An Absolute Annoyance (Kuroko no Basket - Akashi Seijuurou Fanfiction)

A/N: Now don't go thinking that being bullied for no apparent reason is not realistic. I was a victim of mild bullying myself just because they felt like it. -_- *raises middle finger the dem bullies*

(Or yeah, maybe I just found a way to torture our protagonist more--//stabbed)

imsorry

Anyway, I'm sorry for the current arc. XD //trucked.

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I stared at my zombie-like reflection on the mirror as I waited for Yuki-chan to answer from the other line. My complexion was paler than it was a week ago, my eye bags were larger and darker than usual, and my eyes were involuntarily narrowed -- I wasn't able to sleep for even just a second last night. I was too worried about the three third years and what plans they had in store. I considered not going to school today, but then the red-haired emperor came to mind.

The ringing stopped. "Good--" she yawned, "--morning, Ki-chan..."

"Did I wake you up?" I asked worriedly. She sounded like she just woke up. "I'm sorry--"

"Mmm... It's fine... It's about time I wake up, anyway..." She yawned again. "So is there something wrong...?"

I took a deep breath, not believing what I was about to say next. "How do you use a concealer to hide your eye bags?" I swear I wasn't the kind who worries about things like this. It's just that Akashi-kun would see me in this hideous state and-- Wait, no. That sounded wrong. Let me try again-- He would most probably force me to do this at school, so I might as well do it now. Though bully-repelling makeup enchantment has worn off, I still think I had to do this.

"... concealer... hide... eye bags-- Wait, WHAT?! Who are you and what did you do to my makeup-hating friend?!" she shouted really loudly that I had to pull my phone away from my ear. She was finally awake.

I explained everything to her in the simplest and quickest way I could. She listened intently, which I appreciated. It's not easy to listen to something when you just woke up.

"Kyaaa~!" was her ear-killing response. I distanced the phone away. "Akiyama Saki's turning to a girl!" she squealed. I snorted then rolled my eyes. I decided not argue anymore; I didn't have time to do so since I had to get on my way to school in order to not to be late.

"Okay, okay." I sighed in defeat. "Please teach me, Mashiro Yuki-sama."

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Don't mess up. Don't mess up.

I held my breath as I sensed his face just mere inches beside mine, my right hand on the mouse trembling as I clicked on various areas and followed his instructions. I tried to focus my attention on the work in progress in the computer screen. It was actually hard to do so, since my heart's pounding has been ringing in my ears. Darn it.

He was standing so close to me that I could smell his scent without much effort. He smelled of one of those expensive masculine perfumes, but not the strong kind. It was actually kind of pleasant compared to those of some other people I know. (Shoot. I sounded like a creep.)

"Enlarge the titles for each slide," he commanded next to my ear. I nervously highlighted the text then scrolled through the sizes in the formatting toolbar. I clicked '36'. "No, larger." Assuming that 40 would be too big for the slide, I typed ' 38' instead.

Seemingly satisfied, he stood straight. Thank goodness. I internally let out a relieved sigh. "Add related pictures on the slides that need them," he ordered, his voice as empty as ever. I couldn't tell if the presentation I made last night even barely passed the perfectionist's standards since he didn't make me change everything, or if he was just too tired to deal with this right now since he had to scold some troublemakers earlier.