Chapter 4: Kise Ryouta
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~At school~
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Kuroko Setsuna's POV
We were practicing after school again when suddenly some noise arose from outside the gym. A blond, handsome guy appeared with several girls behind him entered the court. I stiffened, almost dropping the ball in my hands as I recognized Kise Ryouta. The other students seemed to recognize him too, even Kagami-kun did since we talked about the Generation of Miracles and it's players before.
"Kurokocchi!" Kise-kun greeted me and tried to hug me but I dodged.
"Kise-kun." I muttered. "It's been awhile." I lied. I never had met this guy. I had heard about him from my brother but I never had met him in person. Kise-kun pouted.
"Why are you so cold, Kurokocchi, aren't we best friends?" he wailed, taking me by surprise.
'This is Onii-san's best friend?' The blonde model looked at me with golden puppy eyes. No way they were.
"Not practically." I said vaguely and the blonde looked hurt. "Kise-kun, why are you here?"
"I remembered Kurokocchi enrolled into Seirin so I came to say hi before our practice match." He answered, happy with me speaking to him. We looked at the coach.
"It's true, we're having a practice match with Kaijou High." She announced and the players cheered in excitement, especially Kagami-kun seemed to like the idea of a match.
"I also liked to ask Seirin High something, now I'm here." The model said and paused. "If Kaijou High wins, please give us Kurokocchi."
Shocked the players gasped but before I could answer, I felt a hand on my head. I looked up and saw Kagami-kun frowning. "Are you underestimating us?" he groaned.
"No, no, absolute not." Kise-kun answered, his hands in the air in a peace-making gesture. "It's because I really want to play with Kurokocchi again."
"I'm honored by that feeling, Kise-kun, but I can't accept that bet." I answered. First of all because if I had to go to school with someone who knew Onii-san in middle school, my cover would be blown and on top of that, it was against the conditions I made with Onii-san for our promise.
"Are you afraid of losing, Kurokocchi?" Kise-kun challenged me, a daring smirk on his face.
Kagami-kun's hand on my head twitched. "Kagami-kun –"
"Like hell he's scared, we'll kick your and your school's asses, with ease." Kagami-kun smirked, accepting the challenge. I sighed inwardly. Not good.
Kise-kun smiled a dazzling smile. "Then we have a deal, if Kaijou High wins, we'll take Kurokocchi." He nodded satisfied. He waved me goodbye and left the gym. I looked at Kagami-kun.
"W-what?" he asked when he met my glare.
"Kagami-kun, that was very foolish of you." I scolded him and the others nodded in agreement.
"W-what? You weren't really scared, right?" he asked confused. The coach face-palmed her forehead and shook her head. "Kagami-kun! You better take responsible for this!" she yelled, making the redhead even more confused.
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~At Kuroko's apartment~
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I entered my apartment and immediately took the phone to call my Onii-san.
"Yes?" his voice answered through the phone.
"Tetsu-nii, it's me, Setsuna." I greeted him.
"Did you get a new phone?"
"No, I'm using the phone at the apartment."
"I see…" he stayed silent for some time. "Why are you calling?"
"I wanted to tell you I met Kise-kun today." I told him.
"…" for a while there wasn't a response. "Really?"
A bit discouraged by his disinterest I answered. "Yes, we're having a practice match on Friday."
"I see… Good luck." He muttered.
A small smile played on my lips. "Thank you, Tetsu-nii."
"Sure…"
I clenched the phone in my hand. "I definitely keep my promise, Onii-san, I'll definitely make you play again." I said in the phone, maybe a bit too hard and ended the call without waiting for a reply.
I absolutely had to win this practice match…
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~Walking home after practice~
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Kagami's POV
I and Kuroko were walking home, apparently we lived close to each other. I looked at the bluenette as we walked in silence. I might be wrong but to me it seemed the boy had practiced much harder and more serious than usual, not that he wasn't serious all the time, but you get what I mean. Did the incident with Kise Ryouta affect him so much?
"Hey, listen, Kuroko." I called him and he faced me. "We will definitely win that match against Kaijou High, so don't worry."
"I know." He replied, annoying me.
"Oi! I'm trying to cheer you up! Don't answer like that!" I elbowed him. He looked at me, searching my face though I wasn't sure what he was looking for or hoping to see. To my surprise, Kuroko smiled. "I know." I felt my face flush and brought my hand to my mouth.
"Don't act all sensitive now, it's disgusting, don't smile like that."
"I'm sorry." The blue haired boy apologized, the smile faded from his lips.
"N-no! I didn't meant it like that, I-I mean…" I stuttered stupidly and blushed harder. "It's not like your smile is disgusting or something, I just don't like sentimental things like cheering up and such." God, am I some teenage girl talking to her crush or what? Seriously, now it was me acting all sentimental.
"I see." Kuroko replied shortly. For once I was grateful he was a person of few words.
"By the way, this is my building, so I'll be leaving first." I pointed at the high building with some hundreds of apartments. Kuroko looked at the building. "How coincidental, I live there too."
"You live by yourself too?" I asked surprised. "In the same building as I?"
"Apparently, I do."
"Which floor are you?"
"12th."
"EH!" I yelled. "Do you know how fucking expensive the apartments are on the upper floor?!"
"I do." Dumbfounded I looked at the boy, who apparently was goddamn rich.
"Invite me." I ordered him.
"Excuse me?" he asked.
"Invite me to your apartment." I repeated smirking, I wouldn't let go off this chance to see the upper floor. "I refuse." Kuroko answered.
"It doesn't matter whether you refuse or not, I let myself in either way." I said. Kuroko sighed.
I grinned in victory.
Belelle: Yay! I finally updated again!
Kuroko Setsuna: I'm proud of you.
Belelle: Thanks Setsu-chan! *cuddles her*
Kagami: So disgusting...
Belelle: Shut up! *Kills him with a gun*
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