clueless

ONE

 It was raining on the second day of school.

The pitter patter of the water hitting against the pavement was consistent around her as she walked forward through the courtyard, the roof over her head protecting her from the rain as she moved to the other school building, her feet taking her in the direction that she'd memorized on the school map she'd seen yesterday.

Finally, a bang against the floor that echoed around her caught her attention and she came to a stop, her fingers pressing against the metal door as she leaned forward to take in the familiar sounds and smells of a gymnasium.

The basketball team trained before her, running drills and going back and forth on the gym floor.

Chiyo smiled softly, green eyes taking in the sight of the gym and it's occupants before she turned around, heading out into the rain to head home, disappearing down the street.

Kuroko stopped short and the basketball fell from his fingers, rolling away from him. His eyes blinked the sweat away as he turned to glance over his shoulder to stare intently at the opened gym doors.

"Quit slacking!" Kagami ran by him and pushed him against his shoulder to keep him running. "What are you staring at?"

The blue haired boy wiped at his mouth. "Nothing."

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"Chiyo-chan, do you want come with us to karaoke today?"

A girl with long black hair glanced upwards, her bangs brushing against her forehead. "Karaoke?" Chiyo repeated in surprise. It was Monday and the last bell for dismissal had rang a few minutes prior and she'd been shoving things violently into her bag in her rush to get home and fall into a coma. It was just her second week as a high schooler and she found that it was exhausting and she'd much rather go home and sleep, however...

She glanced up at the two girls waiting for her answer.

She hadn't made any friends yet, and here were two girls asking her to hangout.

"Sure!" She agreed happily. She probably shouldn't start of her first year at high school with absolutely no friends and besides, she enjoyed karaoke. The two girls, Kanako and Megumi waited as she packed up the rest of her things into her bag quickly and the three were off, walking out of the school and the school gates all the while catching up with each other.

"You two went to the same middle school?" Chiyo asked with raised eyebrows. "Wow that's lucky, at least you had someone you were familiar with to get through the first week." She commented truthfully.

Megumi tilted her head cutely. "You don't have friends from middle school here with you?"

"Well..." Chiyo looked up and saw the the light was green for them to walk across the intersection. "Ah, lets run!" She said when she saw that they would have to hurry unless they wanted to wait. The three girls picked up speed and ran across the street, making it just in time before the cars started driving again.

"The karaoke place is just around the corner here." Kanako told her and she nodded, gripping her bag strap a little tighter as they neared. She hoped that they liked her, otherwise she would have to spend her time in high school lonely.

Eventually, they made it into a room and had a lot of fun. Chiyo noticed that they were super feminine and if she didn't swear or act super crazy then they would like her, so she did just that. They sang their hearts out to all the songs that they could and laughed with each other, and the time passed quickly that when their paid time was over, Chiyo was shocked that she hadn't realized how long they were there for.