Chapter 37 – welcome back!
I have no excuse…Sorry guys but I have been so busy and lazy. I hope this chapter makes up for the very long wait. I plan to do another KNB fanfic after this one. But for now…. Also spoiler alert for anyone who hasn't watched the Korean drama Goblin! Also, it is a bit steamy...so watch out.(0/0)
I DO NOT KNB!
"Tetsuya~"
"No…5 more minutes!"
Hibiki stared at his mess of a sister. The blanket was hanging off the bed and her long blue hair was tangled and all over her face. A gentle smile grew on his face as he kissed her forehead and headed to the kitchen. Nigou was sitting patiently by his food bowl with a goofy grin.
"Morning Nigou…Your mum is still in bed, sleeping like a bear."
Nigou snorted and nudged the bowl.
"Ah sorry."
Both boys sat and ate in silence before Hibiki broke it.
"You know…Tetsuya is so strong. I often envy her will power and determination. Unlike me, a coward, she stood up to everything that came her way. The death of our parents, the separation of her close friends, her injuries…She really is God's gift to the world. We're lucky to have such a beautiful girl as family. She's…growing up now. She'll graduate, get a boyfriend…get married…NO!"
Nigou flinched at the sudden outburst as Hibiki slammed the table and stood up.
"I WON'T ALLOW HER TO GET MARRIED! I WON'T ACCEPT! SHE IS MY DARLING! SEIJURO CAN TRY BUT HE WON'T GET PAST ME!"
Nigou rolled his eyes and continued to munch on his breakfast.
"ONII-CHAN! I'M LATE!"
"Ah, here she comes."
Hibiki listened to the sound of frantic running and cursing as Kuroko raced down the stairs.
"WHY? I'M SOOOO LATE!"
Her supposed brushed hair was now once again a mess. She grabbed a piece of sweet bread and a mandarin and raced out the door.
"Love you!"
"LOVE YOU TOO MY DEAREST!"
With that, the house was silent and Nigou stared up at Hibiki.
"What? Should we watch a movie? I have today off."
Nigou nodded and both cleaned up their plates before heading to the lounge and plonking themselves onto the couch.
~meanwhile~
"AISH! Why does this always happen?!"
Kuroko shoved the piece of sweet bread into her mouth, looking just like a chipmunk before peeling the mandarin skillfully with one hand. If I catch the bus now…It will stop at the stop just a street down from school. Alright. Bus!
She rushed to the bus stop just to see it leave and didn't stop for her. Oh DRAT! Seeing that there was no other way to get to school, she picked up the pace and raced for the school gates. Her lungs were starting to cave in and her legs were starting to shake with fatigue. It had been a very long time since she ran this fast for this long and she figured it served as a great warm up. The street became wider as she reached the main road and just ahead was the school. A group of students were being told off for arriving too late. Perfect. With my low presence I can sneak past. Easy!
However upon sneaking past, she noticed that one of the students being told off was Kagami. Omg, if he notices…that butt will drag me down with him. As she tiptoed past, she sighed with relief as she made it into the corridor and into the classroom. Sorry Kagami…
When Kagami got into class he stared at the blunette in shock.
"What the? Since when did you get here?"
"I was here from the beginning."
He could tell she was lying. Her face was still slightly red and her breathing was faster.
"Damn you and your low presence. You sneaked in didn't you?"
"No. Like I said before, I was here the whole time. It is quite a shock to see you late. tsk tsk…"
Kagami twitched in annoyance. She was clearly lying and yet she was going to play dumb and pretend she was here. Before Kagami could retort, the teacher threw a piece of chalk at him,
"Kagami-kun, are you going to stand there all day? Do you like standing? If so, go stand outside or sit down!"
Kagami jumped back and apologized while sitting down but not before shooting a glare at Kuroko who was staring out the window with a pleased look on her face. Twerp! I'll get her back for this!
The day seemed to zoom by for Kuroko as her head was filled with the events of the winter cup. She was still in pure bliss from winning the winter cup as well as getting everyone back. Of course they weren't going to be her teammates again, nor were they going to be the same in Teiko but knowing that they care about basketball and recognized their mistakes was enough for her. This then lead to what happened after the presentation ceremony, where she was with Akashi and then they-
The thought of it made her blush and slam her head against the table. Everyone in the class flinched but was unsure of where the sound was coming from. However, Kagami knew exactly who it was but didn't bother to turn around least he gets in trouble again.
"Oi, you seem stupidly happy today."
"I still can't believe we won the winter cup! It's all thanks to you!"
This caused Kagami to go slightly red as his partner grinned at him with such an innocent and adorable smile.
"I couldn't have done it without you or our senpais. Don't think it was all me."
"I don't. I'm just saying that I'm proud of my light."
Kagami punched her arm friendly which she retaliated with a pinch on the side before running to the court with Kagami hot on her heels.
"Damn! I still haven't forgiven you for what happened this morning!"
"Whatever do you mean? I did nothing wrong this morning!"
They both arrived at the court to find the seniors missing.
"Huh? Where are the seniors?"
Furihata and the other first years stared at him with amusement.
"What are talking about you dummy! They're seeing Kiyoshi-Senpai off! There was a farewell and everything!"
"Aish! We were too late! This is all because you Kagami!"
"Me?!"
Furihata sweatdropped and stared at the bickering pair. Jeez, how do they get along so well in basketball but not when talking normally? What a troublesome duo.
"Anyway, since they haven't returned, do you think we get the day off?"
That thought was shattered when Hyuga's fists connected with the first years' heads.
"Like hell you do idiots."
"Ouch! Hyuga-Senpai! Anyway, how was the send off?"
"Yeah, alright. It was only a temporary send off anyway."
Izuki and Koganei snickered which caught the attention of the team,
"As if, the most sentimental one was Hyuga."
Hyuga turned around and shouted with embarrassment,
"Shut yer trap Izuki!"
Riko's face displayed a fearsome demonic expression as she ranted to the first years,
"Day off? What a funny thing to say Furihata-kun! Since we have won the winter cup, admissions to the team will increase and the Kantou tournament and Inter high tournament will happen right away. There is no time to have a day off, understood?!"
Kuroko smiled. A new year, meant that she was going to be a second year and one step closer to finishing high school, she went to the change rooms and smiled at the picture on the locker. It was a reminder of all the hard work she had put into this year for her friends and basketball. A tear rolled down her face as she stared at the photo. Everyone fit so perfectly like if someone wasn't there, it wouldn't have the same impact. Ah, like the good old days.
"Oi, Pipsqueak?"
"yes?"
Kagami jumped as the silent phantom approached from behind.
"YOU HAVE GOT TO STOP THAT!"
"Stop what?"
Kagami sighed,
"Nevermind, where the hell were you?"
Kuroko smiled brightly,
"Changing."
"Oh that's right, your birthday is coming up right?"
"Hm.."
"What are you going to do-AH WAIT! THIS ISN'T THE TIME FOR THAT! We gotta get to practice now!"
"Yes, yes…"
Riko was slightly furious but that was a normal occurrence. Pumped for the coming year, Riko tripled the training and the results weren't pretty.
"Come on you guys! Where is all the enthusiasm!? Is this level not enough? Hm…I should increase it then!"
A collective 'NO' echoed in the court as the hollowed faces of the Seirin basketball team stared up at their demon coach.
"Well, I think that's enough for today. Remember to stretch before you go!"
"YES!"
And just like that, day turned into night as Kuroko headed out the school gates.
"Hey wait up!"
She turned around to see the lumbering red head run towards her.
"What's up?"
"I'll walk you home."
Kuroko smiled slyly and looked up at him,
"oh? This is unusual…"
"Shut up! I just felt like taking you home!"
Kagami didn't like the sly look on her face. She was up to something. The walk was as awkward as hell. Both were silent. The streets seemed to stretch on forever as the two walked side by side. Romantic? Absolutely not. A black car rolled up beside them and stopped and out stepped Akashi Seijuro.
"Ah, Tetsuya. The very person I was looking for. Hello Kagami."
Kuroko's heart leapt out of her chest while Kagami looked extremely shocked.
"Yo Akashi. What are you doing here?"
"I was just at Tetsuya's house to look for her. I believe that we have an appointment to meet each other."
Kuroko face palmed as she remembered that today, Akashi was returning to Kyoto and she wouldn't be able to see him until the Interhigh comp.
"Right. Sorry Kagami but I gotta go. Thanks for walking me back. I'll see you tomorrow?!"
"Yeah…"
Akashi opened the door for her before walking onto the other side.
"Thank you Kagami."
And the door shut and the car was gone. Kagami stood there confused as hell before slowly trudging home.
"I'm so sorry Sei-tan!"
"Now that I think about it, I am quite upset."
"Ah, please don't be."
Kuroko looked at him and he looked away, instantly regretting his decision as Kuroko clutched the bag to her chest and stuck out her lip. Akashi stared out of the corner of his eye and smiled slyly. How cute. She is going to be the death of me.
"I am just joking with you Tetsuya. I am not angry."
"I know…"
But the pout remained as she hesitantly looked over at him. Her eyes seemed to sparkle slightly and the lights outside made her flawless pale skin glow.
"When I went to get you, Reo and Kotaro were whining because they wanted to see you again. You are quite popular with men aren't you?"
"Sei-tan, stop teasing me. I am a delicate soul."
"We both know that is a lie."
Kuroko hated it when she had to agree with him. Five minutes later, they arrived at the hotel that Rakuzan was staying at. Upon arriving, Kuroko was tackled to the ground by the feminine shooter.
"Cutie-Chan! How was the drive here? Did anything happen?"
Kuroko blushed and shook her head.
"Aish, what a let down."
Akashi chuckled.
"How long left until you guys leave?"
Nebuya laughed and wrapped an incredibly muscly arm around Kuroko's shoulder and gave it a little squeeze.
"You trying to get rid of us already Kuroko-Chan?"
Mibuchi squealed as he pulled Kuroko from the titan's deadly arms,
"You brute! Be careful! You could crush her to death with those beefy arms of yours!"
Kuroko laughed as Nebuya shrugged and Mibuchi glared at him,
"I'm fine Reo-Chan! And I was only asking because I wanted to know how long left we have to go have some fun!"
Hayama scooped her up from behind and swung her around like a ragdoll,
"Jeez Tetsuya-Chan! You sure know how to party!"
This time Akashi stepped in to stop Hayama from crushing Kuroko to death,
"Enough Kotaro. Tetsuya, we leave tomorrow morning at 6:30am sharp, which leaves us 8 hours. What did you have in mind?"
Before Kuroko could answer, Hayama answered,
"HOT SPRING!"
This earned him a slap on the head from Mibuchi,
"You idiot! We can't go to the hotspring!"
"Huh? why not?!"
"Because Cutie-Chan is the only girl here! She would be all alone!"
"Why not the mixed bath?"
This earned him a few more beatings from Mibuchi and it was decided that the idea of going to the hotspring was trashed.
"I was thinking of the game of life? Or maybe card games…"
"Urgh, boring! Why not the king's game?"
Akashi was beginning to get a bit worried. If he allowed Hayama and Mibuchi to decide, he knew they would try to do something to tease him through Kuroko. However, he knew that Kuroko didn't like games like that so he felt a bit relieved. Or so he thought.
"Sure, but there isn't enough people, so why don't we invite the gang?"
"The gang? Oh you mean the generation of miracles?"
"Yeah!"
"Tetsuya, are you sure about this? If I remember correctly, you don't like these types of games."
"Come on Sei-tan! You only live once! Besides, it'll be safe fun. Nothing too ridiculous."
Akashi couldn't help but feel slightly worried but he trusted that Kuroko would stay level headed even though she was highly competitive.
Hayama leapt up and down with excitement as Kuroko began to call of them one by one. The first to arrive was Midorima 'who happened to be in the area'. Then it was Kise and Murasakibara. The last to arrive was Aomine and Momoi who walked in arguing.
"Mo! Dai-Chan! We got here so late because of you!"
"Shut up Satsuki!"
They all went up into the largest room which the regular players slept and with that, the ultimate King's game began.
Mayuzumi was invited to play but he would rather read a book in his room then play some stupid game, especially when he was still salty about losing to Kuroko. The rules of the game were, the person who received the popstick with the crown on it was the King and he or she could order people and they would have to obey. However, the other players received popsticks with numbers and the king will call out a number or numbers and they would have to follow his command. Anyone who fails to follow that command gets a punishment from the King.
"Who is the first king?!"
Everyone reached into the cup and pulled out a popstick. The first King was Murasakibara.
"hm~ Number 8 has to buy me some maibo from the convenient store in 5 minutes."
So unfortunately Midorima had to go the convenient store and everyone waited for him to get back. And surely enough, 5 minutes on the dot, Midorima returned with a single maibo bar in his hand.
"Midochin~ this is only one bar? It isn't enough~"
Midorima adjusted his glasses and sat down in his spot next to Akashi,
"You didn't specify how many I had to buy."
Murasakibara pouted but nevertheless, ate his maibo.
"Who is the next king!?"
This time Nebuya was the king.
"Number 4, 9 and 2 have to act like each other for 5 rounds!"
This meant Kise who was number 4 had to act like Momoi who was number 9, and Momoi had to act like Akashi who had to act like Kise.
Kuroko almost burst into laughter when Kise flicked his hair like Momoi sometimes does and pointed to Aomine and whined with a high pitched voice,
"Mo, Dai-Chan~"
This caused everyone to cringe and Aomine threw his popstick at Kise's face,
"Ow~ Dai-Chan? Why did you do that you bully?!"
Akashi was silent.
"Ne Sei-tan, Kise always talks a lot, so you have talk more!"
He gave Kuroko a small glare as he clenched his fists. For the sake of this game and my pride.
"Hey~ Let's keep going!"
It was such a shock to the group that everyone bent over with laughter at Akashi's poor attempt.
"Enough, I don't say this often, but I can't imitate an idiot."
This caused Kise to whine, still imitating Momoi,
"Wah! Akashi is so mean!"
Nebuya leapt with joy as he got to punish Akashi for not following the command. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity, I can't waste it now! He saw the look on Mibuchi's face and he knew exactly what to do.
"As punishment, you have to sing a song that I choose!"
They knew that Akashi did not like to sing. He was musically talented but he refuses to sing. believing that perhaps he was a horrible singer, they decided to punish him.
"Fine."
So Nebuya pulled out his phone and went on Youtube. Mibuchi and Hayama who were in on this ran over and after a few whispers, they decided the song. The theme to sailor moon came on and Akashi was forced to sing.
Kuroko secretly recorded him singing and almost peed herself laughing. Even though Akashi had a very nice voice and he wasn't tone deaf, it was funny to see Akashi who was always composed and proper singing and dancing to the sailor moon theme song. The whole group had their phones out and recorded as this really was a once in a life time opportunity. When the song concluded, Akashi sat down, looking unfazed however, Kuroko and Midorima could feel the heat radiating off him from the anger and embarrassment building.
"I'm so glad I came!"
Aomine was red in the face from laughing which earned him a cold glare from Akashi and he shut up.
"The next King is?"
Kuroko fist pumped as she pulled out the crown popstick.
"Ahahahaha! You're all in my hands now!"
Everyone sweatdropped as Kuroko cackled with an evil laughter. Sorry Dai-kun and Midori-kun but I saw your numbers.
"Number 5 and 10 must reenact a scene from the Korean Drama Goblin. I'll show you the scene and you better but soul into it because I select Sei-tan and Mura-kun to be judges with me and if you can't score higher than an 8 from each of us, you have to do another scene!"
So Kuroko decided to have them reenact the scene in the cinema.
Everyone had their phones out again as Midorima played Gong Yoo's character and Aomine played Kim Go Eun's character. (For all those who don't know what scene I am talking about please watch it from this link: watch?v=JkIij6DnpS8)
"Hm…it wasn't too bad, I'll give it an 8 and a half."
Akashi held back a grin, I could be extremely cruel now but I believe that this game should continue.
"I give you an 8."
Murasakibara looked extremely bored but he gave them an 8 too.
The game continued but everyone was starting to get bored with around 6 hours left before Rakuzan had to leave.
"Why don't we increase the stakes here? From now on, the commands must be more interesting then just reenacting or copying or dancing."
The group agreed and the game continued, everyone hoping that it would become more fun. Mibuchi ordered some drinks and food. By this point, everyone was dehydrated so they chugged down the drinks.
"Hey Reo-Chan, doesn't this water taste weird?"
"Nope! What about everyone?"
Everyone replied no and so she brushed it aside.
The next king was finally Aomine. After 10 rounds, he was finally king.
"Alright, finally my turn."
His head began to go fuzzy and remembering that the stakes had risen, he decided to say something he would never say.
"Number 6 has to sit on the lap of number 4 until they become King."
Kuroko threw her popstick onto the table.
"Dai-kun! This is too much!"
"Nah! You gotta obey otherwise I'll make it even worse. So who's number 4?"
Akashi almost growled with frustration as Kuroko sat in Kise's lap who went bright red.
"Sorry Ki-kun… I hope it's not uncomfortable."
Flustered, Kise began to make weird flapping movements as he tried to reassure the blunette.
"Oh-um…no..it's alright…It's just- uh-nothing…"
Akashi almost crushed the popstick in his hands. Ryota, enjoy this as much as you can. I will destroy you. And you Daiki….just you wait.
The next few rounds continued, all with incredibly scandalous commands such as Hayama having to do a scandalous dance in front of Murasakibara, Momoi having to unbutton the top two buttons of her shirt for 5 rounds, Akashi having to pretend he was doing a photo shoot with a sexy concept. Mibuchi was starting to wonder why this was happening. Especially since the commands came from Midorima and Akashi who were never this odd. As the drinks kept coming, Mibuchi began to see that everyone was starting to get red in the face. He was the only one who had not been drinking from the cups as he had his own bottle and when he smelled the liquid, he realized that it was alcohol. So he called for room service,
"Excuse me! I think you've got the wrong room, this is room 44. You are serving us alcohol instead of water."
The worker asked him to wait before replying,
"Oh no! This was for room 54. I am so sorry. One of the new servers must have gotten it wrong. You won't have to pay for the drinks, I'll bring the proper ones you ordered. Again sir, I am very sorry for this mishap."
This would explain why everyone was out of their minds. He looked at their expressions and everyone was beyond reversible, even Akashi.
"Oh well, this makes things fun doesn't it?"
Finally after another 5 rounds, Kuroko became King and got off Kise's lap.
"NO! Kurokocchi! Come back! I miss you!"
"Sorry Ki-kun, but I must leave! Good bye~"
With a loud bang, she slammed the table and raised the popstick in the air,
"I AM KING! I AM KING! That means you all obey me! *hic* Al-rig..y, 3 and 7 must kiss! And 9 and 2 must embrace like lovers!"
Aomine came over to Kise and stared him right in the eyes,
"Hey Tetsu! Why do I gotta kiss someone so ugly?! Can't I kiss you?!"
"NO! OBEY ME!"
Aomine proceeded to give Kise a smooch but Kise kept backing away, yelling for someone to help when Murasakibara smashed their heads together and they engaged in a horrifying kiss. Mibuchi and some others almost threw up while Momoi and Kuroko laughed their heads off and chanted,
"Ahahaha AOKISE! AOKISE! AOKISE!"
When this was over, Midorima and Nebuya had to hug like lovers.
"I'm not hugging you because I love you or anything."
Nebuya shuddered and embraced Midorima. It was gross to the point where Akashi gagged.
"Alright, moving on! WHO'S THE NEXT KING-O!"
Akashi was determined to become king. He needed to bring revenge onto Nebuya for making him sing. However, he was not the next king as Mibuchi was king. I better wrap this up before things become way out of hand. Well, worse anyway.
"Alrighty, I command all numbers to go to sleep."
"What?! This is lame! Reo-nee! Say something better!"
"Yeah Mibuchi you game ruiner!"
The outburst was enough to scare Mibuchi as Akashi glared at him with death in his eyes. Poor Mibuchi had no choice but to change it,
"Alright came down! Jeez you are all horrible when drunk. Fine Number 10 and number 4 must hold hands for the rest of the game."
Kuroko tried to look at the number on her popstick but the world was spinning, however she managed to make out the number 10 and Akashi's number 4.
"Ah Sei-tan! We get to hold hands! Isn't this great?!"
"Yes. This is per-fect."
Akashi grabbed Kuroko's wrist and pulled her to him,
"Don't let go."
"Never~"
Mibuchi shuddered. Gross.
The game escalated drastically when Aomine became King three times in a row. The first time he ordered Kise to lay in Mibuchi's lap, then he ordered Murasakibara to nibble on Midorima's ear. But the last order really took the biscuit.
"I order number 3 to give number 7 a lap dance."
At this point, even the players thought it was a bit too far but Kuroko was too drunk to care as she approached Akashi who didn't know what to do.
"Cutie-Chan, you don't have to do this!"
"Kurokocchi, please don't do it! Aominecchi took it too far!"
"No Shut up! Keep going Tetsu otherwise you lose!"
"NO! I don't- wan..na lose!"
They all sweatdropped. Why the hell is she so goddamn competitive? This is not going to end well. Aomine grinned. He was proud of his work. Not only did he get to see Akashi feel like a fool but he got to watch Kuroko give a lap dance. Momoi covered her eyes but everyone else watched. Mibuchi stared at the others who were staring with deep concentration. Aish poor Cutie-Chan, I hope when you all wake up in the morning, you remember all of this so it never happens again. All of these perverts… He threw pillows at their faces to blind them but he received a beating instead.
And before they could grab her, Kuroko dipped into a drop in front of Akashi who went red at the sexual expression on her face. She began to crawl towards him before the alcohol hit her really hard and she blanked out, falling asleep on Akashi's chest. Akashi was extremely red in the face as he tried to block out the disgusting thoughts in his head. I didn't know she had such an expression. I didn't know if I could control myself. If she kept going I might have- No…enough. This tired him out as he stared at the cute red who muttered in her sleep,
"Sei-tan…You-cute….warm and cu-ddly. Hug me…"
To the relief of Mibuchi, everyone else had also dropped like flies and he could finally rest. It looked like a battle field Gosh this was a horrible idea. Next time, we'll just play monopoly.
End of chapter
0/0 Sorry guys for the ending and the um…twist. i'll let you guys imagine what would have happened if Kuroko kept going. Anyway, I'll see you in the next chapter.