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how their crush flusters them w/ akashi, momoi, aomine
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soulmate!au, enemies to lovers!au, manga!kise, cursing!kise to bits, LONG SERIES FIC
Hana is the name I decided to give to the brunette who flirted with Haizaki in s3
Synopsis: Kise despises people like you more than anyone else, the type of people who are shallow, coquettish, and so high-strung on acquiring a soulmate more than anyone else. Nothing good ever comes out of someone who hangs out with the brunette girl along with Haizaki.
You despise two-faced people like him... that's what you like to tell yourself. After all, you're only honest about what you want with people, and if it can help you get a soulmate faster... Where's the crime in that? High-and-mighty people like Kise who didn't believe in soulmates were pretentious, and he was no exception. And you'll do whatever it takes to get what you want, even if it means throwing away your heart in the process, because happiness will come to you once you're with your soulmate... you just know it.
āWh-Wh-Wh-What?!ā Kasamatsu sputters, with the brightest crimson on his cheeks. You only give a lopsided smile at his reaction, but your eyes show that you werenāt joking in the slightest. āWh-What the hell?!ā
Moriyama only bemoans the development, arm slung over his face in such a dramatic way that Kise completely ignores him to focus on the back of your head.
Is she fucking serious? Thereās no wayā¦
āYet another cute girl escapes from meāmy soulmate is still out there waiting for me to rescue herā¦!ā Moriyama cries out, though still, no one bothered to heed his words at all. āSurely, you must have mistaken our captain for me? I sense a connection between us!ā
You merely turn to Moriyama before you smile that uncanny grin. āSorry, sorry! I think Kasamatsu-senpai is the one, though!ā
Ouch. Kise looks to see Moriyama absolutely heartbroken from your words. She definitely pulls some punches of her own.
Kasamatsu, frozen this entire time, barely recovers with a cough. ā... H-Have we met before?ā
You laugh, mirth seeping into the sound as Kasamatsu turns redder, clearly affected by your reaction to his dumbfounded question. āWell, itās fine if you donāt remember me, but last week, we briefly talkedā¦ And, I accidentally bumped into you when I tried leaving in a rush!ā You stop dramatically, holding your finger up for effect. Clearly, Hayakawa was buying your theatrics. Kise rolls his eyes. āThen you made the effort to run all the way to me, tapped my shoulder, then shyly gave back my notes. And like, thatās totally unlike the you from your matches! And I thoughtā¦ āoh my gosh, I think he might fulfill my requirements from my soulmate letter!ā So the next week came, and here we are! I was hoping to find you guys at practiceā¦ lucky me!ā
Kise stops listening to you halfway to pick up a ball across the court. Everyone else remains stuck in their spot, as if you had somehow forced them under a spell to listen to you ramble.
āUhā¦ yeahā¦ā Kasamatsu clears his throat, before he whips his head around to shout at everyone around you two. āWell, what are you guys waiting around for?! Unless you really want me to kick your ass, then get moving!ā Instantly, everyone scrambles to do something and to look busy, but every now and then, they steal a few glances while the captainās attention is on you.
āLookā¦ā he turns back to face you, voice instantly turning into more of a mumble once more. āW-Whatās your nameā¦?ā
You beam at him. Kasamatsu bursts into a flurry of nervous coughs again at the sight.
āIām (l/n) (y/n), ehe!~ āŖ Itās nice to meet you!ā
Shut the hell up already, Kise groans in his mind. He dribbles faster to block your presence out, racing down the court to deliver a punishing dunk and letting the rim go with a rattle. How much can one person talk this much anyways? Kasamatsu-senpai, youād kick me in the face right now if I did the exact same thingā¦ you go way too easy on girls. He stops to look up in thought after the ball bounces unceremoniously away. Then again, I guess I go too easy on them too.
āR-Right.ā Kasamatsu clears his throat. āSoā¦ā He averts his gaze, thick brows furrowed. āC-Could youā¦ justā¦ Could you wait here until weāreā¦ done, soāā
āSure thing!ā You lean forward to catch his gaze, but Kasamatsu shrinks even further at your forward gesture. You even make the effort to pout at him, reducing Kasamatsu to nothing but a puddle. Kise turns to look at his captain, before he sighs.
Kasamatsu-senpai might need a bit of help hereā¦
āHey,ā Kise briskly jogs over to the two of you, putting on a friendly smile to ease any tension. āSorry about him. Heās not really used to this type of thing. Can you ease up on him?ā
āYouā!ā Kasamatsu does a 180, ready to whoop Kise into oblivion, but you speak up before he grabs for him.
āOops! Sorry, sorry! Iāll sit right over hereā¦ Donāt mind me! I wonāt disturb any of you guys.ā And you do exactly that, sitting on the raised platform of the stage overseeing the gym, dangling your legs and crossing them primly with your hands on your lap. You still had the same huge closed-mouth grin on you, though.
Her smile isā¦ so weird.
Kise merely raises a brow, trying to get a good read on you. Something about you irritates him, and he knows plenty of reasons why. But before he can list them out in his head, Kasamatsu interrupts his thought process as he kicks him to get back on the court.
āO-O-Ow!! Kasamatsu-senpai?!ā
āIf you have time to ogle at someone, then you sure as hell have more than enough time to do eight laps around this perimeter!ā
Kise glares at his captain. āI wasnāt ogling!!āerkāokay, okay! I got it, Iām runningā¦!ā
āāā
You sit there patiently, watching everyone nearly barf their lungs out from the drills and practice one-on-ones, but your expression hasn't changed for the most part. Kise canāt help but glance at you every so often. He canāt help itānot when youāre eyeing every single person on the court with scrutiny that doesnāt really suit your facial features. Worst part is, you keep your body near immobile, and you donāt blink much either. Itās off-puttingāespecially when only your pupils trail after Kasamatsu for extended periods at a timeā¦ Itās that unsettling and invasive, the way your gaze has that knowing, expecting glint to it. He looks around to see everyone doing the same thing he was, and hopefully, thinking the same sentiments.
So itās not just me that feels off about her.
Still, he can tell that everyoneās trying to be polite and disregard you as much as they can, trying to ignore the fact that youāre a distraction. Itās probably because the Kaijo team has never had a girl like this up close to them.
But finally, grueling practice thankfully ends with no real casualties from Kasamatsuās discipline, and everyone wearily begins to move to refresh, change, and pack up.
Of course, Kasamatsu immediately goes to check up on you even despite his obvious embarrassment. Even through great reluctance, his pride of having great responsibility overrides that hesitancy. While Kasamatsu stumbles over his words, Kise continues to stare at you suspiciously.
ā¦ Whatās her plan here?
You were clearly friends with that girl from Teiko and somehow even on friendly terms with Haizaki. This canāt be good, not with you showing up out of nowhere and declaring such a bold statement to someone like Kasamatsuā¦ and Kise had plenty of experience with girls who've done that to himā¦ like that girlāHana, was it?ā¦ who just happened to be past friends with you. Which makes a full circle. Who knows what you want from his captain?
Itās troublesome to go out of his way and interfere, but seeing Kasamatsu tripping over by being just in your presenceā¦ thereās no other answer than to figure you out and warn his captain of your true intentions. As he sorts out his next plan of action, he watches you give a coy smile and then even giggle when you see Kasamatsuās reaction. His gaze sharpens.
The captain says something to you despite his shy stupor, and you reply something cheekily. Kise squints his eyes and strains his ears to try to eavesdrop in some way, but he sighs after a few seconds, deeming the effort fruitless. So he opts to wait outside the gym, leaning against the wall next to the door. While he waits, he ignores his teammates exiting the gym, too busy wracking his mind in trying to recall anything he knows of you back in Teiko. Luckily for him, itās dark enough outside for him to be hidden in plain sight from unsuspecting people. Unfortunately, Kise was never someone into gossip or rumors (rightfully so), so any information in his brain about you is nearly nonexistent. He groans into his hands at the realization.
āWell, well! Look what we have here!ā Your bright voice cuts through the still of the night, even louder than the incessant cicadas. He jolts, his face suddenly rising from his hands to stare at you. Has he been mulling over this for that long? How did you manage to spot him? Though, grantedā¦ he was standing near the door. He looks behind you to see that youāre the only one left; it looks like even Kasamatsu went home on his own.
You shoot him what he assumes a concerned look and walk to him, but he only gives you a raised brow, still debating whether or not to put on a cheerful front to dissuade you. But before he can stand up completely straight to face you, you suddenly jump to his side and sling your arm over his neck to further bring him down to your height.
āEhhhh? Now what seems to trouble you?ā you muse, giving a little laugh. āKise-kun, right? I remember you. Quite a reputation youāve got for yourself all these years, huh?ā He immediately glares at your faceāunbelievably close to his, by the wayāand roughly shakes himself from your grasp to step away from you. He gives you a pointed look, that arrogant aura heās so acquainted with using for people he knows doesnāt deserve his respect.
āWhatās your deal?ā
You only blink at his question and tilt your head, crossing your arms to mull over his words. He doesnāt know if youāre doing this to mock him or if youāre that slow.
āMy deal?ā you inquire. āEhā¦ well, I guess I like communicating with people so openly. Ohāoops, thatās a scary look on you! My bad, my bad! I wonāt throw an arm over you anymoreāā
He gives a frustrated quick huff, deciding to get to the point. āWhat are you planning to do with Kasamatsu-senpai? You think just ācause youāre a girl, you can push people around like this? You donāt just go up to anyone and declare that theyāre your soulmate or whatever.ā
āOhhhh. Youāre concerned about your captain, arenāt you?ā You smile at him, but Kise doesnāt like the implications of your āepiphany.ā Did you just completely ignore what he said?
Yeah, Iām more concerned about the shit YOU might pull on him, rather than Kasamatsu-senpai himself. But he keeps that thought to himself. Saying that to you may cause you to get the further wrong idea. Besides, he supposes thereās some merit to your wordsā¦ he does care for his captain, even if what Kasamatsu does is his own business.
āWhatever youāre doingā¦ā Kise says, trailing off to watch your face. āYou better not plan anything fucked up, or Iāll be there to pay it back tenfold before you know it. Better watch yourself.ā
āMy gosh!ā you gape comically at him. āAre you really threatening a girl? Honestly, youāre such a brute! I havenāt done a single thing, and youāre getting on my caseā¦ā Even despite your words, your facial expressions remain quite placid, though Kise can see a slight furrow of your brows to show that his warning actually does hold some water.
Kise only rolls his eyes as he decides to walk past you. āLook, whatever Kasamatsu-senpai does is none of my concern, but youā¦ā He turns around to briefly face you. āPeople like you who like to take advantage of the idea of soulmates to manipulate others like thatāI donāt like your kind. You mightāve fooled the entire team, but I know who you really are.ā
You finally give a real reaction, jumping at the spot and staring at him with genuine widened eyes of surprise. There it is, he thinks. But he puts his guard back up when he sees your next move. You give a crooked grin and that irritating titter that sounds unbelievably ingenuine.
āThe āidea of soulmates,ā you sayā¦ā you repeat what he said, sounding almost offended somehow. āYou say that as if itās not a real thing in our lives. Like itās just some concept.ā
āDonāt twist my words,ā he says evenly. āYou know what I mean.ā
āI donāt know what youāre talking about,ā you reply. āYouāre, like, so weird, Kise-kun. I just want to look for my soulmateā¦ thatās not malicious in intent at all, is it?ā
āYou donāt need a soulmate to do what you want,ā he coolly counters. āEver thought about that?ā
You give him an unreadable look before morphing your features into an exasperated smile. āHaha! Sounds like someoneās a miserable man! Cheer up, Kise-kun! Surely, someone as well-loved as you can find anyone with your preferences to take as your soulmate~ The rest of us normal folks actually have to try to look for ours. Woe is me, especially!ā
Kise hardens his glare at you, clearly having a nerve touched by your words. Youāre the umpteenth person out there constantly telling it to his face how his search for a soulmate is as easy as he breathes air. Easy? Yeah fucking right. You think you have me all figured out, donāt you?
āIāll have you know that I donāt care for the soulmate shit. Donāt impose your values on me.ā
āWell, thenā¦ā You lean forward with your arms crossed, giving him a wink. He scowls. āDonāt āimpose your valuesā onto me either. Youāre just as suffocating as the people you look down on, you know.ā
You then turn around, back to him but your face is still turned to the side to face Kise to stick out your tongue almost provocatively, as if to piss him off on purpose. And itās working. āHow about you keep your nose out of this? Honestly, people like you who act like theyāre better and more righteous than everyone else are the worst.ā You finally turn around completely to depart in the opposite direction of Kise, as if you had the final say.
He stands there to watch your back (oh, heās boring holes into your back) as you skip away, not in the least reassured that youād refrain from trying anything starting tomorrow. Especially from how you responded to him.
Youāre even worse than that Hana chick.
āāā
āKasamatsu-senpaiā¦ā Kise calls out, looking over to see Kasamatsu in deep thought. Another day, another practice, he would have thought, but immediately walking into the gym today, Kasamatsu isnāt at his usual spot of critically eyeing his teammates before practice. In factā¦ heās distracted by a creased piece of paper. ā... Donāt tell me thatāsā¦ā
āHuh? Oh, itās just you.ā The Kaijo captain flits his eyes from the paper to look at the 1st year before he goes back to concentrating on whateverās written on the sheet. His thick brows knit together as he goes over the same line over and over, judging by how his pupils were moving back and forth. Kise cautiously walks to his side to try to get a peekā¦ and every other team starter coincidentally has the same idea.
Kasamatsu doesnāt even bother to kick them off to practice, and everyone looks at each other with immense concern and confusion before Kobori is the one to call out his oddities. āCaptain, is there something wrong? Youāve been a bit too quiet. Youāre unnerving the team a little.ā
āYeahā¦ā was all he absentmindedly said, and Kise shared a knowing look with his upperclassmen. Is it that badā¦? Kise flanks on Kasamatsuās right while Moriyama settles himself on the left, both peering over his shoulders to read the letter as fast as they humanly can:
Addressed to Kasamatsu Yukio:
Your soulmate has been to places youāve never been before, yet you two will meet for the second time in a place theyād never normally wouldnāt be in. You will ironically meet them the first time in an ordinary commonplace where people utilize to travel about. The place is never a means to the end of a destination and is always bustling with eager activity of all kinds. You will accidentally encounter someone that is completely unlike you among a particularly busy crowd. The floors will be cold and gray, and the walls will be modern. It is long vertically but does not have much depth widthwise. Many doors are located in these types of places as a must. Your fated location, in particular, has many windows and plenty of sunlight shining in with ample ventilation. You do notāshould notāthink much of this location, like anyone else normally does not. Do not try hard to look for them, or you will certainly miss your first encounter with them. This location is not at the ground floor.
Kise only gets through half a page before Kasamatsu breaks through his stupor, doing an insanely quick prep before he lands a shoe on his cheek.
āK-K-Kasamatsu-senpai?!ā
āIdiot! Who said you can snoop around?!ā
āWhat?!ā Kise rubs his cheek sullenly before he points an accusatory finger at the other team starters. āThey were looking too!! Howās that fair?!ā
But when Kasamatsu menacingly spares a glance at where Kise was pointing, the rest of the players already had the keen idea of feigning warming up, putting themselves a fair distance from the captain to avoid retributions. Kise merely balks at the turn of events.
You guysā¦ You guys are so meanā¦!!
āāā
After many hours of kicks and spartan orders, Kise somehow finds himself trapped between Hayakawa and Moriyama when he starts heading for home. How do these things always happen to me? He inwardly groans, but truthfully, itās not so bad with themā¦ you justā¦ need to get used to their quirks. VERY strange quirks. And Kise thinks heās somewhat grown used to them. Somewhat.
āWhat was up with that Ā®ette(l)!?ā Hayakawa exclaims, damn near shouting into his own eardrums even if he wasnāt trying. He never needs to try anyways. Kise winces at the sudden volume, putting his fingers into his ear holes to help alleviate the burst of pain. āThe captainā¦ he was acting ve(l)y st(l)ange, wasnāt he?!ā
āHayakawa-senpaiā¦ youāre a bitā¦ too loud.ā
Always too loud.
Moriyama answers the question as if Kise never spoke up to begin with. āOur captain was merely experiencing the awakening of the ultimate blessingā¦ unforgettable romance!! Oh when will it be my turnā¦!ā
And here, Kise thought he was the dramatic one. He merely gives an awkward, polite smile at the woe of his senior. āThough, Moriyama-senpai, the content of the letter was very simple and to the pointā¦ Itās not something to freak out over, anyways.ā He shrugs with a heavy sigh. āIs it really that bad for Kasamatsu-senpai?ā
ā... We shou(r)d encou(l)age him to do his best!ā
Unsurprisingly, both Kise and Moriyama squint at the offensive rebounder to decipher his words. Thereās a moment of uncomfortable silence while the trio walks down the smooth concrete, dappled by the sunset rays filtered through the trees in the neighborhood. As if on cue, gentle wind tousles through their hair strands to emphasize the unnaturalā¦ silence? Lack of response? Kise opens his mouth.
ā... Anyways. We should mind our own business. Itās his to deal with, you know?ā
āI agree!ā Moriyama nods aggressively, holding his chin with his forefingers in a āthoughtfulā way. āThis is the only way Kasamatsu can truly become a man and lead the rest of us! Then, we can utilize his newfound experience to help us all get a cute dateā¦ yes, yesā¦ Itās truly a win-win situation!ā
ā... Right, Moriyama-senpai. Exactly what I saidā¦ā
āāā
Kise knows that he said to mind his own businessā¦ regarding Kasamatu and life in general. Definitely more of the latter than anything else.
But what the hell is going on?
Another day, another lifetime of mental toil arrives as he deftly avoids mobs of heads bobbing around him, his mind blurring voices of nauseating adoration as a form of his psycheās first line of defense to protect the remnants of his sanity. He yawns, faintly registering more shrieks of devotion at the mundane action as he steps past Kaijoās gates to face another army thrown at himāwho, no doubt, were all at his beck and call if Kise truly wanted to take advantage of their blind loyalties. He couldāve been a great general of some sorts, using the crowds to fulfill the desires and whims he sometimes cooked up in his mind, but that idea itselfāto use them how he pleasedāis also equally revolting. They are always his enemies, so naturally, he never wanted anything to do with them. These are things heās accepted long ago (actually recently, but thatās besides the point), but what he witnesses at this moment is something he definitely canāt bring himself to ignore and āmind his own business.ā
Somehow, your giggle manages to pierce through the disorienting fog of all the censored murmurs and coos of everyone around himāgrating and coquettish. He couldāve ignored it all the sameāyou werenāt the first (and certainly not the last) person to act in such an unashamedly way. But the sight of Kasamatsu with you completely forces Kise to focus his attention on you.
What the fuck is she doing?
Your arms are wrapped around his left arm, pushing yourself up to his side as your lips form a pout with a practiced innocence that Kise recognizes all too well. Heās pissedāno, terrified for his captain, but most of all, he feels sick. But Kise isnāt Kasamatsuās caretaker or fatherāhell, heās not even an upperclassman. Heās more than capable of shrugging her off if she goes too far, he reasons, even if he knew that line of logic is a pile of shit. And if he really needs help, the other senpais can help him out of there. He will mind his own business. For now, he finishes his thoughts with finality. With that note, he briskly walks to his first class of the day, relieved when you and Kasamatsu are gone from his field of vision. His shoulders relax and he releases a steady stream of air, closing his eyes for a momentary recovery. There are too many things to worry about right now, but for now, heād rather focus on his upcoming English quiz than the what-ifās of your motives with someone like his captain.
Youāre just like everyone else, after all.
Chapter 4, Readerās POV
āāā
They say that when your soulmate is close within your proximity, your mood begins to lighten up substantially as a sign. Itās just a dumb rumor people spread around, you knew, and yetā¦
You want to believe in it so badly.
Whatās the truth? Whatās the lie? All you know is that your soulmate letter is the truth, and all the kisses you shared with countless people ended up being lies on top of lies. You want to believe that your emotions are telling you the truth for once, and that he isnāt like the others. Why would Kasamatsu look so genuinely surprised? Genuinely flustered? Genuinely trying to be nice to you? Why else has your heart begun to beat so fast around himāthe first time itās ever happened to you?
Turning to your side, you curl up your body, clutching your blanket closest to you in the hopes that you can force your body to fall asleep. Ever since you got that momentous letter, sitting daintily on top of the table two years ago, things havenāt been the same. But that should be a good thing, right?
Your fingers automatically move to touch your own lips, tingling at the memories of other countless lips it had already firmly locked with. Your heart just keeps sinking further down the more you run through every single moment.
I have to keep going, you insist, tossing to your other side to dispel those memories away into the backburner of your mind. I have to find my soulmate, I have toā¦
Otherwise, Iā¦
āYou donāt need a soulmate to do what you wantā¦ā You subconsciously conjure up an image of Kise back at the gym, eyes cold and brows harsh with a ferocious frown. At the intrusive thought, you form your own fierce frown. āEver thought about that?ā
That stupid ass motherfuckerāyou curse at him as if he was really there in personāIāll show youā¦! When I get my happy ending, Iām gonna rub it in that ugly smug face of yours.
Iāll prove them all wrong, Iāll prove them all wrong, Iāll prove them allā¦
Somehow, through the cacophony of mantras to yourself, you fall into a deep, dreamless sleep.
āāā
[Your soulmate is of similar age.]
You sigh to yourself as you recall the contents of your letters again, mind so distant from the current reality of your situation. But youāll never sigh outwardly; instead, you give a placating smile to the people around you as you walk down the hallway, then up a floor to continue down another corridor. Because people always like girls who are friendly, sweet, and outgoingā¦ Those girls are what draw in people the fastest. Itās quite a huge generalization, and youāre aware of that fact, but you also consider that it does hold some truth to it. Your face twitches with a familiar discomfort, but you refuse to let your smile fall, letting your eyes crinkle in an inviting, sweet manner that no person would ever have the heart to deny you a friendly greeting. The brightest flowers always attract the bees, so to speak. Naturally, you have to do your best to attract as many people as possible to you. How else would you find your soulmate?
[You will finally meet them when there is a fresh startāa new chapterāin your life.]
Itās midway through October, approximately six months since you became a 1st year at Kaijo. There must be something wrongā¦ shouldnāt your āfirst chapterā happen when you first graduated out of Teiko? Or maybe around the time of Kaijoās opening ceremony? The demoralizing realization almost makes you drop the grin, and to compensate, you grin even wider. Just in case.
āAh, (l/n)-san!ā a classmate called out, catching up to your skipping stride with hurried steps. āYouāre so cheery today! Woke up on the right side of the bed today?ā
āAwwww, Saori-chan!~ā you chime without missing a beat. āArenāt I always cheery? Youāre teasing me, arenāt you!ā
āIād never!ā She gave a mock gasp, but her slight giggle after the last syllable immediately gave her away. āIām just pointing out the truth! Itās really refreshing whenever I see you happyā¦ I think I can speak for most of us when weāre near youā¦ I must be sounding super strange, huh?ā
The truthā¦ you wonder about that often.
āHonestly, it really does sound all weird, ehe! Buuuuutā¦!ā you pause dramatically, pleased to see her leaning in out of anticipation. āHearing that from you makes me happier, of course~ā You playfully pinch her cheek with a wink, and you skip away when she immediately blooms a cherry red. You debated whether to blow her a kiss too, but if you were going to win over Kasamatsuās heart, then you needed to remain steadfast. Of course, itās a nice change of pace that you donāt have to do anything drastic for once to get someoneās heart beating. For onceā¦ you feel a great weight lifting from your shoulders at the realization. No more of any of that anymoreāthe kisses, cuddles, the games you force yourself to play to find the one. After allā
āW-whoaā!ā
āE-eek?!ā
Of course, you get distracted when you think too hard about these types of things. Saving a mental berating for yourself during class starting in half an hour, you immediately focus your attention on the poor person you accidentally manage to assail. But your eyes widen when you register a stuttering, comically red captain.
āā¦ Kasamatsu-senpai?ā
ā¦ After all, he is someone who can have blood rushing into his cheeks from just a simple gesture like a wink and a smile. He is an anomalyāa one-of-a-kind person who youāve never seen anyone like before. Isnāt he also around your age?
[You will meet them once again when they are most unlike themselvesā¦]
āS-S-Sorryā¦ā Heās already stuttering before he can even face you, and you figure itās because he recognizes a female-sounding voice coming from you. You quietly watch him pick up the stray papers that manage to flutter out of his binder from the untimely collision, and after he straightens himself, he cranes a neck, rubbing the back of it with his free hand. On second thoughtā¦ you note. It may actually be harder to win over his affection if he canāt even look at me. And to think he was able to talk to me with such authority in the gym a couple days ago. Oh, what will I do with himā¦
āH-Huhā¦? Y-Youā¦?ā Kasamatsu finally brings up all of his nerves to at least hold proper eye contact for a solid four seconds before he darts his gaze back to the gray floor. There is no way for him to properly lead the conversation, from the looks of him cowering in your presence, so you decide to speak instead.
āAh, sorry, sorry!ā you say, hoping to break the ice with him. If you are more ānormalā with him, as opposed to being your usual outgoing self, maybe heād see you in a better light? āI wasnāt completely paying attention to my surroundings, and I really messed up, huh? Totally my bad!ā
āI-Itāsā¦ā Kasamatsu dares to sneak a glance at your face before he turns away again. ā... f-fine.ā You open your mouth to perhaps talk about the weather or perhaps his class schedule for you to memorize later, but you falter when you see him glancing at you again before averting his eyes. Was there something on your face? You owlishly blink before a flirtatious grin finds its way onto your face again, and immediately, his cheeks predictably lights up a bright pink again.
āWahhhā¦!ā You lean forward up to his face, hands held together in a gesture of being in love. āYouāre really adorable, did anyone tell you that before?~ Iām definitely the first, arenāt I? Rightāright?ā
āIā!ā Heās balking at the shameless assumption, mouth half-openingā¦ half-closingā¦ his mind is in a state of limbo, and heās being sent into overdrive. āI-Iāmā¦ Iā¦ mmā¦ nnā¦ā Instinctively, he stumbles a couple steps back, clutching the fabric in the front of his shirt in an attempt to calm himself.
āAnd wow!ā you continue. āDidnāt we also have the same type of run-in the first time we met? I donāt think this is just a coincidenceā¦ā You stick your tongue out playfully, fully rendering him speechless and robbing him of any chance to recover his voice.
āN-nnā¦ā
What are his habits? What are his likes? Dislikes? What are his passions and hopes and dreams? You wonder about the countless things you can elicit out of him. Any tidbit about him would be a good start in getting to know himāyou tilt your head at him cutely while you continue to assess your optionsābut how do I ask for it when heās constantly stuttering or avoiding girls in general? After all, you tried to charm him the other morning, but it was apparently too much for Kasamatsu to even think of any coherent response.
āThere you are.ā A flash of yellow catches your eye as swoons of mainly women follow close by. āKasamatsu-senpai! Kobori-senpai has been looking all over for youā¦ youāre going to be late at this point if you donāt hurry up, you know!ā Almost as if his voice is a trigger, Kasamatsu whirls around to hurl the usual serving of insults.
āHah?! Since when were you so confident to tell an upperclassman what to do again? You really want to have your ass kicked again, huh?!ā
āLike I saidā! They wanted me to go look for you! Not like I had a choice!ā
Damn, way to ruin an opportunity like that. You give a quiet sigh as Kasamatsu waves at you shyly before he storms off to find his other teammates to berate them, though you know it was more out of politeness than care from his end. Interestingly, the ace of Kaijo remains behind, watching his senior disappear before he seemingly remembers that you are also here. Flashing a breezy smile at you, you resist your instinctive reaction to twitch an eye as screams fill up the hall in response. But of course, you deliver your own captivating curl of those lips, and suddenly, you sense an aura of hostility spiking towards your end. Ahā¦ so it appears that they view me as a rival, hm?
āAhā¦ (l/n)-san, right?ā Kise laughs, fiddling with a few strands as he tucks them behind his ear, revealing his piercing. āAre you alright? You look like you woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.ā Try as he might, but his cheeriness wasnāt able to hide his voice from slipping into a steely tone. ā¦ Is he taunting you?
This guy!āyou give an airy laugh in responseāHeās the fakest asshole Iāve ever seen! Who the fuck is buying this discounted act of his?! When you dare to look around casually though, everyone is hanging onto his every word.
āI guess itās been getting chilly lately!ā you reply. āMaybe I should see the infirmary later for a check upā¦ Thanks for the concern though, Kise-kun!~ But umā¦ shouldnāt you also head to class, too? The warning bellās gonna ring soon, right?ā Even with the friendly tone, you place your hands on your hips while raising a suspicious brow, making sure to jut out your dominant hipbone to emphasize your figure. Thereās only so much patience you have in trying to be diplomatic with someone like him. You see no benefit in doing so either, but then again, maybe being on good terms with Kise would allow you to get closer with his captain. Still, Kasamatsu doesnāt hesitate to dropkick him and knock down his ego a notch at allā¦ maybe it wouldnāt matter as much if you just openly hate him. Options, optionsā¦ Perhaps for now, youāll see what Kiseās up to.
Ahā¦ You slowly blink. What if he was actually trying to get Kasamatsu away from me just a moment ago? Wouldnāt his upperclassmen classmates come get their captain themselves instead of sending a 1st year to him? Either possibility can happen, but logicallyā¦ the first option wouldāve been more convenient and probable to happen. You scowl at the realization, but just as quickly, you form a tight-lipped smile in an attempt to recover. I warned his ass to stay out of my business too! And to think heād try to butt inā¦
āYouāre definitely right!ā Kise interrupts your train of thought with a bright affirmation. āSo Iāll be going on my way to class. You should go too, before you end up late!ā You donāt miss the way his eyes go flat on you before he turns to walk away, back to you, immediately pulling away the entire crowd along with him.
āKise-kun!! Who was that?!ā
āPlease look at me!ā
āNo, me!!ā
āSheās nothing special at all!ā
While it doesnāt hurt to think about his motives, thereās only so much speculation can do within a situation like this. Being openly hostile in front of everyone would serve no one good, and your reputation would tank. And if you lose your reputation, finding soulmates would end up being more difficult than necessary. Besides, if Kise wants to keep playing this farce of roleplay game of āshining knight,ā why not join him as another player of āfemme fatale sorceressā? Two can play this game.
Donāt worry, you muse to the mobs ahead. That imposterās all yours.
āāā
Obviously, anyone can see just how passionate Kasamatsu is about basketballā¦ more than anyone else. Probably even more than the Generation of Miracle guy, Kise. You giggle to yourself, ecstatic to have some type of progress in getting closer. If I learn about basketball, you reason, then maybe heād have an easier time talking with me? You knew what the āGeneration of Miraclesā were all about; youād have to live under a rock to not hear a single thing about them. Theyāre on the local news, the latest mags, and on the biggest media trends. Many people constantly speculate about their potential soulmates and what theyād be like, even going so far as to associating their known ideal types as holy decrees. But you donāt have a single inkling about what basketball truly entails, and thatās where youāve been going wrong this entire time.
Nowadays, you find your eyes constantly scanning out in the crowd for a certain individual with cropped black hair, thick brows, and impossibly striking blue eyes. He probably doesnāt even realize just how charming he is. But maybe that obliviousness is also part of his overall charm. But before you can even hit on him, you really need to overcome the obstacle of his stuttering; after all, that was the main aspect that prevented every other girl from being able to talk to him in the first place. You take out a beginnerās guide to basketball rules and guidelines from your bag and lay it out on your desk, not caring about the teacher droning on about the necessity of Japanese literature. You turn to page one and settle yourself into a comfortable position, careful to hide the booklet from the prying eyes, yet you swear you feel a prickling chill down your spine from a piercing stare two seats behind you to your left.
Itās Kise, isnāt it? You canāt help but let out an inaudible chuckle, hand pressed over your lips as you continue to voraciously take in all the information in the book. Weeeell, he can look for all I care. Iām gonna get the last laugh when I play my cards juuuust rightā¦
You manage to reach the last page before the bell rings for the next period, slightly jolting you out of your concentration, and after closing it and placing it back into your bag, you finally decide to turn and spare a look to the model student behind you. Heās putting most of his body weight on the desk, propping the side of his head up with a hand, elbow on the table. Although his body is facing forward to the blackboard, his eyes are honing in on you.
āWhat?ā You stick your tongue out at him. āCanāt resist me after all? Youāve been staring at me all periodāgosh, why didnāt you just tell me? You know Iām not someone whoād judge others at all~ā
Unlike you.
Your own beam begins to grow at the sight of him gripping his pen so hard that it almost seems like itās going to snap in half. You knew he couldnāt snap backānot when there were twenty pairs of eyes on him. Imagine your surprise when he barely manages to conceal his revulsion at youā¦ whether heās disgusted by your words, the way you provocatively stick out your tongue, your delighted smile, or all of the aboveā¦ you donāt know and you donāt care enough to find out.
āWhat can I say?ā He starts, lips twitching up to force a friendly smile. āIāve never met anyone like you.ā Everyone but you appears to buy his shoddy act, turning to face the front when the next teacher enters the classroom for the next lecture. You shoot one last wide grin at him to signify your triumph, but Kise unapologetically returns a freezing stareā¦ the staredown only lasts for a few seconds before the teacher claps her hands to begin the session, both of you simultaneously breaking eye contact.
Can i get a soulmate fic for kise please? What i was thinking was that they have this "hate" relationship (where they passed the line between love and hate, but they just don't know it yet). Like they argue because it's like routine for them already. Manga (and jealous?? but doesn't know that what he's feeling is jealousy :P) kise please!! It's up to you what kind of soulmate thing, but maybe something that takes time to show since they've been interacting and all that. Thanks so much!!
Paradox
[Kise x f!Reader]
soulmate!au, enemies to lovers!au, manga!kise, cursing!kise to bits, LONG SERIES FIC
Hana is the name I decided to give to the brunette who flirted with Haizaki in s3
Word Count:
Part 1: 3386 | Part 2: 2131
A/N: This post includes both chapters 1 and 2! Well, it's here... I have the entire brainstorm of where I need this plot to go, but writing it out in fic form as opposed to long headcanons? ... Not my strongest suit but here I go? Please support this series through reblogs/likes and comments! I'd love to interact with everyone!
You will meet your soulmate in a place where there are many other people. You will have your first real encounter with them in a place where you always spend your time through the years. Be careful to keep track of where you are at all times. Your soulmate is always with company, and they are never lonely. You must be careful to not actively seek out for your fated encounter, for youāll certainly miss them. You must remain committed and seek out things that keep you steady and motivated. Only then is it possible for your soulmate to come to you instead.
Kise would like to think heās a romantic at heartācheesy guy even, but on the other hand, he actively scoffs at the letterās contentā¦ that heās had memorized for years now. He has no choice on the matter of whether or not heāll remember it. Not when his āletterā was just a measly paragraph. He remembered being awfully jealous and whiny of his past classmates bringing their 2-page letter to class to show off and getting the āoohāsā and āahāsā from everyone else. That was one sure-fire way to distinguish yourself from the crowd and make a name for yourself. Over the years, Kiseās learned that it would become a separate type of āpopularity hierarchy,ā whereas those with the most elaborate, mysterious, or unique soulmate letters are the ones at the top of the social ladder. Bonus points if it somehow involves all three factors.
And somehow, he also ended up at the popular side of that hierarchy too. Not like he cared, but itās wildly convenient sometimes to get what you want from people. Still, no benefits from being popular this way could ever outweigh the massive inconveniences; he made the grievous mistake of revealing his letter contents to a casual friend in āgood-natured fun.ā And before he knew it, the entire school ended up knowing about it tooā¦ and then the entire neighborhoodā¦ and somehow, it went even into the ears beyond that.
Thus, it started his chronic illness of being tailed after by girls of all backgrounds. With no cure in sight for the ailment that he certainly didnāt ask for. Itās almost terrifying how a single day transformed every single girl into a parasitic bee on a search for the brightest, most colorful flower. Kise, already popular for his looks to begin with, suddenly was shoved under a more blinding spotlight of public scrutiny. If he was going to be completely honestā¦ he liked itā¦ at first. The newfound attention was euphoric and foreign, and he relished in it. But just like anything else, it gotā¦ boring.
Some might call it the ultimate blessing: it could make searching for a soulmate much easier and less effort on his end, theyād argue. Kise had come to beg to differ. Not when hundreds of the same faces with hundreds of clamors claimed and cried that they were his soulmate. How do fourteen girls suddenly have the āother half of the puzzleā to his own letter when there wereā¦ thirteen other girls claiming the same thing?
See, one soulmate gets a letter describing a general location of where theyād meet their soulmate. The other soulmate gets a letter describing a general timeframe of when theyād meet. Not like it actually helps narrowing down the process of pairing up people. Because he knows this shit can take yearsādecades, in factābefore he can even get a first glimpse of his soulmate. And the ordeal of people constantly screaming in his face that the time theyād meet their soulmate is now and hence, āit must be Kiseā got old really quickly.
Itās utterly stupid. Who does this sender think they are to decide how Kise gets to live his life? What type of sadistic game were they playing by forcing the other soulmate to have the other half of the information, which would be, no doubt, just as annoyingly cryptic?
He stopped denying all the rumors of a girl claiming to be his soulmate; for every rumor he clarified and quashed during his naive youth, three more sprung up the next week. Ignoring them sounds counterintuitive, but when he allows the many rumors and girls to multiply and fester, the number of annoyances are still relatively the same: nearly infinite.
Such has become the life of Kise RyÅta.
Worst part of this whole damn thing was, he wonāt be able to know when heād meet his soulmate, not until he shares a ākiss of genuine integrityā with themā¦ and he doesnāt even know where to begin with that requirement. Supposedly, after you kiss the right person with the right intention, something changes in the mysterious letter that would indicate he found the soulmate. Problem is, itās different for everyone: some get a drawing of their soulmate at the end of the letter; some simply have the name of their soulmate written at the end; some get an engraved stamp; and the list goes on and on. The main takeaway from it all is that his letter should have a visible change at the endā¦ if he could even get to that point at this rate.
āOh my goshā¦! Is thatāThatās Kise-kun!!ā
āEh?! Where, where?! Let me see!ā
This is ludicrous. What kind of deity up there decided to put a twisted spin on this sappy, fairy tale trope? He gives a harsh exhale before he puts up a polite smile and continues on with his day. His first day at Teiko.
āPlease join our clubā¦!ā Several girls huddle around the table, eager to show the good-looking boy their information trifold-cardboard and flyers. Unsurprisingly, every single one of them had eyes of ulterior motive. At the sight, Kise resists the urge to roll his eyes at them. He stands there for a bit, watching their mouths move, but in truth, heās not hearing a single thing out of them.
This girl looks decentā¦ her hair is a bit weird, though.
Oh, she sure has a strange accentā¦ and this girl has odd eyebrows.
Ugh, this one talks too much at a too-high pitch.
āAhā¦ wellā¦ā He puts up a chagrined smile, not knowing where to look before he smoothly waves goodbye. āI have something else to check out. Keep yourselves well, ladies!ā With that, he immediately prepares his ears for shrieks of admiration and lovesickness.
Good riddance.
āāā
As much as he hates to admit it, he still doesnāt know what that letter exactly means to this day. Some of the sentences that consider themselves as āhintsā or āinstructionsā are way too vague to be considered such.
He begrudgingly opens up the envelope containing the letter for the umpteenth time again. Kise sits on his desk in his own room, illuminated by the sunlight filtering through the glass pane. Floating dust particles are instantly revealed where the light hits, but he doesnāt care, his attention only on whatās important. Chin on his desk, Kise lays the envelope and letter on the flat surface, trying to see what he could be missing. By now, the paper is slightly worn out from years of Kise thumbing, flipping, inserting, folding, unfurlingāyou name it, in hopes of finding any hidden clues as to whoās the sender and how to solve this āriddleā that ultimately determines the rest of his life. The seal wax on the envelope is beyond recognition, cracked and no longer aesthetically pleasing to look at.
An unassuming creme-white envelope laid tactfully on top of the same desk years ago, the light from his room window shining on it like a natural spotlight. Stray dust floated around, acting like confetti to announce its unexpected, (yet important) quiet arrival. Adorned with a wax seal, the middle of it was impressed in the center of the seal with a perfect copy of his āhankoā that clearly had the kanji for his name. Which was weirdā¦ wasnāt counterfeiting hankos illegal? Being beyond skeptical even for his young age at the time of the discovery, Kise thoroughly checked every crease and fold of the paper. Yes, he even dared to open the window and looked around in case someone had the gall to play a prank on him. Opening up the envelope did nothing to calm him down as soon as he realized it was the infamous āsoulmate letter.ā
So God help him.
āWellā¦ā he sighs, picking up the letter closer to his face, chin still firmly on the wood. āIt wouldnāt hurt to double-check one more time, right?ā
[You will meet your soulmate in a place where there are many other people.]
He frowns not even a second into the letter. Well thatās not EXACTLY helpful, is it? he ruefully thinks, recalling the constant faces surrounding him with hopeful, shining eyes. How am I going to figure out which of them is the right person? He groans in frustration before reluctantly moving on to the next part.
[You will have your first real encounter with them in a place where you always spend your time through the years. Be careful to keep track of where you are at all times.]
This also makes no damn sense. He blows a strand out of his hair in annoyance, but he stops at a realization. I guess Iāve been in the studio for a long timeā¦ It has been a couple years since he started out as a casual model, so perhaps heās on the right track. He allows himself a small grin of triumph.
[Your soulmate is always with company, and they are never lonely. You must be careful to not actively seek out for your fated encounter, for youāll certainly miss them.]
His grin grows wider. This is itā¦! It only makes sense that theyāre also involved within the modeling industry. Are they a photographer, makeup artist, stylistā¦ or even, are they also a model like him? It would only make sense if theyāre never alone like he is. And maybe trying to seek them out when they also attract other people to them would make it harder to face them alone? He frowns. Or maybe itās because theyāre one of my many admirers? That one is still a bit muddy. But he remains hopeful.
[You must remain committed, and seek out things that keep you steady and motivated. Only then is it possible for your soulmate to come to you instead.]
The most cryptic part of the letter. If heās going to try to base this off of the premise of his soulmate being near his modeling job, maybe he should pursue the pastime beyond just a hobby and turn it into a career? But other than that, all the things heās tried out, especially sports, have gotten boring and thus, been abandoned. He bangs his forehead on the table, grin wiped off of his face realizing how he instantly got kicked back into square one.
Thisā¦ this doesnāt make any sense!
āāā
Itās been two years at Teiko. Still no sign of this soulmate. Heās not surprised that by now, nearly the entire school somehow caught wind of the contents of his letterā¦. though, rumors have been getting wilder and wilder as days pass.
āKise-kun.ā
āEe-ee-eeeee!!ā The sudden voice makes him jump out of his skin before he whirls around in a panic. āKurokocchi!! Could you stop doing that??ā
Kuroko merely gives his signature blank look before he continues walking on like nothing happened.
āY-Youāre really gonna ignore me?!ā
āItās almost time for practice,ā he says, turning back to face him expressing theatrical tears. āWe donāt want to be late, or Akashi-kun will find out.ā
At the mention of the captainās name, Kise merely gulps before he catches up with Kurokoās stride with no further complaints.
āBut did you have to pop out of nowhere?ā
Honestly, I still donāt get that part about him.
āI canāt help it,ā he deadpans, as if itās the most obvious thing in the world. āItās not much different from your popularity.ā
āWhen you put it like that,ā he sighs, putting his arms behind his head. āI guess I can see it.ā He eyes the back of Kurokoās headāwhoās been walking aheadāfor several minutes before he finally musters up the courage to ask.
āSay, Kurokocchiā¦ā
āYes?ā Kuroko continues keeping up his pace, but he slightly looks back to Kise in acknowledgment.
āDid you get your soulmate letter yet?ā
At the question, Kuroko merely blinks before he replies. āI received an envelope in my locker yesterday. I thought it was strange since no one ever notices me to begin with, so I thought someone mustāve mistaken my locker for someone elseās.ā Kise waits with bated breath for him to continue.
āAnd?ā
Kuroko looks away for a second. āYeah, it had my hanko on it. I opened it to make sure it wasnāt an error on the senderās end. Sure enoughā¦ā he nods before finishing his reveal, āit was in fact, about my soulmate.ā
āWhat did it say?!ā Kise nearly jumps on Kuroko out of anticipation, but he barely manages to keep himself in check.
āThat Iāll find my soulmate when Iām 17 to 18,ā he says matter-of-factly. āSo that meansā¦ Iād be a 3rd year in high school. But it also said I would already encounter them at several points in my life prior.ā
Kise face-palms at his answer. āWhat the hell? How come yours is so straightforward?ā
He only shrugs as a response, because they were already at the front steps of the gym. It looks like they got here on time. Kuroko announces the two of them before he helps pull out the ball carts. As shoe squeaks and ball dribbles echo throughout the interior, Kise stands there mulling over Kurokoās information.
So Kurokocchi had the part of the soulmate information that only told the approximate time frameā¦ Still, his was way too simpleā¦ or did he somehow decipher it really easily?
Kise makes a loud noise of frustration as he grabs and shakes his head, completely ignoring the concerned looks from the other first-string players.
Eurghh!! Why is mine too complicated?!
āāā
Kise looks at the letter in his hands again. Looking at it sort of pisses him off at this point, the wrinkled font clearly mocking and challenging him to solve itā¦ if he could even do it to begin with. He holds the top of the paper with his two hands, his thumbs and forefingers gripping tighter. He can just rip it. He really canā¦ whoās stopping him?
Actually, has there been anyone who ripped their letter like this before?
He intensely stares at it for a few moments, juggling his options and weighing the consequences if he did choose to shred his fate into pieces. He gives a resigned pout when he comes to the conclusion that maybe itād be best if he didnāt test that theory out. With a huff, he roughly folds up the paper and shoves it into the envelope before tossing it haphazardly onto a low shelf.
āThatās it,ā he declares out to the room. āIām not going to bother with this soulmate shit. Iām going to live my life however I want, and no one can stop me otherwise.ā
And suddenly, he feels ten times better, like a weight was lifted from his shoulders. I shouldāve done this sooner, he thinks, yawning as he gets ready for a good nap in his bed. Thinking about this is way too tiring and troublesome. Why should I even care about it anymore?
āāā
Somehow, his admirers became bolder and bolder, realizing that they should try to push his boundaries and see how much they can get away with. It started with tentative brushes of his shirt and his arms, thinking he didnāt notice. Of course he fucking noticed, when ten other girls had the same idea. Birds of a feather flock togetherāsomething he remembers, snorting derisively in his mind yesterday. But what does he do? Put some distance between them and himself with a cheery smile and a fastbreak walk. And then today, they have the audacity to actually grab him?
Youāve got to be kidding me.
āIs it true that your soulmate letter told you that youād meet someone so beautiful in a place no one goes to?ā
āNo, thatās wrong! Iāve heard that heās looking for someone in a place where he works.ā
āShould we also apply there thenā¦?ā
Kise drops his sunny disposition like a drop of a hat, and those who had their eyes and hands on him immediately flinch at the sudden change. All the loud whispers cease.
āK-Kise-kunā¦? Is there something wrong?ā
āIs there someone bothering you?ā
How do you guys have no self awareness?
āAh, sorryā¦ā Kise gives a placid smile that doesnāt quite reach his eyes. āYou seeāā
āOh!!~ RyÅta-kun!!ā
Everyone jumps at the sound of his first name used so familiarly, but Kise is more shocked than the rest of them because he doesnāt recognize the voice one bit. What the hell is going on?
A girl ruthlessly pushes through the crowd before she bounces to his side with such a saccharine smile that Kise is almost impressed by the feat. But his thoughts short-circuit when she comfortably wraps her perfectly-manicured hands around his left arm, her brunette hair swept across her shoulder and touching his sleeve. He gets a full whiff of her fragrance, and he slightly grimaces before his thoughts finally catch up to register what just happened.
What the fā
āEveryone is so touchy today!!ā she declares with a slight pout, ringing her voice loudly for everyone nearby to hear on purpose. āDonāt you guys know RyÅta-kun is my soulmate?ā
āO-Oiāwho saidāā Kise immediately tries to jump in, but the girl is quicker to cut him off.
āHeās mine! Sorry girlies!ā she says with a playful innocence before narrowing her eyes maliciously at the crowd. ā... So youāll have to leave, āmkay?ā No sooner she speaks those words, the group disperses, and for the first time, Kiseās relatively alone in broad daylight in the middle of a public space. Though, he now has a bigger issue at hand. This girl.
Thereās no doubt the entire school would talk about this the next day and weeks to comeā¦ probably months too. He drops his nice facade completely with her. āI donāt know what youāre trying to do, but stop it. The shit youāre doing right now isnāt cute in the slightest.ā
āOh! RyÅta-kunā¦ donāt you know how attractive you are when you look at me like that?ā She leans forward with a sneer of her own. āBut you should be thanking me, no? I got rid of the pests for you, didnāt I?ā
āI didnāt need your help,ā he scoffs, beginning to turn away to walk. āIf anything, you sound more desperate than I am.ā Thereās only one reason why sheās here.
He fumes to himself. Sheās annoying, trying to use me for my status as a model to boost her own reputation in a hopeful āscandal.ā Fucking hell. Iāll have to ask my manager about this later for rumor controlā¦ He clicks his tongue, making it loud enough for her to hear.
At least he knows 100% that she isnāt his soulmate. Thatās one girl down out of infinity.
He walks with such controlled anger brewing within him that he almost didnāt notice another girl walking past him. Almost.
āHana-chan!ā a voice called out. He presumes that the brunette is who the voice is looking for. āWhyād you ditch me like that? You left me with these boys all alone! You know how starved they areāThey totally looked at me like a piece of meat!ā
āAish, (y/n)-chan!ā He hears her annoying voice echoing behind him. He walks faster. āDonāt you know you have that charm? Can you blame them?~ I wouldnāt, hehe.ā
āMouā! Hana-chan!ā You speed to Hana, completely ignoring Kise as you storm past him. āYouāre mean!ā
He takes a quick side glance at you before his scowl turns harsher.
Who the hell in their right mind is friends with that bitch??
āSorry, sorry!~ā
But Kise can obviously tell she isnāt sorry in the least. Heās even more pissed off when he hears you pleasantly laugh with her, completely accepting her half-assed apology.
Chapter 2, Kiseās POV
āāā
āHuh? Whatād you say RyÅta?ā
āI said I want to play for the starting position.ā Kiseās voice takes on an arrogant tone, dropping all polite facadeāa rare occurrence, especially around so many people. The other first-string players watch the interaction anxiously, tension building in the gym.
This guy isnāt taking me seriously at all, is he?
Haizaki merely gives him a condescending look when he turns to face Kise. āYou just joined the team. Hahādonāt be stupid.ā He cocks a brow to taunt him further. āBesides, you canāt even beat me at practice. What do you think youāre doing, eh?ā
I know what Iām doing, and you damn know it.
Kise merely gives a cocky look of his own. āI may not stand a chance against the other four, but I think Iām ready to take you.ā More than ready. The mentioned Generation of Miracles stand aside to watch Haizakiās response, not making any particular move to interfere.
āHeh, you must not think much of me.ā Haizaki puts his hands casually on his hips. āItās obvious I just donāt take practice seriously.ā He licks his thumb as another taunt. āFine. Iāll give you a taste of what I can really do.ā
Honestlyā¦ what type of sick guy even does that? I canāt stand him.
. . .
A dunk there.
Another dunk.
Steal.
Backtip.
āUh-oh. Kise-chinās getting destroyed,ā a lazy voice rings over the shoe squeaks and echoing ball bounces in the one-on-one match.
Damn it, you didnāt have to say that out loud, Murasakibaracchiā¦ Damn it.
āMore! Iām not done yetā¦!ā Kise breathes hard, wiping sweat off his chin with the back of his arm and takes on a defensive stance.
āItāll end the same way every time.ā
āW-Whaā!ā
āYou and Iā¦ā Haizaki deals the finishing blow with a brutal dunk. ā... are cut from different cloth.ā
Ahā¦ shit. Damn it, I thought I had it this timeā¦ I thoughtā¦ damnā¦
āShÅgo-kun!ā a feminine voice calls out from the doorway. A brunette girl pops her head to peep in. Hana. āAre you done with practice?ā
Ughā¦ not her. Kise inwardly blanches at hearing her nauseating voice filling up the room and remembering the stunt she pulled the other day. Of all people to see me like this tooā¦
āYeah, sorry. I just finished,ā Haizaki calls out, voice turning casual. He walks to her with an outstretched arm, eager for a touch before she recoils in disgust.
āEurghā!ā she shrieks. āYouāre still drenched in sweat!ā
āPft, Iāll take a quick shower.ā He leans forward to her face, hands on his hips. āDo you wanna come with me?ā
āOh, come on!ā she chastises him with that sickenly sweet voice, knowing fully well of his implications.
Kise huffs a small breath of annoyance, though it doesnāt do enough to convey his irritation for her. What a fake. People like her are so unbearableāthe worst.
Aomine sighs, watching from a distance away. āThat bastardā¦ā
āHey,ā another player calls out. āIsnāt thatā¦ Thatās Kiseās new girlfriend. Are they soulmates?ā
Bullshit! Sheās notā
āRyÅta-kun?ā
Donāt use my first name like weāre familiarā
āYeah.ā Haizaki turns back to stare down at Kise, still on the ground with his hands and knees. āThis guy just challenged me and lost.ā
āSeriously? Talk about lame~ā
āAnyways, thatās that.ā Haizaki prepares to leave with the brunette. āLater, RyÅta-kun.ā He adds an emphasis on the honorific to further humiliate him as he turns around.
Kise begins to tremble, fists tightening. All of you piss me off. He grits his teeth, willing himself to get up from his total loss and stand on his feet again. His hands are hanging loosely at his sidesāstance relaxed, but no one around him can tell what heās actually feeling from the way he hides his face under his bangs. But he canāt blame Haizakiā¦ thatās the most infuriating part. Heās rightā¦ I challenged him and didnāt stand a chanceāThat can only mean I have to get stronger.
āHey, wait!ā Another voice cuts through his thoughts when more running footsteps echo down the gym hallway. Kise looks up with a disinterested expression at the source of the noise. āThere you are! Iāve been looking for you! Arenāt we going to the arcade together?ā
Haizaki merely smirks at you, giving you a once-over before flicking his hand towards himself to beckon you over. āThe more the merrier, eh?ā
āOh, ShÅgo-kun! Youāre so sly!ā
āEhhhhh?ā You dramatically gasp, turning to Haizaki. āBut you agreed on going on a date with me today, didnāt you?ā Haizaki stops with a raised brow to try to recall before his grin grows wider at you.
āMy bad. So I did,ā he hums. āThen,ā he turns to the brunette, āAfter the shower, Iāll be with (y/n), yeah? Youāre more than free to join, though.ā
āWhaaaat?ā You tilt your head at him. āWe agreed to go alone together, geezā¦ā
Kise merely tunes you out from that point on, no longer interested in you and whatever shit you were going to spew out. Anyone involved with Haizaki like that isnāt good to begin with. He slowly walks to use the exit on the opposite side of the gym to avoid the group for good measure.
Sheās just like the rest of them. He yawns.
āāā
Another day, another practice. Even after Teiko destroyed Meiko in the national finals, there is no excitement buzzing among the basketball players from such an accomplishment, when such wins are simply obligatory and frequent.
āMidorimacchi? Whereās everyone else?ā Kise enters the gym nonchalantly but stops to do a double take to see half the room empty. Itās supposed to be another regular day of practice isnāt it?
Midorima pauses, his hands on a plastic bottle before he narrows his eyes. āThose fools chose to ditch.ā
Fools? Kise widens his eyes. āYou canāt meanā¦ā
āI donāt understand their way of thinking,ā he continued, putting down the bottle before picking up the ball. āThose who donāt do everything humanly possible within their limitsāI canāt be friends with such people. Luckily, my soulmate will not be the same.ā
Soulmate?
āAominecchi and Murasakibaracchi? And hey, whereās Akashicchi?ā
āQuiet,ā he says, going into a shooting position with the ball in his left hand. āYouāre ruining my focus, nanodayo.ā He shoots a half-court shot. All net, as alwaysā¦ nothing less from Teikoās shooting guard.
āIām serious,ā he slightly sulks, eyeing the ball bouncing out of the court before looking back at him. āI donāt know whatās going on here.ā Midorima, sensing the serious tone, turns back as he adjusts his glasses.
āKuroko quit yesterday. Akashi is most likely gone regarding that. Though, I doubt losing Kuroko would make a huge impact to the starter lineup. Despite that, I believe Akashi wanted to be thorough and make sure thereās a temporary sixth man installed in the meantime.ā
Kurokocchi quit? Well, itās not a big deal. Itās almost the end of our 3rd year here anywaysā¦ before we graduate.
Kise further raises a confused brow. āAnd whatās with the soulmate comment? Did you alreadyā¦?ā
āObviously not.ā Midorima frowns at his insinuation. āIt is far too soon for me to get one.ā
āThen why do you sound so confident?!ā
āBecause I know,ā he replies, closing his eyes briefly before looking down at the ball cart next to him. āā¦ and trust that theyāll give me someone capable. Naturally, if I were to do everything possible on my end, that would only mean I would be granted someone of the same caliber in the future, nanodayo. There is no room for error or doubt.ā
āUhā¦ā Kise merely gives a judgmental stare. āSo Iām assuming you have a soulmate letter, and it told you this?ā Midorima stops himself from shooting to stare at him incredulously, as if Kise was the most idiotic thing heād ever laid eyes on.
āOf course not. Iām not opening that letter until the oha asa predicts the luckiest year for cancers yet.ā
āIā¦ wow.ā Thatās Midorimacchi for you, always the weirdo. Canāt believe he really thinks like that.
āYou have no place to speak when you also are nowhere near to finding your soulmate, idiot.ā He shoots the ball again. He grabs another one without looking at Kise, whoās currently no doubt giving him the look of a kicked puppy.
āI donāt believe in soulmates,ā he grumbles. āNot anymore, anyways. Itās too annoying to think about.ā
Midorima widens his eyes to stare at Kise, registering the foreign words coming from his mouth.
Midorimacchi, donāt look at me like thatā¦ can you blame me? Itās not that weird for a lot of people to think that, too.
Midorima merely sighs. āSay all you want, but you canāt deny the fates, nanodayo.ā He goes back to ignoring Kise again, this time for good. I guess he finds that really strange on his end.
āWellā¦ā Kise gives a heavy sigh of his own. āI guess I can get some drills in.ā
āāā
Kaijoās nice enough. Nothingās really changed since becoming a 1st year here for a couple months. The campus might be twice the size of Teikoās, and the basketball team isnāt that bad. Kasamatsu might be scary, though, but he has no real complaints about him. Wellā¦ he reconsiders the thought, feeling his lower back throbbing. Actuallyā¦ he COULD try to lessen up on his kicksā¦ But I guess he means well. Heās a bit too serious, though.
He still has plenty of complaints about girls following him around, but by now, heās used to it. Call it a staple of Kise RyÅta, of some sorts. Kise of Kaijoā¦ he thinks, remembering Kasamatsuās lecture on his first day of scouting. It really does have a nice ring to it after all.
He smiles, recalling the new bonds heās forged with his teammates these past matches. The Winter Cup is coming soon, so everyoneās buzzing with excitement and anticipation to take home 1st place this year. Kurokocchi might be right about doing whatās good for the team. I need to get stronger for our rematch. His simper only grows bigger.
Thinking about basketball and not worrying about the unnecessary things at hand is so liberating that he pretty much forgets the ordeal. (Like the business of soulmates, but heās not thinking about that! Thatās not even remotely in his consciousness, not one bit.)
Unfortunately for him, his smile is wiped from his face the moment he enters the gym.
āHeyah, heyah, heyah!ā He furrows his brows in slight confusion at the voice, most definitely not belonging to any of his teammates. That soundsā¦ familiar.
Your voice reverberates throughout the gym, but it seems like you have no regard for an indoor voice as your eyes sparkle (how creepy) at his teammates. And your own smile widens as seconds pass (definitely creepy). Kiseās frown becomes harsher when he finally recognizes you.
I donāt remember what she looks likeā¦ but that damn voiceā¦ wait a secondā
Kasamatsu sighs at you, but he tries to keep a polite tone with you. Even so, anyone can sense how exasperated he is. āSorry, look,ā he says cordially, eyeing Kise at the door before turning his gaze back at you. āIf youāre looking for Kise, heās not here right now, and if you are going to wait for him, heāll be occupied with practice from soon until hours later.ā
You do that same head tilt you did back at Teiko. āBut Iām not here for him.ā
His teammates merely sweatdrop at your answer. Right, like anyone believes that. Kise takes a quiet step in to put his duffel bag on an empty spot, no longer even bothering to give you his attention anymore.
āYeah, sorry.ā Kobori steps in with an apologetic smile of his own. āIf you want to leave any gifts, you can leave it with the coach.ā
āNo, no!ā You widen your eyes theatrically, waving your hands around in front of your chest to emphasize your statement. āYou misunderstand me, seriously!ā
Kasamatsu, having enough of you, shoots an exhale before turning to yell to the other players, āEveryone! Start warming up! And donāt slack off, or Iāll kick your ass!ā
āIām not here for Kise,ā your voice rings out loud and clear. āIām here for Kasamatsu-senpai.ā Everyone freezes at the mention of the captainās name. What business did a 1st year have with a 3rd year? They spare a look in the captainās direction, but even heās caught off guard. Kise looks up at you from behind, a few meters away.
Does she even know that Iām actually here, orā¦?
āBecause,ā you say, a little too brightly. āI think youāre my soulmate, Kasamatsu-senpai!ā
Said captain immediately chokes on air.
Every single person in the gym has their jaws dropped.
Can i get a soulmate fic for kise please? What i was thinking was that they have this "hate" relationship (where they passed the line between love and hate, but they just don't know it yet). Like they argue because it's like routine for them already. Manga (and jealous?? but doesn't know that what he's feeling is jealousy :P) kise please!! It's up to you what kind of soulmate thing, but maybe something that takes time to show since they've been interacting and all that. Thanks so much!!
Paradox
[Kise x f!Reader]
soulmate!au, enemies to lovers!au, manga!kise, cursing!kise to bits, LONG SERIES FIC
Hana is the name I decided to give to the brunette who flirted with Haizaki in s3
Synopsis: Kise despises people like you more than anyone else, the type of people who are shallow, coquettish, and so high-strung on acquiring a soulmate more than anyone else. Nothing good ever comes out of someone who hangs out with the brunette girl along with Haizaki.
You despise two-faced people like him... that's what you like to tell yourself. After all, you're only honest about what you want with people, and if it can help you get a soulmate faster... Where's the crime in that? High-and-mighty people like Kise who didn't believe in soulmates were pretentious, and he was no exception. And you'll do whatever it takes to get what you want, even if it means throwing away your heart in the process, because happiness will come to you once you're with your soulmate... you just know it.
Chapters 3-4 can be found here!
Word Count:
Part 1: 3386 | Part 2: 2131
A/N: This post includes both chapters 1 and 2! Well, it's here... I have the entire brainstorm of where I need this plot to go, but writing it out in fic form as opposed to long headcanons? ... Not my strongest suit but here I go? Please support this series through reblogs/likes and comments! I'd love to interact with everyone!
You will meet your soulmate in a place where there are many other people. You will have your first real encounter with them in a place where you always spend your time through the years. Be careful to keep track of where you are at all times. Your soulmate is always with company, and they are never lonely. You must be careful to not actively seek out for your fated encounter, for youāll certainly miss them. You must remain committed and seek out things that keep you steady and motivated. Only then is it possible for your soulmate to come to you instead.
Kise would like to think heās a romantic at heartācheesy guy even, but on the other hand, he actively scoffs at the letterās contentā¦ that heās had memorized for years now. He has no choice on the matter of whether or not heāll remember it. Not when his āletterā was just a measly paragraph. He remembered being awfully jealous and whiny of his past classmates bringing their 2-page letter to class to show off and getting the āoohāsā and āahāsā from everyone else. That was one sure-fire way to distinguish yourself from the crowd and make a name for yourself. Over the years, Kiseās learned that it would become a separate type of āpopularity hierarchy,ā whereas those with the most elaborate, mysterious, or unique soulmate letters are the ones at the top of the social ladder. Bonus points if it somehow involves all three factors.
And somehow, he also ended up at the popular side of that hierarchy too. Not like he cared, but itās wildly convenient sometimes to get what you want from people. Still, no benefits from being popular this way could ever outweigh the massive inconveniences; he made the grievous mistake of revealing his letter contents to a casual friend in āgood-natured fun.ā And before he knew it, the entire school ended up knowing about it tooā¦ and then the entire neighborhoodā¦ and somehow, it went even into the ears beyond that.
Thus, it started his chronic illness of being tailed after by girls of all backgrounds. With no cure in sight for the ailment that he certainly didnāt ask for. Itās almost terrifying how a single day transformed every single girl into a parasitic bee on a search for the brightest, most colorful flower. Kise, already popular for his looks to begin with, suddenly was shoved under a more blinding spotlight of public scrutiny. If he was going to be completely honestā¦ he liked itā¦ at first. The newfound attention was euphoric and foreign, and he relished in it. But just like anything else, it gotā¦ boring.
Some might call it the ultimate blessing: it could make searching for a soulmate much easier and less effort on his end, theyād argue. Kise had come to beg to differ. Not when hundreds of the same faces with hundreds of clamors claimed and cried that they were his soulmate. How do fourteen girls suddenly have the āother half of the puzzleā to his own letter when there wereā¦ thirteen other girls claiming the same thing?
See, one soulmate gets a letter describing a general location of where theyād meet their soulmate. The other soulmate gets a letter describing a general timeframe of when theyād meet. Not like it actually helps narrowing down the process of pairing up people. Because he knows this shit can take yearsādecades, in factābefore he can even get a first glimpse of his soulmate. And the ordeal of people constantly screaming in his face that the time theyād meet their soulmate is now and hence, āit must be Kiseā got old really quickly.
Itās utterly stupid. Who does this sender think they are to decide how Kise gets to live his life? What type of sadistic game were they playing by forcing the other soulmate to have the other half of the information, which would be, no doubt, just as annoyingly cryptic?
He stopped denying all the rumors of a girl claiming to be his soulmate; for every rumor he clarified and quashed during his naive youth, three more sprung up the next week. Ignoring them sounds counterintuitive, but when he allows the many rumors and girls to multiply and fester, the number of annoyances are still relatively the same: nearly infinite.
Such has become the life of Kise RyÅta.
Worst part of this whole damn thing was, he wonāt be able to know when heād meet his soulmate, not until he shares a ākiss of genuine integrityā with themā¦ and he doesnāt even know where to begin with that requirement. Supposedly, after you kiss the right person with the right intention, something changes in the mysterious letter that would indicate he found the soulmate. Problem is, itās different for everyone: some get a drawing of their soulmate at the end of the letter; some simply have the name of their soulmate written at the end; some get an engraved stamp; and the list goes on and on. The main takeaway from it all is that his letter should have a visible change at the endā¦ if he could even get to that point at this rate.
āOh my goshā¦! Is thatāThatās Kise-kun!!ā
āEh?! Where, where?! Let me see!ā
This is ludicrous. What kind of deity up there decided to put a twisted spin on this sappy, fairy tale trope? He gives a harsh exhale before he puts up a polite smile and continues on with his day. His first day at Teiko.
āPlease join our clubā¦!ā Several girls huddle around the table, eager to show the good-looking boy their information trifold-cardboard and flyers. Unsurprisingly, every single one of them had eyes of ulterior motive. At the sight, Kise resists the urge to roll his eyes at them. He stands there for a bit, watching their mouths move, but in truth, heās not hearing a single thing out of them.
This girl looks decentā¦ her hair is a bit weird, though.
Oh, she sure has a strange accentā¦ and this girl has odd eyebrows.
Ugh, this one talks too much at a too-high pitch.
āAhā¦ wellā¦ā He puts up a chagrined smile, not knowing where to look before he smoothly waves goodbye. āI have something else to check out. Keep yourselves well, ladies!ā With that, he immediately prepares his ears for shrieks of admiration and lovesickness.
Good riddance.
āāā
As much as he hates to admit it, he still doesnāt know what that letter exactly means to this day. Some of the sentences that consider themselves as āhintsā or āinstructionsā are way too vague to be considered such.
He begrudgingly opens up the envelope containing the letter for the umpteenth time again. Kise sits on his desk in his own room, illuminated by the sunlight filtering through the glass pane. Floating dust particles are instantly revealed where the light hits, but he doesnāt care, his attention only on whatās important. Chin on his desk, Kise lays the envelope and letter on the flat surface, trying to see what he could be missing. By now, the paper is slightly worn out from years of Kise thumbing, flipping, inserting, folding, unfurlingāyou name it, in hopes of finding any hidden clues as to whoās the sender and how to solve this āriddleā that ultimately determines the rest of his life. The seal wax on the envelope is beyond recognition, cracked and no longer aesthetically pleasing to look at.
An unassuming creme-white envelope laid tactfully on top of the same desk years ago, the light from his room window shining on it like a natural spotlight. Stray dust floated around, acting like confetti to announce its unexpected, (yet important) quiet arrival. Adorned with a wax seal, the middle of it was impressed in the center of the seal with a perfect copy of his āhankoā that clearly had the kanji for his name. Which was weirdā¦ wasnāt counterfeiting hankos illegal? Being beyond skeptical even for his young age at the time of the discovery, Kise thoroughly checked every crease and fold of the paper. Yes, he even dared to open the window and looked around in case someone had the gall to play a prank on him. Opening up the envelope did nothing to calm him down as soon as he realized it was the infamous āsoulmate letter.ā
So God help him.
āWellā¦ā he sighs, picking up the letter closer to his face, chin still firmly on the wood. āIt wouldnāt hurt to double-check one more time, right?ā
[You will meet your soulmate in a place where there are many other people.]
He frowns not even a second into the letter. Well thatās not EXACTLY helpful, is it? he ruefully thinks, recalling the constant faces surrounding him with hopeful, shining eyes. How am I going to figure out which of them is the right person? He groans in frustration before reluctantly moving on to the next part.
[You will have your first real encounter with them in a place where you always spend your time through the years. Be careful to keep track of where you are at all times.]
This also makes no damn sense. He blows a strand out of his hair in annoyance, but he stops at a realization. I guess Iāve been in the studio for a long timeā¦ It has been a couple years since he started out as a casual model, so perhaps heās on the right track. He allows himself a small grin of triumph.
[Your soulmate is always with company, and they are never lonely. You must be careful to not actively seek out for your fated encounter, for youāll certainly miss them.]
His grin grows wider. This is itā¦! It only makes sense that theyāre also involved within the modeling industry. Are they a photographer, makeup artist, stylistā¦ or even, are they also a model like him? It would only make sense if theyāre never alone like he is. And maybe trying to seek them out when they also attract other people to them would make it harder to face them alone? He frowns. Or maybe itās because theyāre one of my many admirers? That one is still a bit muddy. But he remains hopeful.
[You must remain committed, and seek out things that keep you steady and motivated. Only then is it possible for your soulmate to come to you instead.]
The most cryptic part of the letter. If heās going to try to base this off of the premise of his soulmate being near his modeling job, maybe he should pursue the pastime beyond just a hobby and turn it into a career? But other than that, all the things heās tried out, especially sports, have gotten boring and thus, been abandoned. He bangs his forehead on the table, grin wiped off of his face realizing how he instantly got kicked back into square one.
Thisā¦ this doesnāt make any sense!
āāā
Itās been two years at Teiko. Still no sign of this soulmate. Heās not surprised that by now, nearly the entire school somehow caught wind of the contents of his letterā¦. though, rumors have been getting wilder and wilder as days pass.
āKise-kun.ā
āEe-ee-eeeee!!ā The sudden voice makes him jump out of his skin before he whirls around in a panic. āKurokocchi!! Could you stop doing that??ā
Kuroko merely gives his signature blank look before he continues walking on like nothing happened.
āY-Youāre really gonna ignore me?!ā
āItās almost time for practice,ā he says, turning back to face him expressing theatrical tears. āWe donāt want to be late, or Akashi-kun will find out.ā
At the mention of the captainās name, Kise merely gulps before he catches up with Kurokoās stride with no further complaints.
āBut did you have to pop out of nowhere?ā
Honestly, I still donāt get that part about him.
āI canāt help it,ā he deadpans, as if itās the most obvious thing in the world. āItās not much different from your popularity.ā
āWhen you put it like that,ā he sighs, putting his arms behind his head. āI guess I can see it.ā He eyes the back of Kurokoās headāwhoās been walking aheadāfor several minutes before he finally musters up the courage to ask.
āSay, Kurokocchiā¦ā
āYes?ā Kuroko continues keeping up his pace, but he slightly looks back to Kise in acknowledgment.
āDid you get your soulmate letter yet?ā
At the question, Kuroko merely blinks before he replies. āI received an envelope in my locker yesterday. I thought it was strange since no one ever notices me to begin with, so I thought someone mustāve mistaken my locker for someone elseās.ā Kise waits with bated breath for him to continue.
āAnd?ā
Kuroko looks away for a second. āYeah, it had my hanko on it. I opened it to make sure it wasnāt an error on the senderās end. Sure enoughā¦ā he nods before finishing his reveal, āit was in fact, about my soulmate.ā
āWhat did it say?!ā Kise nearly jumps on Kuroko out of anticipation, but he barely manages to keep himself in check.
āThat Iāll find my soulmate when Iām 17 to 18,ā he says matter-of-factly. āSo that meansā¦ Iād be a 3rd year in high school. But it also said I would already encounter them at several points in my life prior.ā
Kise face-palms at his answer. āWhat the hell? How come yours is so straightforward?ā
He only shrugs as a response, because they were already at the front steps of the gym. It looks like they got here on time. Kuroko announces the two of them before he helps pull out the ball carts. As shoe squeaks and ball dribbles echo throughout the interior, Kise stands there mulling over Kurokoās information.
So Kurokocchi had the part of the soulmate information that only told the approximate time frameā¦ Still, his was way too simpleā¦ or did he somehow decipher it really easily?
Kise makes a loud noise of frustration as he grabs and shakes his head, completely ignoring the concerned looks from the other first-string players.
Eurghh!! Why is mine too complicated?!
āāā
Kise looks at the letter in his hands again. Looking at it sort of pisses him off at this point, the wrinkled font clearly mocking and challenging him to solve itā¦ if he could even do it to begin with. He holds the top of the paper with his two hands, his thumbs and forefingers gripping tighter. He can just rip it. He really canā¦ whoās stopping him?
Actually, has there been anyone who ripped their letter like this before?
He intensely stares at it for a few moments, juggling his options and weighing the consequences if he did choose to shred his fate into pieces. He gives a resigned pout when he comes to the conclusion that maybe itād be best if he didnāt test that theory out. With a huff, he roughly folds up the paper and shoves it into the envelope before tossing it haphazardly onto a low shelf.
āThatās it,ā he declares out to the room. āIām not going to bother with this soulmate shit. Iām going to live my life however I want, and no one can stop me otherwise.ā
And suddenly, he feels ten times better, like a weight was lifted from his shoulders. I shouldāve done this sooner, he thinks, yawning as he gets ready for a good nap in his bed. Thinking about this is way too tiring and troublesome. Why should I even care about it anymore?
āāā
Somehow, his admirers became bolder and bolder, realizing that they should try to push his boundaries and see how much they can get away with. It started with tentative brushes of his shirt and his arms, thinking he didnāt notice. Of course he fucking noticed, when ten other girls had the same idea. Birds of a feather flock togetherāsomething he remembers, snorting derisively in his mind yesterday. But what does he do? Put some distance between them and himself with a cheery smile and a fastbreak walk. And then today, they have the audacity to actually grab him?
Youāve got to be kidding me.
āIs it true that your soulmate letter told you that youād meet someone so beautiful in a place no one goes to?ā
āNo, thatās wrong! Iāve heard that heās looking for someone in a place where he works.ā
āShould we also apply there thenā¦?ā
Kise drops his sunny disposition like a drop of a hat, and those who had their eyes and hands on him immediately flinch at the sudden change. All the loud whispers cease.
āK-Kise-kunā¦? Is there something wrong?ā
āIs there someone bothering you?ā
How do you guys have no self awareness?
āAh, sorryā¦ā Kise gives a placid smile that doesnāt quite reach his eyes. āYou seeāā
āOh!!~ RyÅta-kun!!ā
Everyone jumps at the sound of his first name used so familiarly, but Kise is more shocked than the rest of them because he doesnāt recognize the voice one bit. What the hell is going on?
A girl ruthlessly pushes through the crowd before she bounces to his side with such a saccharine smile that Kise is almost impressed by the feat. But his thoughts short-circuit when she comfortably wraps her perfectly-manicured hands around his left arm, her brunette hair swept across her shoulder and touching his sleeve. He gets a full whiff of her fragrance, and he slightly grimaces before his thoughts finally catch up to register what just happened.
What the fā
āEveryone is so touchy today!!ā she declares with a slight pout, ringing her voice loudly for everyone nearby to hear on purpose. āDonāt you guys know RyÅta-kun is my soulmate?ā
āO-Oiāwho saidāā Kise immediately tries to jump in, but the girl is quicker to cut him off.
āHeās mine! Sorry girlies!ā she says with a playful innocence before narrowing her eyes maliciously at the crowd. ā... So youāll have to leave, āmkay?ā No sooner she speaks those words, the group disperses, and for the first time, Kiseās relatively alone in broad daylight in the middle of a public space. Though, he now has a bigger issue at hand. This girl.
Thereās no doubt the entire school would talk about this the next day and weeks to comeā¦ probably months too. He drops his nice facade completely with her. āI donāt know what youāre trying to do, but stop it. The shit youāre doing right now isnāt cute in the slightest.ā
āOh! RyÅta-kunā¦ donāt you know how attractive you are when you look at me like that?ā She leans forward with a sneer of her own. āBut you should be thanking me, no? I got rid of the pests for you, didnāt I?ā
āI didnāt need your help,ā he scoffs, beginning to turn away to walk. āIf anything, you sound more desperate than I am.ā Thereās only one reason why sheās here.
He fumes to himself. Sheās annoying, trying to use me for my status as a model to boost her own reputation in a hopeful āscandal.ā Fucking hell. Iāll have to ask my manager about this later for rumor controlā¦ He clicks his tongue, making it loud enough for her to hear.
At least he knows 100% that she isnāt his soulmate. Thatās one girl down out of infinity.
He walks with such controlled anger brewing within him that he almost didnāt notice another girl walking past him. Almost.
āHana-chan!ā a voice called out. He presumes that the brunette is who the voice is looking for. āWhyād you ditch me like that? You left me with these boys all alone! You know how starved they areāThey totally looked at me like a piece of meat!ā
āAish, (y/n)-chan!ā He hears her annoying voice echoing behind him. He walks faster. āDonāt you know you have that charm? Can you blame them?~ I wouldnāt, hehe.ā
āMouā! Hana-chan!ā You speed to Hana, completely ignoring Kise as you storm past him. āYouāre mean!ā
He takes a quick side glance at you before his scowl turns harsher.
Who the hell in their right mind is friends with that bitch??
āSorry, sorry!~ā
But Kise can obviously tell she isnāt sorry in the least. Heās even more pissed off when he hears you pleasantly laugh with her, completely accepting her half-assed apology.
Chapter 2, Kiseās POV
āāā
āHuh? Whatād you say RyÅta?ā
āI said I want to play for the starting position.ā Kiseās voice takes on an arrogant tone, dropping all polite facadeāa rare occurrence, especially around so many people. The other first-string players watch the interaction anxiously, tension building in the gym.
This guy isnāt taking me seriously at all, is he?
Haizaki merely gives him a condescending look when he turns to face Kise. āYou just joined the team. Hahādonāt be stupid.ā He cocks a brow to taunt him further. āBesides, you canāt even beat me at practice. What do you think youāre doing, eh?ā
I know what Iām doing, and you damn know it.
Kise merely gives a cocky look of his own. āI may not stand a chance against the other four, but I think Iām ready to take you.ā More than ready. The mentioned Generation of Miracles stand aside to watch Haizakiās response, not making any particular move to interfere.
āHeh, you must not think much of me.ā Haizaki puts his hands casually on his hips. āItās obvious I just donāt take practice seriously.ā He licks his thumb as another taunt. āFine. Iāll give you a taste of what I can really do.ā
Honestlyā¦ what type of sick guy even does that? I canāt stand him.
. . .
A dunk there.
Another dunk.
Steal.
Backtip.
āUh-oh. Kise-chinās getting destroyed,ā a lazy voice rings over the shoe squeaks and echoing ball bounces in the one-on-one match.
Damn it, you didnāt have to say that out loud, Murasakibaracchiā¦ Damn it.
āMore! Iām not done yetā¦!ā Kise breathes hard, wiping sweat off his chin with the back of his arm and takes on a defensive stance.
āItāll end the same way every time.ā
āW-Whaā!ā
āYou and Iā¦ā Haizaki deals the finishing blow with a brutal dunk. ā... are cut from different cloth.ā
Ahā¦ shit. Damn it, I thought I had it this timeā¦ I thoughtā¦ damnā¦
āShÅgo-kun!ā a feminine voice calls out from the doorway. A brunette girl pops her head to peep in. Hana. āAre you done with practice?ā
Ughā¦ not her. Kise inwardly blanches at hearing her nauseating voice filling up the room and remembering the stunt she pulled the other day. Of all people to see me like this tooā¦
āYeah, sorry. I just finished,ā Haizaki calls out, voice turning casual. He walks to her with an outstretched arm, eager for a touch before she recoils in disgust.
āEurghā!ā she shrieks. āYouāre still drenched in sweat!ā
āPft, Iāll take a quick shower.ā He leans forward to her face, hands on his hips. āDo you wanna come with me?ā
āOh, come on!ā she chastises him with that sickenly sweet voice, knowing fully well of his implications.
Kise huffs a small breath of annoyance, though it doesnāt do enough to convey his irritation for her. What a fake. People like her are so unbearableāthe worst.
Aomine sighs, watching from a distance away. āThat bastardā¦ā
āHey,ā another player calls out. āIsnāt thatā¦ Thatās Kiseās new girlfriend. Are they soulmates?ā
Bullshit! Sheās notā
āRyÅta-kun?ā
Donāt use my first name like weāre familiarā
āYeah.ā Haizaki turns back to stare down at Kise, still on the ground with his hands and knees. āThis guy just challenged me and lost.ā
āSeriously? Talk about lame~ā
āAnyways, thatās that.ā Haizaki prepares to leave with the brunette. āLater, RyÅta-kun.ā He adds an emphasis on the honorific to further humiliate him as he turns around.
Kise begins to tremble, fists tightening. All of you piss me off. He grits his teeth, willing himself to get up from his total loss and stand on his feet again. His hands are hanging loosely at his sidesāstance relaxed, but no one around him can tell what heās actually feeling from the way he hides his face under his bangs. But he canāt blame Haizakiā¦ thatās the most infuriating part. Heās rightā¦ I challenged him and didnāt stand a chanceāThat can only mean I have to get stronger.
āHey, wait!ā Another voice cuts through his thoughts when more running footsteps echo down the gym hallway. Kise looks up with a disinterested expression at the source of the noise. āThere you are! Iāve been looking for you! Arenāt we going to the arcade together?ā
Haizaki merely smirks at you, giving you a once-over before flicking his hand towards himself to beckon you over. āThe more the merrier, eh?ā
āOh, ShÅgo-kun! Youāre so sly!ā
āEhhhhh?ā You dramatically gasp, turning to Haizaki. āBut you agreed on going on a date with me today, didnāt you?ā Haizaki stops with a raised brow to try to recall before his grin grows wider at you.
āMy bad. So I did,ā he hums. āThen,ā he turns to the brunette, āAfter the shower, Iāll be with (y/n), yeah? Youāre more than free to join, though.ā
āWhaaaat?ā You tilt your head at him. āWe agreed to go alone together, geezā¦ā
Kise merely tunes you out from that point on, no longer interested in you and whatever shit you were going to spew out. Anyone involved with Haizaki like that isnāt good to begin with. He slowly walks to use the exit on the opposite side of the gym to avoid the group for good measure.
Sheās just like the rest of them. He yawns.
āāā
Another day, another practice. Even after Teiko destroyed Meiko in the national finals, there is no excitement buzzing among the basketball players from such an accomplishment, when such wins are simply obligatory and frequent.
āMidorimacchi? Whereās everyone else?ā Kise enters the gym nonchalantly but stops to do a double take to see half the room empty. Itās supposed to be another regular day of practice isnāt it?
Midorima pauses, his hands on a plastic bottle before he narrows his eyes. āThose fools chose to ditch.ā
Fools? Kise widens his eyes. āYou canāt meanā¦ā
āI donāt understand their way of thinking,ā he continued, putting down the bottle before picking up the ball. āThose who donāt do everything humanly possible within their limitsāI canāt be friends with such people. Luckily, my soulmate will not be the same.ā
Soulmate?
āAominecchi and Murasakibaracchi? And hey, whereās Akashicchi?ā
āQuiet,ā he says, going into a shooting position with the ball in his left hand. āYouāre ruining my focus, nanodayo.ā He shoots a half-court shot. All net, as alwaysā¦ nothing less from Teikoās shooting guard.
āIām serious,ā he slightly sulks, eyeing the ball bouncing out of the court before looking back at him. āI donāt know whatās going on here.ā Midorima, sensing the serious tone, turns back as he adjusts his glasses.
āKuroko quit yesterday. Akashi is most likely gone regarding that. Though, I doubt losing Kuroko would make a huge impact to the starter lineup. Despite that, I believe Akashi wanted to be thorough and make sure thereās a temporary sixth man installed in the meantime.ā
Kurokocchi quit? Well, itās not a big deal. Itās almost the end of our 3rd year here anywaysā¦ before we graduate.
Kise further raises a confused brow. āAnd whatās with the soulmate comment? Did you alreadyā¦?ā
āObviously not.ā Midorima frowns at his insinuation. āIt is far too soon for me to get one.ā
āThen why do you sound so confident?!ā
āBecause I know,ā he replies, closing his eyes briefly before looking down at the ball cart next to him. āā¦ and trust that theyāll give me someone capable. Naturally, if I were to do everything possible on my end, that would only mean I would be granted someone of the same caliber in the future, nanodayo. There is no room for error or doubt.ā
āUhā¦ā Kise merely gives a judgmental stare. āSo Iām assuming you have a soulmate letter, and it told you this?ā Midorima stops himself from shooting to stare at him incredulously, as if Kise was the most idiotic thing heād ever laid eyes on.
āOf course not. Iām not opening that letter until the oha asa predicts the luckiest year for cancers yet.ā
āIā¦ wow.ā Thatās Midorimacchi for you, always the weirdo. Canāt believe he really thinks like that.
āYou have no place to speak when you also are nowhere near to finding your soulmate, idiot.ā He shoots the ball again. He grabs another one without looking at Kise, whoās currently no doubt giving him the look of a kicked puppy.
āI donāt believe in soulmates,ā he grumbles. āNot anymore, anyways. Itās too annoying to think about.ā
Midorima widens his eyes to stare at Kise, registering the foreign words coming from his mouth.
Midorimacchi, donāt look at me like thatā¦ can you blame me? Itās not that weird for a lot of people to think that, too.
Midorima merely sighs. āSay all you want, but you canāt deny the fates, nanodayo.ā He goes back to ignoring Kise again, this time for good. I guess he finds that really strange on his end.
āWellā¦ā Kise gives a heavy sigh of his own. āI guess I can get some drills in.ā
āāā
Kaijoās nice enough. Nothingās really changed since becoming a 1st year here for a couple months. The campus might be twice the size of Teikoās, and the basketball team isnāt that bad. Kasamatsu might be scary, though, but he has no real complaints about him. Wellā¦ he reconsiders the thought, feeling his lower back throbbing. Actuallyā¦ he COULD try to lessen up on his kicksā¦ But I guess he means well. Heās a bit too serious, though.
He still has plenty of complaints about girls following him around, but by now, heās used to it. Call it a staple of Kise RyÅta, of some sorts. Kise of Kaijoā¦ he thinks, remembering Kasamatsuās lecture on his first day of scouting. It really does have a nice ring to it after all.
He smiles, recalling the new bonds heās forged with his teammates these past matches. The Winter Cup is coming soon, so everyoneās buzzing with excitement and anticipation to take home 1st place this year. Kurokocchi might be right about doing whatās good for the team. I need to get stronger for our rematch. His simper only grows bigger.
Thinking about basketball and not worrying about the unnecessary things at hand is so liberating that he pretty much forgets the ordeal. (Like the business of soulmates, but heās not thinking about that! Thatās not even remotely in his consciousness, not one bit.)
Unfortunately for him, his smile is wiped from his face the moment he enters the gym.
āHeyah, heyah, heyah!ā He furrows his brows in slight confusion at the voice, most definitely not belonging to any of his teammates. That soundsā¦ familiar.
Your voice reverberates throughout the gym, but it seems like you have no regard for an indoor voice as your eyes sparkle (how creepy) at his teammates. And your own smile widens as seconds pass (definitely creepy). Kiseās frown becomes harsher when he finally recognizes you.
I donāt remember what she looks likeā¦ but that damn voiceā¦ wait a secondā
Kasamatsu sighs at you, but he tries to keep a polite tone with you. Even so, anyone can sense how exasperated he is. āSorry, look,ā he says cordially, eyeing Kise at the door before turning his gaze back at you. āIf youāre looking for Kise, heās not here right now, and if you are going to wait for him, heāll be occupied with practice from soon until hours later.ā
You do that same head tilt you did back at Teiko. āBut Iām not here for him.ā
His teammates merely sweatdrop at your answer. Right, like anyone believes that. Kise takes a quiet step in to put his duffel bag on an empty spot, no longer even bothering to give you his attention anymore.
āYeah, sorry.ā Kobori steps in with an apologetic smile of his own. āIf you want to leave any gifts, you can leave it with the coach.ā
āNo, no!ā You widen your eyes theatrically, waving your hands around in front of your chest to emphasize your statement. āYou misunderstand me, seriously!ā
Kasamatsu, having enough of you, shoots an exhale before turning to yell to the other players, āEveryone! Start warming up! And donāt slack off, or Iāll kick your ass!ā
āIām not here for Kise,ā your voice rings out loud and clear. āIām here for Kasamatsu-senpai.ā Everyone freezes at the mention of the captainās name. What business did a 1st year have with a 3rd year? They spare a look in the captainās direction, but even heās caught off guard. Kise looks up at you from behind, a few meters away.
Does she even know that Iām actually here, orā¦?
āBecause,ā you say, a little too brightly. āI think youāre my soulmate, Kasamatsu-senpai!ā
Said captain immediately chokes on air.
Every single person in the gym has their jaws dropped.
To apologize my hectic schedule and not fulfilling my promise(?) of releasing that Kise enemies-to-lovers!/soulmate!/manga kise!au fic series for MONTHS, here's a little ~preview~ of the first chapter. I literally have 38 damn pages of this WIP and it's only in chapter FIVE in my docs and not even half way through this plot??? I hate myself LMAO I PROMISE YALL I DID NOT DITCH THIS PROJECT
A/N: The brunette that flirted with Haizaki is nameless, so I just named her Hana. Yeah, no creativity on my end, anyways--
[Kise x fem!Reader]
First Section:
Addressed to Kise RyÅta:
You will meet your soulmate in a place where there are many other people. You will have your first real encounter with them in a place where you always spend your time through the years. Be careful to keep track of where you are at all times. Your soulmate is always with company, and they are never lonely. You must be careful to not actively seek out for your fated encounter, for youāll certainly miss them. You must remain committed and seek out things that keep you steady and motivated. Only then is it possible for your soulmate to come to you instead.
Kise would like to think heās a romantic at heartācheesy guy even, but on the other hand, he actively scoffs at the letterās contentā¦ that heās had memorized for years now. He has no choice on the matter of whether or not heāll remember it. Not when his āletterā was just a measly paragraph. He remembered being awfully jealous and whiny of his past classmates bringing their 2-page letter to class to show off and getting the āoohāsā and āahāsā from everyone else. That was one sure-fire way to distinguish yourself from the crowd and make a name for yourself. Over the years, Kiseās learned that it would become a separate type of āpopularity hierarchy,ā whereas those with the most elaborate, mysterious, or unique soulmate letters are the ones at the top of the social ladder. Bonus points if it somehow involves all three factors.
āāā
Second Section:
Itās utterly stupid. Who does this sender think they are to decide how Kise gets to live his life? What type of sadistic game were they playing by forcing the other soulmate to have the other half of the information, which would be, no doubt, just as annoyingly cryptic?
He stopped denying all the rumors of a girl claiming to be his soulmate; for every rumor he clarified and quashed during his naive youth, three more sprung up the next week. Ignoring them sounds counterintuitive, but when he allows the many rumors and girls to multiply and fester, the number of annoyances are still relatively the same: nearly infinite.
Such has become the life of Kise RyÅta.
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Third Section:
He walks with such controlled anger brewing within him that he almost didnāt notice another girl walking past him. Almost.
āHana-chan!ā a voice called out. He presumes that the brunette is who the voice is looking for. āWhyād you ditch me like that? You left me with these boys all alone! You know how starved they areāThey totally looked at me like a piece of meat!ā
āAish, (y/n)-chan!ā He hears her annoying voice echoing behind him. He walks faster. āDonāt you know you have that charm? Can you blame them?~ I wouldnāt, hehe.ā
āMouā! Hana-chan!ā You speed to Hana, completely ignoring Kise as you storm past him. āYouāre mean!ā
He takes a quick side glance at you before his scowl turns harsher.
Who the hell in their right mind is friends with that bitch??
āSorry, sorry!~ā
But Kise can obviously tell she isnāt sorry in the least. Heās even more pissed off when he hears you pleasantly laugh with her, completely accepting her half-assed apology.
Hello~ I hope you have been well and wellā¦ I was actually just wondering how you were doing :3
School's done for me, but I need to finish two final essays before I'm truly free to finally grind the rest of the kise fic I've been desperate to get back to ;_; I may just drop a little preview for chapter 1 and 2--who knows, maybe right after this ask hehe? I hope you've been doing well too!!
Hii! I hope you're having a great day. The first thing I did when I woke up was read the angst about Aomine recognizing his love after a long time. I was surprised by the ending... But I thought there would be more. Do you intend to pay more attention to that story? Please the work deserves continuation
heyo~~ I had to cram in an essay for a midterm today, it was so not fun LOL but I hope your day was great too!
Is this story the one with reader and Kagami? š I was planning for it to be a oneshotā¦ I didnāt expect to get so much attention and love for it so I was so surprised by the reception š Right now I donāt intend to continue it, but maybe Iāll make a part 2 or an alternative ending someday! (that doesnāt mean the alternative ending is happy, maybe itāll be even sadderšŖš)
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So I saw your post about your GOM HCs and their negative traits and I was wondering if you had any more of those for Kuroko?? He's my all time favorite but obviously the series is a little biased towards him and I've always liked my characters to have their flaws. LOL
They don't have to be necessarily backed up by canon though!!
Please and thank you so much!!!
Iām actually not quite sure what else Kuroko can be capable of in terms of flaws, but if Iām really scratching my head, I think because of his tendency to take an opinion after his close person/friend, he can be a āpeople pleaserā for those he considers close to him. Iād think heād also be very passive, in a way that he, like Akashi in that hc I did, would try to bottle up his emotions and turmoils, but for the reason to just ākeep the peaceā if there was any conflict. This is different with Akashi, where he bottles up his emotions to maintain the image of perfection. These are very seemingly āsmallā flaws, but all of these have potential to manifest into something much more darker if not addressed. Iāll be adding this to the og hc too in a little link, but I think these will be my final thoughts. Again, like you said, the show is a bit biased towards him because itās in his POV, so itās hard to think of a flaw thatās within his character without going OOC. But yeah, hoped you enjoy this not-so-fluffy hc ahaha^^
I can definitely see Kuroko as a people pleaser/he doesnāt share his internal thoughts much. With the exception of some things basketball, he generally keeps his mouth shut as to not rock the boat if you will.
Kuroko watched 2 of his (best even) friends mentally break and then everything he loved about the team/basketball/ etc crumble around him. While I think it was an inevitable thing (give the lack of proper adults š) to happen, a small subconscious part of Kuroko thinks that if he hadnāt questioned Aomine he would still be the same or if he hadnāt shared his feelings with Akashi he wouldnāt have gotten an answer shattered him.
Of course this isnāt exactly true and it was just verbal confirmation of what he knew already, but itās just that tinyyy part that whispers āthings wouldnāt have changed, if you didnāt question anyone or shared what you really thought/felt).
I think itās fair to argue any amount of character flaws even if they seem ooc/ not at all canon just based solely on the fact he doesnāt really share his own thoughts much (outside of bb).
TL;DR
I think Kuroko might need more therapy than anyone else in GOM
And Iām always down to make angsty headcanons especially about KNB cause itās chocked full of trauma I didnāt pick up when I was younger
I feel like Kuroko could either be the type of person to think like how you described him: someone whoād wallow in the āwhat-ifāsā in the back of his mind like āwhat if I didnāt chase after Aomine in the rainā etc. But on the other hand heās always been someone who thinks ahead and looks forward to the future? Like he wasnāt bogged down and didnāt mope around with the fact that his entire GoM friends turned into assholes, but he was moreso determined to get them back and change them for the better. One of his many positive traits is that Kuroko is resilient and strong-willed, and honestly, everyone has their own āwhat-ifā moments that donāt necessarily make it a negative trait for Kuroko alone.
If you havenāt seen the other negative traits I wrote for Kuroko + other GoMs, I have it linked here just in case LOL
