I do not own Kuroko no Basuke.

Note: This is after EXTRA GAME, so if you aren't caught up on the manga or anime, this may be a little confusing on certain events and the such. Also, it's been a while since I've written a fan fiction for Anime/ Manga so hopefully this turns out good.

Hair

Chapter One: The Girl

She always stared at him for some reason that no one really knew why. Her gaze constantly on him and her hand tapped as against her desk as she observed him. He was known throughout the high school for his extremely tall structure, his obscure eating habits, and laziness. She wasn't known at all, just another figure in the crowd. She was highly normal with her appearance besides her seemingly large chest that brought some jealously from other girls but besides that she bore a short brunette hair cut in a bob and chocolate eyes that continued to watch him. She wore the same girl's uniform outfit as every other girl in the high school but constantly wore long shelve shirts, something that not many students understood.

She looked away after noting that someone caught her staring and she moved her daze down to her notebook. She frowned at the sight of the list of chores and items she needed to get when she would head back home. She looked back to her own hair and saw a few strands of it longer than normal and winced at realizing that, knowing she would cut it soon.

It was a compulsion.

She sighed and turned her gaze to the board, seeing the list of with chores to do along with her own name up there next to his.

Although the task she given to do was a problem, she needed to go and get food from the market before the sale would end.

She glanced back to him and then to her list of food. She bite her lips in worry and decided to stand up, walking over to him. No one paid attention her as glided past everyone and stood at the edge of his desk, noting he didn't even pay attention to her as he ate his chips. His long hair hid his vision of her and she couldn't help but flinch at the length.

It was dangerous to have such long hair.

"I believe someone would like to talk with you, Atsushi." A classmate to the both of them spoke and she glanced at him before biting her lip.

His hair was too long also.

"Excuse me, Atsushi-san," she began and waited for him to turn his head in her direction but his gaze remained on his chips. She felt her hand twitch as he remained unnoticed by her and she struggled to continue to say something especially paying attention to the length of his hair.

IT WAS FAR TOO LONG.

"Your hair is far too long." She commented rather loudly and blinked at her sudden response before grasping her hands over her mouth in surprise. She didn't mean to state that out loud and now getting the attention she wanted, but in a way she didn't want. Her eyes were widen in surprise along with the two of them before he narrowed his eyes at this, anger clearly radiating off of him.

"Eh? What did you just say?" He asked her with a hiss and she gulped at this, trying not a shake at the tone of his voice.

"I…I wanted to know if we could the chores earlier…because, I have to get some…um, food and there's a sale at the market during the time of doing the chores…" She said in a form of a mumble, while ignoring his gaze and not noticing him slowly standing up to towering over her height of 5'5", "I don't have a lot of money…and the sale is great especially since I'm running out of food and money for the week…"

Suddenly a hand was placed on her hand and she paled, turning nearly as white as a ghost, before looking up. His height of 6'10" powered over her and his violet eyes glared down at her, anger clearly hinting in them.

"What did you say?" He hissed again and she felt absolutely powerless against him, reminding her of times she would like to forget but continued to haunt to this very day. She began to tremble yet no tears began to build up in her eyes, fear completely overtook her.

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry." She spout out and hugged her body tight, looking like she was trying to protect herself from being hurt, "I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'msorry. I'msorry. Sorrysorrysorry."

The giant blinked at sudden change and she continued to put out the mixture of words, as if she had a sudden mental break.

"I won't do it again. I won't do it again. Just don't hurt, Ken-chan. Just don't Ken-chan. Hurt me instead. Not Ken-chan. Not Ken-chan." She said and suddenly the hand on her hand disappeared, causing her to stop talking. She blinked and looked to see the giant with confused expression on his face while the other guy also stared at her.

Then she realized what she said and looked away, shame and sorrow closer her features.

"….I, I'll take my leave. Just…please, forget about this." She muttered before dashing off from embarrassment and horror, admittedly realized what she had done.

The giant turned towards the other man who stood up at the incident and the giant said, "Ne, Muro-chin, what was that about?"

The other young man frowned and looked at the door, where the girl left. He then glanced at the girls' desk and walked over to it, looking down and saw a list of items and things she needed to do.

"She was to help you with chores today after class but it seems she had other priorities on her mind." He stated and the giant followed over, grabbing the paper and holding it up to his vision.

"Eh? This is long." He said and the young man, known as Muro-chin, nodded at this.

"Indeed, she must a very busy person. It even has two different job names on the paper." He continued to say before sitting back in his seat and observed the giant as he read the list, "Are you going to perhaps apologize to her?"

The giant scowled and glared at him before saying, "Eh, why? She was the one who made a comment."

The other frowned at this before saying, "You scared her, Atsushi. You saw how she reacted to you and what she started to mumble, correct? She most likely thought you would hurt her, especially with the way she started to talk after you grabbed her head. I believe it would help cool her nerves and maybe if she accepts your apology, you can get something out of it."

Atsushi thought about it for a moment before placing the paper back down on her desk and got to his own, digging out some Umaibo before walking to the door. He still bore an annoyed look on his face as he dipped down to avoid hitting the door and walked in the direction where he hoped to find the girl.

She tried to control her heart beat as she pulled out her cellphone and dialed up her brother's number. Her hands were trembling and she hated doing this to him but he was the only one to calm her down. She placed it to her ear and heard the dial tone pick up as she waited fro him to answer. She took deep breaths and placed a hand to her chest, trying to stop her heart from racing.

"Please pick up…please, Ken-chan." She mumbled and bite her lip harshly, almost drawing blood. After a few seconds, someone answered and asked, "Hello, who is this?"

It wasn't him.

Shock passed through her system, her trembling began to pick up more before opening her mouth to say something but nothing came out.

"Hey, Koga-san, who is it?"

His voice in the background brought her out of it and she requested, "Please put, Kenshin on. Tell him, it's Emi."

There was silence before a couple of circling noises were made to signal the phone being passed over.

"Onēsan, what's the matter?" He asked and she released a breath, sipping the sweat off her brow at the sound of her breather's voice.

"I…I just needed to talk with you. I…I had an episode and just needed to talk." She responded before the sound of sneakers sliding off of the surface of the ground was heard.

"WHAT? Do you need me to go over?!" He shouted over the phone and she winced at this before sliding down from the wall.

"No, I'm fine. It was a small attack. Don't worry. I just need to talk with you." She stated to ease his tension and a small smile greeted her face at his worry, "It would take you four hours to get here anyway."

"I can get a plane ride if I need to! Just say the word and I'll be over in a hitch!" He continued to say while others in the back were curious as to what was happening.

"Kenshin-kun, is there a problem?!" A young woman shouted in the background and she giggled.

"Are you positive you're alright, Emi? I don't mind going even if I have to skip practice." He continued to spout while other shouts of horror and cries not to do so were from the other line. She smiled at this and looked down the stairwell, noting the few people who passed by at the bottom.

"Ken-chan, you know, you're the best little brother in the world, right? I don't know what I would do without you." She said and it seemed like he embarrassed at hearing this as he tried to say something in return but was tongue tied.

"Onēsan! You know you're the best in the whole world! No one can compete with you! You're the best older sister anyone in the whole world could have! You're too kind for your own good!" He continued to shout while some people in the background laughed at him or said something about a 'sister complex'. From what she could tell, he tried to cover up the phone and shouted back at them, "Shut up!"

"Ken-chan, I'm gonna let you go back to practice. I still have one more class before I go off to work." She said and he sighed on the other line.

"Don't push yourself. Remember, Onēsan, if your ever need any money, I can get a job too and work." He said and she began twirling her short hair around her finger, nodding at this even though he couldn't see the action.

"Hai. I know but I should be getting promoted soon, so I should get some more money. Don't worry too much about it. Remember, Obasan has been the one who let you go to Seirin too. She gets concerned about you, especially since you joined the basketball club." She said and stood up, walking to the window and stared outside.

"I will. I'll call her tonight. Just take care and if you seriously need me to come to Akita, just tell me and I'll be over in a snap!" He said and she giggled again.

"Alright. Send me a picture of the club too! I want to see who your teammates are. With all your talk about them, you view them highly. I want to see who are the people who are taking care of my dear little brother." She said and he chuckled at this.

"Ok! I will after practice!" He shouted before whispering, "I think coach is getting angry at me for talking so much. I hope she doesn't give me punishment about this. I'm gonna go now. I'll talk to you later, Emi!"

"Alright. Talk to you later, Ken-chan." She said before removing the phone from her ear and ending the call. She released a breath she had been holding and snapped it shut. She then looked to the front of her and nearly lost all of her breath at the sight of the giant standing over her.

"H-hello, Atsushi-san," She said and began trying to find a way out, her nervousness nearly taking over her, "Is there something you wanted?"

He blinked at her before holding something out to her and she blinked at the sight of the Chocolate Umaibo.

"Um…" She began before looking back up to him, "Is this for me?"

He narrowed his eyes at this before a scowl took over his features again, shocking her.

"Yes…are you going to take it or not?" He replied before she looked back to it and grabbed it from his hand, staring at it. A smile graced her features and she glanced back up at the giant.

"Thank you, Atsushi-san." She said and opened it, her eyes glittering at the food. Since she was constantly on a low budget, having candy like Umaibo was a treat. She blinked and realized there must have been a reason for him to give her food just like that.

"Was there something else you wanted, Atsushi-san?" She asked and looked away, before pulling another Umaibo out for himself and opening it.

"Hai, Muro-chin told me I should apologize to you." He said and started eating it, "I don't know why but he said I may get something out of it."

She blinked at this before tilting her head to the side, confused before she also took a bite out of the Umaibo.
"Like what?" She asked and his gaze turned angry again.

"Food." He stated harshly and she frowned at this, glancing away as she thought of the low budget she was on for this month for food.

"Well, Atsushi-san, I…really don't have the money right now. I'm currently on a tight budget." She said as she took a bite out of the Umaibo and hoped he wouldn't be angry at her.

"…You work at a cafe, right?" He asked and she blinked at his sudden words, unsure how he knew this.

"Hai…but how did you know that?" She replied and he finished the Umaibo shallowing it, before shrugging.

"It was on your papers." He stated and she blushed at that, not realizing that she left out her personal schedule in the open.

"Oh…what about me working the cafe?" She asked and he proceeded to pull out another Umaibo, this time the flavor being Natto.

"Let me eat there for free." He said and she nearly choked on the treat at his words, blinking at his statement.

"Atsushi-san, I can't do that! That would be wrong!" She explained and he continued to frown at this before chomping on the Umaibo.

"Eh…you are the only one to serve me at the cafe." He said and at these words she blushed crimson, betting he didn't even know what the cafe was about.

"That…can be arranged. Are you positive about that?" She mumbled and he nodded before finishing the treat, licking his fingers.

"Hai." He simply said before he started heading down the stairs, walking away without another say. She stared at his broad back and then said, "You're in the basketball club, right, Atsushi-san?"

He paused halfway down the steps and turned to face her again, saying, "Yes. Why?"

She smiled at this and starting towards the stairs too, her chocolate eyes dancing in joy.

"No reason." She said and he continued to watch her as she moved down the stairs and back to the classroom, leaving him confused.