Midorima Shintarou 02

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What's your type of girl?

Midorima: Older (nanodayo).

[based on Kuroko no Basuke Character's Bible]

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Ever since that encounter, Midorima had made it a sub-conscious habit to pass by the park every after school.

If there were no signs of the bullies, he'd sit on the swing and hold his book on his lap, staring at the only tree in the park. If he'd catch even the slightest glimpse of those kids or hear their voices, he'd hide behind said tree and continue waiting.

It wasn't that he was scared of them or anything. He just wants to stay out of trouble and to make sure he doesn't make a fool out of himself infront of THAT girl again.

Speaking of that girl, it's been a week and she hadn't shown up. He was putting his hopes too high, which was rare for him to do, considering that it was the first time he saw someone like her in the neighborhood. He have already stayed here for a good 11 years, and he knows the faces here.

Meaning, she's new here.

"Shinta-kun?" Came that voice.

He cranes his neck up, seeing the familiar purple eyes look down on his crouched form, "Hanami..." He says.

"That's Hanami-san to you!" She retorts, skipping out of her place beside the tree and facing him with both hands on her hips, "I'm 13 and I'm guessing you're less than that!"

"I'm 11," Midorima muttered in reply. He stood up and dusted his pants, book clenched in his arms as he said, "What are you doing here?"

He tried to make it sound casual but she gave a fake surprised look, mouth in a wide 'O', "Am I not allowed to?"

"No, I meant..." Wow, she's more of a headache than he thought. He pressed his brows together, pouting, "You're... Not from here, are you?"

Hanami nods, orange hair bouncing back and forth, "I came here two weeks ago from Shikoku,"

"That's far," He comments.

She hummed and then peeks at the book, "Still reading that?"

"Ah, y-yeah..." That was half a lie. He's just half scanning it and half reading it, "Don't wanna put it to waste,"

She giggles and reaches out to ruffle his hair, "Ah! Glassed-guys are all so smart nowadays!"

He pulls back with a slightly annoyed expression before looking at the swings, "You... Study, where?"

"That school near the river bank. Just across the bridge," She replies and then eyes on him, "And you?"

"Near the train station,"

"Ah! That private school? Oh wow, so you're rich too, huh?" She grins and he shakes his head furiously.

Seriously, can this girl get any more weirder?

"Ne, Shinta-kun," She says, making him flinch at the nickname, "Wanna go to the nursery?"

"W-wha-?"

"The nursery! There's bunnies there!"

He sweatdrops at her rather childish behavior. Despite being two years older than him, it was still awkward having her put on a kid's smile. But still, he nods at the suggestion.

The nursery wasn't that far, and they arrived there in a couple of minutes. And just as Hanami had said, there were rabbits everywhere.

He wasn't sure if he had to be happy about the fact that they were being well taken cared of or freaked out by the way their beady eyes suddenly landed on him.

"Kaa-san!" Hanami called and a tall woman with flowing orange hair and green eyes approached them.

"Ah, welcome back, Hana," Her mother greets and looks at Midorima, "A friend?"

"Yep! This is Shinta-kun!"

Midorima bows out of habit and corrects his name in the process, "I'm Midorima Shintarou. Pleased to meet you,"

"Oh, how polite," She giggles and then motions for the wide room, "Why don't you go give him a tour?"

"Certainly!"

The tour of the small nursery didn't take long. There was the play area, feeding area, bathing area, sleep area, litter area and of course, the breeding area. That's where two bunnies become 6 or more, according to Hanami.

She also introduced him to all 18 rabbits, which he finds disturbing because how can she remember their names when they all look the same?

"Here, a new bunny," She says one particular afternoon, a week after his first visit, and adds, "You'll be taking care of her from now on!"

"M-me?" He asks in disbelief, staring at the brown bunny in his arms with beady black eyes, "A girl bunny?"

"Yep!" She pulls out another bunny from the box, this time a white one with red eyes, "And this is mine, the guy bunny! Let's take care good of them!"

Midorima hesitates but nods.

"So, what'll you name her?" She asks, smiling as she petted the bunny.

He bites his lip and looks at the rabbit in her arms, "W-what about you?"

Hanami's smile became wider and he suddenly regrets asking. She puts it up to his face and announces proudly, "Pyontarou!"

"P-pyou- what?" He stutters out, blush evident on his cheeks.

"Pyontarou! The bunny Shinta-kun!"

"That doesn't make sense!"

"It does to me," She huffs proudly and cuddles the small animal.

Midorima stares at his little bunny before stating in a low voice, "Then this will be Pyonami,"

"Huh?"

"Pyonami is bunny you," He mutters, looking away to avoid Hanami's sparkling smile.

She squeals in delight and then pulls him over to the floor mat, placing both bunnies down and then ruffling his hair. Midorima doesn't say anything, since he sort off got used to her compulsive actions, and instead crosses his arms.

"Pyontaro and Pyonami will be best friends, right?" She asks, eyeing on him with a hopeful expression, "Like us?"

He doesn't let her see the surprise in his eyes. Hanami considered him a best friend, despite him being so grumpy all the time. Midorima didn't know how to classify someone like her because he wasn't so sure about her being an older sister figure. So hearing her words of friendship gave him the slight confidence he needed.

He nods with a small, fleeting smile, "Yeah,"

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TBC

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Author's note:

Okay, so I'm having a hard time with Midorima's part cuz I can't portray him that well yet. But anyways, I was still able to show his tsundere-ness right?

Also, the thing about Hanami's family having a bunny nursery for a job was really out of the blue ne? I've seen a lot of photos showing Midorima as a bunny, so I just came up with this! XD

I also love the nickname I gave Midorima! Beside 'Shin-chan', we now have: 'Shinta-kun'! (Shinta-chan works too XD)

Oh, and about the names of their bunnies. There was this comic strip I read about Midorima having a large stuffed rabbit as a lucky item and he named it 'Pyontarou' (play of the words 'Pyon' and 'Shintarou'). Takao was laughing the whole time too. (Aww~ /)

So yeah, I used that as the bunny's name and 'Pyonami' is also a play of words from 'Pyon' and 'Hanami'.

I hope the story is okay!

Honestly, I'm planning to make 3 parts + an extra for each character, but maybe Midorima's will take more cuz my pace is so slow for their relationship.

Anyways, thank you for reading and please do LIKE, COMMENT and SHARE!

Signing out

~Reimei Jennoir

(MA_oH)