Title: S H E
Author: BakemonoShoujo
Summary:
I, Midorima Shintarou, am looking for signs of other beings that live in our universe. I believe all things astrological, that's why I check my horoscope every day. Yet, my horoscope didn't foretell me that one day I will save a girl who fell in a lake. When I saw her, I thought that the sky fell down from the heavens.
Note: Slightly AU, Fem!Kuroko. OoC maybe? Sorry for some errors, no proof read for this chap
'Oha-Asa horoscope predicts a normal day for you Cancers! But still, beware of the possibility of bad luck; always carry with you your lucky item for the day! A blue piggy bank!—'
With a press of a button, the teen turned off the radio and proceeded to the convenient novelty store close to his apartment. The green-haired male opened the door; the old man by the counter greeted him as he would every day.
"Looking for your lucky item for today as per usual?"
The addressed young man nodded curtly, "I need a blue piggy bank. Do you by any chance have one?"
The old man thought for a while, and then stood up as he rummaged through some boxes. He knew the teen for years now as he went to this shop to look for his lucky items most of the days. Midorima Shintarou truly was a unique child; he was well-mannered, albeit cold in demeanor, intelligent, and quite logical. His habit of entrusting himself to some horoscope earnestly to buy different item that are considered lucky day in and day out brought him a bit wayward from the norm. But different isn't bad, is it?
Of course not, "Ah, here it is." The senior propped the item down on his counter top and wipe the dust making it clean and presentable. "Here ya go, Midori."
Midorima gave another nod of gratification, took it, and paid for the article at hand. He left the store wordlessly and headed to his university. When he got to the campus, his friend slash servant slash follower greeted him, "Morning, Shin-chan!" He didn't get a reply, "How mean! You don't even bother greeting back!" His friend teased.
Together they headed to the building and went to their class. At noon, the two friends sat in the cafeteria and ate their lunch. "Hey Shin-chan. Did you hear about the meteor that landed in the forest west from here?"
"Yes. I'm planning on going there later. Are you going along, Takao?" Midorima asked his long time friend. They've known each other since high school. He knows all about his obsession with horoscope and extraterrestrial beings, at first, the latter was weirded out by that fact yet he still befriended him and even supports him in his peculiar escapades; Midorima appreciates him very much, though he wouldn't say it.
Takao smiled apologetically, "Sorry but I have plans with my family later because my aunt's visiting from Italy."
The green-haired nodded. The shorter male smiled wider, "So! What does your horoscope tell you for today?"
"Oha-Asa said that my fortune for today is normal."
"Oh, is that all?"
Midorima nodded, "Yes, after it said that it's normal, it announced the lucky item so conclude that that's all."
"I see, I see."
Their day at the university went on as usual. After classes, they separated ways with Takao bidding Midorima a 'take care'. And with that, the green-haired male headed to where he would do his research. Just like what his friend told him earlier, last night there was a small meteor that crashed in the forest, luckily, the said venue was near their school; about an hour of trekking would get him there.
His intention was, of course, looks for proofs of any extraterrestrial evidences, that, and to collect some samples for his studies for his course, which was Geology. So it's a win-win situation.
Midorima pushed through leaves and branches as he continued on into the woods hoping to find the crash site with his estimated coordinates. Which he's sure wasn't estimated since he's the one who made it.
He found his way into a clearing by a lake with a short waterfall on his opposite side. He wiped the sweat off his chin and looked at his paper once again. The sun beating down on him as it was still in the middle of the afternoon. Curious though, a small shadow casted upon his map. He looked up and saw a girl standing next to the cliff beside the waterfall. Much to his horror, she stretched out her arms and spun on her heel and freefell into the lake.
The college student blinked rapidly not believing his eyes. His instinct kicked in, he took off his socks and shoes, put down his belongings, and dived in the waters. He swam underwater heading to the direction where she fell. A sinking figure came into view a few feet ahead; he hurriedly swam and caught the body.
He lunged for the surface and gasped a great amount of air as they emerged, a few paddles he headed for land with an unconscious persona in his arm. Midorima laid her body onto the dry land and he panted. After catching his breath, he turned to the girl he saved, she didn't look like anyone he ever saw. Her skin a flawless alabaster, her long hair in a shade of soft teal, her ting long lashes rested onto her plump cheeks as she was still unconscious. With that thought, he shoved his observations aside and thought how he could revive her.
Clearly, she had intake a lot of water, he remembered their first aid lessons in middle school on how to help a person who almost drowned. The most basic and common sense solution was of course, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Well, it's not like it's a kiss, right? Right.
Midorima inched closer to the parted pink lips and stopped midway when the mysterious girl began coughing out the water landing some spurts onto Midorima's face. He pulled away and wiped his face with disdain.
Green eyes narrowed as he observed her, her eyes were still closed but she didn't look like a corpse unlike earlier. He wondered how this unexpected albeit weird encounter happened, after all, it's not like every day that someone gets to save a girl who jumped from a cliff and dived into a lake.
'Oha-Asa horoscope predicts a normal day for you Cancers!'
Even when his horoscope foretold his day would be normal, this was far from normal…
The girl stirred and grumbled lightly, he helped her up and she held her head once she sat up. She looked at the person who rescued her. When he saw her eyes, it was like all the air was sucked out of his lungs and wondered again if he was the one who drowned.
'But still, beware of the possibility of bad luck; always carry with you your lucky item for the day! A blue piggy bank!'
Was this perhaps bad luck? Could this girl give him trouble? But he brought his lucky item as counter measure. Maybe he should have listened to the rest of his fortune. His green eyes looked deep into the light blue eyes.
'Also'
The earthen green gazed upon the sky blue azure.
'Beware of falling objects! Have a great day Cancers!'
END CHAPTER
Well... I was kinda feeling lazy on continuing my other fics so I figured to make a part time one, so the update for this won't be regular.
I'm sorry for separating the ever so solid fandom of Midorima x Takao.
Kagami was supposed to be the main character but he just doesn't fit the guy-with-nerdy-obsession character. And yes, Midorima has passed the audition. And this world needs more MidoKuro.
Thank you for reading
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