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Kise Ryouta ([personal profile] yellowcopycat) wrote in [community profile] swan_forest2016-06-06 01:42 pm
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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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[personal profile] misdirects 2016-07-07 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
Kuroko's a sweaty and tired mess, like he is after every match, but it's a good sort of tired— the kind that sinks into his bones in a pleasantly warm way. He always enjoys playing against Kaijou, whom Seirin looked forward to even the score with, given their very first practice match and subsequent rivalry. (He'll never tell Kise, but he thinks their teams suit each other in a strange way.)

He looks over at the call of his name, a bit surprised as he expected the other team to be well on their way. Kuroko hasn't taken a towel like the others headed for the locker room, instead wiping some of his sweat away by pulling his jersey up.

"Oh, Kise-kun. Is something wrong?"
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[personal profile] misdirects 2022-12-21 05:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Seirin High's yearly training camp is not split into two for once - after their Winter Cup win, the school increases their budget and they can afford a relatively nice hot springs resort out in Yokohama. Everyone suspects the choice of location is because Coach doesn't want to run into Touou and Shuutoku once more, but she surprises the team when she reveals it's an semi-official joint training camp with Kaijou. Training sessions are done at separate gyms, but they've already had a couple practice matches testing various team compositions during the day.

Now that it's night... it's time for the test of courage. The inn they're staying at is not far from a set of abandoned Shinto shrines and Kaijou's managers have taken up the task of setting up a few paths for groups to wander along. Everyone has been split up into mixed pairs to encourage inter-team collaboration.

Naturally, Kuroko ends up with Kise, who he hasn't seen in quite a while before this trip began. He offers a small wave of his flashlight when they meet up at the beginning of their trail. "It seems our mission is to retrieve a mask and place a seal on the door once we've left."
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[personal profile] misdirects 2023-01-23 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
It's been a while since Kuroko's properly seen his middle school friends, given the increase in training to prepare for the Interhigh. It's shortly after tournament closes out that most of the Miracles meet up for some casual street basketball (Murasakibara refuses on the basis of not wanting to travel back to Tokyo so soon), under the premise of celebrating Kagami's birthday.

After a long day of bickering and banter between the eclectic mix of personalities that is their group, the sun has set and the others start to depart - Kagami is having dinner with his parents for once, Akashi and Midorima cite needing to get an early start the next day, Aomine and Momoi have family obligations. Their group is whittled down to only Kuroko and Kise lingering on the court.

Kuroko, for his part, is absolutely exhausted, but very clearly happy from a day spent with friends. He turns to the blond as he wipes away some lingering sweat with his wristband, bangs sticking haphazardly against his forehead. "I don't know if you're busy, Kise-kun, but if not... would you like to stop by Maji Burger with me?"
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[personal profile] misdirects 2023-03-22 02:25 pm (UTC)(link)
The cherry blossoms are in full bloom as the school year starts anew. Tearful goodbyes were shared with the founders of the Seirin Basketball Club only a couple weeks ago and now it's fully in the hands of new third years. Kuroko is carrying out his first big duty as the team manager by establishing the Kaijou-Seirin practice match, which is starting to become something of a tradition between the two schools.

He's talking over the details with Coach Takeuchi on the sidelines of the gym, but his gaze is repeatedly drawn over to the practice that's starting to slow down. Takeuchi's eyes are instead lingering over the large bandage taped to Kuroko's left cheek as they finalize dates.
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[personal profile] misdirects 2023-06-16 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
The days pass by quietly with first semester exams coming and going at the end of the June. Kuroko is eager to help Seirin craft a more intense training program now that exams are behind them and Interhigh looms on the horizon. It'll be the first major tournament they play without him and it's a little painful, but he hopes he can help lead the team to victory, even if it's from the sidelines.

Even with all the hubbub of drawing up exercise programs and new strategies, he needs to find time to visit his prospective schools. His mother was the one who thought it was a good excuse to tie both his visit to Ryuuzaki University with a sidequest to the famous Shonan Hiratsuka Tanabata Festival.

The weekend of Tanabata starts off sunny and pleasantly warm and is the perfect weather to tour the university in. Kuroko makes sure to send off a text in the morning that details the time and place they should meet later in the evening. Later in the day, he sends off another text: Sorry, my parents will be joining us briefly at the start.

When the appointed hour rolls around, Kuroko is waiting across from the intersection where the festival starts, dressed in a white yukata with a simple pattern, tied off with an obi that matches his hair. He is flanked by his parents: his father, a side-swept gray-haired bespectacled man who is only slightly taller than he is, wrapped in a dark navy yukata in a white obi. His mother, a petite woman with a bob the same color as Kuroko's, wearing a white yukata decorated in sweeping visuals of indigo spider lilies. Her obi also matches Kuroko's, but it's tied elaborately in the shape of a flower.