Hello Everyone!

Weeks passed by so fast! It's March already and the Monthly Reports are not done yet! (This is not the place for me to whine about my work!)

Anyway, watched the KnB Season 2 episode 21.

Things I can't get over with:

"PURE AOMINE" "MITOBE's BROWS" "MITOKOGA/TOBENEI? "(what do you call this OTP coz I'll be goggling their Fandom, I'm joining in!)

I would like to thank Ms. EvilTsukiMarionette! For sharing with me her ideas that'll be influencing the next 2-3 chapters. (^ x ^=)

Again, this is un-betad. Kindly encircle the mis—(Hell this just sounded like the instructions from a quiz!)

Just hit me with an ignite pass so that I can correct it! ヘ(_ _ヘ)

Kuroko no Basuke Tadatoshi Fujimaki.


CHAPTER VIII: WHO?!

"Ughh.," Kurko moaned.

"He's awake Midorimacchi!" Kuroko saw a familiar bright mop of hair.

"Be quiet Kise. This is an infirmary and for God's sake, can't you see that Kuroko's tired?" a banded hand plastered a cooling pad on Kuroko's forehead.

"Ah, OK. Ne~ how are you feeling Kurokocchi?"

"Kuroko—cchi?" Kuroko sounded confused as his eyes slowly adjusted." I thought you only add the "cchi to names of people you admire? And I recall you think I'm weak."

"I never called you weak Kurokocchi," a frown appeared on Kuroko's face." I may have implicated it before. But no one would think of you as someone weak after you successfully def-"

THUNK! Midorima smacked Kise in the head. "I told him how you successfully passed through the academic terror, Imayoshi-sensei's test."

"Oh,. ,. ., that was nothing," Kuroko deadpanned.

,. ., .,

"Your overconfidence irritates me," Midorima muttered, sounding pissed.

"Awe, that's my Kurokocchi!~," Kise twisted his torso back and forth with his hands clasped together.

"I'm sorry Kise-kun, but your sudden friendliness makes me feel uncomfortable", Kuroko looked straight at Kise.

"Eh?" blondie paused.

"Heeeh", mused Midorima. Well his senses aren't that dull after all.

"That's how I see it, I think there's something off with your expression. It looks fake to me", Kuroko explained.

"Eeeehh?! Hidoii Kurokocchi~", Kise's crocodile tears now ran on both cheeks.

"How do I explain this?" Kuroko muttered. To be honest, he's now getting pissed with Kise and he just wanted some sleep.

"You're like a mirror Kise-kun. Whatever other people tries to show, such as their excitement in seeing you or their eagerness and their bright expressions; you try to reflect it in your face in return making them see your bright smile. You're showing them what you think would please them. But just like the mirror; when there's no one in front, when no one's using it, it's empty."

While listening to Kuroko, a lot of expressions flashed on Kise's face: denial, irritation and anger.

"Why don't you show what you really feel Kise-kun? If you truly smile, there'll be warmth. You'll be other people's sun. However that doesn't mean that you always have to smile even when you are down. There are days when the sun is hidden in the clouds and rain falls down from the sky. But your fans—and friends know that like the sun, by the next day you'll be up in the sky with your bright smile."

Kise's eyes are wide and glassy, and tears are now forming on the edge.

Midorima on the other hand did not realize that Kuroko was this observant. He actually didn't bother to tell Kise about his tendency, because it wasn't his concern. However, the way Kuroko explains it. How do you call this? Right on the mark?

Shouldn't I be angry at him? Didn't he basically call me a fake? Why am I not pissed, what right does he have to mingle with my business and give me some advice? Kise thought. He was searching inside himself for any form of anger.

"Are?" Kise blinked frantically as tears clouded his sight, he turned his back to Kuroko and tried wiping the streaming tears. Crocodile tears flooded his face before, what difference does these tears make? Kise tried to hide his epiphany by joking with Kuroko.

"Mou Kurokocchi~ I was really hurt that you made me cry twice!" Kise sniffed.

"I'm sorry Kise-kun" Kuroko apologized in monotone. "I may have gone too far with my ranting, however please do mind what I said before. I think you'd be happier if you just express what you feel." Kuroko attempted to pat Kise on his lower back but the room seemed to turn 180 degrees as his eye sight darkened and his head hit the pillows.

"Kuroko!" Midorima exclaimed, worry filled his voice.

"Huh?" Kise turned around to see Kuroko slowly fall on his back.

"Kurokocchi!" Tears again covered Kise's eyes.

The school nurse stormed in hearing the two teens shouted. "What's with all the noise?! May I remind you that this is the infirmary and students who stay here needs rest in a QUIET and PEACEFUL environment?"

"ButsenseiKurokocchifainted!" Kise blurted.

"What?—"the school nurse's eye locked on Kuroko. "YOU" She pointed Kise, "and YOU" ,now at Midorima. "OUT".

The two boys slowly stepped outside the infirmary. No words spoken, when the teachers' dialogues are in caps, there's no point in arguing; violating that means you're practically asking for detention.


Meanwhile., ,. .,

A tall red head is walking towards the school faculty. He has to advise Kuroko's home room teacher about his condition. The boy really needed a rest, he was pale as death.

Why did you leave him with the perverted and nerdy boys? You're his friggin guardian! I mean, that seaweed is a yokai, you can't deny the aura that he has. He might attack Kuroko and steal the Book of Names.

Bastard, I left in the first place because I trusted that those two won't do anything stupid in the presence of the school nurse.

Oh and you panicked.

"Alright, blame me for leaving Kuroko, but again, I trust my instincts that those won't do anything stupid to Kuroko", Kagami defending himself.

Shit, now he's arguing with himself.

Few meters away from the school faculty, he came across Aomine. Aomine, seemed to be looking for something; is he hoping to bump with the Kuroko?

As they leveled, Kagami looked ahead and whispered. The tanned boy's eyes narrowed even more as the warning reached him, "dream on, as if I'd hand Kuroko to you.,"

Aomine took a double take in hearing that. He turned around and stared menacingly at the retreating back. Veins appeared in all of his exposed skin, even on his face and his eyes are turning black; "So that cat can now take human form", he continued walking towards the opposite direction. Some of the students scuttled away when they noticed the slight change in Aomine's appearance.

A few moments and Aomine's stance relaxed as he spoke, determination laced his voice:"Heh, as if I need you to hand him to me". A smirk appeared on the Ibaraki-doji's lips.

Knock! Knock!

"Come in" the teacher near the door answered.

"Good Afternoon Ma'am", Kagami greeted. "I'm looking for Kuroko Tetsuya's 5th period subject teacher.

"Ai, hai., I'm here." A hand waved at the desk near the window.

"Good Afternoon –" Kagami paused, shit. He doesn't know this teacher's name.

"Imayoshi, you can call me Imayoshi-sensei" the man responded sensing Kagami's hesitation.

He is Imayoshi Shoichi, a teacher who just started teaching in this school 2 years ago. Kagami's first impression was that this teacher looked like a snake.

"May I know why you came looking for me?" Imayoshi asked after a few awkward second of silence.

"Oh, yeah. Kuroko's fainted from the extreme heat and he's now resting in the infirmary. I would like to ask for your permission for him to skip 5th period so that he can go home."

"How is he? He's still in the infirmary?" Imayoshi asked, sounded worried.

"Yes sir, I'll get back to him after this to check on his condition".

"Go ahead, I'll call his parents and inform them", Imayoshi waved out his right hand as his left hand reached for the telephone.

"Thank you sir", Kagami bowed slightly and closed the door.

Imayoshi dropped the phone as soon as Kagami closed the door.

"Oya, I think I should drop by and visit Kuroko-kun after school", Imayoshi grinned.

" You should take more care of yourself Kuroko-kun", Imayoshi smiled slyly and his neighboring teacher inched away from him.

"Creepy", the teacher muttered.

"What was it, Nagumo-sensei? I'm sorry I didn't hear you clearly", Imayoshi feigned innocence. His face expressing an authentic look of curiosity.

"N-nothing Imayoshi-san", the teacher cowered on his pile of books & papers.

"That's what I thought", Imayoshi stared at his wrist watch,

1 hour before class ends.


"Idiot", Midorima, again knocked Kise's head.

"Itai Midorimacchi~" Kise winced.

"I know it's my fault that Kurokocchi fainted this time, however isn't it my mission? To distract Kurokocchi from all the yokai incidents, especially with the one that just happened in the rooftop", Kise reasoned out.

"You're distracting Kuroko, but Akashi did not instruct you to execute that by draining his strength to the point of him fainting", Midorima's vein popped.

"Sorry" was Kise's response. "But Kurokocchi, he's really something ne?" Kise clenched his hand to his chest.

"When he was talking about the mirror and the sky, my chest ached. Listening to every word he said, it was like listening to a narrator, telling about my life and making me feeling like the third person".

"My life playing like a show on TV."

Midorima glanced at Kise and saw something he'd never seen on the Kitsune's face before.

Kise's eyes for the first time looked solemn yet resolved.

End Note:

Is the Kitsune already smitten with our little Kuroko? Gyaaah! \\"(v)"/

I know some of you might find Kuroko's dialogue about the "mirror vs the sun" cheesy. My vocabulary is not that wide and I sucked at giving life lessons." (Sorry Kuroko!)

But I believe that we all have our cheesy moments, you just need to look between the Maji Burgers!

(Still looking for Murasakibara)

Thank you guys,

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CHAPTER IX: MISCHIEF