Note: Unedited. No Beta. Short chapter. Crossover KnBxKHR. NO PROMPT FOR THIS CHAPTER.

Flickering Lights

10:

[All the freshmen are to gather at the second year's floor during lunch break.]

"Go buy a sandwich and bring it back."

. . . . .

"Just for a sandwich? Aren't this pretty much the whole students here?!"

"It's chaos..."

Kagami only stared at the huge amount of students flowing on the canteen, desperately buying the sandwich as if they're life depended on it. No matter how long he looked, the students doesn't seem to be reducing. It's increasing!

"This is the rush hour in Japan?" he said, voice faintly horrified. He could already see his fellow aspirant basketball players trying to get in but was thrown out rather carelessly.

"It's impossible without real strength! The forwards of rugby team, the linemen of American Football team, the Sumo and Weigh-lifting... we won't be able to pass with them blocking the way!"

Hearing that, and despite feeling horrified at the insane amount of desperate students for just that sandwich he doesn't even know if it's worth it, he felt his competitiveness exploding. His eyes shined as he looked on in determination.

"Interesting. I'm going!" he exclaimed and was about to enter the fight when he felt someone holding his arm.

"Kagami-kun." he heard Kuroko say. He looked at his friend and he thrust the very sandwich they were ordered to get on him. Kagami absently took it and looked at it, dumbfounded. The rest of them looked at Kuroko in shocked surprise.

"What...?"

"It's dangerous for Kagami-kun to enter."

"Whoa!"

"How did you get it?!" some of them exclaimed as Kuroko had in his hand two sandwich, one of which he gave to Kagami.

"I just let myself go with the flow, took two, left some money and got out." They looked at him with wide eyes.

"Go with the flow?" Kagami asked in disbelief. Kuroko stared at him calmly.

"Despite being your rain, I can also be your mist if needed Kagami-kun."

Here comes the weather reference...

Kuroko looked at the rest and saw them giving him a faint look. "Is something wrong...?"

"Nothing. As expected of the phantom sixth man. He's special."

Kagami tugged Kuroko's hand and gave the sandwich to him. Kuroko looked at him, aura puzzled and his eye twitch minutely. "Give it to them. I want to buy the huge one." he gave a bright grin before plunging in to the chaos.

He was thrown out.

He went in again.

Was thrown out once again.

He wiped the sweat on his forehead. This is tough, he thought to himself, grin widening at the challenge.

"Kagami-kun!" said teen blinked and reflexively turned to look at where the voice is coming from. He saw Kuroko walking to him holding a huge sandwich that he had wanted to buy, expression severe. The aura emitting around him is dark. "I told you it's dangerous." Kuroko said with empasis on his voice yet without any other inflection on his voice. It's quite an achievement.

And it's also the first time he saw his friend looking like that. For such a small guy, he carries a lot of presence.

And seemed to be domineering.

"I'm fine," Kagami grumbled, patting himself to get his clothes a little clean from the dirt it got. The longer he did it, the darker Kuroko's aura seemed to be. And it didn't even last a five-second mark.

Kuroko held his hand, forcefully gave him the sandwich, took a clean, light blue handkerchief from his pocket and pulled him down to his face, cleaning his dirtied forehead and wiping his sweat.

He can clearly see the blue in Kuroko's eyes and his long lashes flickering absently as his eyes roam onto his face. He blinked rapidly.

"Next time, listen."

"Okaaay. Don't be upset about it." he said, pacifying his friend. Kuroko didn't say anything and just turn his back on him after cleaning him up. He looked at the huge sandwich in his hand, at his friend and felt awkward.

After a minute of waiting for the others who still tried to buy one eventhough Kuroko offered to go, Kagami went to his friend and put his hand on his shoulder.

"I'm sorry." He made Kuroko turn to look at him and saw him looking calmly like always, yet Kagami could feel that he is still a little upset. "I get it. You're worried. But going in isn't that dangerous Kuroko." Kuroko eye twitch for a bit and Kagami suddenly have the insight that his friend wasn't really worried about that.

It's about his own recklessness in the face of challenge.

True, If it is challenges, his adrenaline surges up and he always feel the urge to compete. It's just something he does because it is fun and the energy he expends helps him focus a lot more on mental exercises like his studies. Or he sometimes ends up in fights back in america because he needed to. He doesn't do anything dangerous without him having any reason.

"Alright. If it is dangerous..." he paused. He can't say that he won't do it because he probably won't be able to fulfill that promise. He knows himself. If something isn't right and confronting is dangerous, he would still do it especially for people he cares about. Seeing Kuroko's aura darkening again, he hurriedly continued. "... I'll tell you."

Kuroko gave him a long look before he sighed and nodded, his aura returning back to normal.

Kagami gave a sigh of relief. He felt like he avoided a crisis.

He couldn't help but wonder though. Kuroko has become a little... protective of him ever since that day on the street court with Kise. Why? Was it because he was also careless there? But he knows the odds. It wasn't dangerous. Is it about his recklessness like today?

Hmm...

. . . . .

"Delicious..." Kuroko said, tone clearly telling he is happy.

Kagami smiled at seeing his friend's clearly happy face, not the usual small indications, but the full expression of it, over a sandwich they bought that their senpai's said they could eat.

"Wooh?! This is the first time I see Kuroko looking so happy!"

They all ate theirs and their faces also beamed in happiness.

He ate his and moaned at the taste. Kagami thinks that just one of this won't be enough for him even if it's huge. He saw his senpai's looking at him with gaping mouths. They really should get used to it because he had always been a heavy eater.

They would see this often if they would become teammates.

TBC.

(Word Count: 1100)

A/N:

Haha! I can't resist putting this up. Since harmony is established, I think Kuroko with a dual -flame, will get overprotective for a while...

Alright! Preliminaries in the next chapter!

P.S. Prompts guys! Give me prompts for the next scene.