"Shiracchi."
"Shira senpai."
"Shiracchi."
"Shira senpai."
I opened my eyes slowly and saw bright yellow and pastel pink, "Too many happy colors," I groaned and turned over.
"Shiracchi's just as hard to wake up now as she was back then," I heard Kise giggle.
Upon hearing his voice, I immediately shoved myself into the smallest corner of my bed, but it was to no avail because not a second later I felt Kise's hand wrap around my waist and pull me away from bed-chan. As Kise pulled me onto his lap, I looked up to see a devilish grin on his face, "Kise no," I managed to get out before he started applying pressure to my sides and I started giggling uncontrollably.
"Don't...judge...me...tickles," I managed to say to Sakura in between laughs.
"Kise, you might want to stop so we can talk to Shira what we came here about," Sakura said pulling out her phone and taking a picture, "But worry not, this moment will live on forever."
"I hate you both," I said as I tried to wriggle away from Kise, who seemed dead set on keeping me in his lap.
"Shiracchi don't be mean, I brought food~" Kise sang as he dangled a fast food bag in front of me.
I snatched the bag and settled into Kise's lap, "Do you two mind telling me how you got into my apartment into the first place?" I asked as I started to comb through the contents of the bag.
Sakura smiled, "Your building's superintendent happens to be a big Kise Ryouta fan."
"One autograph and picture was all it took to get us in-ssu" Kise said happily.
"I fear for my safety," I grumbled.
Kise laughed and nuzzled his face against the back of my neck, "C'mon Shiracchi, I brought youuuu fooood~"
"Fine, you're forgiven," I said munching on a breakfast sandwich, "So, why're you guys here?"
"All three of us have to go to the school," Sakura said.
"Why?" I asked.
Sakura giggled, "I don't know yet."
"Seito sensei said we were going on a mission," Kise added in.
"I don't like the sound of this," I said grumpily.
"Shiracchi, don't be like that," Kise whined.
"Alright, I'll get ready and we can go," I said getting up from Kise's lap and headed into my room.
After I undressed I started searching high and low in my messy room for a bra. I grabbed one that I saw sticking out from underneath my bed and then cursed myself when I saw the wire was sticking out, "Damn, and this was my favorite one too…" I mumbled.
"Shiracchi? What's taking so long?" I heard Kise's voice ask as he opened my door.
I turned to him in my mostly naked glory and watched as his mouth dropped and he turned a brilliant shade of red before he booked it out of my room. I cocked my head in confusion before realizing the only thing I was wearing was underwear and then proceeded to chuckle and say to myself, "Still so innocent."
When I finally found a suitable bra and get fully dressed, I walked into my living room and was immediately confronted by Sakura, "What did you do to Kise?" she asked me.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"He just ran out of your room and out the front door without saying a word," Sakura explained.
I laughed and pushed her out the door, "Don't worry about it."
Kise was waiting for us at the front of my building, "L-et's g-o," he stuttered and tried his best to look away from me.
I grinned widely and grabbed his hand, "Come on now blondie, we're all adults here. A little nudity isn't going to kill you."
"Nudity? Shira senpai, were you trying to seduce Kise, because we don't have time for that right now," Sakura asked.
"SHE DIDN'T TRY AND SEDUCE ME!" Kise spouted out quickly.
I placed my hand on my hip, "Trust me, if I was trying to seduce him he would be in my bed naked right now, not shouting in the middle of the street."
"Shiracchi, you're making it worse," Kise whined as he rubbed his head against my arm.
I looked down at him, "Is this really necessary? Do you realize how far you have to bend down to nuzzle my arm, you fucking tree?"
Kise frowned at me and then dropped to the ground, wrapping his legs and arms around me and nuzzling my stomach. "Never underestimate my clinginess," he hissed at me and then continued rubbing his face against my shirt.
"Don't look at me with that satisfied face," I snapped at Sakura.
When we got to the office, Seito, Tansai, and the director of Fine Arts were waiting for us. "Shishi!" Seito greeted me cheerfully.
"DON'T BE SO LOUD!" Tansai shouted.
"YOU'RE BEING LOUD!" I shouted at him.
"Why are you yelling?" Sakura asked me.
"I'm establishing my dominance," I answered her.
Sakura laughed as I asked in a tired tone, "So, you guys mind telling us while we're here?"
"Certainly," Seito said with a smile, "Each year, the university sends a group of students to well known high schools to speak to the students about trying to earn a place here, and you're this year's group!"
"Really?" Kise asked with stars in his eyes.
"Really," Seito confirmed as Tansai nodded, "You three are perfect for luring in the best students to our school. Kiki, girls will flock to this school in hopes of actually seeing you around campus and young athletic boys will flood the gyms for the chance to train with the infamous copycat and ace of all sports! Sasa, you're cuteness knows no bounds and will give the impression that our school is full of cute coeds with a deep artistic sense, and Shishi-"
"Who had the impression I was the most personable person in the history department?" I cut in.
"Me," Seito answered.
I gave him an apathetic look, "I could be sleeping right now."
"Nooo! Shishi, you have the most important part!" Seito said waving his hands.
"And that is?" I asked uninterested.
Seito twirled and stuck his hand in the air, "You are the cool and mature senpai with a rough and tough attitude. "I want to see what she's really like," "What's underneath that hard exterior?" "I feel so safe with her," "I want her to share her heart with only me," "Will I ever be good enough so senpai will notice me?" they'll say, and then they'll follow your elusive trail of cigarette smoke right to the history department!" Seito finished with a flourish.
"I know that's why I came here," Sakura said and put her hand to her chest.
"I'm in hell," I said.
"It's not that bad Shiracchi," Kise smiled at me.
"Mhmm," I said unconvinced and turned my attention back to Seito, "And what does this entail exactly?"
"The first three schools you'll be visiting are in Tokyo, and then after that there will be three more schools in Kanagawa, Kyoto, and Akita," Seito explained.
"Pay?" I asked.
"A week's worth of work," he said.
"I'll do it," I said.
"I'm so happy, it's been years since I've been on a trip with Shiracchi," Kise said wistfully.
"When does this start?" I asked.
"Today," Seito answered.
Our first stop was Seirin. It had become quite the hub for basketball after they defeated Rakuzan at the winter cup and now had a plethora of valuable players in their sports program. Things went along pretty normally, we popped into the classrooms and each spoke about how much we loved being a student at Tokyo University. We were greeted with a surprise however, when we walked into the gym to talk to the basketball team. "Riko?" I questioned the short girl saw in the middle of the room.
"Shira," Riko said back at me.
"You're still here?" I asked.
"Of course, I'm still Seirin's coach," she said.
"I'm just gonna hang back with you," I said.
"Nooo, Shiracchi, come up with me," Kise whined.
"Kise, I know nothing about basketball," I said.
"Weren't you Kaijo's manager for a year?" Riko asked.
"Yeah, doesn't mean I listened to anything," I said.
Riko laughed as she watched Kise slump away, "He's so attached to you still, I guess things haven't changed between you two."
I looked down and gave her a smile, "Yeah."
Our second stop was Shuutoku, who had continued to be they great Kings of the East even after Midorima's transition into college. The trip was uneventful except for the basketball coach overhearing me comment on how the color of their uniforms was hideous and then glared at me the entire time we were there.
Touou was our last stop in Tokyo and was the most enjoyable one for me. I was already used to the campus and the basketball coach because of the amount of times I had visited Imayoshi and Aomine respectively over the years. "No matter how many times I come here, I never get over how greasy Katsunori sensei's hair is," I said walking into the gym.
Sakura elbowed me in the stomach, "That's rude," she said.
"I think him and I are close enough for me to recommend a good shampoo without it being weird," I said.
"No," Kise and Sakura said in unison.
"He makes it ten times worse when he pulls and fidgets with it too," I said as I observed him pull on a piece of his hair, "It brings attention to it."
"Please don't say anything," Sakura pleaded with me.
"I won't," I mumbled and wandered over to the gym wall, where team pictures and trophies were displayed.
"Shira," I heard behind me.
"Katt-chan," I said turning towards the coach with a smile.
"First name basis? I didn't realize you two were so chummy," Kise said, glaring at Katsunori.
"Yeah, Shira was always here for Imayoshi and Aomine," Katsunori said nervously and fiddled with his hair.
Kise's head snapped back to me and his eyes zeroed in on a team picture with Imayoshi in the center, "Is that what you were looking at?" Kise said and narrowed his eyes.
"I wasn't looking at anything in particular," I said nonchalantly.
Kise kept my gaze for a couple of seconds and then walked over to the middle of the gym and began speaking to the players. "Did I do something to piss him off?" Katsunori asked Sakura and I.
"No, Kise can just be a bit of a yandere sometimes," Sakura said pulling me away by the wrist.
"Shira senpai!" a couple of the second and third years who I had gotten to know when I visited Aomine shouted after they saw me.
"Hey," I said giving each of them a small hug.
"Shiracchi," Kise whined.
"What?" I asked.
He pouted, "Pay attention to me."
I laughed, "Senpai, how do you know Kise senpai?" one of the boys asked.
"Shiracchi was my manager in high school," Kise answered.
The boy's eyes widened, "Really? I never got the impression you were into basketball senpai."
"I'm not," I said as I took a cigarette from behind my ear and lit it, "It was a punishment."
The boy laughed, "So how's Aomine senpai, Momoi senpai said that you got him a job."
"He is just the best and hardest working personal assistant I've ever had the pleasure of working with," I said in a sarcastic tone.
The boy laughed harder, "I bet he escapes to the roof a lot."
I blew smoke out of my mouth as I chuckled, "I lied to him and said we didn't have one."
"That's mean senpai," the boy said.
"That's not mean, you know what's mean?" Kise interjected.
"What?" I asked.
"Ignoring me," Kise whined.
I sighed, "I get it, I get it, come along blondie," I said pulling him back to the front of the group.
Hey there! I'm super sorry for the short chapter, but I'm currently battling a bad cold and tried my darndest to get a chapter in for you guys, especially since I didn't
get one to you on Sunday due to Anime Expo. I hope that what it lacks in length, it makes up for in KisexShira fluff and a jealous Kise. As always, I'm grateful
for the people that read/follow/favorite this story and especially to those who leave reviews. To Amaterasu, this will definitely be a "there's only three chapters left
and nothing's resolved fic" but hopefully you can glue yourself back together in the last two chapters. To Xrupa, Seito is such a special child, and I like to think that
Aomine gave him the silent treatment for a good week or two after the game and it absolutely killed him (not enough for him to throw out out the pompoms of
course). To amy1945, the highest of the highest props to you for marathoning One Piece, if I did that I'd be dead. And I too feel for Daidai, but the KisexShira's
gonna hit you so hard in the next couple of chapters, you won't even have to worry about Aomine, although I really did give him a raw deal in this fic. To
ThatOneHeffalumpInTheCorner, I completely understand how you could miss Aomine's cluelessness, because it's written from Shira's point of view, and she was
being quite the typical dense shojo manga girl at that time. And Seito is totally bae, no matter how annoying I try and write him, he always turns into this adorable
muffin of a child. To WaffleeLi, all I'm gonna say is trust your instincts and I shall elaborate in a couple of chapter in regards to Aomine's feelings towards Shira, and
I don't care what anyone says, senpais live to notice people, so thank you for taking the time to give your input because it's really appreciated. And I was totally
going to wait until the last chapter to shamelessly promote this, but, I am working on an AominexMaleOC fic that I plan to post the same day as this fic ends, so
if you're interested in that, that might be a thing to look forward to ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. To Guest, I just update, so I hope you didn't already die, and thank you so much for
your kind words, it gives me a lot of confidence and encouragement to keep writing knowing that you enjoy this story that much. To Joyful Symphony, I would say t
that right now Kise's head is like halfway out of his ass and it'll probably be all the way out in two chapters, and I'm really glad you like the drama.