Ajax

04 || Accident

After Xiao's visit yesterday, you have decided to gather your strength and talk to Ajax after school. Yes, you were nervous, you were even shaking like a leaf, even though you just arrived at the front gate of the school.

He was literally all you thought about, you even thought about killing yourself for him but thank God you weren't a yandere.

You were the shy, quiet ones, the 'observers' to be exact. You weren't a fan of socializing or even speaking. You slapped yourself to get Ajax out of your mind. You really needed to focus today, since you have a test, which you definitely studied for after Xiao left.

It was time, it was volleyball practice, you intentionally made yourself arrive late since you were gathering your strength and wits to talk to him.

As you were slowly making your way through the front door, Kazuha was already at the entrance, he waved at you when he saw you approaching, glad to see you coming.

He ruffled your (h/c) and greeted you. You stepped into the court, there were volleyballs littered everywhere on the floor, and the sound of sneakers screeching and bouncing balls filled the whole gymnasium. You were still by Kazuha, standing near the entrance.

Not until an orange haired boy caught your attention, you saw him. There he was, practicing by himself, he was spiking balls strongly with so much force. You were thankful, he hadn't noticed you. Atleast not YET.

You took a deep breath and you gathered your strength, you hesitated for a second. Lucky for you, Kazuha gave you a little push from behind which made you walk along the edge of the court. You were on the opposite side of Ajax.

You waited for him to finish spiking, and he still didn't notice you. You just stood there, looking at how his hair sways, you were clutching your bag, your legs were shaking like jelly got out from its packaging.

He was about to spike another volleyball, but this time, his eyebrows furrowed, you could see he was going to make his last one the best. You began blushing, your insides felt like there were butterflies in it. You felt uneasy, so you decided to walk back to the entrance and talk to him after he practices.

Halfway through, Ajax jumped up his highest jump. He was going to hit the ball with all his might, which caused you to stop in your tracks.

Pupils were focused, he hit the ball with his strongest force. The ball met with the floor, almost deflated before it shot up. It was headed towards where you were standing. "Y/n!" you heard his voice scream. It was a signal to tell you to get out of the way.

But you couldn't move, it felt as if you were paralyzed in your position. As you watched, the ball nearing you, lightning fast.

Then, it happened.

The ball hit you, hardly on your right eye and you fell backwards from the force Ajax put in the ball. Coach Baizhu quickly rushed in kneeling beside you, Chongyun and Xingqiu also ran towards you as well.

He was just standing there, he didn't know what to do. He felt something, something that he felt since he was back home with her.

"Y/n, are you okay? Can you hear me?" Coach Baizhu asked calmly. You opened your left eye slowly, you were unable to move but you felt two warm hands holding your hand. You tried opening your right eye but it only made it more painful.

You were sure, that ball had too much force thrown into it, it feels like your eyes went in your head. Even though your vision was all blurry, you sat up slowly and faced Coach Baizhu, "Does it look really bad?..." You whisper, placing your hand all over your swollen, black right eye.

You never seen Coach Baizhu so serious, he was chewing on his bottom lip while he nodded slowly.

"I am so so so sorry, Y/n. I didn't mean it! I didn't see you there. I'm sorry please forgive me." he was crying, kneeling in front of you.

"I'm fine, Ajax." you calmly said even though you weren't, you're eye was painful like hell. It throbbed with agonising pain as if someone just stabbed your eye with a knife or a fork.

"No you're not." you hear Xingqiu and Chongyun say at the same time."But her eye isn't bleeding though." Coach Baizhu looked at him with a stern expression on his face.

"You're literally the one who did this to her. She could've lost her eye." he said with a serious tone.

Ajax held his head back low.

"I-i need to get home..." you sighed as you slowly got on your feet Chongyun and Xingqiu were assisting you on both sides. Coach Baizhu called Ajax, you saw him quickly run over, he was there standing next to Coach Baizhu.

"Y/n, Ajax will be taking you home. He will be taking care of you. If he doesn't do what I expect him to do, then call me immediately." he said while looking at Ajax, his hands were crossed. He pushed him next to you, you couldn't help but blush, you decided to look down to cover not only your eyes but also the bright red color that appeared across your face.

" Why can't Chongyun or Xingqiu just take her home? I still need to practice. The game against 'Heise de Morax' is nearing." you heard him say, as you expected he still hates you. Coach Baizhu then slapped his head hard, giving him a death glare. If there was anything or anyone in the world that Ajax is scared of, it would be chopsticks and Coach Baizhu.

" I do not want to argue anymore, because right now, Y/n is injured and I am expecting for you to take care of her until she gets better." He said widening his eyes to intimidate Ajax.

"Y-yes coach, I will! Promise!" you heard him awkwardly chuckle at the end of his sentence, he was rubbing the back of his nape.

"Good, everyone's dismissed. I'll be seeing you guys tomorrow, go get rest. Especially for you Y/n." he told you before he faced Ajax "Please see to all of Y/n's needs." he gave him a pat on his shoulder before heading out of the gym.

"Oh, and y/n, do look after yourself, okay?" You heard him shout, you just nodded slightly. Still hiding your right eye, after Coach Baizhu left, you were waiting for Ajax to get all of his things. He then turned to face you.

"Let me see it." he said with a serious tone. Blushing, you declined and shook your head furiously. "Don't be so stubborn, Y/n. You're just like Scaramouche." he said.

He yanked your hand, the one you used to cover your eye, and he pulled your chin up. He had a firm yet harsh grip on your tiny wrist. He then brought himself as the same height as you, his baby blue eyes examining your swollen eye.

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