Am I too late? [Kuroko no Basuke Fanfic: Kise RyotaxOC]

Chapter 2

"Alright! That's it for today."

The players of Teiko Middle School sighed in relief and some even went to the extent of jumping up and down in joy for finally finishing the non-stop practice. Another titled school about to face; the players are practicing for the said match and have been training for hours now.

Panting hard for breath, the famous model/player, Kise Ryota went to the bench and rummaged in his bag. With his fellow first-stringers following closely behind, all of them grunting and greedy for air as they quench their urgent thirst for water. Something though, caught Kise's eyes.

It was Shogo Haizaki, looking all smug and mighty. He was emitting the 'delinquent' aura as always and was grinning maliciously.  There were rumors that he was ejected by Akashi because of his violence and for some other reasons that involves his pride being saved from being crushed by someone who will be better than him in the future. On the other hand, the latter didn't pay mind and only remembering the name of that someone.

As for Kise Ryota, he was looking forward with having a one-on-one with him. It wasn't because of enthusiasm. Nope...It was because Shogo Haizaki has been a little bit - No.It was alot-  rude these past few days especially at him. Kise already knew, he knew he was accelerating towards becoming part of the starting line-up. Not to mention, at a threatening speed.

"Huh? What did you just say, Ryouta?" Haizaki sneered at him, his arrogance dripping with every word that was going out of him mouth.

Smirking, "I said: let's have a match with the position of the starting member on the line, didn't ya hear?" said blonde answered unaffected and seemed to emit his own arrogance in turn.

"What sort of bull**** is this coming from a guy who just got in?" The ash-haired one answered while looking at him mockingly, "You can't even beat me during practice. What are you thinking?"

Kise just shrugged, "So I'm planning on beating you right now. Maybe not the other four but if it's Shougo-kun, I think I'm ready to take you down." He explained, his determination to beat him was evident in his eyes.

"Ha. My reputation sure fell. Can't you tell I'm slacking off during practice?" Haizaki looked at him menacingly and grinned, "Fine. Then I'll give you a piece of how I really play."

And so they played....

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Knees fell on the floor. His hands fell after, clearly devastated at the result. He was...defeated. It his first defeat in basketball. No,  in any sport he ever played. He was not used to this...he always experience the sweet taste of victory, afterall. Looking at the floor with wide eyes, Kise's face was stricken with unbelief.

Suddenly a voice he was familiar with piped in, "Shogo-kun!~ Are you done with practice?"

"Oh~My bad, My bad. I just got done. I'll go take a shower right away. Wanna come with me?" he flirted shamelessly but that earned a giggle from the female.