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!
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Chapter 1, Kiseās POV
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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 content⦠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 too⦠and then the entire neighborhood⦠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 honest⦠he liked it⦠at first. The newfound attention was euphoric and foreign, and he relished in it. But just like anything else, it got⦠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 were⦠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 them⦠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 end⦠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 decent⦠her hair is a bit weird, though.
Oh, she sure has a strange accent⦠and this girl has odd eyebrows.
Ugh, this one talks too much at a too-high pitch.
āAh⦠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 weird⦠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 time⦠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, stylist⦠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.
This⦠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 means⦠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 frame⦠Still, his was way too simple⦠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 it⦠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 can⦠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 come⦠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-kun⦠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 control⦠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
Honestly⦠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, Murasakibaracchi⦠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
Ah⦠shit. Damn it, I thought I had it this time⦠I thought⦠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
Ugh⦠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 that⦠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 Haizaki⦠thatās the most infuriating part. Heās right⦠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 always⦠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 anyways⦠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. ā⦠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
āI⦠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 that⦠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. Well⦠he reconsiders the thought, feeling his lower back throbbing. Actually⦠he COULD try to lessen up on his kicks⦠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 Kaijo⦠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 sounds⦠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 like⦠but that damn voice⦠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.
A few seconds of silence take over the gym.
āWHAT??????!!!!ā
















