Baffle

Kise Ryouta's life is unabridged. He has aptitudes for everything, be it at sports, musics, and academics. His copy-cat skills let him develop talents for things he has not learnt in the past. It only needs a little insight of his eyes and all done. He could do the same, even with more power and better than the original. Gifted with good looks and body build, he is a part time model in a well-known fashion magazine.

To another advantage, he is rich as well. Whilst all of this seems enough, he is out-going and easily getting along with other people as well. Making him your number one men-to-hunt-down list. For women and sometimes, men. He has friends which benefits him and always did everything he asked them. It was all right, all in place for him. He always thought this is it. This is his life. This is his zone. And yet, in the end, he finds everything boring.

It was all stagnant. Nothing interesting came up. Even he has to put excuses and fake smiles to evade his friends asking him to accompany them which in the ned, got him even more irritated because he sensated it as a waste of time. He could peacefully stayed and slept at home instead.

So, how come a stranger makes him curious like this? Kise doesn't like this feeling. It always leaves him perpelexed and blurred his focus.

He purposely sat beside the window to see the woman who has getting in his mind. No one ever been that cold to him. No one. He needed to check the woman again to confirm himself that she actually really walk to the university. Well, it is not that far from the bus station. Still, in this winter, one would not simply walking in the midst of frozen trees and gloom skies, alone.

Should she actually walked up the pavement like she said few minutes ago, Kise would have seen her,but she was no where in sight. A bus would be faster than a person walks, so how come Kise did not see her at all.

Arrived in Teikou University, Kise kept his minds for himself. His college friends bumped with him and they made their way to their morning class while being checked out by many girls. A typical day for Kise Ryouta.

Kise took pilot as his future career, therefore his program is that involves it. Even though his manager has suggested him to take modelling career seriously, Kise knows that deep down, being a pilot is his future call. Despite her sisters' protests as well, this is one of the many choices Kise actually thought throughoutly.

While in class, he heard his friends gossiping about a rumor.

"Hey, did you know that there is a ghost in art building?"

"Huh, what do you mean, a ghost?"

Talking about ghost, this morning Kise just met "one".

"Yeah, they said it was a figure of a woman,mixture of paints and scratches could be heard from inside,"

"Where?! I really should stay away from things like that!"

"I heard it is in the art building, first floor, on the very right corner of the hallway,"

Kise mentally noted to not go there after class. He doesn't like those things that much and his morning experience already led him to a not-so-good mood. Even in class, he still remembers about the girl. He doesn't know why, but he really want to meet her again despite their fateful encounter that morning.

Afterclass, his friends asked him to join them into karaoke. But today was not Kise's mood. So he "politely" rejected the idea with his puppy eyes and pleading look. It always worked.

Before going home, Kise decided to take a stroll around his campus. Glances from females couldn't be avoided and even though it actually disturbed him a little, Kise still greeted and talked friendly to them.

In the end, here he was. Kise arrived exactly at the front gate of art building. When he entered, he was amazed at how artistic and creative the building actually are. The hallways were all covered by student's graffitis and the floors were made of glass, so you could see the grass and small insects from above. The building also has a painter's palette with a painter's brush with blue and white color resembling Teikou's trademark color.

Kise walked inside the building until he realized there was a person in a room beside him. Kise leaned in and came across an amazing view.

There, in the middle of the room, was a woman with sky blue hair styled in braid with a white blouse and gray pants. She sat in a stool while painting the red and orange sunset in front of her. The light from the sky color enchanced the feeling of Kise's view. Even if it was still winter, Kise could see the sky clearly.

Kise forgot to breath for a second there.

The woman didn't seem to notice the blond's entrance. She kept drawing strokes to her canvas until she stopped middleway.

"Ano," the woman turned her body to face Kise.

Kise was not shocked at all. Instead, he approached the woman and said,

"I have found you,"

The woman stared at his golden eyes blankly. Deadpanned, she let out a chuckle.

"I never thought you still remembered it," she said in such a low voice, Kise might gone pass it if it weren't for they're the only one in the room.

"Well, I kept my promise. So," Kise extended his right hand,

"Kise Ryouta,"

The woman stared at his hands for a few seconds until she awkwardly took it,

"Kuroko Tetsuya,"

After the introduction, both of them didn't speak at all. Kuroko continued her sketch while Kise was looking at her intently.

Then, a guard showed up, telling them to go home because campus ground will be closed in fifteen minutes.

Kise accompanied Kuroko to the bus station again, Kuroko kept walking down the pavement when Kise stopped her with his words.

"Kuroko,emm,-san, why don't you take the bus?" he asked.

"I like it this way," the woman replied, with only necessary answer.

"Then let me escort you," Kise said with a smile.

"No, thank you," the bluenette rejected the offer.

"But it's already near night, you can't go alone without a man with you," he said, wishing her to take a grasp about his implicit motive.

"It's alright, Kise-san, I am not that fragile," the woman said in blank expression.

But you look like one.

"And I do not like to be treated like that by someone I have just met, Kise-san," Kuroko continued her sentence, surprising Kise.

"Then, good bye, Kise-san, I have to take my leave now," Kuroko walked down, leaving Kise staring at her back.

No one has ever put down his offer like that. No girl has ever.

This is not good.

She had ensnared Kise Ryouta's mind.

A/N : Thoughts? I wrote this in the midnight so sorry for any unnoticed mistakes ! xD