Title: The Only One
Pairing: Kise x Kuroko (Requested by BakemonoShoujo)
Summary: Kise Ryōta has always felt superior when it came to popularity. He was a famous model, able to play any sport, became one of the "Generation of Miracles" and even has fans from both genders. Yet why was it that Kuroko Tetsuya was different compared to everyone else? It turned out that the only explanation for his obsession was the little thing called love. (Oneshot)
Disclaimer: I don't own anything.
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At Teikō Middle School, females would flock to the gym to watch Kise Ryōta playing basketball after classes. "Oh my god did you see the magazine with Kise-kun in it?" A fangirl squealed to one of her friends, holding a popular magazine in her hands hoping for a signature. Her friend squealed just as loud beside her. "Which magazine are you talking about? Kise-kun is in pretty much all of them!"
Another girl scoffed at how childish the two of them were. "The two of you need to grow up."
At that moment, Kise came strutting in, that same girl who scoffed began to yell at the top of her lungs. "Kya! Kise-kun look at me!" She flailed her arms in the air like a mad woman, making everyone else look at her weirdly.
Kise faced his fans and smiled his "Mr. Popular" smile, not really caring about who he was looking at in particular.
The other basketball members seethed in jealousy. They didn't understand what the girls saw in a guy like him. Though they did feel respect for him in terms of sports, other than that they hated his guts.
As Kise began to walk to the other boys to begin practice, he accidentally collided with someone. "Huh?" Kise looked down to see light blue hair, immediately recognizing who it was.
"Kise-kun." The boy in front of him bowed slightly in greeting. Kuroko Tetsuya, a member of the team that goes unnoticed, but is known for his unique skills. His presence was barely noticeable so many have believed that there was a ghost at the school.
"Kurokocchi!" Kise smiled brightly and tried to grab Kuroko for a hug, but he was easily avoided. "Aw you're so mean to your best friend!" Kise pouted. For some reason, Kuroko was the only person that could erect such a response and a lot of girls were jealous of him. Though with Kuroko's presence, they quickly forget about him.
"…I don't believe that we're that close." Kuroko deadpanned. Kuroko was one of those straight forward types of guys.
"Boo." Kise whined, tears welling up in his eyes. "Aominecchi!" Kise rushed over to Aomine, another member of the team and complained. "Kurokocchi is being mean."
Aomine, a tall tan male with dark blue hair and blue eyes paid Kise no mind and just kept on shooting into the basket without looking at the two. "Kise, stop bothering Kuroko." He grinned.
Kise was about to retort that he wasn't being a bother at all, but they were silenced by the coach to begin their daily routine. He wasn't able to speak to Kuroko at all for the rest of the day.
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The next day, Kise arrived late due to a photo-shoot, but rushed to class to see Kuroko since he believed that the two of them were the closest.
Sadly for him, Kuroko had stayed home due to being ill. Kise was depressed for the whole day, but would somehow bring Kuroko into conversations to make up for it. At first when Kise became a member of the team, he had no idea as to why Kuroko was a starter even though he was so weak. Later on, it was revealed that Kuroko was a special kind of player that used his amazing "passing" skills to bring the team to victory. From then on, Kuroko became one of the few people Kise respected.
At the moment, everyone was taking a break and discussed about the next opponents that they would face. Somehow, Kise was able to bring Kuroko into it. "Oh and then Kurokocchi passed me the ball for the first time during practice-." He was cut off by Midorima, a green hair four eyes that was known for his amazing three pointers, interrupted.
"Kise-kun, I would prefer it if you didn't speak about Kuroko in every conversation that we have, it's annoying." He stated while fixing his glasses.
"What? I don't always talk about him Midorimacchi." Kise blinked.
"I would prefer that you stop calling me in such a friendly manner, we are not that close." Although Midorima stated this plainly, Kise brushed it off.
"Kurokocchi and I are close!" Again, Kise somehow brought Kuroko into things.
Midorima glared at him, but decided to let it go. "Nevermind." He's too much of an idiot to understand anyway. "Kuroko finds himself to be the closest to Aomine and we all know that. Especially because Aomine is Kuroko's light."
"I am the closest one to Kuroko!" Kise glared at him, feeling slightly jealous at what he said.
Midorima scoffed. "Whatever I don't see why you have to be so angry at me." He shook his head. "However, I would like to know why are you so fixated on Kuroko anyway?" Midorima questioned.
"Well I-!" Kise was about to answer, but also wondered why. He definitely respected Kuroko, but…just as Midoricchi said, why would he be angry? Even the deepest part of his heart knew that Kuroko has always acted slightly cold towards him compared to his slight buddy-buddy attitude with Aominecchi. He didn't want to admit it, but he realized that he was a bit jealous over the two's relationship. Why couldn't he be like that with Kurokocchi?
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Later that day:
After practice ended, Kise wanted to find the answer to all of his questions. His form was slightly off today and didn't want his thoughts to affect his game play. He decided to visit Kuroko's home to see his condition. It was his first time over Kuroko's house so he was a little nervous.
When he arrived, he hesitantly rang the doorbell. After a couple of seconds, he heard thumping and the door opened by Kuroko. The moment Kuroko saw him, he closed it.
"Kurokochhi!" Kise pounded the door. "Let me in!" This time, Kise heard another thump, which alarmed him. He jerked the door open and found Kuroko collapsed on the floor, dripping with sweat and breathing heavily. "Kurokochhi!" Kise ran to his side and lifted Kuroko up, princess style. He carefully moved Kuroko to what looked like his room and gently laid him down on his bed. Even though he loudly shouted for Kuroko to reply, the boy did nothing but gasp for air.
For once in Kise's life, he was afraid. He was afraid that his precious Kuroko would die before he could confess his true feelings for him. (He was just exaggerating; Kuroko ended up just having the flu and wasn't supposed to leave his bed.)
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Soon after, Kuroko's mother returned home from the grocery store and thanked Kise for helping her son, though it was his fault for him collapsing in the first place.
Kuroko's mother requested that Kise stayed with Kuroko until she finished cooking his dinner and that he tended to his needs. She left him alone after explaining the tasks that he would have to do. One of them was to change Kuroko into his Pajamas and wipe him down with a wet towel.
Kise was able to hold in his blush until she disappeared from sight, but had a major nosebleed at the thought of seeing Kuroko naked.
Staring at Kuroko's sleeping figure, Kise had many perverted images running through his mind. He just realized that the reason for his odd behavior was due to love. He wanted to hit himself for being an idiot. He just had to fall for the one person that would probably never have an interest in him. He had people practically begging for him just to glance their way and yet…he fell for the "Invisible Man"?! As time passed, he understood just how stupid he was.
"Kurokocchi…" Kise ran his hand over Kuroko's lips. Oh how he wondered what it would feel like to kiss him. He wasn't inexperience when it came to dating, but he never felt this way for anyone before. "If only you felt the same way I do." He whispered, not expecting an answer. He waited for a bit just in case, but it was just as he thought; Kuroko was out like a light.
"I might as well change him before he opens his eyes and I lose what little respect he has for me." Kise, the one that was always the annoying peppy guy in the group actually felt defeated. He moved on top of Kuroko, making sure to not touch him enough to wake him. "This feels wrong…" He blushed.
Trying not to think about how smooth Kuroko's skin was, Kise removed his thin clothing until the only thing that remained was his underwear. The image wasn't good for his beating heart. He felt like he would faint any second now.
He grabbed the wet cloth and began to rub Kuroko's body with it. The way it made his skin shine caused him to grow hungry with lust, but had to bite down on his tongue to keep his inner beast contained. "He owes me for not pouncing him." He paled when he remembered that he was already on top.
"Mm Kise-kun…" A little whisper escaped Kuroko's lips.
Kise froze. "Had he woken up?" He thought as the alarms in his mind were going off. He would forever appear to be a pervert!
As he waited, his heart beat once again became irregular and Kise felt like it was going to explode. Thankfully it turned out Kuroko was just sleep talking. Kise smiled with his eyes closed, feeling relieved. "Phew." He wiped the sweat off his eyebrow.
"…What are you doing?"
Kise snapped his eyes open to see blue eyes staring. "K-Kurokocchi!" Kise jumped and ended up falling off the bed with a loud thud. "U-Um I'm n-not doing anything." Kise sprang up and started to whistle as if everything was all fine and dandy, not that he looked like a sex offender of anything.
Kuroko stared at him then noticed that he was wearing different clothes than earlier. "…Did you change me?" Kuroko asked as he continued to stare at him.
Kise knew that he couldn't lie, especially with those eyes of his. "Y-Your mom asked me to." Kise didn't lie, though he did love the fact that she asked him to do it.
Kuroko blinked. "Thank you." Kuroko's face seemed to grow hotter. Kise was by his side before you could say "Kise and Kuroko for the win!" and already had his hand on Kuroko's forehead.
"Are you alright? Did you fever become worse?" Kise worried over him, similar to how a mother would worry about her child.
"…It's not that…" Kuroko responded quietly. "But could you come closer?"
"Hm?" Kise moved so he was only an inch away from Kuroko's face, he could smell his breath. It smelt like vanilla.
"Thanks Kise." Kuroko whispered before pecking Kise's cheek.
The next couple of minutes were filled with silence before the room erupted with Kise's "Hooray!" He wanted to find out why Kuroko did that, but he was once again knocked out.
The next day Kise confronted Kuroko about it.
"Huh? You visited me yesterday?" Kuroko tilted his head to the side, not recalling the event of him kissing Kise at all.
Poor Kise, it appeared as though he had a long way to go.
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