Your Secret Admirer [Kuroko x Reader drabble]

Inspired by kurokonodrabbles’s headcanon:

KUROKO TOTALLY ABUSES HIS PRESENCE THANG TO WIN HIS CRUSH OVER
Your favorite chocolates on your desk?
A letter in your locker even though you could have sworn there wasn’t one a couple of seconds ago?
IT’S ALL KUROKO BABY

It all started out with simple little things, such as notes appearing in your shoe locker when you know that it was empty mere seconds ago, to cute photos of a black and white puppy.

Apparently someone in your class knew you had a fondness for the Alaskan malamute breed, and decided to tease you with photos of a puppy playing with a basketball.

Having showed your friends, they all agreed against you that it was creepy how the person responsible would give you letters and puppy pictures without you noticing, while you thought it creative and mysterious. After all, this secret admirer seemed to know you pretty well, and liked you enough to go out of their way to give you gifts.

“Jeeze, ___, this guy is a freaking stalker!” One of your friends exclaimed, hoping that you would see reason.

“Hmm… I don’t think so. They are probably shy, or maybe they’re good at slight of hand, ya know? However, I feel like I’ve seen this puppy before… I think it was hanging around the gym!”

“___’s a lost cause. No matter what we say, they’ll never listen,” someone sighed heavily, looking at your excited face.

After classes, you rushed towards the gym, and lo and behold, sitting right next to the entrance was the same puppy.

Getting down on your knees, you whistled softly, easily catching its attention. “C’mere boy~”

Eager for attention, he happily came over to sniff your fingers, licking at the tips once he found you safe, while you softly scratched him behind one of his ears.

“Why aren’t you a handsome boy,” you crooned, showering him in more affection. “Can you be a good boy and do me a favor?” He looked up at you, tilting his head a bit to the side as he waited. “Can you show me who your owner is? But don’t let him notice me, okay?”

Barking in agreement, he stood back up and ran into the gym, just as the basketball team stopped for a break. You peaked around the door, keeping an eye on the puppy as he passed a certain redhead from your class, an lept up into the lap of a guy with baby blue hair.

“Ack! Kuroko! What is Nigou doing here?!” Shouted the redhead, Kagami, at the puppy’s owner.

“Kuroko? As in stage hands for Kabuki theater?” You questioned softly, quick to leave the scene. “Ah! Now that I think about it, he has the desk right next to mine! Sensei said his name is Kuroko Tetsuya… mou, his name is such a mouthful! Tetsu rolls off the tongue easier~”

Skipping home, you silently planned on what you were going to do with this new bit of information.

It took you about a month until you were comfortable enough to pull it off, testing the trick out on your friends and family just to be sure.

During that time span, Kuroko still left letters and pictures of Nigou when he thought you weren’t looking. Ever since the adorable little puppy pointed him out that day, it has been easier to find and notice him in a small crowd.

Pulling out the picture, you waited until he was distracted by Kagami before slipping the image inside the book that was on his desk, before creeping out the classroom, and peeked around the wall.

Kagami was the first one to notice that something was sticking out of his friend’s book, and pointed out to the friendly shadow.

“Oi, Kuroko, what’s that sticking out of your book?”

Kuroko looked surprised at the new addition, pulled it out from his book, and unfolded it. The image made his face flushed a faint pink while looking around the classroom, hoping to spy you amongst the other students.

Kagami let his curiosity get the better of him, and took the object from the other boy’s hands, wondering what got Kuroko so flustered.

Staring back at him was an image of you holding Nigou against your face, smiling brightly as the Alaskan malamute licked your face.

Written across the bottom of the image, in bright red Sharpie, was “I found you~♥”

Noticing the blue haired teen looking for you, you grinned and leaned out, catching his attention, and beckoned him over with your curling index finger.

He got up and met you by the door, leaving Kagami to stare after you both as you went to some place quieter, which happened to be the gym.

“You used Nigou to find out it was me, didn’t you ___-san.” He said it as if stating a fact.

You did not bother denying, and nodded. “Did I do good, Tetsu?” You watched as his face flushed at the familiar, and shortened, use of his given name. “Mou, it’s pretty amazing how you easily misdirected my gaze whenever you gave me those letters and photos!”

His face turned brighter. “You… you are not disappointed that it was me leaving you gifts, ___-san?”

Instead of answering, you gave him a peck on the cheek. “Try just using my first name, Tetsu. It isn’t fair if only I use yours.”

“A-ah… ___-chan…”

“Much better! And to answer your question, why would I be disappointed in finding out that Tetsu has such a cute, and unique, ways of showing me that he likes me? Those gifts mean a lot to me, and I will treasure them, and the memory of how I got them, because they showed me a Tetsu that no one else but me gets to see.”

At your response, the Phantom player, the one commonly overlooked and forgotten, gave you the warmest smile possible, and it caused a blush to raise in your cheeks as you returned it.

“Tetsu is unique, and that’s what I like most about you!”