Hidden Beauty
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Basket Forty-Nine: Party Time
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"Kise, is this what Cloud 9 feels like?"
"I dunno, Yasuhirocchi."
Currently the two were outside, lazing (or more like resting from tons upon tons of laps) around on the grass, under the shade of a tree. Kuroi was leaning against the tree, playing with a couple twigs that had fallen off the large tree, while Kise was flat on his back, staring at the white fluffy clouds high up in the sky. "What is Cloud 9, anyway?" The blond asked, furrowing his eyebrows as his intent gaze left the clouds to focus on the black haired girl next to him.
"Uhh..." Kuroi blinked. "I'm pretty sure that it just means that you're extremely happy or something?" She offered a half-hearted shrug and glanced up to the clouds as Kise had been doing earlier. Kise followed her view and sighed in contentment.
"Then I guess you are." Kise grinned. "Although I don't really know how you find running 30 laps super awesome." He commented, making Kuroi shrug again.
"I don't know... I mean, I guess it's because I haven't really been doing anything ever since I was forced off the team."
"You didn't practice in your down time?" Kise blinked. "Is that why you were nearly dying after we finished our laps?"
"Shut up," Kuroi huffed. "And yeah, maybe... I did a little. I think." Kise raised his eyebrow, making Kuroi scoff. "Okay, fine. I hardly did anything. But I'm sure if you were suddenly kicked from the team, you'd be in a state of depression for a little while and be all heart broken."
Kise glanced at Kuroi and smiled. "Yeah..." He murmured.
"But, then again," Kuroi stated, making Kise blinked in confusion. "Knowing the kind of idiot you are, you'd probably find a way out - or rather back in - and keep on practicing and trying and just doing the best you freakin' can." Kuroi chuckled at the sniffling sound Kise had made.
"Yasuhirocchi, you know me so well." He said, poking the crossdressing girl. Kise sat up and looked around, glancing at the small group of second and first years who had yet to complete their 30 laps.
"Kise?"
"Yeah?"
"What are you gonna do for your party?" Kuroi asked, unable to hide her growing smile. Kise stared at her for a moment before grinning in return.
"I don't know," He answered honestly. "And technically it's your party, Yasuhirocchi."
"Ah." Kuroi chuckled. "Wait, it is?" She furrowed her eyebrows.
Kise nodded, "It's your welcome-back-on-the-team party, remember?"
"Oh, okay." Kuroi shrugged, watching Kise gaze up at the sky once more. She fell silent after that and looked around tiredly before turning her attention back on Kise. "Hey, Kise, do you like anyone?" She watched the blond's cheeks darken suddenly, and started laughing.
"W- What, why?" He asked, pouting.
"Just wondering. I mean, I know who likes you."
"Who?"
"Can't say. But it is the same person who thinks you're cool and stuff." Kuroi nodded, standing up. She stretched and managed to stifle a yawn. "Anyway, let's head back to the gym before Kasamatsu realized that we're taking too long with our laps." The black haired girl gave the field another once over before walking off towards the gym they always occupy.
Kise nodded and stood up just as quickly. He jogged behind Kuroi, easily catching up to her. "Do you think it'd be funny if senpai got drunk?" Kise asked suddenly, smirking at the thought of their Captain being all weird when he was drunk.
Kuroi arched her brow and shrugged. "Maybe. I think it'd be cute." She giggled. "But, I know what you're thinking and I don't think you should do it."
"I'm not that mean, Yasuhirocchi!" Kise huffed, crossing his arms. "Just don't worry about it, everything will be A-Okay! I promise!"
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As soon as Kasamatsu declared practice to be over and that everyone was dismissed, Kuroi literally had fallen onto her butt, exhausted. She waved away the worried stares with her hand and stared up at the ceiling.
Kuroi listened to everyone shuffle out of the gym, and she wasn't entirely sure on how many more minutes had passed until she saw Kasamatsu come into her field of vision. "Hey." She spoke, smiling.
Kasamatsu blinked down at her before smiling back, "Hi." He replied. He stepped in front of her and held out his hand, which she took gratefully, and pulled her up onto her feet.
"Thanks." Kuroi said, dusting her gym clothes off of any dust. Kasamatsu nodded in return and looked around the now empty gym. "So," Kasamatsu faced Kuroi again, tilting his head in questioning. "You're coming, right?"
"What?"
"To the party."
"Oh, yeah." Kasamatsu nodded. He paused in his steps and rubbed the back of his neck in thought. "Someone responsible needs to be there to keep everyone in control, you know?" He finally said, smirking.
Kuroi snorted, "Yeah. Don't jinx yourself, Kasamatsu."
"That's senpai, to you."
"Not fair~!" Kuroi whined in an attempt to mimic Kise, causing Kasamatsu to chuckle. "Don't I get special rights, as your girlfriend?" The black haired girl asked, giggling.
Kasamatsu blushed lightly and glanced at the ground once he came to a stop in front of the changing room. "I- I don't know." He stuttered out, his old habit bubbling up. "What do you want t- to call me?" The third year asked hesitantly.
"Mm, how about Yuki-chan~?" Kuroi sang out, pausing only for a moment to blink at the face Kasamatsu had made. It lasted for nearly three seconds, that adorably shocked and surprised and red-cheeked expression. Kuroi burst out into a fit of laughter. "I'll- I'll keep that one in mind, senpai." She choked out, grabbing her sides as she continued to laugh.
"Hmph." Kasamatsu huffed, walking into the boy's locker room. Kuroi managed to contain her giggles as she followed his example and ran into the girl's changing room, although not without a quick glance around just to be sure that no one was watching.
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Falling back into her old rhythm was easier than expected. Kuroi woke up early, ate breakfast, got ready for school, left on her long trip to school, attended classes, got bored, talked to Mikurei, ate lunch with everyone in the gym, went back to class, and finally the school day would end and she would go to basketball practice.
Now that the school week was over, it was the weekend, and time for the big party that Kise was throwing.
Kuroi had woken up bright and early on Saturday, much against her will. Her father had burst into her room and told her to get dressed because they were going for a family outing at 7:10 in the morning.
With a groan, Kuroi fell back into her bed, mumbling tiredly, "I already have plans..." She said, voice muffled by the blankets she pulled over herself.
"Don't worry. Your plans won't clash with ours. No, get ready, your mom is already in the car."
It took a few moments for her dad's words to register before she finally pushed her covers off. "... Seriously?" She asked, only to realize that her dad had left her room. She could vaguely hear the front door open and shut again, and she sighed.
Kuroi tiredly crawled out of bed and rubbed at her eyes, yawning loudly. "I dun wanna..." She muttered to herself in a whine. Kuroi sniffled and looked around her room, searching for wherever she had tossed her bra last night. She spotted the polka bra and put it on over her shirt, then tugged her shirt over it and then proceeded to put the straps on under the shirt.
With only managed to get her hand stuck once, she then grabbed shorts from her dresser and slide them on after removing her pajama pants. Kuroi gave her tired-half-asleep look a blank stare in the mirror in her bathroom before adjusting her hair half-heartedly. Kuroi brushed her teeth and walked down the stairs, stifling a yawn as best as she could before leaving the house, locking it behind her.
She climbed into the car and put her seat belt on. "Why?" She asked, squinting as her eyes tried to adjust to the sun which burned brightly in the sky.
Kayate laughed at that and Mikoto shook his head. "We just decided to do something fun for once. As a family." Her mother put in, finally giving Kuroi the answer she wanted. "Might as well start early." She added.
"Isn't 7:30 AM on a Saturday too early?"
"It's never too early." Mikoto said, smiling at Kuroi through the rear view mirror. "Besides, when was the last time the three of us went to the mall?"
"We're going to the mall?" Kuroi asked, surprised. "Wait. The mall is open at this hour?"
"No, but first we're going to get something to eat. Then go to the mall."
"Oh. Great. I am pretty hungry..." Kuroi murmured softly, tiredly glancing out the window. "I have to go to Kise's around 4:00, well, be there at 4:00."
"Don't worry. You'll have plenty of time."
"Fine..."
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As promised, hours later, they had returned back home. Kuroi glanced at the time, scowling when it read 11:53. "After all that, it's nearly almost 12:00?" She questioned, heaving a sigh as she collapsed on her bed, dropping her bags.
"Kuroi, do you want this top or this one?"
"Uhh, I don't..."
"Oh! How about this one?!"
"O- Okay...?"
"Why would she even buy me so many clothes?" Kuroi grumbled to herself. It was pretty nice to get things - don't get her wrong, but for no apparent reason, it was odd...
What she found even more odd was her mother fussing about how regular diapers were different than cloth diapers. Kuroi had shook her head, wondering if it was that time of the month for her mother.
'What should I do to kill time?' Kuroi thought, glancing around her room. 'Guess I can put everything away. Afterwards, I don't know...' Her thoughts fell silent and she glanced down at her bed. For a few moments, she contemplated if she should take a nap, but then she worried she wouldn't get up on time to get to Kise's.
With her 30th yawn that day, Kuroi stood and took everything out of her bags and began to cut off all the price tags and such before neatly folding everything that was to be put inside her dresser, and laying out things that had to go in her closet.
The first year grabbed the necessary amount of hangers she needed and after a few minutes, she had everything put in its place.
Kuroi looked around her room before her eyes landed on her laptop. She took another look at the alarm clock on her bedside counter and sat at her desk. There, she spent the remaining time doing random things on the internet. Mostly just watching random videos and listening to music.
As soon as it was time to get ready and go, Kuroi pushed herself away from her desk and swiveled around in her chair. She stared at her dresser, looked down at the pajama shirt she wore and the shorts she had put on that morning. "Ah..." Standing up quickly, Kuroi ran out of the room. "Mom!" She called, running down stairs to where her mom was seated in the living room.
The black haired girl watched as her mother put a book down, turning to her with a curious look etched onto her face. "Yes, sweetie?"
"What do you wear to a party?" Kuroi asked, frowning in all seriousness. Her mother gave her a look, then started laughing. Kuroi flushed at that and started playing with the edge of her pajama shirt. "Not funny..." She mumbled through her pout.
Her mother calmed down in a matter of seconds, pursing her lips as she tried to contain her laughter. Kayate cleared her throat, motioning Kuroi over. Kuroi took the few steps needed to reach her mother and raised her eyebrow when her mother took her hands. "Kuroi, you are a beautiful young woman. You look good in anything."
"... Even as a boy?"
"You look like... one of those... What are they called? Bishounen-uke's? The one's that rec-"
"Oh. My. God." Kuroi whispered, staring at Kayate in shock. "Mom. No."
"No matter what you may look like, or what style you dress in, just know that your mommy and daddy will always love you."
"Okay. First, don't talk like you're talking to a 2 year old and second, don't suddenly switch from talking about pretty boys and yaoi to- to... talking to a 2 year old..."
"But isn't stuff like that hip right now-"
"Mom. Just-... Help me find an outfit. Please. With no more weird conversations."
"Okay, okay." Kayate stood, placing her book onto the coffee table.
The two went back upstairs and in nearly five minutes, Kuroi was ready to go. Her outfit was simple: black-faded skinny jeans (which she was embarrassed to wear), a purple tank top with a striped silver heart in the middle and a sleeveless chiffon-type blouse that remained unbottoned, but due to it being long, it was tied up in the front. Kayate had even styled her hair for her, changing it from it's usually scruffy-boy feel.
Kuroi stared at her appearance in the mirror and looked at her mom. "Even when I wear skirts, I don't think I've ever felt more like a girl."
"Isn't that a good thing? You are a girl, after all. Now, off you go. You don't want to be late." Kayate ushered her daughter out of her room and down the stairs, up to the door.
Kuroi put her shoes on and smiled at her mom. "Thanks..."
"It's no trouble, sweetie." With a kiss on the cheek, Kayate sent Kuroi off. "Be back by 10:00!" She added in, before closing the door with a soft click.
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When Kuroi had gotten on the train to take her closer to Kise's house, she had ran into some of the members from the team. More specifically, one of them - Chitose - had actually sat on her.
The silverette began to stutter out his apologies and after the eleventh one, Kuroi put a hand on his shoulder. "It's okay." She said. The others who had gradually appeared, Hideki, Ishio and Genji, all sat around them.
Once they got to the stop which they all needed to get off at, Genji herded them all off, quietly apologizing to people that the few of them had accidentally bumped into or nearly ran into on the busy train. It probably had something to do with his third-year qualities. Although, Kuroi always had a hard time with knowing what the brown haired male was thinking because he always wore a neutral expression.
The group of three first years, one second and one third year made their way towards Kise's. Kuroi noticed the scenery become familiar, reminding her of when she last came. 'Maybe I should tell my mom that I didn't really stay with... er, go to a boy's sleepover... But then, what if she gets mad?' Kuroi mentally groaned, crossing her arms (which felt pretty odd when in motion).
'What if I get taken off the team again and never allowed to speak to my friends...' Distracted in her thoughts, she didn't even realize Jiro charging towards her, much less hear the loud claps of his shoes hitting the ground as he ran up from behind her, until it was too late. She felt arms wrap around her shoulders, nearly causing her to trip over her own feet.
"Awh! Look at you!" Jiro cooed, hugging her even tighter. "So grown up." He commented with a soft sigh.
"I- I'm the same as before, idiot." Kuroi huffed out, moving out of Jiro's grip. "You sound like my mom." Kuroi paused, then actually thought about it. "No. You really sound like my dad. My mom says pretty weird things..." She twitched, just thinking about where her mother could have learned all those... 'hip' words and stuff.
"Nah-uh," Jiro said in a teasing tone, his smirk never disappearing. "You look more like a girl. I hardly even recognized you!"
"Yeah?... Well, you sound like both my parents now. So... there." Kuroi turned her glare away instead to focus on the path in front of her. She looked around before noticing that Kise's giant house was now almost fully in view. "We're almost there." She commented, wondering if she was feeling more thankful or more worried as they neared the large house.
When they reached the large double doors, the one on the left of their little group swung open, revealing a brightly smiling Kise. "Welcome back, Yasuhirocchi!"
"Thanks." Kuroi nodded.
Kise motioned for everyone to enter, and so the five of them did. "Most of the other senpai's are here already, some came early and some wanted to help set up." He said, the smile never leaving his face. "Oh, and you guys are a little early, too."
"It was either now or be ten minutes late." Genji replied, glancing down at a small schedule that listed all the bus and train times.
"Yeah," Jiro nodded. "It's as the saying goes: "Better late than-... Or, nevermind. Wrong saying." Jiro shrugged his mistake off, smiling in amusement at the chuckles he received. "Anyway," He changed the subject, swinging his arm around their model host. "Kise, you should get Kuroi to do some modelling with you or something."
Kise's face lit up at the idea and just as he was about to say something, Kuroi elbowed him. "Not a chance." She replied, smirking. The model puffed his cheeks out and turned away, giving the area a quick once over.
"Anyway, let's get this welcome-back-on-the-team-Yasuhirocchi party started!"
"You don't have to call it that, idiot..."
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"Kise!"
"HUH?"
"KISE!"
"WHAT?!"
"KISE!"
"I CAN'T HEAR YOU, YASUHIROCCHI!"
"THE MUSIC IS TOO LOUD, DAMMIT!" Kuroi shouted, scowling up at the blond who currently had his hand cupped around his ear. Kise winced and rubbed his ear, indicating that he had heard her practically screaming at him.
"WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?"
"TURN IT DOWN, OBVIOUSLY!"
"BUT I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE IT'S COMING FROM!" Somehow, even as he screamed, he managed to turn the tone into a whine. Kuroi rolled her eyes and glanced around, furrowing her eyebrows.
Kasamatsu had left to do exactly that - to turn the music down to a suitable level. That was ten minutes ago. The third year had yet to return, and the music was still at a high level. The thundering boom of the current song that was playing was beginning to give Kuroi a headache and sigh sighed. She brushed her bangs out of her eyes and crossed her arms over her chest, frowning as she surveyed the area.
Basically everyone from the basketball team was here and somehow more students had arrived. She even saw people she didn't even recognize and sure enough she had seen older people, maybe recently graduated from high school or even in university or college, filter through the party.
One thing Kuroi knew that with the older teens/young adults came; they came with the one thing that they weren't supposed to have. Alcohol.
Kuroi noticed Kise start to walk away and she quickly grabbed him by the collar so she could drag him into a nearby room. She closed the door and faced him, frown still in place. "Kise, this party is seriously getting out of hand."
"I know...!" Kise said out hurriedly. "I don't know where all these big kids came from..." Despite the music being muffled, the two still spoke a bit loud, because the volume still managed to pierce through the walls and door.
"They aren't-.. Big kids..." Kuroi smacked a hand to her face, groaning. "Anyway, let's just go find Kasamatsu. He went to go turn the music down but obviously he never succeeded and he's been gone for like.. 13 minutes already." Kise nodded, and the two left the room. They both cringed at the blasting music, the song now some English song Kuroi thought she might have heard before. She wet her lips, about to yell at Kise again, but then realized she had a better idea.
Kuroi pulled her cellphone out of her pocket and scrolled through her list of contacts before picking the blond's number. She typed in her message: "Where do you keep your stereo? In the living room?" and hit the send button. The first year nudged the other first year and Kise pulled his cell out with a questioning look before realization dawned on his features.
Kise replied with: "I have four... One is in the living room, two are in the ball room and the other is in my room!" and he pointed to the living room, which happened to be the closest to them. Kuroi gave him a nod, wondering how the heck Kise had a ball room, and the pair set off towards the living room, intent on finding their lost Captain. "Are all your stereo's connected?"
"The ones in the living room and ball room are but not mine." Kise said in his reply. Kuroi nodded again and pushed her way past various people who she barely even recognized anymore. 'I think by now random people are just showing up...' She thought, staring blankly at the large mix of bodies, most of them being-
"OH MY GOD!" Kuroi suddenly shouted, grabbing Kise's shoulders.
"Wh- what?!" Kise yelped, Kuroi tilted her head as she strained to hear him. She dragged him down the nearest hallway, abandoning the quest to get into the living room and pushed Kise inside a closet. "Kise! There are girls here!"
"Yeah... so?"
"Ugh!" Kuroi face-palmed a second time that evening and elbowed Kise for good measure. "GIRLS! As in, the girls that Kasamatsu can't handle!"
"Oh! Oh..." Kise's surprised expression melted into one of concern and he opened the door, taking a look at the young women who occupied nearly every space there was. "That- This is bad... for senpai, that is."
"Poor Kasamatsu... He might be curled in a ball somewhere..." Kuroi sighed softly.
Kise pouted and looked around. "Hey, why don't we text him?" He asked, his expression brightening.
"He left his cellphone in your room" Kuroi said. "Anyway, how about we just split up? I mean, hopefully he's with someone from the team, or at least someone else he knows."
"Alright! I'll go check the ball room."
"I'll go to-..." Kuroi fell silent. "Actually, I'll go check your basement and some rooms down here, since I don't think Kasamatsu would really be anywhere crowded." She had remembered when Kise was talking about his house one time, that he had mentioned he had a creepy basement.
"Oh yeah... Good point." Kise mumbled. "Then I'll go check around my room." With that, the blond left the closet and slide past people to get to the stairs so he could scout the second floor. Kuroi watched him go before looking down the hall way. 'A creepy basement...' She twitched, already not liking the sound of it. 'I'm doing this for Kasamatsu. It's not scary, it's not scary, it's not sc-'
"Drink faster, Yu-chan!"
'Yu-chan?' Kuroi raised her eyebrow. She wondered towards the kitchen, but paused when she realized she had gotten distracted. With a sigh, she ignored the chanting of the name and was about to pass right by the crowded kitchen until she noticed a mop of spiky black hair. The teen froze and pushed past the people and into the center. Kuroi gaped, seeing Kasamatsu casually perched on the counter of the island in Kise's kitchen as he slammed down a now empty red plastic cup.
"Senpai!?" Kuroi choked out, unable to form any words. Kasamatsu looked over, and Kuroi got to really take in his current appearance. The older teen had red cheeks and a slightly aloof look to him. But, the second his darker-than usual blue-grey orbs made contact with her purple eyes, he grinned at her and waved her over. "Oi, Yasu- Yasuhirocchi!"
"YA-... Yasu.. hiro... cchi?..." Kuroi was shocked, staring wide eyed at the flushed Kasamatsu. "Senpai, are you... drunk?"
"Hells yes, he is." She turned to the taller male standing beside Kasamatsu, his arm wrapped around the third years waist. The guy had orange hair which appeared to look almost blond in the lighting of the kitchen and olive green eyes. He had a casual smirk-slash-grin on his face and all in all, looked older than them.
"Who're you?" Kuroi asked warily, glaring at the way Kasamatsu oh-so-casually leaned against the stranger. She wasn't jealous. Not one bit. But, she didn't like how a random stranger was getting all cozy with her senpai.
"I'm Jun!"
"He'seenpaai." Kasamatsu slurred out at the same time as the orange haired guy spoke. Kuroi furrowed her eyebrows. "He-"
"I'll take it from here, Yu-chan."
"Yu-chan?" Kuroi arched her brow, crossing her arms. 'I wanna call him Yu-chan...' She thought, getting momentarily distracted. She quickly pushed the thought away and focused back on Jun.
"What Yukio is trying to say is that I'm his senpai. Sorta. You see, I was in my third year and he was in his first year, and he used to like, idolize me, because we were both on the basketball team, but then I quit going to school."
"I see..." Kuroi wondered if Kasamatsu 'idolizing' this odd guy was really true. She mentally shrugged and was about to say she could take care of Kasamatsu for him, but then he opened his mouth to speak again.
"Oh! And not to mention I knew him when he was just a little guy. I was around 7 and he was 5 and our parents made me babysit him all the time. Wasn't always a good idea..." Jun trailed off, murmuring to himself as he drifted into thought. "Just so you know." The olive green eyed male spoke finally, putting his hand on Kuroi's head to ruffle her hair.
Kuroi pushed his hand away and realized that due to the lack of drinking going on, everyone had gradually wandered away, causing her to sigh in relief. "I'll take him from here..." She offered as she pushed Jun out of the way so she could pull Kasamatsu off of the counter. The black haired male stumbled and latched onto Kuroi, wrapping his arms around her. Kuroi flushed and tightened her grip on Kasamatsu's arm and pulled him towards the hall. "Uhm, bye." She called awkwardly over her shoulder, too focused on Kasamatsu to notice the orange haired male waving with an amused smirk.
Kuroi had managed to get Kasamatsu all the way up the stairs and into Kise's room safely. She was thankful to see that most of the completely random people had disappeared, but still some strangers remained. She had seen more familiar faces and even thought she saw Moriyama with his arms wrapped around a lamp, but she wasn't sure...
"Just rest here, senpai." Kuroi gently put Kasamatsu down on Kise's bed. She glanced at the time, cringing when the numbers put together read 11:23. Knowing she would get grounded either way, she pulled her cellphone out and took a look at Kasamatsu who seemed to be dozing off, and dialed her house phone.
Her mother answered and Kuroi had proceeded to tell her what had happened and that she was sorry. Her mother, of course, scolded her, but not as harshly as Kuroi had expected and told her to just spend the night because it was dangerous to leave now and also to take care of her friends.
The teen put her cell phone onto Kise's desk and looked around the large room. She glanced back at the bed and groaned when she noticed Kasamatsu wasn't there anymore. "Senpai, I don't want to play your drunken gam-"
"Kurooooi." She nearly jumped out of her skin when she felt hands on her arms from behind. Kasamatsu spun her around to face him and he pulled her close in a hug.
"Ah, y- yes?" Kuroi felt her cheeks grow hot at how close he was. She looked away, tilted her head to the side so her face wasn't right next to his. "S-... Senpai?" She squeaked out, turning her head back to Kasamatsu to get a better look at him, wondering what kind of state he was in. 'What if he needs to puke? Should I drag him to the bath-'
Chapped yet oddly soft lips pressed against her mouth, causing her train of thought to end abruptly. Kuroi felt her cheeks burn with fiery heat and she made a small squeak from surprise. The third year gently moved his lips against hers before pulling away.
Kasamatsu stared at her in a slight daze with his parted lips. He licked his lips a moment later and let go of Kuroi, turning around to fall back onto the bed tiredly. "G'night..." He muttered sleepily.
Kuroi stood there, watching his every movement before letting a breath out. "Night..." She whispered, breathing in deeply as she touched her lips, the burning sensation Kasamatsu's lips left not fading. It hadn't been their first kiss, but it was one to add onto the list.
Kuroi sat on the bed carefully, watching the gentle rise and fall of Kasamatsu's chest as he slept, putting her hand against her chest as if that would calm down the fast beating of her heart.
'I guess that's why people call alcohol 'liquid courage'...' Kuroi thought, unable to stop the smile from blooming on her face.
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Kise and Kuroi's friendship makes me smile~ *u*b and the KasaHiro moments make me giggle, squeak, chuckle/laugh, and kyaaah~
Speaking of Kasamatsu- Jun! Get yo hands off of our precious senpai. xD One thing I had trouble with deciding was whether to make Jun Kasamatsu's friend from childhood or just a third year senpai who dropped out of school from when Kasamatsu was in first year... As you could see, I made it both. So. xP
You know, I was seriously tempted to just cut all that stuff in the middle out and just have it go from Kise's promise that it'll all be "A-Okay" straight to the hectic party lmao. But, it really did take forever to get to the main part... Or maybe that's just me u ; But hooray for long(ish) chapter xD (Is this my longest chapter? I don't remember them all)
Finally, this chapter is for those who wanted to see drunk!Kasa xD
~WinterAssassin~