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Riko couldn't help but smirk at their shell-shocked expressions.
"Yup, She came to me earlier and I gladly accepted!" she said, beaming.
"'She'? So our manager is a girl?" Koganei spoke up, drooling and staring dreamily into space at the same time. Riko felt a vein pop and smacked his head with her handy paper fan. Hard.
"Oww…" Koganei clutched his head, looking very comical as a waterfall of tears dripped down his cheeks. Hyuuga face palmed and muttered 'Idiot' under his breath. Riko then scoffed and turn to the others.
"She came from our sister school in Los Angeles." Riko started to explain. "Apparently, she was also the manager of the basketball club there."
"Wait, Seirin in Los Angeles has a basketball club?" Izuki asked, looking surprised. "Last year, I remember they didn't have any."
"That's because it only formed this year." Riko explained while she sighed. "It's not much of a well-known club. Their players aren't that strong. But they're not bad either, just average. I know because Bakagami told me about it." She finished.
"Hell yeah," Kagami smirked, remembering the time he went back to America because of the transfer program. "They weren't bad, but even Mitobe-senpai can probably beat- wait, WHAT?!" he yelled at Riko, realizing what she just called him. "You called me 'Bakagami'! What did I do this time?!"
"Even though we won against Rakuzan, it still doesn't change the fact that you're still an idiot!" Riko snapped back.
"I'm not an idiot!"
"Oh yeah?" Riko grinned evilly. "Care to explain your test scores then?"
Kagami spluttered.
"Th-th-that's… u-uh…" he panicked, not able to find an explanation for it. Their coach just grinned wider, knowing she won.
"By the way Riko, where is she?" Kiyoshi asked.
"Huh?" Riko shook herself out of her thinking and stared at the brunette on crutches, not hearing a word he just said. Her eyes softened when they landed on his knees.
After their match against Rakuzan, Kiyoshi had to be on a wheelchair for a whole week. His doctor said that he would need to start his surgery right away, or else he won't be able to play basketball anymore. The muscles were damaged pretty badly, so he was banned from any strenuous activities until his knees would completely heal.
His surgery was only a week away now.
Kiyoshi, as if reading her thoughts, smiled reassuringly at her. After all, it wasn't her fault. It was solely his, because he was the very one chose this decision. He then switched back to his cheery self. "I was asking about where our new manager is. I want to meet her!"
"Oh, she told me that she would be a little late." Riko said; glad that she could think of something else other than Kiyoshi's condition. "But seriously," she sighed. "I never expected her to be this late."
"Coach," Kuroko spoke up for the first time, nearly scaring Riko to death. Thankfully, her experiences with his misdirection previously helped her get used to it. But it did nothing to keep her from being surprised every time he did it.
"How long have you been there?!" she gasped and jumped in shock.
"You still haven't told us about her name." Kuroko said in a deadpan voice as his coach caught her breath.
"Oh yeah, her name is-"
A brown long haired girl cut her off by bursting through the doors of the gym.
"I'M SO SORRY I'M LATE!" she yelled and stopped in front of all of them, panting with exhaustion from running. She closed her eyes and leaned on her knees, trying to catch her breath. Everyone stared at the newcomer in surprise. She looked to be around Kuroko's height. The second years couldn't help but think of how cute she looked.
But all Kuroko could think of is how familiar she looked. He felt a mysterious pull towards the girl. It was like he met her somewhere a long time ago.
At that moment, the girl's breathing steadied and silver orbs opened to stare at the group.
Kuroko's body went cold.
He knew those eyes almost anywhere.
To the rest of them, her eyes weren't anything out of the ordinary. They had already met six people with unusual eye colors. At least her eyes were the only things unusual (they were also thankful that they weren't faced with a silver-haired teen).
"What took you so long?" Riko asked, slightly annoyed about her tardiness. The girl hadn't noticed him yet apparently, because her gaze skimmed over his stiff figure. She scratched her head in a sheepish manner.
"Well, you see… I had to call someone, and we accidentally talked longer than expected…" she said while chuckling nervously. Riko sighed.
"Oh well…" she walked towards the girl.
"Everyone, this is our new manager, Mallorie Strauss."
The girl tilted her head and beamed at them.
"It's nice to meet you!"
This simple action caused various reactions. One was blushing madly while his eyes formed into hearts. Another was smiling obliviously. One bespectacled teen was blushing furiously. One group was respectable enough to be blushing only slightly. A certain red head only scoffed.
One blunette however, reacted completely different from the majority.
Kuroko felt his chest constricting over the name. He lowered his head and balled his hands into tight fists, knuckles turning white already. Kagami noticed Kuroko's strange behavior.
"What's wrong Kuroko?" the red head asked.
Unfortunately, he soon discovered that this was the wrong thing to do. Mallorie had seemingly good hearing, and so she easily picked up Kuroko's name. Her stare zeroed in on the two, now noticing Kuroko.
"Kuroko…" she stared at said person. She had this unreadable, almost haunting look on her face. This kept up for only seconds later as it was replaced by a wide-eyed grin.
"Do you mean Kuroko Tetsuya?!"
Everyone froze in shock.
"YOU KNOW EACH OTHER?!" Koganei yelled at Kuroko, thinking that this was all so unfair. Kuroko only kept his blank façade and calmly replied a yes. The others were still processing the new revelation over their heads.
Mallorie was overenthusiastic though. She stepped forward, closer towards Kuroko.
"It is you…" she jumped straight towards Kuroko, an obvious sign of wanting to hug him. Everyone suddenly wondered how familiar this scene was until all thought were wiped out by Mallorie's next words.
"TSUYAAAA-CHAAAAN!"
It was that moment wherein Kagami lost count of the many names Kuroko has.
But the next moment also couldn't help but make them feel suspicious.
Kuroko, obviously not one for hugs, moved out of the way, leaving Mallorie to collide with the floor. Riko panicked for a moment, not wanting someone to get hurt the moment they step in Seirin…
…Until the silver-eyed brunette made a perfectly executed somersault to land on the floor.
In midair.
The girl landed perfectly on her feet and straightened up, showing no signs of difficulties.
The silence that followed after that was deafening. Kuroko still had his back towards Mallorie, and she still stood there patiently, waiting for the other to speak. No one wanted to break the silence. Only a complete idiot wouldn't see the extremely tense aura the two had. They stayed like that for a few minutes until a blunette broke the silence.
"Why… are you here?" Kuroko said it in such a strained voice that most had to wonder what their relationship really was. His fists were still clenched, and it seemed like Mallorie had noticed it too. She looked softly at him and spoke in a gentle tone.
"We moved here."
Kuroko's reaction was much unexpected.
"WHAT?!" he turned around and yelled at the girl, his eyes as wide as saucers.
Yes you heard that right, yelled.
Kagami narrowed his eyes at the girl. If Kuroko reacted that way, then something serious must be going on.
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And there's the second chapter! I managed to type this out during my free time so I updated it sooner than expected. By the way, I will decide the outcome of the votes when I start with the third chapter.
So far, here are the results
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Brotherly love- 2
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