When people see male and female childhood friends , most of the time they think about romantic stories , Like being each other first love , or one having an undying unrequited flame for the other .
However , for Momoi Satsuki , a childhood friend is not a first love ,
Nor a subtle crush waiting to burst out . for her , Aomine is literally 'a pain in the ass .'
The guy was extremely cocky , so annoying , stupid and the definition of an Aho ganguroo .
Basketball dork .
He did have actually some good points that's why she still tolerate him , from time to time she would snap and throw whatever she had at hand at him .
Apart from Aomine , Momoi didn't have many people to call close friends especially female friends , sure she had classmates whom she got along with , but not pals she would hang , or invite to spend time having fun .
And when she became the basketball manager, things got worse . Some girls considered her 'a rival ' in a love battle she didn't even participate into , sometimes she even got cornered by jealous fanclub members of one of the first string players , ordering her to quit or leave the guys alone .
Despite all of that , Momoi Satsuki never cared about their opinions , they can't do something anyway . So Momoi friends are boys , so what ?
It didn't really bother her, the guys of the basketball team are interesting , fun and most importantly They minded Thier own business .
And it was this way her life constituted of basketball , fun and trying to make a certain blue haired shadow like her back .
Until she came to know a certain blonde model . The pink haired girl heard about her popular schoolmate before, who wouldn't anyway ? Not every school has a student working as a model .
Recognizing the blond girl in crowd of students was really easy . whenever she walked by her or they cross ways in some random hallway , she would notice the gazes that follows the beauty's every move .
One day without a warning , Daiki asked her about a certain kise Ryouko , when Momoi heard that question she thought It was strange
'never in her life thought the tan Aho would be interested in someone outside his basketball club to remember his name since Aomine never was interested
Even in classes , this Aho friend of hers never bothered to remember any girl's name , If he needed something from his classmates , he would call them by insufferable nickname 'hey shorty !' hey pigtails !'
However Momoi brushed it since he didn't ask her again , until ...
"Say what ?" "My ball hit kise Ryouko so I ran away ."
"You could have apologized Dai-chan ."
Aomine mumbled something she couldn't her.
Ok , how stupid he can get , even for an Aho his stupidity reached another level .
However , It was clear that her childhood friend is experiencing first crush , first real crush apart from older women with heavy chests .
when Kise walked in with Dai-chan basketball in hand , Momoi couldn't help but be thrilled.
The way her annoying childhood friend behaved was stranger
' Oh dear !'Unable to mask her surprise at Dai-chan unusual shy behaviour and the blonds boldness. Aomine who is so full of yourself acting docile for once .
Omg Aomine is apologizing , the almighty Aomine Daiki apologizing .
At that particular moment Momoi knew
Somehow they clicked together , so it's her chance to play matchmaker
First let's invite her to the group .
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"Oi Satsuki were are we going ?"
Satsuki dragged both Aomine and Kuroko , to the court where they held the girl's summer cup '
"Just wait Dai-Chan ." winked up at her big friend .
The navy blue haired guy was about to say something when a familuar pool of golden blond hair bouncing in the center
Aomine just stood there staring , looked in a trance and when they won , the blond never looked more beautiful , sweat sticking to her skin making her glittery , her wide victorious grin , he cracked a wide smile of his own .
Satsuki smiled at her childhood friend cuteness " Let's wait here to congratulate Ki-chan ."
"Momoiichhi ." Momoi practically throws herself at Kise "Ki-chan that was terrific." she smiled enthusiastically
"Yo Kise ."Aomine greeted "Nice game Kise-san ." Kuroko said as he bowed politely.
"Aominecchi , Kurokocchi what brings you here? " Kise noticed the two male friends accompanying Momoi .
"I bought them with me ." The pink haired answered for them . "Good game ." rubbing the back of his neck sheepishly , Aomine's embarrassment .
Of course , the compliment made Kise delighted , her basketball idol complemented her 'did he see how she played ? Did he like it ? ', Kise couldn't wait to hear more from him , she couldn't be any more excited.
" Let's go celebrate ! " Momoi announced smiling widely.
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Kise didn't expect many things , maybe they would go have lunch together or better , invite her to karaoke where they would sing to their heart contenant.
Instead , they went to a regular store nearby . They bought , or more precisely made her pay for popsicles because she is the only one who has a job instead of begging her parents to have some money poket where they unexpectedly met two more familiar faces that belonged to one green haired guy who could shout a three point from the other part of the globe and one purple haired titan .
Kise's attention shifted to object the four glasses was holding in his right hand "what is that ? " pointing at what is in his hand ?"
" its that an iron ?'
" it's today's lycky item for cancer Oha-san said " he said as if it was the most normal thing in the world .
"Ki-chin I told you that Mido-chin is weird ." Added Murasakibara munching on his cookies .
"Shut up Murasakibara." The green haired sized the blond female up and down , oh yeah she forgot to present herself even though she started judging him .
"Hello ! my name is Kise Ryouko."
"It's Midorma , Midorima shintarou."
"Your date of birth ?" Midorma raised an eyebrow .
"June 18 ?" Wasn't so sure why did he ask her about her birthday generally when you meet someone for the first time you ask about his name , hobbies or how he is doing in general but a birthday is a first .
"Gimini then "the greenette pushes his glasses farther up his nose .'oh so that's what's about .' the girl though than asked back "Your Zodiac ?"
"Cancer ."
" And how is gimini and cancer friendship ?"
"Quite promising ..." As he looked at the blond face a wave of annoyance took him "but...YOU ... piss off for some reason ." The blond ignored his rude statement
"And...Relationships ?" Kise winks then leans forward teasing the serious teen who Blushed furiously at the indirect implication his right eyebrow twitched , while Aomine nearly chocked on his water uttering "what the"
"Not with you , never with you baka-dayooo."screamed the tomato faced teen .
"You are cruel Midorimacchi ." Kise puffed her cheeks like she is offended , however , She's actually quite amused , 'is that what we call a tsundere , how cuuute ! I want to tease him even more .'
"I think Midorimacchi is amazing , who could pull a three pointer like that ? " Midorima blushed again but lesser than before and averted his eyes .
" Amazing ! I'm more amazing that this luck chasing weirdo ." Claimed Teiko's ace .
"Yeah ! Yeah Dai-chan." Momoi waved him dismissively .
"Oi Tetsu! Back up here"Aomine turned to his smaller companion , who kept sipping on a milkshake calmly.
"I guess we should head home now ." Momoi looked at the sky . 'that's it ! That's my chance to be alone with Tetsu-kun .'
"Dai-chan why won't you take Ki-chan home , I am going with Tetsu-kun ."
"Satsuki !" Her friend blushed .
"Just go !"
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Awkward silence
Kise glanced at Aomine walking beside her , the guy was oddly silent unlike before with his two friends Kuroko and Satsuki .so apparently , he is not very confortable with her . Aomine wasn't entirely sure what to do either or what to say , He actively avoids looking at her he was in turmoil on the inside but he kept his cool outside 'way to go big guy .' he applauded himself.
As the continued to walk , Kise noticed a basketball field across the street .
"Aominecchi one-on-one ?" she called out to him , the boy who was in lala land returned back to earth in a second "What ?"Aomine asked confused .
" One on one ? "
"But ...you are a girl ." Pointed at her demonstrating the obvious .
"No way ! " replied sarcastically and raised an eyebrow "Oh , you think I won't live to your expectations ?"
"Yes ."
"Did you really have to be that honest ?
" Kise Pouted , it's always like that , guys underestimate her thinking that a girl would never be able to kick thier asses .
The blue haired sighed , he just have to go easy on her "Alright prepare yourself to lose ."
Aomine thrown his basketball at Kise and smirked "Here! Ladies first. "
"Oh is Aomicchi a gentleman? " " A small smile spreads over the girl's face .
Aomine stares blankly at Kise didn't expect it ,
"You are good! " Aomine stares, a little taken aback ,Kise breathed out a laugh , Aomine grinned in predatory manner and started to play seriously .
What he didn't know about her , back then when she was bored , she joined boy's teams to play against them especially in sport's that didn't require too much brute force than agility and Technics . she wasn't disappointed with them , In fact they were a challenge most of the time .
Other times things escalated as the guys interpreted her passion for sports as something else , to either some confessing Thier love to her which was more often than not , quite problematic , unwanted drama and rivalry rose between teammates , and it's not like they stood a chance with her anyway .
Not to forget the bitter losers who call her a bakemono 'monster ' , complaining how it's not normal for a woman to be this good in sports also be able to do hard moves that will take them years of intense practice to master .
Obviously, she lost dramatically.
Kise whined "Aominecchi one more time please please please ." Aomine feels this uncontrollable urge to roll his eyes , she was being annoying , spinning a ball on his fingers he gave a direct "No " this time lise accepted but not without a pout .
"Aaaaaominecchi ?"
"Hmmm? "
"I am thirsty wanna grab me a drink ?" The girl smiled .
Walking toward the vending-machine
Aomine grabs his drink and slurps , one tanned hand holds his companion drink .
" I enjoyed today especially , One-on-ones with you aominecchi , I wish we would do that more often . "
Aomine Blushed :"m-me too ." The blond brightened .
Kise took out her mobile. "Then let's exchange e-mails and phone numbers so we can call each other for one on one ."
"Now I can see you whenever I want ."The blond looked at him with innocent amber eyes as She grinned innocently unaware how suggestive she sounded .
Aomine turned his eyes away blushing furiously , afraid that the blond might read what's in his mind , he felt warm all over .
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basketball practice and school were exhausting , especially now they are rising rapidly in ranks , they won every game until now . It came as a surprise for the other school's teams
thought that never backend Ryouko down from sneaking into the the guys practice session again whenever she had the chance , for her it was an amazing show she can't help but be addicted to it .
and now things became easier since she is using her new statue as Momoi's special female friend . Surpisely , the first string players never complained about her presence , well some of secondary players lost their concentration on the game and kept checking her out instead , but they learned to be more subtle so they won't anger the black haired capitain . In fact , a competition to gain her attention and admiration arose between players , the girl obviously admired talented people , since she was not really subtle about her interest in their navy blue haired ace .
however , among players , there was someone she couldn't really stand Shougo Haizaki
What bebe you came to see me ? " The blond female felt like she was having some kind of déjà-vu , never wanted to punch anyone so bad .The guy is really annoying and clingy . He don't accept a 'no ' or 'leave me alone ' for an answer , Which led to Him and Aomine bickering loudly catching everyone's attention . So , Aomine bet against Haizaki that if he won , Haizaki will have to leave kise alone , which obviously he did easily.
However, no matter how much annoying he is , the guy has some really good skills in basketball which earned him the position as a first string , Haizaki has an ability similar to her but also not quite so similar , the guy not only copied but stole his appointment moves destabilising them . It was scary !
The girl thought while she headed to the boy's practice as usual , she checks for any new amazing technics she could use after .
When Aomine sees a pool of shiny blond hair pulled back into a ponytail entering the gym , he sends her cocky grin from across the court where he was playing against three guys trying desperately to block him but with no avail as he easily Dodge them with speed and shoot effortlessly , he gives Kise another triumphant grin his hand forming a peace sign before continuing , Kise almost stops breathing caught in some spell . He is so cool like that ! She can watch him like that forever, just destroying his opponents with that grin plastered on his face .
"Ki-chan." "Hello, kise-san." It's no surprise for Momoi to great her once she finished with what she had in hands at that moment then they would engage in small talks , the pink haired girl is interesting and fun to hang out with , she reminds her of her teammates . However , The red haired vice-captain Pretty much ignored her presence altogether , until now .
" So Kise-san..." Akashi started " you are basketball female team small forward ."
"How do you know?" Akashi sends her a knowing yet charming smile .
"I know your capitain Watanabe Nanami-san "
Akashi have known Nanami since she came uninvited to the club so much like her blond Kyouhai , Usually to harass poor Nijimura since they were childhood friends . Akashi watched her in amusement as she got under his captain's skin , the boy never looked to pissed before .
" Kise-san is always watching training games ."
"What the.." kuroko was born Beside her in an instant "when did you come here ? "
"I came with Akashi-kun and Momoi-san. "
"But..."there was no point to argue "anyway I wanted to ask Kurokocchi something."
"Go on ." The boy titled his head curiously .
" Is Kurokocchi a regular ?"
"I am first string Kise-San. "Kuroko said in his monotone voice ,
"Seriously ! I never saw you play before ." Ryouko titled her head curiously .
"Ki-chan have you seen the ball miraculously ending in Dai-chan hands like magnets to metal ."
The blond nodded and thought ' Yeah now that you said it I thought it's some kind of ancient black magic trick .'
"That's Tetsu-kun passing , it's called "misdirection " , he uses his weak presence on court to destabilise our adversary , isn't he awesome ! " Eyes turned to pink hearts , Momoi excitedly yet lovingly started prising Kuroko's abilities , it was too obvious that the pink haired girl held romantic feelings to Teiko's phantom member , every one in the basketball club know that except Midorma , The girl always showed her fondness toward her crush .
staring at the boy who simply stared back . suddenly she felt a wave of admiration for the light blue haired shadow , the guy is not just amazing by using his gifts he is selfless too , Stars into her eyes "Kurokocchi is cool !"
Haizaki watchs on the side , after Momoi and Kuroko joined the newcomer's side with an unreadable expression .