"Fuck, you again?!"

Those were the words that Kagami first heard in the morning of his second day of school. The previous day, after he and Haizaki beat up that bunch of students, Kagami managed to only give his name to the other, before they saw a storm of yelling teachers running towards them with angry expressions. It took less than a second for him and Haizaki to fly away from the "crime scene", telepathic choosing to go in different directions to confuse the teachers and avoiding their wrath because, even if Kagami admitted that he enjoyed fighting alongside with Haizaki, he really didn't want to destroy his scholastic career the first day. Thankfully the teachers took care of the beaten up students first so the two of them managed to run away easily. Kagami hid himself in the library, deciding it was the best spot to eat in peace and, let's face it, what "bully" would go willing in a library? The rest of the day was uneventful, the seats beside him remained empty but he didn't care much about them, deciding to let his mind rest and waited for the adrenaline to stop running in his veins. It was annoying how that fight triggered his animal instincts. Once he got home, Kagami was surprised to see how tired he was and laid on his bed, his mind full of thoughts. He understood that, even if his mind remembered all the stamina he had in high school, his current body wasn't able to take the effort, so he needed to train himself to be able to face other opponents – probably the Generation of Miracles - in the future. That was the reason why that morning he woke up at five and ran for an hour, before doing a shower to relax his muscles. He didn't remember how hard it was to gain stamina, especially now that he was alone without Coach who made him a schedule. Damn, he needed to be careful to avoid strain on his body, but he wanted to be able to do the same things he could when he was in the "future". He was surprised that he missed Coach so much, at least she could have been able to help him, now she didn't even know who he was. That really was a pain.

Kagami thought a bit about Haizaki too: the other boy wasn't so dangerous like he knew him, he was really different from the "Haizaki" he spoke with – more like argued – when he was in high school. Maybe he could be saved too? But how could he go closer to him? He just saw Haizaki for a moment and they spoke two words to each other, plus that was a total coincidence, there was no way he could approach Haizaki in school, most likely because the other boy would just shove him away, and there was something in him that screamed "lone wolf". There was no way Kagami could save him if he couldn't speak with him, so he decided to focus on the Generation of Miracles instead.

However, fate seemed to have a different plan for him. Just after he sat down in his seat and began to look outside the window, the door was slammed open by an incredible force that made him jump and the whole class fell in an uncomfortable silence. Kagami turned his head and the vision seemed to want to mock him so much that he dropped his jaw.

Haizaki stood on the doorway, a pissed look on his face and messy grey hair that continued to go in front of his eyes, which he tired repentantly to shoot them away with an hand but deciding to let them where they were because they stubbornly returned to their original position. His hand was clasped around a bag that he carried on a shoulder in a threatening manner. His whole pose screamed "danger" and "don't piss me off", in fact, when he walked between the desks, all the students scrambled away, letting him pass without difficulty, fear clearly written on their faces.

Haizaki was nearly arrived at his seat – the one beside Kagami's – when his eyes found the redhead and they widened in surprise, his body stiffen and he halted his steps, his expression the same as Kagami's (but he was able to control himself and not gape).

"Fuck, you again?!" Was what left Haizaki's mouth after ten seconds, his face contorted in a snarl and he clenched his fist, seeming ready to start a fight. Woah, no good, Kagami didn't want that! He quickly regained his composure, trying to seem nonchalant and less surprised.

"Ah! You're the one of yesterday!" Kagami faked to not know who Haizaki was, deciding to use the "I don't know your reputation" tactic, hoping to make the grey haired teen relax. It seemed to work since Haizaki's fist loosened and his features softed. Kagami clapped himself mentally, damn, he was a genius, he could become an actor! Kise – his future Kise – would be so proud of him.

"Shit... Kagami Taiga, was it?" Haizaki asked, taking the seat beside him and letting the bag fall on the desk, eyeing him with caution but that threatening aura was gone and Kagami was thankful for that. It was scaring the shit out of him, not because he was afraid of Haizaki himself but because he knew what he was able to do (at least in the future). If a man was able to attack a woman – Alex – what could he do to a man? Kagami didn't want to find out and he vowed in that moment to not let the boy in front of him transform in the monster he was going to be if nobody helped him.

Realizing that making Haizaki wait wasn't a good idea, especially if the grey haired teen was the one to have started the conversation, Kagami quickly nodded, smiling brightly thinking that it was a good thing that Haizaki remembered his name. "Yeah, but I didn't catch yours."

The grey haired teen smirked, putting an hand under his chin. "That's because I didn't tell." Someone would have called "rude" that answer, but Haizaki was just playing with Kagami and the redhead understood that. He didn't know how he knew it was just a feeling. Many called him "dumb" but he was able to understand other people quite well, even if not like Akashi or Kuroko. At least he could say the difference from a good person and a jerk like Aomine. "This" Haizaki was in the middle and that surprised Kagami, maybe the grey haired teen was more decent than he first thought he was. It was a good surprise, a very good one.

"Care to share?" Kagami replied with a small smile, showing no offence from Haizaki's words. The grey haired teen was taken back from the honest answer and his eyes showed how much he was intrigued by that new student. All the other classmates were looking at that exchange of words with widen eyes and jaws on the floor. It seemed like it was the first time that they saw Haizaki speaking with someone else in such civil manner, without fists and curses involved. Kagami nearly snorted at that, but his attention was on the other teen, who was debating mentally if respond or not. Just when Haizaki was about to open his mouth and say something, the teacher entered in the room and all the students had to go to their own seats, but they continued to glance to the two behind them with worry and confusion written on their faces.

"Come on, stop talking!" The ice voice of Tsukishima-sensei was like a razor on his ears and Kagami forced himself to look away from Haizaki, who was curling his fist on the desk, the pissed expression he first saw when the other entered in the class showed itself again on his face. Kagami knew that it wasn't a good sight, but he knew the anger wasn't for him or any other classmate in the room, it was all for their teacher. Oh boy, there were going to be flames in that room, the redhead thought once the sharp eyes of their teacher found Haizaki and returned the hated glare he was sending to her. Yep, a fucking fire tornado was going to arrive.

"Look who is here, finally deciding to stop ditching school, Haizaki-kun?" The teacher's voice was full of venom that sent a shiver down Kagami's spine. Was it normal for a teacher to speak like that to a student? It was a bit... unfair, Kagami's respect for her crumbled in pieces in that moment.

Haizaki's eyes darked dangerously, the air in the room tensed dramatically and the redhead could see the daggers that the two were throwing at each other. He didn't know who was going to win, but that was an hell of a fight. There weren't punches or kicks, however he could see the violence radiating from the two of them.

Thankfully, it seemed like there was a guardian angel somewhwere because, before Haizaki could open his mouth to say something most probably disrespectful, the door of the classroom opened again. This time there wasn't a pissed student, but Kagami's jaw hit the floor nonetheless, his red orbs nearly fell on the ground for how much he widened his eyes. Oh my God, he didn't if the universe was trying to save him or mock him. He suspected the last.

A short, beautiful teenager girl bowled to the teacher, her pink hair tied in a ponytail and the uniform of Teikou Middle School seemed to be too tight on the chest. Kagami wanted to slam his head on the desk. Of course she would be there, how could he forget about her? She was, after all, the manager of the Generation of Miracles, now with a more childish face, but it was her without any doubt. Momoi Satsuki was in his class.

"Momoi-san, why are you late and why weren't you here yesterday?" The teacher changed her expression in less than a second, her anger for Haizaki quickly forgotten, replaced by a soft smile and a sweet voice. It was scary how women could change in such short time.

"I'm sorry, Coach Sanada wanted help with the new recruits." Momoi apologized, clenching her bag on her chest, her voice highter than Kagami was used to, but that was normal after all she was younger. However he couldn't help but to be surprised by her baby-face. She changed so much in only one year.

"Of course, of course, nothing to worry, please take a seat beside-ah... Haizaki-kun." The teacher's eyes narrowed when she saw that the only seat was beside what she thought a bully, and Haizaki glared at her with the same expression, showing his teeth like a stubborn dog. Kagami nearly face palmed. He didn't like Tsukishima-sensei's behaviour either, but Haizaki should stop respond to her provocations. She was a teacher and he was only a student, even if he was unfair, Haizaki had less power than her.

Momoi, on the other hand, wasn't bothered by where her seat was and thanked her teacher. "Don't worry, sensei, I know Haizaki-kun, we're friends." Her words seemed to shoot the teacher's worries away, but she continued to look wary to the grey haired teen, sending the message that if he hurt Momoi he was going to regret that.

The pink haired girl ignored the "I'm not your friend" that Haizaki muttered under his breath when Momoi sat beside him, while all the boys in the room – minus Haizaki and Kagami – looked at her like she was a delicious food and the girls were green in envy, instead Momoi reserved all her attention to Kagami, smiling at him, secretly checking him out. However it wasn't anything related to attraction, the pink haired girl was calculating his potential, his strong points and his weakness. Sometimes he forgot how much scary she could become with her talent.

"I'm Momoi Satsuki, nice to meet you, you're a new student from America, right? I heard about you." While wondering where Momoi could have heard of him he replied at the smile, secretly glad to have found someone familiar, even if she didn't know him yet. It was comforting having her in his classroom. She wasn't like Haizaki, which he knew only his worst side, she always was gentle with him even if their schools were rivals. She was really a precious person.

"I'm Kagami Taiga, nice to meet you too." He replied with a whisper, worrying that maybe she hadn't heard him, but the small smile she gave made him understand that she understood him.

"Could you two stop flirt with me in the middle?!" Haizaki's voice broke that simple exchange of smiles, his eyes showing how annoyed he was and he glared at both of them. However Kagami was surprised to see how his words hadn't venom behind them, just annoyance. But he couldn't think much about that because he felt his face going red like Momoi's was.

"W-Who was flirting, idiot?!" He blabbered, his skin resembled his eyes and it was a miracle if he didn't explode in that moment. The small, playful smirk on Haizaki's lips showed how he was having fun to joke with them and he winked to both Momoi and him.

"Haizaki-kun!" The pink haired girl puffed her cheeks, deciding to focus her attention on the black board where the teacher was writing something, but the red on her face betrayed her.

Haizaki let out a quite laugh and Kagami felt the need to punch him straight in the face like Aomine did once (Kise told him that story at least a thousand of times). However deep down he couldn't help but gape at how carefree Haizaki seemed, so happy and without that scowl on his face. It was a beautiful vision to see and Kagami hoped that the members of the Generation of Miracles were like that too. Tossing aside his worries, he couldn't help to meet them.

With a smile that blinded the room, he looked to the black board opening his text book and grasping a pen, thinking that he was going to have an interesting year. Well, the time travel had been a clue, but now he was more than sure.

Kagami was exhausted at the end of the lesson. Since he usually slept during it, he couldn't have imagined that it was going to be so hard follow a lesson, he was proved wrong after half an hour in which he barely could catch up with the teacher's words, writing them furiously on the text book. If that was only the second day how could he survive the entire year? His mind had took a break when, looking beside him, he saw that both Momoi and Haizaki were following the lessons like good students. He didn't even think for a second that the pink haired girl was one that didn't listen to the teacher, but Haizaki once again surprised him. With that "bully" behaviour it was strange to see him with his mouth shut, writing the most important things on the text book, lifting his eyes now and then to look at the black board. Haizaki continued to surprise him and he couldn't decide if that intrigued or frightened him.

When the bell rang he nearly cried of joy, shoving his pen and text book in the bag, already thinking where to eat his quadruple-sized bento when a pink tornado stopped him with her determinate eyes.

"M-Momoi...? I mean- Momoi-san?" Kagami corrected himself, slapping himself mentally, it didn't matter how many times he heard others using suffixed, he wasn't able to do it properly and always made a fool of himself when he spoke with people. How embarrassing!

"Oh, Momoi is fine," she smiled sweetly at him but seemed a bit uncomfortable, continuing to glance around her where all the other students were observing them not-so-secretly, thankfully it only needed a glare from the redhead for them to turn their heads away. Kagami briefly noticed that Haizaki disappeared somewhere before Momoi continued to speak. "Hm... what Haizaki-kun said before... I wasn't flirting with you or anything, I mean..." She began to blabber, but all her determination was lost behind a blush that covered her cheeks. She seemed so innocent, that look suited her too much for Kagami's liking. He didn't know when he became to be so protective for her, but he understood how Aomine felt for her. She was beautiful and he was worried for her, even if he knew very well that she could defend herself.

Suddenly remembering Haizaki's words, Kagami flushed red and tried to cover his face with a hand, letting out a nervous laugh. He was going to strangle Haizaki. "He's an idiot, I wasn't flirting too- I mean, not that you're ugly or anything but- you know..." Kagami stopped talking because Momoi let out a soft giggle, her cheeks still covered by that blush but she didn't seem uncomfortable any more. "Something fun?" He asked confused, punching himself mentally because he thought he said something stupid in front of a lady.

"No... it's not you!" Momoi reassured him, but she was still giggling. "It's just that Kagami-kun looks a bit scary, but is a good man. I didn't expect that!"

Kagami furrowed his eyebrows looking annoyed, but the small smile that tugged his lips betrayed him. "Jeez... thanks." He wasn't angry, he liked when people told him the truth and nobody could be angry with Momoi.

"By the way, Kagami-kun," the girl's voice jerked him out his thoughts and he looked at her, realizing that they stood in that position for quiet some time and that the classmates that were in the classroom continued to steal glances of them, whispering something under their breaths that made Kagami's eyebrows furrow in annoyance, but since Momoi was still talking to him, he decided to give all his attention to her. For now. "Want to eat lunch together? Coach Sanada told me that I could have lunch-break free but the other managers had to stay with him... plus the person who I usually have lunch with ditched me, so... I mean, only if you want!" She flushed again, realizing how the words could be interpreted and quickly tried to cover the damage. "I-It's like you think! I-"

Kagami stopped her putting and hand on her shoulder, a small smile on his lips. "Of course I'll eat lunch with you. And you don't seem the type of girl who would ask a person to have lunch together just to flirt with him." His words seemed to reassure her and she gave him a bright smile, tugging the sleeve of his uniform, signalling him to follow her, which he happily did because the stares of the other classmates were starting to be annoying.

They walked in silence for quiet some time before Kagami thought it was a good to start a conversation, after all Momoi loved to chat with other people, even if something he wanted to bleach his mind when she explained to him how a baby was born and all those details he really could have lived without knowing. "So... where are we planning to have lunch?" He asked, realizing that they were going in the directions of the garden, the same one where he encountered Haizaki.

"There is an old, big tree in the garden! I usually go with the other managers, it's a really good place, there is nobody around and is quieter than the cafeteria." She explained, a soft smile tugging her lips. She seemed to recall a good memory so Kagami didn't say anything else, he just continued to follow her, deciding to ask other questions when they would have arrived at the tree.

It took another five minutes to arrive to their destination and Kagami took a deep breath, the air was full of many smells of flowers that grew in the garden, the big tree stood proud some meters ahead, his thick foliage created a nice shadow were Momoi was waving at him, hurrying him to sit down beside her, which he gladly did.

Kagami opened took his bento from his bag and he heard Momoi gape beside him. Turning his head, he saw her eyes sparkling in awe at that vision, in her hands a bento that was of normal dimension but seemed a little thing beside Kagami's.

"What?" He asked, opening it and showing her a piece of heaven. The food seemed to sparkle under the sunlight, but Kagami didn't seem to notice and took his chopsticks ready to eat his home-made food. He didn't realize it when he was in the classroom – the lesson distracted him – but he was really hungry, his stomach seemed to want to eat itself. He was so glad that it was lunch-break.

"N-Nothing..." Momoi replied, opening her own lunch box, but from it exited a rotten smell that made her cry in surprise and Kagami looked at it like there was Satan in that bento. Inside there was piece of rice and meat drowned in a dark sauce that Kagami couldn't understand what it was. It was like seeing an horror movie made as a food. Too scary.

"Ah! My bento..." Momoi complained, closing it with a sigh. It didn't take a genius to figure out that it was her who made that, but Kagami didn't want to make her feel uncomfortable so he didn't say anything, waiting for her to do something. "Hm... Aomine-kun always says that I'm bad at cooking... guess is true..." Momoi laughed, but it was so forced that Kagami's eyebrows furrowed, showing his disbelief.

"I-I think I'll go to the cafeteria to buy something... sorry, wait for me, okay?" The girl stood up, searching furiously for her money, her cheeks burnt in embarrassment for the stunt she just pulled. However Kagami's tugged her sleeve, stopping her from running off and she looked at him with surprise written on her face.

"You can eat from mine." He said, determination clearly painted in his red eyes. But the girl shook her head with a small smile. "No, it's fine, I don't want to impose." She was really sweet, her boyfriend would be really lucky to have her, however Kagami lifted his bento, letting her smell his food and her eyes seemed to sparkle.

"It's okay, look how much I made, I can't eat it all myself." It was a lie obviously, but he really didn't want Momoi to go away, he wanted to show her that that embarrassing stunt didn't touch him in the slightest.

Maybe it was the hungry or the curiosity, in the end Momoi sat down and grasped her own chopsticks, bringing them closer to Kagami's food that now stood between the two teenagers. "Then... itadakimatsu!" She said, grasping a slice of meat and ate them after a moment of hesitation. She let out a moan of delight, putting a hand on her mouth and her pink eyes widened in total awe. "I-It's delicious!" She mumbled, her mouth still full of the meat, but she felt the need to say it.

Kagami smiled happily at her, eating a bit of rice himself. He always liked it when people praised his cooking, he was flattered, even if it was that stupid Aomine who said it. It was nice begin praised by someone, especially if it was something he enjoyed doing.

The two of them ate in silence, before Kagami decided it was time to start a conversation. He came there to save the Generation of Miracles, but he wanted to make some friends and Momoi was easy to get along with, so why not try befriend her? "You talked about manager or something before... are you in any club?" Of course he knew the answer of that question, but what was a better start than basketball? After all, that was the only thing they had in common.

Momoi's eyes sparkled, showing that that was the right question to make. "Yes! I'm the manager of our basketball club! We have the better basketball club of Japan, so there are many people who join it every year... I have a lot of work to do, but it's so fun!" She spoke with such enthusiasm that even a person who didn't like basketball would sit there listening to her, because she talked it like it was a precious thing. Momoi seemed to realize she was continuing to talk and her cheeks burnt in embarrassment and she quickly looked down, chewing on a piece of delicious meat. "S-Sorry, I'm rambling..."

Kagami laughed at that. It was cute how she apologized for many things, well, she didn't know him well yet, but he was planning to change that. In a way, she was too a member of the Generation of Miracles and she didn't deserve to see her teammates fall in that dark hole they were fated to drown. Well, that was before Kagami had the time travel. "It's okay," he reassured Momoi, who still looked down, but she quickly lifted her head when she heard Kagami's words, "I love basketball too, tell me more, I'm curious."

At that, her eyes shined with a light that Kagami never saw before and she began to tell him about statistics and how to successfully win against opponent bigger than him. Maybe, in the future he knew, she wasn't broken like the member of the Generation of Miracles, but something inside her was lost too, eaten away by those dark days. Teikou Middle School with its moral was going to destroy the life of seven – eight, if we count Haizaki – wonderful people, who simply enjoyed a sport so much that they continued to grow strong, but before they knew it they were the strongest and nobody could win against them. So they began to change, they lost their morals and decided to become monsters because it could hurt less. It was easier to hurt other people than to think about the pain in their own chests. Kagami didn't say that he could fully understand, but he didn't want to see something like that happen, not on his watch.

He listened to Momoi's words carefully, trying to see if he could obtain some information of the Generation of Miracles. Sadly she didn't speak of them, but it was interesting what she was saying, basketball was basketball and her love for it wasn't lesser than a player's.

"Do you play, Kagami-kun?" Ah, he knew that question was going to arrive, so he was prepared to answer it without looking like an idiot. Sometimes it was useful knowing a person in the future, even if it was like cheating. But truthfully Kagami didn't care, the rules of the universe – that universe – changed when he arrived here.

He put his chopsticks down, swallowing the last piece of meat. Momoi's talking was so interesting that the two of them ate all his bento without realizing it. It was the first that Kagami wasn't paying attention to food. What a miracle. "Yes, I play." Momoi opened her mouth, probably to convince him to join the basketball club, but he lift and hand, silencing her. "But I only do it for fun, it's not like I don't enjoy playing with other people, but... I don't know... the motto of this school "winning is everything", just doesn't fit me. I want to play because I want to have fun, not because I have to win."

Momoi looked at him with widen eyes then she pursued her lips, nodding, her mind seemed to be lost somewhere. Kagami didn't say anything else, but he knew she was thinking about Aomine, her childhood friend who began to skip practice because he was too strong. The sad look that passed in Momoi's eyes in that moment was more than enough to make that jerk eat the words "the only one who can beat me is me". He was going to show to that idiot that there wasn't something like "absolute victory" and he wasn't going to show that only to Aomine, but to the others too.

"I understand." Momoi said a small, sad smile on her face and Kagami knew it wasn't for him, but he didn't know what to say to make her smile happily again. Before things could get uncomfortable or awkward, the bell rang signalling the end of lunch-break and the two of them lifted their heads and quickly stood up, gathering their bentos and cleaning the grass on their uniforms, trying to look presentable.

"I really enjoyed this." Momoi spoke once they began to walk again towards the school, the sadness around her was gone for which Kagami was happy. She turned her head to the redhead beside her and smiled, this time it was a truthful, happy smile that brightened her face. "Maybe could we do it again?" She hesitatingly asked, surely thinking that she was the only one that enjoyed it.

However Kagami shoot her fears away, returning the smile and nodding. "Yeah, I would like that." Then he remembered what she said before when they were having lunch and tapped her shoulder and her attention was all on him again. "What this Aomine-kun said... that you're not able to cook... don't worry about it, maybe you're not very good, but that doesn't mean that you can't improve yourself. Practice makes us perfect, right?" He winked at her and she looked happier than before, her pink eyes showed gratitude for Kagami's words.

"Yes, you're right, Kagami-kun."

Momoi had the sensation that that year was going to be different from the others, she didn't know if it was for the best or for the worst, the only way to find out was to live it, right? Sadly she couldn't go to her classroom the first day because Coach Sanada made her in charge of find new recruits with the other managers, so she could see who she was in class with only the next day. She was surprised to find Haizaki in her class, but he was never disrespectful to her so she didn't worry about it, even if she knew that he liked to play with girls, deep down he wasn't so bad like all the other students thought. However, the person that caught her eye wasn't Haizaki or any of the other classmates that she already knew, it was a fiery redhead with flames in his eyes, a built of an athlete and strange split eyebrows. He had an overwhelming aura that screamed "power", but he didn't seem dangerous. He actually blushed a lot and tried to be a gentleman with her, not wanting to make her feel more embarrassed than she already was (damn Haizaki and his jokes!). She heard about him from Coach Sanada, but he didn't give her many informations about him because neither he had encountered him, she just knew he had made a good impression on the exam committee and that he was from America. That made her curious about him.

Momoi didn't know what possessed her to ask him to go and have lunch together, she told herself that since he was new it was good to have some friends, beside bickering with Haizaki who – like always – disappeared during lunch-break, probably to sleep somewhere. It was awkward at first, neither of them didn't know what to say, but Kagami began to ask question about her, seeming really interested, so she answered them with enthusiasm, many too much enthusiasm. At one point she was afraid that she might have bored him to death, but in his eyes there was nothing more than interest and that made her really happy. Usually boys – except the Generation of Miracles – just listened to her to look at her breasts, which resulted with her who stood up and went away completely pissed off. It wasn't like that with Kagami. He really wanted to her to continue speaking, without took a glance under her neck line, he looked at her in the eyes, sometimes shifting his red orbs to the food to pick it up, but he never – not even once – observed her in a sexual manner. That made her relax, plus the food was amazing. She didn't know that someone who wasn't a chef could be this able in a kitchen, when he told her that he made that she couldn't believe it! So delicious, everything seemed to shine and her tongue never felt so much pleasure in its life. She had been embarrassed when she saw in what condition her bento was, but Kagami didn't seem bothered by it, he actually stopped her from running away and shared his lunch box. She was so glad to have met him. It had been a nice lunch, she usually stayed with the Generation of Miracles but she knew them for three years – Aomine for much more – and, even if she loved stay with Kuroko, she wanted to have other friends than them. The managers of the basketball club were okay, but she didn't feel so close to them, of course she enjoyed the time spent with them but she never felt so comfortable in her life like she was with Kagami. It was a stupid thought, however it seemed like he knew her. He knew what to say, how to say it, how to behave to not make her feel uncomfortable... or maybe he was just good with people in general. She didn't know him after all, but she promised herself that she would, especially after what he said about basketball. He didn't want to play for win, but because he wanted to have fun. Those words were like a thunder in a clear sky. She didn't say it, but she remembered how the Generation of Miracles was: they continued to get stronger than everyone and they were starting to have less fun. Maybe they didn't figure it out for now, they still went to practice, but she knew that if something wasn't going to happen, they would start to find basketball boring. She didn't want that, she wanted them to continue to smile, not like Aomine who had started to skip practice and say that stupid thing "the only one who can beat me is me". She hoped that her childhood friend was alright, every night she prayed for someone to help him, because there was still hope, he wasn't gone yet, she knew it, but more the days passed, more Aomine was angry with himself, with others to not be strong enough. It was a pain for her to look, but what could she do?

Kagami's kind words jerked her out of her thoughts, he was telling her to not listen to this "Aomine-kun" who told her that she didn't know how to cook and continue to practice. Her heart felt warm when she heard them, nobody ever spoke to her like that, even her mother said that she was a disaster in a kitchen. Kagami, on the other hand, was telling her to continue to try, that it was okay to fail. He really seemed an angel with that bright smile on his face.

Kagami Taiga, she now knew other three things of him: first, he knew how to speak with others without making them uncomfortable, second, his cooking was to die for, third and last, he played basketball and, when he was talking about it, his eyes shined with a joyful light. He looked like Aomine when he was younger, even his body built was similar to his, he maybe was a little shorter than her childhood friend.

She began to think that it was a good thing that she didn't have a member of the Generation of Miracles in her class, now she could make friends with other people rather than continuing to talk with them about basketball and statistics. Plus, from what she had seen, even Haizaki seemed intrigued by this new student, which surprised her since he didn't care for anyone other than himself.

Momoi wanted to know more about him, she wanted to her about his story, what he liked and what he disliked, someone could say she had a crush on him, but that wasn't right. She felt the same emotion she had with Aomine, he looked like a big brother for her (even if they had the same age). She was going to befriend him, she swore to herself.

However, now, she had to take care of the Generation of Miracles that stood in the gym ready to begin practice. Of course, Aomine wasn't there. She refrained to sigh in disappointment, knowing it was useless feel bad for it.

"Momoi-san?" Kuroko's voice made her let out a scream of surprised and she looked beside her, a hand on her chest to calm the frenetic beat of her heart.

"Tetsu-kun! Stop doing that!" She puffed her cheeks, scowling at him for nearly giving her an heart-attack.

"Sorry, Momoi-san." He apologized even if he didn't look sorry at all, instead he tilted his head on a side – which was cute – and observed her with his expressionless eyes. "You were spacing out with a smile... something good happened?"

Momoi was taken aback from that question. Was she really spacing out with a smile? Remembering the bright smile that Kagami continued to give her and how he listened to her with interest, she couldn't help but to curve her lips upright.

"Yes, it did."

Author's note: My God... I wrote in two days, I'm so tired!

I wanted to give a big hug to all the person who gave me a review, I love you all! You're the ones who gives me the will to write!

I actually wanted to make Kagami encounter a member of the Generation of Miracles, but then my mind said "nope" and this is what happened XD At first I thought at Momoi like a secondary character, but while I was writing her point of view, I started to like her more and more, so she will appear more than I first thought she would.

I think next chapter will feature Kagami and his meeting with one of the GoM, I'm not sure though XD

From now on, the point of view will change more often, I'm warning you! Plus, I think Haizaki as a teenager who makes bad jokes but is not evil, you'll see more of his character in the next chapters ;)

I'm thinking to make each chapter longer because I can't make many things happen in just 6000+ words... I'll see with the next ones ;)

(By the way, I'll probably update again this week because Sunday is my birthday and I'll be busy next week, no promises though)

Tell me if you liked this with a comment, I really like reading them, they warm my heart ;D