A/N : I don't know if anyone has write the similar story, if someone did, please notify me. This is my first fanfiction in this fandom, I'm sorry for OOC-ness. I'm sorry if this one messed up... and sorry for the mistakes~
Disclaimer : This story is loosely based on Bakuman by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. Kurobasu and Bakuman belongs to their respective owner. I own nothing.
Warning : OOC-ness (and I mean a lot of it), grammatical error, and shounen-ai.
Chapter 1
Aomine Daiki, 14 years old. Now he was in his third year of middle school. No real ambition, not much of a dream. If people asked him what he wanted to be in the future, he would answer by simple "I don't know" or "I haven't thought about it yet." Basically, he didn't even want to think about it. Just got into good high school, good university, and then work like those men he saw everyday on his way to school. Not much of a dream, but it was a safe zone. He would get paid, and he didn't have to worry about anything else. Everything would be normal.
Right now, he was sat half-heartedly in his class. He didn't really pay attention to his teacher; instead his focus was on one person in his class. Unconsciously, his hand started to move his pencil as he drew a line, and then the next line and the next until it became a rough sketch of a boy sat a few row in front of him. From his point of view, he could see the side of his face, his bored expression and the eyes under those red locks of his.
Gladly no one knew the boy, Kagami Taiga, 14 years old, was Aomine's crush. They never really talked, and Kagami always had his own group of friends he usually hang out with, so all that Aomine could do was to look at him during class and making sketch of him in his school books. Yup. He was that pathetic.
When the bell was ringing, Aomine quickly shoved his notebook under his table as he took his bag and walked out of the class. Aomine wasn't really a normal student. He was tall, dark skinned and good looking in some way. But no one was really close to him. People said he was a loner. In fact, he only didn't bother to make friends. He didn't think he'd really needed it. So he just lived normally, keeping people at arm length without being obvious to do so.
Normal.
"Aomine! Want to go to the game centre with us?" one of his classmate asked him.
"Hmmm… I don't think so. We have test tomorrow. I want to cover the materials," said Aomine. "Maybe next time."
"I see. Well, see you tomorrow then," his classmate left as Aomine walked alone to his house.
"Damn I left it!" Aomine cursed as he checked his bag to see his Mathematics notebook was in school. It wasn't like he couldn't study without his notebook, but he didn't want someone see the content of his notebook and found the picture of Kagami he drew in there. He cursed as he decided to go back to school and fetch his notebook.
He entered the empty classroom and walked to his table. He checked it, but his notebook had disappeared! Damn. Someone must found it and would post it in notice board tomorrow. Damn.
"Looking for this, Aomine-kun?"
Aomine gasped as he turned around and came face to face with a short guy. He had weird bluish silver hair and pale skin with emotionless face. Aomine didn't know who he was. He never saw this boy before.
"Who the hell are you?!" Aomine asked as he saw his notebook on the boy's hand.
"My name is Kuroko Tetsuya, and I'm your classmate," said the boy monotonously.
"Seriously? I never see you before."
"Most people do," said Kuroko. "Are you looking for this, Aomine-kun? You accidentally left it in your desk."
"Do you see through it?"
"Yes. And I know you have a crush for Kagami Taiga-kun," said Kuroko flatly. "I think he likes you back. But I never really thought you would like him so much. I know you like big breast and as far as I know, Kagami-kun is a boy."
"It's not you business. Now give my notebook back," said Aomine. He really didn't have time for this game. He just wanted to go home.
"Don't worry, I'll give it back to you in one condition," said Kuroko.
Here it came. Kuroko probably also liked Kagami, and now he would told him to stay away from the boy or he would expose Aomine's secret. Yup. He probably would do that. It might be a cheap trick, but who knew? He didn't really know Kuroko that much anyway, and it was impossible to guess what this boy thinking.
But what came next was beyond expectation.
"Team up with me, and let's become a mangaka."
Aomine stopped for awhile as he thought he misheard that.
"What?" he asked.
"Let's become a mangaka. I've see your ability, Aomine-kun, and I've decided that you can be my light."
"What the hell?! What are you talking about?"
"I can't draw, Aomine-kun. I'm only a shadow. I need someone that can be my light for me. I'll make you number one mangaka in Japan."
"Hell no. I don't want to be a mangaka. I'm sorry, but you should try to find someone else. I'm not interested anyway. Now give my notebook back."
Kuroko didn't say anything as he gave Aomine's notebook back. He held it for awhile as those emotionless icy blue eyes stared into Aomine's dark blue eyes.
"I won't give up, Aomine-kun," said Kuroko. "Can I ask you a question? Why you don't want to be a mangaka?"
Aomine stopped for awhile.
"Because you can't only live by manga," said Aomine. "Mangaka is only a gambler until they become successful. Even when your manga is serialized in magazine, it can be canceled only in 10 weeks, depends on the questionnaire from the readers. In Japan, there are thousands of people who wanted to be a mangaka but it's not that easy."
"Aomine-kun seemed to know much about mangaka," said Kuroko.
"My cousin was a mangaka," said Aomine.
"Who? Maybe I'll know the name."
"You probably wouldn't," said Aomine. "She wasn't that popular."
"Try me."
"Momoi Satsuki, or better known as Momoshiro Satsuki."
"The author of 'Tales of Robo'?" asked Kuroko. "I always watched the anime when I was a kid. But after that, she wasn't made any manga anymore. She is your cousin?"
"Was. She died two years after the anime airing," said Aomine calmly. "Anyway, I don't want to be a mangaka. See you, Kuroko."
Aomine walked out of the classroom, followed by Kuroko's stare on his back. He definitely didn't want to be a mangaka. It was easy for everyone to say that they wanted to be a mangaka, but reality wasn't always rainbow and unicorns. Being a mangaka wasn't that easy. Thousands had failed to become one. Aomine knew that. Satsuki died because of manga. He always considred her as his older sister, his role model. Her job as a mangaka was what encouraged Aomine to draw. Once, when he was in elementary school, he told Satsuki he wanted to become a mangaka. Satsuki only laughed. She never forced Aomine to become a mangaka, she never even called herself a mangaka.
She was a gambler.
Aomine lied on his bed with the usual Shounen JUMP in his hand as he read his favorite manga. Suddenly, his cell phone was ringing, indicating that there was incoming call. He looked at the unknown number on the screen and decided (against his better judgment) to answer it.
"Hello, Aomine-kun. This is Kuroko Tetsuya," said the voice on the phone.
"Kuroko? How did you get my number?" asked Aomine.
"I'm asking around. Anyway, I'm going to Kagami-kun's apartment and confess."
Confess? What the hell? So, it was true then, that Kuroko also liked Kagami! But, why did he call Aomine if wanted to confess?
"Then why do you call me?"
"I can't go alone. You have to come with me. I'll wait for you in the station." With that, Kuroko hung up. Aomine sighed. He couldn't imagine how the stoic Kuroko was capable of being embarrassed. Did Kuroko mock him by asking him to tag along?
Fueled by his curiosity, Aomine grabbed his phone and wallet and walked out of his room. He could hear his mother in the kitchen asked him where he wanted to go, but Aomine ignored her as he walked to the station.
Kagami's apartment was on the third floor, not too far from the station. Now, Aomine and Kuroko stood in front of the door, ready to ring the bell.
"Here we go, Aomine-kun," said Kuroko as he pushed the bell button.
"Can I help you?" a voice came from the intercom.
"This is Kuroko Tetsuya and Aomine Daiki. We're friends of Kagami Taiga-kun. There's something we wanted to ask about tomorrow's test materials," said Kuroko. It came very smooth from him, and Aomine couldn't even believe it.
"… sure. Wait a minute."
After a while, they could hear footsteps from the inside as someone opened the room. Kagami Taiga stood there,with his good 190cms height, his red hair, and his handsomely wild aura around him. This was the first time Aomine saw Kagami in casual clothes; T-shirt and cargo pants instead their regular uniform.
"Hello, Kagami-kun," said Kuroko.
"Ah? Kuroko?"
"You still remember me then," said Kuroko. "I heard from your friend Kise-kun that you wanted to become a seiyuu, is that correct?"
"F-from Kise?" Aomine looked at the change of expression in Kagami's face as the light pink color spread on his face. Aomine was wondering if it was only him, or Kagami suddenly looked cuter with that blushing face.
"Yes. I wanted to say something to you," said Kuroko.
Here it comes, Aomine!
"I want to become a mangaka," said Kuroko.
"What?" said Kagami slightly taken back. "What do you mean…?"
Kuroko jabbed Aomine's side to force him to say something. Without thinking Aomine spoke to Kagami.
"I will draw the story he made," said Aomine.
"Really? That's cool!" said Kagami as he let out his usual grin that could melt Aomine's heart right then and there.
"And will you be the seiyuu of the hero in our manga if it turned to be anime?" asked Kuroko.
"Sure! I think you can make a great manga," said Kagami.
"Then… K-Kagami…" two sets of eyes stared at Aomine as he suddenly showed a very out of character behavior. "If our manga become an anime… and you become the seiyuu of the main character in it… Please marry me!"
Note : (in case you don't familiar with this term)
Mangaka : people who write manga.
Seiyuu : dubber
A/N : Okay... that was messed up. Aomine, Kagami and Kuroko are totally OOC! But I think that was why we write fanfiction, right? To see the character act out of character! Anyway, please read and review~ I'd like to know what'd you think...
