Just a Fairytale [Kuroko Tetsuya x Reader x Nijimura Shuzo]{KnB}

[M.15]Middle School: Diary Entry Fifteen

You never enjoyed the stares of others, but today, in particular, you're frightened by them. The stares are accompanied by the low murmurs of your name along with Nijimura's; at the mention of them, your heart hammers with trepidation.

What did I do to acquire such attention?

There's a poke to your side and you jump in fear. Your eyes wander around the somewhat vacant gym until they land on a pair of recognizable round eyes. "Kuroko?"

"How are you doing?"

You tilt your head, "Why do you ask?"

His eyes widen by a small increment as if he just realized something. "Haizaki is spreading a rumor around about you and Nijimura-senpai."

Your eyebrows knit together, "About what?"

"That he saw you two..." He scans the area for eavesdroppers, coughs into his fist, and then gives himself mental reassurance. "He said he saw you two kissing."

"K-KISSING?!" Your cheeks flare up like police sirens in the night. Bright and alarming.

You don't have time to deny the accusations as Nijimura comes throttling in with a heated expression. "Where's that little shit?!" He's a man on a mission, and that mission is to obliterate the sorry excuse of an elite player.

"Oh, I suppose that's settled then," you fan your cheeks.

"It is odd for Haizaki to be saying these things," Kuroko adds with little emotion. "He was never one to spread rumors."

"You're too kind to defend someone like him," you force out a laugh. He doesn't budge from his opinion, and you try to be a bit more empathetic. "Well... I guess if he saw us yesterday, he might have misunderstood."

"What... happened yesterday?" He sounds somewhat frightened as if he doesn't want to hear the answer.

"We had a moment and hugged. Shuzo was feeling down about something, and I thought that a good hug could fix things... Just like how we hugged." There's a bashful look on your face after having said that, and it causes his heart to malfunction.

"I-I see." He tries his best to recover, but it's difficult when you're all he sees; when you're all he thinks about. "I need to start my drills now."

"O-Of course!" you say a little louder than expected. "Go on then."