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Chapter 20 – Denial

Kuroko Tetsuya arrives at Yachiyo's house and quickly enters inside. His face was straight but he was breathing frantically. It seems like he ran all the way there. He enters the living room and calls; "Yachiyo? Kise-kun?"

He found the two people there but they didn't respond. They were sleeping on the sofa.

Kuroko sighed and poked Kise's face.

"Kise-kun…" he called. Instantly he woke up and saw his face. He was so surprised that he screamed and fell off the couch with a loud sound. "Ouch…" Kise held his head and looked up to Kuroko.

"Eh!? Kurokocchi! Uhmm… you know.. Yachi—Meganekko she was—uhm… it's not what—" Kise tried to explain.

"Thanks for taking care of her, Kise-kun." Kuroko interrupted. "No need to explain."

Yachiyo woke up and rubbed her eyes. "My head hurts." Tetsuya looked at her and asked; "You okay? Yachiyo?"

"Huh? Tetsuya? Wait… what happened?" Yachiyo asked looking confused.

"You accidentally drank sake. You thought it was water. Then you… you got drunk. And then… uhm.. I took you here." Kise explained.

"Eh? Well, all I remember was… I was guessing sushi names… then… I drank something. Wait a second, did something happen while I was out?" she asked Kise with a terrifying glare.

"N-nothing happened! I swear! You just fell asleep so I took you here!" Kise defended.

"And where are my glasses?" Yachiyo asked with a terrifying glare again.

"Uhmmm well… when you passed out, we saw it on the ground and… uhmm… it broke." Kise handed the broken glasses to Yachiyo. She didn't respond. She didn't react. She looked at Tetsuya and said; "Gomensai, Tetsuya. I broke the glasses you gave me. I'm sorry."

"It's okay, Yachiyo. Let's just go to the optometrist tomorrow." Tetsuya said. "You better sleep now….Kise-kun, you better go home now. It's already late." Kuroko said to Kise. "Thanks for helping her."

"It's okay. It's nothing, really. Haha. I guess I'd go home now." Kise said as he stood up.

"Ano… Thanks…." Yachiyo said. Kise was happy. He patted her head twice and said; "Your welcome, Meganekko."

After he left, Tetsuya stared at Yachiyo. She realized he was staring and asked; "Uhm, is there any problem?"

Tetsuya continued staring at her and said; "What happened between you and Kise-kun?"

"Nothing!" Yachiyo blushingly defended. But Tetsuya just stared at her. She blushed even more and avoided his stare; "….I wish I know." She whispered.

The next day…

"Kise…" Kasamatsu called. "Yes, Kasamatsu-senpai?" he replied with a smile.

.

"CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHY WE'RE HERE?!" Kasamatsu shouted. "WE'VE BEEN SITTING HERE FOR HOURS!" Moriyama protested.

"Uhm… It's nothing. I just… wanted to go and eat. You know how much I miss you guys." Kise said in an obviously lying voice.

"K. I. S. E." They looked at him with glowing wolf-like eyes.

Suddenly, Kise's eyes widened and he looked at something or someone far away. Kasamatsu and Moriyama followed his stare and spotted the reason of his shock.

A girl in a medium length white dress. Her hair had 2 black hairclips on the left wasn't wearing her glasses and instead she was holding on to someone. And that someone is Kuroko Tetsuya.

"WHAT THE—Manager?!" Moriyama reacted. "She looks so cute~~~Maybe I should approach the—"

But he was cut off by Kise who quickly covered his mouth. "HIDE!" he commanded. And they did.

…

The two Kurokos pass by without noticing the three hiding under the table.

"Why are we even hiding, Kise?" Kasamatsu asked.

"Because we'd get caught." Kise said in a serious tone.

"GOD DAMNIT. KISE! IF YOU ARE GONNA STALK OUR MANAGER, THEN DO IT ON YOUR OWN!" Kasamatsu shouted.

"I am not stalking her!" Kise defended.

"What are you guys talking about?" Yachiyo appeared out of nowhere and gave them an evil-looking smile. "Hello, Kise-kun." Tetsuya greeted.

"We just happened to pass by. Right guys?" Kise turned to Kasamatsu and Moriyama who started walking away. "We're going Kise, ja."

"Wait! Don't leave me here!" Kise begged.

"Ikemen." Kise slowly turned his head around and saw Yachiyo's overflowing black aura. What followed was a loud deafening scream courtesy of Kise Ryouta.

….after a minute or so….

Kise sat down and grabbed his stomach. "I think I'd lose my breakfast in any minute."

"Yachiyo, you shouldn't have punched Kise-kun that hard." Tetsuya said to Yachiyo who is now drinking juice.

"Arigatou, Kurokocchi. You're so kind~" Kise looked teary.

"He deserved it, Tetsuya. He's a stalker." Yachiyo said while still drinking juice.

"Uhm. Yachiyo—" Kise said but…. Yachiyo gave him a sharp look. "What did you just call me, Ikemen?"

"I mean, uhm… Meganekko. I thought you and Shigeru have a date today." Kise asked.

"….I called him last night and said I can't go. He understood." Yachiyo explained.

Suddenly, a phone rang. And Tetsuya picked it up. "Hello—"

"OI, KUROKO! WHERE ARE YOU?! THE COACH IS GOING BERSERK! GO HERE! NOW!"

Tetsuya removed the phone from his ears and said; "I need to go, I guess. "

"Was that Kagamicchi?" Kise asked. Tetsuya nodded. "If I don't go now, the coach will kill me. I forgot we even have practice today." He paused then asked. "Kise-kun, can take her to the optometrist?"

"Of course." Kise looked happy.

But Yachiyo wasn't. "Wait! Tetsuya? Do you really need to go?"

"I need to, Yachiyo. Don't worry, I'd cook dinner for you again. But for the meantime, Kise-kun will accompany you. Be good, Yachiyo." Tetsuya smiled and ran away before Yachiyo could even say anything.

…awkward silence…

Yachiyo and Kise just sat there for a while. Face to face. Kise thought; "This is like a date!" But Yachiyo wasn't looking pleased. "Oi. Stop looking so happy." She sounded angry.

"Uhm… H-hai. There's an eye clinic near our house. We should just go there." Kise suggested.

Yachiyo stood up and said; "Let's go." She turned around and took a step.

But instead she hit her head on a pole. "Pfftt….. FUWAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHA." Kise laughed.

"I'm sorry! I can't stop laughing! Fuwahhahahahhahahaha! MY STOMACH!" Kise laughed. Yachiyo looked embarrassed and mad at the same time. Kise also stood up and reached out his hand. "If… If you don't want to bump into another pole again, you better hold on." He was slightly blushing.

"No." She walked again and then almost tripped. Kise caught her and said; "Jeez, don't be so stubborn, Meganekko. Why are you even angry at me? Is it because I ruined your day with your Tetsuya?"

"You never told me…" Yachiyo said timidly. "When I was passed out… I felt like I did something weird! What did I exactly do?" Her face was a little red.

"Uhm… you see…" Kise scratched his head. "What should I say?! That she hugged me?! Called me Ryouta?! Told me I was strong, smelled good and had soft hair?! That she kissed my forehead?! I can't say that!" he thought.

"I... I would tell you after we go to the clinic…" he said. "Now, are you coming or what?" His hand still handed out. She had no choice. She grabbed his hand and said; "Let's just get this over with." With a pinkish face.

"O-ofcourse." Kise stammered. "Her hand… it's warm." And blushed after the thought.

While walking together~

"Hey, look~ Are those two models?" A girl pointed at Yachiyo and Kise. "Seems like it." Her friend said.

"Oi, look. That girl is cute…. Too bad she has a boyfriend. *sigh*" A guy from the street commented.

"Look girl~ That guys is soo handsome~ Uwaa~ Wait, is that cute girl his girlfriend? That's too bad…"

Kise and Yachiyo can hear everything those people were saying and the two looked like big walking tomatoes.

"I will kill you after this." Yachiyo said to Kise with a big red blushing face. Kise didn't answer but he thought; "I'd be happy to die now."

After a while, they got to the clinic.

"Excuse me, is the doctor in?" Kise asked the woman in the desk. "Oh my, what a lovely couple~ Is this your girlfriend, Kise-san?"

The two quickly denied; "No! We're not a couple!"

"Oh my~ Well then, you could just enter that door, cute couple~ Fufufu" the woman softly said.

They entered the room and they were greeted by a middle-aged man. "Ah, Kise-san. What brings you here?"

"She needs a new pair of glasses." Kise said in a friendly tone.

"Oh, your girlfriend?" the doctor asked.

"Eh?! No. She's not!" Kise quickly denied. "But you are holding her hand. Ahaha." The doctor laughed.

Yachiyo and Kise blushed and they quickly let go of each other.

"I-was-just-making-sure-she-won't-bump-unto-someth ing-else-again-because-of-her-eyesight—"

"Ahaha, how sweet~" the doctor said.

"That's not it!" they both defended.

"Ahaha, Okay~ Well then miss, why don't you sit here." The doctor said as he motioned to the leather chair.

"Want me to stay?" Kise asked. She blushed and shouted; "Go wait outside!" Then she pushed him outside and slammed the door behind him.

After a while…

Yachiyo got out of the room and she sighed with her eyes closed. "How was it, Meganekko?" Kise asked.

"They didn't have the glasses that fit me…" Yachiyo said. "Oh… is that so…" Kise said.

"I wanted glasses just like the one Tetsuya gave me." She sighed again.

"Well, I doubt they'd have that." Kise tried hard not to laugh.

"Anyway, I got something else instead." She opened her eyes and looked at him; "Contact lenses."

Her eyes were shinier than before and the sight of her made him red like a tomato. "It… it suits you."

"Oh my~ It suits you well, dearie." The woman at the desk said. She looked out the window and frowned; "Oh dear, it's raining again."

"Megane—" Kise tried to say but the look on Yachiyo's face made him stop. She looked dazed, she was looking out the window with sad looking eyes. "Meganekko, are you okay?" Kise asked.

'Hmn? Yeah. I am. I just… remembered something." She admitted.

"You could use the other umbrella here, but it's kinda small." The woman suggested.

"Well, since it's raining… we can't go anywhere far." Kise said. "But we could stay at my house. It's just near so it'd be fine. It's just till it stops raining."

"Huh? Yeah. Okay." She replied. Still dazed. Kise looked worried again.

Kise and Yachiyo ran to his house and opened the door.

"Let's go to the living room." Kise said. But when they arrived at the living room, the t.v. was on.

"Oh? Ryouta? I thought you have something to do today?" His sister greeted.

"Onee-chan?! What are you doing here? Don't you have work today?!" Kise asked.

"I took a leave, remember? But I would go but groceries later." she said. She looked at the blue-haired girl and said; "Oyaa? Who is she, Ryouta?" She stood up and greeted her enthusiastically.

"It's rare for Ryouta to bring a girl home~ Uwaa~ You're cute~ You're a friend of Ryouta, eh? So what's your name?"

"Uhm… I'm Kuroko Yachiyo." She said shyly.

"Kuroko, eh? Hmnn…" his sister seemed like she was thinking. And then she asked; "Are you by any chance Meganekko-chan?"

Kise freaked out and blushed furiously. "ONEE-CHAN!"

"You are!" she looked extremely happy. "Ryouta has told me lots of things about you~"

"He did?" Yachiyo asked.

"I DID NOT!" Kise defended.

"Yey~ Let's have a girl talk, Kuroko-san~" his sister said.

"Uhm… okay." Yachiyo said.

"Onee-chan, if you love your dear brother, please don't do this." Kise pleaded.

"Ryouta~ It's just a simple girl talk~ right, Kuroko-san?" His sister was way too energetic.

Yachiyo looked unsure and nervous but… she can't really do anything but nod.

"Ryouta~ Go make us some hot chocolate~" Onee-chan order Kise. "H-hai." Kise depressingly walked towards the kitchen. But as he got there, he immediate pressed his ears against the wall to eavesdrop.

"Ne, Kuroko-san? Do you know the thing about the milk carton?" she asked. "Uhm… I don't know what you are talking about." Yachiyo lied.

"Eh? Well then… I'll tell you the funny story of how much Ryouta prized that carton~" she said. "You see… one day—"

She was stopped when Kise barged into the room. "ONEE-CHAN! HERE'S THE HOT CHOCO!"

"My my, Ryouta. You ruined our conversation." She said. "I just wanted to know your girlfriend~"

"WHAAA—" Kise and Yachiyo blushed furiously.

"Oh well, I have to go now~ I need to go grocery shopping." She stood up and walked to the door; "Well then, bye bye~~~ Oh and by the way, Ryouta~ Don't do anything I wouldn't do~ You're still in highschool so take things slowly~ Jaa ne~"

"ONEEEE-CHAAAAAANNNN!" Kise shouted, but she already left.

….awkward silence….

"I-I'm sorry about t-that, Meganekko." Kise was furiously blushing when he saw that Yachiyo sat there awkwardly with a reddish face. "GAAAAAAAAH! THIS IS ONEE-CHAN'S FAULT! THE ATMOSPHERE IS WEIRD! WHAT SHOULD I DO!?"

"Le-let's just turn on the t.v." Kise stuttred as he sat down and turned the flatscreen tv on.

"And now it's time for: The Love-love show~" the man in a tuxedo announced. "The show about teenage love stories from all over japan~"

Kise quickly changed the channel desperately. With a pink face.

" Zutto~ zutto~ Daisuki da yo~" the girl from the t.v. sang.

Kise changed the channel again. This time it was quick and very desperate. With a red face.

"And now it's time for our little segment~" the announcer said.

"Phew… it's the afternoon news… there surely isn't any love theme—"Kise thought.

"The name of the segment is: 'Love Confessions'. We would announce your anonymous confessions to the girl or guy you like!"

Dot dot dot

"WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH THE TELEVISION!?" Kise thought. He glanced at Yachiyo who looked like she was very nervous. "GAAAAAAHH! I MADE HER FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE! HOW CAN WE EVER START A CONVERSATION NOW!"

Yachiyo took the hot choco mug and took a sip. Her expression changed. "This… "

"Uhm… do you like it?" Kise asked. Yachiyo nodded. Kise sat down and said; "Sorry if you feel awkward right now."

"The t.v. shows these day are kinda weird too, ne?" Kise asked in an unsure manner. "Love confessions..." Kise thought. "Shigeru told me I should confess to her… but…. HOW COULD I? WITH SUCH A WEIRD ATMOSPHERE HERE?!"

"Y-yeah… the shows are weird. It's fascinating that they can express their feelings though." Yachiyo said timidly.

"I… I'm not good at expressing feelings either." Kise admitted.

"That doesn't sound true. You… you can always express your feelings well." Yachiyo said as she took a sip from the mug.

"Actually no… I'm… I'm bad at saying what I actually feel." Kise said. He sipped from the mug. "Especially when it comes to… liking someone."

Yachiyo paused and looked at the mug. "So… you like someone?" she asked.

"Uhm… yeah." Kise replied.

"The one Ikemen likes… " Yachiyo thought.

"So… what's her name?" she asked.

Kise accidentally spat some of the hot choco he was drinking. He was red and panicky.

"Why did I ask that?... Do I really want to know? Her name… who she is…" Yachiyo thought.

"Uhm… her name. Uh…. S-she—" Kise wanted to say but…..

"T-the rain!" Yachiyo shouted to cut him off.

"Eh?" Kise reacted.

"I-it stopped. T-the rain stopped." Yachiyo continued.

"Uh… yeah it did." Kise looked outside. "So… uhm… do you want to go home?" he asked.

"Yes. I could just walk by myself." Yachiyo replied. "Why did I do that?" she thought. "Don't I want to know?"

"Are you sure? It's dangerous to go alone." Kise asked. "You're very noticeable so… "

"Noticeable?" she asked.

"I mean… you are noticeable…. You are cute." Kise said. He was looking down in embarrassment.

"Cute?..." Yachiyo blushed too, but then she looked down. "But… not as cute as the girl you like?"

"Huh? Did you say something?" Kise asked.

"Huh? Ah… No. I didn't say anything." She quickly replied. "I didn't say anything."

"I didn't say… anything."

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TBC

Denial END

Sorry I still have a writer's block. (. _ .) So, maybe the next update will be kinda late. I have another story in mind but it's full of drama, and it's about Shakugan No Shana. I shall post it when I'm bored. That story will be kinda short. Wait. It's really short. That's the only thing I could say about it. XDD.

Matta ne~