Kuroko no Basket x Reader (ON HOLD)

When You Feel Worthless/Useless

A/N - I wanted to make this by choice Bc I need the comfort. My first basketball game is on Saturday and I feel so downgraded and useless compared to my teammates :)) I feel like I don't deserve to wear the jersey.

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Akashi Seijuro

Whatever you did, no matter how hard you tried, you failed over and over again, seeing no improvement in your field of interest. They say that you need to fail in order to succeed or to keep on trying, that results will surely come if you tried hard enough. And you did try hard. But you felt little to no improvement came to you.

"Useless? Worthless?" Akashi repeated, making you look down.

"[F/N], there is no such thing as useless. What's important is that you're trying. Not everyone can master what you do the first time," he scolded.

"Sei, I know, I just feel so left behind. I feel stupid and I don't feel good enough," you doubted yourself. You were always insecure about what you did. Akashi took your hand in his.

"Listen, just because you're lagging or you're behind everyone else doesn't make you any more different than they are. At the end of the day, everyone learned the same thing with the same way. Experience plays a part, but that doesn't mean it's necessary for you to beat yourself up over something like this,"

"But-"

"You will fail, and that's a guaranteed thing. But whether you keep on trying or quit changes everything. So are you a quitter?"

"...no," you said, after some thought.

"Good," Akashi smiled proudly and placed a kiss on your lips.

Aomine Daiki

Whatever you did, no matter how hard you tried, you failed over and over again, seeing no improvement in your field of interest. They say that you need to fail in order to succeed or to keep on trying, that results will surely come if you tried hard enough. And you did try hard. But you felt little to no improvement came to you.

You hung your head low, mentally beating yourself down in your head, self doubt and insecurity clouding over your brain. Then you felt a hard flick on your forehead, brought to you by your boyfriend. That was enough for you to snap out of it and to instantly glare at him.

"Ow! What was that for?!" You exclaimed, rubbing the spot where he had flicked.

"You idiot, doubting yourself and thinking of yourself is downright stupid,"

"You don't know what it-"

"I know very well what it feels like. I'm all that, but you know damn well I doubt myself too. It's been a side I've shown only to you," Aomine cut you off.

"Yeah but you're talented at something. I try so hard and nothing happens!"

"[F/N]," he stared at you seriously.

"What?"

"In middle school, you know that I changed. I became an as*hole, and I stopped trying so hard at something I was so passionate about. I don't want you to take the path I took,"

"You will fail and lose and you'll cry and feel depressed. But I know you're a hardworking person and I know you're ambitious. So if you fail, it's alright. In the end you'll still be passionate about what you do and you won't stop trying," he finished, leaving you speechless. You had never heard or seem him like this, but his words were starting to get to you. He learned from experience and he never wants you to quit or degrade yourself because he doesn't want you to get stuck in a dark void just like he has.