Uh. Wow. I'm kind of awed at the reviews I got for last chapter. I mean, I like it a lot, but I didn't think you guys would too. So thank you Nocturnal Leanings, ben4kevin, Qir, cywsaphyre, skyright, fighterdreamer, hagane, and the unnamed guest for whom I have a message which might also clarify something for the others: when I said captain, I actually meant Hyuuga. That would be an interesting analysis for a Freudian slip. For me, Kuroko's captain just is Hyuuga. Full stop. Because Kuroko's team is Seirin. Interesting to see how other people feel about it...
This chapter I also like very much; because, as I said previously, Kagami is a tender-hearted socially awkward teenager. I feel for him. And sorry for all the swearing, but it just didn't come out right without it. I blame Kagami.
Summary : Chapter 25: Jealous. He's absolutely not sulking because Kuroko asked Aomine of all people to teach him how to shoot. Nope. Not at all. The killing intent is just a natural side-effect.
Taiga's not jealous. Not at all. Just because Kuroko asked that bastard to teach him doesn't mean his shadow doesn't trust him. He's a grown sixteen-year-old and he's lived through three years of Teikou madness; he can do whatever he pleases and Taiga won't care. It's not like he's Kuroko's keeper or anything.
He slams in the ball just a little a harder than necessary.
… But really, why did he go to that asshole? He had the whole Seirin team – Hyuuga would have done it in half the time Aomine would and with considerably less stupidity – Kise would probably beg for a chance to help his "Kurokocchi", hell, even Midorima would be a more logical choice. You have a problem with shooting? Go to the guy who has a 120% success rate on his baskets to teach you how to make one. But does Kuroko do logic? Nope. Damn him.
And he absolutely doesn't feel the urge to go and check – and even if he did, it's because he knows Aomine has got to be a horrible teacher, and Kuroko won't learn by the match, and then he'll have an excuse to kill the smug bastard, not because he's worried about Kuroko or the fact that all of the Generation of Miracles seem to have a weird fascination with their sixth member and they're forever trying to take him away from Tai – from Seirin to get him to play for them. He still remembers Kise extending a hand to Kuroko with that fucking big goofy smile on his face (and what the hell is with him anyway and that stupid way he always hugs Kuroko nearly to suffocation point, and why the hell is Kuroko is stupid enough to wait with a long-suffering sigh for the blonde menace to let go instead of shoving him off for air) saying you don't belong here and come with me and Taiga's pretty sure if he tries that again he'll rip his arm off –
And no, dammit, he doesn't feel vexed that Kuroko asked somebody else to teach him to shoot, because he's got his own training, and there's no way he would have skipped on it just to help Kuroko, because the coach would skin him and feed him to that damn dog, no way he'd go through that just for Kuroko –
Damn. He needs to get better at lying to himself.