Shoes squeaked, the sound of a ball hitting the ground, someone whistled, a group was cheering, and the opposing team asked for a member change. The replacement was a cat person dribbling a pineapple. He was-

"Shutoku will lose the game if someone here doesn't wake up," I flinched, my brother was waking me up. I opened my eyes and there he was squatted on the floor looking at me annoyed. "I'm glad you wake up. Hurry up, and everyone's waiting"

"But I only have an hour of sleep," I reasoned out so that he will spare me.

"Liar, you always sleep earlier"

I stretched, "Okay,okay. Just wait for me outside"

"I'll be waiting so hurry up," he said before leaving. In less than twenty minutes I was already wearing our usual varsity outfit for women composed of an orange skirt, a white T-shirt with orange sleeves and an orange varsity jacket. I went out of my room taking my sling bag with me.

"Let's go, Nii-san"

"You're changing time is so slow, can you hurry your time to ten minutes?"

"I'm a WO-MAN, unless you've forgotten"

He shook his head, "Come on"

I followed him to the bus where all the players and the coach are. I sat beside him, our seat opposite Midorima's. I looked over to have a proper view of him. He was holding a brown teddy bear wearing a basketball jersey on his taped left hand. He met my gaze and greeted me with a nod, I nodded back. It's been a week ever since I met Midorima Shintaro of Teiko, but it seem like I met him before. Maybe I forgot? I shrugged and just leaned back on my seat.I closed my eyes and a dream visited me.

"Tell me Azami, will Shutoku win again?" Coach Nakatani of Shutoku asked. I was watching my brother's first game as a regular. There are 20 minutes before the said game will end. I stared intently at the slow paced game, and with a smile I faced the Coach. "Coach Nakatani, Shutoku wins," just as I foresaw Shutoku won the game.

I slowly opened my eyes and yawned, what a nostalgic dream. The bus stopped and it was already parked on the gymnasium where the Inter High was held. I stretched and walked briskly to the door. I exited and looked around. The sole reason why I was here was because I can see the final play of a game before it takes place. There's a time limit of 20-10-5 minutes interval though. With this ability, the Coach gave me special access to every game.

I sighed and walked to the gym. I was greeted by the Coach when I went in and took my usual seat on the bench.

"So this is what you're talking about," someone said beside me. I turned it was Midorima, I nodded.
"Why are you staying on the bench? You're supposed to be on court," I retorted.

"I'll enter on the second half and finish the game," he replied, raising his glasses.

"Ugh... this is so boring..." I just went in and the final play already showed itself to me. Still the future can change, this group just need a push. "Show some balls, Miori High!" I yelled, surprising the players of each team and the guys of the bench where I'm sitting.

"What are you saying all of a sudden, Azami?" Coach Nakatani asked.

"Coach, the future depends on them even if I already saw what will happen, these bastards called 'Basketball Team' can still win," I replied.

"What are you talking about? It's your school who's competing. It's important for Shutoku to win," Midorima said annoyed. The bench warmers agreed to what he just said.

"Without challenge, this is nothing but a boring game," Coach Nakatani said for me. "That's Shutoku's logic"

"And my logic as well," I stared back at the court, I'm getting sick of this, can't anyone stand on the same ground as Shutoku?

"I agree with the logic but I hate people who's supporting the opposing team when they already have a team to cheer on," Midorima said haughtily.

"You can't play with someone who only wants a privilege of playing with you" I sighed, "I want a team who can stand on equal ground as Shutoku. If that kind of team exists then I'll gladly support them"

"I'm sorry to put an end to your dreams but such team doesn't exist. Shutoku will never lose," he retorted.

I narrowed my eyes, that's the weirdest logic I've ever heard, I don't want to hear that again. I sighed and closed my eyes drifting to a sleep.


I was awakened by the our cheering squad's voices, I stirred and opened my eyes. My head was resting on someone's varsity jacket. I shrugged and stared at the court in time with Midorima's long shoot. I was mesmerized by how long its arc was. Good shot as always, Midorima...

"So, what's the final play?" Coach Nakatani asked. I boringly smiled, "Shutoku wins"

The game had ended and as foreseen, Shutoku won. "Players of both teams, please gather!" the referee announced. The players lined up facing each other. "One hundred twenty-one points against fifty nine. The winners of this match is Shutoku High!"

"Thank you very much!" both teams shouted. The players now returned to there bench.

"That varsity jacket is mine. I saved you the hassle of suddenly sleeping on the bench," Midorima said. I must've used his shoulder as support earlier. "Am I heavy?" I asked curiously, he shrugged and was about to say something when-

"Kimura, pineapple!" Nii-san yelled. Here he goes again, Midorima's already my friend, when will he quit saying his favorite word?

"Later, Miyaji," Kimura-senpai replied.

"Yay! Another victory, Miyaji-senpai!" Takao proudly announced before putting his arm around Nii-san's shoulder. As usual, Nii-san complained and talked about how freshmen should treat their seniors. I shook my head and stood up returning the varsity jacket to Midorima. "Here, thanks a lot"

"What do you think of today's victory?" he asked. I looked up to him, since he was too tall for a 178 cm girl like me. "Hmm... needs improvement"


"Achoo!" I wiped my nose.

"Azami, did you catch a-"

"Cold? Well, for some reason I unluckily did," I said cutting Nii-san off.

He put the basketball down and reached for my forehead, "You've a fever, just take it easy, today"

"Can I really miss school?" I asked sneezing.

"Don't make it sound like I don't care for you. Of course, you've to stay here and get better," he replied.

"Okay, Sir"

He sighed and took the basketball again. "I'm off to school then. So take care of yourself"

"Ye-achoo!"

He shook his head and was about to leave but I called him back again. "Nii-san, say 'Hi' to Midorima for me, okay?"

He nodded and simply left with an irritated expression on his face. I returned to my bed and was about to sleep when my phone rings. I picked it up and answered not bothering to check the caller ID.

"Azaachan~!" Ugh... so loud. I moved the phone on a safe distance from my ear. "We're watching Seirin and Kaijo's practice game, wanna come?" with the loud voice, I already knew it was Miaka, a friend from Middle School.

"Stop disturbing her!" another voice which I recognized as Yuzuku's was on the background. Yuzuku was Miaka's friend which I only knew through emails.

I sighed and replied an excuse, "I can't because my horoscope says that I should stay home, today"

"Yuzuuchan, convince her!"

"No!"

I sighed again, my head is beginning to throb with this lively bodies. "I'm not going, period," I announced before ending the call. Damn cold, I'm going to die because of you.


"Azami-chan's not here today," Takao announced. He and Midorima are going to the gym for practice.

"I'm not asking you," Midorima said fixing his glasses for the umpteenth time.

"Such a tsundere, Shin-chan. I know you've been itching to see her that's why we're rushing to the gym"

"Shut up, Takao. I don't have any time for senseless things"

Takao laughed while they entered the gym, "Geez, Shin-chan"

"Yo, Midorima," Kiyoshi Miyaji greeted, surprising the two. "'Sup, Miyaji-senpai. It's weird for you to greet Shin-chan all of a sudden," Takao comments.

"Azami asked me to, next time I won't greet Midorima again"

"Please do so, it will just be a waste of your time," Midorima replied. Miyaji smiled eerily, "Want me to hit you with a pineapple?"

Midorima ignored him and simply walked to the locker room. Takao followed after him.

"Nee~ Shin-chan, don't you feel happy that Azami-chan even asked Miyaji-senpai to greet you? Every guy dreams of being special to a girl," Takao retorted.

"Are you making me laugh? My happiness is not as shallow as yours," Midorima replied seriously.

"Tsundere!"

"Shut up, Takao"


A/N: To those who read this, thank you once again. I hope that you continue supporting this story. ^-^

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Disclaimer: I don't own Kuroko no Basuke, so some scenes are made up and some are based solely on the manga and anime


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