The Jewel of Miracle -Kuroko no Basuke ff- (GoM + Kagami x Male!OC)

19 : We Meet Again

"Kiyoshi-senpai." Amanogi greeted while bowing, he shot a confused look towards the man who passed him the ball. "And this is for--?"

The brown haired man smiled, "Let's play a game while we chat, shall we?"

Amanogi raised his eyebrows, "Please go easy on me, senpai."

Kiyoshi chuckled, Amanogi was clearly not going easy on him at all. His move was trained, each steps full of contemplation, almost on par with the professionals. He eyed Amanogi moving closer to the ring and let him had the first ball.

"I thought we're going to talk?"

"Well--" Kiyoshi dribbled, feigned to the left then went through Amanogi's defense. Well, his small body wasn't capable enough, but his speed made up for it. Almost immediately, he caught up and made Kiyoshi stop once more, forcing him to shoot out of his comfort range.

'Duag'

And he missed the ring by an inch.

"How do you think about our team's progress?" Kiyoshi--finally--asked.

"Better than what I expect. "

Kiyoshi only bit back a smile, "Not quite fulfilling your expectation then?"

"To be honest--" Amanogi stole the ball, "--I don't mind, watching them improving everyday is a joy for me." He took a glance at the man in front of him. "Are you perhaps..upset with something? Dissatisfied with the training maybe?"

"As expected of our manager." Kiyoshi mumbled and tightened up his defense, "I'm quite a jealous man, you know."

Amanogi's mind went blank instantly, "Yes?" he asked with confused face.

"Ah I don't mean it like that." he quickly replied while making a shot, this time it went in smoothly.

"Understood." Amanogi said while catching the ball from outside the court. "You're wondering why Coach didn't give you a special training too, right senpai?"

"Hahaha, I'm caught." Kiyoshi scratched his head awkwardly, then he went back to his serious mode again.

"It's not like I doubt Riko's ability or something, but I think I can be better with intensive training."

The black haired man cocked an eyebrow and quickly made a cross over, causing Kiyoshi to stumble a bit.

"No hard feeling, but senpai, you're still recuperating. I knew Coach didn't want to burden your legs even more." He eyed Kiyoshi's legs and frowned, "It's not funny if you went back to hospital without playing in a match at all."

"Please don't jinx it." Kiyoshi replied while laughing.

"And also--" Amanogi feigned his move, making Kiyoshi caught off guard, then he successfully delivered the ball from the side--a lay up.

"I think you already know how to improve your abilities." he said, passing the ball back to the man.

Kiyoshi stared at the ball for a while, making Amanogi hummed as he knew the man understood what he meant. "I'm not the type to spend energy for a one-on-one." he said again, giving hint for the man.

"I get it, you're trying to put me into defense right?"

"Well, you can say it like that. In fact our team's defense is quite weak because we focus on offense. Having a dependable center like you is very reassuring, senpai." Amanogi smiled as he saw Kiyoshi's eyes brightened up. "If we have those duo as our powerful offense, we have you to strengthen our defense."