Meet Amaya Mikan. She has black hair, with dark-blue highlights in them and indigo eyes. She played for a year in the Teiko Middle School basketball team, despite being a girl. She was better than all the members of the GoM and they all respected h...
"First to 20?" I ask Sakurai and he nods and runs to pick up the basketball. Come to think of it, I would like to play against Kuroko soon. We decide to start the match again, and consider the first round a practice. Momoi throws the ball into the air as she blows the whistle and we both jump. This time, Sakurai gets it and starts dribbling to the hoop. I block him. He tries to shoot a three pointer but I jump and manage to touch the ball. It hits the outside of the hoop and we both run to get the rebound. I jump and catch the ball, throwing a three pointer to the hoop at the other end of the court. 3-0.
Sakurai runs and gets it. He's not the fastest but above average. With a bit of training, he should be able to be amazing. He starts dribbling the ball and I run to block him. He tries to find an opening but he can't. I take this chance to hit the ball out his hand and run up to the hoop. He tries to block me but I throw the ball under his legs and run around him to grab it again before dunking it into the hoop. Yeah, I'm not that tell, but I can jump pretty high. 5-0. It's only been 1 minute into the game.
It goes on and on and in 5 minutes, I scored 20-0. Sakurai was panting and sweating a LOT. I was panting and sweating a little, but not nowhere near to his amount. "Are you alright?" I ask Sakurai, going over to him with a towel and a bottle of water. He nods at me before looking back at the ground. The rest of the team come over and try to cheer Sakurai up. Sakurai doesn't speak. "Excuse me." He suddenly says and leaves quickly. Everyone looks at me, but I just keep watching as Sakurai leaves. He looked somewhat disheartened.
Aomine comes up to me and says "Don't feel bad. It wasn't your fault that he lost. Well it kind of was. But..." He tries to reassure me but ends up making me feel worse. "Thanks Aomine. I'm going to go check on him." I say and acknowledge his efforts to make me feel better. I walk out the gym and see Sakurai outside, splashing himself with water from the taps the gardening club use for the hose. "Sakurai?" I say, in a soft tone. A feeling of guilt crawls up to me and clings onto my chest.
I see his eyes are red, and it seems as though his tears are mixed in with the water. "I've lost before...but never that bad..." He says, his hoarse voice no louder than a whisper. I frown and walk up to him. "Sakurai, you're amazing at basketball, trust m-" I get cut off by him raising his voice a little "But I'm not good enough to beat someone on my own!" He looks annoyed but his expression softens after.
"Sorry Amaya. I didn't mean to burst at you like that..." He says. I smile at him. "It's okay, Sakurai. We all need to vent it all out sometimes. Mind explaining a little?" I say and we both sit down at a bench. "I'm good at basketball, but only with a team. I thought going one on one with you would help me get better but your moves are too hard and your strategies are too unpredictable and random. I can't go one on one with anyone because I'm so dependant on my team mates." Sakurai tells me.
"Hey, there's nothing wrong with that! You just need a little but of tutoring from yours truly!" I say to him cheerfully. He looks at me, a shocked expression written all over his face. He thanks me and I feel like he's super close to tears. " Anytime, Sakurai. Now, let's get back to the gym. We have five minutes left to change." I say and we both go back. We change and leave and go home. Momoi leaves because she wanted to get a few things. They're all still staying at mine until tonight so we're all going to meet up again. Aomine and I are walking together when he says, "I don't know what you said to Sakurai but he's over the moon happy now." I smile and reply, "Sakurai is pretty sweet actually. He really is a hardworking player." Aomine grunts and looks away. Strange. Did I say something wrong?
"Ah, are you going to Kise's modeling party thing? He said that he can bring up to 10 people. His agency is going to throw a huge party and it'll be so fun!" I say and Aomine says "Yeah, I'll be there. Tetsu, Akashi, Midorima, Momoi and Murasakibara will be there too. It'll be a way to waste time I guess." He's so stubborn. We get to my house and I open the door. I see Akashi, Midorima, Murasaki and Kuroko there already. "Ah, no sign of Kise yet? Momoi went to go get a few things and told us to go on ahead without her." I say as I enter. "Hello, Amaya, Aomine." They all greet and we greet back. We get changed and I come down in a red tank top, black shorts, a very knitted open cardigan and a crimson choker.
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I brush out my black/reddish hair and go downstairs to see that everyone has begun packing and only Kise is there. "Ah, Kise!" I say and he looks up from the book he's reading to me. "Amayacchi!!!" He says and tackles me to a hug. I laugh and say "You're acting like we haven't seen each other in years, Kise." He sheepishly grins and starts "Oh yeah, my new photoshoot album is out! Here it is!" He turns around but slips on something on the floor and grabs my arm. It ends up with him laying over me. Why does this feel very familiar? We just lay there awkwardly, not really looking at each other for more than 10 seconds. I can tell I'm blushing right now and I can see a slight pink tint on Kise's cheeks too. I blushed like this when I fell with Midorima earlier.
The doorbell rings and Kise and I quickly get up and I hurry over to open the door. It's Momoi, holding a bag with drinks for everyone. I smile at her and let her in. Deja vu much?
