Hidden Beauty
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Basket Seven: Tomorrow's the Big Day!
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"I can't believe Kasamatsu-sempai said that we could go!" Kise grinned from ear to ear, walking with an obvious spring in his step.
"Yeah, for a price, baka." Kuro glowered, continuing to mutter under her breath. "Have'ta run twenty laps and buy drinks for everyone back at the gym... Tch." Kuro complained, walking behind the model.
Kise laughed, waving his arms childishly. "It's okay, it's okay~" He beamed happily, nearing their destination. "I'm so happy~ I get to see Kurokocchi~!" He hummed.
Kuro watched, wondering when he was ready to skip down the side walk.
"Kurokocchi?" She asked, not forgetting to lower her voice again, even only a tad. Kise didn't seem to mind 'his' overly 'girlish' voice. He said it made 'him' seem... 'Exquisite'... Which kind of in the end, scared Kuro just a little.
"Yes! Kurokocchi was my mentor when we were in Teikou! He's really cool! We're playing him on Friday!"
"..." The first year's thoughts and memories immediately drifted back to her Teikou days. The roar of the crowd and the aura of excitement still fresh in her mind whenever she attended their games.
But, she remembered him. 'Kurokocchi', or Kuroko Tetsuya. He was the sixth man of the Kiseki no Sedai. She didn't know him on a personal level, but she had talked to him once, but then he mysteriously disappeared after a few seconds... Needless to say, she was worried. Until the next day, she saw him practicing with the others.
"Oh, hey, we're here." Kuro pointed to the sign in front of the high school. "Okay, so, Kasamatsu-sempai said that there should be a store of some sort around here. Imma go look for it and get the drinks, okay? Don't take to long." Kuro said, staring at a crumpled little piece of paper as she continued past the school.
"Okay! I'll be waiting right here!" Kise yelled after her, before stalking past the gates in search of the gym, a smile on his face.
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Kuro flipped the paper, squinting at it. "Seriously, who wrote this?" She asked herself, tilting the paper yet again. 'Mm, maybe it was Hayakawa-sempai. He seems like the type to write all.. crazy like.' She thought, yawning tiredly.
School had ended early, so instead of the normal two hours of after school activities, she and Kise had done three, to make up for yesterday.
They practiced her layups and dunks, Kise occasionally having to help her a bit, ending in one alley-oop, to which they both claimed as cool. And they even went over a few plays and possible strategies for the Friday practice match. Oh, also with the added twenty laps. Geez.
So, here she was, walking around aimlessly, in search for a store. "Oh God... 'Better not be lost..." She muttered, glancing at her surroundings. Kuro only shrugged, and passed by a park.
A few more minutes later, she finally spotted a convenience store, and happily made her way inside. "..." She looked around, before making her way to the end, with all the cold drinks.
"Heh... These will probably be luke-warm by the time we get back." She chuckled darkly, grabbing a whole variety of different flavors. She awkwardly stumbled to the front, placing all the large pop bottles onto the counter, digging through her bag for the money. She paid and shoved most of the bottles inside her bag, and carried the last six in a plastic bag. "Thank you." Kuro nodded, exiting the store.
The first year retraced her steps all the way back, until she found herself standing in front of Seirin Koukou. Kuro yawned and sat on the sidewalk, her back against the fence.
She would have fallen asleep, if not for the sudden whine. Her purple orbs snapped open, and she glanced up at the Ace, who was pouting.
"Kurokocchi rejected me!" Kise whined loudly as he adjusted his uniform blazer.
"Aww, the baby." Kuro teased, smirking. She lightly punched his arm after she stood. Kise practically had tears in his eyes.
"Why did you punch me?" He whined, huffing as he groped his arm.
"Eh?," Kuro blinked, staring at the model, "U- uhh... Don't guys usually... punch each other... ?" She asked, wincing.
Kise blinked, and thought about the confused statement. "Oh, I guess you're right. Hehe." Kise grinned, reeling his fist back so he could punch Kuro's shoulder.
Kuro laughed with the blond, although the urge to attack was growing. She pushed the thoughts away, and instead focused on Kise.
"It's probably for the best, anyway." She retorted, switching the bag to her other hand.
"Hmm?" Kise blinked, tilting his head to the side.
"No, it is best. Then we can climb to the top and be the best in Japan!" Kuro yelled, kicking Seirin's sign. Kise watched with wide eyes, and settled for laughing. "I got to agree with you though, but we will be facing some strong opponents."
"I couldn't ask for anything better." Kuro grunted, pulling out a pop and handing it over to Kise.
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The next day, Kuro happened to be in a good mood. She had passed her math test, so she was happy. Also, today was Thursday. Which meant that they got to practice her skills. So that doubled her happiness.
After her 'normal' practice which Kasamatsu had given her, Kuro and Kise had began to work on her skills and such.
After a tiring hour, they had called it a day, and Kuro had left for home, keen on just finishing her home work and getting to sleep. Tomorrow was the big day, after all.
She grinned, the excitement barely containing itself within her.
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Ahhhhhh... I ended up finishing chapter eight first, cause I weirdly kept getting writer's block around the middle of chapter seven TuT So, my bad, that's why it ended up taking so long Dx
Also, sorry it's super short, hopefully the chapter eight makes up for it! |OTL
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