Millionaire Affairs (Kyron)

Kevin Love sees the Love

*I originally posted this on AO3; but people have been asking me to post it here so hi Wattpad*

Kyrie Irving always had a mix of emotions surrounding LeBron James. He first met LeBron when he was 15-17, attending his basketball camp. He was ecstatic to see the basketball legend and they even talked a little. If there was one thing he picked up from Bron at the time, he loved giving advice.

When Kyrie got drafted by the Cavs, he had a huge hole to fill that LeBron left in the franchise. And because of LeBron, the franchise was quite frankly, shit . Kyrie could not make up for everything LeBron left on the team, despite his raw talent, he was just a rookie. But he finally accepted he had to grow up and grew to believe he had to build it all from the ground up himself after the next few draft busts. He still respected LeBron, they had a couple chats in the All-Star games.

Every time they played against each other, you could almost see LeBron's eyes light up whenever Kyrie played out one of his complicated moves. LeBron saw Kyrie, and knew he could go back to Cleveland, they just needed a few players. And in 2014, LeBron finally decided to come back.

"LeBron? What?" Kyrie asked the Manager. "He's coming back and we're trading Andrew and a few players for JR Smith and Kevin Love." Kyrie blinked at the manager in disbelief. "What? We don't need LeBron, I can do this myself!" The Manager sighed as he stared at the 22 year old Kyrie Irving. "Well, you've had since 2011 to do that Kyrie, I get it, you've been to the Olympics and All-Star games, but for the team? You know you need help."

Kyrie hated LeBron then. He hated how dominant LeBron was, how much more taller and athletic he was, how smart he was, how he could easily take over in games. But one thing was keeping them together: they both wanted a win. Badly . And so, despite the rough start, Kyrie and LeBron learned to respect each other, and then eventually actually found a liking towards each other.

LeBron was appreciative that Kyrie helped carry some of his burden, as well really relished in the younger players' talents. Kyrie finally accepted the dominance of LeBron, and began to even praise his high basketball IQ. They eventually became friends, wearing matching apparel at times, going out to dinner. Kyrie sometimes even came over to his house and took care of Bronny, Bryce and the newborn Zhuri when LeBron and his wife had to go out.

But injuries to Kyrie and Kevin ultimately ruined their debut season.

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Start of the season.

Kyrie was sitting on the bench frustrated due to his knee injury that he sustained on literally game 1 of the finals. Kyrie had never been to a finals before that, he had to thank LeBron for that, but it just so had to be he got injured on his first finals game.

So there he was, in slightly oversized nike attire, cap on, on the bench during the 2016 Cavaliers debut. He was watching LeBron play with an 11 year old Bronny James sitting beside him. He had become good friends with Bronny over the last few months, he had nothing else to do since he was injured.

"Hey Ky, do you think my dad's good?" Bronny asked. Kyrie chuckled and marginally shook his head. He placed a hand over the top of Bronny's head, "Of course, Bronny, who doesn't?" Bronny blinked up at Kyrie innocently, "My Dad said you were jealous of him at first," he said. Kyrie's eyebrows narrowed but he still retained the smile. He blinked towards the court where LeBron was pointing out a spot to JR Smith and then turned to tell something to Tristain.

A small smile curled at the corner of Kyrie's mouth. "I kind of was, I guess," Kyrie admits. "I'll admit it was hard to adjust to your Father," Kyrie says as he observes the game with Bronny. "But, you learn to love him," Kyrie said, watching LeBron's dark focused gaze scan the game.