Chapter 1: Chapter 1
A/N: Hi! It's my first time writing here though I did write in a couple of other sites before. To celebrate, ehem, the long-awaited newly released season of KuroBasu, I wrote a fanfiction about it. I'm not really sure whom I'll pair my OC though, and I'm not too much into romance. She's not special, no. And she's definitely not into basketball. Despite the fact that my favorite character is Kuroko, I'm still conflicted whether they'll go well together, especially since it is mentioned that Kuroko likes gentle girls. Anyway, I hope you like it!
Disclaimer: I don't own Kuroko no Basuke or any of its characters. The plot's from a crazy authoress's imagination in an attempt to entertainment and any resemblance to an actual person, place, or whatever is simply coincidence.
I bet it would be nice to have a vanilla-milkshake-scented companion though.
CHAPTER I
A petite girl stared at the large gate of her new school. It looked pristine and appealing with the beauty of winter. Snowflakes danced prettily with the wind before it settled down the paved ground. She wore the sailor uniform and pleated skirt the girls in this school dressed in. Her ebony hair that reached the small of her back has streaks of white strands and it cascaded behind her like a waterfall, contrasting the silvery snow. Her onyx eyes were like an abyss; empty, bottomless, and mysterious.
A small smile cracked her lips. She hoped this time, she wouldn't mess her chance for a great start.
Actually, this is already the third school she transferred with only her first year in high school because of her untamed personality.
She got expelled because she punched a girl in the gut at her first school. Then she found out that the girl she hit was the principal's daughter. She hadn't cared nor regretted it, though. The girl deserved it for spilling juice at her intentionally, although the bitch denied it.
Then she beat up the bullies at her second school for messing up with her. She might have received plenty of injuries but the guys had acquired worse. Their heads had been great planks for her metal bat. She didn't regret it either.
Her family was almost hesitant to send her to school again and just considered homeschooling her so they could limit the violence and damage she tend to cause. They decided to send her here at Seirin instead to be with her older cousin. That way, the multi-personality Hyuga Junpei would be able to at least minimize her habits. She didn't care still, as long as people let her mind her own business.
She's a delinquent. A disgrace to her family, that's why they threw her here.
Maeda Rin made her way to the school building while enjoying the refreshing view of blossomless sakura trees lined at the sides of the pathway. Rin never did like spring; it was way too colorful for her taste.
She was about to round at the corner when she heard a shuffling behind one of the sakura trees. Being someone who claimed to be fearless, she bravely yet cautiously peeked behind the trunk.
Rin was surprised to see a dog curled in a tight ball because of the cold. A very cute dog.
If there's one thing she was fond at, it was animals. Cute animals were her weakness. She's still a girl after all.
"Aww," she cooed at the little creature. It looked at her forlornly with its large cerulean eyes and her heart melted into a puddle of goo. "What are you doing here, little guy? Are you lost?" She reached her arms at the puppy. "Come here. You must be freezing."
The dog gratefully came to her. She scooped it up and hugged it close so she can share her warmth.
She glanced around to see if anyone was looking for a lost puppy but it seemed she was the only one outside because class had already started and anyone wouldn't want to be outside with this weather. What would a dog be doing in a school anyway? Were pets even allowed inside schools?
"Your owner must be worried sick," she muttered while looking at the dog.
She decided to take the puppy with her and find its owner later. She wouldn't mind its company for a while. It might keep her out of trouble.
"Domo."
Rin halted, wide-eyed with shock. "Ahhhhhh!"
A meter and a half away from her stood a boy with powder blue hair and azure eyes, which strangely reminded her of the dog in her arms. He was wearing the standard uniform for boys in Seirin like the one Junpei-nii wore so he must be a student here. But what surprised her most was his lack of presence. She didn't feel it at all, and she swore she didn't see him a while ago. He's practically invisible!
"Sorry," he apologized in a monotone voice. "That dog is mine."
Rin stared at the boy for a while before taking a few steps to close the distance between them. He remained impassive as he watched her poke his shoulder idiotically. Satisfied, Rin stepped back.
"Just making sure you're not a hologram or some kind of a ghost." She scratched the back of her head sheepishly. "Here," she said as she handed him the shivering little dog. "He's trembling. It's a good thing he didn't freeze to death."
"Thank you," he said though his face remained emotionless, diminishing the gratifying effect of the statement. "I've been looking everywhere for him."
The boy unzipped his blazer, hugged the dog and zipped his uniform again. Rin raised an eyebrow in amusement and curiosity at the action of the teal haired boy. Then she remembered that since he's here, maybe he could make things easier for her.
"Say, you're a student here, aren't you?" she asked.
"Hai." His indifference was quite annoying her at this point.
"Great," she exclaimed with fake enthusiasm. "Could you help me find my class? I'm kind of new here. I'm supposed to be in class 1-B English."
"Hai." He turned around and beckoned her to follow. "This way, uhh—"
"Rin. Maeda Rin," she supplied.
"I'm Kuroko Tetsuya and this is Nigou," he said still with the poker face that had been so unnerving to her, while gesturing at the little dog. "Nice to meet you, Maeda-san."
"Likewise."
The walk was uneventful. Rin was so enticed in her surrounding that she sometimes forgot that Kuroko was there in the first place, nevermind that he didn't have much of a presence anyway.
She was continuing her way through the hallway when Kuroko's calm voice snapped her out of her reverie.
"We're here." He was standing in front of a closed door a few feet behind her. She had forgotten that he was with her and hadn't noticed that he had stopped.
"Kuroko," she started as she looked back at him, venom lacing her irritated voice. "Could you call out to me normally? You almost gave me a heartattack!"
"I did call out to you normally, Maeda-san," he stated flatly.
A vein throbbed at her temple. This emotionless guy was trying the extent of her patience without even perceiving, and it annoyed her even more.
"Whatever." If not for the fact that he helped her find the room she would have strangled him already and left him for dead.
She slowly made her way at the closed door and stood in front of it with Kuroko. She stared at it for a while, believing that the door would unsuspectingly open itself or become transparent so she can peep at what was happening at the other side, but unfortunately, this door didn't have that kind of function.
"Aren't you going inside, Maeda-san?" Kuroko tilted his head to the side, eyes dancing with mild fascination at the girl's pointed look at the obviously closed door.
Said girl almost screamed bloody murder again if not for stopping herself. She overlooked his presence once again. Geez, what's wrong with him?
"I…" she started but can't continue. This was the third school she'd be entering this year. She knew it was her fault but changing schools was hard for her too though she won't say it out loud. She'd always have to make new friends and settle in. It's tiring, so she decided to try and make her stay here a little bit longer. But for that to happen, she'd have to make a good impression at them which was not really her line of expertise. She's good at insulting, being rude, and be straight out offensive and she's good at talking back, too. What will happen if she can't prolong her stay here? What if they hate her? What if she got expelled without even getting started? The blank wood of the closed door she'd been staring for ten minutes seemed to evade the answers.
"Hey, you! What are you doing there? Aren't you supposed to be in class? Are you cutting classes?"
She blinked incredulously at the figure of the fuming teacher in front of his table that was once in her view of the closed door. It took her brain some time before she figured that it was Kuroko who opened the door.
"Me?" she asked, pointing at herself.
"Who else would I be talking about?"
"I don't know. It might be—ehh?" she was surprised and quite insulted when she found Kuroko not beside her anymore. That bastard.
"Don't just stand there, answer my question."
She can't help the blush rising up her cheeks due to extreme embarrassment. She could feel the undivided attention of her new classmates directed at her.
"I'm a new student here," she reasoned, covering her discomfort through a poker face. "I kind of got lost..."
The teacher huffed before shuffling some papers above his desk until he settled with one. "Maeda Rin, I gathered?"
"Hai."
"Take a seat wherever you please," he gestured at his class in a gruff way.
Rin bowed stiffly at the man and eyed the room for an empty seat. She found one conveniently at the back and made her way to it. She sat awkwardly and forced herself to listen to the teacher who continued his rasp lecture about subject-verb agreement.
Thinking back, she fought the urge to scowl at the memory of her seemingly unusual encounter with one Kuroko Tetsuya. Next time it would happen, she would make sure that he would pay for ditching her at the mercy of the grouchy professor.
A/N: Reviews or a simple acknowledgement would be appreciated. Flames are not exactly welcomed but, hey, this is the democratic era, you can say whatever you want but don't expect to be regarded. Constructive criticisms are much, much better. Don't hesitate to PM me if there are errors in my work, k?