Disclaimer: Kuroko no Basuke belongs to Fujimaki Tadatoshi.
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[contains slight mature content (reason of rating
change, I'm paranoid) and sadist!Kuroko]
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Fragments of Our Friendship
ii.
Kise was very torturable, a fact that everyone who knew him should know. But no one takes advantage of this as much as Kuroko and Aomine, and frankly, although it was a bit mean, it served as another source of entertainment other than basketball, another...hobby that connected the two.
Of course, they considered Kise a friend, and would never touch upon anything too sensitive, because they weren't that mean. Mentally, Kise was stronger than what most people would have assumed, meaning that he heals pretty fast after a good cry.
It made Kuroko's day significantly more interesting when the first thing he saw in the morning was a certain shooting guard wrestling ー a flower? ー into Kise's locks of hair.
After snickering as the result of the flower clip that Midorima had insisted Kise to wear all day in his blond hair because of an impending doom that would befall the small forward if he didn't, Kuroko finally calmed down enough to greet the two with a still trembling voice. But that was before Aomine came along and made him burst into laughter once again when the tan boy teared up out of hysterics, guffaws attracting some strange looks in their general direction. (But maybe they were directed at Kise as well.)
Midorima's additional information of the accompanying twin ponytails that Kise needed to maximize his luck didn't make the two any quieter. Especially with the terrible job the green haired boy did of tying Kise's hair up.
It was almost as good as the one time during summer training camps, when Aomine decided to decorate Kise's face with his horrible makeup skills. The teal haired boy still had the hideous picture saved on his phone, and also on a memory stick just in case his phone was somehow lost or broken. It was almost worth the extra laps that he and Aomine were ordered to do afterwards by Akashi. Almost.
(But to tell the truth, Akashi had asked the blue haired boy to send the photo to him via text message afterwards, when he was busy trying not to throw up.)
So being the immature and cruel middle school kids they were, Aomine and Kuroko teamed up on Kise all day, the former teasing Kise (sort of) good-naturedly, while the latter nonchalantly ignored the model's usual advances as he mercilessly commented drily about the clip and hairstyle.
Kise was also a clueless person at times (most times), which also led to his naivety and so he repeatedly approached Kuroko with that carefree smile on his face, only to walk away crying crocodile tears.
Akashi didn't seem to mind anymore, and in fact, he sometimes joined in. Sometimes being today.
"Ryouta, I must say that you look nice with that accessory. Though you might want to reconsider that new hairstyle."
"Kise-chin looks pretty, I thought you were a girl for a second."
"Ah! Ki-chan! You're so cute! I just want to pinch your cheeks!"
Kise's cheeks brightened up so dramatically he had to cover his face. And then Midorima scoffed, coming to poor Kise's rescue, "it's his lucky item for today."
In short, the other members of the Generation of Miracles also bullied the blond occasionally, but that's as natural as gravity and the fangirls crowding around Kise at the moment, inevitably happening.
The following weekend, Kuroko and Aomine had just arrived at Aomine's house after an afternoon of basketball at the nearby court, when Aomine recieved a text from Kise to check his email, complete with one of his signature emoticons that only Momoi used in the group aside from him.
It seemed innocent enough, that is, until Kuroko skimmed through the content within the link that Kise had sent Aomine, probably knowing that the two was spending time together like the basketball idiots that they were. Maybe they had gone overboard with teasing Kise the other day.
Now, the powder blue haired boy wasn't easily embarrassed, or in the moments that he was, his demeanor only changed subtly, a useful skill he had acquired over his thirteen years of life. However, the things he had just read was downright traumatizing, not to mention that it made his face transform into a ripened tomato.
For once, Kuroko was glad that Aomine was the academics-hating rebel that he had always been, because he had never been so relieved when Aomine yawned and asked, "so what's it about, Tetsu?"
Those fujoshi's were going to be the death of him, because he and Aomine weren't like that. Just because of a fistbump or two, those crazy fangirls decided to put a whole new spin on their relationship, and they were only in middle school! And how did Kise find these R-18 stories anyways?
"Uh, Kise-kun's essay..." It should be easy to lie, right? It wasn't like Aomine would know anything about their assignments at school. "...about plate tectonics and geological activity."
The power forward quirked a brow, which made Kuroko sigh, half in relief and half in exasperation. He'd really have to tutor Aomine sometime, because clearly whatever he's been copying from Momoi's notes weren't being remembered. Their current curriculum had nothing to do with the said subject at all, but it was also a good thing that the tall boy didn't know that, making life way easier for Kuroko.
"Volcanoes and stuff like that," the pale boy explained wearily, eyeing Aomine as his face lit up in understanding.
"Wait, but why would he send that to me? It's not like I'm gonna help him on it." Crap. Aomine was dangerous when the cogs of his brain turned. He took it back, life wasn't becoming any less stressing. At this rate, Kuroko was pretty sure he would go bald before he entered high school.
"He must have wanted Aomine-kun to see his hard work," Kuroko said after a while, and mentally slapped himself for the lame answer.
"Ah," Aomine replied with a grin, standing up to head to the kitchen to grab some snacks for the two of them, and Kuroko took the chance to delete the email, which he doubted the other would read anyways.
At school on Monday, Kise had a smug expression on his face along with satisfication radiating from his very being. "So Aominecchi, Kurokocchi, how was it?"
Kuroko knew what he was talking about, but nonetheless pretended to be confused. If he stalled long enough, it should buy time for the bell to ring for homeroom. "How was what?"
"The thing I sent to Aominecchi." There was an evil glint in his amber eyes, as the small forward continued, "it's hot, isn't it?"
The teal haired boy shrugged, keeping his features are blank as possible. Aomine blinked, and nodded. "It is hot. It would make your skin melt if you touched it, yeah?"
Kuroko wanted nothing more to facepalm, hoping that Aomine wouldn't say more, or else Kise would stop hinting about it and tell the team's ace directly what the writing was really about.
The blond was just about to reply, when the bell rang coincidentally, and Kuroko tugged his 'light' away by the elbow, waving at a Kise who stood with his mouth still half open. At least Kise looked slightly amused (but also puzzled with Aomine's word choices), like he believed that the both of them had read the fanfiction he had sent. Good thing Aomine hadn't given anything more away, because if he found out about the truth, their friendship would become so awkward.
He was already dreading lunch where Kise would appear again, not to mention basketball practice, which would have never happened unless there was a particularly gruesome training menu that day, and there wasn't.
"Man, Kise's such an idiot sometimes," Aomine stated as they made their way leisurely towards homeroom, glancing sideways at Kuroko. "Of course volcanoes are hot."
"They are," Kuroko agreed with a small smile.
Yup, Kuroko liked their relationship the way it was, it was perfect that way. And in a brief moment of enlightenment, he realized that nothing can ever change that, not even a disturbing fanfiction about him and his best friend, because that's what they'll always be, no matter what obstacles that are thrown in their way ー best friends.
A/N: uhh I put the rating to T, just in case because of the R-18 fanfic mention in the fic LOL tbh I really don't know how to rate pfft
here's a chapter because I'm procrastinating since i have no idea what I'm doing in French orz (I swear I was better at it in grade six than now)
BUT VICTORY~ LOL NO ONE DIED. (I apologize for the last chapter)
I'm still torturing chars though aren't I? (Oops) At least Kise sort of got his revenge? yeah idk hurhur~
The kurobas chapters in the past few weeks are HEARTBREAKING UGHH ;_; /there's my late reaction for Seirin vs Kaijou? AND AGGHHH 206 OMG I CAN'T. (I suck at all languages so basically I have no language now)
Anyhow, thanks for reading, thoughts, ideas and constructive criticism welcomed ^^