Is This Really Me? (Kuroko No Basket)

Chapter 9

"There you are." a voice called out. 

It's Aomine. I opened my eyes, only slightly, letting the light shine into my blue eyes. I sat up to see Momoi climbing off the ladder, her skirt short as usual and her pink eyes glared down at me, though I didn't really care. 

"Aomine-kun! Why are you skipping practice again?!" I just laid back down, the way I had been, and tried to ignore her. "Oh. Hey, Ichi-chan." 

My gaze flickered over to Kana, who was not pleased about the nickname she'd been given by Momoi. "I told you not to call me that." 

Momoi just shrugged her shoulders, "But that's what I call you. I can't just stop." 

It was obvious I wouldn't be getting any rest so I just sat up, leaning back on my hands and just watched the pair argue. 

"I hate people using my last name." Kana defended. 

"But Ichite is such a nice last name," Momoi said, crossing her arms over her abnormally large chest. Yes, I said abnormally large. Of course, I don't really care, just saying, either her chest is abnormally large or her shirt is abnormally small like her skirt. 

"The only reason you call me that is because it took you four months to realize I wasn't a guy." Momoi's cheeks turned a shade of pink that was similar to her eyes. 

"I still think you're originally a guy but you just tell people you're a girl." 

"Oh please." Kana groaned, irritated. "What would ever make you think I would joke about that?" 

Momoi, in one sudden movement, had her hands on Kana's chest. "No girl has such a flat chest! It's not even possible!" 

Kana's face turned a bright red and she forced Momoi off of her. I had to admit that it was funny but I was too bored to actually laugh at it. Just believe me when I say I was laughing on the inside. 

"I'm not flat chested! And it's not your business what I do to my chest or to question me about it." Kana huffed. 

"She just doesn't want to believe you're a girl because-" I couldn't even finish my sentence because Momoi jumped at me and placed her hands over my mouth. 

I looked up at her, my eyes narrowing slightly as she didn't even attempt to loosen her grip on my mouth. Momoi looked panicked and Kana was confused and waiting. 

"Because what Momoi?" Kana asked, crossing her arms. 

"Because of nothing. Amoine-kun was just kidding Ichi-chan." I grabbed her wrists and easily pulled her hands off of my mouth. 

"Just tell her," I said, bored. 

"That was in the past. It's not important." Momoi mumbled, sitting on her legs as she averted her gaze from both me and Kana. 

"If you don't I will," I told her. 

"Will someone just tell me?" Kana said, sounding exhausted from listening to the argument. 

"It's because she has a crush on you," I said bluntly. 

Momoi's face was now a cherry red, "I had a crush on him." Momoi clarified. 

"Still have. If you didn't you'd accept the fact he is actually a she." 

Kana just looked at Momoi, her eyes were blank and it was hard to tell exactly what she could've been thinking. 

She looked down at her boy's school uniform and then back up at Momoi, "Am I really that attractive as a guy?" she asked, her face held nothing but honest curiosity now.