Chance Ball Chapter 3: Cool

“I have my ways.” He replied calmly.

“Well, have your way with this.” You said sharply then hung up.

Dabi tried calling you again but you refused to pick up. He texted you a few messages, goading you to reply but you ignored his texts.

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Next day at school he was waiting at the gate.

“Ahh, there’s my pretty girlfriend!” He yelled at you brightly, waving his arm.

You could feel the jealous eyes of the girls around you burning into your skull and you scowled.

“Sit on this and rotate.” You growled at him, giving him a very straight finger, right up in his face, as you walked past.

“Love you too, baby.” He replied with audible kissing noises.

Angrily you yelled a bunch of expletives over your shoulder at him, which only caused him to laugh.

“Y/N, may I see you in my office.” The school principal called to you as you rounded the corner.

“Oh heck, did he hear me swearing???” You thought with a grimace. “Uhh, yes sir.” You replied, hanging your head and meekly following him to his office.

“Y/N, I wish to discuss your grades in mathematics.” He said pointedly as he entered his office with you behind him, walking around his desk and motioning you to sit in the chair opposite.

You breathed a sigh of relief as you sat down.

“At least it’s not about the swearing!”

“I am suggesting you join the tutoring class for maths on Tuesday evenings here at school. There are a few other students in the same situation as you and you all need some help.” The principal stated bluntly.

“Yes, sir.” You replied, bowing slightly in your seat.

“Seeing as today is Tuesday, please join this afternoon’s tutor class. This is the first class for the term.” He said, shifting in his seat. “That is all, you are dismissed.”

You got up and walked quickly out of the office, heading to your first class.

Making a bee-line for your locker you quickly dropped some of your belongings off in it then closed the door. There was a person right there as you closed it and you jumped with surprise.

“Boo.” Dabi said, a mix of dry sarcasm and cheekiness in his voice.

“When will you ever get off?!” You groaned with an exasperated sigh.

“When you get me off.” He replied cheekily, winking at you as he licked his bottom lip seductively.

“What the hell is that supposed to mean?!” You snapped, getting up in his face.

“Oh you know exactly what I mean.” He said suggestively, leaning closer to you.

“You’re the most perverted creepy ass fuck boy I’ve ever met.” You said in a low voice. “It is beyond me how girls could find you attractive.” You reached up and flicked him on the nose before walking off.

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Later that afternoon you walked up to the tutor class door and knocked gently.

A kindly looking woman opened the door.

“Ah Y/N! I’ve been expecting you, please come in.” She greeted as she stepped back to let you into the room.

You entered and looked around at the other students in the room. There were only 7 of you in the class.

You smiled at them, scanning their faces.

Suddenly your face fell.

“Why are YOU here!” You asked sharply, pointing to a guy sitting in the back row.

He had his head turned, looking out the window but slowly looked at you when he heard your voice, his turquoise eyes flashing with anger as you pointed him out.

“Sit down and shut up.” He ordered.

“Ohh? Mr bigshot isn’t so big anymore sitting in tutoring class I see?” You teased.

“Zip it, libero.” He snarled, turning his head away to look out the window again.

“Ha!” You scoffed and marched over to him, sitting down in the seat beside him.

You felt you had the upper hand now.

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After tutoring class finish, you got up to leave.

Dabi didn’t move.

“What’s wrong, sweet cheeks, you all tuckered out from studying?” You asked him sarcastically.

“Rack off.” He mumbled and got up, slinging his bag over his shoulder. “I’m done with you.”

“What does that even mean?!” You said, chasing him out the door. “You never had me in the first place.”

“Would you leave me alone, you’re getting on my nerves.” He said through gritted teeth.

“Oh my! How the tables have turned.” You said cheekily. “This is quite fun actually, now I know how you felt when you egged me on before.”

He remained silent as you walked side by side out the school gates and kept going, both heading in the same direction.

“Wait, where do you live?” You asked suddenly.

“This way, obviously.” He replied curtly

“Oh, same.” You said.

You both continued to walk in silence.

He finally turned at a cross road and walked off without saying goodbye.

“What a sudden change in behaviour? It’s the perfect revenge though for all those times he embarrassed me. Now I can mess with him!” You thought, sniggering to yourself.

But something didn’t feel right. He looked really down… Was it really OK to tease him like that? What if it really was a sore point for him?

You walked the rest of the way home warring with yourself.

“Should I apologize?” You thought then quickly shook your head. “NO! Why should I be the one to apologize?! He was the one being annoying to me first!”

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The next day at school Dabi ignored you.

Not gonna lie, you were elated at first.

“Finally!! He’s leaving me alone!”  You thought happily.

But as the day wore on you felt worse and worse about the situation.

Before you knew what you were doing you found yourself walking towards the boys practice courts in the gym after school. You walked straight in and sat down on the bench.

Kuroo saw you first then smirked and looked across to Dabi who had also seen you and now had a deep scowl on his face.

This confused Kuroo.

“Oi!” He whispered at Dabi. “Your girl is here. Look excited.”

“She ain’t my girl.” Dabi growled, jumping up and spiking a ball.

You crossed your arms and stared him down.

“This guy was all over me two days ago! What happened?!”

The match finished and Dabi turned to head to the change rooms.

“Oi spiker!” You hollered across the court.

Everyone turned to look at you except Dabi.

“I mean you, creep!” You yelled even louder.

“Yeah, she’s definitely talking to Dabi.” One of the other players joked.

“Hey, shut up, man.” Dabi said as he punched the fellow player on the arm then turned to face you. “What do you want, libero?”

Suddenly you felt very self conscious.

“I uh, umm, I wanted to apologize.” You said quietly, gripping your left arm with your right hand and staring at the floor.

“Yeah ok, thanks, whatever.” Dabi said briskly, completely ignoring your sincerity.

“Ok? Whatever, asshole.” You snapped, angry that he brushed your apology off so quickly. “Apology revoked!” You added tersely before turning and stormed out of the gym.

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