Update! Fic: Waiting Chapter 7 (KagaKuro; Pg-15)
Waiting
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Rating: T/Pg-15
Genre: Drama/Romance/Friendship
Pairing: Kagami/Kuroko
Summary: In which Kagami is sent back home to Japan because of health condition. He sees the GoM match and falls for the most invisible guy's play on court. He just can't wait to play basketball again, so he can stand in the same court as that amazing blue haired boy.
Disclaimer: Fujimaki Tadatoshi owns Kuroko no Basuke
Warning: shounen ai (soft yaoi), AU and AR, language, possible spelling mistakes and grammar errors, etc...
A/N: Sorry for the wait! Thanks for all the support and comments! Please enjoy this new chapter especially made for YOU!
Chapter 7: The Shaken Faith
"Kagami, can you buy drinks for the regulars?"
One of his seniors in Shōei basketball club asked when Kagami was studying some strategies in the papers Kiyoshi gave him the previous day. He looked up from the copies and nodded. "Kay. How many should I buy?"
"With all the starting and bench members…" the dark haired seniors trailed as he counted before he grinned. "Twenty, give or take."
"Ugh, so many… those drinks will be hard to bring alone. Should I ask the manager to help?" Kagami muttered as he stood up.
"You can't, obviously. You want to make a girl bring such heavy items? Go find some first years to help you!" the senior huffed while giving him a hard slap on his back.
Kagami grunted at the sting, rather annoyed. If there were free first years insight, why did he order Kagami to go in the first place? Just because Kagami couldn't be a starting member since he was still recuperating, it didn't mean he could be subjected to such seniority bullshit! Even Kiyoshi didn't treat him like that and he was the captain…!
Alright, former captain, since Kiyoshi had officially resigned from basketball club. Well, he still came by time to time to see how the basketball club was doing, and sometimes giving them some pointers on strategies or training menus, but he didn't participate in any practice match and the upcoming preliminary for the winter championship.
"Why didn't he stay until the end, I wonder…? Even the other senpais decided to stay until the winter championship is over," Kagami mumbled quietly as he walked towards the nearest convenient store from the school, since their school vending machine didn't sell bottled sport drink his senior wanted.
Last summer, Shōei was placed third in the national championship, so this team is undeniably strong. Why won't Kiyoshi-senpai strengthen it more? Who knows, right? They even might get first place in winter…-Kagami entered the convenient store and headed to the refrigerator before he scanned the contents to find the intended brand.
Kagami then asked for the shopkeeper to box the drink for twenty bottles before he paid at the cashier. As he lifted the box and tested his step (because his foot could hurt if the weight was too much), he noticed that there was some kind of commotion outside the store.
"-a sec! Wait a minute, Hyuuga-kun! What do you mean you're done?!" A short-haired brunet girl gripped at a boy's arm. Both were probably middleschoolers as well, judging from their uniforms.
"That means what its exact mean! I'm done! I'm quitting basketball!" the boy said, his voice hard and cracking, his expression contorting in anguish. Even behind his glasses, Kagami could see how the bespectacled teen's eye glazed, looking almost crying.
"What are you saying?! After all you have done to get better…!" the girls still protested.
"It doesn't mean anything, okay!?" the boy, Hyuuga, shouted loudly, startling the girl. "Let go, Aida. I'm done with basketball! It's finished. The championship is over. No matter how hard I tried for our team, there are always some better teams out there. All our hard work doesn't mean a thing without any winning. I… I'm sick of it. I quit."
The girl, Aida, clearly looked shaken at Hyuuga's words before her grip gradually loosened. She released the arm and her hands fell limply on her side.
Hyuuga clenched his fist. "Thank you for everything until now. I won't be coming over to your place anymore. Good bye," he said, gritting his teeth and not even once looking at her before turning away and walked out of her.
Wow… lovers' quarrel? Ah, but the guy mentioned about quitting basketball… maybe they're in the same club… his manager?-Kagami wondered as he stepped outside the convenient store. The air around the girl seemed very dark and gloomy. Maybe he should ask if she was okay….
"…idiot…!"
"Eh?" Kagami looked upward at the girl who dug her nails in her own arm. She bit her lower lip until it broke skin and blood trickled down from the wound. Her expression was close to tears. "Um…" Kagami felt very awkward now, not knowing what to do.
"Fine, do whatever you want, you spineless loser! As if I'd care! Go DIE in the sewer, you MORON!" the girl suddenly screamed in frustration before she ran away to the opposite direction of the boy, shocking the hell out of Kagami.
"W-what…?" Kagami was confused, sweat dripping from his face. He was so sure that she was about to cry just then, but she exploded in fury instead. Women were indeed an enigma. Kagami would never understand them.
~Kagami x Kuroko~
"Aah, how boring…" Aomine sighed deeply as he stared at the other first stringers that sprinted from side to side of the court. Tetsu was there as well, trying his hardest to break his time while keeping up with the rest that were evidently faster than him.
"What are you doing, loitering lazily on the courtside, Aomine?" Someone came up from behind and gave him a light slap on the back of his head.
"Ow!" Aomine yelped as he looked back, meeting eyes with a familiar face. "What… Nijimura-senpai, what was that for?" he grunted, nursing his abused top.
"That's for you skipping the basic practice, you idiot! Look at your partner! He's so diligent in his training!" Nijimura huffed, pointing at Tetsu at the distance. His slightly longer dark hair fell onto his forehead as he bent down, showing his displeased expression to Aomine.
"Aw, sheesh… just let it go. Even without such extreme training, we're still unbeatable," Aomine drawled, scratching his neck indolently.
"What's with that disrespectful way of speaking, you insolent kouhai…!?" Nijiimura looked pissed before he caught Aomine's neck and gave him a knuckle attack on his cranium from above.
"Ow, ow, ow! I give! I give!" Aomine shrieked while struggling atrociously before Nijimura stopped his punishment because Akashi approached them.
"It's been awhile, Nijimura-senpai," the red haired Teikou basketball captain greeted politely as Nijimura loosened his hold on Aomine's neck.
"Yo, Akashi, how is it doing?" Nijimura asked, lifting his hand to give his regard.
"It's been great," Akashi replied with a small smile.
"You may want to increase the discipline on the team, though. One of your boys is being lazy here," Nijimura gave Aomine a forehead flick now, causing him to yelp.
"Ah, jeez, senpai! Let go already!" Aomine was still trying to free himself from Nijimura's grip, getting increasingly goaded. But for some reason, the older guy was strongly obstinate, even though it had been almost a month since he last showed up in basketball practice.
Is he secretly training or what?-Aomine couldn't help scowling inwardly as he kept squirming uselessly.
"Well, it doesn't matter. Although I do want Daiki to be more serious with training and practice, he still always performs great in every match. As long as he scores more and brings us to victory, he can do whatever he wants in his free time," Akashi said, looking considerably content.
"Hmm… but he's not free now, is he?" Nijimura pointed out, poking at Aomine's cheek. "It's time for the club practice."
"Indeed. Daiki, if you don't move now, I'll triple your menu," Akashi smiled sweetly at Aomine whose heart sank and face paled immediately at the threat.
"You can't be serious…!" Aomine panicked inwardly.
This Demon Captain…!
"It seems that things are changing after I rarely come here…" Nijimura said, his eyes darting around the gym. He seemed to spot Midorima practicing his unbelievably long shots, Kise practicing his offensive moves with some other first stringers and Murasakibara eating his snack on the bench. He visibly frowned then. "Don't you think they are more strewn than usual?" he asked then, turning to face Akashi again.
"Well, life is dynamic, senpai. But everyone always does their best to win, so you don't have to worry. Teikou's victory is guaranteed," Akashi gave Nijimura a confident smile, but the older teen just sighed, releasing Aomine (finally!) who was still in shock at his tripled menu, before he stood and dusted his clothes.
"Well, if you say so, but at this rate…" Nijimura paused before he shrugged, leaving his words hanging as he walked away.
"What is wrong with him?" Aomine huffed, extra annoyed because now he had to do the basic training thrice much as the others. All because Nijimura caught him and reported him to Akashi. Damn him. "He won't come out to any match anymore, will he?" he turned to Akashi and the shorter red head chuckled slightly.
"Senpai is quite busy after all," Akashi responded vaguely, but Aomine felt that his hunch was most definitely accurate. "What's wrong, Daiki? You haven't moved yet. Want me to quintuple your menu instead?" Akashi then turned, facing him still with his creepy smile again.
"No, dear God! Please!" He squeaked in apprehension. "I get it already! I'll go now, sheesh!" Aomine turned around and ran to the court, joining the other first stringers to practice together.
"Well, if you say so, but at this rate…"
What was it that he wanted to say, earlier…?-Somehow, Aomine was bugged by Nijimura's concerned gaze as he walked away.
~Kagami x Kuroko~
"Kuroko-chiiiii!" Kise launched himself at Kuroko who only dodged slightly because he knew the blond's intention on hugging him in public. Kise stumbled and bumped Aomine instead, who immediately throttled him for being so noisy.
"Huwaaah! Aomine-chi is so meaaan!"
"Kise-kun, stop crying," Kuroko sighed, adjusting his gym bag so he could move more freely on the way out of the school.
"But, but, Kuroko-chiii! Aomine-chi is so barbaric…!" Kise sniffled, drying his crocodile tears.
"It's your own damn fault for being so careless, moron!" Aomine stretched the blond's cheeks in palpable annoyance.
"Uwaaa! My cheeks are gonna teaaaar!"
"Both of you, stop creating disturbance," Midorima reprimanded from their side, looking irritated as hell. "Lucky Akashi isn't with us right now since he is in a strategy meeting with Momoi and the coach. If he was, he'd have your heads." He huffed as he strolled passing them.
"What is his problem?" Aomine scowled at the bespectacled green haired teen that seemed to pretend to not knowing them all. The tan ace was still holding the blond who was sobbing quietly in his arms.
"Today is apparently a bad day for cancer," Murasakibara munched at his snack, looking disinterested, but sometimes Kuroko wondered why the oversized violet haired teen could easily tell the reason of why someone was in a bad mood.
"I see…" Aomine dropped his body on Kise's shoulders that seemed to resist under its weight now.
"W-wait, Aomine-chi…! You're heavy…!"
"Tetsu, wanna eat outside today? I'm hungry," Aomine ignored Kise's whining and turned to face Kuroko instead.
"Ah, Aomine-chi, unfair! I wanna go eating together too!" Kise protested.
"I am sorry. I cannot go today," Kuroko responded evenly, also overlooking Kise's wail.
"You keep saying that every time we ask you out together. It's been a week. What's your excuse this time?" Aomine heaved out a sigh, looking disappointed. Well, Kuroko couldn't blame him. He indeed didn't make time to hang out together with the team this past week.
It was for a good reason, though. He simply made some time for Kagami, because his leg was doing very great lately, and if it was just light dribbling and shooting, Kagami could do it. Kuroko just wanted to play basketball with him, so he had made time to stop by the street ball court near Kagami's house every evening after practice to see him since a week ago.
"I want time for extra practice," Kuroko answered, not exactly lying, but he didn't really want to tell them with whom he was practicing.
"Then we can do it together before dinner. What if we go jointly, Kuroko-chi? Murasaki-chi wants to go as well?" Kise offered, turning his face to the tallest teen in their group.
"Nope~. It's troublesome," Murasakibara stated in bored look, sucking at his lollipop now.
"Wait, why did you decide to invite people as you like, Kise? I want to go with Tetsu only," Aomine knuckled the blond on his temples as Kise started to whine pitifully again.
Kuroko wanted to say no to it, but at this rate, they would get more suspicious and he really didn't want them to start following him around like stalkers. That is, if they could, since Kuroko's thin presence was very hard to follow, but by any pure chance, they might be able to and bust his secret practice with Kagami, so Kuroko didn't want to take the risk.
"Alright," Kuroko nodded after much consideration. He figured if he let them hang out with him once in awhile, they wouldn't bother him at other days.
"Yay!" Kise exclaimed happily, seeming to already forget that he wasn't invited.
"Jeez, fine then, Kise, you can tag along," Aomine agreed as well. "But you're paying for dinner."
"Whaaaaat?! That's so mean, Aomine-chiiii!" and Kise once again cried in complaint at the tan ace for bullying him so much. It was always funny seeing them like that, though.
Kuroko wondered if Kise or Aomine realized that they acted like a couple every now and then, but he doubted if they were in relationship. Akashi had ever mentioned that if they ever disturbed the practice with their couple's problem, he would quadruple their training menu. Though, Kuroko wasn't sure if the red headed captain was joking or being serious.
I should call Kagami-kun before he waits for too long-was fleeting in Kuroko's mind when they stopped by the convenient store to purchase some warm drink before heading to the nearest street ball court to the station.
~Kagami x Kuroko~
"Taiga, there's a phone call from Kuroko-kun," Yamamoto knocked at the door of his bedroom as Kagami was struggling with his English homework on his studying desk. As expected, the formal Japanese English was rather weird. It was different to just speaking English. Some phrases sometimes didn't make any sense to use in any context.
"Yeah, coming," Kagami gave up for a moment to take a break and answer the phone. He opened the door and received the wireless phone from Yamamoto and answered it. "Sup', Kuroko?"
"Hello, Kagami-kun?"-Kuroko's soft voice calling his name in Kagami's ear caused him to flush slightly. "I just want to inform that I will not be able to come down to the court today. I have an outing with my friends."
"O-oh, yeah… alright. I'm also in the middle of a war with my homework now, so I probably can't go there either…" Kagami couldn't help grinning sheepishly.
Damn. Kuroko was very considerate to even call him. He meant; it wasn't like they agreed to have rendezvous every evening since a week ago or anything. Kagami just assumed that if he went to that street ball court, he could see Kuroko or something. However, apparently Kuroko had especially made time to come there to meet him. It made Kagami very happy in more ways than one.
"I see… Then, see you at Sunday. I will come over again for studying."-Kuroko said flatly, but Kagami could almost see a hint of smile in his words. He was probably only teasing and yet Kagami wanted to entertain the idea.
"Oh man… another studying in Sunday? You're such a nerd," Kagami laughed in fond exasperation and it earned him a light chuckle from Kuroko. Ah, damn it! That really flattered him.
"Tetsu, are you done with the phone call?"
Kagami blinked as he heard another voice from the background aside the busy sound of cash register and people milling around. Kuroko might have called from a store or a shop. And that voice…-Kagami knew that voice. Apparently, Kuroko was with Aomine at that time.
A light twinge pricked Kagami's heart. He knew that Kuroko was with the other boy, but as expected for being one-sidedly in love, the jealousy came in the same package. "Ah, you're with Aomine, huh? Tell him I said hi," Kagami said, trying to control his voice not to waver.
"Will do,"-Kuroko replied slowly and gently before saying goodbye and ended the call.
Kagami pushed the end-call button as well before sighing. "Get a grip of yourself, Kagami Taiga. You and Kuroko are just friends," he said to himself before getting out of the room to put the phone back to its holder.
Right… I'll watch all the tapes of Shōei previous matches that Kiyoshi-senpai lent me to study before going back to my stupid homework. Maybe I can contribute some strategies after I watch them all…
Well, that was what Kagami's intention. However, when later he watched the tape and came across the match between Shōei and Teikou at the fourth tape, Kagami could only widen his eyes, stunned and speechless even, until an hour after the video was finished.
No way…! Those monsters are still in middle school…?!-Kagami didn't see Kuroko there. It seemed that he wasn't playing in that particular game, but now he knew why Kiyoshi decided to retire. After such devastating defeat… senpai must have taken quite severe damage.
"Basketball is fun! Let's play again some other times!"
But, the Kiyoshi that Kagami saw playing street ball the first time they met was smiling. He even played a great one on one with Aomine afterwards. He remembered some upper classmen in his school call Kiyoshi the 'Iron Heart'.
Even the Iron Heart needs time to recover, huh…?-Kagami smiled ruefully. He understood. The Generation of Miracle, Kuroko's team, was indeed spectacularly strong. All of them were monsters. No wonder their policies were so strict.
But-Kagami smirked slightly, completely worked up. The stronger the opponent, the better, right?
Right now was still impossible, but after his leg was fully healed, Kagami would definitely challenge them. "Yosh, I'm getting excited!"
"Taiga, finish your homework first before playing outside!" Yamamoto, who apparently heard his exclamation, shouted from the kitchen, completely blowing off Kagami's fuse at the reminder of his neglected homework.
Kagami groaned right away. "Alright! Okay! Sheesh, what are you, my mom?" He grumbled as he stomped back to his room. "Tomorrow then…" he pouted and sighed in resignation before he was back to his effort in finishing his almost abandoned English work.
~Kagami x Kuroko~
"Eh…?" Kagami looked at the papers he just received from the captain. "W-what is this?" he asked the manager who apparently was still rather nervous talking to him on his side.
"U-um… this is the training menu for the regulars…" she replied timidly.
"What?" Kagami frowned slightly as he stared at the paper some more. Looking at every aspect, this training menu was ridiculously laid back! Weren't they about to enter the preliminary for the winter championship? Of course the basic training was important, but shouldn't they at least add some tricks and strategies into their formation if they wanted to defeat Teikou?!
"What is it, Kagami? You look dissatisfied," the captain seemed to notice Kagami's put out expression and raised his eyebrows at him.
"Uh, this kind of training… isn't it too… easy? I mean… I know Shōei is strong and was placed third in last summer national championship, but… I watched the video of the semifinal," at this point, the regulars' faces were turning sour and pale, but Kagami continued because he had to bring up the subject. "Looking at the result, shouldn't we at least add more collaborated strategies to defeat them?"
The entire club room went into silence. The atmosphere turned heavy so suddenly and Kagami didn't know why their mood gloomed to this extent. "Heh," the captain chuckled darkly as a response, causing Kagami to furrow his brow. "Kagami is a returnee, so it can't be helped that he doesn't know," he said, his tone belittling and Kagami didn't like it at all.
"What does that even mean?" Kagami almost growled, narrowing his eyes at his senior.
"Generation of Miracle from Teikou is the champion by default," the captain said, his gaze turning bitter and dead. "There's no use struggling against those monsters. They are undefeatable. We only aim for second place if we're lucky to face them in final this winter."
Kagami's frown deepened. "What the hell is that supposed to mean?"
"It means exactly what it means. There's no point preparing to face them. It doesn't matter either way since we can't stop them. So, we'll just have to abandon the match if we ever face them again to save our energy," he explained in dismissing manner.
Kagami's blood instantly rose to his head as he stood and grabbed the captain's collar and yanked him close. "Are you seriously saying that?" he snarled angrily, glaring furiously at him while the other club members instantly stood up in alarm, shouting at him to stop. Some even tried to hold him back.
"No matter what we do, we're still going to get annihilated by them like last summer! That's the reality! Those guys aren't human! They have talents of becoming a god in basketball! They are impossible to defeat!" the captain yelled back at him, his voice cracking, the same way as that boy, Hyuuga, whom he met the other day that decided to quit basketball.
So much hopelessness… so much pain and despair of something that he couldn't control…
But that wasn't right! That couldn't be right!
"Until we go and fight them once again in the match, we don't know that!" Kagami barked, clenching his fist more at his senior's collar, disregarding the others yelling at the two of them to cut it out.
"But we do know!" Captain hollered even louder, his face contorting in resigned fate. "We're not stupid to fight a losing battle, Kagami… There's so much difference between us and them! So much…! There's no other way but to give up and live with it…!"
"How can you say such a depressing thing…?! Every match is like a basketball! You're sometimes up and sometimes down! Even Kiyoshi-senpai didn't give up until the end of that match, right…!? Why are you giving up before facing them again?! Are you trying to abandon Kiyoshi-senpai's effort and belief?!" Kagami gritted his teeth, frustrated beyond belief.
"But he resigned from our club, didn't he?! He gave up too after tasting such defeat!" the captain screamed stridently in upset tone.
Upon hearing that, Kagami snapped. "You don't know anything about Kiyoshi-senpai!" he shouted in total aggravation. "He wanted to fight alongside you guys! He wanted to! But he can't because he-!" Kagami stopped dead mid-yelling as he remembered what he had promised the older boy.
"Senpai, why did you resign from the club earlier than the other senpais?" Kagami had asked at one afternoon, a few days after he watched that video, when he and Kiyoshi had lunch together. "Is it because of that crushing loss against the Generation of Miracle from Teikou?"
Kiyoshi looked taken aback as he was about to chew his bread for a moment, before he gulped and chuckled sheepishly, putting his lunch down. "Damn, you saw that match?" He looked rather uncomfortable as he asked.
"Didn't you lend me the video three days ago?" Kagami looked at him weirdly. He had thought before that this brunet senior of his was a strange airhead, but he didn't expect that he was scatterbrained to such extent.
"Oh, right… that match is in one of those tapes, huh…?" Kiyoshi laughed for awhile before he sighed. "Well, to answer your question, that could be it, one of the reasons… but it's not just that," he looked afar then to the horizon, his face turning solemn with deep sadness glazing his dark chocolate orbs.
"Senpai…?" Kagami called, since Kiyoshi suddenly got quiet, and it was almost two minutes and yet he didn't seem about to continue his line of words.
"Last summer… just before the summer break ends… my parents…."
"Eh…?" Kagami widened his eyes as he heard it.
"But it's a secret for the club members, kay? I don't want to trouble them with this…"
"But he-what?! The hell is he making excuse now?! He's just running away as well!"
Kagami jerked out of his recollection as he heard the captain's loud query and accusation. He snarled at the older boy again before shoving him away, looking down at him distastefully. "You're right. That's just an excuse to stop fighting. I guess I was wrong for jumping the gun so soon. Japanese basketball is just like this after all." He sneered.
"Ka-… Kagami…!" the others looked at him with bewildered, outrageous expression.
"There's no point of me fighting for this basketball club if the members don't even have a will to fight in the first place." Kagami yanked himself roughly away from the hands of the club members that were holding him down. "I quit." He declared coldly before he walked out of the clubroom while slamming the door shut.
~Kagami x Kuroko~
Kagami massaged his temples in incoming headache as he sat alone on the bench of the empty street ball court near his home. He was self-reflecting… Okay, he was pissed off at himself for being so hotheaded and idiotic.
'I quit' my ass…! How am I supposed to enter official match without being in an official basketball club?-Kagami hated himself for his short temper. True, he was greatly disappointed by his upperclassmen and his fellow club members' pessimistic ideas about facing the GoM again, but if he was the one who quitted the club, there was no meaning of him entering one in the first place, right?
"Ah, jeez… even after Kiyoshi-senpai said such thing to me especially…!" Kagami felt like banging his head on the nearest wall. But since there was no wall around in sight, he thought the ground would do, though if he had to bend down for that, he'd rather not roll on the ground just to harm himself because he would look extra foolish and foolhardy even more.
Kagami let out a long suffering sigh at the response of his 'I've let Kiyoshi-senpai down…' thought.
"My parents passed away in an accident last summer. Now, I live with my grandparents, but they are already very old, so I need to take care of them as well in return. I can't really go to club because the house is quite far. Since there's only half a year of middle school left, it's too troublesome to change school, so… I guess I will leave the basketball club in you and the others' care now, Kagami. What happened at the semifinal match last summer was a great blow to us as basketball players… but with the addition of you as a force in the team, I believe our basketball club will survive. I know it seems kind of a lot to ask, but… would you please have their backs, Kagami?"
Kiyoshi was smiling when he uttered his last request as a former captain of Shōei basketball club, and Kagami had so confidently said 'yes' to that request. But then he had to run his stupid mouth with his moronic idealism and this happened. He was such an idiot.
Kagami sighed deeply again, totally bemused. "What should I do…?"
"Kagami-kun?"
Kagami looked up from his palms as he heard the familiar voice. He was immediately greeted with the sight of Kuroko, who since God knew when already stood in front of him, bending slightly and looking at Kagami's face, his eyes almost shining like aquamarine in the darkening court and Kagami could see the worry in his gaze.
"Kuroko… I didn't realize you were there." Kagami forced a smile, but Kuroko seemed to notice it.
"What's wrong?" he asked. Even though he seemed emotionless, his smooth voice carried the concern to the surface and abruptly Kagami was reminded of that mysterious guy he met at the plane when he was flying to Japan a few months back.
Oh, right… that man also has light blue hair and aquamarine colored eyes…
"Kagami-kun…?"
Kagami closed his eyes before he surged forward to lean his head on Kuroko's shoulder. His action apparently surprised Kuroko, but the smaller boy didn't move away and his hands seemed to instinctively rise and latch onto Kagami's arms.
"Um… Kagami-kun…?" Kuroko sounded slightly mystified as he called him once again and Kagami could only sigh slightly in relief after inhaling Kuroko's calming scent, partly because he was glad that he had someone to lean on, and partly because Kuroko seemed to have that kind of effect on people just by staying beside them.
"Just for awhile…" Kagami whispered quietly, immersing himself with Kuroko's peaceful air while his hands slowly went up to envelope Kuroko's waist and back, holding him closer. "Just let me stay like this for awhile…"
End of Chapter 7
A/N: Alright… apparently I decided to disappoint Kagami with his chicken basketball club after Kiyoshi retired (no offense to Shōei). Although in canon Kiyoshi really lives with his grandparents, I don't really know what happens to his parents, so I just assume they died here. Oh, the drama, unstable teens are indeed very interesting to write. So, I also put the GoM members on screen, but some of them haven't yet met Kagami and as per some persistent requests, I postpone the 'confrontation' between Aomine-Kise and Kagami to a more greater scale of complication later which probably will include Akashi as well. Special on-screen time for Nijimura (even though I didn't exactly plan him to appear at all originally) because my best friend loves him and insist me on using him in the fic (Done, hon, hope you-and the readers- LOVE it). So… feed back? *puppy eyes*
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