Kuroko no basket: sweeter than marshmallows

-03-

Murasakibara Atsushi

"Oi Atsushi" Muro-chin hits my arm and I look down. "Have you seen Uyeno-chan today?" Why the sudden interest in that dwarf? I'm glad she isn't at school today. She annoys me. 

I shake my head a bit and continue walking towards practice. 

"Do you know what happened? You left shortly after she did yesterday." He continues. 

I shrug "whatever.. I didn't see anything Muro-chin" I put my hands behind my head and look up to the ceiling. 

I was trying out the newest kitkat flavor, it's good but not special or anything. It could use some a bite. 

That's when I saw that Dwarf crossing the street. A speeding car turns the corner a second later and is going full speed towards her. 

She froze in place, unable to move.

I dropped my kitkat and ran towards her to pull her away. I did do it with a bit too much force though, I heard her wrist snap when I pulled her towards me. 

She was shaking and could barely stand on her feet. 

I watch how the car turns around the corner, it's too fast for me to run after. I'll get those bastards another time. 

"I can't believe those people" I mutter under my breath, how can you drive like that. They obviously saw her standing there. Why didn't they stop?

I can see her looking up for a second. She looks.. Scared. 

"Are you okay?" I don't even know her full name. 

"T-thank you.." Her voice is weak, all the colour disappeared from her face.  

I doubt that she can even stand on her own. Let alone walk. "Can you walk?" I ask her. I release her arm after a small nod from her but she immediately falls to the ground. 

A sigh leaves my lips. "If you tell anyone about this I'll crush you" I say before taking her case and putting it over my shoulder. I proceed to pick her up and continue to walk. There's a hospital near, she should get her wrist checked out. 

I brought her to her house after that. But I doubt that she'll remember any of that. Nobody will find out that I carried her to the hospital. 

Turns out that I did break her wrist. 

She didn't attend school the rest of the week. Muro-kun and I finished the assignment and handed it in, we got a good grade on it as well. 

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Uyeno Runi 

Everyone is preparing to go on the bus to our school trip, we'll be going to an outdoor place where we'll walk in the forests and mountains every day. 

I'm not looking forward to it. 

I still can't remember what happened after the Titan picked me up that night, I woke up in my own bed with a cast on my wrist. I can't play the violin for at least six weeks. I tried it, it doesn't work with a cast on you. 

That's why I solely focus on my left hand now, I need to keep my muscles flexible so that I will still be able to compete this year. 

I put my bagage in the bus and sit down, there's not a lot of seats left. I hope that nobody sits besides me.

But someone does. Himuro-san appears besides me and sits down a minute before the bus leaves. 

"Hey how are you?" He asks "I haven't seen you in a while"

I nod and hold my broken wrist up "I had a little accident" I give myself a mental face slap, that sounded way to childish. 

His eyes widen a little in shock "how did that happen? Did you break it?" 

I nod a little "yea.. I can't play the violin for a couple weeks.. And I doubt that I'll catch up enough to enter the tournaments.." A sigh leaves my lips "looks like I'm done for the year." 

"But.. How?" He frowns a little. 

"I almost got hit by a car" I mumble "the Titan pulled me out of the way but broke my wrist on accident." I don't blame him. It's probably hard for him to not break people on accident. Just falling against him pushed all the air out of my lungs. 

I should watch him play basketball sometimes. 

Himuro-san stays silent for a while and then looks at the chairs behind me "Atsushi is that true?" 

"Heh.." a lazy voice sounds from behind me.  

Was he sitting behind me all along? I look over my shoulder and see the Titan sitting behind me, his legs take up way too much space. 

"Did you save Uyeno-chan from getting hit by a car?" Himuro-san repeats himself. 

The Titan nods lazily "I remember it now.." He yawns. 

"Will you be okay though?" Himuro-san looks at me again "what will you do now that you can't play the violin?" 

I shrug "I don't know.. Maybe I'll pick up something new" I've never tried a sport, I should excersise more. It'll improve my stamina and that'll come in handy when I play the violin. 

"We could teach you to play basketball" Himuro-san says with a small smile"  I can teach you how to shoot and Atsushi can teach you how to defense." 

"I'm not teaching anyone" the Titan says with a childish tone in his voice. 

"Atsushi." Himuro-sans voice sounds a bit colder now, like he's giving the Titan a command. 

The Titan looks away and Himuro-san looks at me again "we can start practicing at the camp, they should have an outside court there." 

"Yeah I would like that" I smile to him. 

Maybe this won't be so bad after all.