Spark | Kuroko no Basuke x OC

Days of the Past

Right, he probably doesn't remember since I was only on the sidelines when we played Kaijo in the practice match, Fukuda gulped under scrutiny and nodded. "I'm on the second-string. I-I play center."

"Huh," the model replied with boredom lacing his tone but he smiled. "Maybe we'll play against each other during the Winter Cup. I'm excited, you know. I still have to pay Seirin back for the loss during our practice game."

"Y-Yeah..." Fukuda nodded weakly. For some reason, he didn't feel that the blonde was very genuine when he was talking to anyone except Tomoko, who was too engrossed in her work to pay attention to their short conversation. "We... We won't back down!"

"It's somewhat unconvincing coming from a second-string~ but I trust Kuroko-cchi and Kagami-cchi have something up their sleeves!"

Even if he said it with a joking smile, Fukuda could tell that there was a certain bite to his words by the tone of his voice. Kise Ryouta was quite a dark character, it seems.

"Fukuda-kun," Tomoko suddenly piped up and showed the brunette a particularly hard question with a frustrated pout, breaking him out of the awkward conversation. "What is this? I'm positive this was never mentioned in class!"

"Eh, it was..." he assured the girl and started to explain. While he was doing that, he couldn't help but notice how Kise was extremely close to Tomoko, setting his head on her shoulders and practically hugging the girl. T-Thats a lot of skinship! They looked so natural together that it was hard to tell if they weren't. Nonetheless, Fukuda paid attention and did his best to explain in detail, and after several minutes of the girl scribbling down her answer, he checked over it.

"That's right, Okuma-chan!"

"Yes!" she cried with her hands thrown up in the air. The blonde next to her shared her happiness and slapped the outstretched hands in a loud high-five.

"I still didn't get it but you did! You're so smart, Kuma-cchi!"

"Thank you!"

"Be quiet, this a library!" the lady by the front desk hushed the two loud teens with a glare, and around them a few students have also turned to them with a look of disapproval at their loud shouts. They immediately apologized but their happiness could not be contained.

"This calls for a well-deserved break!" Kise declared in a whisper. "Let's do something fun!"

"In a library...?" Fukuda wondered skeptically as the blonde looked around the library as if he's never been to one on the regular. Well, he wasn't sure that the male did since he always seemed busy with basketball and his modeling career.

"Wait, they have magazines in the library? Look, I see Zunon Boy issues!" Kise took off his sunglasses for a better look and then ran up to the magazine rack. He picked one up and waved it around excitedly to show Tomoko. "I'm on the cover of this one—see, this was last week's issue! Have you seen it, Kuma-cchi?!"

During his excitement, he didn't fail to garner a few gazes his way. There were a few girls who started to whisper after seeing the blonde model more clearly and realized who he was. It was especially hard to miss since he was practically showing the world by waving a magazine with his face on the cover around.

"Is that Kise Ryouta...?"

"No way, seriously?"

"Yes, that's definitely him! Kise-kun!"

"Oh no," Tomoko seemed to realize what was happening and Fukuda widened his eyes just as a group of girls ran up to surround the model. Forget about studying, seeing a famous model and teenage heartthrob was so much better in those girls' eyes. The once quiet library was now filled with zealous fans and Tomoko leaned towards Fukuda, "This happens a lot. It's chaos."