The Medical Manager (Kuroko x OC)

Chapter 20

-Kuroko Tetsuya POV-

"Let the game begin!" shouted the referee.
"Stupid, stupid!" shouted Kagami to Murasakibara, he was still provoking him.
"I know you are, but what am I?" said Murasakibara.

"What are they, little kids?!" shouted Furihata and Fukuda at the same time.
"Kagami, that's enough" said Kiyoshi. "Because of our positions, I'm the one who'll face off against him. You can't take them both on yourself. You've got him"

"Huh? That makes my opponent..." said Murasakibara.
"It's been a while" said Kiyoshi. "I haven't seen you since middle school"
"Who are you?" asked Murasakibara.

"Good grief. You don't remember me?" said Kiyoshi.
"Did we play against each other in middle school?" said Murasakibara. "I forgot. I don't bother to remember weak players"
I saw Emiko roll up her sleeves, she was angry.

We were all angry.
I was angry, but for more than his commentary just now.
"Kuroko" said Kiyoshi after we had the ball.

"I understand" I said. "Actually, his attitude made me a little angry too"
"You sure it's just that?" he asked and looked at Emiko.
'Heh?' I thought. 'It's true I'm pissed off, because he made Emiko scared... what is this?'

-Emiko POV-

Tetsuya used an Ignite Pass for Kiyoshi, who caught it.
"Impressive" I whispered and Nigo barked.
Kiyoshi dunked over Murasakibara, who suddenly remembered Kiyoshi.
I wasn't a manager yet back then, so I hadn't met Kiyoshi yet.

Murasakibara stayed behind at the hoop.
I looked at Himuro... he made a perfect shot... it was so smooth and perfect, it was like in slow motion.
"Woah" I said, everyone was speechless...

The sky became darker and darker...
It began to rain, and soon it poured down...
They had to stop the game.

I ran onto the field with everyone's backs.
Tetsuya helped me and took out an umbrella.
"You shouldn't let your clothes get wet" he said. "We don't want you to get sick"

He gave me his shirt and put it over my shoulders.
I smiled and blushed, it smelled like him.
I looked at Kagami and Himuro, Himuro showed him something.

"What the..." I said when I saw the ball go through Kagami's hand.
They left and we searched for shelter.

~

"What?" said Kagami when he looked at his phone.
"What's wrong?" asked Furihata.
"The coach is telling us to come to school now" said Kagami.

We sat on the train to go to school and I let my head rest against Tetsuya's shoulder.
"Are you tired?" he asked and I nodded.
"I'm sorry" I said. "Could you let me sleep for a few minutes?"
"Sure" he said and I closed my eyes.

-Kuroko Tetsuya POV-

Emiko fell asleep the moment she had closed her eyes.
I put some of her hair behind her ear and smiled.
Her hair was wet, and it smelled like apples...

"That was a pretty threatening greeting" said Kagami. "Do you two not get along?"
"It's nothing like that" I said. "If anything, I like him. We just didn't get along as athletes, because he never liked basketball. However, even though he didn't like it, he was extremely good at it. He could do it even though he didn't care. Despite his lack of interest, he became an overwhelmingly strong centre. He believes it doesn't matter if he likes it as long as he's talented, and hates players who like the game but aren't very good. He said so before. It's true you cannot win just because you love the game. But you definitely work harder at it if you do, and when you win, you're happy from the bottom of your heart. That's why I like basketball, and I like everyone at Seirin because they love basketball too"
I woke Emiko up when we had arrived.

-Emiko POV-

"Tetsu-kun!" I heard the moment we entered the gym.
Satsuki ran to him, but the shirt she was wearing was way too tight and the bear on the shirt moved.
"Momoi-san?" said Tetsuya.

"Tetsu-kun!" she said and hugged him, but he fell down the floor.
I felt a pain in my chest and I looked away.
Kiyoshi noticed...