Ensemble Stars Oneshots

You'll get Cold! (Kuro Kiryu)

A/N: Thanks for requesting Kuro! I will be doing Rei and Ritsu next since I do have a couple of requests for them as well...

WARNING: (This chapter contains interactions with Knights members such as Arashi and others. Arashi's pronouns will be feminine and I will not take any criticism/critique regarding them as that is the way I perceive Arashi. If you have an issue with this please do not read.)

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Winter had fallen upon everyone at Yumenosaki Academy, which meant that it was finally the time to put on the winter apparel! As the days went by, you began to notice that the students were suited up pretty heavily with scarfs and mittens alongside their thick winter coats. Everyone except for one individual, Kuro Kiryu, the manliest man on the campus. Sure, Kuro was a 'manly man' but even a manly man can get cold too!! As Akatsuki's producer, you knew you had to do something but you didn't just want to do something ordinary like purchasing a nice scarf for him. You wanted to give him something with charm and meaning. Something significant yet plain since he wasn't much of a flashy guy.

And that's when it hit you. You had recalled bumping into Izumi one day holding a scarf of his own, smiling like a complete loser. When you asked about the scarf in his hands, he was quick to call you a pest, but he ended up answering you.

"It's a handmade scarf for my Yuu-kun~!"

Although you hated approaching Izumi, you wanted to make Kuro a handmade scarf too and so you sucked up your pride and headed over to meet with him. You let out a deep exhale as you arrived to the room and with a single twist of a doorknob, you found just the person you were looking for.

"Ara?~ It's rare to see you around these parts, Y/N" Arashi said as she looked up at you with a smile.

"...Oh...? Is that Y/N...?" The half-awake Ritsu said as your entrance awoke him.

"Huuuh?? What is this person doing here??" Izumi said with a sharp tongue which made you twitch a little out of anger.

"Izumi-senpai..." you said gulping down the saliva in your throat, "I-I wanted to ask you for... a favor..." you mumbled.

"A favor? And why would I do that for someone like you?" Izumi replied sharply, "Now, now Izumi-chan, you should listen to what Y/N has to say~ don't be rude," Arashi snaps back before she gestures for you to sit down, "Tell Onee-chan what it is that you want from Izumi-chan over here~"

You followed Arashi's gestures and took a seat underneath the kotatsu table with them. Unfortunately, your seat was right across from Izumi but thankfully Arashi was there to ease Izumi's aggressive attitude.

"...Since it's pretty cold nowadays... I wanted to make Kuro a handcrafted scarf.... So I came to ask Izumi-senpai if he'd be willing to teach me..." You tell Arashi while avoiding as much eye contact with Izumi as you can.

"Ara!~ how cute!! Do you hear that Izumi-chan? They want to make a scarf for Kiryu-senpai!" Arashi says with glee.

Izumi gives you a glance and shifts his stance so that his side is facing you, "Hmph... Well then why didn't you just say so? I'll help you but don't get too comfortable, chou uuzai...!" Izumi said as he crossed his arms.

(A/N: Chou uuzai is Izumi's signature saying of "How annoying")

You let out the deepest sigh of relief that you've ever released before as the fear of Izumi's denial no longer hindered you. You thanked him sincerely, which shocked him at first but would ultimately make him scoff at you,

"Of course, it's me who you're talking about. Just don't forget who you're dealing with! If you're late to one of our sessions then I won't be so forgiving! In fact, you should show up ten, no fifteen minutes before I ever do!" Izumi said with a sharp tongue.

An awkward laugh released from your mouth as you nodded your head. If this was the path you were going to take, you had to face it head on! And so for the next week, you ended up skipping your club activities with Akatsuki to meet up with Izumi. Since club activities were the only time both you and Izumi could spare for the lessons, you had no other choice but to skip your own which made Keito so worried that he sent out Kuro to come find you.

You had finally completed the scarf thanks to Izumi's help. It was a hard and painstaking task, but it felt rewarding to look at the outcome. It was a bright ruby red color, one that suited Kuro very much. Looking at it made you happy to where you could feel your cheeks hurting from how much you were smiling. All you had left to do was wrap it and give it to him... that was until he found you,

"Oi, what do you think you're doing skipping out on club activities without saying anything?" Kuro said with a stern voice.

"I did say something though! I told Keito-senpai I would be out of commission for a week to take care of something important!" You said standing your ground.

"You've got the boss worried about our workload... you can't give him a hard time like that," He says looking at you, only to notice the scarf that you're holding, "And what's that you're holding?" He asks.

"This?" You say lifting the scarf slightly, "It's a scarf that I made... for you, Kuro-senpai."

His eyes widen at your words and he becomes slightly bashful as he brings a hand behind his head, "A scarf, huh? What's the meaning of this, Y/N?"

You close the distance between the two of you and gently wrap the scarf around his neck. "You'll get cold if don't keep yourself warm and if you get cold you'll get sick! As your producer, I need to make sure that I take care of you," You say with a smile. "I've been working hard this past week to make you this scarf with the help of Izumi-senpai, that's why I haven't been able to attend our club activities." You said explaining yourself.

"Is that so?" He said with a slight smile, "Thank you, Y/N," he says as he gives your head a pat, "Now, let's go back before the boss gets even more worried, shall we?"

"Of course! Hehe!"