5Hello readers, this will be a Kuroo X OC paring fic. It will also incorporate a few elements from other anime's although it wont be a true crossover fic. The POV will change periodically as well so names that are italicized will be your indicator of that. Please enjoy, and know that the rating may go up later on.
Chapter 1
A fateful Meeting
Izumi Nomura swayed with the train as it made its way to her destination. The sun was setting outside the window and the music coming from her headphones made for a moody scene. She had her note book in one hand and the other clutched a hand railing. Her chin length black hair was held back today by barrettes, and her pale blue eyes stared impassively at the pink hues cast upon the city. At 175 cm she towered over most people on the train, save a few guys, her dark hair and pale skin had earned her the title 'Cool Beauty' at her school. She didn't feel the title was well earned, as she was gangly with long limbs and a barely passable chest size.
She was headed to her college prep school, it was her first day, and she was already resigned to spending her weeknights there studying to get into whatever college her parents hoped she would. She'd rather be at Noise, a live music bar that her uncle ran in Shinjuku. She worked there part time, even though she really didn't need to. Her parents weren't too fond of it but let her do it anyway. As long as her grades were above average they let her do what she wanted. Her uncle was happy to have her as he didn't really have a head for numbers, just music. It was a small club and could hold only up to twenty-five patrons at once, but the talents that came through always had the place packed.
The train came to a stop and Izumi placed her notebook in her school bag before following the others who were disembarking. She was a third year at Kaiga Academy, a relatively prestigious school with somewhat expensive tuition fees. It certainly wasn't Horikoshi, but her parents had insisted she go there even though it was a twenty minuet train ride to get to and then a ten minuet walk after that. She could have just as easily of gone to Nekoma High which was literally down the street from her house.
Walking into the prep school she found that nearly all of the seats were taken. She looked at her watch, she was fifteen minutes early. Her eyes quickly scanned the theater seating and found an open seat near the middle and proceeded to head for it.
Tetsuro
Kuroo Tetsuro was pulling out a notebook from his bag when the door to the classroom opened and the light chatter that had been going on went quiet. He looked up at the door and understood why. A tall girl had just walked in, a very tall girl. She had a very passive look on her attractive face, and her blazer had the Kaiga academy emblem emblazoned on the right breast pocket. Her red tie had a white chrysanthemum on it signifying that she was in the top ten percent of her graduating class. The school was well known to have a few geniuses, and he wondered for a moment it she was one of them. She seemed to be in her own world with her headphones on as she looked for an open seat. There was one in front, a few in the very back and one next to him. As she walked she seemed to emanate an aura of icy coolness, and so while everyone stared at her she seemed oblivious. She skipped the seat up front and made her way to the seat next to him, and without a look in his direction she sat down and prepared to take notes. He watched as her slender hands and long fingers placed her notebook and pencils on the desk. Finally when the teacher walked in she took her headphones off. Her hair was so short it brushed her chin and curled up slightly to frame her face. Kuroo shook his head, how long had he stared at her?
Izumi
As she took notes she noticed that the guy next to her was fiddling with his pencil, and not really taking any notes. It was really only review, so she figured that taking notes wasn't really a necessity today. He was slouched slightly in his chair, and his hair had that effortlessly tousled look about it. He suddenly looked over her way and he caught her staring at him and smirked at her. Izumi could feel a tick of annoyance flare up at his smirk. It was rather arrogant looking, but he turned back to the lecture to listen to the teacher. He was rather attractive in a wild sort of way, a lot of guys in her school were that way.
The class ended early since it was the first day, and as she packed her things the guy next to her stood up and stretched. She couldn't help it, she stared at him again. He was huge! He had to be the tallest person in the room. He caught her again and smiled again at her.
"Tall." She said under her breath. He let out a soft chuckle.
"Likewise." He said pulling his shoulder bag on and heading down the steps to take a handout the teacher was giving to everyone. Izumi shook her head and followed. As she left the room she was nearly knocked over.
"Izumi!" A high pitched girlish voice shouted as the person it belonged to hugged Izumi's waist. Catching herself before she toppled over Izumi could see the bleached hair of Karin Momotori, a girl from her class.
"Ah, Karin." She said matter-of-factly. The shorter girl released her and smiled at Izumi. Karin was a fashionable girl with shoulder length blonde hair and warm brown eyes. She usually looked rather dazed, but she was in fact extremely smart. She too was wearing their school's uniform and also had a chrysanthemum on her tie.
"I saw you come in but you looked so far away, so I let you find a seat." She said looping an arm through one of Izumi's as she led them out of the building.
"Sorry, I was listening to my music." Izumi said as she let Karin lead. Karin nodded her head in understanding. It wasn't unusual for Izumi to ignore the outside world.
"I'm glad you're in this class too! I had no idea you'd signed up. Maybe we can be study buddies." Izumi smiled at Karin and nodded.
"That sounds great." The taller girl said with a soft smile. While not antisocial Izumi was nowhere near as social as Karin. She kept to herself at school, but didn't actively avoid people. Karin snickered and pulled Izumi a bit closer, the taller girl having to slouch slightly.
"That guy you sat next to, he's staring at you. He's pretty cute too." Izumi felt an eyebrow quirk and looked ahead to see that guy quickly looking away as he spoke with another guy from their class.
"Do you know him?" Karin asked excitedly, Izumi shook her head no. Karin laughed sweetly.
"You should then!" She said giving Izumi another squeeze. Izumi smiled and shook her head.
"You know I don't have time for that sort of thing." She said as the two girls walked up the steps to the train platform, with the two boys ahead of them. Karin made a show of rolling her sweet brown eyes.
"I'm telling you, you find the right guy and even you'd make time." Her face had a dreamy look on it, and Izumi knew she spoke from experience.
"Are you and the guy from…uh…" Izumi broke off trying to remember the name of Karin's current boyfriend's school.
"Nohebi, and yes Daisho and I are still blissfully happy together." Karin released Izumi's arm.
"I'll see you at school tomorrow Izumi!" She said bouncing off in the direction of her train. Izumi waved, happy to have someone she knew in her prep course. As she waited for her train she donned her headphones again. She thought about what Karin said and shook her head with a small laugh. She wouldn't even know how to go about getting to know a guy. Sure she'd had a few crushes, and even had a confession two years ago. The boy who confessed she'd never met and had turned down. She honestly had no idea how some people found time to just hang out with their significant others. Especially with studying, and working her part time job. Before she knew it her train arrived and she found a seat quickly.
As the train began moving she felt a tap on her shoulder. Looking to her left she felt her mouth hang open slightly as the guy from class smiled at her and pointed to the seat next to her. Looking around the train there were a handful of open seats. She nodded politely and then pretended to stare at her notebook. Then after a moment she felt another tap on her shoulder. She looked at the guy who was smiling patiently. She paused her music and took her headphones off.
"Yes?" She asked wondering what he wanted.
"Hey, I was wondering what you were listening too." He said casually. Izumi suddenly realized that he wanted to make small talk and she felt her face freeze. She wasn't prepared. She stiffly showed him her phone.
"Nino." She said quickly. Looking at the floor. He made an approving sound.
"I've never heard of them, would you recommend them?" He was good at this, talking about nothing important. She looked up from the spot on the floor and nodded.
"They're still pretty rough, but I think with experience they'll be pretty big soon." She'd gotten her hands on a few recordings of her current obsession, Nino, a band that played at her uncles. He seemed mildly impressed.
"So they're an underground band? Nice." His fringe covered his right eye slightly and he swiped at it with his hand.
"Yeah, they play at my uncle's place now and then." She said gaining a little confidence in the encounter.
"I'm Kuroo Tetsuro by the way, we're in the same prep class." He said holding out a hand. Izumi shook it and nodded.
"I know, we sit next to each other." She said. He smirked and scratched the back of his head.
"Oh good, so you noticed?" Izumi felt her face go a bit warm.
"Of course." She said a bit flustered. Kuroo relaxed a bit in his seat and nodded to her school uniform's crest.
"Pretty prestigious school, I can't imagine you need to take a prep course." He said resting his hands behind his head.
"I'm only taking it because my parents insisted." She said putting her phone in her pocket and her headphones in her bag.
"You still haven't told me your name you know?" He said smiling at her with a bit of mischief in his eyes which she noticed were a sort of amber color.
"Right, sorry. It's Izumi, Izumi Nomura." She could feel the heat of embarrassment creep up her neck.
"Do you play a sport at your school Nomura?" Kuroo went on like he'd not noticed her embarrassment. She shook her head.
"No, I'm not exactly…coordinated." She said fiddling with her skirt. Kuroo was quiet for a moment before he made a sort of laugh in the back of his throat which made Izumi look up at him. His smirk was gone and a small gentle smile had taken its place. It felt like he was trying to calm a skittish animal.
"Do I make you nervous?" He asked quietly. Izumi's eyes went wide and she could feel that uneasiness she always felt when talking to people she didn't know make its way to her face. He seemed to understand instantly and laughed again.
"No need to be nervous Nomura, we're just classmates talking on the way home right?" He was exceedingly friendly, she thought, compared to how he looked. It made her racing heart slow down to a relatively normal pace.
"Sorry, I just didn't think you were the type to be shy." He said as Izumi seemed to relax a bit.
"What do you mean?" She asked curiously. He looked her up and down as if it was obvious.
"You have a sort of cool air about you." He said leaning back again. Izumi nodded understanding.
"I get that a lot actually. They call me Cool Beauty at school, but really it should be Clumsy Queen." She said with a look of resigned despair. Kuroo laughed, and Izumi found herself smiling too.
"I would have thought with your height that you played basketball or volleyball." Kuroo said. Izumi shook her head vehemently.
"No way, I have trouble enough walking down the hall." She said remembering the times she tripped over herself just that day. She looked at Kuroo and remembered how rough his large hand was.
"You play a sport though, don't you?" She asked. Kuroo's smirk was back and he seemed rather proud.
"I do, in fact I am the captain of the volleyball team at Nekoma." He comically puffed out his chest and wiggled his eyebrows at her.
"Impressed?" He asked still wiggling his eyebrows. Izumi couldn't stop the bark of laughter that bubbled up from her chest. Kuroo looked a bit more proud now.
"You certainly have the height for it, I live near Nekoma." She said actually starting to enjoy the conversation. Kuroo's eyebrows shot up in surprise.
"Oh well then you should come see one of our games, you'll get the V.I.P treatment since you know me. Obviously." He said as the train began to slow down. Izumi stood up and lifted her bag onto her shoulder.
"I…I'll have to see if I have time." She said fiddling with the strap of her bag. Kuroo stood and grabbed his own bag.
"This is my stop too, we can exchange numbers so I can tell you the next game is. You can bring your loud friend." He said as they both stepped off the train.
Outside the station Kuroo held out his phone and Izumi did the same, after the ping signaling that they had successfully exchanged info, she gave him a small overly polite bow.
"Well goodnight Kuroo." She said scurrying off down the street.
Kuroo
Tetsuro smiled as Izumi practically ran down the street, she reminded him a little of Kenma. He wondered if the people who called her Cool Beauty knew how wrong they were. She was endearingly shy, but very warm once you pried open her shell. As he walked down the street to his own house he wondered why he found her so compelling, he usually was attracted to girls with long hair. Maybe it was her odd personality. Whatever it was, Kuroo shrugged and walked home with a smile lingering on his face.