Chapter 4

"And that's it for today, class." Tanemura-sensei said as he put down the chalk on the chalk ledge.

After standing up and bowing down to the teacher as led by our class monitor, we waited for Tanemura-sensei to leave before we started noise again. The class is usually like this. They don't run out of stories to tell to each other. How is that even possible?

I felt a tap on my shoulder. "Nishikawa-san, may I borrow your notes? I missed out a part of the lesson a while ago." My seatmate, Sato-san, asked.

I pulled out my notebook under my desk and handed it over to her. "Sure."

"Thanks." She smiled.

"Hey, Kise! You were a Generation of Miracle?!" Someone from the back shouted.

We turned our heads to the back. One of our male classmates is standing a few meters away from Kise and is holding a magazine in his hand. The magazine seems like a basketball magazine. Kise only gave him a head up.

"Yeah. That was during middle school. We're now scattered in different high schools." Kise said.

"How come I knew that only now?" Our classmate gave Kise a thumb up. Weird…

Another classmate approached him. "Maybe because you're a baseball player and you read baseball magazines more often."

'What is that?'

I disturbed Sato-san for a second while she is copying my notes. "Sato-san, do you know what a Generation of Miracle is?"

She dropped her pen on her desk then she turned to me with a creepy smile. "The "Generation of MiracleS", you mean? Yeah, I do."

"Who are THEY then?"

She pulled her chair next to mine. "I know them because I watched my middle school's basketball team play against them in a tournament. The "Generation of Miracles" is Teiko Middle School's basketball team. They are unbeatable. I mean, REALLY unbeatable. The players are no joke. When they played against our school's team, the score is overwhelming. It was 108-35…"

I covered my mouth in shock. "No way!"

"Yes way! I'm surprised that one of them is studying here. And it's Kise Ryouta-kun. He's not only a hottie model. He's also a monster on the basketball court." She glanced at him at the back. "I'm glad I ended up in the same class as him." She giggled.

"I didn't know Kise-kun was that good." I muttered.

She raised an eyebrow. "What? You didn't know? Yet you two are childhood friends?" I didn't know she heard me. Does my voice sound that loud?

"We are childhood friends but he didn't play basketball when we were kids."

"I see. What did he play back then?"

I tried to remember what sport did he play but nothing pops out in my mind. "I don't remember any particular sport but we used to play simple games like ball catching and tag. We also used to ride bikes around the neighbourhood before."

"That's so cute~ You two should end up as lovers—?!" I covered her mouth with my hand when she said THAT word. The whole class glanced at us.

"Don't mind us. We're just talking about a show." I grinned like an idiot but they fell for it. Hooray!

I removed my hand from her mouth. "That surprised me, Nishikawa-san. Was that a secret?"

I shook my head. Why did I stop her? It's not like I still have feelings for him. "Not really. I was just surprised that you want us to be… uhmm… "Lovers". I really doubt that would happen. We have our own businesses to mind."

"Oh come on~ In shows, the childhood friends become a couple in the end." She nudged.

"Or stay in the friendzone until the end. But it's all fiction in shows. We don't know what will happen in the future." I chuckled. Wait a minute. How did we end up talking about Kise and I? We were talking about the Generation of Miracles! "Enough about Kise-kun and I. I'm still a little bit confused about the Generation of Miracles."


I leisurely walked down the hallways to the art room. Why? It's because I finally finished my artwork and I have to submit it to Kimura-senpai for evaluation. In my artwork, I sketched the garden I rested at before then painted it at home using different colours. Although the picture may not be the same as the one I've seen with my very own eyes, it came out prettier than what I expected.

"Are you done with your artwork, Nishikawa-san?" I spun around and found Kimura-senpai standing closely to me.

"Oh my-!" I instinctively stepped back from him. "Oh it's only you, Kimura-senpai." I sighed.

He crossed his arms and stared at me blankly. "You look like you're in a good mood."

'Since senpai is already here, should I submit it to him now? '

I handed him my artwork. "Senpai, I'm done."

He reached for my artwork then walked inside the art room. I noticed the other club members are sitting quietly, waiting for him also.

"Kimura-senpai is here!" A member exclaimed.

They rose up from their seats and handed their own artworks to senpai. I saw different creative artworks from landscapes to portraits of other people. Wow~ My schoolmates are very talented.

'I wonder where Tennoji-senpai's artwork is.'

Suddenly, the door opened and Tennoji-senpai happily entered with a big sketchbook in her hands. She skipped to where Kimura-senpai is then handed her own artwork.

"You'll be surprised when you see my drawing. You won't be able to criticize it, Minato-san." She chuckled.

He looked at Tennoji-senpai like he doesn't care at all. "Really? Let's start with yours then, Haruka."

Tennoji-senpai stopped in her place with reddened cheeks as she watches Kimura-senpai flips the sketchbook's pages to her latest drawing. We waited for Kimura-senpai's reaction to our club president's drawing.

'Does Tennoji-senpai like Kimura-senpai?'

Senpai stopped flipping the pages and gazed at her drawing. He doesn't have any reaction on his face right now. What does Tennoji-senpai's drawing look like?

Kimura-senpai showed the drawing at us.

"Whoa~!" We gaped.

We were awed by Tennoji-senpai's drawing of… Kimura-senpai.

It was a drawing of Kimura-senpai looking somewhere else. The portrait almost looks real to us. The girls, including me, squealed in excitement.

"Is this a part of your imagination? If not, when was this?" He asked Tennoji-senpai.

"I have a picture of you at home."

"Why?"

"Oh come on, Minato-san. I've told you many times so you must know why."

'This love story is getting more interesting!' I giggled.

"You're just embarrassing yourself, Haruka."

"I don't mind, Minato-san as long as—"

"Anyway~ you have a slight mistake with the strokes on my hair. My eyes are not properly aligned with my face. Although I'm criticizing my own face on this piece of paper, there is a lot of small uncleanliness in this drawing." He pointed it out for Tennoji-senpai although we couldn't spot what it is or where it was. Kimura-senpai is a strict evaluator, I guess. "Try again next time, Haruka."

Tennoji-senpai collected her drawing back then she passed by us. "You're spitting nonsense, Kimura Minato." She murmured.

'Now I'm confused with these two.'

I waited for my artwork to be evaluated (or criticized) by Kimura-senpai. He criticized more than he complimented throughout the time. Whenever Kimura-senpai shows the others' artworks at us, it looks very pretty to us but for him, he sees problems.

"Nishikawa Rina-san." He called.

Finally! It's my turn! I approached him while he gazed at my drawing.

"This is the garden at the back of the school, am I correct?" He asked.

I nodded. "Yes, senpai."

He raised an eyebrow. "I've seen lots of drawings of the garden but yours is… the weirdest one."

'The w-w-weirdest?! How?'

"You might be thinking why or how right now. The sketch is fine but the way you paint… it's like… careless! You used watercolour that has pastel colours, right?"

"Yes, senpai."

"You have too much water on your brush that's why the paper became wrinkly over here." He pointed near the center. "You didn't let the paint dry over here before you added the detail colour that's why the two colours here mixed awfully."

As I listen, it felt like my heart is sinking to the bottom. I have to accept what senpai is telling me because most of what he said is true and evident.

"You need to practice more on using watercolour because you paint like an elementary student although if you look at your drawing from afar without noticing what I have pointed out a moment ago, it looks weirdly cute." He returned my artwork to me.

I went to an available seat near the window. I stared at my drawing for a long time thinking what I can do to improve myself in the future. I think I have to practice my painting when I get back to my apartment later.

While I was sulking, Tennoji-senpai approached me. "Nishikawa-san, there are some people looking for you outside."

I stood up and smiled. "Who are they, senpai?"

"I don't know but they're also freshmen."

I went outside of the art room to find a group of girls carrying small boxes. I don't know who they are but they seem to know me for some reason.

"Hello, Nishikawa-san." One of them greeted. "We have a favour to ask of you but we want to ask you something first."

"Okay."

Another girl stepped up. "Are you in a relationship with Kise-kun?"

'They must be Kise's fan girls. I'm sure of it.'

I shook my head. "Of course not. We're only friends."

"Is he dating someone else perhaps?"

"Haven't heard nor seen him with another girl I don't recognize yet."

They sighed in relief. "That's a relief."

"What is this favour you're going to ask?"

They looked at each other and giggled at the same time. "You're the only person we know who can get close to Kise-kun so…"

'Well, I don't know you girls too.'

"Can we please ask you to give our gifts to Kise-kun?"

"Sure!" I grinned.

'Wait. What?!'

"Thank you so much, Nishikawa-san!" They broadly smiled at me while they handed their gifts to me. Both of my arms are filled with gifts so I needed to hug them tightly so they wouldn't fall.

'Why did I agree on this? This is not my business!'

"We really trust you on this, Nishikawa-san. Thank you again!" They bowed then ran away. "Bye!"

'I have become a delivery girl.'

I took a deep breath. "Nishikawa Delivery at your service."


I was not aware that Tennoji-senpai was watching us a while ago so she let me leave the club early.

"Do you need help, Nishikawa-san?" She asked.

"No need. I can bring all of this to him."

I carefully descended the stairs and avoided the people on my path just not to let any gift slip my arms. Who knows that maybe one of these gifts is fragile?

I see the walkway to the gym in a few meters. I'm almost there! Kise should give me something in return for bringing his fans' gifts to him. Hmm… like food!

"WHERE IS THAT BASTARD?!" Someone shouted from the gym. I'm not bothered by it.

I calmly entered the gym and ask someone I'm familiar to search for Kise for me.

"I'm not sure where he is, Nishikawa-san. Maybe you should try asking the senpais resting on the bench over there." He pointed at the group of players talking with the coach. "Kise-kun is a member of the Kaijo Basketball Team. He's already a regular player."

'Try talking with the senpais? I'm shy.'

I shyly drew close to the basketball team. Where is Kise?

"Uhmm… excuse me?" I softly said.

They all turned around with an annoyed 'what?' look on their faces. Wow! They're tall! The smallest player with thick eyebrows and black knee socks jumped back when we made a short eye contact.

A tall guy with green tinted hair hair (Moriyama) asked me. "May I ask what the pretty lady wants from us?"

"I'm looking for Kise-kun, senpai."

He clicked his tongue in annoyance. "Are you one of his fan girls, miss? If you are, you are not allowed here."

I shook my head in disagreement. "I'm Kise-kun's childhood friend. I have something to give to him."

"Childhood friend? Shouldn't you be the one who knows where he is right now? You probably have his phone number, right? We don't know where went to at the moment." He glanced at the smallest player (Kasamatsu) at the back. "Kasamatsu, what are you doing there? Shouldn't you have something to say also as captain?"

'Ah.. So he is the captain of the basketball team..'

"C-C-Call that bastard Kise right now!" He ordered.

'So he's the one who calls Ryou-chan a "bastard". Maybe I should get along with him.'

"Unfortunately, I don't have his number nor my phone with me right now. I'm sorry, senpai." I bowed and a gift fell down to the floor. The tall and calm guy picked it up for me (Kobori).

"Let me help you with those." The guy with the bushy eyebrows (Hayakawa) took the gifts from my arms and settled them on the bench. "These are for Kise?"

"Yes. They're from his fan girls." I said.

"Y-You! You talk to him!" The captain lend his phone to me with shaking hands. I notice the screen that it's calling Kise's number so I placed the phone beside my ear.

After a few rings, he answered. "Hello? Kasamatsu-senpai?"

"You idiot Kise! Where are you right now?!" I shouted on the phone. He's my friend and I don't mind shouting at him.

"Is that you, Rinacchi?! Why are you-?"

"Never mind that! Your teammates are looking for you! Where are you right now?!"

"I-I'm on my way back to Kaijou High. I visited Seirin High to see something."

"What the heck?! You're on your way back from sight-seeing in Seirin High?!"

The captain tapped my shoulder and asked me to give his phone back so I did. "You bastard! You went there without my permission?!" He shouted.

'Ooh~ Double scolded.'

"What? You know someone from there?"

I don't know what they are talking about but the others seems interested. I think my job here is done because I'll leave it to the senpais to give the fan girls' gifts directly to Kise.

I was about to leave when the captain called my attention. "You!"

"Yes, senpai?"

"Wh-What is your name?" He stuttered.

"Nishikawa Rina-desu."

"What a pretty name for a pretty girl." The tall guy with long hair winked at me.

The captain kicked him. "Shut up, Moriyama."

"Yes, Captain." He frowned.

The captain looked at me with serious eyes. "Nishikawa-san, b-be our team manager."

"EH?!"

End of Chapter 4


A/N: Sorry for another late update. I had a very fun and tiring vacation last week but…. Here I am! Back with my BFF laptop! ^^

How's the story so far? Weird? Confusing? Terrible? (I hope not. T^T) Thinking of a plot to connect with your desired ending is very hard.

I think most KnB fans know that Kasamatsu is very shy around girls so I don't know if I did this one properly. (Because I haven't met a guy who's shy around girls.)

Did you know? I am allowing reviews for my story. Hahaha!