A/N: I forgot to put a disclaimer in the previous chapter OTL To those who reviewed, favourited and added this story to the story alert and more, thank you! Your reviews were really encouraging so I was motivated to forgo my homework to finish chapter 2 (previously 2a) even though I estimated that it would take the weekend to finish it: D Hope the chapter doesn't disappoint! 3 should be out soon too. Thanks to xkaiblue for being my awesome beta and to Monochrome Blade for pointing out the quotation mark issue! From now on, speeches will be in double quotation marks and thoughts will be in italics.

Disclaimer: Kuroko no Basuke and its characters and all don't belong to me ;_;

CHAPTER 2:

Hah hah...

Takao panted as he pedaled the cart through the streets. Sweat drenched his uniform and he felt his legs starting to feel lethargic.

Shin-chan that idiot! His previous attempt at dissuading Shinchan from going to Seirin by complaining that they were missing practice, had failed. Shin-chan had just waved his reason off, said haughtily, "The coach will look past this." and proceeded to ignore Takao's rants throughout the journey. So now Takao was sulking and refusing to speak to Shin-chan. Not that Shin-chan seemed to care as he stared at the passing streets, his expression one of deep concentration, probably working on what to say to Kuroko later on.

Feeling his irritation building up, Takao started pedalling the cart more vigorously in his anger while thinking of ways to prevent them from reaching Seirin. Realising that he was speeding up the journey, he started slowing down till he was cycling at the pace of a snail. Just then, an idea struck him. He started counting to twenty before pedalling once and repeating the process again.

After 10 minutes into his brilliant idea, which had resulted in not much progress in the distance they were travelling, he felt a slight blow to his head and sheepishly turned around to face an annoyed Midorima.

"What exactly do you think you are doing?" Midorima asked while giving him an are-you-nuts look. Takao gulped and offered him a sheepish smile.

Shit, what should I say? Think think think!

"Ah! I'm... exercising! Yeah that's right! Exercising! Yup I read somewhere that if one cycles in slow motion, his calf muscles would really build up! So this is the perfect opportunity to work out since we are skipping practice!"

Takao looked at Shin-chan meaningfully but his words fell on deaf ears.
Shin-chan's eye merely twitched in annoyance and he whacked Takao on the head again.

"You can work out when we are not in a hurry. Right now, I need Kuroko by my side! So get me to Seirin ASAP!"

Takao sighed.

This is going to be a looonnngg day…

At Seirin

Upon reaching Seirin, Midorima headed to the sports hall immediately. Takao parked the cart and dutifully followed after him, silently and desperately hoping that the Seirin basketball club practice was cancelled or something. His hopes were dashed when he heard the sound of shoes squeaking against the floor of the basketball court and Aida Riko's shrill whistle piercing the air.

Maybe I should get a lucky item instead…Takao thought and sighed dramatically. Shin-chan gave him a warning look and entered the hall.

"Woah! It's Midorima Shintaro! And the hawk-eyed guy!" some black haired guy shouted upon spotting the arrival of the two.

"What's he doing here?"

"To see Kuroko of course, what else?"

Takao frowned. Of course they would forget his name. Announcing his displeasure with a loud "hmpf", he stalked to the side of the hall and gestured at Midorima to finish his business quickly. Hopefully, Kuroko was smart enough to see how stupid the lucky person thing was, he thought, forgetting that he was the one who had thought of it in the first place.

He watched Midorima approach Kuroko, who had stood up from the benches to acknowledge their presence. Kagami had joined in the exchange as well, not liking the fact that Midorima was looking for Kuroko. They started a rather heated discussion and Midorima seemed to have lost as he nodded his head swiftly and gestured for the two to go outside.

They went to an empty area nearby and Takao tagged along, wanting to see what would happen. This would be sort of funny if it didn't involve his love life at stake! The thought of Midorima confessing to Kuroko in the presence of Kagami would surely create some sort of entertaining chaos to watch. Takao leaned against the wall and stifled a giggle. Well, if anything happened, he would be ready to intervene and save his Shin-chan!

Midorima looked at Kuroko with his usual piercing stare.

This was it. He was going to ask Kuroko to become his lucky person. It was super embarrassing and may make him seem lame and all but his luck throughout the year depended on this!

Taking a deep breath, he opened his mouth and said in one breath:

"Willyoubemyluckyperson?"