This whole thing with Kise had started when I decided to help him over his fear of heights.
We were sitting on the benches next to the basketball courts, sweaty and tired from a long game of basketball. It was me, Yuki, Yume, Hitomi, and Ayako versus the Generation of Miracles. It had ended in a tie, so we decided to take a break.
"Ryo-kun, what are you afraid of?" Momoi asked and I looked at her.
"What am I afraid of?" She nodded. I sat and thought about it for a few seconds. "Hmm, I can't really think of anything. Why do you ask?"
"Just wanted to know,"
"Okay, Momoi, what are you afraid of?" Yuki asked, almost challenging.
"Frogs," Momoi answered without thinking. She pulled a face of disgust.
"Why? Frogs are so cute!" Hitomi chirped.
"Not when they get put on your head as a child." She directed a glare towards Aomine, who wasn't fazed by it at all.
"It was funny," He said, laughing at the memory I assume.
"Aominecchi, you shouldn't laugh at Momoicchi being afraid of frogs. After all, you're afraid of bees," Kise stated and Aomine immediately stopped laughing.
"Kise-kun, what are you afraid of?" Kuroko asked. He was walking up with a vanilla milkshake in hand. Kagami was following him.
"Why is Bakagami here?" Aomine asked. A tick mark appeared on Kagami's face.
"Am I not allowed to be here, Ahomine?" Everybody ignored the two's bickering and paid attention to the model, who still hadn't answered the question.
"Kise?" I asked and he looked up.
"Well, I'm afraid of two things: earthworms and heights," He said. Yuki immediately jumped up.
"You're afraid of heights?! So does that mean you don't like roller coasters?" Kise nodded.
"How can you not like roller coasters?" Yuki asked as she sat down.
"Yuki, it's not that surprising. A lot of people don't like roller coasters," I said. "Take Yume for instance; she hates them," Yume nodded in agreement.
"I know, but still," Yuki stared at the ground as if thinking of something. For the next few moments, the only thing that was heard was the sound of Aomine and Kagami who had gone to play some one-on-one.
"I got it!" Yuki exclaimed once more. "Ryoko can help you get over your fear of heights!" Everybody stared at her.
"How can I help him get over his fear of heights?" I asked.
"You have an extra ticket to the amusement park right? So why not take Kise with you?"
"Yuki, that's up to Kise." Ayako said and everybody looked at him. He was looking at everybody and then his eyes landed on me.
"I guess I wouldn't mind."
"Then it's settled!" I sighed.
"Fine."
Okay, so it was more like I got dragged into it.