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So Not Gemini
3. Intervals.
"Shira! SHIRA!"
The said girl unplugged her earphones and turned to her brother. "What?"
"Look! That's one of the basketball player's from Seirin. You know, the school which won the Inter-high Cup, remember?"
Shira followed where her twin's line of sight and spotted a tall red haired male who gave off a strong aura. "…like a tiger."
"He's the one who made the winning dunk in the finals. Should I go and talk to him? Should I?" Shouichi asked going into his "sparkling-eyes" mode.
The female twin's face made a face at his reaction. "You sound like a high school girl in love…why are you even my brother again?"
Shouichi pouted at his sister's comment. "Oh, come on! If a member of STARISH boarded the train, won't you go all crazy and go talk to him?"
"But they're not that stupid to board the public transport. Any celebrity who does that without putting on a disguise is a complete idiot."
[Somewhere, a certain blond model boarding the metro sneezes.]
"Why?" Shouichi asked, confused.
"Are you seriously asking this? They'll be mauled by their fans!"
[Kise internally sighs as he signs the fifth girl's book with a smile.]
"Oh." Shouichi nodded.
Shira rolled her eyes and was about to plug her earphones back when she made eye contact with the red head. He had a scrutinizing expression on before he quickly looked away, embarrassed at being caught. The girl blinked as she nudged her brother. "…he was just staring at us."
The chocolate-brown haired male wore a bright smile. "Really? I should just go talk to him then!"
"Ugh." Shira groaned. "I knew I really shouldn't have agreed with your 'Hey, Shira! Let's take the train from today onwards!' decision. I'm telling dad I want to continue being dropped off by the car, and you're always free to join me or continue taking the train."
"Awww Shira!" Shouichi exclaimed. "You are such a spoilsport. We're doing the Earth a favour by taking the public transport!"
"If you're so concerned about the environment you should have joined the 'Environmental Committee' instead of the basketball club." Shira huffed as she scrolled through her phone's playlist.
"…you play basketball?"
The chocolate-brown haired lass jumped at the sudden appearance of the red haired male by their side, even her brother was startled. "Oh my gosh!"
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to startle you." The red haired male apologized sheepishly.
"It's okay." Shira brushed it off with a huff.
How come we didn't notice him coming over?
"Yes I do, senpai!" Shouichi exclaimed, snapping out of his shock and immediately slapping a smile as bright as the sunshine onto his face.
The red head blinked. "Umm, I noticed your uniform so I just wanted to ask whether Shutoku is also participating at the summer training camp."
"Yes we are!" Shouichi replied chirpily. "Umm, senpai…what's your name?"
"Ah, right. I'm Kagami. Kagami Taiga."
"Tiger…" Shira muttered under her breath.
"I'm Watanabe Shouichi and this is my sister Watanabe Shiragiku!" Shouichi introduced. "Nice to meet you, Kagami-senpai!"
"Nice to meet you…too…" Kagami replied feeling slightly uncomfortably at the chocolate-brown haired male's brightness.
Much to the male twin's delight, the two of them got into a small conversation on basketball till the train came to a stop. Shouichi locked arms with his sister and proceeded to step out of the train while waving at the red head. "Well, this is our stop. Bye Kagami-senpai! I'll see you during the camp!"
Kagami waved back as the two got off the train.
Shira groaned when her brother immediately started gushing about how "awesome" the Seirin basketball team member he just spoke to was. "I am never going to take the train ever again!"
"Shiraaaaa!"
Kagami Taiga had a strange feeling that he knew the name "Watanabe" from somewhere but the red head couldn't seem to remember where he'd heard it before. And the two siblings looked kind of familiar to him too.
"Good morning, Kagami-kun."
Kagami yelped in surprise, almost falling off his chair. "ARGH! KUROKO! When did you get into the classroom!?"
The pale blue haired boy blinked. "I was here before you even came in. You seemed so lost in thought so I decided not to disturb your train of thoughts when you entered."
"Tch." Kagami clicked his tongue. Even after spending a whole year around Kuroko, he still wasn't used to his sudden appearances due to his lack of presence. "At least try to make yourself more noticeable next time."
"Should I wear a dog hat next time? Or maybe even bring Nigyou along so that his bark can alert you of my presence beforehand?"
"Don't even bother coming near me when you do that."
"Alright, Kagami-kun."
"O-Oi! You're just kidding right?"
"Who knows…"
"OI!"
Ryouta Kise couldn't hide his smile as he slammed in another dunk. There were just two more days left before the training camp, which also meant that there were exactly two days left for him to see his Kuroko-cchi.
"Gather up boys!" Coach Takeuchi announced.
"WHAT'S IT COACH?" The loud-mouthed and spiky brown haired teen asked as the members of the basketball team did as they were told.
"You don't have to be too loud…" Nakamura who was unfortunately by his teammate's side, grimaced.
"Is it about the camp-ssu?" Kise asked with excitement.
"Yes. We all leave one day ahead so that we can settle ourselves in. But we have a minor problem…" Coach Takeuchi sighed.
"What is it?" Kise asked with a frown. The last thing the blond wanted was being told that he would be unable to play with Kuroko.
The coach wore a dark expression. "We need at least one female manager or member who can take care of the food preparation…"
"You told them I would what!?" Shira almost turned her brother deaf.
"Please Shira!" The girl's twin begged with pleading eyes. "All we need is one female who can help prepare our food and you're really good when it comes to cooking!"
"Can't you find some other person?"
"I don't know another female who can cook as well as you do! Well, maybe except for mom…"
"Even some guys can cook!"
"SHIRA! PLEASE!" Shouichi exclaimed. "Or you'll have to spend the rest of vacation in Yuno-oba-san's without me! Along with those cousins!"
The chocolate-brown haired girl froze midway while sipping on her pineapple soda. She hadn't considered that possibility at all! And the last thing she wanted was being around her cousins who always made her life so miserable and that too without her brother by her side.
Shouichi hid his smirk. He'd hit a topic which his twin had probably never thought about. As far as he could remember, the two of them had never spent any vacation apart from each other.
"…and I've just got to do the cooking?" Shira asked after a relatively long period of silence.
"Yes, exactly!" Her twin brother happily exclaimed. "Oh! And you've just gotta watch over some few needs of the members and you've got to attend the meetings we'll be holding before the camp starts!"
Shira nodded as she sighed internally. I have a really bad feeling about this.
"I'm Watanabe Shiragiku." The chocolate-brown haired lass gave a slight bow. "And I'll be taking up the role of manager for the camp. I hope we can all get along. Please take good care of me."
Nakatani Maasaki, Shutoku's basketball team's coach nodded. "It's a pleasure having you here with us. Boys! Introduce yourselves."
"Takao Kazunari. But you already know me Shira-chan! We'll all take very good care of you." The black-haired point guard winked at her.
"Midorima Shintaro." The green haired male nodded.
"Watanabe Shouichi! That's my little sister everyone!" The male twin exclaimed.
I'm going get him for that. Shira's eyebrow twitched in annoyance. Talk about embarrassing.
It took a few minutes but everyone got around to introducing themselves to their new manager.
"Alright. Now everyone get moving. Start with your warm-ups and we'll do some drills before we end for the day." Coach Nakatani instructed them before turning to face the girl. "As for you, do you have any idea about how the manager works?"
Shira surprisingly found herself nodding. "Yes. As a manager, it is my responsibility to make sure that every player is attended to and—"
The coach raised his hand. "Ok. At least you know that much. The towels and bottles are in the locker room. I trust you can find them?"
"Yes sir." She nodded.
For some reason, even though she was reluctant to hold the post of manager, she found excitement bubbling inside her. The girl was unaware of the smile that stayed on her lips as she busied herself for the next hour. Her brother who spotted it also smiled to himself.
Well, it looks like she's having fun.
Kise Ryouta couldn't believe it. Never a day did he expect to take up the role of being the cook for their stay during the camp. Not like they had a choice. Finding a girl in the school who wouldn't have her attention only on the model would take days and they didn't have the time for that.
And so, being the generous and great guy he was, he had volunteered himself with the thought of meeting Kuroko again in his mind. He did it because if there was anyone in the team who had a chance of learning to cook perfectly within a short span of time, it was undoubtedly him all because of his copying ability.
So here he was, standing in the kitchen wearing an apron and watching a tutorial on how to cook curry. He carefully observed the whole procedure, making sure to not miss out on anything. Once the video ended, he pocketed his phone and began collecting the ingredients from the fridge.
"Onions…tomatoes…ah…some of this too…" He muttered to himself as he sorted out the items needed to prepare the dish.
After laying out everything on the kitchen counter, he picked up the knife and began to chop up the cabbage first.
Thin strips. Hold the knife with a finger on top of the blunt side of the blade and apply the right pressure for better precision. The blond recounted as he carried out the steps perfectly.
He smirked to himself. "Hmm, maybe I should become a chef. This is rather easy-ssu!"
Luck, however, did not seem to be on his side because the moment those words slipped out of his mouth the knife had cut his finger. He brought up both hands to his face —one still holding the knife— and stared in horror at the injury from which blood slowly trickled down, decorating his palm in red.
At that very moment, his sister who had just returned from her classes at the university entered the kitchen to get herself a glass of water. "Hey, Ryou-kun. What are you—"
The two locked eyes at each other and stared for a brief second.
His sister's eyes widened when she really took in the sight of her little brother with blood on one hand and then the kitchen knife on the other.
"RYOU-KUN!" She yelled as she tackled him to the ground like a rugby player without a second thought. "DON'T YOU DARE KILL YOURSELF!"
It was the morning of the departure. And the morning on which Shiragiku Watanabe's "hell" officially began.
Her brother was so excited; she doubted that he even got an ounce of sleep. But even so he seemed full of energy as he hauled his luggage out of the car and ran towards the bus which was supposed to take them to the site of the camp.
The female twin rubbed her eyes for the nth time and suppressed her yawn as she dragged her suitcase behind her and followed after her brother. Her face had a sour expression and she emitted a rather intimidating aura.
"Not a morning person now I see?" A familiar voice whistled.
The girl just waved her hand to the speaker since she was too sleepy to turn around to greet him. "Good morning, senpai."
"Want me to help you with that? Shira-chan?" Kazunari Takao offered as he appeared in her line of sight.
"I can handle this." She brushed off his offer.
"Aww." He wore a theatrically wounded expression on his face. "I was just trying to be chivalrous here."
"Chivalry." Shira snorted and shook her head. "I'm perfectly fine."
"If you say so." The point-guard shrugged as he waited for the girl to climb up the bus and followed right after she did. He scanned the seats and faked a whine. "Your brother's already sitting with Shin-chan! Oh no! That means we're stuck together!"
The half-awake girl suddenly became alert as her eyes snapped towards her brother who was purposefully avoiding eye-contact with her while conversing animatedly with Midorima. "That jerk."
"Now, now, no fighting in the bus!" Takao exclaimed as he whisked her suitcase from her grasp and headed towards the seat behind the two. "Look Shira-chan! This is a perfect seat for us!"
Shira was about to say something to her brother but instead chose to stamp on her twin's foot. She inwardly smirked at his howl of pain. He deserved it.
"The seat next to the window?" The point-guard asked. "Or the one on the side?"
"Next to the window."
"Alright."
Immediately after sitting down she plugged her earphones in and shut her eyes. Her brother had been the reason why she received so little sleep and now she was determined to get back what she lost.
"Aww shucks." Takao complained. "Don't just tune me out Shira-chan; we're supposed to get to know each other better in this journey!"
Kise Ryouta yawned and stretched the moment he got down from the bus.
They had started really early in the morning and reached the camp somewhere during the late morning and had arrived just a few minutes after another bus, probably Shutoku's since he caught a glimpse of familiar green hair, had parked itself by their camping site.
"ARLIGHT!" Hayakawa exclaimed making Kise cringe at the volume and his mispronunciation. "TOKYO!"
"Can't you actually speak like a normal person?" Nakamura asked as he pushed up his glasses.
Kise shook his head with a sigh as he took hold of his luggage and began to head into the building. He just wanted to place his stuff in place and find Kuroko at the moment.
"Aww…don't be so mean Shira-chan!"
The blond looked up to see the point-guard of Shutoku walking alongside a female with chocolate-brown hair who seemed to be saying something. The two of them were well ahead of him and were also heading into the building. Kise cocked his head to the side and furrowed his eyebrows.
She seems so familiar. Do I know her? He wondered before shaking his head. Maybe I'm just imagining things.
"HEY KISE! You forgot to take your rucksack!"
"AH!" The blond exclaimed as he turned back. "Thank you, I'll get it-ssu!"
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