Disclaimers: Does anyone even mind if I don't write disclaimers? I shouldn't take risks, should I? KnB and its characters belong to Fujimaki Tadatoshi and the publishers.

Warning: KiKuro's anti-fans, please skip until you see the fourth horizon line. Really.

Edited by CieloCiamme. Everyone, love her!

Kise Ryouta, one of the most famous models in the world had just returned to his apartment after an exhausting working day. He took off his shoes right after he got into the house and put them on the shoe rack. Then he noticed a strange pair of shoes.

'Guess it's my roommate. Momoichi said he'll be here today. Better go greet him.' he thought. Kise walked to the room that should be Kuroko's and knocked on the door. Kise assumed that his roommate was sleeping when he heard no answer. He decided to leave it at that and went to his room and got some clothes to take a bath.

He walked to the bathroom while thinking about how nice it is to get home sooner than usual once in a while. He opened the wooden door of the bathroom and immediately closed it again when he realized someone was inside. But since there wasn't any sound or anything that showed the person minded his intrusion, Kise felt curious. He knocked on the door and opened the door again. And lying there in the bathtub was no one else but a blue-haired man with a baby face. Kise grimaced. 'Is he sleeping in the bathtub?'

"Ano, are you sleeping?" Kise asked rather loudly. The boy still laid there and that freaked Kise out. "Oi, you should wake up…" Kise walked to Kuroko, dropping his clothes on the floor. He tried shaking his shoulders but no use. After several attempts to wake Kuroko up, Kise paled in fear that the blunette might had lost consciousness. Without sparing a second thought, Kise carried Kuroko, a naked Kuroko, via bridal style to his room. He dressed Kuroko in his bathrobe and laid Kuroko on his bed. Kise observed the sleeping boy carefully.'He can't have been my roommate, can he? A person with that face couldn't be twenty-four! But… how would he be able to get into the apartment? Maybe he is my roommate…ahhhh, that's it, I'll call Momoichi'. Kise took out his cell phone and called Momoi.

'Ki-chan, hi~ It's rare for you to call me, is something wrong? Ah, have you met Tetsu-kun?'

"Ki-chan…you still call me that? That's not the point here, my roomate, Kuroko Tetsuya, how is he?"

'Ki-chan, what do you mean 'how is he'?'

"I mean, what does he look like? I mean, like blue hair, short and baby face…"

'Yep, that's him. That means you've met him, right?'

"Uhh…not exactly 'met', he fainted in the bathtub."

'WHAT?! HE FAINTED?! HOWISHEISHEOKWHATDIDYOUDOWITHHIM- "

"Momoichi, calm down, I've carried him out of there. The water is still warm, so he'll be ok". Kise heard Momoi sigh.

'Kichan, tell me in detail about his condition.'

"He is lying in my bed now. I've dressed him in my bathrobe. He doesn't look like he was suffering or anything"

'Poor Tetsu-kun! But I guess he will be alright then. Ah, no it doesn't go like that. You should do it like this. No, I told you it's not like that! Argh! Sorry Ki-chan, I've got to go now, my models are having problems. You will take care of him, won't you?"

Kise swore he could see Momoi's face go dark and eyes sparkle in a way that is definitely not cute. He paled and sweatdropped.

"O-Of course. Leave everything to me, Momoichi. Bye"

'Ok, thank you, Ki-chan. Bye' and Momoi hung up. Kise sighed.

Kise returned to his bedroom. Kuroko was curling like a cat and shivering.

'Sheesh, Momoichi will kill me if she found out I didn't put a blanket over him in this freezing weather! Damn, he's shivering. Oh, he is shivering, that means he didn't faint. Wait, then he actually sleeps so deep that he didn't wake up even when I carried him?! Weird guy…But Momoichi is still going to kill me if something happened to him'. Kise walked to Kuroko, put his yellow blanket over Kuroko. And then he realized 'Great, his hair is still wet!'

Kise got a hair drier out of drawer beside his bed and plugged it. He wrapped the blanket over Kuroko and pulled him up to sit in his lap like a doll. Kise hoped he could get this done with then return Kuroko to his room, and have a peaceful evening like any other day. Unfortunately for him, everything wouldn't go as he planned. Even a heavy sleeper like Kuroko wouldn't be able to continue sleeping if there was something that kept noisily blowing hot air into his ears. Basically, Kise's horrible skill at drying someone else's hair had woken Kuroko up. Kuroko grunted, and opened his eyes. Out of normal reaction, he turned to Kise.

"UWOAH!"Kise, who was surprised by Kuroko, immediately backed away and dropped the hairdryer in his hand. Kuroko just stared at him with drowsy eyes.

"S-So, you're awake?" Kise asked

Kuroko blinked. "Ano, where am I? And may I ask who you are?" Even though he was sleepy, Kuroko didn't forget to speak in a proper manner.

"You're in my room. I'm your roommate, uhm…more like apartment mate. Anyway, my name is Kise Ryouta, I'm sure Momoichi has told you about me, though" Kise said and flashed his professional model smile at Kuroko. Kuroko blinked a several times and looked down to the blanket wrapping his body. Kise chuckled when he saw the why-am-I-wrapped-in-a-blanket-like-a-worm on Kuroko's face.

"You fell asleep while taking a bath, so I brought you out and dressed you in my bathrobe. Your hair is wet so I have to dry it for you, or else you'll get sick" and Momoichi will kill me if anything happened to you "I wrapped the blanket like that so it won't fall off when you sit up".

"Thank you very much" Kuroko said while wriggling to get out of the blanket cocoon. He finally managed to get out of the warm and comfy blanket and shuddered at the sudden change of temperature. However, he refused to nudge into that blanket and get back to sleep, thinking it would be very impolite of him to sleep in other people's room. He got up, planning to introduce himself to Kise and change and returned to his room to get a real sleep. Unfortunately, right after he stood up and turned to Kise, he tripped over Kise's oversized bathrobe and fell ungracefully to the floor on his bottom. The bathrobe slid down a little bit, revealing his collarbones. One of his legs wasn't covered by the robe anymore as his legs opened wide, giving Kise a full view of Kuroko's slender, milky-white thigh. Kuroko's face slightly frowning because of the pain, and he whimpered words of displeasure.

'…WHAT ON EARTH JUST HAPPENNED?! WHY THE HELL IS HE SITTING THERE LOOKING LIKE THAT? And there are sparkles around him! Maybe I need an eye examination. Don't tell me he did that on purpose. No, that can't be. He just accidentally tripped over my robe. But, seriously?! How on earth could someone look that seductive when he fell? Could it be, he is gay and he can't control himself when he saw me, an extremely famous and handsome model and tried to get me fuc-' Kise thought was interrupted when he heard his phone rang. He quickly got off the bed and offered Kuroko his hand with an "Are you ok?" Kuroko took his hand and Kise easily pulled him up. Kise let Kuroko thanked him and then excused himself to answer the phone. He took the phone to the living room before answering it.

'Stupid Ki-chan! Why did you take so long to answer the phone?'

"Eh,Momoichi? Uhh, sorry, I was taking care of Kuroko-kun. So, why did you call?"

'Oh, you were taking care of him. Ok, that reason is acceptable then. How is he now? Is he still unconscious?'

"No, he has woken up. Turns out, he was just sleeping"

'Phew, I'm relieved. That sounds like Tetsu-kun alright'.

"…So, why did you call?" Kise asked again.

'Ah, right! I was just planning to tell you this.'

"What?"

'If you dare to do anything perverted to him, I will make you wish you could die' Momoi said in a seriously dark tone.

"I won't! Why did you think I'd do something like that?! I'm straight!"

'Sorry, I was just making sure. Back in L.A, Tetsu-kun has turned every gus who could notice him into gay for him, you know? He isn't aware of that though.'

"Momoichi, America is different from Japan. I won't be attracted to male under any circumstances!" Even if he looked totally eff-able just now "Don't worry Momoichi".

'Uhm, ok then. I've to hang up now. Bye Ki-chan'

"Bye" and then he hang up. He was about to go back to his room when Kuroko went out of there. The blunette was clutching the robe and held it up above his knees so that he wouldn't trip over it again. Kise held back a laugh, seeing Kuroko look like a troubled maiden. He did a brief introduction with Kise and bowed, still holding up the robe. Kuroko only let go of it when he reached out for his bag and looked through it. He fished out his cell phone and dialed some numbers. Kise didn't say anything.

"I understand, thank you very much" Kuroko said and then gently closed his phone. He turned back to Kise.

"Kise-kun, I'm sorry but it seems like I will have to borrow your robe for another hour until my luggage is delivered here"

"It's ok, I'm just worried about you. You seem like you're drowning in that robe," and I will have to rinse my neck for Momoichi if you have accident of any kind.

"I'm fine. I will just sit here and wait until my luggage arrives" he said in monotone.

"Then, what about dinner?" Kise asked with concern, mostly for his own life though. Even though he doesn't look like it, Kise isn't the kind of person that is kind and thoughtful to someone he has just met.

"I had dinner before I got home," Kuroko lied.

"I have nothing to worry about anymore then. So, feel free to do anything you want here, ok? You pay half of the rent after all. I'll stop bothering you and take a bath now. Call me if you need anything" Kise said cheerfully. The last statement was something out of politeness though.

"Hai," Kuroko nodded.

Kise went to take a bath. Shortly after, Kuroko's luggage arrived. He changed and left Kise's robe on the sofa. When Kise finished his bath, he returned to the living room only to see his robe hanging on the sofa. He ignored it and went to the kitchen for dinner. He cooked the food himself, he ate them alone and washed the dishes when he finished. He went back to his room with the robe in his hand after the meal. Like any other day, he took out a magazine from the bookshelf in his room that had anything but a real novel or book before going to sleep. He closed his eyes and fell to sleep. Like any other day. That's right, even though Kuroko had come to live with him, nothing had change. Still the usual routines and the annoying loneliness. Don't misunderstand, Kise loved his life. He had everything: good looks, extreme talent, shining career… anything that a man could ever wish for. His life was perfect, and just boring. He thought that his life would remain like that, boring and monochrome. He totally didn't expect his life to be painted in rainbow colors and experience a whole new level of 'interesting'. Nope, he didn't expect something like that at all.

Like usual, Kise woke up at five for his usual morning exercise. He ran ten rounds around the neighborhood and then returned home. When he returned, he was greeted with an unbelievably noisy sound of alarm clocks, not clock, but clocks. Kise covered his ears and traced the source of the sound. (Un)surprisingly, he arrived in front of Kuroko's room. He was willing to let one of his ears suffer as he knocked loudly on the floor. No response. Well, that's to be expected. He opened the door and immediately spotted five alarm clocks placed in different places: desk, bookshelf, drawer, bed, window. Kise ran to the clocks and turned them off. He noticed that the one on Kuroko's bed had already been switched off, probably by the blunette. Kise had no other choice but to wake the blunette up. But, like hell if it was that easy. Kise tried shaking his shoulder, pinching his nose, pulling his blanket…and nothing worked. He sighed. And then an idea popped up. He ran to his room and took his phone, clicked some buttons and placed it up to his ear.

'Ki-chan, you've been calling me a lot! What is it now? Make it quick, I'm having lunch.'

"I didn't call you that much, and my calls were all about your Tetsu-kun!"

'What's it about Tetsu-kun? Did he faint again?!'

"No, it's nothing of that sort, don't fuss! It's just that, he was sleeping with five alarm clocks ringing in his room. I turned them off, but I can't wake him up."

'Heehee, that's Tetsu-kun for you'

"You make it sound like a good thing."

'Everything about Tetsu-kun is good!'

"Okay, okay, just tell me how to wake him up."

'It's quite simple actually. You just have to blow his ear.'

"Ehh?! And you are afraid I might do something perverted to him?! Seriously, Momoichi!"

'I'm not kidding! Blow his ears and he will be straight up.'

"That sounds wrong…" Kise sweatdropped.

'Baka Ki-chan! I didn't mean it like that!'

"But really Momoichi, if that's the case, doesn't that mean he has to have someone to blow his ear every morning?"

'No, he only need to set six alarm clocks before going to sleep. Exactly six clocks'

"And he had five this morning…Alright, I get it. I'm waking him up right now. And remind him to get one more clock too."

'Ok, I'll leave him in your care, Ki-chan. Bye.'

"Uhm, bye."

Kise desperately got back to Kuroko's room. He squatted down aside Kuroko's bed, and with all his might he blew. Like a miracle, Kuroko jerked right up. He looked drowsily to Kise, and with a drowsy voice, he said "Thank you for waking me up, Kise-kun."

Kise stared at him oddly. 'That's it? That's all you have to say with the person that just blew your ear? Weird'

Kuroko got off his bed, went to his bathroom. In Kise's and Kuroko's room, there are smaller rooms for shower and things like toilet, teeth-brushing… but if they want to take a bath, they'll have to use the bathroom outside their room. Kise went to the kitchen to have breakfast. He was beating the eggs when he suddenly remembered something. "Kuroko-kun, would you like some breakfast?" he spoke loudly so that Kuroko could hear him. Kuroko replied him with a "Mes, mease!" Kise supposed that was a "Yes, please" so he took out two other eggs from the refrigerator and cracked them. He hoped he didn't make a mistake. It seemed that he didn't since the blunette thanked him for the pancakes and eagerly ate them. Kuroko skipped dinner yesterday, so he finished the pancakes easily. He offered to help Kise washed the dishes, to which Kise happily accepted. They washed the dishes together. When they're done, Kuroko changed and left for work and Kise stayed at home, because his work didn't start until 9 a.m. After Kuroko left, Kise thought about him. "Maybe having a roommate wasn't so bad after all" he muttered with a small smile.

Kuroko traveled to work by bullet train. He bought monthly tickets at the

station and went to wait for the train. It wasn't long after Kuroko started waiting did the train arrive. He got on the train and skillfully avoided being squished to death by the hurrying people. On the train, Kuroko narrowed his eyes at the sight of a gray-haired male groping a teenage girl's butt. What made Kuroko more annoyed was that he was wearing Teiko uniform. He miraculously made his way through the crowd and grabbed the man's wrist away from the girl.

"What the fuck?" the man growled.

"Please stop, you are bothering her. It is not right for a gentleman to do such a thing"

"Oh, I'm sorry. I won't do that again…if you make me! HAHAHA" He jerked his wrist away from Kuroko and laughed madly. Kuroko didn't say anything and just kind of glared at the guy. You can't really call Kuroko's glaring a glare. The rude guy was irritated by Kuroko's action so he grabbed Kuroko's collar and yelled "Fuck! Stop staring at me like that!" Everyone had heard his yelling and started to pay attention to them. Kuroko kept staring. The guy clutched his fist and about punched Kuroko when someone pulled his ear hard and made him yelped in pain.

"Seriously, when will you stop causing trouble?! You are a shame to Teiko! One more time, Haizaki, and I'll make sure you get expelled."

"Urgh, Mayuzumi-sensei, good morning."

"I can't believe you! How could you bully a small boy like this? I'm sincerely sorry for his behavior." Mayuzumi slightly bowed at Kuroko.

"It's ok. I'm not a high school student either, so you don't have to worry"

"Hah…"

"You're not?!" Haizaki gaped.

"No, as you can see, I'm not wearing a uniform. Actually, I'm a teacher at your university. My name is Kuroko Tetsuya, nice to meet you". To be honest, it wasn't that nice, but formal is Kuroko's personality.

"Oh, so you are the new teacher. Nice to meet you too, I'm Mayuzumi Chihiro. This one here is Haizaki Shougo, one of the four delinquents of Teiko" Mayuzumi said with a sigh.

"Four delinquents of Teiko?" Ok, now this is new. Kuroko thought Teiko was a perfect school that didn't tolerate bad behaviors from student.

"Haizaki Shougo, Aomine Daiki, Shimo Kenta, Hanamiya Makoto. The four of them got into fights and skipped classes numerous times, and have been in suspicion at least twice, except for Hanamiya, we don't have the proof to suspend him. We should have expelled them, but every time I or someone else turns in a petition, it seems to disappear somewhere as the headmaster never says anything about it. And the students don't seem to mind the delinquents at all, or are too scared to mind"

"I see. Aomine-kun is in my class, I will have to try my best to beat some sense into him."

"You? And Daiki, ptff, haha-do-don't make me l-laugh,ahaha-" Haizaki was smacked by Mayuzumi.

"Again, I'm sorry for my student's behavior. Oh, looks like we've arrived"

"Oh, that was fast. Good bye and have a nice day, Mayuzumi-sensei, Haizaki-kun."

Kuroko and the other two got off the train. Mayuzumi couldn't spot the teal-haired male afterward, but he didn't mind because he knew they would meet again.

Author's note: I'M SO SORRY AkaKuro, MidoKuro, MuraKuro, AoKuro's fans. I swear they will make their appearance in the next chapter, and I will send Kise on a business trip afterward (maybe). And another thing I'm sorry about is that: I might have to make slow updates from now on. You know, my final exam is in two weeks, and after my final exam, I'll have to study my insert-whatever-you-want-it-to-be-here out if I want to pass another exam, even harder than the final. And that is: the entrance exam to a high school that is as elite as Teiko I might say. And the chances for me are: 6%. I'm serious. Aside from ridiculously difficult English tests, I also have to deal with (probably) five ridiculously hard math problems when I take this exam. Anyone knows how to apply Cauchy in math problems? Anyyyway, I'm so sorry that the first real author's note you read from me is full of bad news.