Disclaimer: Kuroko no Basket is owned by Fujimaki Tadatoshi

Summary: Haizaki has a habit of stealing foods and Kuroko doesn't mind except for that one time.

Setting: Second Year (after Haizaki and Kise's one-on-one so Kise isn't a regular yet)

Pairing: None (though I think there's a bit of KiKuro and AkaKuro if you squint really hard)

A/N: Thanks: kyaaaa-1095, asyadreamer09, Aliyss, Maya-chan2007, jessyjasmine.7, Kuroshiroryuu, Myadorabletetsuya, AdventureTime, Independent Not in Love, Yugure Inari, AspergianStoryteller, Nox Pleiades, animelover41195 for the reviews! Thank you for those who favorite and follow this story, too!

Day 5: Stealing Vanilla

It was a peaceful and normal day in the Teikou Middle School. It was now lunch time and the students were happily and contentedly eating their lunch. Some were in their classrooms, sharing their bento with their friends and classmates. Others were outside in the courtyard, blissfully eating under the shade of trees and soft breezes passing them by. While most of the students were in the school cafeteria, buying foods or eating their bento on the table surrounded by their friends.

The regulars and one new member of the Teikou basketball club were also in the cafeteria eating their own lunch. Midorima was eating his lunch made by his mother with his lucky item for the day, a manga, placed on the side. Murasakibara, who was sitting beside the vice-captain, was eating an extra-large of katsudon he bought in the cafeteria, with his usual wrong handling of chopsticks, ignoring Midorima who was always scolding him for it. Sitting beside the purple head was Akashi, who was eating his bento prepared by his family's chef and at the same time criticizing Kuroko, Kise and Aomine's lunch. Aomine, who was sitting across Akashi, was ignoring his captain and kept wolfing down his lunch which consists of mostly different kinds of meat. Kuroko, who was beside his partner, told Akashi that his meager bento were enough for him since he has a weak appetite to begin with. Kise, who wasn't as brave as the other two, allowed Akashi to add more vegetables in his bento.

It was at this moment when a shadow casted onto their table. They all looked up and found Haizaki Shougo, another regular like most of them, staring down at them arrogantly or more precisely, looking down at Kise haughtily. "Yo, everyone seems to be having fun."

"Haizaki-kun," Kuroko greeted their gray haired teammate, being the usual mild-mannered that he was.

Haizaki ignore the greeting and eyed Kise, smirking at him. "Sitting with the other regulars now? Do you think you'll be a regular if you cozy up with them?" he tauntingly said.

Kise gripped his chopsticks tightly in his hand and glared at Haizaki. "Why? Jealous that you're not sitting with us?"

The gray head snorted. "As if I care. Why would I sit with a bunch of guys when I can have girls feed with me their lunch?"

"Still an arrogant bastard, aren't you?" Aomine said as he ate the tamagoyaki from his bento.

"Takes one to know one eh, Daiki," Haizaki said, glancing at the team's ace, who glared at him.

Akashi sighed at the usual tense mood that Haizaki always brings. "Do you need something Haizaki?"

Haizaki took a quick a glance to Akashi before his eyes went back to Kise. "I just need to tell something to Ryouta." He leaned towards Kise. "Hey, want to be beat up like a dog again? We can play another one-on-one if you want."

Kise had enough and abruptly stood up, making the chair fall off with a loud bang, and glared hard at Haizaki. His fist was now clenching his chopsticks so strongly that it broke into two. "You," he hissed and prepared to punch the gray head. But before he could do anything, Kuroko swiftly seized his wrist firmly, stopping what he was about to do.

Kise looked at his instructor in surprise. "Ku-Kurokocchi?"

"Please calm down Kise-kun. Violence wouldn't solve anything," Kuroko said, trying to settle down the blond. "And besides, you'll be suspended if you start a fight with Haizaki-kun," he reminded Kise.

Kise blinked at the teal head for a moment before sighing in defeat. "You're right," he said as he scratched the back of his head sheepishly. "Sorry about that Kurokocchi."

"It's fine Kise-kun."

Kise picked up his chair and sat on it, going back to his lunch and ignored the stares that every student was giving him.

Haizaki watched the interaction in amusement. "You're too whipped Ryouta," he commented.

Kise tensed up but paid no attention to the gray head and just ate his lunch silently after Midorima handed him a spare chopsticks which turns out to be Gemini's lucky item for the day.

Haizaki shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly when the blond disregarded him. He leaned to the table and took Kuroko's karaage. "Karaage, mine~"

Aomine's eye twitched in annoyance and turned to Haizaki, irritated. "How many times do I have to tell you not to steal other people's food when you're not hungry?"

"C'mon, it's no big deal."

"I don't particularly mind," Kuroko interjected.

"See, even Tetsuya doesn't mind," Haizaki said and then took Kuroko's vanilla milkshake.

Everyone from the table then froze and stared at Haizaki in disbelief.

Either Haizaki didn't notice their stare or was ignoring it as he drank Kuroko's vanilla milkshake until there wasn't any drop left. Haizaki shuddered when he finished drinking the milkshake and turned to Kuroko, who became suddenly rigid. "Why do you always drink this stuff Tetsuya? It's too sweet and it doesn't even taste good," he complained.

The regulars plus Kise paled when they heard what Haizaki had just said about Kuroko's favorite drink.

Kuroko, who has his teal eyes hidden behind his bangs, stood calmly from his chair and strode towards Haizaki until he was in front of the gray haired teen.

Haizaki raised an eyebrow. "What do you wa—"he didn't get finish his question when Kuroko used his ignite pass on him all of a sudden, jabbing his stomach in agony. He crouched down holding his hurting stomach and looked up at Kuroko.

Kuroko glared coldly at Haizaki. "Haizaki-kun shouldn't steal other people's food if he doesn't like it," he said, his tone much more emotionless than usual. "And don't insult vanilla milkshake in front of me again. Do you understand Haizaki-kun?"

Haizaki blanched at the teal head in front of him and his subtle threat. This was the first time he saw Kuroko get angry and he's much more terrifying than Akashi. He nodded his head hastily in fear before blackness engulfed his vision causing him to faint due to pain.

Akashi once again sighed at the commotion and called two freshmen from the basketball club who were eating on a table near them (every student was watching them at this point). "Take Haizaki into the infirmary," he ordered.

The two freshmen quickly did as they were told and carried Haizaki out of the cafeteria to the infirmary. Everyone watched as the two freshmen carried the gray haired delinquent out.

Kise hesitantly turned to his instructor. "Was that okay Kurokocchi? You're the one who told me that you'll get suspension if you start a fight."

Kuroko didn't even look at the blond when he responded. "What are you talking about Kise-kun? I was merely practicing my ignite pass not starting a fight."

Everyone shuddered uneasily at Kuroko's cold voice and tone as well as his indifferent response.

Akashi stood up, walked towards Kuroko and gently took his hand. "Come on Kuroko, I'll buy you another milkshake," he said, trying to appease the phantom player.

Kuroko looked at his red haired captain, his azure eyes going back to their normal and expressionless ones. "Really Akashi-kun?"

"Of course," Akashi answered still holding Kuroko's hand and led the way to buy the teal head his favorite vanilla milkshake, leaving their teammates and the rest of the student body gawking at them.

Kise watched his captain and instructor's retreating figures awkwardly. "Ku-Kurokocchi is kind of scary when he gets mad," he stuttered.

"That's just Tetsu being pissed," Aomine pointed out as he returned to eating his bento. "You haven't seen Tetsu actually mad."

Kise turned to the blue head and gulped nervously. "R-Really?"

Murasakibara and Midorima both nodded at his question, they have firsthand experience of seeing Kuroko unleash his fury.

N-Note to self, never make Kurokocchi mad, Kise thought and then suddenly shivered at his reminder. But why do I get the feeling that it's useless?