Serin's Overwhelming Darkness (KnB Fanfiction)

Chapter 28: (Kuroko)

I can't wait for our game with Shutoku. I've been restless from the lack of games I've participated. I wish I'd been able to play sooner but we needed Aomine to get scouted and my secrets to stay secret. My 1 on 1s with Aomine kept me from being too disappointed though. "Ready to go?" Riko-senpai asks the team. "Hell yeah!" Aomine and I scream. "Yeah!" Yells rest of the team. Aomine and I run out of the room with grins on our faces, we race towards the gym. "Calm down!" We hear Riko-senpai yell behind us. "You need to save your energy!" We just laugh carefreely as we speed up. I turn to look at the team as we run, only to see that they've given up on subduing the two of us. It makes me laugh even harder as I let my emotions have free reign. The two of us burst into the gym at the same time. Both laughing as we almost fall over from the force. Aomine wraps his arm around my shoulders and ruffles my hair as we continue laughing from the thrill. Everyone in the stadium turns to look at who is causing so much noise and stare. The rest of the Generation of Miracles have their mouths hanging open. Everyone is surprised. It's no secret that Aomine can be loud is he wants me to be, but to have me, the super quite, emotionless phantom be so open, it takes them all in shock. I can see Akashi, Murasakibara, Kise, and Midorima all staring wide-eyed on theit feet. Midorima being the closest, already on the court. Aomine and I start laughing once again at their expressions. Both doubling over from the intensity. Aomine is laughing so hard that he's practically crying. We calm down a bit as we near our bench until Aomine decides to shove me. He ruffles my hair once again and shoves me to the side before starting to run. "Hey!" I yell. I get up and run after him. He curves around the court and I try to cut him off, missingly narrowly, we pass the wide-eyed Midorima. "Hey Midorima!" I yell as I pass him. He flinches at my voice, slowly coming out of his daze. We finish the circle around the court when Aomine trips over our bench. He groans as I jump on top of his fallen figure. "You lose." I whisper into his ear. I sit there for a second and then get off him. I stick out my hand for him to grab as he gets up. He groans and gives me a dirty look. I laugh. "You started it." I retort. He just glares. He brushes himself off and we head toward our bench. Midorima walks up to us and pauses. Aomine and I wait patiently. "What was that?" Midorima finally chokes out as Akashi, Kise, and Murasakibara dash to us. Apparently they had run from the stands once they saw me. "What was what?" I fein innocence. They look at me perplexed and Aomine tries to hold in his laughter. I put a curious expression on my face. "I've never seen you act like that." Kise says. I just shrug. Akashi stares at me. "Okay, Okay." I say. "Over the past year I've been slowly regaining my emotions. On the court, I'm my usual calm self. There's not much to it." They continue to stare. "I guess it's best we go back up to the stands then. Seems we over-reacted." Akashi states, dragging Kise and and Murasakibara behind him. Let me tell you, that is quite the sight. Aomine bursts out laughing after holding it in for so long. I grin along with him. The rest of our team enters for warm up. Tatsuya walks up to Aomine and I. "I'm guessing they were taken by surprise." I just grin at him in response. "I guess that's a yes." He says smiling at me. "Ready to play?" He asks Aomine and I. "Hell yeah!" We yell, getting off the bench. The three of us jog onto the court. "Kuroko." I hear from the Shutoku side. "Yes, Midorima?" I ask, turning towards him with a smile. "Shouldn't you be saving your energy to play in the game?" He asks with a confused expression. "I'll be fine." I answer with a smile. "There's no need for you to worry." Realisation dawns on him and his eyes widen. I laugh and turn back to the team. I close my eyes and take in a deep breathe. My heartbeat lowers and everything freezes for a second. I open my eyes. They betray no emotion and I have a calm aura surrounding me. It's like the calm before the storm. I scan the area around me, absorbing every detail before closing my eyes again. I sink deeper into my emotionless state. Ready to dissapear in an instant. "Tetsu!" I hear something pierce through my progress. I pause and break through my trance. My aura returns to normal. Aomine glares at me and it dawns on me that I shouldn't go full power just yet. I smile at him sheepishly. No one else noticed, because no one else in the stadium is as attuned to me as Aomine. I breathe out a sigh of relief. "Thanks Aomine." I say with a grateful smile. I close my eyes once again, and calm everything down, everything freezes but I do not try to dive deeper into the feeling like I'm drawn to. My calm facade spreads throughout me and I open my eyes. I block out all noise, and focus. It's like a form of the zone that only I'm capable of achieving. Of course, I can access the true zone when needed, but this will do, since I can't bring out all of my cards in this game, I have 4 more in the inter-high after all, 3 of which will take all I've got. I turn to Aomine and nod. He nods in return, getting my message that I'm ready to play. He turns to Hyuga and informs him. I turn to stare at Akashi in the stands. My ice cold eyes sending a warning. Warning him that he needs to keep whatever he observes to himself. Practice finishes and the referee blows the whistle. We have 5 minutes before the game begins. The team heads to the bench. I sit next to Aomine and the edge. I pit my head into my lap and surpress the urge to let my power flow. Occasionally it spikes but I bring it back down nonetheless. I feel everyone's gaze on me but I don't react. I know that on the court, stabilizing my power exertion will be easy but for now, as I sit idly, it tries to break free. Aomine rubs my back with his right hand and I lean into him for support. Considering when I'm more aware of my surroundings outside the court, it makes it easier to float on the surface of power. "Line up!" I hear. I get up, with Aomine behind me. The game is about to begin.

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