[One Shot] Bubblegum
Title: Bubblegum
Rating: K+
Word Count: 1,733
Disclaimers: I do not own any of the characters used here. They belong to their respective owners, namely the creators of Eyeshield 21.
Summary: All it takes is an extra pack of bubblegum to get Hiruma in an amusing situation he's not likely to forget anytime soon.
Notes: I LIIIIIIVE!! *gets shot* D8 Okay, yes, I've been alive all this while. But dear gawd, how I shied away from writing fic for a couple of months. I apologize if you've been waiting for anything new from me. I'll do my best to get back to them now that I've got my muse back. YAAAY! But for how long, I'm not sure...
Anyways, troubles aside, this fic is dedicated to the amazing honey_bee89. It was her birthday a couple of months back and I asked if she wanted any one shots from me and her prompt was "bubblegum". I changed the initial idea she gave me a little, but hopefully it's still something that she'll like. I'm so sorry for the delay!
I hope the rest of you guys enjoy it! ^^
~*~
Hiruma Youichi was working on some of the data he collected on Shinryuuji Naga when he heard the clubhouse door open. The sound of familiar, quick footsteps reached his pointy ears. He didn’t bother to tear his eyes away from the data immediately knowing who it was.
“Hiruma-kun?” a voice called out to him. “Ah, are you busy right now?”
He heard the rustling of a plastic bag. “Did you buy what I asked you to get, Fucking Manager?”
Hiruma could tell Anezaki Mamori frowned the moment he called her that. He grinned, knowing exactly what was going through her head without so much as a glance at her. She had repetitively asked him to stop calling her that, but it was obviously a futile effort. By her lack of retort, he guessed she too knew it was a worthless fight. Instead, she replied “I think I did.”
“You think?” Hiruma finally stopped looking at the data to look at the items Mamori had just pulled out of the bag.
“You mentioned there was a certain brand of gum that you wanted, right?” she said as she showed him two packs of gum. They both looked similar, but they were different brands for sure. “But I saw that there was this new sugarless gum and I wondered if it was something you would want too.”
Hiruma glared at her for a moment before finally taking one of the packs and began tearing it open. “Fucking Manager, a little advice the next time you buy me gum. When I say I want ONE type of gum, I really do mean one. I don’t need your fucking ‘what if’s or ‘maybe’.”
“Don’t be mean, Hiruma-kun!” Mamori pouted as she took a seat in front of him. “I really thought you might be interested in that new gum! Now what am I supposed to do with the other one?”
“Fuck if I care,” he said, unwrapping one gum and casually put it in his mouth. “You can have it.”
He could sense Mamori’s eyes shooting lasers into the back of his head, but it only served to amuse him more as he cackled. He began to chew and decided it was best to keep working on the data he got. Just as he was reading up one of Shinryuuji’s game tactics, he sensed Mamori’s gaze on him had changed. Curious, he looked at Mamori who was now looking at him with a sort of wonder in her eyes.
He wondered what exactly was causing that when he realized he had just blown a bubble from the gum he was chewing earlier. Blowing bubbles was almost instinct for him whenever he was thinking that he wondered why Mamori would even find such a thing interesting. But there she was, eyes wide with fascination.
Hiruma popped the bubble and began to chew again as he asked, “What?”
Almost like a gasp, Mamori replied, “It’s… big.”
Hiruma almost swallowed his gum when he heard that. “HUH?!”
Mamori blinked as she clasped a hand over her mouth. Obviously, she didn’t mean to say that out loud. “I meant your gum! Th-that bubble gum that you blew just now!”
Hiruma raised an eyebrow by Mamori’s strange fascination. “Fucking Manager, this isn’t the first time you’ve seen me blow a bubble before.”
“I know that!” Mamori quickly retorted. “But you told me that I could have this gum, and so I thought about taking one and blowing a bubble gum too. But I’ve never done it before and so I watched you just now and…”
Mamori turned so red Hiruma thought she could just melt or evaporate at any second. Very amused at this point, Hiruma began to laugh really hard, causing Mamori to fluster even more.
“S-stop laughing at me! I mean it!” she cried, hiding her face behind both her hands now. “I didn’t mean it in that way! Oh no, I can’t believe this!”
Hiruma laughed even more until tears clearly streamed down his face. Wiping them off with glee, he finally calmed down to look at Mamori, who was still hiding behind her hands. “Oi, Fucking Manager.”
“Stop calling me that!” she cried weakly behind her hands.
“You want to learn how to blow bubble gum?”
She was silent for 3 seconds before she parted her fingers to reveal one blue eye, looking at Hiruma curiously. “You mean you’ll teach me?”
“Well, since you have that extra pack of gum, I might as well teach you how to use it,” he replied, though he was still grinning widely.
Mamori hesitated, though she had now finally lowered her hands. “You’re not teasing me right now, are you?”
“Does it look like I’m teasing you?” he cackled.
“Well, you’re still grinning at me… and that grin of yours always means you’re up to no good.”
“Oh, come now, Fucking Manager,” said Hiruma, sounding a little hurt. “Do you really think me teaching you how to blow a measly fucking gum is no good?”
Mamori thought about this hard for a moment. He could see she was still hesitating a lot before she finally settled her resolve and looked straight at him. “Fine. Just no funny stuff, okay?”
“I should say that to you after that nice little comment you gave.”
“Stop that!” she cried. “I really don’t want you to bring that up again!”
Hiruma cackled even more. “All right! Fine! I’ll fucking stop! Now do you want to learn or not?”
Mamori pouted before slowly nodding.
“Good. Take out one of the gum and start chewing.”
“I know that much!” she cried as she opened the new pack of gum, took one out and began to chew.
“Now chew it until it’s soft,” he instructed, Mamori nodded and munched on the gum eagerly. Barely a minute later, he could tell she was done and so he continued. “Now roll the gum into a ball in your mouth. Done? Now put that on the tip of your tongue and push the gum back with your teeth so that it covers only that tip of your tongue.”
Mamori struggled with this for a moment, before finally nodding to indicate that she thinks she got it.
“Okay, now slowly push the gum forward with your tongue and let the gum stick to your teeth, part your lips and blow.”
Mamori blew a little too fast so all that happened was the gum popped even before she could form a bubble. “Darn!” she said as she chewed the gum all over again.
Hiruma cackled. “Well, I didn’t think it would work straight away. You’ve got to know the right thickness of the gum so that it can expand.”
Mamori pondered over this before saying, “So I basically have to stretch the gum across my tongue so that it can be some kind of mini balloon that I can blow into a bubble?”
Hiruma shrugged though he grinned in amusement at Mamori’s line of thought. “I guess you could see it in that way.”
“I see…” said Mamori, as she chewed slowly. “I’ll keep trying.”
As Mamori chewed, he could tell she was trying to spread the gum across her tongue. At that moment, he reached out and placed a hand on Mamori’s chin. “Show it to me.”
“Eh?” she breathed as it was obvious the gum was now wrapped on her tongue.
“Show me the fucking gum on your tongue.”
He could tell Mamori was so tempted to argue with him at that very moment by the sheer fire in her eyes. But the gum on her tongue prevented her from doing so. This was priceless as Hiruma tried really hard not to laugh, so he focused on Mamori’s mouth, and the feel of her chin on his fingers. They were soft under his touch…
And he wondered, for that split moment, if Mamori’s lips were the same as well.
Before his mind could elaborate on that thought, Mamori slowly stuck her tongue out to show it to Hiruma. He was filled with glee at this point. This would be such great blackmail material to add to the ones he already has, though deep inside he knew he would never really need it with her. Pulling his mind back to the task at hand, he looked at the gum and said, “You’re spreading it too thinly. Try to keep it thick, especially at the very tip of your tongue. That’s where it has to expand the most after all.”
Mamori’s eyes widened with understanding as she quickly pulled her tongue back in and chewed furiously. Hiruma dropped his hand and watched with amusement as Mamori tried one more time. She puckered her lips, and then blew…
It expanded barely a few inches before popping straight on her lips. But it was enough to make Mamori jump excitedly. “I did it! Yes, I did it! Well, it wasn’t that big but I still did it!”
Hiruma cackled. “Well, isn’t that fucking grand? Getting all excited just because you blew a gum.”
“It’s an achievement for me, being able to figure that out,” huffed Mamori. “I don’t usually chew gum after all. It’s not something I’m fond of, chewing endlessly on something that isn’t exactly filling.”
“So why did you fucking take one and tried to blow a bubble to boot?” he asked curiously.
Mamori shrugged a little as she got up from her seat and said, “I guess I just wanted to understand you a little more.”
For once, Hiruma was so stunned he had no comeback. By the time he figured out he should resume his evil, teasing self, Mamori already had her apron on and began to sweep the clubhouse, still chewing on the gum. Chewing on his own gum, he couldn’t help but feel a little touched by Mamori’s gesture despite how he constantly gave her hell. Sure, it was one of her known traits, but it was still a surprise that she would try to understand him, the one person she had warned Sena just a few months ago to stay away from.
Blowing the gum into a large bubble, he decided to get back into more serious matters like the data on Shinryuuji. But he couldn’t deny the fact that his heart was beating a little differently at that very moment. Life was going to be interesting from now on.
POP!
Rating: K+
Word Count: 1,733
Disclaimers: I do not own any of the characters used here. They belong to their respective owners, namely the creators of Eyeshield 21.
Summary: All it takes is an extra pack of bubblegum to get Hiruma in an amusing situation he's not likely to forget anytime soon.
Notes: I LIIIIIIVE!! *gets shot* D8 Okay, yes, I've been alive all this while. But dear gawd, how I shied away from writing fic for a couple of months. I apologize if you've been waiting for anything new from me. I'll do my best to get back to them now that I've got my muse back. YAAAY! But for how long, I'm not sure...
Anyways, troubles aside, this fic is dedicated to the amazing honey_bee89. It was her birthday a couple of months back and I asked if she wanted any one shots from me and her prompt was "bubblegum". I changed the initial idea she gave me a little, but hopefully it's still something that she'll like. I'm so sorry for the delay!
I hope the rest of you guys enjoy it! ^^
~*~
Hiruma Youichi was working on some of the data he collected on Shinryuuji Naga when he heard the clubhouse door open. The sound of familiar, quick footsteps reached his pointy ears. He didn’t bother to tear his eyes away from the data immediately knowing who it was.
“Hiruma-kun?” a voice called out to him. “Ah, are you busy right now?”
He heard the rustling of a plastic bag. “Did you buy what I asked you to get, Fucking Manager?”
Hiruma could tell Anezaki Mamori frowned the moment he called her that. He grinned, knowing exactly what was going through her head without so much as a glance at her. She had repetitively asked him to stop calling her that, but it was obviously a futile effort. By her lack of retort, he guessed she too knew it was a worthless fight. Instead, she replied “I think I did.”
“You think?” Hiruma finally stopped looking at the data to look at the items Mamori had just pulled out of the bag.
“You mentioned there was a certain brand of gum that you wanted, right?” she said as she showed him two packs of gum. They both looked similar, but they were different brands for sure. “But I saw that there was this new sugarless gum and I wondered if it was something you would want too.”
Hiruma glared at her for a moment before finally taking one of the packs and began tearing it open. “Fucking Manager, a little advice the next time you buy me gum. When I say I want ONE type of gum, I really do mean one. I don’t need your fucking ‘what if’s or ‘maybe’.”
“Don’t be mean, Hiruma-kun!” Mamori pouted as she took a seat in front of him. “I really thought you might be interested in that new gum! Now what am I supposed to do with the other one?”
“Fuck if I care,” he said, unwrapping one gum and casually put it in his mouth. “You can have it.”
He could sense Mamori’s eyes shooting lasers into the back of his head, but it only served to amuse him more as he cackled. He began to chew and decided it was best to keep working on the data he got. Just as he was reading up one of Shinryuuji’s game tactics, he sensed Mamori’s gaze on him had changed. Curious, he looked at Mamori who was now looking at him with a sort of wonder in her eyes.
He wondered what exactly was causing that when he realized he had just blown a bubble from the gum he was chewing earlier. Blowing bubbles was almost instinct for him whenever he was thinking that he wondered why Mamori would even find such a thing interesting. But there she was, eyes wide with fascination.
Hiruma popped the bubble and began to chew again as he asked, “What?”
Almost like a gasp, Mamori replied, “It’s… big.”
Hiruma almost swallowed his gum when he heard that. “HUH?!”
Mamori blinked as she clasped a hand over her mouth. Obviously, she didn’t mean to say that out loud. “I meant your gum! Th-that bubble gum that you blew just now!”
Hiruma raised an eyebrow by Mamori’s strange fascination. “Fucking Manager, this isn’t the first time you’ve seen me blow a bubble before.”
“I know that!” Mamori quickly retorted. “But you told me that I could have this gum, and so I thought about taking one and blowing a bubble gum too. But I’ve never done it before and so I watched you just now and…”
Mamori turned so red Hiruma thought she could just melt or evaporate at any second. Very amused at this point, Hiruma began to laugh really hard, causing Mamori to fluster even more.
“S-stop laughing at me! I mean it!” she cried, hiding her face behind both her hands now. “I didn’t mean it in that way! Oh no, I can’t believe this!”
Hiruma laughed even more until tears clearly streamed down his face. Wiping them off with glee, he finally calmed down to look at Mamori, who was still hiding behind her hands. “Oi, Fucking Manager.”
“Stop calling me that!” she cried weakly behind her hands.
“You want to learn how to blow bubble gum?”
She was silent for 3 seconds before she parted her fingers to reveal one blue eye, looking at Hiruma curiously. “You mean you’ll teach me?”
“Well, since you have that extra pack of gum, I might as well teach you how to use it,” he replied, though he was still grinning widely.
Mamori hesitated, though she had now finally lowered her hands. “You’re not teasing me right now, are you?”
“Does it look like I’m teasing you?” he cackled.
“Well, you’re still grinning at me… and that grin of yours always means you’re up to no good.”
“Oh, come now, Fucking Manager,” said Hiruma, sounding a little hurt. “Do you really think me teaching you how to blow a measly fucking gum is no good?”
Mamori thought about this hard for a moment. He could see she was still hesitating a lot before she finally settled her resolve and looked straight at him. “Fine. Just no funny stuff, okay?”
“I should say that to you after that nice little comment you gave.”
“Stop that!” she cried. “I really don’t want you to bring that up again!”
Hiruma cackled even more. “All right! Fine! I’ll fucking stop! Now do you want to learn or not?”
Mamori pouted before slowly nodding.
“Good. Take out one of the gum and start chewing.”
“I know that much!” she cried as she opened the new pack of gum, took one out and began to chew.
“Now chew it until it’s soft,” he instructed, Mamori nodded and munched on the gum eagerly. Barely a minute later, he could tell she was done and so he continued. “Now roll the gum into a ball in your mouth. Done? Now put that on the tip of your tongue and push the gum back with your teeth so that it covers only that tip of your tongue.”
Mamori struggled with this for a moment, before finally nodding to indicate that she thinks she got it.
“Okay, now slowly push the gum forward with your tongue and let the gum stick to your teeth, part your lips and blow.”
Mamori blew a little too fast so all that happened was the gum popped even before she could form a bubble. “Darn!” she said as she chewed the gum all over again.
Hiruma cackled. “Well, I didn’t think it would work straight away. You’ve got to know the right thickness of the gum so that it can expand.”
Mamori pondered over this before saying, “So I basically have to stretch the gum across my tongue so that it can be some kind of mini balloon that I can blow into a bubble?”
Hiruma shrugged though he grinned in amusement at Mamori’s line of thought. “I guess you could see it in that way.”
“I see…” said Mamori, as she chewed slowly. “I’ll keep trying.”
As Mamori chewed, he could tell she was trying to spread the gum across her tongue. At that moment, he reached out and placed a hand on Mamori’s chin. “Show it to me.”
“Eh?” she breathed as it was obvious the gum was now wrapped on her tongue.
“Show me the fucking gum on your tongue.”
He could tell Mamori was so tempted to argue with him at that very moment by the sheer fire in her eyes. But the gum on her tongue prevented her from doing so. This was priceless as Hiruma tried really hard not to laugh, so he focused on Mamori’s mouth, and the feel of her chin on his fingers. They were soft under his touch…
And he wondered, for that split moment, if Mamori’s lips were the same as well.
Before his mind could elaborate on that thought, Mamori slowly stuck her tongue out to show it to Hiruma. He was filled with glee at this point. This would be such great blackmail material to add to the ones he already has, though deep inside he knew he would never really need it with her. Pulling his mind back to the task at hand, he looked at the gum and said, “You’re spreading it too thinly. Try to keep it thick, especially at the very tip of your tongue. That’s where it has to expand the most after all.”
Mamori’s eyes widened with understanding as she quickly pulled her tongue back in and chewed furiously. Hiruma dropped his hand and watched with amusement as Mamori tried one more time. She puckered her lips, and then blew…
It expanded barely a few inches before popping straight on her lips. But it was enough to make Mamori jump excitedly. “I did it! Yes, I did it! Well, it wasn’t that big but I still did it!”
Hiruma cackled. “Well, isn’t that fucking grand? Getting all excited just because you blew a gum.”
“It’s an achievement for me, being able to figure that out,” huffed Mamori. “I don’t usually chew gum after all. It’s not something I’m fond of, chewing endlessly on something that isn’t exactly filling.”
“So why did you fucking take one and tried to blow a bubble to boot?” he asked curiously.
Mamori shrugged a little as she got up from her seat and said, “I guess I just wanted to understand you a little more.”
For once, Hiruma was so stunned he had no comeback. By the time he figured out he should resume his evil, teasing self, Mamori already had her apron on and began to sweep the clubhouse, still chewing on the gum. Chewing on his own gum, he couldn’t help but feel a little touched by Mamori’s gesture despite how he constantly gave her hell. Sure, it was one of her known traits, but it was still a surprise that she would try to understand him, the one person she had warned Sena just a few months ago to stay away from.
Blowing the gum into a large bubble, he decided to get back into more serious matters like the data on Shinryuuji. But he couldn’t deny the fact that his heart was beating a little differently at that very moment. Life was going to be interesting from now on.
POP!