WELP
I had a poop day at work...WHICH MEANS I'M GOING TO WRITE SOOOO MUCH! WOOOOOOOOO
It calms me :)
Anyway, everything has a silver lining!
Also I realized Riko is Riko's first name! Ara...how slow can I be...Q.Q it doesn't really matter nor does it change anything, but it surprised me
Enjoy!
Disclaimer: KnB isn't mine ^3^
Riko sighed, picking up the remote control and turning the projector on. When she was feeling down or nostalgic she would put on a tape of an old Seirin game, today's pick was the very last game the original champions played - their third year, last tournament. She watched intently as the game started. She remembered this had been a particularly difficult game, going up against the three of the uncrowned kings of Rakuzan was nothing to dismiss, afterall. Even with one uncrowned king, Kiyoshi, Seirin had barely scraped by. She smiled when she saw a flash of blue, Kuroko Tetsuya. Even on a recording, even knowing where he would be at which second, it was hard for Riko to actually see Kuroko. "Rikochi!" Kise came skipping into the room. Riko sighed, "ah, what is it?"
"It's almost time for morning practice and the gym's still locked" Midorima adjusted his glasses. Riko looked passed him and saw that all the GOM had piled into her little office. "Ah...is that so" Riko mumbled before turning attention back to the screen. "Ah! This is...the Seirin High Original Champions' last game isn't it?!" Aomine shoved through his teammates to stand next to Riko. "Ah, I remember this game! I was there! It's why I got so into basketball!" Aomine said, losing himself in the moment. "You were there, Aominechi? So was I! I thought the players were so cool! I wanted to be just like them!" Kise smiled staring at the screen. Riko smirked, "heh heh heh, you came to be coached by the same person, ne?"
"Ehhhh?! You were their coach, Rikochi! How old are you exac-" Kise was cut off by a swift punch to the stomach by Riko. "I was a student and a coach, ugly Big Bird" She growled before turning back to the screen. "Does that mean...you know of him, Riko?"
"Who are you referring to, Akashi-kun?"
"That guy...the Phantom Player of Seirin High"
"The ghost player of Seirin or the guardian of Seirin's champions...that is merely a myth, isn't it?" Midorima turned his attention his coach.
"Ah, yeah! No way someone like that actually exists! Besides, I was there, I didn't see any phantom" Kise shook his head, looking very cocky.
Riko raised an eyebrow, "Why don't you just talk to Kuroko about this?"
"Ehh? Why would be talk to Kurochin about it? Was he there as well?"
"Ah, Tetsu did say he was a regular once. Maybe he was friends with him?"
"Riko...you're not saying that Tetsuya is..."
"Hah? Of course, that's what I'm saying. Kuroko Tetsuya was the Phantom of Seirin's basketball team"
"WHAT?!"
"Yeah, he didn't tell you? Here look" Riko paused the recording and walked up to the screen and pointed to a spot on the court. "Hah...I don't see anything!" Kise whinned squinting his eyes. "Look very, very closely. Focus on this spot" And slowly, as if by magic, the GOM saw a man with milky white skin and sky blue hair appear on the screen. "N-no way...Tetsu was...Tetsu is..." Aomine stood shocked, "But...I played against him last night! All he could do was steal the ball!"
"Kuroko is a special player, Aomine-kun" Riko turned her attention back to the screen, "He is one of the reasons Seirin was able to get to where we are today and he did it without exceptional natural talent...Seirin's unknown champion, the phantom of Seirin High..." She sighed, "those were the days"
"What do you mean, Rikochi? You don't like our basketball?" Kise whined. Riko turned off the projector and grabbed her things. She walked passed the GOM and headed for the gym, "Winning isn't everything"
Later that day, Midorima decided to stop by the book store before heading home. He entered his favorite place and browsed through the bookcases looking for a manual on how to keep cats at bay, when he felt a gentle tap on his shoulder. He turned and was surprised to see Kuroko. Luckily, Kuroko was able to cover Midorima's mouth before he screamed. Kuroko brought a finger to his lips and gently shh'd Midorima. Midorima looked down at the phantom player and turned bright red. "We are in a book store, Midorima-kun, please refrain from yelling in here" Kuroko said, removing his hand.
"What...what are you doing here?!"
"I heard Kise-kun fancies American style dishes, but my knowledge of such food is limited to burgers and chicken, so I thought I would come pick up a book on the subject" Kuroko lifted up the book in his hand to show Midorima, "Why are you here, Midorima-kun?"
"N-no reason!" Midorima looked away. Kuroko tilted his head slightly. He glanced at the books in the isle and smiled, "Could it be that you like cats, Midorima-kun?"
"N-no of course not! I hate them!"Midorima, quite flustered at this point, attempted hide his embarrassment by adjusting his glasses. "Such evil vile creatures...and those claws...what kind of creature has claws like that?!" Midorima began to mumble, as if talking to himself. He was snapped out of his thoughts by a soft chuckle. "A-are you laughing at me?" Midorima asked
"I apologize, Midorima-kun. I was just thinking that you're quite charming. Ah, don't worry I won't tell anyone about this. I'm more of a dog person, myself" Kuroko shrugged and continued to walk through the isle.
Midorima watched Kuroko's back as he looked through the book cases. 'I was just thinking that you're charming...I was just thinking that you're charming...you're charming...you're charming...you're...charming...' The words echoed in Midorima's mind, sending his tsundere side into overdrive. "Like I care what you think, stupid!" He shouted.
Midorima's outburst got him kicked out of the store for the day. Kuroko had followed Midorima, deciding that they should walk home together. Suffice it to say, Midorima was not happy about this. Of course he wasn't happy about this. 'Who would be happy in this kind of situation?' Midorima thought. After a while, Midorima's eyes traveled back to Kuroko. 'This is one of the Original Seirin Champions...they weren't that great...it isn't like I thought of them as my heroes or anything...'
"Is there a reason you're staring at me, Midorima-kun?"
"What reason could there be?" Midorima scoffed. From his peripherals he saw Kuroko silently chuckling. 'Damn...this guy...'
"We heard from Riko that you played for Seirin too."
"Ah, I did"
"We also heard you were the famous Phantom player of Seirin High"
"Hahh...I haven't heard that nickname in quite a while"
The silence continued. "Well...?"
"Well what, Midorima-kun?"
"Don't you want to say something about that?"
"It was a long time ago?" Kuroko raised an eyebrow at Midorima.
"Gh...you..." Midorima sighed, "S-so...you're making Kise's favorite kind of food today...?"
"Ah yeah, he seems to be going through a rough patch. I thought cooking food he likes would cheer him up...Do you have a favorite kind of food, Midorima-kun?"
"R-red bean soup"
"Red bean soup? You're like an old person, Midorima-kun."
"What?!"
"That's not a bad thing, I think. It makes you seem more mature. In any case, I think I have the ingredients for that at home. Would you like me to make it for you?"
"Do what you want! B-but...if it doesn't taste good I won't even take a second bite"
"Aye, aye, Midorima-kun. Oh look, isn't that Kise-kun?"
Midorima looked up and saw that it was indeed Kise that was running at them at full speed. "Midorimachi! Please help me! The girls...the girls are...I'm gonna hide in this store, O.K?! Please direct them else whe-AHHH! Kurokochi how long have you been the- AH I don't have time! Please help me out this time, O.K?" Kise quickly ran into the store. Midorima and Kuroko gave each other a look before they heard the cries of some fangirls, all of which were charging their way. They kept running until it was obvious they didn't see Kuroko and were going to trample him. Midorima quickly grabbed Kuroko's arm bringing Kuroko in front of him, and wrapping an arm around Kuroko's chest defensively. "Oi be careful!" Midorima barked. "Thank you, Midorima-kun...that was close" Kuroko sighed.
"Have you seen this guy?!" A girl asked shoving a picture into Midorima's face, completely ignoring the green haired man's outburst. "What-"
"We've been chasing him since he left the gym!" A girl whined holding a familiar looking piece of cloth. "Ah, you stole that from me! I was the one that tore off Kise-sama's shirt pocket!" Another girl snarled. Being in the middle an impending cat fight, Midorima adjusted his glasses, "Excuse me ladies, but the one you are looking for is in that store, you can see him clearly through the glass"
"Ah he's right!" As the girls charged the store, Kise pressed his face against the glass looking at Midorima pitifully, "Why, Midorimachi!?" He screamed. Midorima took out a notepad and a marker, scribbled a single word on a piece of paper in big letters, and pressed the paper against the window. Kise began to cry when he saw the big black, "DIE" and screamed out when the girls tackled him to the ground. "Kurokochi! Help me please!" Kise cried, escaping the girls for a moment to press his face back against the window. Kuroko looked at Kise, with the same emotionless face he always had, and merely pointed to the piece of paper Midorima had pressed against the window. "No, Kurokochi, not you too!" Kise's words quickly became muffled by the fan girls.
Kuroko gently shoved Midorima with his elbow, "I am surprised at you, Midorima-kun"
"W-what about me?"
"You have a rather splendid sense of humor" Kuroko smiled up at the tsundere, who merely looked away with a blush, "Any joke at Kise's expense is funny...n-nanodayo..."
"Ah look, they got his bag" Kuroko pointed at the commotion in the store.
"Ah, there goes his shirt"
"Oh and his undershirt. Was that a wife beater?"
"They're going after the idiot's pants now"
"We should stop this before it gets too far, shouldn't we?"
"Seeing the idiot get trampled could be fun too"
"I can't tell if you're joking, Midorima-kun"
"I assure you...I am not"
"Oh, they're starting to turn on each other. We might not need to intervene"
"That just leaves the weaker girls to swoop...yup...see, there they go"
"It's time to step in" Kuroko double clicked the megaphone in his hand, sending a quick "woop, woop" sound into the air. "Wh...where did you even get that...?" Midorima asked. Kuroko shrugged and walked into the store. He turned on the siren function. "Please cover your ears, Midorima-kun"
"I was already going to, baka"
Kuroko held the sound button sending a shrieking alarm throughout the store and stopping all the girls in their tracks. "That is more than enough ladies, please leave Kise-kun alone now"Kuroko said, turning off the alarm and talking into the megaphone.
"Who the hell are you?!"
"Don't tell us what to do!"
"Ryouta is MINE"
"Don't call Kise-sama by his first name, swine!"
"Ara, such scary fans, I wouldn't be surprised if Kise-kun quit after something like this"
"What are you saying?! Of course he won't quit"
"Getting attacked by fans is not a fun thing, ladies. It would be quite the shame if Kise-kun decided to save himself and leave the modeling industry...and it would be your fault wouldn't it?"
"Who cares?! As long as he is mine!"
"Shut up he isn't yours!"
"Hehh...I wonder how the rest of his fans will feel when..." Kuroko quickly took out his phone and snapped a picture of the scene, "they find this picture all over the internet with the caption 'The ladies that ruined Kise-kun'. I don't think they will be too pleased."
"You wouldn't!"
"Kise-kun is someone I am meant to protect" Kuroko's face was still emotionless, but behind those big blue eyes, there was a certain kind of severity that sent shivers down the fans' spines. "Now leave Kise-kun alone and leave his belonging's behind"
The girls growled at Kuroko and Midorima before throwing whatever items they had in their hands onto the ground. They shoved passed the two athletes and left the store. "Are you, O.K, Kise-kun" Kuroko asked, putting away his megaphone. "You decided to save me, Kurokochi! You're my hero!" Kise threw his arms around Kuroko. "Please do not hug me while you are half naked, Kise-kun"
Kise looked down and realized the girls had ripped his shirt completely off and had torn holes in his pants. "Ah! I can't go home like this! What do I do, Kurokochi, Midorimachi"
"I think you should just walk home like that" Midorima shrugged.
"So mean!" Kise began to tear up. "Men do not cry over trivial things such as this, Kise-kun. Please calm yourself" Kuroko sighed. He thought for a moment before reaching into his bag and pulling out a stapler. "What are you gonna do with that...Kurokochi"
"Just be still" Kuroko ordered, he picked up Kise's shirt and sighed. As expected all the buttons and the bottom portion of his shirt had been ripped off. He had Kise put the shirt on anyway and told Kise to tuck his shirt into his pants. The shirt was dirty, but at least it just looked like a normal shirt without buttons. Kuroko went up to Kise and stapled the shirt shut. "That's...a solution" Midorima stared Kuroko's work. It wasn't very pretty, but it passed. Kuroko sighed, "Now please zip up and button your pants up and let's go back"
"Ah! How embarrassing!" Kise cried out and turned around. "Hurry up, idiot! How long are you gonna take?" Midorima adjusted his glasses, feeling very irritated. "Ah...about that...ummm..."
"Is there an issue, Kise-kun?"
"They seem to have...ripped off the button...and broken the zipper" Kise mumbled, turning his head back. "I'll be going home now" Midorima muttered, Kuroko grabbed Midorima's sleeve. "One second" Kuroko walked to Kise and took the parted hem and pulled it close around Kise, allowing one flap to overlap the other. "K-K-K-K-Kurokochi..." Kise stuttered his face turning bright red. Kuroko didn't reply - he simply stuck the stapler down Kise's pants and stapled the front shut. "There, it's fine like this, right?"
"T-T-That..." Kise couldn't seem to calm himself down, his heart was going a mile a minute. Kuroko sighed, "Please stop fretting, Kise-kun. We are both guys after all. Though I don't think I'll be needing this anymore" Kuroko placed the stapler on a shelf. "Ah and this" Kuroko took off his scarf and wrapped it around Kise's neck. "Its cold outside. Let's go"
Kise brought the fluffy scarf up to his face and nuzzled into it, taking a deep breath, "ah...it's so warm...and smells like vanilla"
"Please don't smell my things, Kise-kun. I suddenly regret letting him borrow my scarf" Kuroko sighed and looked up at Midorima. "Ah...I wasn't..." Kise tried to defend himself. "What a pervert" Midorima sighed, shaking his head in disappointment. "Why don't you stay here and reflect on yourself. Midorima-kun and I will be leaving first."
"ah wait...no..I wasn't...trying to...wait...Kurokochi!" Kise cried out taking a seat in a nearby chair, unexpectedly listening to Kuroko's order. He waited five minutes before leaving the store and running after his two friends.
Later that night, the stapler was sold on eBay for the grand total of $500.00.
I WROTE MORE ABOUT KISE! GAH! This was supposed to be a Murasakibara and Midorima chapter...but Kise is just TOO fun to write about!
Ah well...
Hope you liked! I didn't know how I felt when the pants and the stapler thing came to mind...I thought it might be too risque - but I guess it turned out O.K...if I was writing a 'M' rated story - the stapler thing could have been more fun to write ohohoho but I'm not
In anycase:
Sillage: Hi there friend! I actually sent you a thank you reply when I saw your review about the breaks in between back to back dialogue, but I guess you must have not gotten it? In any case, I didn't really know that was supposed to be a thing until you pointed it out and I wanted to thank you! It was really helpful and I agree- it definitely makes the story easier to read :) Ehehe and don't worry, I love when people point stuff like that out! That's how I learn after all! Thanks again! :)
Lunatari23: I thought your name was familiar and then I remembered I read (and adored) your He's Ours story! Ohoho I might have let out a little yelp of excitement when I realized3 ohohoho
To everyone else that wrote me a little something: Your comments and excitement has me absolutely AMP'D! Which is why I've been shoving out chapters left and right haha 3 Thank you so much for your kind words...it makes me feel so fluffy inside ^3^