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Responses to Reviews:
Daygon Yuuki ~ I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks he's kinda creepy. ;v;
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Also: I noticed that in the last chapter, there was a lot of unnecessary quotation marks and other junk that seemingly appeared out of nowhere. That happens all the time when I type up something and save it in FanFiction, so I always try to type up chapters in Word Documents. And not only were there quotation mark mess-ups, there were also bold words where there weren't supposed to be bold words, and the first chunk of the chapter was squished together awkwardly.
I hope you can forgive me for the….weirdness in the last chapter! /bows
Now, on with the show!
Kagami wilted in his seat, an almost inaudible groan escaping chapped lips.
"What's wrong, Kagami-kun?" Kuroko prodded him in the back with a pencil. He looked aloof as always, though Kagami knew him to be concerned.
"Coach tripled my training," the redhead elaborated, sinking even further into his seat. Frankly, he looked pathetic. "And you dumped your stupid dog on me!"
"Because you almost sat on me three times during practice yesterday," the tealnette replied placidly, a frown playing at his lips. "Normally you at least make an effort to notice me. What—"
Before he could finish his sentence, the bell rang boisterously.
"Hold that thought, Kuroko," said Kagami. Preferably forever.
The bluenette gave him a pointed look, slinging his backpack over his thin shoulder.
A tedious beeping noise interrupted practice.
"Kuroko-kun?" Riko stared at him questionably, one eyebrow lifted. "Is that your phone? It's coming from your backpack."
Kuroko promptly retreated to said backpack, rifling through it and plucking his light blue phone out with practiced ease. The beeping was cut off shortly after.
"Ah. It would appear so," he spoke tentatively after a while. "Akashi-kun was calling me."
"Calling you?" This only served to confound the coach even more. "Why would he call you during practice?"
"I don't know," admitted Kuroko. "It must have been important, though. May I take this call outside?"
Riko eyed him critically, but complied in the end. "Alright. But hurry back, 'kay?"
"Of course. Thank you." Kuroko bowed to her quickly, then hurried out.
"That doesn't seem like something Akashi would do."
Riko blinked and glanced back at Kuroko's light. "…Huh?"
"Calling him during practice, I mean," Kagami corrected himself. He scratched the nape of his neck, an almost nervous habit. "Akashi….he's just too….what's the word…"
"Suave?" Izuki suggested helpfully.
"Yeah, suave. That's the word."
"….Do you even know what 'suave' means?" Riko asked disbelievingly.
"Uh….not exactly."
"Idiot!" The coach whapped him on the head, seemingly bent on giving him twenty-five bruises per day.
"Hey! Ow!"
"Um…Coach?" a disembodied voice interjected.
"Wah!" The brunette jumped back. "…Eh? You already talked to Akashi-san?"
"Akashi-kun is straight to the point," the tealnette said vaguely. "Did I….miss anything?" He seemed to be referring to the blossoming bruise on the grumbling Kagami's head.
"I think you need to sic Nigou on him again," Riko said sweetly.
"Oi!"
Kuroko took the crackling tension in the air as his cue to scrutinize the redhead closely...(and somewhat creepily.)
"Kagami-kun is still wearing that weird expression," he remarked.
Kagami's eyebrows furrowed, perplexed. "What weird expression?"
"The expression of thinking," clarified the bluenette. "Something Kagami-kun rarely does."
"Hey! Why is everyone against me?!"
"I'm not. I was just saying."
"Ugh! You're just an idiot, Kuroko!"
"That was unwarranted, Kagami-kun."
"Shut up! You're the one who's oblivious to Akashi trying to flirt his way into your pants!"
There was a long, uncomfortable period of silence. The gym was stuffy and hot, but suddenly everyone felt the temperature drop significantly.
"What was that, Taiga?"
"Oh…I forgot to mention that Akashi-kun is coming to visit Seirin," remembered Kuroko calmly.
Nigou barked cheerfully from beside the bluenette.
…Kagami was sure the world was out to get him.
A/N: I'm so mean to Kagami.
I'm sorry.
(Not really.)
Apologies! I'm really fond of filler chapters with friendshippy moments between the Seirin members, I guess! I never knew this about myself before, strangely enough.
My headcanon is that Kagami is a buttmonkey. I'm always putting him through hell. Poor guy. He has to endure Akashi's wrath.
Not to mention Riko's. And Kuroko's.
But worst of all…Nigou's.
I'm seriously trash. I need to stop.
This chapter is also trash, 'cause I'm half-asleep right now and barely aware of what I'm typing. Wowzers.
I feel like I'm forgetting to say something. Hmm.