For all the lovelies that have been wanting more KiKuro, here's a fic I wrote as a request from anon on tumblr; enjoy!
With sweaty palms and burning cheeks, Kise Ryouta- a guy who literally has girls throwing themselves at his feet (although, no one could be exactly sure whether that was intentional, or if the girl actually just fell…)- launches into a fumbling confession to his special person.
"Kurokocchi… I…" Stay strong, Ryouta! You can do this! It's not a big deal- just, say it! "Kurokocchi, I like you! Um. I've liked you a lot, for a really long time, actually…" his voice trails off as he rubs the back of his head, embarrassed. C'mon, you're almost there! Keep going! "As more than a friend, you know? So, um… would you- ah, would you maybe, um, go out with me sometime? Please?" Dude, desperate much? "I mean, you have to go out with me! Definitely!" Hello, coming on a little strong, maybe? You sound like you're gonna force yourself on him or something; tone it down. "I- I mean, it would, um, be really great if you would- ah- maybe, go out with me. I'd be, uh, really happy, if you would." Good enough.
Kise drags his nervous gaze from his bedsheets to the teddy bear he's been using as a stand-in for Kurokocchi, which stares at him impassively with an expression eerily similar to what he guesses Kurokocchi would look like if he ever actually confessed.
"How was that, Sir Bearington? Good, right? Kurokocchi would totally say yes, don't you think?" He stares hopefully at the stuffed bear. "Of course, Kise, he would definitely say yes," Kise answers his own question in a slightly deeper voice (Sir Bearington's voice). "Thanks, Sir Bearington!" Kise pats the stuffed bear's head and hugs his knees to his chest, face still bright red, biting his lip as he grabs up his cell phone, flicking through his contacts before settling on Kurokocchi's.
"I'm gonna do it right now! Then, I won't lose my nerve! I got this!" Kise's thumb hovers over the CALL button, scrunching his eyebrows together and pouting. But, what if he says no? What if he says he never wants to see me again? I don't want Kurokocchi to hate me! "Wah! This is so complicated!" Kise flops back on his bed, dropping the phone and clutching Sir Bearington to his chest. "What am I s'posed to dooooooooooooo?" he wails, sniffling like he's close to crying.
"Just tell him already, little brother!" Naomi, his older sister who introduced him to modeling, announces as she bursts into his bedroom (she was eavesdropping). "Wee-hee!" she squeals as she jumps on him, earning a loud grunt of pain from the blond boy. "Ooh, Sir Bearington. I haven't seen you in a while!"
"Nee-chan, get off! You're hurting meeeeeeeee~" Kise whines from underneath his sister, whose body is crushing his arms against his chest uncomfortably. "Oi, don't be such a baby, Ryouta! Your big sis is going to help you with your problem!" Naomi rolls off him and sits up, flashing a confident smile. "I'll have you confessing to that kid in no time! Don't worry!"
"Kurokocchi, I really like you, so go out with me!" Kise enthuses, clutching Sir Bearington's paws in his hands.
"Don't be so forward; you might scare him off." His other older sister, Mai, comments without looking up from her book; she joined in on the confession rehearsal thing once she got home from school for the day- Mai is in university, but she opted to live at home because it was less expensive. "Eh? But, Mai, he needs to be assertive! He can't expect a yes if his confession is wimpy!"
"But if he's too forward, he could scare the kid."
"But if he's not forward enough, the kid might think he's joking!"
"True. This is quite an enigma." Mai replies, readjusting her glasses thoughtfully. "Go again, Ryouta."
"Okay…" Kise turns away from his sister's to focus on Sir Bearington's face. "Kurokocchi, I really like you, so would you do me the honor of going out with me?"
"Too gentlemanly!" Naomi caws. "If you're too polite, you're never going to get in his pants!"
"Naomi/Nee-chan!" Naomi's two siblings shriek. Ryouta covers his red face with his hands while Mai thwacks her sister with a thick textbook. "Don't go telling our little brother to sleep around, Naomi!"
"Huh? I wasn't!" Kise's sisters continue fighting about his "purity" while said boy faceplants on the bed with a loud groan and tries to force any and all thoughts of getting in Kurokocchi's pants out of his head. This is so embarrassing and confusing and- gah! I can't do thisssssssssss! Kise buries his face in his bed sheets, ignoring the increasing loudness of his sisters' argument, instead thinking about his adorable Kurokocchi. Does Kurokocchi even like anyone? What if he likes someone else? What if he's dating someone else? Eh, no way! Could he and Kagamicchi be dating?! What about him and Aominecchi? They were always so close in middle school… Naomi and Mai look over to find their little brother wallowing in depression, making this weird keening noises that are reminiscent of an injured puppy.
"Aw, c'mon, Ryouta! It's okay; we'll get it right!" Eventually…
"I can't do it!"
"Yes, you can!"
"No, I caaaaaaaaaaaan't!"
"Yes, you caaaaaaaaaaan!"
Mai watches as Ryouta and Naomi fight over whether Ryouta can or can't call the person he likes up right now and confess to them. "Ryouta, we've been practicing for hours! This is the best you're going to get, and you need to do it before you lose your nerve! Come on; be a man!"
"I don't want to!"
"Ryouta! Come on! If you don't do it now, you never will! I thought you really liked this guy?"
"I dooooooooo! Kurokocchi is the best, cutest, most perfect person ever!"
"Then call him and confess!"
"Nooooooo! I can't!"
"Gah, whatever, if you aren't going to-"
"It's ringing." Mai interrupts. Kise's cell phone is pressed against her ear, and she carefully holds it out to him. "Don't just hang up. Do it, Ryouta. We're your sisters, and we love you, but you're being a baby right now, and this guy probably doesn't want to date a big baby, right? Stop worrying about it. If he says no, just say it's a joke. Works for me."
How depressing… Naomi and Kise think. "Kise-kun?"
Kuroko's tinny voice emanates from Kise's cell phone, sounding slightly confused as to why Kise is calling him at- oh, crap!- midnight. We've been doing this for hours? Really? Kise takes the phone from his sister, turning his back on them and pressing it to his ear. "Oh, hi, Kurokocchi! Did I wake you up?"
"…Yes."
"Oh, sorry! Sorry, Kurokocchi, I- um, lost track of time. Sorry."
"It's alright. Did you need something?"
"Oh, yeah, um-" Kise closes his eyes, clutching Sir Bearington against him. "I wanted to ask you something. But I can call back tomorrow, if you want?"
"No, it's alright. You can ask me now."
Kuroko's voice sounds like it normally does- emotionless, without any inflections or pauses to give Kise an idea about what the other boy is feeling. Kise can feel himself start to sweat- what if he says no? What if he calls me mean names- or, what if he hates me? What if he decides he never wants to see me again? "Kise-kun, is there something wrong?" Kuroko inquires after a lengthy pause.
"Oh, um, yes- I mean, no. Nothing's wrong. I just-" Kise runs a hand through his hair, licking his lips nervously. "Hah, sorry. I'm being really weird. But, uh. Anyways. Kurokocchi, I was wondering-" he takes in a shakey breath, hoping he's not freaking Kuroko out with his anxiousness, rubbing his chest like that might slow down the beating of his heart. "If you would go out with me? On a date? Because I- ah- like you a lot, and, you- you know, if you don't want to, I understand, because this is really weird right, so I should just-"
"Yes."
Kise lets out something like "huh", or another eloquent noise to express his confusion.
"I would be happy to go out on a date with Kise-kun." There's a pause, and Kise can hear Nigou panting and barking in the background. "I have to go walk Nigou now, but we can talk more about this later."
"Oh, um, y-yeah, sure," Kise buries his burning face into the crook of his elbow, the reality of what just happened starting to sink in. He said yes, he said yes, he said yes, he said yes… "Good night, Kise-kun."
"Good night, Kurokocchi~" Kise cheers, back to his normal, hyper, annoying self. There's a soft click as Kuroko hangs up and then Kise is just sitting there with the phone pressed against his ear, staring at the wall, smiling like an idiot.
"Well? What happened?" Naomi asks when it's been silent long enough for it to be obvious that the call is over.
"He said yes."
"Oh, well, that's- wait, really? Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god!" Naomi tackles her little brother from behind, giggling and shrieking "big sis was right, I told ya, I told ya". Mai joins the dog pile a moment later, ruffling Kise's hair roughly and mumbling "I'm proud of you, Ryouta" with a small smile. He said yes, he said yes, he said yes, Kurokocchi said yes! Ah! I'm so happy!
"Now, we've just got to train you for your first date!" Naomi announces cheerfully. "Ehhhhhh?"
Kuroko places his phone on his bedside table, gathering Nigou in his arms and pressing his face in his black and white fur to hide the slight flush on his cheeks. The small dog squirms uncomfortably in his master's arms, struggling to go outside or at least turn around so he can lick Kuroko's face.
With a small sigh, Kuroko sets his dog free so he can go find the leash, a small smile on his lips.
That idiot finally asked.
