Disclaimer: I own none of these characters.
Warning/s: Unbeta'ed chapter. Kuroko's odd humor. Equally odd author.
Author's note: HAPPY NEW YEAR! Aaaand this is late, I know and I am sorry. I was busy, really busy these last few weeks and I am hoping you will forgive me. Anyway, thanks a lot to those who reviewed the last chapter and I hope you will like this one, too. Let me hear what you think, 'kay? The story is kind slow but I meant to write it that way, I love building plots and the likes. For those who are asking if this will be a BL, the answer is I honestly still don't know (but well, knowing me... *coughs*)
Akashi would be included in the next chapters though (as well as the other characters of Kuroko no Basket (I LOVE THEM ALL!) and they will be introduce one by one) and he will play an important role in this story, especially in Kuroko's life. *grins*
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"Hey, who's the guy?" Ryota Kise, the blonde boy who had been the center of almost half of the school population's admiration, asked to his seatmate as the two latecomers find their way at the back of the classroom. He was late for his Japanese History class so he missed the teacher's introduction of the two.
The girl fluttered her eyelashes first before answering.
"The red haired boy is Taiga Kagami-kun. The teacher said he came from America."
"Really? That's awesome..."
Kise looked at the (shivering? was he shivering?) red haired boy and whistle. "He must be good in English..."
"A-ano... Kise-kun? Can I b-borrow your notebook in math? I was thinking maybe we can study together for the quiz this Saturday?"
Maybe he could help me be better in English! And just like that, he promised to himself that he would befriend the new kid and make his stay in Teikou fun and memorable!
"A-anoo... K-Kise-kun?"
He was already thinking of all the things he could do together with the new kid that he almost forgot the girl sitting beside him.
It was lunch break when he finally noticed the unusual mop of baby blue hair beside the fiery locks of Kagami Taiga.
It was now hard not to notice him when he was being held up high by the class giant, Atsushi Murasakibarachi like he was some kind of a trophy.
Bullying?
It was his first day and there was already someone bullying him?
Kise scrunched his eyebrows.
He wouldn't allow it.
He was already walking towards their direction when he overheard the last words of the violet haired boy who was still, for some strange reason, holding the light blue hair boy up in the air.
"Can I eat you?"
Kise almost fell flat on the floor.
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He was interesting. The light blue haired kid had been interesting for the last fifteen minutes and that was new to him. He couldn't even tear his eyes away from his lithe body and his graceful way of walking. It was as if the ground was especially made for him and only for him. The new boy was walking inside the classroom like he didn't care about the world or if the world didn't care about him.
He was so interesting.
He had never seen a kid with such aura before.
He interest perked up more when the boy spoke in front of the class and even if that voice was immediately drowned by the voices of the girls who were loudly whispering to each other about how good looking the red haired boy was, his voice still found its way to his ears.
Usually, his curiosity would just last about a few seconds or a minute or two but that was it. It would never go beyond that.
"What's your name?" he asked the light blue kid who was too busy eyeing his red haired companion. They sat near his seat much to his amusement.
The light blue haired kid turned around and said, "Kuroko."
Murasakibara Atsushi felt a rush of adrenaline fill his lungs. Those eyes... they looked like they were going to swallow him whole.
He just continued to stare as his fascination in the boy bubbled up some more.
It was not until lunch break that he decided that two hours was long (too long, in fact) enough for him to be that interested to someone he just met.
It was time to make a move.
He stealthily approached Kuroko, not minding the tall boy walking beside him and in one swoop, he grabbed that unknowing small waist and lifted him up in the air.
Kuroko Tetsuya's blank expression remained. "What are you doing? New classmate-kun?"
"It's Atsushi Murasakibara," he said, more fascinated than before.
"Then, what are you doing, Murasakibara-kun?"
Murasakibara lips moved and before he knew it, he was already smiling. He thought smiling would be more tasking than this. Since when did smiling become as easy as breathing? It was probably this guy's fault.
"Can I eat you?"
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"I can't eat anymore, Dai-chan! I'm so full!" Momoi whined as she looked down her plate. It was still full of mushrooms! Gah! She had been eating the same thing for the last few minutes now but they couldn't seem to go away!
"What are you saying? You didn't even touch your food, Momoi. Stop poking them and eat."
"Meanie! You know I hate them but you still bought them!" the pink haired girl shouted, pouting.
Aomine scowled. "If you don't like it, then go buy your own food."
Momoi's pouting got even worse.
This wasn't supposed to happen. Dai-chan was supposed to fawn over her, asking her what she likes. It was supposed to be romantic like in the film she watched last night where the boy asked the girl if she likes chocolate and vanilla ice cream and then the girl said vanilla and then their eyes met, the surroundings got cloudy and then... and then... they k-k-k-k-issed...
"I want to do that too!" Momoi shouted in frustration. She looked at her childhood friend who was staring at her like she was some kind of a weirdo.
Dai chan was supposed to be her prince charming! Her knight in shining armor!
C'mon! Ask me! Ask me if I'm okay, you stupid, stupid Dai-chan!
"Are you sure you're not stoned, Momoi?" he finally asked, completely crushing her hopes.
Sometimes, Aomine Daiki was really such a naive asshole.
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Aomine was about to eat his last French toast when the table suddenly went shaking and before he could even lift his head up to see what's happening to his childhood friend, he was already swallowing the words "I HATE YOU, DAI-CHAN!" that were left echoing in ears. The pink haired girl was already running away from the table when he gained his mind again and that was when he realized he was far too hungry to play Momoi's games.
He was about to resume to his eating when his eyes caught that familiar shade of light blue roaming at the school cafeteria.
Aomine's dark blue eyes widened.
It was him.
Oddly enough, the boy stopped and looked around as if he had sensed his prying eyes and after a few seconds, their gazes were kind of locked again—just like the first time that they had met.
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He was on his way to the canteen to search for his childhood friend when Kagami suddenly went missing after his meeting with Murasakibara-kun.
Kuroko was about turned around when his eyes caught a familiar shade of dark blue hair sitting on one of the tables outside the canteen.
It was him —the boy who helped him that afternoon after he was accidentally got hit by a car. He looked unwell though, Kuroko thought as he watched a piece of the poor hotdog slide down on the dark blue haired boy's mouth. It was kind of disgusting, really, but Kuroko paid the thought no heed. He saw Kagami do things worse than that.
Like eating his boogers (he was unconsciously doing that when he Kuroko caught him, though), secretly scratching his bal—
Anyway, the dark skinned boy looked like he was suffering from a extreme case of stupefaction at the moment. Kuroko looked around to make sure it wasn't him that making the odd boy looked more... odd. But when he saw no one aside from the two cats roaming on his feet, circling him, he concluded that his new, unidentified ability to stupefy could be used as a powerful shield and weapon agaist Kagami.
"W-what are you doing here?" At last, after a few seconds of being strange, he finally spoke.
Kuroko tilted his head in confusion. "I am studying here," he said, bemused. What else could be the reason for being in school, right?
The boy looked more confused than before.
"What g-grade are you in?"
When he spoke again to answer his question, the blue haired boy scowled.
"Liar," he said, his eyes were sharp. "I didn't see you there. I was there the whole time, you know? It was my class and—"
Kuroko nodded, "Yes. I saw you this afternoon and you were sleeping in class."
TBC