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Chapter 2: Meeting with Seijuro Akashi and Ryota Kise

Kuroko sees the sign up booth at the left corner of the gym. He moves to his goal and signs his name up. No one entertained him since no one took notice of him. He is like a shadow that moves from behind the light.

He observes the players who are practicing while looking for his potential light. So far, no one seems good enough to be his light. In other words, they are too weak for him. Those players before him don't even have a single bit of the aura that he is searching for.

The light that he needs is stronger, faster, and unique than any other player. He needs his 'light' to be stronger than any player in Japan. If the light is strong and evolves from every game they play, then so is the shadow. One can't leave the other.

He hears the annoying squeal of girls; he instinctively turns his head to look for the reason why the girls were all excited. He finally understands the reason behind it when a good looking guy enters the gym. The stranger is tall, lean, has blond hair and golden eyes that made the girls drool in delight.

"Look! Look! Look! Isn't he gorgeous?" and "Is he a first year?" and "I wonder what his name is?" are the sentences heard throughout the gym, mostly from the watching girls.

By the looks of the blond guy, he looks like he is hiding something, what's with the confidence he is emitting. Kuroko frowns at him but his attention diverts to the other two guys he met earlier who just entered the gym. There's also uniqueness with those two and Kuroko feels it.

Almost all the occupants in the gym stops for whatever they were doing and stares at the duo that has just arrived. Midorima's bandages and Murasakibara's height is obviously eye catching.

"Hmm... Aren't they flashy?" He hears a cheerful voice blurt from his right. He turns his head to see the blond haired guy who is already at his side. "Hn." Kuroko mutters.

The stranger looks at him with surprise. He clearly didn't saw Kuroko at the beginning. The blonde bends down to Kuroko's height before grinning at him, "Aren't you cute? What's your name?"

Kuroko ignores the other teen and goes back to observing the people. Instead of being discouraged with Kuroko's silence, the blonde talks more, "Are you a first year?" Kuroko continued ignoring him.

"I'm Kise Ryota, Class 1-A. Nice to meet you." He offers his right hand for Kuroko to shake; still he doesn't receive an answer or word coming from the newest apple of his eye.

"Come on, please don't ignore me." He whines, and then gives his puppy eyes. Kuroko didn't even glance his way. Feeling down with his rejection, the blonde crouches and sulks at the corner.

"Ah, I was rejected. This is the first time that anyone ever rejected me" He mutters at the wall in front of him. Kuroko finally glances at the sulking blonde's way and lets out a small sigh. He walks to the guy's direction and touches his shoulder.

"Ano…"

When Kise hears the voice of the blue-haired cutie, he immediately jumps at him and embraces him with his long arms. "Finally, you have decided not to ignore me. Thank you." Kise said, giving Kuroko a blinding smile

Kuroko simply detached himself from the blonde's arms, but Kise wouldn't let him go yet.

"Answer my previous question first, and then I will let you go." He tells Kuroko, still grinning.

"Kuroko Tetsuya, Class 1-C." He answered stoically, seeing that Kise is still hugging him, Kuroko frowns, "I already answered. Please let go."

Kise stares at Kuroko like he is a special dish on a plate, but he stops his musings when Kuroko spoke, "Oh. Yeah, sorry" He immediately unwrap his arms from the small, warm, and smooth body. Kise decides that Kuroko's body feels nice near him.

He lets out a cough before smiling at the smaller teen in front of him, "So why are you here Kuroko-kun?" He asks, he can't help but be intrigued by this petite blue-haired cutie.

"I could ask you the same too Kise-kun." Kuroko replies. Kise's smile widens, "I'm here for the basketball team."

"Do you love basketball, Kise-kun?" Kuroko can't help but asking. He likes to know why other people chose basketball as their sport like him. Kise blinks twice before he answered,

"No. I'm still an amateur when it comes to basketball."

"Then why do you choose this sport?" Kuroko's attention was focus on him on that time and Kise shivers from the smouldering gaze that Kuroko is giving him.

"I need a club and somebody told me that I am suited to play for basketball because of my height and physique. Of course, by playing basketball, it will make me more famous with girls." Kise answers with confidence.

Kuroko kept on staring at him after he gave his answer. He felt a blush creeping on his cheeks because of the intense gaze that Kuroko is giving him.

"Kise-kun." Kuroko whispered softly. Kise felt like his heart would give away by the sound of Kuroko whispering of his name.

"Yes?"

"That reason is…" The blue-haired boy pauses for a while, making Kise gulp, and after a few seconds of silence, Kuroko continued, "The worst kind."

The ground seemed to swallow Kise in when Kuroko said that. He immediately sobs and returns to his sulking corner while muttering, "The worst kind" and "I'm the worst" and "The worst he says" and so on.

Kuroko stares at the sobbing blonde for a moment before going back to observing the other players. A voice coming from his left snapped him from his reverie, "Tetsuya."

When he turns to the owner of the voice, he was greeted by a familiar face. He lets out a small smile in front of the familiar man, "Akashi-kun."

Akashi Seijuro is a close friend of Kuroko. They were classmates since 3rd Grade. He is the only person who knows about Kuroko's potential in basketball.

"So you are here too." Akashi says with a calm voice. Kuroko just nodded, he is glad that Akashi is here. Kuroko admires and respects Akashi a lot because of his talent.

"I'm at Class 1-D. You?" Akashi asks.

"Class 1-C." Kuroko replies.

Akashi nodded at the answer.

"They are too weak." He comments, pointing to the direction of the other players, "But I saw potentially great players awhile ago." Akashi pauses, as if trying to remember something; "I think their names are Murasakibara Atsushi, Midorima Shintaro and him." He nodded at Kise's direction who is still sulking.

Kuroko spares a glance at the still sobbing teen before returning his attention to the red-head again, "I also thought about it." Kuroko opened his mouth to say something but it was interrupted by a clap.

A guy raises a clip board with their names, saying, "Everyone, gather here. I will call all the names that have signed."

Akashi smirks and said, "It's starting."

Kuroko can only nod, hoping that he could finally find his light.

TBC

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