"Am I not Enough?" side B: "If it is so... Then I'm nervous,"

This story is based off of the vocaloid song "A Solution of Jealousy" –another story- by HoneyWorks.

Class is almost about to start and they're just waiting for the bell to ring and their teacher to come. By this time, Kuroko most likely want to just stay inside the classroom and patiently wait for the teacher like the good student he is, but unfortunately—or fortunately-, he was dragged outside by two of his closest friends, who wanted a good chat with him about a certain topic.

"So, I think, we should talk about the person we like!"

Momoi, his closest female friend, started off. He and Kise exchanged looks, the blonde was certainly caught off guard by the topic too but when he made eye contact with Momoi, he knew. Since his friend is not open with his romantic life at all, they're going to pry something off the guy, it is now or never.

"Well that sounds fun, Momoicchi!"

Momoi nodded excitedly and eyed Kise expectantly. The blonde only returned Momoi's look with a big goofy smile. Kuroko seems so lost to the both of his friends, who both apparently have something nasty up their sleeves, he can feel it.

Kise cleared his throat and began to speak in a teasing voice,

"Ne ne Kurokocchi~~ Do you already have someone you like?"

Kuroko's eyes widened and he almost choked on his own saliva because of the question. He was right to assume those two have something they want to dig from the mud. Kuroko looked at the both of them with nervousness. He really doesn't know what or who to reply to them, but if he answers nothing or rather no one, he knows that he'll just receive endless prying from the both of them.

"Tell us, Tetsu-kun!"

He can feel Momoi's body heat radiate to his own body because of how close his female friend is. Soon, even Kise is closing up on him. They both have this silly, expecting faces on and Kuroko cannot help but feel pressured. When the both of them got so close however, Kuroko pushed his hands upfront and made his way out of the cage they are making around him.

"I... Would the both of you please move farther away from me?"

Kuroko held both his hands up while his face is decorated with a faint pink glow. The other two didn't know what to make up of Kuroko's sudden reaction to the question, as if he's avoiding them.

Momoi made a disapproving 'tsk' sound, like a mother scolding her child. Kise followed suit with a disappointed shake of his head whilst having his hands on his waist.

"That won't do, Tetsu-kun!"

"Kurokocchi, we swear we wouldn't tell anyone,"

The two of them cooed. Kuroko made a frantic shake of his head,

"That's not—"

As if on cue, the bell rang and at the corner of their eyes, they can see their teacher walking towards their classroom. Kuroko released a breath he doesn't know he's holding until now and went on ahead to go inside the classroom, that is, when a hand grabbed his shoulder. He turned to look behind him and both Momoi and Kise are giving him charming looks, which could only mean one thing—

"We're not done with this, Tetsu-kun~"

"We'll get you next time for sure, Kurokocchi!"

Kuroko only grimaced as he dashed his way to his seat, which is thankfully a little far from where the two of them are assigned.

The blue head didn't pay attention to the lesson at all and just mused on what happened earlier in the hall.

It's not like he's scared of being questioned about the topic, truthfully speaking; he's quite interested in other people's romantic lives. But when it comes to him, even if he did have someone of interest, with his clumsiness and shyness, he's bound to be a bachelor forever. So he always feels like topics about love are something that is not for him.

It's finally lunch break and the three of them reunited once again, sadly, only to pry on Kuroko's supposed love life even more.

"Topics about love make me excited, but you guys know that with the 'me' now, I'm bound to be that single guy who'll just avoid the question"

Kuroko said and sipped the cheap vanilla flavored drink he got from the vending machine.

'The vanilla milkshake from Maji Burger is definitely more delicious than this. But it'll have to do.'

Kuroko mused. Kise and Momoi, who were sitting across from Kuroko are just staring at him with a bored expression on.

"Don't be like that, Tetsu-kun! Love will come in the right time! And feeling loved and being in love is really a wonderful experience!"

Momoi defended and Kise nodded.

"Someone is bound to you somehow,"

"If you guys know that, then why are you still trying hard to get something from me when I really don't have anything yet?"

Kuroko sighed as his friends both only gave him a shrug. He then stood up and brought the cafeteria tray to the counter, followed by his friends.

"Let's just get to gym class, I think?"

Kise suggested and the other two nodded. As Kuroko walked ahead of them, Kise and Momoi only gave each other a dejected look.

Kuroko sighed. It's badminton day and other than a little bit of basketball, he sucks at every other sport there is. The teen took a look around and noticed that the neighboring class is having dodge ball as their P.E exercise. It's a good thing he knows no one from that class for them to know how good he is at missing the shot.

Their exercise has to team up with another person, which means it'll be a doubles play. Kuroko tried to approach Momoi and Kise but with how they gave themselves a high five, that must've mean they're partners. Kuroko pouted as he walked away, but then he felt a big, heavy hand grab his shoulders.

"Oi, want to team up?"

Kuroko turned to look at the one who noticed him. The school's most known delinquent and his classmate, Aomine Daiki, just asked him to be his doubles partner in badminton. He doesn't know why the tanned teen was branded as a 'delinquent' when the two of them are actually street ball buddies. Not that he told his other two friends because they'll flip if they know. He gave the taller one a small smile and a nod.

As they (more like, Aomine) played and competed with his other classmates, he's monitoring himself and his hits. He's determined to defeat his personal best of 15 hits and 1 point. Although there were some casualties to get to his goal;

'Ah, I'm getting tired. I'm sweating quite a lot,'

'Owowowow, that was a bad hit. Do not swing that way ever, Tetsuya,'

'Whoops. Good thing I evaded that, Aomine-kun almost hit me in the head. But he doesn't seem to notice,'

'It's my 25th successful hit! And my 5th point too! I passed my personal best!'

The whistle blew, indicating the end of the match. Kuroko wiped the sweat from his forehead as he heaved labored breaths. He received a rather hard smack on the back from Aomine, who was giving him a wide grin.

"You're not half as bad at this."

Complemented the tanned teen. Kuroko only gave him a sheepish laugh,

'Well, I really didn't contribute much.'

"AKASHI, WATCH OUT!"

The sudden uproar from the other class made Kuroko and his classmates to look at them. The blue head was standing quite far from the front but he could clearly see what happened in the other class. There, lying on the field and staring at the sky, was the red haired scorekeeper. Kuroko can see the blood gushing from his nose but the red head doesn't seem to care, but then he turned his head and for the briefest moments, their eyes met and the blue head could not help but feel more sympathetic. The red head, who happens to be called 'Akashi', quickly turned his head and covered his face.

"OI, AKASHI!"

A giant purple haired teen and a green haired bespectacled one pushed their way in the gathering crowd and assisted their friend immediately. The giant effortlessly carried the nose bleeding Akashi to his shoulders and then the two of them hurriedly brought their red haired friend to the infirmary.

Kuroko watched until the trio was out of sight, somehow, he felt that he needs to comfort the guy. But they haven't spoken yet, so how?

Kuroko was 90% asleep and 10% awake; the sun sure is doing its thing to wake him up. He grabbed his blanket and covered it up to his head, but then another menace decided to ruin his sleep. His alarm clock rang its annoying tune which resulted to Kuroko, with grumbling and complaining noises, to sit up from bed and turn the offending thing off. Once quiet, Kuroko looked at the alarm clock and his eyes could not be anymore wider,

'I'm going to be late.'

Because of his hurrying and his carelessness, Kuroko did not have the time to tame his wildly styled bed hair. Kuroko sighed as he runs to his classroom, thankfully, he still have a few more minutes before the bell rings and he hopes that it is more than enough to at least make his hair not stick to different directions.

Just as he was making a mental note about fixing his hair, he didn't notice somebody to approach him.

"Good morning,"

Kuroko almost ran up to the person who greeted him; thank goodness he stopped running a few meters ago. Kuroko looked up to face the person and he's surprised to see it's the one from the other class who was apparently hit on the face with a dodgeball.

"G-good morning."

Kuroko nervously replied. Their conversation stayed quiet for a little while with only the two of them staring at each other. But then the red head spoke again,

"What a nice bed hair you have."

Kuroko blushed at the comment and he sure as hell doesn't know what to reply.

"Ummm... Uhh-"

The blue head was panicking to the point that he turned away to hastily fix his hair. And he's trying his best to hide his blushing face from Akashi,

"You look cute that way don't worry"

The sudden statement made Kuroko frozen on the spot. He turned to fully face Akashi but still kept his gaze low as he felt the need to play with the hem of his uniform.

"Thanks"

With their conversation cut off again and with the tension in the air is really high, Kuroko only bid goodbye,

"I... I'll have to go now, Akashi-kun. It was nice talking to you."

And with that apparently, the rumor about the 'Emperor who scared the whole school off because of good vibes', spread like wildfire that day.

The next day, unfortunately for Kuroko, his friends we're still not giving up on the topic of who he likes.

"You never told us who you like, Kurokocchi!"

They're currently standing by the stairs, one of their favorite spots at school.

"Yeah, yeah, Tetsu-kun! Then, just tell us what your type is!"

Both of them closed up on him again, accompanied by the same looks like before.

"G-guys please..."

Kuroko held out his arms defensively and it worked. It got his friends moving away from him, only that Momoi heaved out a rather long sigh.

"Do you really have none, Tetsu-kun?"

Kuroko gently shook his head and this earned a grunt and a dishearten moan from the other two. As Kise and Momoi show out their utter defeat, Kuroko eyed the happy couple walking together hand in hand to the way to the entrance.

'Though if someday I'll have someone I like, it would be nice if we get to hold hands while walking home too.'

Kuroko sighed at what he thought, there's just no way. And it is an embarrassing wish, what more if he had to tell it to the person he likes?

The blue head ignored his still weeping friends and went on his own to find a good place to study. You'll never get wrong with books. If you love them, they love you back. Well unless the author decides to just ruin your heart and kill off the characters.

Kuroko aimlessly walked in the halls, he noticed that some of them, especially the upper levels were somewhat deserted, perfect for reading a book. Just as he was about to open an empty classroom, someone called out to him,

"Kuroko!"

He turned his head to see a panting Akashi making his way towards him. Remembering how awkward their first conversation went, he tensed up.

"A-Akashi-kun..."

Akashi took in a huge amount of air before eyeing Kuroko like how would a predator eye his prey.

"This classroom,"

Kuroko became curious at the mention of the place he intended to go in the first place.

"Later at 4:10 PM in this classroom, could you wait for me?"

Akashi was smiling now and Kuroko cannot lie that his heart didn't skip a beat at that smile. Kuroko was still pretty much mesmerized at Akashi's smile for he can't find his voice and so he just nodded before hurrying to get himself away from the red head as soon as possible. He was too embarrassed to face him now.

Once Kuroko was far enough, he slumped to the floor and caught his breath.

'What in the world would Akashi-kun want...?'

He can't help but wonder.

Kuroko arrived earlier than their appointed time. It's only 3:55 PM and he still felt restless in thinking about what the red head want with him.

Kuroko paced around the room. He can't keep his mind at peace as he frequently checks the clock

'4:00 PM, only 10 minutes left'

Kuroko breathes out as he stared at the classroom door. He gripped at his uniform, as if feeling that his heart is about to burst from restlessness.

'Hey...'

Kuroko took in large amounts of air to fill his lungs, only to breathe them out again.

'If you're going to confess...'

Kuroko closed his eyes as he focused at how wild his heart is beating.

'Then...'

He opened his eyes again as he can't take how it is possible for his heart to be beating that loud.

'I should think about my reply'

Kuroko forced his arm to hang by his side after straightening his uniform. However, his hands were still shaking and so he balled them to fists.

'I wonder if you'll say something along those lines because,'

Kuroko breathed out once again. He then felt the rattle of the door and he can't help but gulp, his fists are now white from gripping too much. He tried to settle them down and relaxed, but he just can't. He squeezed his eyes closed again as his heartbeat increases yet again,

'...It makes me really nervous!'

A/N

/sorrynotsorryhahahahahaha—

Well this is the second part~ I just had to do the other side of the story!

Welp, enjoy! :v