It's the last day of the 1st term of school! Finally! I'll just post up a chapter every 3 days, I guess.

Warning: A foul-mouthed pervert (again)

Disclaimer: I do not own Kuroko no Basket and its franchise!


"Who turned into a dog?" A voice from behind them spoke.

"Uwah! T-T-Tetsu; how long have you been standing there?"

"Since a while ago."

"Tetsu-kun!" Momoi threw herself at the shorter boy. "It has been a while!"

"Good day to the two of you. It has been a while." Kuroko bowed his head slightly in a greeting, slurping his milkshake with an expression of mild bliss; all while ignoring the girl who was glomping him. "What are the two of you doing here?"

"Well, you see, Satsuki here wanted to…"

"I wanted to see you, Tetsu!" Momoi interrupted Aomine before he could finish his complaint. "I have no idea how much I missed you! How have you been?"

"Fine… I guess."

"So, what are you doing here, Tetsu? I though you usually spend your Sundays with your nose stuck in a book or something."

"Which is a whole lot more productive than a certain somebody that I know who does nothing but stick his nose into some porno mag all day long."

"Those are photo books, not porno mags! And I play basketball too!"

"Aomine-kun hasn't changed a bit, huh."

"Speak for yourself, man."

"He's still a big pervert, if you must know. In fact, just threw away half of his collection last week."

"You what? Dammit, Satsuki; so that's why I couldn't find them!"

"That was payback for skipping practice!"

"I was out playing streetball! That's considered practice too, isn't it?"

"No, it's not!"

"Have you no idea how much I had missed the sight of Horikita Mai-chan's voluptuous bod-"

"Go and wither and die in a corner, you sick pervert! Oh goodness, you sound like worse than a sick, perverted old man!"

"You said 'pervert' twice."

"Oh, yay; should I be glad you realized that?"

"You two still get along well."

"We don't!" The two shouted in unison.

"Arf!"

"So where are you going now, Tetsu-kun? The park? The basketball court?"

"Well… I need to head to the supermarket now."

"Let's us go with you!"

"Eh?" Both boys stared at the girl, as if she was crazy.

"I mean, dogs aren't allowed in there, right? So we can look after him for you when you're inside!"

"Like hell I'm going there. I'm starving!"

"But you said you were against coming here earlier, weren't you?"

"I never said I was against it! Besides, you were the one who wanted to come out here in the first place!"

"Well, I changed my mind. Women are fickle creatures, after all."

"I bet you just wanted to spend time with Tetsu, yeah?" Aomine teased. "Why don't I just go on my merry way and not disturb the two of you?"

"D-Dai-chan!"

"I can go by myself. Besides, #2 is well-behaved, so you don't need to worry about us."

"Arf!"

"Oh… I see…"

"Aw, don't look so disappointed," Aomine grinned.

"Shut up, you," Momoi aimed a glare towards the taller boy, who had promptly ignored it.

"Anyway, we must be going. It was nice meeting you… again."

"See ya, Tetsu."

"Bye, Tetsu-kun. You too, Tetsu #2."

"Oh yeah, I forgot about the mutt. See ya, mutt."

"Arf!"

"Goodbye."

"Don't slack off with your training, Tetsu! The next time we battle it out, you better be prepared; coz the goddess of basketball will definitely be on our side, you hear?"

"Goddess…?"

"You're the only one who actually slacks off, you moron!"


The other day, I attended a Masterclass on how to write for Children. Writing as a profession, as I've realised, is never easy. However, I'm planning to enter a competition for a picture book (text only, though) at the end of the year. And if you're wondering why I decided on Children's fiction, it's because my writing style of less than 2 thousand words per chapter (other than this series, which has an average of 5 to 6 hundred) suits the style.

Afternoon Coincidences would probably have about 12 to 13 chapters in total, because I do not plan to add anymore characters AND because I'm currently working on my next series, Parallel, which I hope to finish the whole plot by September. I already have about ten chapter summaries done and I hope to add another ten to fifteen more. (then again, there's schoolwork, exams and JLPT to worry about)

SEE YOU NEXT WEEK, EVERYONE! I HOPED YOU ENJOYED THIS WEEK'S CHAPTER OF AFTERNOON COINCIDENCES!

Edit 26/6/2012: Removed the preview for Parallel.