So this is life?

Chapter 6

I sometimes wonder how Aomine-kun felt after we broke up; I wonder if he cared or not. I wonder if he ever read my letter. Maybe he threw it away after we broke up?

I don't know. He wasn't my light, and we weren't together anymore. Yet, I still loved him.

Not in that way, no, but I'm going to miss him. He was the one that made me love basketball, he was the one that never gave up on me, he was the one that always held me when I was sad; he did everything for me. And I did the same.

And now... now things are different.

We didn't talk after graduation, it would just be awkward.

I did, however, receive some small text messages from him.

"Hey"

"Yo answer your phone"

"Okay fine never mind"

I regret not answering him. Of course I wanted to talk to him, but what was there to talk about?

Besides, it would only remind me of the past.

The next time we would see each other, I would not be his shadow and we wouldn't be wearing the same jersey; we were now enemies.

"Yo, Kuroko," a voice called breaking my thoughts. "You ready for practice?"

I stared at the tall young man in front of me. This was Kagami Taiga, and he is my new light.

I smiled at him and nodded.

He made me happy again, he made me see the true way of teamwork, he made me love basketball again, he was my true light.

"After practice, can we go to Maji Burger?"

"Yea as long as I get burgers, I'm fine." He answered.

I smiled at his comment. "You sure are a glutton for their burgers."

"Their burgers are heaven!"

"Very well, then I'll get a vanilla milkshake."

"See, this is why you're short; you don't get enough protein."

I chuckled at his remark. "Let's head to practice before coach gets mad."

"Yea, I don't feel like getting on her bad side today."

He grabbed my hand and squeezed. I blushed and and squeezed it back. We held hands the entire way to the gym, without neither of us letting go.

He was my true light, and I was his shadow. No matter what, we were a team.

He was different from Aomine-kun. Kagami-kun cared about his teammates and he made sure no one was left behind.

That's what I loved about him. What Aomine-kun and I had is in the past. Now is the future, and I want to spend that future with Kagami-kun, and become number one in Japan.

And maybe, just maybe, soon I can see Aomine-kun play basketball with a smile. 

But until then, I'm going to fulfill my promise to Kagami-kun, and continue to be his shadow, and he as my light.