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"Bye mom, bye Kazuko. I may be home late today." Haruko mutters tiredly, picking up her bento from the dining room table again.

Her mother who was busy brushing the younger girl's knotted hair, waves her off. "Oh you're really joining then?" She asks, voice full of surprise. To her dismay however, the sound of the door being closed was all she heard.

"At least she's doing something." The small girl comments, shrugging her shoulders at her sister's actions. She lets out a yelp as another knot is slowly but painfully brushed away.

Taking a glance at her hair she sighs. Unlike yesterday's pig tails as Yumi had called them, her hair was up in one. She figured that if today they were going to meet up, her soon-to-be captain would most probably have something in mind.

She was soon dragged out of her thoughts when a sudden shadow had joined beside her own. Looking to her right she noticed it was the same boy from yesterday.

"Yo." He greeted her, with a peace sign.

A sigh escapes her lips at the realization of who it was. "Good morning Aomine," She pauses, contemplating whether to address him with kun like she'd done with Kuroko yesterday, or san.

As if reading her internal thoughts, he decides to help her out. "Kun is fine."

Haruko nods at his words, pulling her bag closer to her neck. "Aomine-kun…" She says warily, as if the added suffix would cause her harm in any way. He didn't react except…Was that a small smile on his face?

He caught her quizzical gaze. Was she really that bad at addressing people? Had she been living in her own world till now? As he was about to question her about his two thoughts, the familiar blue and white building catches his eyes. "Ah, we're here already?"

Haruko pauses mid-step, suddenly remembering what she had forgotten. Her hand fishes around in her bag, trying to locate what she needed at the very moment.

Aomine stares with a raised brow, arms behind his head, wondering if she was going to give him something. He blinks at the familiar yet, unfamiliar green packet she had pulled out. Gum, how many of those does she buy?

She shoves the packet into her tangerine colored sweater pocket.

"Aren't you going to-" He stops mid-sentence finding that she had pulled out two pieces.

Haruko hands him one. "Of course, it's much easier like this rather than digging through my bag all the time." She answers, happily placing the sweet piece of food in her mouth. "Green apple this time." She comments, as if confirming for him.

He scratches his head at her proclamation, shoving the piece into his mouth. "Figured," He suddenly smacks his forehead, as if he'd done something wrong. "Damn, basketball practice!"

Basketball practice?

"See you later Kobayama-san!" He yells, voice becoming quieter as he's running farther away.

So he made it, wonder if he knows Kuroko tried out too? With a question now formed in her mind, she jogs towards her class, wanting to ask Kuroko if he knew him.

"Hey watch it!"

"You could've tripped me."

"You-no running in the halls!"

She maneuvers around multiple students, almost falling on her face in the process, and dodges the teachers trying to reprimand her about running down the hallways. With her hand on her bag, she enters the class, looking for the familiar sky colored hair.

Her sudden appearance caught the sights of a few students who were there early. Most students tend to rush to the classroom after the bell rings, which depending on whether they made it in time or not, got them a scolding or two.

Flicking her wrist, she stares at her watch. "4 more minutes till class starts, where is he?" She whispers, placing her bag atop her beige colored desk.

"Where's who Kobayama-san?"

Her shoulders tense at the monotone voice that only belonged to one person. She rubs her temples with her fingers, annoyed at his sudden appearance. "You did it again Kuroko-kun."

He tilts his head. "Did what again? I assume you mean walking beside you?"

"Walking beside me...You mean you were here this whole time?" She asks warily, pausing her ministrations. At the nod of his head she groans. "Anyways, I need to ask you-"

"Alright, class is starting. Get to your seats everyone." A silvery voice interrupts.

"I'll ask you at lunch."

With mumbles and groans, everyone takes their seat, watching as the next students are scolded for being late again. Finally settling down into her chair, she rests her head on her palm.

"What was it you wanted to ask?"

A frown threatens to appear on her face at the sound of his voice. Well, I suppose it isn't his fault for his lack of presence. Besides, what was he supposed to do to fix that? Hold a sign above his head saying 'I am a human named Kuroko Tetsuya standing here'.

"No that would be a pain for my arms." Kuroko comments seemingly out of nowhere.

Turning to her left, her eyes locked onto his. Wait now that she actually sees him…He sat next to her? "Control your esper powers, we wouldn't want you to be taken to a military base."

A smile appears on her face at his blank stare. "My bad, I thought it was clever." Taking his silence as a sign to continue, she remembers what she wanted to ask. "Do you know someone called Aomine, Aomine Daiki?"

He ponders the name she gave him for a few seconds before answering. "The only student that seems to notice me is you Kobayama-san, why do you ask?"

A sigh escapes her lips as she turns her body to face the teacher once more. "It seems he tried out for basketball too."

Though her body was turned, that doesn't mean her eyes were focused on the board. Instead she was staring at the boy looking out the window. Unlike where she was seated, in the third row, the students in the fourth row have the all famous 'window seat'. One she currently wishes she had.

"All right students, take out your notebooks."

And so the day goes on.

"Eh? Yamamoto Yumi? What's she doing here?"

"You're right, why is she in the first years hallway?"

"Isn't that the cutie Watamura Akihito?"

"Why's he with that shortie?"

"Didn't you know? They're currently going out."

The voices from the students who were just let out for lunch whisper amongst themselves.

Haruko's eyes twitched at one of those familiar names. Don't tell me…It couldn't possibly be the two from yesterday.

"We are not going out!" The slightly high pitched voice of the proclaimed shortie shouts.

"It seems they're walking this way Kobayama-san." He reminds her, looking at the two 2nd years making their way into the classroom.

"It seems I really am part of the club now." Her voice is barely above a whisper.

"Kobayama Haruko."

Said girl gulps before standing up. Yumi was a whole year above her after all.

"I assume you've made your decision about joining?" Though she had a small stature, she was just a bit intimidating with her loud voice and arms crossed in front of her chest.

"I have Yamamoto-senpai." Her hand goes down to her pocket but instead of gum, this time it was a folded white paper.

Teal eyes narrowed into slits at the wrinkled form. "You destroyed the form this badly?"

As if suddenly sensing his friend's anger, the much taller boy beside her pulls the paper from her hand. "Relax Yumi-chan, at least she decided to turn in the form. Besides," He unravels the paper before placing it into the smaller girl's hands, "Doesn't this mean she's really joining?"

"She's actually joining their club?"

"Isn't their training straight from hell or something?"

"Last I heard that was the main reason people overlooked it."

Every comment seemed to anger the short captain while the vice captain merely smiled at all that was being said. Yumi takes a deep breath before continuing.

"Kobayama Haruko," She begins, lifting a finger to point at her, "You are now officially part of the Track and Field club." Yumi finishes, walking off.

"See you after school Kobayama-chan. "Akihito cheerfully laughs, waving her off and following the shorter one out the door.

Light pink dusts her cheeks as she recalls what he just added to her name.

A soft clap from her left had caught her attention. Her eyes land on Kuroko's hands. Though since she was the only one who actually knew he was there, everyone was still trying to process what just happened.

"Kuroko-kun?"

"It's good to know you're going to be doing something you enjoy."

She stares at him for a while before a smile finally appears on her face, turning into a chuckle soon after. "Same to you." Her hand goes up to her chin as she remembers something. "Did you eat yet?"

At the shake of his head, she pulls a small bento out of her bag, holding it out in front of him.

He stays still, wondering why she was handing him the small box. Had she done what he'd seen other girls from his school do?

Noticing his still form, she lets out a sigh. The only reason it isn't embarrassing or anything is because no one else is in the class, nor are they paying attention. "I don't like eating at lunch, so instead of wasting it, I decided to give it to you."

"Why's that?"

The dreaded question was asked all too soon. She places the box on her desk, tightening the top of her ponytail, she answers him. "Look, if you're going to eat it leave the box on my desk but if you're not, its fine." With crossed arms, she begins to walk towards the door. "I'm going to buy some juice and bread, want something?"

She freezes at what just escaped her mouth.

"I thought you said you didn't like eating at lunch?" His question though void of any emotion, seemed to intimidate her.

"Because I can't finish that whole thing. Since the bread here is small, I'll be able to finish it. Anyways, want some juice or not?" She asks growing impatient at each passing moment.

"I've already bought some." He lifts the small white can up to his face proving in fact he had gone to the vending machines.

Deciding not to question when he had gone, she waves him off, hurrying over to the machines. It'd be very troubling if she arrived to class late. While she was more or less jogging, she kept on receiving stares from various students.

"That's her right?"

"Wonder how long it'll be before she quits…"

"She's probably only joining because of Watamura-senpai."

"Ah he really is adorable!"

Once the questions and comments had nothing to do with her but instead Akihito, she began to feel calm.

"Hey Kobayama-san."

Right as she's in front of the vending machine, someone just had to meet up with her. Hopefully it had nothing to do with what happened at lunch.

"I heard what happened at lunch."

Of course it had something to do with what happened at lunch. Had it really spread around school that fast-like a forest fire or something?

"It really spread like a wild fire, even my class heard about it."

Were the mystical beings actually laughing at her from up above or all around? She inserts the coins slowly, sadly, wondering just what was going on with all the espers at this school, had they all been put here to turn her life into a living nightmare?

"Yes Aomine-kun, was there something you wanted?" She asks voice flat and void of any particular emotion that her whole body and mind may be feeling.

Aomine being his blue-headed self, hadn't taken notice of her sudden change in demeanor and instead decides to answer her question. "Nothing really. I just came to get some juice is all."

Hearing the sudden clang as the can meets the bottom, pulls her out of her self pity. "I see." Reaching down she grabs the drink before moving out of his way, watching as he inserts his coins.

Catching her eyes on him, he stares down at her, smiling. "From what I've heard, the training is going to be rough almost…Basketball training rough."

Her eyes drift to the can in her hands, wondering why that had been the only thing people were talking about. "If that's the case, I just need to work hard. Isn't that right?" With a small smile on her lips, she walks off ahead of him before suddenly coming to a stop.

"You forgot your change." He comments, confirming what she had previously thought.

Walking back, she swipes the small coins out of his hand unlike last time when she had waited. Is this how every one of their meetings is going to happen?

"Haha didn't this happen the first time we met?" He laughs, joyfully.

Again with the esper! Just how many times was she going to repeat this? "Thank you." She grumbles quietly, walking back to her class. Just as she reached her seat, the teacher came in soon after.

That's when she remembered about her bread, causing a frown to appear on her face.

"Alright gather yourselves accordingly. Class will soon begin." The gruff voice of the English teacher had the kids cleaning up their desks faster than she could see. At least she doesn't have to-

Her elbow comes into contact with the half empty bento left on her desk. Sure he didn't finish it but at least he ate some. Her sister would finish the rest of it anyways. Shoving the box into her bag, she steals a glance at the blue haired teen beside her. Though it was pretty hard to notice, there it was.

A ghost of a smile on his face.

"Bye Kuroko-kun! I have to get to practice." Haruko says, hurriedly gathering her notebooks, pencils, and other class necessities.

"We're going the same way aren't we?"

"Oh that's right. Guess I forgot."

"But unlike you I don't have a specific time to be there."

Almost as soon as he let those words out, she's already out the door, running to the field. It's a good thing for her high stamina or else she would've been huffing, probably on her knees too. Running all the way from the class, across the school to the field wasn't an easy task. At least not when there's a time you're supposed to meet at.

"I see you've made it Kobayama-san." A loud voice comments from behind her.

Turning her head, she found that it was none other than Yumi. She was standing legs apart, arms crossed, and…Was that Akihito standing behind her?

"The training will be-Damn! What are you doing?!" Yumi yells at Akihito who was currently holding her up from her waist.

"Trying to make you look more intimidating Yumi-chan." He replies happily, as if she was merely a child.

Though the bickering between the two managed to gather the attention of a few students who were walking by, the two of them didn't seem to care. Finally grasping hold of the situation at hand, Yumi coughs into her hand, accepting that she was now at least 3 feet taller than before and as Akihito put it, intimidating.

"As I was saying, I see you've made it Kobayama-san. Now be ready because-"

"You're going to have to endure the wraths of the short lord." He interrupts with an all too happy tone. His comment however, only caused another argument to ensue.

Yumi, having finally landed a punch, settles down into her previous stance.

"Your training from hell will now commence!"

Maybe she should have ripped up the form instead.

A/N

Ah thank you everyone. I really appreciate you all and of course I love reviews. They made me smile all day long. Yes I did not want her joining any basketball team since it would cause a problem in the events that will soon occur and the teams can't have that many players. I'm glad to know you liked what I've done with her instead.

Sorry for any mistakes and/or problems, I'll be sure to fix them when I have the time. If you're confused about the two new characters, I'll put them here.

Yamamoto Yumi – Captain of the Track and Field club.

2nd year

Watamura Akihito – Vice Captain of the Track and Field club.

2nd year

Now with Kobayama Haruko, there are three members. I hope no characters were OOC.

As an answer to your question, I'm still not sure yet. I originally planned to have her chew gum whenever she has the chance but now, that sounds like an amazing idea.

Maybe I'll use it ahaha.

As for her not eating her lunch, it was originally just because she didn't feel like eating but now I believe I have something to explain it.

Anyways, everyone meets each other for the first time during their 2nd year while Kuroko and Aomine meet sometime around their first. So I think these are the only two she'll actually be with, along with her two senpais.

Inspirational Song – Baby Sweet Berry Love

Performed By – Ogura Yui

That song has been stuck in my head. So has the Hatsune Miku cover.

Anyways, thank you all for reading and please have a wonderful day and/or night! Next chapter should be up in a few days hopefully 2-3.

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Thank you!