Through My Heart
~First Quarter - Extra Chapter!~
Chapter 4.5 – 生日快乐！－ Happy Birthday！
One would call Nanase Miho a true friend. She was a friend who never forgot anyone's birthday, ever. This year, at Teiko Middle School, Miho met Momoi and the other regulars from the Teiko Basketball Team. Meeting new people means making new friends, thus celebrating numerous birthdays.
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~Midorima Shintarou - July 7th
"Momoi, Miho, good morning," Midorima walked into the classroom with his usual lucky item and bandages on his left hand.
The two girls stopped their chat and looked up at Midorima.
"Good morning, Midorin!"
"Shin-chan, good morning," both of them greeted respectively.
Instead of sitting down, the green haired shooter let out a sigh, "Are both of you free on July 7th?"
Momoi tilted her head, "Hm? Yes, why?"
To this, Midorima let out another sigh, "My parents are organizing a party to celebrate my birthday and have ordered me to invite at least five people."
Miho let out a small smile, "I'll go. My parents are going out of town this weekend so I'll be alone at home anyhow."
Momoi piped up as well, "Woot! Celebrating Midorin's birthday! Count me in!"
Midorima shook his head in annoyance, "Hmph, don't get too excited. This whole idea is just absurd."
"Who else are you going to invite?" Miho asked.
"Akashi, Aomine and Murasakibara," Midorima stated.
Momoi sweat dropped, "Midorin has no friends outside of basketball..."
Miho shook her head at the statement, "Now that she mentions it...I don't either..."
Midorima grumbled and walked away, "Things like that are useless."
After the boy walked away, Momoi excitedly turned to the bluenette, "Micchan, what are you going to get him for a present?"
Miho shook her head, "I have no clue...maybe his lucky item for the day, or something like that..."
Momoi's face paled as well, "Yeah...you're right. What would he even want..."
The two girls let out a long sigh. This was going to be one tedious birthday party...
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"Sei-chan...what are you getting Shin-chan for his birthday...?" Miho asked the red haired vice-captain after practice.
"Hmm...what I'm getting Midorima...?" Akashi thought for a while before turning to face Miho, "I'm...not quite sure about that yet."
It was actually the first time Miho saw the boy looking unsure about something. The girl sweat dropped before giving a small nod.
"Ah...well, thanks anyways," Miho nodded.
"Miho," Akashi called her as she was about to leave.
The girl paused and turned back, "Hm? What's wrong?"
"Let's go shopping for Midorima's birthday present after I change," Akashi suggested.
Miho guess it couldn't hurt, thus she smiled and nodded, "Alright...!"
Once Akashi came out of the change room, the two set off to find the green haired boy a birthday present.
"Let's head to a horoscope and zodiac shop first," Akashi suggested and smiled at the girl.
Miho nodded, "Hm, alright."
"Welcome!" the shop owner smiled at the two as they entered.
Both Akashi and Nanase gave a small greeting back before looking around in the shop. The entire shop was filled with talismans, lucky items, lucky stones and other fate related items.
The two first years looked around silently, wondering what in the world would actually interest Midorima.
"Sei-chan, do you know what the others are going to buy?" Miho asked, picking up a necklace with a big shell hanging from it.
When Akashi didn't answer, the girl turned and saw him holding a silver ring with a large amethyst stone on it.
"Pretty..." a gasp escaped the girl's mouth subconsciously.
Akashi turned and stared at Miho for a while, "Try it on."
"Huh?" Miho tilted her head in confusion and blushed when the red haired boy grabbed her right hand and slipped the ring on her fourth finger.
He gripped her wrist and brought it beside her blue hair and a smile plastered on his face, "It suits you very well. I will get this ring."
Miho widened her eyes, "H-Huh? W-Wait, Sei-chan, I don't ne—"
The bluenette shut her mouth when she saw the look on Akashi's face. She knew better than to argue with him when he had that look. If she said anything else, he would probably just get angry at her.
In the end, the two walked out of the shop with a new ring on Miho's hand.
The bluenette let out a small sigh, "How did it turn out like this..."
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"How did it turn out like this...!?" Miho twitched as she stood in front of the door or her house with many shopping bags in her hands.
After the ring, Akashi had taken the girl to several clothing store to look for something for Midorima to wear. However, in the end, he just ended up picking more outfits for Miho.
By the end of the gift shopping spree, both of them have gained no progress in the gift, but instead, Miho gained many new accessories and clothes. Akashi had told her to 'dress yourself up better.'
Letting out a sigh, Miho walked into her house and carried the bags to her room. Despite everything, she had to admit that Akashi's tastes were quite...sophisticated and elegant. The clothing that she had bought were all very simple, yet pretty at the same time. Her favorite was still the dark amethyst ring that now lay on her right hand's fourth finger. Akashi wasn't lying—it did suit her pretty well.
"Well, that was almost a complete waste of time. I still don't have a present for Shin-chan..." Miho sighed loudly again whilst reminding herself to never go out shopping with Akashi ever again.
Well, she would try again tomorrow, she guessed.
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"Hmm...? Mido-chin's birthday present...? I'll bring him lots of sweets~," Murasakibara nodded sleepily as he answered Miho's question.
The blue haired girl let out a sigh. What did she even expect from Murasakibara...
Moving on, she headed towards Aomine, "Dai-chan...what are you getting for Shin-chan's birthday?"
Aomine thought for a while, "Oh, I'll get him a sports gift card."
Miho didn't know what else she expected from Aomine as well.
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Miho was walking home from school that day with a frown on her face. Midorima's birthday party was tomorrow and she still didn't have a present.
At that moment, a man came up to him, "Hey, young lady! Would you like to enter a draw? The grand prize is two tickets to a hot spring in the mountains!"
Nanase sighed, "Well, alright I guess..."
"Right this way, please!" the man led her to a booth where she spun the spinner and a blue ball rolled out.
"Um..." Miho looked at the man with confusion, "What's blue?"
The man perked up, "Blue is the special prize! We currently have a Oha Asa lucky item campaign! These are the rare items that will give luck for the whole year!"
Miho suddenly felt lightheaded. Capricorn's horoscope must've been first today...
.-.-.-.
"Happy birthday, Shin-chan!"
"Midorin! Happy birthday!"
Midorima stared at the two girls who were beaming at him as they stood by the door of his house.
He let out a sigh, "Come in."
Akashi, Murasakibara, and Aomine were already inside. They were playing Super Smash Bros Brawl on Midorima's Wii.
"Shin-chan, you have a Wii?!" Miho gasped as she stared at the green haired boy. She honestly could not imagine him playing on a Wii.
"That's Minori's," Midorima motioned towards a small girl, sitting in the living room.
Momoi widened her eyes, "Ah, so that's Midorin's little sister! She's so cute!"
The pink haired girl immediately rushed over to the small green haired girl and played with her.
Miho stared nervously and gently closed the door, "Um...Happy birthday. Here's your present."
The girl passed the present bag to the green haired shooter. For some reason, she felt embarrassed standing at the entranceway of his house alone. It was fine with Momoi, but now it felt just plain awkward.
Midorima seemed to feel the same.
He pushed up his glasses and accepted the present, "Thank you."
There was an awkward silent between the two. Miho felt her blood quickening.
"Why am I this nervous...? It's not like it's just me here..." Miho thought to herself before she gave the boy a smile.
"Well, thanks for inviting me!"
"Yeah..." Midorima nodded, "Don't just stand there. Come inside."
The girl gave a weak nod and stepped inside the house formally, "Pardon the intrusion..."
Midorima rubbed his temples lightly, "It's fine. Momoi barged in to play with my sister and the rest barged in to play on Minori's Wii."
Miho took off her shoes and gave the boy a small smile, "Well, then I'll be polite to show your parents that your friends aren't just a group of delinquents."
Midorima stared at the girl for a while before turning away with a light blush on his face, "F-Fine. Do what you want."
The girl gave a small nod and followed Midorima to the kitchen where all his relatives and Momoi were.
Miho paled at the scene before her.
"I'll prepare some dishes, Midorima-san!" Momoi happily announced.
Both Midorima and Miho looked at each other. Oh god... Aomine had warned them before that Momoi's cooking was absolutely disastrous.
Not wanting his kitchen to be ruined, Midorima stepped in, "Momoi, Aomine's making a ruckus with the Wii. Can you go deal with that idiot?"
The pink haired girl's expression immediately changed at this, "That Ahomine! He needs to learn some manners in other people's houses!"
With that, she stormed off.
Midorima's mother sighed at her son, "Shintarou, that was rude."
Miho laughed at this, "Midorima-san, it's fine. It's better to keep Sa-chan out of the kitchen..."
"Hm?" Midorima's mother turned to look at Miho, "Who's this, Shintarou?"
"Nanase Miho. She's...a classmate," the boy stated after some hesitation.
"Ouch, classmate zoned..." Miho thought to herself.
"I see, it's great to see that Shintarou has some friends! He's always so serious about his horoscopes and fate that we were worried!" the green haired lady smiled at Miho.
Miho gave her a small smile back, "Thank you. Do you need any help on the dishes?"
Midorima's mother turned to her son again, "Geez, Shintarou. Show your friends around the house or something. It's bad to let them help with the food when they are guests!"
Midorima pushed up his glasses, "Alright."
Sighing like this was the worst thing that's ever happened to him, Midorima led Miho back to the living room, where the three boys and Momoi were playing Smash Bros Brawl—well, Momoi and Aomine were. Murasakibara was eating sweets and Akashi was observing carefully.
Miho walked over and saw that Aomine was playing as Ike and Momoi as Zelda.
"W-Who's winning..." Miho raised an eyebrow as she sat down beside Akashi.
"Momoi is doing very well against Aomine. But Aomine will win this round," the red haired boy stated.
Miho tilted her head, "How do you know?"
"I always win, so I am always right," Akashi replied confidently.
"Sei-chan, did you win before?" Miho asked.
Akashi gave the girl a glare.
The bluenette sweat dropped, "I think that was an redundant question, huh."
"Akachin played as Marth and destroyed everyone..." Murasakibara stated.
Miho sweat dropped again. She could totally imagine that...
Midorima let out a sigh, "For goodness sakes...why is my team filled with a bunch of idiots...?!"
The green haired boy slipped out of the house when nobody was looking and grabbed a basketball. Since the entire house was filled with idiots, he might as well add in some practice...
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"Yes! I won against Satsuki!" Aomine cheered.
Momoi grumbled, "A-Again! Micchan, lets both go against Ahomine this time!"
Akashi got tired of just watching.
The red haired vice-captain let out a sigh, "How about I join in too?"
Both Aomine and Momoi sweat dropped. Akashi completely beat them last time...
"We'll draw the teams," Akashi suggested.
Everyone nodded. There was no way they could refuse Akashi anyhow...
In the end, Miho and Akashi ended up on one team while Aomine and Momoi ended up on another. While drawing the slips of paper, Akashi noticed the ring on Miho's right hand. After seeing her wear the piece of jewelry that he bought, a small smirk plastered on his face.
"Something wrong, Sei-chan?" Miho tilted her head innocently and ask.
The red head smile, "Nothing. Let's start."
The game was completely one sided. Even though Miho was horrible at attacking and died continuously, Akashi completely defeated Momoi and Aomine. It didn't help that Momoi and Aomine had quite a few self-destructs from bashing at each other.
In the end, Momoi and Aomine sprawled on the ground, exhausted.
Akashi nodded, "The win was a given."
The bluenette sweat dropped at the sight before noticing something wrong. They were at Midorima's house...so where was he?
"Um...have you guys seen Shin-chan?" Miho asked.
Momoi sat up, "Now that you mention it..."
"Mido-chin left the house a while ago," Murasakibara chewed on a piece of cake as he stated.
"Eh?!"
Miho stood up, "I-I'll go look for him. You guys continue playing...!"
With that, the blue haired girl put on her shoes and ran out of the house as well.
Momoi stared after her worriedly, "Will she be okay...? Wouldn't she get lost...?"
Aomine let out a sigh, "That idiot... Running out when she has no sense of direction."
Akashi stared at the door before turning back towards the television, "She'll be fine. It's concerns Midorima after all..."
"Hm?" everyone stared at the vice-captain in confusion.
The red head let out a small knowing smile.
.-.-.-.
The bluenette let out a sigh. Perhaps running off by herself was a pretty bad idea. Yet something about running away from one's own birthday party irked her.
Suddenly, the girl heard a familiar sound—the dribbling of balls.
She followed the sound and arrived at street basketball court and saw a familiar green haired shooter there.
She should've known that he would be practicing basketball on his own birthday...
Even though it was quite strange and annoying in a way, the bluenette admired the boy's hard work. Even when everyone was dead tired from the practices, Midorima would always still be there, practicing.
Slipping some coins in a vending machine, Miho bought some of Midorima's favorite drink, the red bean soup. Smiling, she walked into the court and picked up the ball after it rolled to her.
Midorima looked up and widened his eyes, "Miho..."
The girl tossed him the drink, "Geez, you're practicing on your own birthday. Take a break. Your parents are preparing the food. You should be there when the dinner starts.
Midorima opened the drink and took a sip while walking towards the girl, "I'll head back now."
Miho smiled happily before turning to the boy, "Shin-chan!"
"Yes?"
"Will you teach me how to shoot your three pointer someday?"
The boy paused before a he grunted, "You'll never be able to learn it."
The girl pouted, "What? Why?"
"Morons aren't able to learn anything,," the green haired shooter stated whilst grabbing the ball from Miho's hands and shooting another basket.
Miho narrowed her eyes, "Shin-chan's calling me a moron...?"
Midorima let out a sigh from this, "Fine. I'll teach you."
Miho's eyes widened, "Really? Promise?"
Annoyed, Midorima turned around and pinched Miho's cheek, "Yes, now stop complaining!"
"Ouch..." the bluenette rubbed her cheek before turning to the green haired shooter, "then it's a promise. You'll teach me someday, right, Shin-chan?"
He placed his hand on her head, "Yeah, a promise."
Seeing Miho's excited and happy face, Midorima was secretly glad that his parents decided to throw this birthday party.
A/N: I do not own Kuroko no Basuke or any of the characters.
Eek! I have no idea what the heck I just wrote! To be honest, I just planned it to be a little something to lighten up the entire story a bit. I was actually going to do both Shin-chan and Dai-chan's birthdays, but just Shin-chan's turned out to be 2500 words ish! Oh god... Also, ugh I think I made Shin-chan and Sei-chan too OOC here. In the Kuroko no Basuke game, they say that Akashi is more of a motherly kind person-ish - well, this was from Wikia, so I have no clue. Thus, I made him really weird in this... Sigh...
Well, despite everything, I hope you guys enjoyed the mini side story! Also, please tell me if you would like me to do Aomine's as well. I'm definitely going to add a birthday one for Miho and Akashi since well, Miho's birthdate is the 25th of December and Akashi's is the 20th... And, also, I really love writing these Kiseki no Sedai out of school interaction things. It's pretty fun!
Well, once again, thank you all so much for the reviews! Please keep reviewing! The more reviews I get, the faster I update! ^_^ This is especially true after school starts and hell starts to befall me. My parent's are actually very much like Miho's father...thus, I will have to be a good girl and study a lot. -_-
Well, either way, I love writing this and I love reading the reviews you guys give me so much! So, please keep reviewing and I hope you enjoyed the chapter!
I love you all!
~Yuvi