A/N: Yay, I updated earlier than usual. I'm so proud of myself. Anywho, I hope you guys don't mind the fact that there's a lot of stuff happening in this chapter. It's longer than usual too. Oh, and it's still not beta read… So it might not be as good as it can. Well, have fun reading!

Narrator POV

Two boys with unusual hair colors sat in a room as they read books for their only source of entertainment. The room was rather plain and average as it only had the bare minimum – a bed, closest and a nightstand – which wasn't much according to his friend, Seiji. The fact that the walls were white didn't help either. The owner of the room didn't mind as he didn't really care what his room looked like as long as it was comfortable. So basically, the room wasn't all that interesting, but at least the scenery was decent. Just from peeking through the window, you could see rays of sunshine shining through the clouds as the expensive, fancy houses nearby somehow complemented the view.

Seiji was spread out on the bed, hands on a magazine as he had gotten bored with reading the novel he was previously reading. Starting to get bored with the magazine too, he glanced at the floor. The floor at the moment was occupied by Tetsuya as he was still reading a novel he hadn't gotten bored of yet. Not quite wanting to stay on the bed any longer, Seiji stared at him before deciding to join him on the ground.

Seiji put the magazine on the nightstand before putting his gaze back on him. Knowing that the blunet wasn't going to give him any attention any time soon as he was currently engrossed with his book, he wrapped his arms around Tetsuya's neck.

Getting his attention, Seiji, not particularly caring, but just wanting something to keep him from boredom, blankly asked:

"Ne, Tetsuya-chan. What class are you going to again?"

He glanced at the red-head from his novel, pondering a little before placing the book down on his nightstand right next to the other's magazine.

"I'm not sure."

Seiji hummed, seemingly in thought. Not really wanting to stop the conversation there, he sighed:

"It's too bad that I can't attend the same school, Tetsuya-chan."

Tetsuya studied his face before agreeing, "I think so too, but I don't think Akashi-san would allow you to move to a-" not finding a better word for it, he continued, "-lower school."

Seiji felt a frown forming at the corners of his lips, "I don't think your Elementary school is any lower than mine; knowing Ayano-san, she would give you the best of the best."

Tetsuya, somewhere along the way of the other boy's talking, moved his gaze towards the wall. Skimming the wall with his eyes, they later landed on a small, white frame.

Not quite paying attention to Seiji at this point, he analyzed the picture inside of it. Feeling nostalgia from the picture, he smiled.

The two were in a festival, holding their prizes they had won with a little help from Ayano. He was wearing a red yukata and a head mask he had begged Ayano to buy while Seiji was wearing a blue yukata, holding cotton candy, his other hand held a goldfish. They were both grinning while holding up the prizes they had won.

Just barely being able to hear him talk, Tetsuya processed it in his mind, and opened his mouth. However, before he could say anything, Ayano walked in after she had knocked on the door twice.

Seeing the two boy's positions on the floor, she giggled at the cute sight before she coughed into her hand.

"Sorry to interrupt, but Seiji-kun needs to go home now."

They looked at her and groaned: "Already?"

"Yes, already. Don't worry, though. You'll be seeing each other soon enough," she chuckled with a twinkle in her eyes.

The boys shuddered as they knew what that meant. Ayano was going to make them model tomorrow. Don't get them wrong, they don't mind modeling; it's just whenever she chuckled like that, they knew they weren't going to be shown mercy during the photo sessions.

"Do you need a ride, Seiji-kun?" she asked as she went to grab her coat.

"No, I'm fine, Ayano-san. I can just walk there. It isn't far after all," he replied as he began to get his stuff as well.

It's true that it wasn't that far since Seiji happened to be living in one of the neighboring houses. Besides, it wasn't dark outside seeing that it wasn't even 6:00 o'clock in the evening, yet.

Ayano thought it through. She figured none of the neighbors would get him since the Akashis were quite the well-known bunch there. To be even less worried for his well-being, there was tight security too since there were plenty of famous and rich people in that area. Summing it all up, she deemed it safe enough for him to go by himself.

Ayano halted her movements before she shrugged, "If you're fine with that, then I'm not stopping you."

Seiji nodded as he finished getting his stuff.

"See you soon, Seiji-kun," Tetsuya smiled as he gave a small wave.

Seiji gave his own little smile, "Bye, Tetsuya-chan."

"Good morning, class. Since it's a new school year, I want you guys to introduce yourselves."

The class either groaned or was gleaming with joy. Tetsuya being on neither of those groups as he didn't mind nor cared that he had to introduce himself.

The teacher set an example as she gave a self-introduction. Next, she asked the first person in the front row to do so as well. This continued on until it reached Tetsuya.

The teacher looked at the roll, then called out, "Kuroko Tetsuya-kun, can you please introduce yourself?"

Hearing this, he gracefully stood up – using his skills he had learned from his grandmother – and bowed, "I'm Kuroko Tetsuya. It's nice to meet you."

So polite!

The teacher thought as she felt a surge of happiness well up inside her. She couldn't have imagined that she'd see such a polite ten year old that didn't have a hidden agenda in her ten years of teaching. Despite the good standing school, it couldn't be helped if there were some stuck up brats or kids that didn't care, meaning they didn't obey the rules. Seeing a genuine nice kid, it obviously made her add Tetsuya to her seemingly-good-kids list.

After they finished the intro part of the class period, the class whispered among themselves as they discussed about the introductions. The girls were talking about the boys they found cute, giggling while the guys were talking about it for a few seconds before wondering off to another conversation.

After the bell had rung, Tetsuya began to take out his lunch. Once he had taken his lunch out, one of the boys noticed him and invited him over. Wanting to gain some friends, he followed the boys to their tables.

As they were talking, Tetsuya stayed quiet and observed his new classmates. Without realizing it, he was slowly getting dragged into their conversation.

"Kuroko, right?" one of the boys questioned as he turned around to face him with a good-natured smile.

Midway of taking a bite out of his sandwich, Tetsuya paused:

"Yes," not quite sure if he had his name correct, he hesitated, "Ogiwara-kun?"

The said boy grinned. "Bingo! You can call me Shige, though."

He nodded, giving a small smile, "It's nice to meet you, Ogiwara-kun."

Ogiwara, not bothered by Tetsuya choosing his last name, laughed, "It's nice to meet you too, Kuroko!"

After school had finished, Tetsuya went outside. Right after he had stepped out of the school building, he heard murmuring. Following the sound, he spotted the center of attention. It was a black limousine.

Feeling something in his gut, he walked over to the limousine and stood patiently in front of the door. The window went down to reveal a smiling yellow-eyed boy.

"What are you waiting for, Tetsuya-chan? Hop in."

Tetsuya held back a sigh as he slowly made his way in, ignoring the increasing murmurings of his school mates.

"You didn't have to pick me up, Seiji-kun." He hopped inside and closed the door, "I'm perfectly capable of walking."

"Are you sure about that? We have a photo-shoot today and from what I remember, the place is quite a few miles away from our neighborhood."

Tetsuya turned towards him and gave a light pout: "We do? I forgot."

Trying his best to hold in a chuckle, Seiji covered his mouth and held his voice steady, "Yeah."

Tetsuya noticed him shaking and frowned, not pleased with the reaction, "Why are you laughing?"

The red-haired boy let go of his mouth and gave a warm smile.

"It's nothing, Tetsuya."

Arriving at the photo-shoot, Tetsuya and Seiji exited the limousine. Upon exiting the vehicle, they took in the building's height and structure. They were slightly taken aback by the height as it had to be at least twice as tall as their company/agency.

Regaining their composure, they both nodded at each other and entered the building. The inside was more extravagant than they had imagined. Instead of looking like your average company building, they managed to up it up a notch without making it look like some business company instead. The walls were white, but it helped the decorations stick out more. The paintings were beautiful alongside the many magazines they had produced on the wall. The sofas looked expensive, but certainly not out-of-place. Even the front desk seemed to make the place look breathtaking as it fit the background's setting perfectly.

"Excuse me. Are you boys lost?" A lady in a presumably receptionist uniform asked them as they seemed to look a little out of place.

Being the first to come back to reality, Seiji answered, "No, we're here for our modeling shoot."

The lady didn't believe them at first until she managed to recognize the boys' faces.

"Ah, right this way, sir," the lady replied, seemingly not minding that she called a little child, 'sir'.

However, it did faze Seiji a little as he was far too young to be called sir. He was way more familiar by being called, "young master," but never 'sir'.

They reached the photo shoot and like that, the lady bowed and left the two alone.

Not really wanting to knock the door, Tetsuya glanced at him. He appeared to not want to have anything to do with the door either. Mentally sighing, Tetsuya stared at the somewhat intimidating door.

Tetsuya took in a deep breath before he gently knocked. Hearing no response, he pushed open the door to see the staff waiting for them.

"Where are they? Shouldn't they be here by now?" one of the staff members from the company asked as he looked at his watch.

Ayano apologized, "I'm sorry, but please wait a little longer."

Before they could continue talking, someone shouted, "They're here!"

Their attention went directly to the two boys as they had just walked inside the room.

Realizing what had happened, the two boys bowed, "We're sorry for being late!"

If there was one thing they learned from Ayano, it was to always apologize for their mistakes as soon as possible. No matter how small or stupid it may be.

The director of the photo shoot for that day knew that they genuinely apologized, so he let it slide:

"It's fine. Just quickly get ready."

The boys went up from their position and yelled, "Thank you, s-"

They stopped when they noticed a boy their age had said that. The boy had wavy, black hair and round matching eyes. If he wanted, he could've been a model as well. They tilted their heads.

Eh?

The boy noticed this and narrowed his eyes, clearly offended with their reactions, "What? Never seen a ten-year old director?"

This time the boys really replied out loud, "Eh?"

Ayano knew they were confused as she explained, "He's the director's son. He's known to be quite the prodigy in this field, so the director let him take over this shoot as a test run."

The boys made an o shape with their mouths as they kind of understood what she meant as they were still awed by a director being so young.

Ayano ignored them in favor of thanking the director and pushed the boys to their dressing room. Ryouka was already there, waiting for the boys to come in.

"You have three minutes," Ayano warned while directing a somewhat deadly smile at the blonde before walking off to talk to the director.

"That's harsh," she sighed before taking in the boys' appearances, "Well, I guess I'll manage."

Without any further chatter, Ryouka shoved their clothes onto them. The boys weren't even surprised as they hurriedly put them on. After thirty seconds, the boys finished changing. Wasting no time, she sat them down. Swiftly, she grabbed a comb and started combing Tetsuya's hair first as it was usually the hardest one to manage out of the two of them.

Finishing that, she grabbed the hairspray and went all out. Done with that, she put it away and combed his fringe to the left. Not quite liking it yet, she put his thickest hair among his bangs and tilted it a little more than the rest. Finally satisfied, she put some light makeup on him as a nice finishing touch.

Moving towards Seiji, she put her hands through his hair and glanced at the clock. She only had forty seconds left. Her eyes seemed to glow as her hands started to make his hair messy while giving him no pain, whatsoever. She then touched pieces of his hair and put them up with the help from her handy hairspray. Almost done with the hair, she put his main bangs together and put them across each other. Moving faster, she put his makeup on, not putting too much effort as Seiji was quite good looking as he was.

Looking at her masterpieces, she huffed out a satisfied sigh and pushed them out of the dressing room with four seconds to spare.

The people there watched with amazement on how fast they finished getting ready while looking as if it took a much longer time. Ayano seemed impressed too and made a mental note to give her some kind of reward, maybe a raise.

Tetsuya's hair didn't look that different from usual, but looked more in place and was somehow shiny. Not the weird, gross, oily shiny, but a nice shiny that you get from taking a shower. He wore a black, high collar jacket with no buttons on it with the sleeves from the shirt under it showing. The inside had a light blue, long sleeved shirt with the English words, "Never Give Up" on it. He had light denim jeans with a plaid shirt that was a darker shade of blue around his waist.

Seiji's hair looked far messier than the usual as some of his hair was sticking out. It didn't look like it was unintentional, though which made it impressive. He was wearing an open, dark red plaid shirt messily with a black undershirt inside. He wore black denim pants with a brown belt around it.

Together, they looked good together, especially side by side. Tetsuya's nice, proper clothing contrasted Seiji's messier, wilder appearance. It made them stand out in their own unique way.

Remembering that they were a little behind schedule, Ayano snapped everyone back to attention by dragging the two boys towards the set. Like that, the others started double checking the cameras and lighting. During that, Ayano decided to give the boys instructions on what they should do during their modeling.

"Since the advertisement for your solo pictures are and meant for teens, you guys can do whatever you deem befitting on your own better judgment. However, for the one with both of you, don't overshadow your partner. I'd hate to see some hate comments on someone getting in the other's way. Other than that, do your best, okay?"

The boys nodded and started to plan out some poses in their heads while waiting for the setting up to finish.

The staff took a little longer to prepare before they gave the OK signal.

The boys were starting their solo pictures first, so Tetsuya was on the set closest to the door while Seiji took the one next to it. Once on the set, the two boys immediately got to work. Tetsuya looked down while facing right and brought his collar close to his mouth with his unused arm chilling on his side. After a few shots of that, he glanced at the camera and let go of his collar. He sat casually on a nearby stool, tilted his head, and without warning, gave one of his well-known looks, a soft angelic smile.

On the other set, Seiji rotated his body to his left and looked towards the camera while bringing his hand through his hair. His outfit looked more appealing as his matching hair and yellow eyes made the clothes look like it was made for him. More flashes were taken as he moved his position bit by bit. Glancing at the camera, as if he just noticed it, he leaned on his left leg and put his hands in his pocket. His face was nonchalant, but after a couple more shots, his face gradually changed into a small smirk.

The photographers were satisfied after a few more shots, then moved on to their duo pictures. The director, liking doing stuff without the models knowing till the last second, gave the boys candy bars, one rich chocolate and the other vanilla. Tetsuya, the one receiving them, was confused. Not questioning it, he moved towards Seiji's set as it was more fitting for their pictures together. He handed the chocolate one to Seiji. The other blinked as he grabbed the bar. He turned it over, still confused and trying to understand why he gave it to him. Glancing at Tetsuya, he noticed he was just as confused.

The director saw this and smirked as he walked towards them.

"Confused?"

The boys nodded, turning their attention on him.

He laughed, "I figured you'd be." Stopping in front of them, he pointed at the bars, "This is a special promotion to the new candy brand, Philia. They're known as the new and upcoming candy brand in the country. They gave my mom a call yesterday, and of course, she said yes, but she let me choose the models this time. When I first heard of you two boys, I thought it was fate as you two seemed to fit the image perfectly. That was proven correct as I watched you boys model together before in person. The first impression I had was that you both are close friends despite being rivals at the same time which later convinced me to let you model for this important brand."

The two blinked at his explanation. They were left dumbfounded as the director turned on his heel and walked towards Ayano. After explaining the situation to her, the director gave them a thumb up with his small frown in place again. Tetsuya, before starting, gave Seiji a slight smile and he returned it. That, however, was not planned and without them knowing, the picture was taken.

Oblivious, the two started moving. Tetsuya naturally moved alongside Seiji to match his movements. After Seiji turned towards the other while looking at the camera, Tetsuya peeked at him through the corner of his eyes. Smiling, he went behind Seiji, and placed his arms around his shoulders. Knowing what to do, Seiji mentally sighed in dread before grabbing Tetsuya's legs. The blunet jumped which resulted in getting a piggy back ride from Seiji.

The pictures were taken as Tetsuya laughed at how easy it was to get Seiji to give him a piggy back ride. Not forgetting, Tetsuya grabbed his vanilla candy bar and opened it. Curious on the taste, he didn't hesitate as he placed it in his mouth.

The scene right after that shocked the staff members along with Seiji. The moment the bar was thoroughly chewed, Tetsuya's eyes widened. He slowly blinked before his eyes started to sparkle. His mouth started twitching. When he finished, he grinned with eyes childishly wide. He was plain out grinning at the camera. Ayano knew something was coming so she managed to videotape the whole thing.

Some of the staff blushed at his adorableness while some thought:

Does the candy bar taste that good?

He was still sparkling from the delicious vanilla bar until Seiji turned his head. Tetsuya tilted his head at the red head's expression. He couldn't interpret it. Seiji was blushing as his lips twitched a little. As if he had to put a lot of force in it, he finally did what he wanted. He opened his mouth and gave a small, "Ahh..."

Seiji seemed like he couldn't take it anymore as his gaze looked to the side. He kept his mouth open as he didn't want his efforts to go to waste.

Tetsuya found that adorable as he had to duck his head into the other's shoulders. He was blushing and mentally screaming at this point. He even thought, Cute~

Seiji blushed even harder to the point where his ears were blushing. Before he could turn his head and change his mind, Tetsuya grinned and placed the vanilla in his mouth. Even going as far as to mimic his cute little Seiji, "Ahh~"

Seiji pouted a little at the mimic before opening his mouth again. His eyebrows went up as the candy bar went into his mouth. He did not expect this taste at all. It was the best vanilla candy he had so far. He didn't get to eat a lot of sweets, but still, it's still the best.

Before he realized it, he was smiling just like Tetsuya did. The first victim of the deliciousness of said vanilla nodded as if agreeing with his reaction.

Not able to handle the cuteness, Ayano practically begged the director to call it a wrap as she was suffering from blood loss. The director didn't seemed all that bothered as he too was suffering, but for a different reason. He found their reactions amusing, so he was laughing his head off. He enjoys watching people smile at Philia. He was confused to why he was laughing, but oh well, why not, right?

He tapped the photographer who was in the middle of taking pictures every one millisecond. The photographer glanced over his shoulder. He seemed a little disappointed that he had to stop, but he stopped nonetheless.

The director noticed the boys were still grinning, so he shouted, "That's a wrap!"

Hearing that, Seiji let go of Tetsuya's legs as he jumped off of him.

Everybody cheered as they could finally stop their nosebleed, the rest were depressed, but it couldn't be helped. They started to say their thanks and began to get ready for the next session that would happen when the next model showed up. Once they finished, the staff complimented the boys and patted them on the back.

Ayano's eyes didn't change from the evil glint though, so the boys just knew that their day hadn't finished yet. Knowing that if they made any noise of anything that didn't sound like a cheer aloud, they'd get even more work sooner or later. So, they dealt with groaning inside their mind while clearly showing their companion that they didn't want to do anymore work. She didn't want any of that, so she made the boys go change out of their clothes faster than usual. When they're done modeling, they usually get to keep the clothes if they do a great job – which happens all the time – so they brought a separate bag for their new clothes and new favorite candy brand, Philia.

After the final shoot, the boys were exhausted as it was a long day and Ayano didn't let them rest. Heading towards the car, each step they took they groaned mentally. In the limousine the two sat in the back with Ayano in the front with the driver. Finding this as the chance to chat with Tetsuya, Seiji stared at him to get his attention.

Tetsuya ignored him for five seconds before he finally decided to look at his direction.

"What?" Tetsuya, clearly too tired and grumpy, gave a light glare.

The boy, too tired to play around, went to the chase.

"Wasn't that fun, Tetsuya-chan?"

Tetsuya, despite being exhausted, couldn't help, but smile, "Yeah."

"Especially the part where cute little Tetsuya-chan tried out the vanilla Philia."

Tetsuya felt his eyebrow twitch as he knew he was teasing him before he gathered all of his willpower to ignore him. He was clearly too exhausted to give a comeback. Not realizing it, Tetsuya's exhaustion got to him and he started to droop before he eventually fell asleep. Seiji, knowing that, outstretched his arm and grabbed the side of the boy's head and leaned it towards his shoulder.

Huffing at the fact that he had fallen asleep before he got to talk to him more, Seiji, too started to doze off a little.

Not having a reason to keep himself awake, he let sleep overtake him as his head started to lean on Tetsuya's head.

If you guys didn't notice, all of the OCs except for Hiromoto (photographer) and maybe Takumi (model and staff helper) is a relative of a canon character. Example being: Ryouka is Kise's sister and obviously Ayano being the grandmother of Kuroko. Even the director in this chapter is a relative, but I won't tell you guys who until a certain time (yep, he's showing up again). I'm only making OC relatives if it matches the canon family of the characters, so there's a hint! You guys can feel free to guess, though.

Gitali Aoirhue Kuran: I'm glad I found someone that thinks the same as me as well. Like seriously, I don't mind a lot of crossdressing!Kuroko, but I just don't like it when it involves modeling. Recommendations on unusual stories of Kuroko? Haha, okay. Nice way of putting it. Hmm… I'll give you one for now, everything else that comes to mind will be PM-ed (if you don't mind. I might forget, though. Feel free to remind me). Right now, I can only think of one story. "Generation of Music" by -falls. If you've read that already, sorry for giving you something you already read! Oh, and if you haven't yet, I recommend everything KNB related by Nifawiwa. I ship AkaKuro too! He will most likely end up with one of the Akashi boys, don't know who yet. I'm pretty set on one of them already, but it's not completely planned out… I'm glad you reviewed again!

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