[A/N] Thanks for the favorites, follows and reviews! I really appreciate it and I hope that you guys enjoy the rest of the stories. I hope Chapter 2 isn't too boring for you guys.

C02 - The Cousin Of Senpai

Two arrived into a convenience store. Misaki looked around the store looking for the things that she wanted to get.

"Are you sure you want to get food from a convenience store? Don't you want to go at least into a fast food restaurant?" Kise asked following her.

"I just want something small. I'm not use to eating in fast food restaurants either," Misaki said and grabbed a bag of chips, a sandwich in a box and a box of salad.

Kise stared at the things that she was holding. "You want all that?" Kise asked, "I'm pretty sure that isn't really small. Especially with a bag of chips."

"Don't judge my choice of food," Misaki said and grabbed a can of iced tea.

She walked towards the cashier and put all of the things she want onto the counter and immediately left the store. Kise raised a brow as he watched her. He shook his head and paid for all of it. After paying, he left the convenience store and gave the bag filled with Misaki's choices to her.

Misaki grabbed it, "thanks."

"Why did you run off all of a sudden?" Kise asked as he took out an ice popsicle.

Misaki shook her head, "it's nothing. I don't think my reason is rational."

Kise nudged her, "come on, tell me. We've been friends ever since the last grade of grade school."

"But we haven't seen each other until now," Misaki stated and opened up her bag of chips then started eating.

"So? We were close in grade school, weren't we?" Kise asked.

"We weren't."

"Oh come on, don't say that," Kise laughed awkwardly while nudging her.

"Please stop nudging me, Tall-san," Misaki said.

"Please stop calling me Tall-san. Just call me Kise without the san part, Himura-san," Kise said and smiled towards her.

Misaki was surprised to see Kise's smile towards her but she didn't show it. Her cheeks were quite red but Kise was too carefree to even notice them.

"Then please do the same towards me, Kise-kun. Please remove the 'san' part," Misaki said.

Kise laughed awkwardly, "you're as blunt as ever. Definitely reminding me of Kuroko. Then I should I add 'cchi' to the end of your name?"

"No."

"You're so blunt," Kise mumbled. "Come on, why not?"

"Why do you add 'cchi' towards the end of people's name?" Misaki asks.

"I only do that to the people I respect the most," Kise said.

"Then you respect me?"

"Ever since we were younger, Misakicchi," Kise grinned widely.

Misaki sighed quietly and shook her head. "Do what you want, Kise-kun."

Kise smiled widely and wrapped his arm around her shoulder. "We should get closer since we met again after a long time!" Kise suggested.

"I have a fear of going close to people whom I don't know," Misaki said.

Kise blinked a couple of times before looking at Misaki, "is that the reason why you ran away from the cashier?"

Misaki nodded. "But what about in photo shoots? You don't know the stylists and the photographer," Kise asked.

"I become reserved if I have to get close to people I don't know. In the end, I start to warm up to them," Misaki said.

Misaki passed him the bag of chips she had signing that she wants him to have some. He dug into the bag and ate the chips that he grabbed. "How long have you been here?" Kise asked.

"I just came here this morning for the photo shoot. I'm just here for the first two months to see if I should stay here for high school," Misaki said.

"How long were you a net idol?" Kise asked.

"Apparently my friend posted pictures of me online and I somehow got popular just by it," Misaki shrugged, "then my friend would keep taking pictures of me and post it online."

"It's getting late, I'll walk you to wherever you're staying," Kise said.

"I'm okay. You don't have to," Misaki turned towards him.

"I insist. Now that you're a model and that you're scared of getting close to strangers, I'll walk you home," Kise said.

"No no. I'll just call my cousin to pick me up," Misaki said.

"Come on, please!" Kise pouted.

Misaki sighed in defeat, "fine."

"Ki-Kise?!"

Misaki took off her shoes and entered the house. "Sen-senpai? I didn't know you guys were cousins," Kise said rubbing the back of his neck.

"I didn't know you guys knew each other!" Yukio said.

Misaki walked towards the two and watched the two while sitting down the ground eating her sandwich. "Entertaining," she thought.

"Have you guys eaten yet?" Yukio asked.

"I'm eating right now," Misaki said raising her sandwich up.

"For real!"

"We only ate chips, what do you have for dinner?" Kise asked.

"My mom went for a night shift at work so I'm here alone with Misaki," Yukio said. "We have the usual."

Kise walked into the house without Yukio's permission and stretched out his arms. "Wow, really? I love your mom's cooking!"

"Oi! I didn't give you permission to enter my house!" Yukio nearly shouted.

Kise turned back his head looking at his captain, "then why did you ask me if I ate yet?"

"I was just being friendly," Yukio mumbled out loud.

Misaki stood up from the ground. "Let's go eat," Misaki said with her monotone voice.

Kise blinked while watching Misaki enter the living room. "Is she always this blunt, senpai?" Kise asked.

"Ever since she was young, yeah. It's hard to find her smiling since it's honestly really rare," Yukio said and entered the living room.

Kise thought about Misaki when she was younger.

"Kise-kun-" "Didn't I say to refer me to my name?" Kise asked and chuckled.

"Oh, well, Ryouta-kun, we need partners for this project so you're my partner," Misaki said and grinned widely.

"Oi, I didn't agree to this yet!" Kise said.

"Yet. You said yet. I consider that as a yes," Misaki said and laughed making Kise laugh with her.

"Come to think of it, she smiled a lot when she was younger. I wonder what happened," Kise thought.