Spark | Kuroko no Basuke x OC

Choices, Chances, Changes

Quick update before I go off on vacation for the entire month of July... I personally love this chapter, so I hope y'all do too!

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Tomoko had her hands cupping her face as she leaned on the table inside a restaurant. There was a tranquil smile on her face as she watched the comical scene of Kagami trying to use chopsticks to pick up broccoli with his left hand in front of her.

The green vegetable wobbled between the wooden sticks before slipping from its grasp once again.

"DAMN IT!" Kagami cried in frustration. It was his tenth time trying on that single broccoli!

"Kagami, shut up already!" Hyuuga said exasperatedly. Just watching the redhead struggle was a pain, nevertheless hearing him too. "You're disturbing others!"

"Uh... Sorry!"

Teppei nodded in understanding, "Broccoli is slippery."

"That's not the problem here," the captain rolled his eyes. Following the end of summer vacation (and their second training camp), Riko ordered a practice match against Komada High immediately during the first week of the new semester. Getting hungry after their game, the team had settled in a quaint restaurant for a bite in celebration for winning. "What are you doing anyway?" he asked Kagami.

"He's practicing using his left hand," Tomoko answered for the redhead since he was too engrossed in his task. "It's so he can be more flexible with using both hands on the court!"

The piece of broccoli flew out of his chopsticks this time and landed across the table where Number 2 stuck his head out from Kuroko's gym bag. With a swift move, the puppy snatched it.

"Damn you! Give it back!" Kagami shouted angrily as Number 2 hid back into the bag.

"Kagami!" Hyuuga warned again from across the table. He had no choice but to suck it up and sit back down with a small scowl on his face. Tomoko and Kuroko both looked at the redhead with a knowing smile.

The other first-years snickered good-naturedly before going back to their conversation about the upcoming weekend. "By the way, what do you guys want to do tomorrow?"

"I'll probably sleep mostly, since it's our day off," Fukuda said contently. Kawahara sighed in wonder about his plans as well.

"H-Hey!" Furihata suddenly got an idea as he dug into his school bag to pull something out. It was a piece of advertisement paper for a 5-on-5 street ball tournament. "Why don't we do this?"

"Oh! Street ball!"

Tomoko also perked up, "Tetsuya-kun, Taiga-chan, we should tag along too!"

From the other end of the table, Riko glanced at the paper and raised her brows disapprovingly. "Wait a second, you guys finally get a break! You should rest!"

"We know, but..." Furihata looked conflicted along with the other two. "We're not first string so we don't get to play in games... And well, we'd really like to play sometimes."

Teppei nodded with enthusiasm lacing his expression. "Good for you! That's the spirit, first-years! Right, Hyuuga?" The captain blinked at being suddenly pulled into this issue.

"Y-Yeah."

"Riko!" Teppei then called, "In honor of the first-years' spirit and dedication, you should let them go!"

"I'll watch over them!" Tomoko added hopefully.

"Eh? W-Well..." the brunette coach sighed in defeat. There was just no arguing when two people were giving her the pleading look. "Just the first-years, then. The rest of you have to go home and rest this weekend!"