Chapter 62 - Miracles Go Celebrate (1/2)

At Teiko, practice at first-string was over for the day.

All: ”Thanks for the practice!”

Kise headed to the locker room to change clothes and go home.

As he headed towards the door of the gym, he heard a voice call out to him.

Kuroko: ”Kise-kun.”

Kise looked around to see who called him, but he wasn't able to find anyone, then he heard the person speak again.

Kuroko: ”Over here.”

Kise followed the voice and found Kuroko standing there. Kise was once again surprised by Kuroko's sudden appearance.

Kise: ”Can't you just call out to me normally?!”

Kuroko looked up and replied plainly.

Kuroko: ”But I did call you normally.”

Kise didn't agree and spoke.

Kise: ”How was that normal?”

Kuroko spoke the reason why he came to talk to Kise and performed his duties as Kise's mentor.

Kuroko: ”More importantly, could you take care of the clean-up with the first years?”

Kise: ”Sure.”

Kuroko turned towards the supply storeroom and informed Kise.

Kuroko: ”The mops are in the storeroom over here.”

Kuroko walked towards the storeroom to show Kise around, Kise followed Kuroko and thought.

Kise: 'Is that all my mentor's good for?'

Kise wasn't thrilled at having Kuroko as his mentor.

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Kise had finished cleaning with other first-years, changed his clothes, and was finally ready to leave.

As he got to the school gate, he saw a few people standing there.

Kise: ”Hmm?”

He saw Aomine Daiki, Kuroko Tetsuya, and the big guy with purple hair standing there looking at him.

Aomine spoke when he saw Kise.

Aomine: ”Hey!”

Kuroko bowed his head in greeting, while the big guy looked into space.

Kise wondered why they were there, and ran up to them.

Kise: ”What's going on!?”

As he got close to the group, Aomine wrapped his arm around Kise's neck.

Kise wasn't expecting this.

Kise: ”Whoa!”

Aomine ignored Kise's surprised expression and spoke up.

Aomine: ”Kise! Let's go celebrate you joining the first-string!”

Kise was confused.

Kise: ”What?”

Aomine once again ignored Kise, raised his free hand, and cheered.

Aomine: ”Let's get going. Everyone!”

Kuroko and the big guy also cheered and raised their hand.

Kuroko and Big Guy: ”Yeah!”

Kise smiled confusedly and spoke out.

Kise: ”What's up with this?”

Kise was looking at the popsicle in his hand, and with his eyebrows twitching, he yelled out.

Kise: ”What's up with this?!”

He turned to the group, who were eating popsicles of their own and yelled at them.

Kise: ”How'd it turn into this?!”

Aomine was confused and said.

Aomine: ”What do you mean? We're celebrating”

Kuroko and the big guy who Kise was introduced to as Murasakibara Atsushi nodded their heads, and hummed in agreement.

Kise pointed at the place of their celebration and questioned them like he couldn't comprehend the situation.

Kise: ”Why are we celebrating at a convenience store?!”

Kise: ”And you even made ME buy the popsicles!”

Aomine waved his hand dismissively at Kise and said.

Aomine: ”Come on, you got money from being a model, anyway.”

Murasakibara completely agreed with Aomine and gave his opinion.

Murasakibara: ”Plus, we got a deal since we bought a box of them.”

Kise wasn't having any of it as he pointed at the green-haired person behind him.

Kise: ”And we even picked this guy on the way!”

The green-haired person looked at Kise, stopped eating his popsicle and clarified.

Green-haired person: ”I was already at the convenience store first. We just happened to meet here.

Then Kuroko invited me to the party.”

Midorima finished speaking and continued eating his popsicle.

Kuroko decided to chime in as his name was spoken.

Kuroko: ”Parties are more fun with more people.”

The green-haired person again spoke up and replied to Kuroko.

Green-haired person: ”Well, I guess I don't mind staying to eat.”

Kise looked at the green-haired person and spoke up.

Kise: ”Yeah, that's alright, but who are you?”

The green-haired person introduced himself.

Midorima: ”Midorima Shintaro.”

Midorima decided to give a piece of advice to Kise, he pointed his popsicle at Kise and said.

Midorima: ”You'd do well to at least remember who the regulars on the team are.”

Kise backed away and defended himself.

Kise: ”I just joined the first-string, so how am I supposed to know?”

Aomine finished his popsicle and said.

Aomine: ”That's the kind of thing you're supposed to ask your mentor, right?”

He looked at Kuroko at the end of the sentence.

Kuroko was looking at his now clean popsicle stick and said.

Kuroko: ”I won.”

Aomine looked at the popsicle stick.

Aomine: ”What?”

He saw the words winner printed on the stick.

Aomine grabbed Kuroko's hand and brought it up.

Aomine: ”Woah, seriously? Sweet!”

Even Kise, who was complaining seconds ago, was surprised at the winning stick.

He leaned in to see the winning stick.

Kise: ”This is the first time I've seen someone win one of these things! What are the chances?”

Kise stopped and stood back straight.

Kise: 'Huh? Why am I getting all excited with them?'

Kise heard the convenience store open, and then he heard a familiar voice.

Murasakibara: ”What's up? What happened?”

Kise saw Murasakibara, so he explained the rare event.

Kise: ”Oh, Kuroko-kun jus- Huh?”

Kise stopped explaining when he looked another box of popsicles in Murasakibara's hands. He looked up at Murasakibara and asked him.

Kise: ”How much can you eat?!”

Murasakibara looked at the box of popsicles in his hands and spoke with a smile.

Murasakibara: ”Huh? Lots.”

Murasakibara again asked what happened.

Murasakibara: ”Anyway, what's going on?”