swan_forest | Unrequited Love?

Kaijou and Seirin had just had their first practice match, which was shaping up to be a tradition of sorts. This time, Kaijou had gone to Seirin. The gym was nice, newer then Kaijou's but maybe not as big.

He was breathing heavily, but smiling broadly. It always felt good to play, even if it was just a practice match and they weren't going all out. After all, he wanted to keep some of his new tricks up his sleeves, just like he was sure Kagami and Kuroko were hiding some of their new tricks too. This year's match had ended in a draw. Better than last year's practice match, which had ended in Kaijou's loss by two points.

Just thinking about Kuroko made Kise look over to the Seirin team, focusing in on the smaller boy.

For awhile now Kise had realized that he had feelings for Kuroko. Kise had looked up to Kuroko for awhile, but it wasn't really until after the Winter Cup that Kise realized he was probably in love with Kuroko.

He took a towel that one of the first years offered him. "Thanks," he said absently. He scrubbed at his face, his thoughts racing. He had been thinking about Kuroko a lot lately, and seeing him only brought those thoughts back to the surface, only pushed aside when the game had begun. Now with the game over he couldn't focus. The warm glow in his chest that came whenever he thought about Kuroko was back with a vengeance.

The Kaijou team was gathering their things and getting ready to board the bus. He told the first year that he'd be along in a bit and began to head over to the Seirin team.

"Kurokocchi~" he called out. No time like the present, he thought. He didn't know if Kuroko would return his feelings, but he was hopeful. The time Kuroko had cheered him on while he went up against Haizaki stood out in his mind.

"Kurokocchi! You got a minute?"

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"Hmmm.... Yeah, that's more like it." Maybe. Maybe it was both.

It's hard to imagine Aomine growing up that fast. "But if this works, maybe it'll help him pull his head out of his ass."

"Doubtful, but it would be nice for them to stop being so annoying."

Kise gave a snort at that. "Oh, Kurokocchi. They're only going to be more annoying."

(Pot meet kettle.)

"Maybe it's a good thing I'll be in Ohio while they're in California. They'll probably alternate between making out and fighting."

"You're right, actually. But at least you will not be an awkward third wheel."

He hums, sipping at his milkshake. "I wonder, will my time in that role increase or decrease?"

Living in a different prefecture cut down on third-wheel time.

"I don't know," he said, stirring his tea and making the boba swirl at the bottom. I've never been in that situation. I'm not as friendly with the other models as I am with you guys—there is lots of passive aggression, even from the other boys."

"That's a shame, since I imagine you must run into the same circles time and time again." The industry can't be that big...

"And as much as I cherish their company, it can be a taxing role to play."

"Oh, I do, and there's a few I get along with, but not as well as I get along with you guys and my team. We can be a very catty breed. Think of me at my most passive-aggressive, then multiply it by three."

He hummed. "I bet. They're lucky that you put up with them."

"Hm, sounds like an nightmare to deal with."

He picks at his straw. "I suppose so. But soon, they will only be putting up with each other."

"It's not so bad so long as you have thick skin."

Kise often acts like he has thin skin, but he likes being dramatic sometimes.

"Well, strangers will have to deal with them. Their new team."

He tilts his head, wondering briefly on how much Kise has had to endure in his line of work.

"Kagami-kun will be fine, he is easy-going enough to get along with most people. I pray for Aomine-kun's new team."

"Maybe we should encourage Kagamicchi to withhold sex from him if he doesn't behave."

"Typically, I feel like that'd be a terrible tactic, but it'd actually work for him."

Humming, Kise thought about his parents and their arguments. They were the only stable couple he knew aside from himself and Akashi, but that was different.

So were his parents, for that matter. Hmm...

"Honestly, I don't know how effective this tactic is. But since Aominecchi is so hormone-driven, it just might."

"I worry more about it being unhealthy than its effectiveness... but Aomine-kun is indeed a special creature..."

"I'm still surprised he's a virgin at this point. I guess he has a romantic side to him. Buried under the brute."

He knew that was a little unfair, as Aomine was actually pretty sensitive about certain things and just covered it up with bullshit. (Midoriya said it was because he was a Virgo, but Kise never put much stock in astrology.)

Of course, this was all stuff he said to Aomine directly to him, mostly via text.

"He does have his moments of sweetness. Sandwiched in-between all his crudeness."

Kuroko should know - aside from Momoi, he's had to deal with him the most.

And after them, it was Kise. Kise had fallen hard and fast for Aomine, his first real crush. But it was Kuroko that was his first blush with real love.

"He does. Wish he felt comfortable enough to let it out like he did when I first met him. Now he's as much as tsundere as Midorimacchi."

"Tsundere is an interesting choice of words for his behavior," he tries to hide a smile with a sip of his drink. "I'm not sure I entirely agree."

"... He's more violent than usual tsunderes," Kise said after a moment. "But he totally is one. But he's not a yandere, because those don't hide their emotions."

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ugh, I keep getting Midorima and Midoriya mixed up

a hilarious mistake to make

It would a very interesting crossover; Kuroko's Hero Academia