audience we have here! My name is [L/N] [F/N], the host for today’s draw ceremony, it’s nice to meet you all!” You bowed after you introduced yourself.
From afar, you could see your boyfriend sulking like a baby. You giggled, to which the crowd reacted immediately. They expressed their feelings, they said you were adorable, they praised your laugh, some even proposed to you. The court never failed to make you feel welcomed. You proceeded with the event, explaining that the captains would be drawing lots.
“The long-awaited Winter Cup Draw ceremony will begin soon; and as for the rules, we’ll show them on the megatron above me!” You clapped your hands. “As you can see, according to the ranking of the Winter Cup preliminaries, there are the best of four…”
You went on and on to explain the rules and regulations, meanwhile your boyfriend wasn’t even listening. He was only staring at your face with such love and adoration through his bored expression that his teammates thought he was sick.
“Captain, are you okay? Are you sick?”
“Captain, you should drink water!”
“Oh no! What if Murasakibara-san collapses, we’ll immediately lose!”
“Captain, your girlfriend is so beautiful…”
The person who said the last remark received an irritated glare from Murasakibara. It’s not that he was insecure and possessive… well, possessive maybe; but he just didn’t like how his teammate had googly eyes while watching you. He wanted to crush him.
“Now as for the draw order, we’ll hold them alternatively between Group A and Group B. First, let us welcome the two teams from the first seed pool to come up for their draws. As Rakuzan was the champion of the Spring Playoffs, they will be the first to draw. Let us welcome the captain of Rakuzan High, Akashi Seijuro!”
When Akashi went on stage, Murasakibara kept a keen eye on him. He made sure he wasn’t touching you, or getting too close to you. Akashi is very popular with the ladies, he was aware of that and he didn’t want his former captain to steal his [F/N]. He could only breathe once Akashi went back to his seat. He could hear his heart beating fast as you announced their team.
“Now let us welcome the captain of Yosen High-” You paused for a minute as a staff member came up to you and whispered some changes. “Ehem, there have been a few issues, so we will have the Vice-Captain of Yosen High drawing a lot for them. Let us all give him a warm round of applause!”
His teammates are embarrassing. They were hollering for him like a bunch of maniacs, he felt irritated but his nervousness to see you overlapped that. “Although the results are fixed, we still hope Murasakibara Atsushi can come up to the stage.”
After you said that, he immediately stood up and strided towards you. He could hear the teasing whistles from his team as, in their words, he’s “whipped” for you.
“Captain, you’re so cool!”
“Captain, I love you!”
“Captain, can I have a kiss?!”
The last sentiment made you laugh a bit, you paused your laughter to greet your sulky looking boyfriend. You were waiting for him to reach into the glass bowl, but what he did instead made your eyes widen.
“Baby, can I have a hug please?” The once lively crowd went dead silent for a moment to process his words that echoed into your microphone, then they went ballistic.
They never knew you guys were dating, only Yosen’s team knew, as well as some of Murasakibara’s friends. The news was so shocking to the public that everyone couldn’t help but holler. You blushed as you stepped forward and wrapped your arms around your boyfriend’s neck, which caused a larger commotion. He returned the hug and wrapped his arms around your waist. The hug lasted longer than you expected, you stepped back and coughed. Your face was a bright shade of red as you announced once again that your boyfriend would be drawing a lot.
After he was done, he was meant to go back to his team already but he decided to be clingy and hugged you once again. The audience couldn’t help but tease the giant player as he has never showcased such an attitude before. What he did next shocked them the most.
“Alright, thank you Murasakibara-san. You may now-” You were cut off.
“Baby can I please have one kiss before I go?” he stated in his adorable voice, only reserved for you.
Aomine was dying of laughter, Kuroko was grinning, Akashi and Midorima were shaking their heads with a smile, Kise and Momoi were shaking the life out of their seatmates. Murasakibara didn’t even wait for you to do it yourself, he kissed you. It was a quick peck, but it still made your heart race. After the draw ceremony was done, you didn’t escape the teasing as when you were reporting during Yosen’s game, Murasakibara came up to you all sweaty with a towel hung over his neck. He placed a swift kiss on your lips which interrupted your words. The camera crew couldn’t help but laugh.
“Bye-bye baby, I’ll see you at home.” Your boyfriend said and winked at you, leaving you alone to answer the questions being shot at you.