fic: Unique (Eyeshield 21, Hiruma/Unsui, PG-13)

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Title: Unique
Author: misura
Rating: PG-13 because it's got Hiruma in it and all that
Warnings: AU (as requested)
Summary: Things done for love, things done for football.
A/N: ... nope, sorry, can't think of a thing.


Hiruma looked slightly taken aback, surprised even, at his anger - it was, Unsui supposed, all part of what made people notice Agon but not him; he was soft-spoken, polite, modest, and Agon was neither, although Agon was also, quite decidedly, not here, while Unsui was.

"Of course I asked others to join the football club as well," said Hiruma, still with that mildly puzzled expression on his face. "We need at least eleven players - more's better, but eleven's the minimum."

(Unsui remembered how it had felt, to have someone stroll up to him, passing by Agon without so much as a glance, holding out a hand and saying they wanted him - Agon had turned then, eyes dark, and Unsui had stammered something that had prompted Hiruma to clarify that actually, yes, he'd meant that he wanted Unsui to transfer to Deimon High and come play in their football team; it was unexpected enough to feel unreal, except that the bruises Hiruma had given him later, in private, were still there the next morning, and so Unsui had, cautiously, made some inquiries, read some folders, and, finally, signed some papers - Agon had said or done nothing, either to stop him or to encourage him, which might mean that he either approved or didn't care at all; Unsui still didn't know which.)

"I know that," he said, "but ... "

(He'd arrived at Deimon High in a daze, ready to be shunned and gaped at for coming from Shinryuji - both expectations had been met, although he'd quickly discovered that being seen hanging around Hiruma made people wary of him - not, he was surprised to find, for Hiruma's sake, the way he'd always been standing in Agon's shadow at Shinryuji, but for his own, for being someone brave enough to stick around someone like Hiruma. The difference had been subtle, yet clear; Unsui hadn't minded it any more than he'd minded meeting Kurita ('damn fatty') and Musashi, or to be nick-named 'damn monk' although Hiruma had to know what a misnomer that was, given the circumstances.)

" ... but ... "

(What Hiruma had told his two friends about Unsui, he didn't know; they'd never seemed to comment on the fact that his having come here had been entirely Hiruma's doing, and Unsui had been reluctant to bring it up; it had felt too much like bragging, and with Kurita already happily bubbling about how, with Unsui on the team, they'd be sure to win the Christmas Bowl, Unsui had felt reluctant to do anything that would make him sound like he thought well of himself. They'd never commented on Hiruma treating him differently either, mostly for the simple reason that Hiruma didn't. Unsui's bruises had faded, had, in fact, been gone already by the time he'd signed his entrance-form and since then, the most he'd gotten from Hiruma had been a silent kick which, according to Kurita, was Hiruma's version of praise.)

"But?" prompted Hiruma, leaning back and taking out his gun - well, one of them, anyway. Apparently, guns were to Hiruma what knives were to Agon, for all that Hiruma's reputation painted him as a master of blackmail, rather than a sharp-shooter. "You're not jealous, are you? Of a scrawny first-year?"

"Yes, I am!" Unsui burst out.

Hiruma blinked, then narrowed his eyes, then, suddenly, bared his teeth in something that might be called a grin. "Don't worry," he said, "I'm not dating him. Speaking of which, are you free this afternoon?"

"Yes, I am," Unsui said, realizing it was a repetition of his previous reply.

"Great. That's settled then." Hiruma sheathed his gun and turned back to his laptop. "Unless there was anything else?"

"No," mumbled Unsui, wondering what had just happened. "No, that was all."

("Unsui!" Kurita called out to him, five seconds later. "Did Hiruma ask you to go see the Seibuu-game with him? He said he wanted one of us to go with him, but Musashi's got to help his dad on a job, and I promised Komusubi I'd help him get in some extra strength-training so ...")

Comments

[mayuzu.livejournal.com]

Never crossed my mind that there's a possibility of this pairing ^^;
Too bad it's so short!
Make it longer please.
Just when it's getting interesting, it ends T.T
I like Unsui and perhaps he can match Hiruma =D

[misura.livejournal.com]

Frankly, it never crossed my mind either - until I saw this prompt and the word 'AU' as kink; then this little plotbunny was born.

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