First Miracles [Kuroko no Basuke FanFic]

Taiga Kagami 02

Taiga Kagami 02

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What's your type of girl?

Kagami: Eh...!? A-an elegant woma.... person, I guess.

(From Kuroko no Basuke Characters' Bible)

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Alice had never watched a basketball game before. She was always cooped up in her house, doing chores, gardening, and having private tutors come in to teach her violin and dance lessons.

So right now, watching Taiga Kagami play against the kids 2 years older than him, was a spectacle to see.

She'd watch him glide across the field with a wide grin, pivoting past them, and then swiftly jumping for a dunk. Once he's done, he'll turn around, grin still present, and he'll say:

"Let's have another!"

After a couple of rounds, the kids left with a satisfied look on their faces. Turns out that even if Kagami had such fiery spirit, it was still too far from the kids' experience in the game.

"Ah, I can't believe I lost," Says Kagami in Japanese, kicking the asphalt, and Alice swears she could understand what he just said.

Her gaze must've gotten him back to reality and he gives a sheepish smile, "Sorry, did I make you wait long?"

"No. I enjoyed watching anyways," Then she hops down from the bench and walks over to him, attention on the basketball in his hands, "You were amazing!"

Kagami's smile widened, "Thanks, but it's still far from the others out there,"

She gives a playful giggle and holds out her arms, "Can I try?"

"Sure!" He gives her the basketball, which appeared much larger between her tiny hands.

Alice inspects it for a while and asks, "How do you shoot?"

Kagami walks over beside her and then does a form, telling her to copy it to the best of her abilities, and he swings his arms forward, wrist snapping, imaginary ball gliding in the air, "Try it,"

So she does.

It wasn't as impressive as she thought it would be. The ball flew into the air and bounced on the ground almost immediately, landing a couple of feet from her. Hell, it wasn't even close to half the distance between her and the net.

"You lacked power for the throw," He says, eyes fixed on the ball, "But your form was good,"

And he wasn't lying. Just like all the other days he observed her, she was always as light as a feather and as fluid as water. Her movements felt surreal when he sees her.

"I'm not for basketball anyways," She pouts.

"It doesn't mean you can't try," He retorts, arms crossed, "I thought so before too,"

Alice blinks and then laughs. Kagami just gave her a questioning look. She stops a moment later before placing her bag down.

"I'll show you my hobby then," She chimed, smile radiating, "Since you showed me yours,"

"Oh," Kagami says, blinking, before looking around, "But didn't you say we have to go home early?"

Alice stops and gives him a disbelieving look, "If you don't wanna see, then just say so!"

"N-no! I mean- it's just...! Getting late!" He stutters, arms out in defence, trying to shield himself from Alice's stern gaze that seemed too good to be true.

In the end, she sighed, "Okay," She takes her bag and started trotting away.

Kagami follows behind her nervously, watching her skip across the pavement, hair flowing freely in the breeze. He hears a soft tune radiating from her, probably the music she's into while prancing along.

Suddenly, she spins, arms in, fingers touching tip to tip, and she jumps slightly. Her eyes were closed, as if she was really in a performance, and she was smiling.

Kagami stops to watch her twirl again, this time with outstretched arms, one leg extending and then bending back to meet the ground. She flexes back, hands out to the sky, then she stands back up, bowing with a smile.

"Impressed?" She asks as she lifts her head.

"That was scary but cool at the same time," He replies.

"It's hardwork," She combs her hair with her fingers and looks out into the horizon, "Just like what you do,"

Kagami blinks, "We're not graceful like you,"

"Well, we're not tough like you either," Alice fixes her bag and then continues walking, Kagami trailing behind her.

"But it's cool, you know," He continues, grin spreading on his features, "It'll be so cool having those two together!"

Alice nods absentmindedly, "Yeah,"

Kagami didn't say anything after that. They walked home in silence then took opposite routes. Alice waves him goodbye and he does so as well. And as he walks back home alone, his mind flashes him a memory of having Alice's smile radiated by the orange sunset.

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TBC