Kuroko no Basket x Reader One Shots

Kise x Reader

Soulmate AU, in which each person bears three tattoos of their soulmate's defining hobbies/interests.

I don't believe in soulmates. Honestly I never understood the whole thing; everyone in the entire world had their fate tied to another individual, and we didn't have a say in who we're supposed to fall in love with. It sounded like a bunch of crap to me.

I frowned down at the three tattoos on my wrist: a video game controller, a rabbit and a pair of chopsticks. These were the three main interests of my supposed soulmate, but I had no intention of being with him. My heart already decided on who I wanted to love, and these permanently inked symbols on my skin wouldn't get in the way of it.

"Ohayo (F/n)-cchi!" A voice calling out to me dragged me out of my thoughts. I looked up in the direction of where it came from only to see a blonde boy in his grey and white school uniform waving eagerly at me from the corner of the street.

My frown turned into a smile as I laid my eyes on the owner of the voice, and the person I'd been in love with for just over a year. "Ohayo Kise!" I waved back and broke into a quick trot to catch up to him.

Kise laughed, and I felt my heart swell as I giggled with him. We resumed the walk to school together, happily chatting about anything and everything. It was always with him that I felt like this, the fierce warmth of love that overtook my body every time we were together.

He stretched his arms over his head and the sleeve of his blazer slipped down just enough for me to catch a glimpse of golden yellow. I already knew on Kise's own arm was a tattoo of a large sunflower, along with a hairbrush and an intricate looking pendant. Whoever his soulmate was, it was obvious she was a very sophisticated kind of person. Maybe she would have even been a better match for him considering his popularity and modelling career.

But Kise felt the same about soulmates as I did. I caught feelings first out of us, and I was very hesitant on acting upon my feelings until Kise surprised me by asking me out on a date, and we talked about our feelings and the whole 'we aren't each other's soulmates but we're in love so what should we do about it?' thing.

We agreed to keep a low profile on our relationship until we were old enough to get our tattoos removed or covered up, and we'd also promised not to get them removed with our soulmates but with each other instead.

Kaijo High's gates appeared as we rounded the corner, and we stopped at the front double doors.

"I'll see you after school then!" Kise said as he turned to me.

"Bye Kise." I smiled back and gave him a small wave before we parted to go to our classrooms.

Nobody at school knew about my secret relationship with Kise. It was forbidden to fall in love with someone who wasn't your soulmate, but that didn't mean people didn't break that rule. A lot of couples who were serious about being together would simply fake being soulmates and get their tattoos removed so no one would be able to tell, since the tattoos disappeared once soulmates touched their arms together in a symbol of unity. Kise and I had tried that once, forearms pressed together and hands clasped in pretense of the little ritual just to see what it would be like.

The school day wasn't anything interesting. During lunch, my friends were theorizing over their soulmates' identities as per usual, trying to tap into their inner Sherlock Holmes to figure out who their partners were.

"It's so unfair that (Friend's name) is the only one who's found her soulmate," one of them said good humouredly. "When's my beloved soulmate going to show herself to me?" He flopped his head in his arms dramatically, making us all laugh.

"I mean, your soulmate likes skulls, maybe karaoke and. . . knitting? Shouldn't be too hard to find someone like that." (Best friend's name) chuckled, nudging him. He/she then turned to me. "What about you, (F/n)?"