#1 What is passion? [Knb fanfiction]

Chapter 14 (2)

d) Midorima Shintaro:

"Mizushima, what do you want to do?" Midorima-kun asked me, avoiding my gaze while pushing up his glasses.

"Aren't you going to draw an Omikuji? (Japanese fortune-telling written on a piece of paper)" I asked him, assuming that that's what he had in mind. Midorima-kun looked at me with gratitude in his eyes and I smiled at him. A hint of a smile formed on his lips.

We each paid 100 yen for a slip and as I unfolded mine, it read: bad luck. I frowned as I furrowed my eyebrows. All the frustration left out of my body as it was replaced by confusion when I saw a creepy smile on Midorima-kun's face. His eyes were twinkling brilliantly, I could see stars shooting out of them. I jumped back in fright as he looked at me with that shiny smile of his. 

"W-what's wrong?" I asked, biting my lower lip, wondering whether or not I should make my escape.

"I got great luck! Oha-asa said that cancer is ranked first today nanodayo." He punctuated every word carefully, his voice indifferent to normal, just that he ended the sentence with an exclamation mark.

"Good to know... ehehehehe..." I laughed nervously, turning around and planning to leave. He walked next to me and I moved my arms and legs robot like. His smile was creeping me out.

"What horoscope are you?" Midorima-kun studied me. "Etto...Aries." I mumbled my reply, looking down at my feet.

"7th nanodayo." The green haired boy said while caressing his lucky item of the day - a rabbit stuffed toy. It looked so soft and fluffy and cuddly and adorable and~

Stop. I told myself. Midorima-kun smiled at me, noticing me being attracted to his stuffed toy. "We can go visit the antique shop I go to every morning." He offered and I nodded, eyeing the toy.

"Kawaii~ Kyaaaaa!!! So cool!~ Woaaahhhh!!!! Wow!!!!" I made a series of strange noises and I saw Midorima-kun looking at me from the corner of his eye. My ears turned pink from embarrassment but I was too into objects in the store to even bother about it.

In the end, I couldn't decide what to buy so I just got a cute keychain. 

Being bookworms as we both are, we went to the public library, having a long conversation about books. You might not want to know what it was about...

And here we are, sitting in silence, absorbed in our reading. Time passed quickly but I took a few peeks at the books about horoscopes Midorima-kun was reading. It was actually interesting and most of them were kind of true except one fact nearly caused me to throw the book out of the window.

Negative qualities of Aries: Impatience, Impetuousness, Foolhardiness, Selfishness, Jealousy, Vanity, Pride, Ego, Ruthlessness, Possessiveness, Violence

Note the highlighted words. This book just called me a self-centered egoist. I even complained to Midorima-kun and this was his reply:

"If the book says so, then it must be true."

Tsundere. 

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e) Kuroko Tetsuya

"Kuroko-kun! Where are you?" I panicked after I abruptly decided to stay with Kuroko-kun and couldn't find him.

"Kuroko-kun!" I shouted but my voice echoed in the forest.

"Ano, Mizushima-san." A monotonous voice came up behind me and I felt a light tap on my shoulder, sending chills down my spine.

"AHHHHHHH!!!!!" I screamed in horror as I jumped three feet high and banged my head on a tree branch, falling face flat on the grass. 

"Are you alright Mizushima-san?" Kuroko-kun knelt down and helped me up, asking me with a hint of concern in his voice. "Yeah..." I muttered, ashamed by my own stupidity and overreaction.