Series: Kuroko no Basket
Genre: Romance, Drama
Rating: PG-13/T
Pairing: AominexKuroko ( hint of KisexKuroko and KagamixKuroko)
All original characters belongs to Fujimaki Tadatoshi.
Contain some OOCness.
Kuroko got up from his bed and looked around his room—shelves full of books, a wardrobe from where his Seirin uniform sticked out. A desk was in front of the window, now covered by white curtains that allowed only a litlle stream of sunlight to come into his room.
He placed his foot on the cold floor that was covered a little by dust. He walked out of his room and into the bathroom.
The house was silent, almost like there weren't any living souls. And maybe that was right. Kuroko didn't know if his father was at home or not.
He came back to his room and changed into his uniform.
He then went to the living room where a dog was sleeping soundly on a pillow.
"Nigou..."
The dog lifted his head and when he spotted his master, he got up and walked to him.
Tetsuya patted him on his head and put a dog collar on him.
The both of them walked out of his house, Kuroko locking the door behind them.
It was very early in the morning, but he didn't mind. There were almost nobody on the streets. From time to time, one single person walked past him.
His pace was slow. He wasn't in a hurry.
He felt his breath change into steam.
Somewhere near him, a car engine turned on.
He walked for about fifteen minutes, thinking about what he had in school today or what to study later with Kagami-kun.
He returned to the same quiet home—the same as he left it.
Kuroko made himself some breakfast and fed Nigou. He packed his things and walked out with the dog, not checking if there was anyone else in the house or not.
"I have two questions."
Kuroko lifted his face from the book he was currently reading in the library. Some too energetic boy sitting next to him was saying something that he really wasn't paying attention to.
Kagami stopped his writing.
"First... What is Kise doing here?"
He blinked and opened his mouth but Ryouta was first to answer.
"Ah mou, Kagamicchi you meanie! I'm here to spend some time with my friends..."
Taiga didn't seem convinced but he didn't comment on that aspect. He opened his mouth.
"So... second... Can you be a little more QUIET!?" He almost shouted the last word.
The blond blinked and leaned with his head on the desk.
"Ah boring..." he whined.
Tetsuya sighed and put his book away.
"Kagami-kun is right. Be a little more quiet, Kise-kun. This is a library. And Kagami-kun needs to study now if he wants to play in matches..."
A little twitching vein appeared on Kagami's forehead. Kise pouted and took the first book and opened it.
They were silent for a while.
Suddenly, Kuroko stood up.
"I need to check something... Be right back..." And he disappeared in the labyrinth of shelves.
Kise flopped down on the desk like he wanted to sleep. He swung his legs, sitting on the chair like a little kid. After a few seconds, he sighed and lifted his head and turned it to look at where the Phantom Sixth Man had disappeared.
"Just where is Kurokocchi..."
Something caught his attention. A shadow moving in the corner of one shelf, very far on the left. Like it was creeping.
Could it be...
"I'm back..."
Kise snapped back and turned to his friend.
It was the same almost every day. He got up. Went to school. Trained for basketball in the morning. Went to classes. Ate. Trained for basketball in the afternoon and then went to the library with Kuroko.
Somehow, spending time with Kuroko had gotten into his daily duties. They even met on weekends. And by a little bit, he started to understand more of Tetsuya.
Firstly... He needed to make it clear at the beginning, Kuroko did not like to talk about himself. When he sometimes asked him about home or family, he said only one or two sentences then changed the topic back to their books. If he did not want to talk about it, Kagami wouldn't make him.
Books... After almost three days, Kuroko had a different book. And it wasn't like the same genres he was always reading. Once it was thriller, then drama, after that fantasy, another thriller. His eyes moved fast when he read. Somehow, he didn't need even a minute to finish one page.
After that... tapping the desk with a pen when he was thinking about something. Kagami noticed it when he had asked him for help. Kuroko was staring at the book and tapping. When he twirled the pen, Kagami knew he had found an answer.
And always, day after day, he disappeared between the shelves for a minute or two.
Three days before the exam, Kagami lifted his head from the textbook and turned to stare at Kise who had an upside-down book on his face. Somehow, this guy was going to the library with them almost everyday.
"Hey, Kise..." he started.
The boy lifted his head and the book landed on the desk. He turned his head to look at him.
"What happened?" he asked, smiling softly and brushing his hair back.
The redhead turned the pen in his fingers.
"What is Kuroko searching for almost everyday there?" he asked, pointing to the back of the shelves.
Ryouta turned his head to look at the place where Kagami pointed.
"Hmm... just searching..." he murmured.
"For what?"
Kise leaned back on his chair.
"For som..."
He didn't finish because Kuroko came back.
Kagami stared at Kuroko's face. It looked normal. But maybe not?
Finally, the day of the exams arrived.
Of course, Kagami didn't sleep for almost the whole night. He was too stressed. Of course he studied. Maybe he never studied as hard as he did now. But what was this uneasy feeling in his stomach?
No, no way he's going to pass it all!
He wore his clothes and walked to school in a zombie mode. He snapped back when he stood in front of the metal gates.
There he is...
He breathed hard.
It's now or never...
The boy walked inside the institution. He nodded to the receptionist and slowly walked to the farthest part of the library.
Going here had become his habit. He sat on the floor and took the first book from a shelf and hid his face in it. He could spend a few hours in this position. Just lying there.
In Teikou middle school, they spent much time here. Aomine slept most of the time, but Tetsu read. Because of that, he knows this place too well. He remembered too well where the beloved books of the boy were, where he liked to sit and read and from which window was the view more beautiful.
From which window the sun shone through, right onto the pale skin of the boy, lighting his ocean eyes.
"Ah, Aominecchi!"
He lifted his head. Right above him stood a too well-known boy with blond hair. He was grinning.
He yawned and put the book that laid on his face away. He then lifted his head.
"What are you doing here... Kise?" he asked in a harsh tone, like the mere presence of the other boy was something bad.
The blond put his hand on his hip.
"Just searching... and you?"
The boy scratched his head. He knew too well why he was here. Because he was stupid, a moron, an idiot...
"Kurokocchi's not gonna be here for a while..."
His eyes widened at this and he stared at the boy with this animal look, a mixture of suspicion, shock and maybe something else.
"N-no... I didn't..." he stuttered, suddenly frowning. He turned his head to look at the book.
Was it true? Was he coming here because of him... Or maybe he just liked this place? Calm, quiet, peaceful...
"You're stupid..."
He stared dumbfoundedly at the boy next to him. He took some book from a shelf and looked at the topic.
"What?" he murmured but somehow couldn't understand him. What did he mean?
"You'll see." Kise smiled and turned with a book under his arm. "Until the Winter Cup!"
"Oi Kuroko, Kagami!"
Both boys turned to the direction of the door to their classroom. There stood Izuki, leaning on the door frame.
"What it is sempai?" asked Kagami, swallowing the sandwich he had in his mouth.
"Coach is summoning all of us on the roof now," he said.
The redhead turned his head to look at his partner but he shrugged.
They both got up and followed behind Izuki to the roof.
He was telling the truth.
They greeted everyone from the Seirin basketball club. Hyuuga was leaning on the barrier and Riko was crouching next to him. Kiyoshi was chatting with Koganei. Mitobe just stood next to them. The first year trio was standing somewhere farther.
"Ah, it's good that you're all here. Sit down," Riko nodded at them, smiling.
They all sat in a circle in front of Riko.
"So I want to ask you... How was your test?"
Everyone looked at each other.
"Not bad..." murmured Hyuuga.
"Barely passed," stated Koganei.
Mitobe just stared at their coach.
Kiyoshi showed her his thumb up. Furihata, Kawahara, and Fukuda just smiled, not very sure of their results.
"I'm fine with my results," said Shun, lifting his head from his notepad.
Aida now stared at Kagami and Kuroko.
"I'm good..." stated Kuroko, not even blinking.
"And you... Bakagami?" asked Riko, crossing her arms and prolonging the last word.
Kagami frowned.
"I'm fine! I wrote it all. I think I will pass..." hHe grumbled and turned his head in the other direction.
"Okay, so... as a prize for your hard work, what do you think about going to the hot springs?"
Everyone looked at the girl with wide eyes.
Was she serious? A prize? Riko was giving them a premium?
"Hot springs?!" asked Hyuuga.
The brown-haired girl nodded.
"There's a girl in my class who has a relative that runs a small hotel. She said she'll let us in for a very cheap price since it's off season right now. We need to release our fatigue that we accumulated from the Winter Cup preliminaries and studying for these stupid tests. And we should take a break and refresh for once..."
So they must pay for it.
The Point Guard looked at Kiyoshi that was sitting next to him.
"A hot spring huh..." he murmured. "It might be good for Kiyoshi's knee too..."
Riko grinned with this look on her face that wasn't planning something very nice.
"Once we get a nice, good rest, we'll practice to our deaths for the Winter Cup!"
Thay all shivered at the thought of what their coach planned for them but all responded.
"Ye-yeah..."
"A hot spring..."
Tetsuya lifted his head from the shake to look at Kagami in front of him. He had his face on his palm and was looking through the window.
"Could it be... you've never been to the hot springs?" asked the tealhaired boy, putting his cup on the table.
Taiga stared at him with his mouth agape.
"How did you know?" he asked, in this very surprised tone of voice.
Kuroko blinked.
"I thought that you had lived all of your childhood in America, so you never had an opportunity to go there..."
The redhead hummed something under his breath and unwrapped another burger.
They were now sitting in Majiba after, finally, the hard training at afternoon practice.
They didn't talk—just ate or drank. The only thing they heard was the chattering of other people mixed with voices coming from the outside.
"How is it?"
Kuroko put the straw in his mouth and stared at his partner with this questioning look.
"The hot springs I mean..."
He swallowed some of the shake that he got in his mouth.
"It's very fun... hot springs..."
Kagami caught himself off guard when he stared at the almost smiling face of Kuroko. The shiny orbs, little curved lips.
He looked somewhat happy when he talked about it.
He didn't understand this, but his eyes... he couldn't take them away. Like this little almost smiling face was gathering all his focus.
Then as suddenly as this little spell appeared, it suddenly disappeared when Kuroko took his cup.
Kagami took another bite.
What was this different Kuroko?
"Daiki-kun, someone's on the phone for you..."
The boy turned on his bed to look at the door. From behind it were coming the loud voices of men.
He exacted himself to shout in response.
"Who's thaaat?!"
A little bit of silence.
"Some Imayoshi-kun from your school!"
He growled and rolled down from his bed. He got up and slowly, not really wanting to talk with him, he walked out of his room. In this same turtle speed, he walked down the stairs.
Down near the small table stood a man with glasses. He was holding the telephone in his hand.
Aomine walked to him and took the phone from the man's hand, not saying anything to him. He put the device near his ear.
"Yes..." he growled, scratching his stomach under his gray shirt.
"Oh, hello Aomine. I can't get through to your mobile. Maybe you can charge its battery." said a voice from the other side.
Oh, he could almost see Imayoshi's evil smirk.
"What do you want..."
"And I wanted to chat a little bit..."
It's good that the navy-haired boy was at home, because if he was outside he would splun over the street hearing that statement. But he waited.
"Actually, we've decided to go to the hot springs on this weekend. And since you weren't at today's afternoon practice, I decided to inform you about our little trip by phone..."
He hummed nonsense under his breath.
"And...?" he asked, closing his eyes.
Hot spring? He didn't really want to go now. It's a pain in the ass and just before the Winter Cup. Who the heck thought about this stupid idea...?
"Don't..." he started, but was immediately interrupted.
"We're going to meet in front of our school gate at Saturday on 9 a.m.. Going back on Sunday about 8 p.m. Attendance is required..."
He wouldn't said it loud, but this voice made his spine shiver. What was Imayoshi, a freaking bad character or something?
But... ah whatever...
"Okay..."
Yay I'm updating new chapter XD! I'm so happy =D!
First few fanfiction issues. Yes as I think I'll be making shorter chapters and tried to put them here more offten. And I used dialogues in this chapter from chapter 109 of KnB - (c) Fujimaki Tadatoshi. But I don't think I'll do it next chapter, 'cause I do not like to do it. It is boring D:.
And now back... In next chapter we'll visit hotsprings! Huehue :3. If you read manga you know what happened~. Of course thats not all xD!
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ChocolateFantasies- for her work even that he have not too much free time :3. I'm so very, very, very grateful.
Okay, so...
Note from the beta reader: Yo, I'm ChocolateFantasies. I want to say sorry because it's my fault why this chapter is late. Gomen!
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