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Chapter 10: Kise-kun Becomes A Friend
Waking up that morning, Tetsuki was a little dazed for a while.
"That's right…after A-chan left, I got my shower and grabbed my school books to do some more studying…I must've fallen asleep," Tetsuki thought to her-self, seeing that she had fallen asleep at her desk. Pulling her-self up, she turned and looked at the mirror, startling her-self. It is never a good idea to sleep with your arm as a pillow. If you do, you'll end up looking like Tetsuki did that morning. There was a big, nice red mark on her right cheek. People would have thought that she had gotten slapped…or that she had gotten a tattoo from all the different lines going across her cheek.
Getting up from her desk chair, she groggily went to the bathroom to do her business. She washed her face off and while she was doing this, she was gently massaging the big mark. For once in her quiet life, she was actually hoping that she'd be invisible for the day. Sighing, she left the bathroom to get ready for her third day of school. Since she had woken up earlier today, due to the uncomfortable position that she had been in all night long, she decided to turn on the television in order to look at…something.
Looking at the time, she still had almost an hour before she needed to start preparing for breakfast with A-chan. Flipping through the channels, she stopped when she saw something, rather, someone familiar. It was a commercial for male clothing, and she recalled hearing some fan girls saying that they were 'oh-so-lucky' to have come to Teikou since a certain blonde haired model was also attending the school. Tetsuki let out a small gasp. She had only really been seeing Kise-kuns' annoying, crying or annoying, overly cheerful sides.
She smiled a small smile to her-self, seeing him looking so confident wearing those clothes.
"Ahhhh, so that's why he had to leave for 'work' so suddenly yesterday. There's probably going to be more commercials with him in them," she inwardly thought.
Kise was wearing black dress pants, a white dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up to a little bit before his elbow, a black vest, some knuckle length black gloves, classy black shoes, a black fedora and a chain from one pocket of his pants to the other pocket. He looked really good…I mean REALLY unbelievably handsome. The look suited him very much. Hearing a slight knock at her door, she realized that while she had been mentally complimenting Kise-kun, the time had flown by. She turned the T.V. off and scrambled to the door, looking through the peep-hole, for safety, before opening to let the hungry giant in.
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After eating their breakfast and after Tetsuki cleaned up, they headed off to school. On the way, Tetsuki decided to bring up a conversation. As she opened her mouth to speak, A-chan beat her to it.
"Ne, ne Tetsu-chin. Were you watching T.V. just now?"
After receiving a nod from a quiet bluenette, A-chan continued. "I actually got up early today and when I turned on the television in my apartment, guess who I saw?"
Without waiting for an answer, he dropped the bomb, "I saw Kise-chin on the T.V.!"
Giggling to her-self at the fact that A-chan was so excited about this, she tried her best to put on a deadpan surprise face. It didn't work.
"A-chan, I actually saw that commercial as well. We'll have to congratulate Kise-kun when we see him at school today. After all, it must be hard work, being only a first year middle schooler and already with a rather stressful job," Tetsuki commented.
"Tetsu-chin, are you a model as well?" asked a slightly surprised A-chan.
Shaking her head no, she explained, "My kaa-san is actually a reporter of sorts, and one time she interviewed a famous model. The model told her that it is really stressful work and that the work place is rather competitive. To be able to get into modelling and to have a commercial or ad that you might have had a part in shown to the public, sometimes even the world, it's such an awesome feeling. It's like all your hard work has been paid off," Tetsuki recited.
"So A-chan, since Kise-kun was in a commercial, let's give him a congratulations. Even though he acts like a very annoying younger brother, seeing his serious side in a commercial makes one want to befriend him. What do you think, A-chan?" Tetsuki asked.
"Hmmm…I wouldn't mind being friends with him as long as I still get to eat delicious food Tetsu-chin," he replied.
Satisfied with his somewhat selfish answer, the two of them continued walking. They were only a minute or so away from the school. Akashi-kun saw them and waved at them, waiting for them to reach him at the top of the hill. Giving slight bows in greeting, the trio continued their walk to school, occasionally saying how the weather is so nice.
As soon as they had stepped inside the school, they all heard a CRACK of thunder, which was followed by a bright FLASH of lightning. Looking relieved that they had just made it into the school in time they headed to their lockers to slip off their outside shoes and slip on their school shoes. A few people came running in panting because of the little run they had to do to escape the rain. They were also sighing in relief, thankful that they hadn't gotten electrocuted by the lightning.
One of the people that ran in and ran up to the trio, dripping with water and possibly sweat, they couldn't really tell, he bent over, trying to catch his breath.
*pant pant pant pant pant* …*DEEP inhale* …*DEEP exhale*
"Sorry guys-*pant pant*- that you have to see me like this," the blonde model apologized.
Looking from the dripping teen to the purple giant to the questioning look of the red head, Tetsuki said, "Kise-kun, take off your outdoor shoes and quickly get your indoor ones on. Hurry! If you don't you'll end up catching a cold…and it's only the third day of school."
Looking a little surprised that Kuroko had shown concern for him, Kise quickly nodded and did as he was told. Grabbing Kise-kuns' wrist, Tetsuki hurried off to the nurses office. Murasakibara and Akashi followed behind them, but when they came to an intersection of the school, Akashi turned left, heading towards his homeroom, leaving the giant alone for him to follow the bluenette and blonde.
Upon reaching the nurses office, Kuroko opened up the door, pulling Kise-kun in with her. Looking around for a bit, she let go of his wrist and went towards a cupboard. Even standing on her tippy toes, she still couldn't reach the bottom shelf. Murasakibara walked over, opened it and grabbed a towel, tossing it over to the still wet and now slightly cold teen.
Saying a quick thanks, Kise proceeded to dry off his head. Murasakibara, on Kuroko's instructions, grabbed more towels and walked towards Kise-kun.
"Kise-kun, what number is your locker?"
Kise looked over towards the small bluenette before replying, "It's number 701, Kurokocchi."
With that, she took off in search of the locker, bringing Murasakibara with her to give the blonde a chance to dry him-self off in privacy. Hearing the second-to-last bell ring, Kuroko gave a little tug on Murasakibaras' arm. Taking note of this, Murasakibara asked, "Tetsu-chin, do you want me to pick you up and run towards Kise-chins' locker?"
Rapidly shaking her head no, Kuroko told him, "A-chan, you go ahead to Kise-kuns' locker and take his gym suit to him. Don't forget to lock it and close it back up! I'll go ahead to homeroom, get a note from Hyuuga-sensei, and meet you back at the infirmary. Now, give me your bag A-chan. I already took Kise-kuns'. I'll put our bags on our desks so that the teacher knows that we're in school."
With this, she ran as fast as her legs could carry her, eventually bringing her to her homeroom. Looking around the room, she only saw chatty students, but no delinquent teacher. Sighing, she walked towards her and A-chans' seats as well as Kise-kuns'. She placed her bag and their bags on her desk and their desks. Taking out an extra notebook she had, she quickly wrote a note telling the teacher that her, A-chan and Kise-kun were in the infirmary and that the bags on their desks are their bags. Ripping out the sheet of paper, she quickly walked to the front of the classroom, unnoticed as usual. She placed the note down on the teachers' desk and with that she left the room, heading off for the infirmary.
Seeing a familiar purple head, she sped up her pace-really though, what difference did it actually make- and joined her giant of a friend, reentering the infirmary. Closing the door behind her, she went over to another, easier to reach, cabinet. Murasakibara walked over to the toweled teen lazily, handing him his gym suit.
"Thanks a bunch guys! Before you know it, I'll be…be…b…ATCHOO!" sneezed Kise.
"Kise-kun, you're welcome, but before you talk anymore, get those dry clothes on and get out of those wet towels. After that, take this pre-cold medicine. Whether you ate anything before or not, you can take it. Oh. Also, don't worry I'll leave the room for 2 minutes. Please get dressed," said Tetsuki.
As she was saying this, Tetsuki had already made her way over to the door. She opened it quickly, stepped out quickly and closed it quickly. She wanted him to get dressed quickly so that they could make it to their homeroom before their first class started. After the promised 2 minutes had passed, she entered the infirmary again, to see Kise-kun dressed in the sweats provided for gym by the school. Grabbing the glass of water and medicine, she walked over to him handed him the stuff and he took it immediately.
Murasakibara had grabbed a mask for him to wear. He put it on a tad reluctantly, seeing as he never really wore one before. He also didn't want to get anyone else sick, so he put it on nonetheless. Bowing deeply, he said, "Kurokocchi, Murasakibaracchi, thank you very much! Also, sorry for making you late for homeroom! I would like to say-,"
Kuroko put up a hand, motioning for him to stop. "Kise-kun, first off, since you have a slight cold, you shouldn't talk too much. Secondly, congratulations on having your commercial aired. Thirdly, would you like to be friends with A-chan and I?"
Kise was taken back at this. Getting scolded, congratulated AND befriended all at once, he was speechless. Shaking his head a little bit to clear his mind, he smiled so brightly that his smile could have rivalled the sun in its brightness. Kuroko saw the upturn of the corners of his mouth, seeing as the rest of his mouth was covered, and smiled back. Murasakibara broke the small silence by saying, "Kise-chin, let's be friends. Ah, though I still get my share of food!"
Kise was puzzled by the last statement of his new friend, but smiled even brighter, if that was possible.
"Yeah! Then Murasakibaracchi and Kurokocchi, I'll be in your care," he said before bowing again.
Another bell that rang signaled that it was the start of 1st period. Grabbing and putting Kises' wet clothes in a small plastic laundry bag provided by the school, they walked off to their homeroom, each happy and showing it in their own way-for Kise, smiling a lot; for Kuroko, smiling a sweet but small smile; and for Murasakibara, yawning- since they had made a new friend.
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