Hi everyone, sorry for the wait, here's chapter 7! :) I hope you enjoy xD There were unexpectedly some AoKise moments xD I am not really a shipper, I'm more of GoMKuro :3 Oh, and Kagami-kun will be appearing a bit later in the story... and Aomine isn't happy about that :) you'll see. Thank you for the continued support :) I'm happy, and I have another idea for a fanfic :) I hope you'll all watch out for that~ But it won't really come anytime soon, since school's here -_-" But well, I made sure Kise's POVs here were expressive xD I may not write that much, since I need to concentrate on my studies (meh... so unlike me to say this) and well, I'm striving to improve my writing skills, with the help of a certain person who uses scissors as a threat :) If you're reading this, you know who you are :)
I would like to thank you to all those readers of my fanfic out there :) Thank you for the favourites, the follows, and the reviews too! :D And to that certain writing mentor of mine, thank you for threatening me to strive this hard to try to meet your high expectations wahahahahaha :)
Enough of that, here's the beach chapter!
Summer.
It is a season of heat, and for students, summer vacation was very valuable.
And when you say summer vacation... you say...
"BEACH!"
"Kise, did you swear just now?"
"Aominecchi you idiot, not female dog, I mean beach, you know, the place with sand and everything~!"
"Yeah... I get the message, so, who's coming with us?"
"Of course, we'll be all alone~!"
"I'd rather die than be alone with you!"
"Aominecchi, it's just a joke, you take things too seriously... We'll be going with Kurokocchi and the others, we thought about leaving you alone... but we just happened to cross paths so..."
"Yeah, yeah, so... where are they?"
"Ah, they're over there. We'd better hurry, before they'd leave us behind."
Kise Ryouta was referring to the airplane right in front of him, he pointed at it and Aomine Daiki sighed, wondering if this was actually safe.
"Yeah..."
But somewhere inside him, Aomine Daiki had a bad feeling about this.
~Kise's POV~
I really am a genius, my brilliant plan to be alone with Kurokocchi is going smoothly!
"Oi, Kise, the airplane's leaving."
"NOOOOO, WAIT!"
"Who's piloting that thing? He's an idiot to leave you behind, didn't you own that airplane? It looked like a private jet... Well, judging you are an idiot, I guess what you own are idiots as well."
"You're so mean, Aominecchi! I have no choice, I'll have to contact someone to give us another way to get there... Just when I was looking forward to being on the same airplane with Kurokocchi!"
Heh, no one knows this is ALL part of my plan. I'm such a genius, I'm already laughing at the thought Kurokocchi will be mine for the day.
It goes like this, truth be told, everyone had already gone ahead to that Okinawan resort, and that airplane earlier was empty except for the pilot on it. I actually put a transmitter on Kurokocchi in the sleepover two days ago (don't ask where I put it), told him a later meeting time. Judging his location, he's close. Once Kurokocchi arrives, I'll deceive my older sister to call another airplane to come here, and voila! I'll be alone on the airplane with Kurokocchi!
BUT someone unexpectedly bumped into me on the waiting place, a person named Aomine Daiki.
He was NOT invited, he ruined my BRILLIANT plan! Now everything's a mess! But well... he did get a ticket to the resort... so...
BUT STILL!
That didn't stop me from continuing though.
"Moshi, moshi? Anekicchi, it's been a while~ You see, I'm sort of stuck here with a certain idiot, and we need to go to that new resort our family owns... So I was wondering if you would be kind enough to lend us transportation."
"Like hell I would! You can just rot there with whoever idiot that is and die!"
"Anekicchi, you're so mean... Kurokocchi'll be waiting for me..."
"Wait, Kuroko-kun's waiting for you?"
"That's right... ALONE! So please, Anekicchi... give us a ride already... we'll just bring you along on the vacation, you'll get to see Kurokocchi with my permission again... so-"
NO WAY, she hung up on me! Why is everyone likes this to me?! Huhuhu...
My Anekicchi, Kise Mayuri, had a soft spot for Kurokocchi since they've met. And well, my sister and I are the same that way.
"Kise-kun, what does that mean?"
Wait, did I just hear Kurokocchi's voice?
"Tetsu, weren't you on the airplane earlier?"
"Huh? I just arrived... It's the meeting time now isn't it?"
"Ah... the others weren't able to make it, sorry, Kurokocchi..."
I apologize for having to lie Kurokocchi, I apologize, but it was absolutely necessary. It pains me so, I might as well cry over it later.
"Kise, could you be planning something dirty again? YOU LIAR... I swear I will-"
"Nothing of the sort, Aominecchi! I promise, cross my heart!"
Today is the day I make Kurokocchi mine! I'll do my best to show him the cool side of me~!
~Meanwhile, Okinawan Resort~ ~Narrator's POV~
"I wonder where Kurochin is... It's suspicious, Kisechin isn't here either..."
"If Kuroko will not grace his presence, coming here was a waste of time."
"Wait patiently, it is something most people lack."
"Akashi, you're not patient either, I can tell." Midorima noticed that Akashi sighed in irritation every five minutes, it was something Akashi would do if he was getting impatient, and it seemed his observations proved right.
"Yes... I suppose so, I am tired of waiting..."
He was tired of waiting, waiting for Kuroko Tetsuya to look at him and only him.
He closed his eyes, he didn't expect Kuroko Tetsuya to be there at any moment now, so he figured he'd sleep for now.
And he dreams of something that can only be dreamt of, dreaming of something from the past, he knew it wouldn't be possible to go back to those times.
Those times when Kuroko Tetsuya saw him and only him.
And those times when Akashi Seijuro's feelings for Kuroko Tetsuya were nothing but a small, fragment of his life. Now it was too big of a fragment for him to get rid of.
But he knew for a person to be complete, the fragments must be assembled. And that if one of those fragments were detached, that person will be unable to live as who he or she really was.
That's right, before his empty heart was filled with feelings for Kuroko Tetsuya, he felt his existence was merely used to fulfil other's desires.
(Meanwhile, inside the private airplane)
"Oi, Aominecchi, get your butt off that seat! I WAS SUPPOSED TO SIT BESIDE KUROKOCCHI!" Kise Ryouta sat on Aomine Daiki's lap, Aomine Daiki yelped.
"You're heavy, get off me!" He complained, but he couldn't push the blonde aside.
"No, you get your heavy butt off that seat, if not I'll throw you out those doors and you'll fall straight down!" Kise shouted out, they were far from land, they were above sea, Aomine gulped, thinking of something to answer back.
"Try if you can, and besides, how am I supposed to get my butt of this seat when you don't get your butt off me?!"
"Umm... please stop fighting..." Kuroko Tetsuya stared at the two arguing guys beside him, looking at them with a tempting face, asking them to get along, but in his honest opinion, the two seemed close.
That's how he viewed it anyway.
"T-Tetsu, don't say that with effin puppy eyes, you're melting me!"
"Kurokocchi, who do you want to sit with?"
"...Umm... I think it's too late for that. The resort's already over there.."
It took Kise a while to interpret what Kuroko just said.
...
...
...
"EH?!" Kise wailed in frustration, feeling as if everything he had done was for nothing.
"Kise-kun, don't look so disappointed..."
"Oi, isn't that Midorima? I can see him from this far... His green hair is so noticeable."
"Ah, it's true, they're so far away and yet I see them so clearly..."
A sudden thought struck Kise Ryouta.
Why could I see them clearly and yet...
The one I want to see close to me is so out of reach...?
"We will be landing shortly."
~Akashi's POV~
"Why are you crying?"
Those were the words that started it all.
It was back when we were still in the fifth grade. It was our first day on a joint curriculum with a normal elementary school in the neighbourhood, and we coming from Teiko elementary school, expected nothing of this "normal" school.
But that crying boy exceeded all my expectations, more than I expected.
If I hadn't said those words to him back then... maybe I wouldn't be feeling all this right now.
"They're coming... the bad people... they..."
"Who?"
"They're after me... they're coming... Over there..."
"Don't worry, I'll deal with them, you just wait over here."
At that time, I didn't know why I even listened to him, or bothered to help him at that time. But I saw myself screaming for help in that boy... and to think...
Only now, years later would I notice that he was the person I had waited for for so long.
It was never too late, I guess... soon, he'll be mine.
That smile of his saved me, and I want only me to be able to see that smile of his. How he thanked me that day, the way he smiled at me that day, the way he was always with me...
"Akashi."
I didn't want it to stay only as a dream, when I wake up now, I'll have to face all of it.
~Narrator's POV~
"Akashi."
Akashi Seijuro woke up to Midorima Shintarou's voice, he got up to see Kuroko Tetsuya staring at him with those blank eyes of his.
"Ah... Tetsuya, I see you've arrived..."
"Kise-kun is a liar, he told me all of you couldn't make it."
"Ryouta, what is the meaning of this?" Akashi eyed him suspiciously, Kise winced slightly.
"N-n-n-n-n-nothing, Akashicchi, r-r-r-really... I just thought all of you really couldn't make it."
"That plane we rode was yours, so obviously we knew you knew we were headed to this resort, and not to mention Tetsuya wasn't there... I had to stay in that plane with these three... people. To think... you did it out of your own selfishness... Ryouta, you are so d-"
"Akachin... calm down, we're on vacance, we might as well enjoy... Killing Kisechin won't make it any better."
"Murasakibaracchi, you're not making it any better..."
"Kise, you reaped what you sowed."
"Why are you all being so mea-" He didn't get to continue because he felt strong wind sweep through him, but it was actually an effect from the strength of how Akashi threw the scissors, it flew so far, looking like a boomerang, but of course it didn't fly back.
"Humph, I missed." Akashi made a "tch" sound, he sounded sarcastic though.
"Akashicchi, you did that on purpose!"
"I do what I want, I need to discipline my teammates into not being too whiny, and that includes making you a better person, Ryouta."
"B-better? I'm fine as I am... right everyone?"
"Akashi is right, you really need to be disciplined." Midorima nodded in agreement.
"Kurokocchi, help me..." Kise put on a pout, along with matching fake tears targeted at Kuroko.
"Akashi-kun is somehow right, Kise-kun, to be honest, you're a bit too noisy for your own good. And you do reckless things to much... it's not good for your health." Kuroko smiled warmly, but deep inside he meant Kise should stop doing things like this, so that he wouldn't have to get killed by Akashi.
"The second semester starts after summer vacation is over, and club activities are once again resumed, I'll make sure your training is quadrupled for the first day."
"Ah... now that you mention it... club activities weren't continued for the first semester, any particular reason?"
"Aomine, what club are you?"
"...Tch, I don't have an effin' club... I did plan to join the basketball club but well... I guess you could say my old geezer of a dad prohibited me from joining and so... all the other clubs seemed boring so... I don't have a club."
.
.
"That's just sad."
"You say that now?!"
"Aominecchi, why don't you join the basketball club, so I'll have someone to share my burden with, Akashicchi is a scary captain... huhuhu..."
"Huh? But wasn't the captain of the basketball club someone named Nijimura?"
"Aominecchi, you're so outdated, Nijimura-senpai retired as captain due to personal reasons... now that you mention it that was the time I got into the basketball club... and got interested in basketball."
"To put it simply, Ryouta was forced to stop being a model at that time, and that was the time when the whole world knew that Ryouta had a male as a-"
"A-Akashicchi, I should say the same for you, you go to such lengths for Kurokocchi and yet..."
"That is none of your business, you haven't changed since elementary, grow up, times have changed, Ryouta."
"I- I know that... I hate how everything has to change... Akashicchi, you do too, don't you? I can feel it every day, this distance growing on us, it's because our feelings for-"
"Enough of this nonsense, I do not want to hear anything else from you, Ryouta, if you don't want your training to be five times more intense than how I quadrupled it."
Kise Ryouta didn't want a training menu 20 times more intense, he could die from exhaustion, so he knew when to shut up.
"Kise-kun, Aomine-kun, care to join me for changing clothes?"
"Kurokocchi, are you really asking this of me?"
"Is there a problem with it?"
"No, no problem at all! You make me a happy man, Kurokocchi!"
"Oi, Kise, don't think of doing anything dirty."
"I promise I won't this time... Our summer villa is over there. It's big enough for ten people to sleep in~!" Kise pointed his finger at a villa not too far from them, we'll be settling each other's roommates by picking out coloured strips."
Everyone had the same thought.
"I'll get the same colour as Kuroko/Kurochin/Tetsu/Kurokocchi/Tetsuya!"
~Inside the summer house~
"So... why does the villa seem so big even though I know there's only one bathroom?"
"Aominecchi, don't complain, if you want, you can change clothes outside, the bathroom's really big so I don't see a problem."
True, the bathroom had a lot of shower areas, it seemed to have been built to resemble a grand version of a public restroom, it had two bath tubs... one with a rubber ducky, along with enclosed cubicles.
"You don't expect me to strip outside do you? You're not serious, are you?"
"Aominecchi... what if I am?"
"Kise-kun, don't bully Aomine-kun. I know you get bullied a lot but that's no excuse to bully others."
"K-Kurokocchi... you don't know you're bullying me too, are you?"
"...Eh? I am?" Kuroko bobbed his head curiously in response to Kise's sudden comment.
"Don't listen to him Tetsu, he's just asking for self-pity."
"Aominecchi, you're so unfair, not only do you get to talk to Kurokocchi like that, you get to fawn over the girls with big breasts near the shoreline while not having to worry about how everyone's so mean to you!"
"Now, now, Kise-kun, Aomine-kun, we're on vacation. Might as well get along... If you try, I'm sure you two can get along well."
"NO WAY!" the two said in sync. They looked at each other's faces. "Don't copy me!" they said in sync again.
"Aomine-kun and Kise-kun might actually get along really well..."
Somewhere inside Kuroko Tetsuya found it funny, how people that could be very different...
Could be very similar in many ways.
~While they were changing~ ~Kise's POV~
Heh, everyone, I hereby call myself the "expert peeping tom". This is just pure happiness... even if it's just for a while...
Why? Why did a sexier guy than me have to grace his presence on this planet? Why am I cursed to fall for him?!
Ah... too bad Akashicchi confiscated my valuable photo book with stolen shots of Kurokocchi... huhuhu, especially when I finally managed to picture Kurokocchi's body... exposed and TOPLESS!
I know it sounds disgusting but I have a sickness known as "Kurokocchi obsession".
The only way it can be cured is when I'm finally assured Kurokocchi is mine.
Here I was, on one of the restroom's cubicles, while Kurokocchi was changing clothes on the cubicle beside mine.
And of course, this is why I brought a chainsaw.
No, not really a chainsaw, actually I just got something sharp and strong enough to be able to put an unnoticeable hole on the wall which was enough to be able to have a good view of the other side.
Who knows, when I cross the boundary to that side, I may not be able to come back to this side?
Yes... that's it Kurokocchi, just a bit more...
First of all, he removes his t-shirt, and yes, that's the first part of it all.
Ah... I can see why I'm so crazy over Kurokocchi now, just like how the others are.
When I mean see, I mean see~!
But of course what I was waiting for was that, yes, THAT!
Once Kurokocchi removes his lower clothing... yes... that's what I'm waiting for. There are limits to how a person can be this bad, but I have surpassed my limits long ago.
Uwaa, I sound like Midorimacchi now, nanodayo! That must mean something!
That's it... any moment now...
But wait.
WHY?!
This is an outrage, Kurokocchi already had his swimming trunks on from the start!
*Sniff, sniff*, I know my effort did not go to waste, yes, I worked hard.
But still...
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
"Kise-kun, did something happen?"
"A-Ah... nothing... really... I'm fine..."
Kurokocchi... I'm not fine! Something BIG happened!
"Kurokocchi, are you done changing?" I tried hard to dodge the topic.
"Yes... Kise-kun, you're the only one we're waiting for."
"R-Really, Kurokocchi, you were waiting for me?" I pushed the door open and got out of the cubicle, overflowing with happiness. I'm so relieved, I thought they left me, you know, I was almost sure Aominecchi must have planned to drag Kurokocchi out and leave me all alone crying, it sounds like Aominecchi!
"What took you so long, Kise? Only girls take that long to change clothes..."
"Sorry about making you wait, and wait, A-A-Aominecchi, why are you only wearing that?!" I covered my eyes, noooo, I only want to see Kurokocchi wear that, it might look much better on him.
"What's wrong with wearing this? All we need for swimming is our bodies right? Besides, the weather's so hot... might as well wear something like this... Did you expect me to bring a life buoy?"
"N-No but... put something over that Aominecchi... At least swimming trunks..."
"Oi, Kise, does it really look that good on me? You're blushing."
"Kurokocchi, it doesn't look good at him, does it?"
"Well... I suppose not. Maybe if we add this..." Kurokocchi took out sunglasses and gave them to Aominecchi, Aominecchi put the black sunglasses on.
"That's not the point here, Kurokocchi!" And besides, it just looked worse!
"Well then, don't mind my appearance and act like a nanny, Kise. Let's go already..."
~Shoreline~ ~Narrator's POV~
"There they are. Kurochin, Minechin, Kisechin." Murasakibara said as he stopped chugging on his canned soda.
"Sorry to have kept you all waiting." Aomine grinned.
"It's not like we were waiting for you, Minechin..."
"A-ahahaha..." Aomine chuckled awkwardly, he could feel the tension in the atmosphere, especially since he found it weird how Akashi Seijuro wasn't hitting on Kuroko Tetsuya at all.
"Such a weird guy..." he muttered to himself.
"So, what do we do now? I doubt we came here to do nothing." Midorima was sitting on a chair and drinking lemonade, but he just made it all the more weird because he was wearing a green t-shirt with a frog design, along with the red and black shades he usually wore as "disguise".
True, Aomine found it amusing how his competition were all weirdos.
"Midorimacchi, you don't say that while wearing that... that's so last season."
"What about you? You're a model right? What if people realize you're here in this beach? Don't cause trouble for us, and don't wail and complain about it later. Oha-Asa said today is a bad day for Gemini."
"Hey, isn't that guy like, familiar?" said a girl who was not of safe distance, enough to be heard.
"Yeah, I've sort of seen him somewhere... He's a hottie though."
"Hey, isn't that like, Kise Ryouta?"
"Ah... but wasn't there a scandal about him?"
"E-eh? Now that you mention it... but still, this is a golden opportunity to get an autograph."
"True... look at those abs... Kyaa~!"
"What? Kise Ryouta's here?"
"I'd better call the media!" The girl started taking out her cellphone.
"Crap", Kise cursed to himself. He didn't want to get chased by the media on his very vacation and quality time with his "Kurokocchi". "Give me a break already..."
A horde of fangirls started dashing toward him. Overcoming various trials, the fangirls have made their way.
"Serves you right." Aomine stuck out his tongue at the blonde, thinking karma really did exist.
Kise Ryouta was indeed a formidable person, but once fangirls unite forces to get what they want, even he can't seem to run away.
~15 minutes later~
"Why the heck don't I ever get time for myself?!" Kise panted, he had almost forgotten he was in hiding. Only now had he noticed this was the part of the beach which was not part of the resort, and where he and his evil older sister, Kise Mayuri, used to play when they were children.
"I knew you would end up hiding here..."
"Wah! Mayucchi... don't surprise me like that... This wouldn't have happened if you hadn't made me a model ssu!"
"I regret that and I'm sorry... Fine, why don't I make it up to you on this very moment?"
Yes, Kise Mayuri did regret it, because she never had the time to spend with her little brother again after that.
She still remembered how she would play on this very part of the beach, how they would be alone and she would walk hand in hand with her little brother.
She also regretted how her little brother grew up this way.
"Mayucchi... you'd better make sure this is good."
"I have prepared disguise in case this would happen to my dimwit of a brother. Here, wear this." Kise Mayuri took out something from her bag and threw it to Kise, which he caught.
"Mayucchi... you serious? It's so hot here, I can't do this!" Showing off the costume to the whole world sarcastically.
"Choose, you wearing that, or fangirls chasing after you?"
"...I guess... That's obvious."
"Good boy." Kise Mayuri patted Kise Ryouta's head gently, which looked weird because Kise Ryouta was taller than her.
"Mayucchi... what would you do if you found to have cared for someone a lot but... you just know it'll end up... wrong?"
"Who, me? Uh... I guess I'll just confess, better than not knowing how the other person feels about you, right?"
"I guess so...Thank you, Mayucchi!"
"So, who's the lucky one?"
"That's a secret, for now. Mayucchi, if I tell you, you'll spread the news to the world..." It wasn't a joke, Kise Mayuri worked for the newspaper, and if she wanted to, she could.
"Pfft, fine..." Mayuri chuckled, she found it funny how her brother didn't know she knew who it was.
It was obviously Kuroko Tetsuya.
I can't blame Ryouta for going gay over Kuroko-kun... she found it somehow funny and amusing.
"So, Mayucchi, how do I look?"
"To be honest... you look terrible."
~Meanwhile~ (5 minutes later)
"Everyone, look, there's a penguin." Murasakibara said with interest, and not just a penguin, an oversized penguin.
"Murasakibara, are you joking?" asked Midorima who didn't face the penguin's way. It wasn't really a penguin at all, besides, it denied the verified and proven scientific fact that penguins had to live in cold areas.
And this beach was anything BUT cold.
"It seems he's serious... this is ridiculous. A penguin at the beach... idiots, that's not a real penguin. It's someone in a costume. But who the heck would be as crazy as to wear something like that in weather this hot?" Aomine laughed at the thought of someone dying inside that costume.
"Humph, interesting... I might know someone that... how should I say this? The right word... yes... insane."
The one in the penguin costume couldn't help but jump when he felt someone spank his butt, only to find out it was a random kid he didn't know.
He wanted to go home, yet he didn't want to go home. He himself was confused what he really wanted.
"...Kise-kun, is that you?" Kuroko, being the perceptive person he was, figured it was Kise, and he was right.
"E-eh? Wh-who's Kise? I'm Mr. Penguin, Kurokocchi!"
"Kise-kun, don't lie, I know it's you."
"Kurokocchi... as expected of you... but.. how?"
"Ah, your way of speaking, you called me Kurokocchi. I somehow... had a feeling it was you, I don't know how to explain it." Kuroko smiled warmly, and Kise reluctantly removed the head portion of the costume, hugging Kuroko tightly.
This was not well-received by the others.
May it be the others from the bunch, the fangirls, or Kuroko Tetsuya.
"Kise-kun... I can't breathe..." Kise immediately let go of Kuroko and smiled at him, and directly after that, he shouted.
"Viva la Paradise! Viva la Kurokocchi!"
"Kise, you sound like a nun. And wait... what does that even mean?"
"Nah... I'm just glad I got out of the costume... hehe~ Long Live Paradise! Long live Kurokocchi!" Kise chuckled, but honestly, he was just happy because Kuroko actually noticed him.
After all that was over, they decided to play volleyball, but of course, they wanted to try something new.
So they settled for swimming, but no one was really in the mood.
And of course, there was always an unexpected revelation.
"Midochin, you're not gonna swim?"
"..No, I'd rather save my energy, swimming is a waste of time."
"Midochin... could it be... you can't swim?"
"Of course I can, i-it's not like I can't... I can manage in basketball, what more for swimming?"
"Midochin, you're tsun-tsun..."
"Shut up." Midorima said in denial.
"Come on... Midochin, what's wrong with having fun once in a while?" Midorima was shocked when he found himself being carried by Murasakibara Atsushi, and he fell down to feel the sensation of cold seawater, which made him shiver. He stood up and glared at Murasakibara, only to be returned by Murasakibara's smirk.
"Midochin looks stupid~" Murasakibara smiled evilly at Midorima who was drenched and angry, who wouldn't get angry being randomly thrown into the water like that?
"Look, Murasakibara, I can swim nanodayo. I am now rather suspicious if you are the one who cannot swim." It sounded much like a challenge, and neither liked to lose.
"Bring it on, Midochin, don't come crying to me later if you lose." Murasakibara stuck out his tongue.
"I should say the same for you, don't come begging for snacks from me when you're hungry." Midorima literally growled, they both took their positions.
"Wait... seriously? Midorima, I didn't know you were that conscious of the comments of others. Damn, that's lame." Aomine tried to keep his laughter, he just couldn't help but find it funny.
"Go go, Murasakibaracchi! Go go, Midorimacchi!" Kise moved his hands up and down, eagerly wanting to see who would win.
"Who exactly are you rooting for?!" said the two in sync, annoyed at Kise's frivolous cheers.
"Eh? Uh... Both of you?"
Midorima sighed and started to walk towards Kuroko, Murasakibara ignored him and started swimming.
"Wait, Murasakibaracchi, Midorimacchi hasn't even started!" And yet he was ignored, Murasakibara would do anything to win. It wasn't an official competition anyway, so he didn't care about rules that much.
"Kuroko, hold on to this for me." Midorima handed over his lucky item and Kuroko reluctantly took it, which aroused Akashi's suspicion. Never did Midorima give his lucky item to other people, with the exception of him.
And aside from that, he felt they were being watched, and his instincts almost never betrayed him.
He could hear the cheers of his teammates and the sound of Midorima Shintarou and Murasakibara Atsushi's splashes, but everything seemed to be of no importance.
After all, what he wanted was right by his side.
"Tetsuya, well, are you not interested how this would turn out?" Akashi smiled, gently patting Tetsuya's shoulder, much to his enjoyment.
"Well... To be honest, Akashi-kun, I don't want anyone of them to lose."
"Well then, Tetsuya, if a battle occurs between me and all of them... who would you want to win? Whose side are you on? To whom do you owe your loyalty?"
"...That is... Akashi-kun, is winning all that matters to you?" Kuroko Tetsuya looked at Akashi Seijuro with serious eyes, he grimaced at the sight of it.
"No, Tetsuya, Indeed, for me winning is like breathing, but wanting to win is not a daily occurrence in my life, especially if the prize is worth fighting for."
He really treasured these moments with Kuroko Tetsuya, it was something he held close to him.
When two hearts beat as one, a certain heart is lost... someone watching from the shadows.
"Tetsu-kun..."
"Ah... Midochin, you could have gone easy on me." Murasakibara glared while munching on his pocky in disappointment, yes, he was disappointed in losing to someone like Midorima Shintarou.
"Humph, I do not go easy on people I despise nanodayo, Murasakibara." Midorima Shintarou may have sounded serious, but deep inside, he was proud he won, because losing easily meant his pride's disgrace.
"Ah! Murasakibaracchi, we're about to eat dinner! Don't munch on Pocky, you'll get a stomach ache!"
"I don't care, Kisechin." Murasakibara stomped his feet loudly, which almost made a plate fall off the table, which Aomine speedily caught in time.
"God, if you're angry about losing, don't take it out on the floor." Aomine Daiki rolled his eyes and once again put the plate on the table.
"Ryouta, come." commanded Akashi, who was in the kitchen. Kise Ryouta did as told, he still felt nervous about what happened with Akashi earlier.
"Akashicchi... I'm sorry!" Kise Ryouta fidgeted, afraid he said something wrong. Nervousness suddenly struck him, and he was surprised to hear himself actually cower.
"What are you apologizing about, Ryouta? Bring this there, it seems you've all had a long day." Akashi lifted up the tray and handed it over to Kise, Kise blinked at it and looked at Akashi.
"Akashicchi... you seem to be in a really good mood." Kise tried to sound relieved, but he actually didn't need to, because Akashi in a good mood was a good thing for everyone.
"Is that so...? Well, it must be your imagination, I feel completely normal though. Stop standing there and bring that to them, I'll join all of you later." Akashi held the knife in his hand and wiped it with tissue paper while looking at Kise.
"Yes... Akashicchi..." The sight of Akashi Seijuro with a knife made Kise Ryouta uneasy, as if that knife could pierce him at any moment. Nevertheless, he moved on to do as Akashi Seijuro told him.
"Hey wait, now that I remember... we had summer homework right?" Aomine Daiki suddenly brought up.
"The Miracle Class doesn't have summer homework, Minechin."
"CRAP! WHO CAN I COPY ANSWERS FROM NOW?!" Aomine stood up and swept his arms sideways rapidly, hitting Midorima's lucky item, which fell to the floor.
"Aomine, be mindful of your surroundings more." Midorima scolded, and Aomine waved it off, ignoring him. He was about to pick it up to shut Midorima up, but he stopped himself when he found Kuroko Tetsuya's head drenched with juice and Kise Ryouta falling on his face.
"Oi Kise, look at what you did to Tetsu! God damn it... why do clumsy beings have to exist?" Aomine sighed in frustration, picking up the lucky item and throwing it to Midorima.
"K-Kurokocchi! I'm sorry... are you alright? Were you hurt at all?" Not minding the tanned youth's comment and rushing to Kuroko's side.
"No, Kise-kun, nothing major... I'm... I'm just drenched in juice, I'm okay." Kuroko seemed to chuckle at this, which made Kise Ryouta smile in relief, but that smile he had on his face immediately disappeared at the sight of Akashi Seijuro, who didn't seem pleased.
"Ryouta, I assigned you a rather simple task, and yet you cannot even execute it without something wrong happening? I'm utterly disappointed." Akashi Seijuro glared at him, he seemed to take Kise's fault seriously.
"Akashi-kun, it's fine, I'm unhurt, don't take it out on Kise-ku-"
"FINE! I'M ALWAYS THE ONE WHO MAKES MISTAKES! I'M THE ONE AT FAULT! HAPPY?!" Kise shouted in irritation, noticing what he had done, he ran out. Everyone seemed surprised at Kise's sudden outburst, they didn't expect Kise to actually snap.
"Wait, Kise-k-"
"Tetsuya, leave him alone, he needs time for himself." Akashi held Kuroko's hand firmly, giving him a stern look, which gave the obvious message.
"Akashi-kun, that was not necessary. I'm going after Kise-kun, please don't stop me." Kuroko slipped his hand out of Akashi's, much to Akashi's pleasure, for he knew Kuroko Tetsuya would do just that.
"...Very well, I won't stop you. Make sure to come back unharmed, and if anything happens, tell me immediately."
He had let go, and as he watched Kuroko Tetsuya head straight for the door, he couldn't help but feel his body move to the door too. He stopped himself, and knew he did the right thing.
...Right?
"Damn it! Why do I have to be such a failure in everything?! WHY?!" Kise didn't know what he kicked was actually a metal bar, and he yelped in pain.
"God damn it, metal bar! Why the heck are you lying around here?! Why do you make me even more miserable more than I already am?!" He sighed, exasperated, he felt unable to do anything at all. He was tired of being so useless, he was tired of being so imperfect, he was tired of having to live under the shadow of others.
"Why won't Kurokocchi notice me? Why won't he come to fall for me? Why does he have to be so oblivious of my feelings for him?" His words came out like a whisper, and he wanted it to remain unheard.
"Umm... Kise-kun?"
"Wah!" Kise jumped in surprise, looking around for the owner of the voice. Seeing Kuroko, he calmed down. "K-Kurokocchi... why are you here?"
"Uh... I followed you here. So, Kise-kun, what was all that about?"
"W-Wait, Kurokocchi, did you perhaps hear everything?"
"Umm... Hear what?"
"God... Kurokocchi, you made me worried back there. I was wondering if I was going crazy." Kise picked up a pebble and threw it, much like how a ball was thrown, it made a soft sound which sounded much like how raindrops fell.
Much like how tears sounded when they hit a hard surface.
"Kise-kun, don't take it out on yourself, it was an accident." Kuroko said sadly, remembering what Akashi told Kise, he couldn't help but feel like he was the cause everyone's bonds seemed so fragile.
"Accidents can be prevented, Kurokocchi! My life's a lie, everything! All I do is make mistakes, cause people trouble here and there, my whole existence is a disaster! These feelings too, Kurokocchi, they're not going to stay calm any longer! I can't..." Kise's arms burst Kuroko into a hug, and he couldn't help but wish they could stay like that undisturbed for a long, long time...
"Kise-kun, don't say that. I may not really know the meaning of existence like all of you do, but I do know the presence, or let's say the existence of every person holds its own value. Kise-kun, I probably couldn't imagine life without all of you..."
"It always has to be them... Kurokocchi, when can you look at me and only me? C-Can't you see... these tears are shed for you?" Kise buried his face on Kuroko's shoulder, Kuroko caressed Kise's hair, and he couldn't help but remember Kise used to do this to him boisterously.
"Kise-kun, I'm sorry but... I don't understand."
"Do you think I understand these feelings either, Kurokocchi?"
"Kise-kun, the stars are really pretty tonight. Won't you care to take a look at them?"
"H-Huh?" Kise looked up at the sky, blanketed with stars, and he questioned himself how his eyes didn't notice such a sight was present.
"Kise-kun, each star has their own radiance, one may be brighter than the other, but nonetheless, to us they merely look a single dot shining in the night sky. However, the sky we see wouldn't be that when a single star is missing, much similar to how everything will be different if you act this way, Kise-kun." Kise was starting to come into realization once again, on how dumb he was on not noticing this.
"It's weird, Kurokocchi... I wanted to be the one to make your life brighter but... why are the roles reverse? It's always you who helps me... it's making me look lame, Kurokocchi."
"It doesn't matter who does it, Kise-kun," Kuroko paused, pushing Kise away gently, "That's what friends do after all, and you're a dear friend to me."
At the mention of friend, Kise couldn't help but be disappointed, but he had learned to be satisfied with what he had.
However...
"Kurokocchi... you know what? I think I..."
It seemed as if various ears were listening at that moment, and little did the two know they were not alone.
"I think I like you!"
"I think I like you!"
Akashi Seijuro witnessed Kise Ryouta's confession to Kuroko Tetsuya, and he couldn't help but ponder on it. True, Tetsuya rejected Kise in a friendly way, but he just couldn't get it off his mind, it kept repeating again and again.
He watched from the shadows as Kuroko Tetsuya and Kise Ryouta were headed back to the summer house, but something bothered him.
Why was he hearing someone crying?
"Show yourself, whoever you are, or I'll be the one coming to you." It sounded much like a threat, making a crying Momoi Satsuki come out from behind the trees.
"What were you planning?" Akashi eyed Momoi with a glare, he noticed the knife she wielded in her hand, and if what he was thinking was right, it was not to be used for cooking.
"I- I... I couldn't do it. No matter what... I'm too weak to do it..." Momoi put her two hands onto her face and looked away.
"Look at me, Momoi Satsuki." Akashi Seijuro's voice had an absolute tone to it, making Momoi Satsuki immediately do as told.
"Akashi-kun... I can't... I can't kill Tetsu-kun, it's too much..." Her voice seemed to quiver, the knife she was holding was now resting on the sand.
"Yes... and you will not do so. Whoever your master is, she is quite naïve to make a person like you do this task." Akashi pointed out, he knew as much when he visited Shibuki Ren in the hospital he was confined in. It seemed the mastermind was female, and said to have various connections in Japan.
"How did you-"
"Shibuki Ren, we forced the information out on him, however, it seems he vowed a law of secrecy, therefore we have not found out much. However, whoever your master is, she must not underestimate us, it'll be her doom." Hearing this, Momoi's lips turned into a frown of anxiety, as if she wanted to run away in fear.
"Akashi-kun, this master of ours... she can lay a finger on Tetsu-kun anytime she wants... She's merely controlling us for doing the dirty work, she has enough capability on doing this herself... She is fully aware of what you are to Tetsu-kun, and she's not giving in."
"Care to tell me your master's name then?"
"I..."
"Well then, Momoi-san, why don't we have a deal? If you tell me your master's name... you'll be relieved of your task, and I guarantee you'll remain unharmed under my protection. Well?"
The offer sounded so tempting, Momoi Satsuki couldn't resist at all. It may have sounded simple, how Akashi Seijuro said it, but truth be told, Akashi Seijuro was merely manipulating the strings.
He had other plans in mind...
"Yes... my master's name is... Kuroko Tomoe."
Author's note:
I have edited previous errors and some major errors from previous chapters, I myself got confused with the whole thing, I'm sorry for the inconvenience... Further will be explained by the basketball arc and the flashback arc ^_^ Yes, I did not completely erase basketball from their lives in this fanfic. :) I hope you all look forward to future chapters, but I can't guarantee they'll come out early ^_^" As for that portion with Kise and his sister, I was in KnB wiki and I researched a bit on the GoM's backstories, and found out one of Kise's older sisters made him a model. As for how this was SUPPOSED to be a private resort, I think you can guess by now that Kise's older sister was the one who summoned all those fangirls to the resort xD I also didn't get to include the coloured strips roommate part (was supposed to be a reference from KuroBasu Cup event) Sorry, this Author's note is getting long so I'll stop here for now. Stay tuned for the next chapter~!
-BerryBliss