Hidden Beauty
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Basket Thirty-Six: The Bitter Side
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Kuroi stared in awe at how many people were around, the constant talking and people almost making her dizzy. "Uwah... This seems so different." She concluded, turning in her seat.
"Because usually we're the ones playing." Kise chuckled, taking Kuroi's example as he looked around the crowded arena.
"Yeah," Kuroi nodded, placing her hands on her lap. "I guess you're excited to see who will win?" She grinned. "Seirin or Seiho?" Kise nodded.
"Go, Kurokocchi~!" He cheered, making Kasamatsu elbow him not too gently.
"Just stay quiet and watch the match, idiot." Kasamatsu muttered, giving the blond model a glare before focusing his attention back on the match that was about to begin.
Kuroi just smiled silently and turned to watch the tip off.
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It wasn't till Kise was walking back home when his cell phone rang. He stopped to read the caller ID and smiled. "Kurokocchi~!" He sang into the phone, wondering what his old team mate would want from him.
"Did you see me watching your match!? I knew you'd win! That one move was really cool! It was like, some sort of laser beam thi-"
"Kise-kun."
"Ah, yes?"
"Be quite, please."
"Okay, Kurokocchi! Anything for yo-..." Kise trailed off, hearing a faint click and then dead silence, before the line started beeping. "How mean..." He whined, staring at his phone sadly. "Kurokocchi hung up on me... Why does everyone do that... ?" He idly thought back to the times that Kuroi and even Kasamatsu had done that to him.
"Reminds me of that one time when my mom did the same thing." He chuckled at the memory. Of course, it had been an accident, which she had apologized for multiple times. His phone rang again, and he flipped it open quickly.
"Kurokocchi!?"
"Sorry, Kise, bad timing. My phone died. So I'm using Kagami-kun's right now."
"Oh, Kagamicchi's phone!" Kise should add the red head's number so he could randomly call him some time, just for the fun (and maybe annoyance) of it. "So, what were you going to say Kurokocchi?"
"I just watched to ask you something... About your team mate."
"Eh, which one?" Kise smiled, all his team mates were awesome, he thought.
"About your newest one..."
"Oh! Yasuhirocchi!" The blond exclaimed, happy that Kurokocchi had noticed her. "What abou-"
"Isn't he... a she?"
"Gah-!" Kise froze in his walking, almost frozen. He laughed awkwardly, and waved his free hand about. "N- No!" He replied quickly.
Silence followed, before Kuroko only hummed in response. "Well, are your two team mates dating?"
Kise fretted, looking around wildly as if for any help. Sadly, there was no one in sight. "K- Kurokocchi... It's not like that!" He tried to speak clearly, but his voice wavered.
"I see." That was all he got before Kuroko hung up on him. Again. Kise let the pout come to his face as he heaved a dejected sounding sigh. "Kurokocchi is so mean." He puffed out, adjusting his uniform before continuing his way home.
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The Interhigh preliminaries seemed to fly buy in a flash. They beat all their opponents, a couple easier than the other, but in the end, they were victorious.
Kuroi would switch out often with Moriyama and Nakamura for some games. She needed a break, anyway. But she knew that it made the third and second years happy that they got to play with their friends, as well.
It was just after their final deciding game that everything started to go downhill from there...
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The moment Kuroi walked through the door, she had expected to be welcomed and congratulated by her parents, as she had called to tell them that her team had won - Not to see them looking angry or disappointed, arms crossed and frowns on their faces. "Uh-"
"Kuroi..." Her father started, but fell silent when Kayate held up the chest bandages. Kuroi's blood ran cold, as she stared at them in shock. "Mom-"
"Kuroi," Her mother's voice was almost silent, making Kuroi shiver from the tone. "What aren't you telling us?"
"Mom, just let me explai-"
"No, forget it, Kuroi. We'll have this discussion tomorrow, alright?" Kayate shook her head, rubbing her temple as she pointed up the stairs with her other hand. Kuroi opened her mouth, about to argue, but her father just shot her this look, making her words falter.
Her shoulders drooped and she slowly made her way up the stairs, sparing her mother and father one last look before going into her room.
Slowly, she tossed her wig onto the ground, not bothering to hide it this time around, and let her duffel bag drop carelessly beside her bed. She silently stripped and changed into her pajamas and then collapsed onto her bed.
Words and excuses flew around in her mind, confusing her. 'Shouldn't I just tell them the truth? Mom looked so angry... She's going to kill me.' Kuroi nodded to herself, rolling onto her back to stare up at the ceiling, only realizing then that she forgot to turn the light off.
Restlessly, she stood and treaded over to the light switch, giving her room a once over before hitting the switch. She heaved a sigh and lay back down, finding herself thinking up more excuses and lies. 'I know it's wrong to lie. I mean, there isn't anything worse that I could possibly even lie about now... Maybe I will just tell her the truth... She'll ground me either way, anyway.' Giving an annoyed groan, she shifted onto her side and grumbled quietly to herself.
"What am I going to do... ?"
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I'm sorry I haven't updated in seriously forever. Also, I'm sorry if you're confused. I changed my pen name, obviously. So, sorry... again. *coughs* OTL
Also, this... this is half an apology... this horridly short chapter... . I'll make it up to you all with a special halloween chapter! I'm just debating if I should post it in here or just as a one shot... Since it doesn't have anything to do with the story line... Yeah, I'll probably just post it separately. So be on the look out!
What else... Oh! I made my awesome bestest friend write a random one shot of Kuroi, so please go check it out! It's with Midorima, and it's really funny xDD
It's called: "Rabbit's Foot"! Okay? Okay. Go forth, my readers. (If you still bother reading this horrid story)
Ehm, finally, thank you to Reimei for zee idea~ xD
~Winter Assassin~