'F110, over here?' A boy with spiky two-toned hair plopped down onto his seat and threw his bag on the seat next to him.

"Ouch, that hurts." A soft monotonous voice spoke.

The boy turned to the side, surprised to see that there was a person sitting there. "You...Since when?"

"I've been here from the start. Now, could you please move your bag away, Kagami Taiga-san?" He said after looking at the name tag on the bag.

"Ah, yeah..." The boy, Kagami Taiga, quickly took the bag and stood to place it on the luggage compartment. He sat down and turned his head to the other boy. He observed him, powder blue hair, glassy blue eyes, small round nose, soft pink lips, pale skin... 'He looks weak.' Kagami thought. Normally he wouldn't want to have anything to do with weaklings but this small boy roused his interest.

He turned his head to the blunette who was reading a novel.

"What's your name?" Kagami asked. The boy turned his head from the book to look at Kagami. Kagami continued. "I don't like it when someone knows my name but I don't know his."

The boy turned back to his book, before muttering. "Kuroko Tetsuya."

"Where are your parents? Isn't it dangerous for kids to be alone on a plane?"

"I'm not a kid." Kuroko said, somewhat annoyed.

"I'm sure middle schoolers are kids."

"Like I said, I'm not a kid. I'm 24."

"No way! You're older than me?" Kagami yelled and pointed his finger at Kuroko.

"Oh, so you're younger than me." Kuroko said disinterestedly. "Please keep your voice low, you'll bother other people."

'He speaks like that with a person twice his size? His attitude really annoys me.' A small vein popped out on Kagami's temple as he thought. They stayed silent after that. Kagami put on his headphones, leaned into the hair and closed his eyes. When he opened them again and turned his head to look out the window, he realised Kuroko had fallen asleep while leaning against him. The smaller man looked so peaceful that Kagami couldn't help but smile. Using the hand that Kuroko wasn't leaning on, he took a blanket and put it over Kuroko. Then he dozed off.

After all sleeping couldn't be a bad choice when you are travelling from L.A to Japan

Kuroko woke up to see Kagami sleeping like a baby. He looked at the blanket covering himself and he wondered who had put in on him. It didn't take much to realise Kagami was the one. "The plane is about to land. Please stay in your seats and fasten your seatbelts." A voice from the radio notified everyone on the plane. Kuroko looked at the sleeping Kagami. 'Better wake him up...' He thought. Kuroko shook Kagami's shoulders and called. "Please wake up Kagami-san..." Ah, but he is younger than me... "Kagami-kun, the plane is about to land." Kagami opened his eyes and stretched his body.

"The plane is landing." Kuroko informed Kagami again.

"Yeah. Thanks for waking me up."

"I just returned the favour."

'What favour?' Kagami wanted to ask as the plane landed. Kagami and Kuroko took their bags and walked to the exit. Kagami lost sight of Kuroko when they got off the plane. 'A brave rabbit' was Kagami's thoughts about the blunette.

*Beep beep beep*

Kuroko took out his phone and looked at the caller's ID before answering the call.

"Good morning Momoi-san."

'Good morning, Tetsu-kun. How are you doing?'

"I'm fine. I just got off the plane half an hour ago."

'I'm so sorry I couldn't see you off when you left L.A.'

"It's ok. If you don't do your work properly, a lot of people will get into trouble."

'But still, not seeing me best friend off is-'

"Momoi-san, it's really ok."

'Um, then I'll stop apologising. So, have you gotten home yet?'

"No, not yet. It's seven A.M. in Japan now, so I must go straight to the university or I'll be late. I'm on a taxi now."

'No way, you should rest! You'll kill yourself if your work like that! What about your stuff?'

"I'll be okay, Momoi-san. I'm not that weak. I had my luggage delivered to the apartment and I'm bringing my bag to school. Ah, I've arrived at the university already. I must hang up now. Good bye Momoi-san, good luck on your fashion show."

'Mou~ Tetsu-kun, you never listen to me. Bye, have fun teaching!'

Kuroko walked through the big gates of Teiko University. Good thing he had Momoi get him a map, or he would surely get lost in this super duper large school. He went straight to the headmaster's office. After knocking on the door he received a 'Come in'. He opened the door and walked in. Upon entering, he saw a man sitting on a leather swivel chair behind a table. The man was facing him, but Kuroko couldn't see his face as the sunlight streaming through the glass window behind said man cast a shadow over him. However, Kuroko could see that he was tall.

"Good morning. My name is Kuroko Tetsuya. I start teaching here today."

The man held something in his hand and raised his hand up. Kuroko noticed that it was some kind of remote. The man clicked it and light filled the room. "Sorry, I don't turn the lights on when I'm alone" he said. Now, Kuroko could see his face. He was very handsome, if not extremely hot. Purple hair tied in a thin ponytail and swept to one side, violet eyes filled with boredom, an angular nose, cake crumbed lips...wait, what? Kuroko looked down to the table and saw a big half eaten cake, a bowl full of chocolate and caramel candy, four bags of Maiubo, a lot of other snacks and a plastic name card. He fixed his gaze on the man again. He was wearing a dark, gray-striped suit with violet tie. The suit fitted him perfectly, showing off his toned body. But what's with those snacks?

"New teacher? You?" The man eyed Kuroko doubtfully.

"Hai" Kuroko simply replied.

The man frowned. "You are younger than I expected. The teachers here are all professors that have earned hundreds of degrees, with names heard throughout the country, so they are usually older. Of course, there are a few exceptions that do brilliant job in teaching despite being younger." He stopped and took bite on his Maiubo.

"Actually, I'm quite surprised too. I didn't expect you to be so young. After all, Teiko University is the most elite university in Japan," Kuroko admitted.

"How old are you?" The man asked.

"I'm 24."

"Wow, that's surprising. You are the same age as me. Anyhow, I think we should put this aside and get back to business," he said in a tired tone. "My name is Murasakibara Atsushi. Nice to meet you, hope you enjoy your time at this university. As you know, Teiko University is the most elite school in this country so of course we demand the best from students and teachers. Teiko's policy is simple. 'Winning is everything'. That's all, you may leave now." His voice was monotonous, like a machine, as if he had repeated this for hundreds of times.

"What a stupid policy." Kuroko muttered.

"Sorry, what did you say?" Murasakibara asked even though he clearly heard what the blunette said. Normally, he wouldn't bother doing something like that, but he wanted to talk more with this 'new teacher'. He found Kuroko interesting.

"It's nothing…"

'Is he a coward? Guess I expected too much' Murasakibara thought.

"…I was just talking about how meaningless the school's policy is," Kuroko looked firmly into Murasakibara's eyes.

Murasakibara widened his eyes, and then his gaze softened. He stood up and walked to Kuroko. Kuroko still stared at him. Murasakibara stood before Kuroko, towering over him. He extended his arm, his hand in front of Kuroko's face.

"I should fire you if you have problems with our policy, shouldn't I?" His expression was serious and scary. But Kuroko showed him no fear. Murasakibara knelt down, placed his hand on Kuroko head and, to Kuroko's surprise, ruffled his hair. "Well, aren't you a brave one?" At first, Kuroko was stunned, but soon regained his composure. He slapped Murasakibara's hand away.

"Please don't do that," Kuroko felt like he was being treated like a kid. And that's what he hates the most, being treated like a kid.

"Ara~ are you mad?" Murasakibara asked teasingly.

"That's not something a headmaster should do with a teacher," Kuroko stated.

"You're no fun, Kuro-chin~"

"Kuro-chin?"

"That's how I call people. Nickname plus 'chin'~"

"You…call all teachers here like that?" Kuroko still couldn't believe what he had heard.

"No, I don't remember their names. I only remember special people. And you are one of them." Murasakibara smiled.

'I shouldn't judge other people's habits,' Kuroko told himself. "I should excuse myself, Murasakibara-san. The bell is about to ring."

"Kuro-chin,I won't accept that."

"Eh?" Kuroko was confused.

"My name. Don't call me 'Murasakibara-san', you sound like those old men."

"…By old men, did you mean the teachers here?"

"Uhm. And you're a lot more interesting than them, so don't call me that. It'll creep me out."

"Then...Murasakibara-kun?"

"Can you be a little bit friendlier?" Murasakibara asked disappointedly.

"I'm sorry, that's my limit," Kuroko deadpanned.

"Hmm~ I guess I can work with that."

Before Kuroko could excuse himself once again, there was a knock on the door. Murasakibara returned to his chair and sat down. He told the man to come in. Someone opened the door and walked in. He has red hair and heterochromatic eyes. To say he was attractive would be an understatement. And he emitted some kind of aura that made Kuroko sense chills along his spine. Kuroko knew this man wasn't ordinary, but he didn't expect to be noticed by him. The red-haired man nodded at Kuroko as a greeting and then turned to Murasakibara.

"Good morning, Murasakibara-san"

"Aka-chin, good morning"

"Ano, I should excuse myself now. Good day to you two" Kuroko bowed.

"Bye, Kuro-chin"

"Good bye, Murasakibra-kun" Kuroko said before he left.

The red-haired man smirked "Kuro-chin? Murasakibara-kun?"

Murasakibara shrugged. "He's an interesting one".

"If Atsushi say he is then he must be" he looked at the door, his eyes glinted.

"Aka-chin, don't harm him" Murasakibara said with a serious tone, but not serious enough to call it a warning.

"Don't worry, I won't".

XXX

Kuroko walked through the hallway of the ridiculously big school. Teiko University is a private university for the most elite students in Japan. To get into this university, students must go through an extremely hard examination consisting of three subjects. That goes for both academic studies and athletic studies. Becoming one of the most successful businessmen on the planet would sound a lot more realistic if you attended Teiko University. And you will no doubt become a famous athlete after three years at Teiko. This university is the best in both educating and facilities, so the school's education system is also different from other universities, such as having homeroom teacher, conditions to get scholarships...The student goes to different rooms for lectures like other unis, but they have a main classroom and a homeroom teacher. Student will stayed in their classrooms to study three main subjects that were on the entrance exam. Normally, a homeroom teacher will be the one with many years of experience and is trusted by everyone, so Kuroko being a homeroom teacher will surely be a surprise for his students.

Finally, after ten minutes of fast-walking, he arrived at his class; class 2-B (how they named the classrooms is exactly the same as in high school). He slid the door and walked in, but no one noticed him. He faked a coughed. Still, no one noticed. He tapped his hand hard on the table and speak in a loud voice "Class, please settle down."

Thanks to that, he was noticed. But, their reaction was a little extreme when the whole class screeched "AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!", right?

"Good morning, everyone. My name is Kuroko Tetsuya and I will be your homeroom teacher from today" he wrote his name on the board. Chatter could be heard throughout the class.

"Now,may I see the class president" Kuroko asked.

A boy with green hair and glasses stood up, his hand was holding a glass ball.

"I'm Midorima Shintarou, the class president" he said, pushing up his glasses with a bandaged hand.

Kuroko kept a straight face, but in his head, Kuroko was thinking something like 'His hand is bandaged,is he ok? What's with the glass ball?'. "Thank you, Midorima-kun, you may sit down. Now, I'll take a roll call. Please put up your hand when called upon," Kuroko said. He read the first name in the list. "Aomine Daiki". He looked around the class and saw no one raising his hand. Oh, but he did spot a brunette trying to wake another boy up. If Kuroko was any other teacher, he would have walk straight to his desk and hit him hard. But since Kuroko wasn't any other teacher, he kept his composure and waited until the boy wake up. It took a while for the boy to wake up. He grumbled "Damn you, Sakurai" right after he straightened up. "Why did you wake me up? I was meeting Mai-chan in my dream" he glared at the brunette. The brunette grimaced. "I'm sorry, Aomine-san. Uhm…but the teacher" he pointed his finger at Kuroko. Aomine looked to where Sakurai was pointing. He squinted his eyes, and then he turned back to Sakurai. "Oi, Sakurai, who is that kid standing at the teacher table?" Ok, that did it.

"Aomine Daiki-kun, I'm your new homeroom teacher. And if you don't know, it is extremely rude to call your homeroom teacher a kid." Kuroko said as he walked to Aomine,s till keeping a poker face. He stood in front of Aomine and used the edge of his hand to hit him hard on the head. Aomine clutched his head and let out a yelp. Everyone looked at Kuroko in awe. 'I underestimated that teacher,' Midorima thought. After that, Kuroko returned to the roll call.

"Ok ,do you have any questions?" Kuroko asked.
"How old are you, sensei?" A girl raised her hand and asked.
"Is your hair color natural" A boy asked.
"Do you have a girlfriend?" Another girl. And a lot more meaningless question.
"I'm 24. My hair color is natural, I think. I don't have a girlfriend…" Kuroko calmly replied them all "…and yes, I do have a dog, named Nigou."
The class stayed silent because of bewilderment. No teacher had been able to reply all of their questions like that. Midorima pushed up his glasses. 'He really is something.'

Kuroko was walking down the stairs, on his way to the room for the next class, when his foot slipped. But before he could fall down the stairs and hurt himself badly, someone wrapped an arm over his waist and pulled him closer to his body. Kuroko shut his eyes closed. He clutched to that person, too scared to move. When he knew that he wasn't going to fall he opened his eyes. Kuroko opened his eyes, only to realize he was nuzzling his head into the man's neck. Kuroko immediately backed away.

"Thank you very much for saving me" Kuroko bowed.

"You don't have to be so polite" the man said. Kuroko once again feel a chill ran down his spine. He straightened up.

"You're the man from this morning" Kuroko said.

"Glad you remember me. I'm Akashi Seijurou. I'm also a teacher." He smiled and held out his hand.

"I'm Kuroko Tetsuya. Nice to meet you, Akashi-sensei" Kuroko took his hand and shook it.

"Please don't be so formal. After all, you call the headmaster Murasakibara-kun, right?"

"Then, is Akashi-kun alright?" Kuroko asked.

"Perfect" Akashi smiled. Right at that moment, the bell rang.

"Ah, I'm sorry, I must leave now. I don't want to keep my students waiting" Kuroko bowed slightly and ran to the class.

Akashi looked at the hand he used to catch Kuroko. "Truly interesting" he smirked.

After Kuroko had paid the taxi driver, he tried to drag his tired body into the apartment. Kuroko used the key Momoi gave him and opened the door. He plopped himself on the sofa. No matter how capable a teacher he is, working right after he got off a twelve-hour flight with his almost-to-none stamina is too much. He looks at his hand watch. '5 p.m... I'll take a bath and skip dinner. Momoi-san said my roommate usually be home by eight, so I can skip dinner, sleep until 8p.m, wake up, greet my roommate, go back to sleep. Ok, that sounds nice'. With that, Kuroko used all of his remaining energy and dragged himself to the bathroom…with no towel or clothes. But, since he was too tired to remember something that 'trivial', he walked into the bathroom and turned the water knob. Good thing this apartment used a solar water heater and strong tabs. When he had taken off his clothes and had a quick shower, the water had filled the bathtub. Kuroko relaxed himself in the bathtub. He closed his eyes and let his mind drifted to the land of happiness, with fairies and unicorns. And he dozed off. Then he completely fell asleep.

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