First Impressions
Imayoshi Shoichi
"Ah, _-san, It's good to see you looking so well." You didn't turn around; you didn't even need to, "Hello Imayoshi-kun."
You've known this guy for awhile now maybe not well, you went to middle school with him, even so you've always avoided him. Your reason? He's downright eerie. You have always had a knack for sensing people's personalities, many people were predictable and it was because of your highly observant nature that you can usually figure out someone's thoughts and intentions. But with Imayoshi you had no idea what he was thinking, or what he was up to.
His voice was mildly pleasant enough even if you didn't want to admit it, smooth and low, sometimes it felt like he was speaking in your head, hell what are you even saying.
"You've been out for awhile now" he slid into the desk adjacent to yours.
"Im not surprised..hes always been observant..but this is the first time it's been of me."
You turned your head to the fox faced man a bit surprised, but logic conquered wonder, of course, he's been sitting next to you for a year or so now, its normal to notice a desk empty.
"Yes I was quite ill, but I am doing much better now" you murmured, surprisingly shy that your presence was even noticed by him, usually your silent nature deters interactions on a day to day basis, but beyond your awareness, Imayoshi has always watched you either from a distance or up close, for some reason he couldn't seem to help it, your reserved nature, your intelligence as he always sees your high marks in class, and how you regard your fellow students kindly, even if you express no interest in getting to know them, you were warm, but detached.
He gave a slight chuckle and leaned in closer "That's good to hear _-san, I look forward to seeing you spectate our games again".
You blinked. He notices me at games? Sure, you loved basketball in fact you were a pretty big fan, however you always sat far in the back, away from most of the people, it's not like your anti-social or anything, but leaving the closer seats to the more...outwardly eager fans seems to make sense.
You parted your lips slightly before speaking " If you notice me in your games then I too, look forward to seeing you, Imayoshi-kun".
His eyes slanted slightly open the corner of his lips jerked in amusement, were you flirting with him? Was that a hidden message...then again why was he even thinking that. At first it was purely for entertainment to speak to you, after all he couldn't figure you out either, but you've always been kind and respectful to him, but what really caught his attention was your nearly obvious (to him) disinterest in speaking to him more than necessary and your body language to match.
Before any thought can be further pursued the bell rung signaling the start.
Kiyoshi Teppei
"Hey watch out!" a voice hollers over to you as you turned around, but it was too late, the basketball hit you square on the forehead knocking you on your ass.
"Ow what the-" you rubbed your head as a red mark began to appear, it was your first day at Seirin High as a transfer, you had no idea where you were going and ended up wandering through the court in the gym to see if somehow the other side led to a place familiar to you, it was the end of school anyway and you just wanted to solidify your mental map of the place but couldn't seem to get it implanted in your head "No idea how I got to my classes today.."
You looked up to see a rather tall man offer his hand to you "Are you alright?" his voice was laced with slight concern as his shadow cast down over you
You laughed and took his hand it was rather large and wrapped around yours quickly, his fingers extending past your wrist."Quite fine, no worries! Not dead so that must count for something!" a warm smile spread across your face.
A man with black hair joined his side "A long time ago, I once wondered why a basketball was getting bigger, then it hit me." he randomly stated as if to console you.
You made a rather puzzled face before bursting out into a small fit of laughter "Oh I get it now! That was clever."
The dark haired man's eyes widen as he stared in bemusement his tone suddenly became serious "Do you like puns?"
"Very much so."
"Hah! I never seen someone laugh at your puns before Izuki-kun!" The tall man replied.
"My name is Kiyoshi Teppei" he smiled at you nodding his head
" _, _" You bowed politely.
As you looked up at him you realized two things, the first thing was that the other man has slipped away, being yelled at by another boy wearing glasses. The second being how incredibly handsome the brunette standing before you was, suddenly shy you spoke with a soft voice, "I am actually a little lost, I'm new here and just recently realized that I don't have the best sense of direction" you looked down slightly embarrassed. But for some reason felt the urge to continue "I didn't want to ask for help right away you see, I wanted to be able to figure it out for myself without bothering anyone, I suppose I just felt it was okay to struggle for a bit if you eventually find your way you know?" overcame with the feeling of speaking too much you shut your mouth
"Why do I become such a chatterbox when I meet someone new.."
Kiyoshi's face remained unchanged but an unknown expression flickered in his eyes "Well, I admire you for sticking it out for so long" a contagious smile covered his face as he seemed to radiate friendliness and warmth "I figured you were new" he continued, "I was wondering myself why I've never noticed a face like yours before."
Your cheeks were dusted with a light pink as you come to a slight realization that it was a compliment before you opened your mouth to say something- "Basketball practice ends in 15 for me, if you're willing to wait around I'd love to show you through the school." he offered it with such a sincere tone that it would seem almost wrong to deny him, against your natural habit to reject any help you decided to accept his offer.
"T-thank you Kiyoshi-kun, I appreciate it!" you voiced
He placed a hand on his hip and laughed "No problem at all! Wait for me, okay?"
"Y-yes.."
Midorima Shintaro
"Keep your eyes open today, Cancer. You will meet someone interesting."
Midorima closed his eyes.
Always taking in deep thought of his daily dose of Oha Asa as he handled his item, a small square picture frame. He barely heard the footsteps rushing pass him as a young girl's shoulder bumped his arm her _ hair tips tickling his skin as she breezes by.
"Sorry sir! I am trying to avoid someone!" you yelled over your shoulder as you cut through a corner.
And that was the end of that.
*Time forward*
You heavily sighed as you sunk against the wall of the school, you looked up at the pale yellow sky, signaling the end's day "Finally.I got away."
You never usually run away from things, but today was different, you accidentally grabbed another student's backpack, but it was not like it was your fault, they looked exactly the same! Nonetheless the boy accused you of taking his things, the sudden crowd of eyes began to surround you as the drawn attention made you utterly nervous, you apologized and best tried to explain yourself but to no avail, with no other hope you dropped his bag and ran off - never able to retrieve your own.
"What am I going to do now.I have no idea where my stuff is.."
You were often misunderstood, unlucky, is probably one of the more accurate ways to describe it. Since the day you were born you felt like nothing has ever come to you quickly, not unless you worked hard for it, everything ever given in your middle school years to now, from your new shoes to your own clothes you always had your money, and it wasn't like it was your fault your parents were poor, but you made the best of what you had.
"It's you."
You looked up to see a man with green hair and glasses, vaguely familiar you recalled the time you met him.
"Oh! I remember you now! I'm so sorry about earlier, I didn't mean to bump into you." you tilted your chin down your hair covering your face as you waited for his reply, you didn't expect much, people usually don't regard you highly for some reason...sometimes you wonder if your status was that obvious.
Avoiding the apology the man continued to stare at you "Is this really the interesting person?"
"What were you running from?" he wanted to say.
"Hmph..You should really watch where you go next time, I was holding my lucky item." "Your lucky..what?"
He held it up,his rather elegant fingers wrapping around the sides of the frame, you took in his features, there was a lot to look at in your opinion, the bandages on his hands, the scowl on his face, how green his eyes and hair was. You never seen anyone like him before. You bowed again "My deepest apologies, I just was in a little situation, I can't seem to find my bag now though" a nervous laugh left your lips as you tilted your head.
"A lucky item huh? Does that have to do with horoscopes and such? I don't carry them around myself, but I've always been interested in it!" You nodded your head affirmatively, there was a phase in your life where you truly wondered if you were born with bad luck, it was in your belief that fate would not change for you unless you took it upon yourself to change it, little did you know, how opposite the man before you actually thought of such.
When you were met with silence you pressed yourself to continue "I am a _! You began to list your traits, your elements and even your time of birth. "I think it speaks pretty accurately of me, but It's been awhile.."
Midorima's eyes opened with little surprise as it is not often he meets someone that knows about Astrology instead of knowing of it. "In that case, your horoscope for today tells you to take extra care of your belongings" he stated, before walking away "Wait!" He turned. A grateful smile was seen from his distance "Thank you!"
"An interesting person.."
Aomine Daiki
"Dai-chan"
"Uhn"
"Dai-chan!"
An annoyed grunt reverberated through Aomine's chest as he gruffly responded "What do you want Satsuki."
"I met someone today! She's really nice, and I managed to coax her into joining the team to become it's new manager!" She excitedly explains, her words nearly flying out of her mouth a mile a minute.
"How does this concern me?"
"Well..she has big breasts~" she chirped.
Aomine closed his eyes as he laid back on the rooftop his forearms supporting the back of his head
"If this is your way of getting me to go to practice again you can forget it."
She sighed, of course there was never an official yes from you but still, after their defeat to Seirin the team seemed more scattered then ever, she was desperate, the idea of getting another manager never really clicked into her thoughts until..
"Ugh! I'm never going to understand this." Your friend yelled as he roughly ran his fingers through his hair. A genuine and understanding look painted the features of your face as you gently placed the pencil back in his hand.
"Don't worry about it Tamaki-kun, it takes a lot of time to master something you know? I'm sure as long as you don't give up, and persist you will get this." You reassured your friend as you stood up hovering over his shoulder "You break down the problem like this, and then you move the equation over here.." Momoi overheard your conversation with your friend, feeling recently dejected from Too's loss herself, her thoughts seemed to be drifting aimlessly until it was pulled out by your positive affirmations nearby. "Oh I get it now! So that's how you get that answer then!" You smiled as you patted your friend on his shoulder, "Don't forget to check your work okay? and I knew you could do it! You've always had it in you." a small blush formed on his high cheek bones as he bashfully glanced up at you "Thanks for never giving up on me.. _-san" This wasn't the first time you tutored him, for the longest time he has always struggled with Math, and you've always been there to help him, even through his temper problems, or his apparent frustrations, even through the times he wanted to abandon his efforts all together you were always there to guide him and had the patience of a saint.
It was then that the pink haired lady requested to speak to you.
For some reason she held a strong assumption that you could be of help to the team "You don't meet many people as encouraging as yourself _-san!" "If you want the extra credit I'd love to have you join!" Being a sucker for sob stories yourself you felt strongly aligned to Momoi's beliefs and asked her for time to think about it.
It was mid-day that you decided to get some air, though you never took advantage of the perks you get, it was quite nice being appreciated by the school for your high grades and tutoring efforts, you alone have helped nearly half the class bring their grades up so sneaking up to the rooftop would probably bring little consequence. "I'm hardly going to have time to tutor anymore if I become manager of the basketball team" you stated out loud as you leaned against the fence looking down outside. "I can see everything from here.."
Lifting an eye open Aomine tilted his head over to look below at the woman before him, his eye slowly swept from your legs making it's way up your chest as he took in your form.
"Is this the girl Satsuki is yammering about?" he thought with piqued interest
Aomine himself has seen you around school before, either surrounded by adoring classmates or distracted with interested guys, though he himself never interacted with you, he certainly made himself acquainted with your bust.
Feeling eyes on you, you looked up "Is somebody there?"
"Oui."
Aomine stared down at you readily exposing his appearance to your line of sight. "You're Aomine Daiki, part of the basketball team correct? I've heard quite a lot about you" you greeted as you bowed politely.
"No need for such formality, but yeah I've recently heard some things about you myself." he lazily remarked as he sat up. You recalled the offer Momoi gave, along with her big pleading eyes and hopeful stare. "Yes, I am planning to become the manager, I am sure I'll be seeing you more often."
He laughed, though you thought there was nothing to laugh about "Hardly, I don't go to practice, I have better things to do." You placed your hands on your hips, though you've always had high expectations for yourself you tried your best not to force it on others. But this man..something about him sparked a nerve inside of you.
"Well Aomine, though I cannot force you, I am compelled to remind you of your loss to Seirin, They are probably still practicing right now. Would be a shame to see you fall so behind because of your lackadaisical arrogance."
His eyes widened in slight surprise, though he couldn't necessarily disagree, your statement was a fact, and the loss still hit somewhere deep within him. Before he could even think to reply -
"I'll be going now; I hope to see you soon." You nodded before heading off back down to the building.
Aomine laid back and closed his eyes again. "How annoying.."
Akashi Seijuro
"Hey! I'm talking to you!" A rather high pitched voice calls out to you
"Yeah yeah, I heard you the first time" you murmured as you placed your ear phones back on music blaring out, you closed your eyes and flexed your neck "What a pain in my ass.."
The boy talking after you was right on your heels until you abruptly stopped making him bump into your back "Miss _, this is your third warning now! We at Rakuzan High enforce a very strict dress code! Girls wear skirts and boys wear pants! I understand that you may be unaware, but there is no excuse for such insolence!"
You heaved out a heavy sigh, as you craned your neck peering down at him, he kept his gaze fixated on your pants as if he was trying to burn a hole through them but never once managed to make eye contact with you, leaning close you were a few inches from his face.
"If it makes you happy, I'll wear a skirt tomorrow, just for you senpai." you stated sweetly as you gazed at him. His face suddenly reddened "O-okay, well please keep it that way!" Though many people claim they could never tell your sincerity from your sarcasm you were quite content with that being so, you never wanted to be easy to figure out..doing so makes you very open to vulnerabilities. If people cannot predict your reactions then they can't observe your patterns, no one would ever mess with you. You turned around and went back to walking to your class, you took your usual seat, right behind a certain fiery haired man.
You never once talked to him, never once even bothered to introduce yourself or say hi, Why? it wasn't because you wanted to play it cool or wanted to impress him, you were just painfully, painfully,
Painfully
shy.
This man was Akashi Seijuro, number one student in class, part of the student council, captain of the basketball team, holder of the most prestigious title in school, everyone knows him, and of him, and his influence was as thick and heavy as the fog that rises up the next day,after a roaring thunderstorm. Seriously, who wouldn't be intimidated by that?
As class drone on, you curiously decided to pay attention for once - not to brag of course but you weren't too shabby either, if more effort was put in and discipline was firmly instilled in you you'd probably be top of your class as well. It was a class that the teacher can easily get off track with, so you never felt the need to pay attention, the topic this time was if insects had emotions. A student swatted a fly out of the air since it was buzzing around him, and a girl remarked about how cruel it was. But for some reason you were wondering where this would go.
"And though research has not completely claim it being so, insects indeed are not known for having human-like emotions, nor do they rarely act out for others of their own kind, unless the bond was as strong as mother and newborn" The teacher stated- you rolled your eyes, as if he knew everything. Science was so trivial, the core of it was completely made up of theory after theory, and less than 50 percent of any scientific topic could actually be proven through actual experimentation, on the basis of human relations to other animals in the kingdom. We can observe their heads and dissect their minds but something in your gut was telling you that if you're not in their shoes, it would simply be too much of an inaccuracy to correctly guess.
Maybe it was the three cups of coffee you chugged this morning, but you felt like speaking up.
"I can't say I completely agree with you." You monotonously stated, " Animals, especially insects have been recorded to be altruistic creatures as well, though this was once only a human instilled belief, we have seen from ants and bees that they would gladly give up their lives for a bigger cause, or rather something else besides themselves. This can't be marked as emotions, but it is proof that all creatures have some similar habits of acting, though you are correct about there not being enough research, to simply call off any chance of them possessing emotions would be equally wrong if not - even ignorant."
There was a hushed silence, besides the quiet whispers between students and glances shared between them. The teacher too, didn't say anything. Before anything else can start up the bell has already rung.
You stood up quietly and picked up your books, rather unsure if it was the right thing to argue with him, but then again, why even care, if people can so boldly claim facts, then they should do their best to know and cover any detail before acclamation can be given to them.
You barely passed the red head's desk before he spoke out to you, "How did you know of that, _?"
"Huh..didn't think he would know my name, but maybe geniuses have that type of memory."
"Well..I watch a lot of documentaries in my free time, I'm always thinking about topics such as that, how humans relate to the world around them so I try to find out as much as I can" you nodded, feeling rather oddly proud that he has asked you that, but found yourself asking again why you should even care.
Akashi gave a slight nod as he took in your answer. "Do you happen to relate well yourself?"
"Not really..I suppose that's why I wanted to know, not that I am special or anything but..I've always felt a little different and alienated especially from my peers." you cast your eyes down as you stared awkwardly at the floor, having no clue how you've even gotten yourself into this conversation.
"Perhaps if you apply yourself more, you'd keep your focus off of fitting in, and instead striving for more." You didn't know whether to take that as an insult or not, but he was probably right, maybe you focused too much on not being able to relate that you could of purposefully distanced yourself from the people around you.
Akashi's POV
Staring at the girl before me, I fought back a rather amused smirk. She was different for sure, the way her eyes seem as though she is off somewhere into space, but quick to defend herself if she felt her morals and values were being attacked. I've known her for quite some time now, intelligent, but not bright. Knowledgeable but not motivated.
This was the first time I've heard her talk, let alone debate with a teacher. "I would have said something myself if I didn't hear her inhale first.."
Though overcome with the realization that perhaps Akashi was right you suddenly narrowed your eyes, as his made contact with yours.
"Akashi, you do not nor would you ever know me as well as I do myself. Your assumptions about the motives behind my thought process is only inaccurate, I am sorry to say." you slid the door open and as your hand was resting on the side of it you heard him speak once more, an amused smirk now fighting it's way to spread across his face.
"I know you a lot more than you think I do _."
Kise Ryouta
Shrill voices, squeals, high pitched ringing echoed through your ears as you tried your best to bury yourself in your books. Day after day, nearly every other hour, hell, it has been drilled into you so strongly these voices and noises that you began hearing them in your dreams.
Valentine's Day.
"Kise-kun! Kise-kun! This is for you!" a girl shouted "No take mine first!" push. shove. More shouting.
Christmas Day.
"Merry Christmas Kise-kun! this is for you! I hope you like it!
"Kise-kun I made this myself! please accept it."
A regular school day.
"Oh look! it's Kise-kun the model I was telling you about, he looks so good today!"
"What are you talking about? he's handsome everyday~!" another girl answered.
You groaned in annoyance as you sunk your head in between your forearms, you couldn't help it - you hate loud noises. "Well..it's not their fault that they like him..he is rather handsome..his eyes are like honey..and his smile is just as sweet.." your thoughts trailed off until you were suddenly moved aside stumbling backwards as your things slid across the floor, the first was a book and it happened to come into view to the magnet of these noises you so dreaded.
Kise bent down to pick up the book as he looked around "Who's book is this?" he held it up in front of his classmates, the swarm of girls rushing back towards him a cartoonish sweatdrop appeared on the back of his head as he gave a nervous smile
"It's mine!" "No, it belongs to me!"
Though he was blonde - by no means was he dumb. He thumbed the front cover opened and read the name written neatly on the bottom.
"Ah _-san! This belongs to you" he stated as he made his way miraculously over to you. "T-thanks" you quickly took the book out of his hands to avoid any contempt filled glances swung your way slowly. The second thing you hate? Attention.
He smiled warmly at you - it was then that the request to take your seats was made and he took his a row next to you - two seats ahead.
You suddenly remembered the assignment that was suppose to be given today - this was the first time in the semester that partners of two were granted for a project, although you've never been the greatest team player - you did well if lines were drawn clearly and duties were fulfilled independently - which means as little interaction as possible. This wasn't to say that you didn't like being paired up with partners - but the last few projects given, you were always stuck with the heaviest load of work.
A stern voice steered you clear of your inner preoccupation.
"_, you have been called to the office earlier, you should go as soon as possible."
Though partners haven't been assigned yet, it was still the beginning of class, so you rushed out to the office, giving a sidelong glance at the blonde male before exiting.
You ended up there a lot longer then expected, there was a line for some reason, "Then again I did hear something about immunization forms being compromised..it's always something though. Schools are getting way too paranoid in my opinion.."
By the time you went up and even more by the time you finished with such a dull business, the class was already over, "Damn damn damn" flying out of the office you hastily grabbed your things and went back to the room to only find it desolate. No teacher, no students.
"What do I do now..? I can't just let my work load be assigned to me again.." you bit your bottom lip, shoulder slightly slumped you decided on walking home.
"Kise! Where are you?" a voice traveled across the hallway as you made your way out, a group of girls as always were looking for him, whether to ask him about more non- sense or give him presents in which there was no occasion for. Either way you didn't care, your only intent was to make for the exit. Halfway down pass the giddy ladies you turned a corner only to have your arm pulled backwards..
In a supply closet.
"MmmFFhh!" a hand with rather slender fingers wrapped around your mouth.
"Shh, _-san, it's just me" you recognized the voice immediately but it wasn't just who it was, you were never this close to a man before. His voiced was low and his breath teasingly breezed down your neck as you reached forward for the string to a light somehow, an arm longer then your length reached pass you to turn the switch. The hand let go and you were met face to face with the model.
"K-kise-kun, what are you doing in the supply closet?!" you loud whispered your brow knit together in surprise and confusion.
"What do you think? hiding for now. But I am happy I saw you through the crack, you weren't there when partners were assigned" your eyes inquisitively searched his "Did you happen to remember who?"
"Haha, who? Yeah, I do. You're looking right at him!" he grinned and nodded confidently, I'm sure with our combined strength we can ace this project for sure! "I bet you don't even know what we are supposed to do," you stated.
A subtle pout formed on his full lips, "I didn't take you for one to pick on me _-san.".
"Well it's not like you know me well, so you shouldn't have assumed the latter Kise-kun!" you argued back
"Of course I know you! We had that group project with two other classmates don't you remember?" he looked at you as if slightly offended but assured that this was the acceptable answer.
"Yes, and I also recall being stuck with the workload."
Kise laughed, and placed a hand on your head "How about this then _-san, since it's just you and I this time, we can actually work on this together, this way it will be even." He's never known the girl too well himself but he enjoyed her feisty personality yet it had much charm to it as well - whether for better or worse he saw you much more like a puppy instead of a girl, for once he just appreciated being able to have a normal conversation with the opposite sex besides Momoi in middle school and once in awhile now, in high school.
You skeptically looked at him, though it was a relief to know your assigned partner, you weren't exactly thrilled with it being Kise. He seems like a nice guy but what was coming was not what you looked forward to, nearly every other girl would be giving you those dagger eyes, and you weren't in the mood to be dealing with that for the next few weeks - nonetheless you were by no means a side stander, you had an assigned duty and you were determined to accomplish it. "Watching way too many Law and Order.." you thought.
"So be it, I'll believe your word when I see it Kise-kun" "Until then," you continued, "I look forward to working with you!" you beamed up at him and stuck out your hand.
He blinked a few times before giving an open mouth smile, "You look so cute when you smile _-san!" his eyes became determined a moment after "I look forward to working with you as well." and with that he took your hand and you shook on it.
Reo Mibuchi (3 I think he is swell.)
It was a rainy day. The clouds swarmed the skies shadowing the earth as the droplets arrow across the sides of your school window.
What an ugly sight.
It was one of those uncommon rains, though. The type where the drops were long and narrow, instead of dart and bullet like. It's windier.
A soft hand wrapped over your eyes. "Hey."
"Haha what are you doing Tsubasa?" Your boyfriend rubbed the tip of his nose up the side of your ear,
"It's rainy today, Good thing I brought an umbrella. But it looks rather unsafe..my house is closer, it's best if we wait the storm out a little longer before I walk you home." your heart blew up like a balloon hearing such kind words.
He was nice. And he was an attentive person.
"I would appreciate that Tsubasa-chan." You looped your arm around him as he pulled his elbow towards himself bringing you in closer.
"I like it when you hang on me instead _-chan.".
You sighed softly, your head resting on the palm of your right as your left went away drawing." It was another rainy day. It's amazing, how individual events can mean something different as you move through parts of life."
That was a few months long, that part of your life. But it was your first relationship.
He made you so happy, and you loved seeing a smile come to his face whenever you express your love to him. You were always by his side, attending his every need, his motivator, his best friend, his listening ear. "Tsu-chan I was hoping we go to the mall to-" you were cut off by his phone ringing, the vibrate shook his pants ever so light as if to tug at him with attention. He flicked it open and a look of urgency came across his face.
You just didn't understand why he tried to hide the expression, though.
"I got to take this _-chan."
"I understand."
Within the first month, while you began to see him more regularly, his phone would always do that nearly every other day, and he always disappeared for quite awhile, he said it was about his sister being in the hospital he was just always worried about her, yet never further elaborated. You've never met her yourself but you could tell she was important to him. "I wonder when I get to meet his family."
"We're here." he led you through the house, showing you to different parts as you reached his living room he placed his jacket on the sofa. "Take a seat; there I'll see if there's anything I can whip up for dinner real quick."
You placed yourself comfortably next to his jacket..not long before his phone began vibrating. You looked down at the caller id, it was usually this time she calls, but the name on the phone didn't match hers..for that matter. You could see the light brightly shine through his thin jacket,
2 New Messages!
Flicking the phone open your eyes widen with shock feeling as if your heart has plummeted from your chest to your gut.
A strong, fiery wind of red spread across your face as you look at the messages.
It was a photo. A..bare one.
"Miss you! I can't wait to come see you again!"
"...What are you doing with my phone?" a too worried tone of voice demanded.
"Who is this.."
Before you could utter any reply the phone was snatched from you, his eyes scanning what was sent. He looked at you.
"_..I'm I'm sorry I never told you..but I guess I should explain, I knew one day this would happen, I was getting more attached to you then I thought.."
You didn't say anything.
"I've been dating this girl long before I met you, but she has a really busy modeling career...I got lonely" His rate sped up. "I know its no excuse to do that to you!"
"As if explaining why you know it's wrong will do you any good." You shot out coldly, your eyes narrowing, you made your way to the door, feeling more than just enough.
"_-chan! Wait!"
The rain pelted your hair as you left the other side. Perfect. No one can see the tears you so carelessly dropped.
"Nice guys..aren't always good ones."
You snapped out of your thoughts as you recalled that memory. It's only been a few weeks but you didn't quite feel over it. Leaning up against the bench near the park your eyes vacantly bore into the ground.
"Hmm? What's that look on your face for?" a soft yet curious voice reached out to you. He handed you something. It was your phone. "You left in such a hurry I lost track of you for a bit". You looked up at him and took your phone your hand brushing down his palm as you retrieved it. "Thank you, I didn't realize, you didn't need to go through the trouble for me I am sure the school would of held it for me." You remembered leaving after classes ended your mind suddenly being webbed into past memories again.
"It's no stress, I was on my way here regardless. It's rather nice out isn't it?" he hummed as he looked out at the sky his raven-black hair brushing down just past his ear.
You finally took more notice of your surroundings, it was indeed - beautiful. The weather you meant.
"Reo Mibuchi." his voice echoed through your ear again.
"_ it's a pleasure to meet you." You stood up bowing politely to him "Thank you so much for this trouble. Please let me know if there is anyway I can make it up to you."
He smiled at you his eyes holding a glimmering shine. "Well then, I'll certainly keep that in mind. Until then, let's just enjoy the sight.". You weren't sure if he meant it or not, his voice was light, and flowed like a smooth melody.
*Fast-forward*
"_-san"
"_-san"
You snapped out of your thoughts - again.
"Yes Reo-kun?" you greeted him with a gentle smile waiting expectantly.
"Are you feeling alright? I was telling you that there's a game in a few days."
He scowled at you. "Not necessarily a nice thing to space out while I was talking you know.." "Gomen, Reo-kun. It was a thought about you if that counts for anything!" His eyes perked in amusement. "Oh? what was it about _-san?" You laughed nervously "Don't look at me like that! I was just remembering the time at the park. It looks like another nice day out."
"I understand, it is quite lovely. I think it will be like this for the rest of the week. Speaking of, are you going?" You nodded eagerly "I can't wait to attend your match! It's the semi-finals too!" He chuckled and gave a slight nod of his head.
It was always nice recalling back.
"My first impression.."
Kuroko Tetsuya
Your skirt swayed lightly to and fro as you flitted across the hallways down to the library. It was an average day at Seirin High but a below average for you and your grades. Sighing, you tuck a strand of hair behind your ear as you contemplated your next move. You weren't sure when it happened, but as days seem to fly by you slowly have been dropping letters in classes like flies. All you knew was that,
"I need to do something about this." you murmured to yourself as you turned a tight corner and entered through the double doors of the library.
Once inside, you cautiously inspected the entire area. There were a dozen students or so after classes, some were meeting for clubs, one hung up flyers and the librarian was pecking away on her computer, your eyes swiftly shifted to the book shelves. Combing through the columns, your forefinger barely rested on a book titled "Modern History of Japan". As you attempted to reach, and on your toes, the shelf began to hold your weight and you nearly toppled over it if it weren't for a firm arm around your waist, it retracted and you turned around to meet azure eyes like a cloudless sky, with your own _ ones. He blinked once before asking.
"Are you alright?" your cheeks were tinted red with slight surprise. "Yes, I believe I'm fine, thanks..It's just uh.." You turned around to hide your blush and looked up.
"I was trying to get to that book up there but I can't seem to reach it." He moved his eyes from you to the book. The blue haired man then leaned forward, a few inches from your back, his shoulder hovered over yours and extended an arm to retrieve it. You felt the heat from his chest and the rustling of his jacket as he moved back and handed it to you.
"Thanks, I appreciate it." You gave a gentle smile and he exchanged the same. "My name is _ by the way." "Kuroko Tetsuya" He extended a hand in which you both shook, the warm and smooth skin brushing over yours. "Are you studying?" he inquired as he looked down at your arms. "Yeah, I'm failing history class.." He nodded,you both walked to one of the tables. As you sat down, he shifted his leg,his phone vibrating. The screen lit up as he knitted his eyebrows together. "Sorry _-san, give me a moment." You watched his retreating figure stepping out of the library. Sinking back in your seat, you marveled at the sheer length of Kuroko's I mean the bulk of the textbook.
"How long is it going to take to read this? Quite honestly I need post-it notes, and maybe a highlighter...wait am I allowed to highlight a book? Probably not, school property.."
You nibbled the end of your pen as you flipped through the pages idly, your eyes meeting the door every once and awhile to see if he would come back or not. Not that you would care, well that much that is. It didn't seem to matter really where he is or what he's doing but you have heard stories about Kuroko before, considering the fact that he was on Seirin high's basketball team and everyone is wild about it. Suddenly you heard a shout.
"Ew It's disgusting! Kill it kill it!"
a female voice disrupted your thoughts as you looked to your right. A few tables over two students were screaming, a spider crawled over the top of the table. The librarian told them to hush and began making her way over there. At the same time Kuroko came back in, one of the students nearly slammed the library book on the little arachnid. You quietly stepped over beside her and wrapped your hand around her elbow. She glanced sideways and directed her voice at you. "What are you doing?! I'm trying to do something here!" you trapped the spider between your hands as you closed one hand on top of it.
"You shouldn't kill something because it looks nasty you know." You chastised the girl sternly while her shaking friend was about to burst into tears.
"You're so disgusting, how can you hold that thing!" she retorted giving a repulsive look at your hands. Kuroko then took the book from her.
"This is school property, you would of gotten in trouble for creating such a commotion anyway." his calm demeanor and vacant expressionless look was far from interpretation.
The girls immediately nodded. "Thank you Kuroko-kun! you're right we would of gotten kicked out."
Meanwhile, you moved to an open window to let the critter crawl out onto the sides of the building. Kuroko appeared behind you
"Do you like spiders?" he asked innocently. You closed the window with a click. The library has returned to near silence now, the murmurs and whispers of students leaving with them as the place became less populated.
"I generally like all life, or I at least don't mind them. It might sound silly, but it seems kind of sad for something to die just because it made it's way to a place where it didn't realize it was unwanted."
An expression flickered across Kuroko's face that seemed unreadable to you. A moment passed before a slight and subtle curve of a smile angled it's way up. "I don't think its silly." was his only reply.
He then handed the history book to you. "You left it behind, I wasn't sure if you still wanted it or not." You smiled as you took it from him, both of you headed to the front desk as you checked out.
"Kuroko-kun, right?" He nodded. "You can just call me Kuroko, if you want." you hesitated at his impersonal implication of a personal name. "You - you sure about that? you and I are just strangers." "Technically not, strangers don't know one another's names."
You laughed. "You know what I mean."
He tilted his head at you. "If you need help studying, I don't mind giving you pointers."
You both made it to the front of the school, wind moving the leaves along outside.
"I appreciate it, but I really wouldn't want to take much of your time, my grades are my own responsibility."
"I agree, but the offer is there, if you want it."
"Thank you, maybe we can meet around the -" Your phone began beeping. You looked at it to realized the time and an unread message. "Oh god! I forgot, I gotta go!" You placed the books in your backpack and slid your phone in your pocket. "I'm late for work! It was nice meeting you Kuroko!"
Kuroko blinked a few times as he waved to your retreating figure.
"That was sudden.." he thought.