Enter the Nanase
"Happiness is light on the water. The water is cold and dark and deep." ~ William Maxwell
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Kuroko was walking home the day after his party, everyone having spent the night at Kagami's, much to the redhead's dismay. He currently had Kise hanging all over him as usual and Aomine yelling at Kise for hogging the blue haired man. As usual, Kuroko ignored the banter going on above his head, even as he was pulled every which way by them. He sighed softly and took another sip of his vanilla shake. When he looked up again, he stared at a man walking in front of them, a little bit away. Kuroko continued to stare at the back of the man's head, something ringing familiar in the back of his mind. He didn't realise how hard he'd been staring until the man stopped walking and turned around and Kuroko almost choked as his drink went down the wrong pipe.
"Kurokocchi!"
"Tetsu? Are you alright?" The taller duo asked, rubbing his back.
Kuroko nodded and waved them off. "I'm fine." He murmured once his coughing subsided. He noticed the man hadn't looked away and the two others followed his gaze.
"Whoa," Kise murmured at the sight of the man's eyes, feeling drawn and slightly terrified.
"Do you know him Tetsu?" Aomine asked as the man turned away and kept walking.
He nodded again. Never in a million years would he be able to forget eyes like those. There was only one person who possessed eyes like those and his name was "Nanase Haruka."
"Isn't that a girl's name?" Kise asked.
"Doesn't matter." He watched as Haruka disappeared into the crowd.
"How do you know him?"
"We met several times is grade school. Kisumi-senpai-"
"*Kiss me*-senpai?"
"Ki-su-mi baka." Kise said, lightly hitting Aomine's arm.
"Mm. Anyway, we Ogiwara-kun and I played basketball with Kisumi-senpai after school and one day he brought Haruka-senpai down to play as well."
"You should go say hi!" Kise chirped.
"I will later."
"Why not now?"
"He seems troubled."
"Hn."
"Anyway," He said, pulling away from them. "I need to go. I'll see you both tomorrow." The GoM had planned on practising together again.
"Aw okay." -3-
"See ya Tetsu."
The man walked away, thinking about his senpai and if they would meet again. He couldn't be prepared though for how soon that would be.