Just a shadow(ON HOLD)

Chapter 3

"Hi Hitomi-chan." I said trying to hold back an exasperated sigh. As she made her way over she didn't seem to notice the multitude of stares she was receiving from the other kids in class. Once she got to me she brought a chair up to my desk and sat down.

"Hey Kuroko, I see you're making some new friends." She said taking quick glances at the three boys around me. I didn't fail to notice how her eyes lingered on Akashi-kun a bit longer than the others. It was strange, it was like she was analyzing him in those few short moments. I decided to ignore it for now and bring it up later.

"Hitomi-chan this is Kise-kun, Midorima-kun, and Akashi-kun." I introduced pointing at each one of them.

"And guys this is my best friend Hitomi-chan." I said motioning to her.

Maybe if she doesn't like them I don't have to be friends with them.

Hitomi smiled at them "Like Kuroko said my names Hitomi, it's nice to meet you."

Dammit.

I sighed internally. Well so much for that then, I thought to myself. After knowing her for years I could tell that she liked them. Chances are the only reason she does already is because they're talking to me. I really wasn't expecting her to instantly like them though. At the very least I thought she'd take a day or two to decide what she thought of them.

"It's a pleasure to meet you too." Akashi-kun said smiling pleasantly back at her. His smile was different from the mischievous smirk I had received, maybe he likes her?

Hitomi's smile turned into something of a small smirk as her eyes flickered dangerously between me and Akashi-kun. I jumped the slightest bit as a small shiver went down my spine. I doubt the others noticed the sudden change in attitude because they had just meet her and weren't familiar with her actions, but I sure as hell noticed. I had seen her look like that before, and I knew that glint in her eye. It was the glint of the damn devil.

Oh god, what's going on? Is she planning something now? She's planning something, isn't she? All these thoughts and possibilities raced through my head trying to decipher what she was thinking. I was starting to downright panic because the absolute worst things have happened when Hitomi has had that look in her eye. If Kise-kun hadn't suddenly spoke up I probably would've started to panic on the outside instead of internally.

"Oh, your friends with Kurokocchi? That's strange." He said with a hint of curiosity.

Wait, Kurokocchi? And what the hell does he mean by 'strange'? I had a feeling Hitomi was thinking the same thing.

The more I thought about it the more Kise-kun's words made sense though. It was strange that someone like Hitomi would be friends with me, let alone best friends. We had been together since we were five and over the years lots of people have pointed this out. I not sure why I'm always so surprised when someone questions our friendship, it's happened so many times that it shouldn't affect me now.

But it always does; because I know what people really mean when call our relationship strange. A pretty, talented, smart girl who attracts lots of attention being friends with a worthless, invisible kid like me. It makes sense that people question it. But they don't mean that our friendship is strange, they mean that I'm strange. People like me shouldn't be around people like her. I don't deserve to.

As all these depressing thoughts are going through my head I subconsciously grabbed my wrist and squeezed it hard, hard enough to probably leave a bruise. I didn't notice what I was doing until Hitomi kicked me from under the desk and gave me an angry glare from the side of her eye.

Well I'm getting my ass kicked later.

After a brief death stare Hitomi turned her attention back to Kise-kun.

"What makes you think it's strange?" She asked confused.

Kise smiled and sat down in a nearby chair.

"Actually, I shouldn't say strange. It's more like......uh..... Unexpected! Yeah, that's the word!"

How is that any better than strange?

Hitomi still looked confused "What does unexpected mean?"

Why are you even asking? We both know what he means, you don't have to pretend for me.

I wanted to say these words out loud so bad but I couldn't . This part was always the worst, the part where people pointed out exactly what was wrong. It happens every time and I still haven't learned how to brace myself for it. HItomi and I's friendship was all I had, and I couldn't stand people calling it strange or saying it was wrong. It was the only thing keeping me together, and I didn't want it taken away.

I unknowingly held my breath waiting for Kise-kun's answer. I was expecting sort of indirect insult to me, or maybe if this guy was as stupid s he looked he would directly insult me right in front of Hitomi. Either way I was not expecting what I heard whatsoever.

"Well, you're like the human versions of yin and yang. One makes friends easily, the other likes to keep to himself. One keeps a cap on their emotions, the other wears their heart on their sleeve. Ones a girl, the others a boy, etc. Your like perfect opposites. It's kinda nice because you don't see friends like you very often."

For a split second I gaped at him. Sure people in the past had been nicer with insulting our friendship than others, but no one has ever said anything nice about it. And that goddamn sincerity in his voice through me off my game because that's the only explanation I had for what I said and did next.

Before Hitomi could say anything I smiled and said " Yeah, I guess we are opposites aren't we."

Author's Note: Hey guys, it's your favorite hiatus author here. I'm really sorry for the long wait. I would explain but I'll just piss myself off with my own excuses. For some reason I found this chapter incredibly hard to write. I had so much trouble with this chapter I literally started like six other chapters that I'm ¼ of the way done with. But I feel like this chapter is bad. Anyway today's just been a generally bad day and I've made some questionable decisions. I'm currently sitting in a dark room with only a mini desk light and lava lamps to see with. I've had three cherry cokes in the last half hour trying to finish this chapter, I killed an ant with a construction mallet and my stomach is killing me. But I do hope you'll forgive my tendencies to disappear from existence. I really hope you enjoy this chapter and I'll try to get the next one out soon. So thank you for your patience and enjoy :)