Spark | Kuroko no Basuke x OC

Don't Get the Wrong Idea

"She means his right foot," Tomoko whispered with anticipation. It was also a first time for her to see what Kagami could do with his right foot, so of course she was excited. A coin suddenly fell out of the ravenette's pocket, however, and it made him turn away temporarily so he could pick it up.

While he was looking for the coin, a louder bang and the Seirin coach's shout recaptured his attention but it was too late for him to do anything.

"Takao-kun!"

He was suddenly pulled away, landing about a foot from where the basketball hoop crashed down on the shrubbery and stuck out on the other side. It was so close to him and Tomoko that he could literally still feel the whiplash... And hot air?

He looked down and gasped.

The fast motion of Tomoko pulling him away to safety had caused him to tumble forward onto the girl, and currently, they were in a compromising position. The caramel haired girl was under him while he had his two arms on either side of her head. They were so close he could feel her soft pants.

"I-I'm sorry!" Takao whisper-shouted and immediately got off of Tomoko. She blinked before sitting up; the event happened so fast her brain was only thinking about the safety of the ravenette and not the compromising position they were in.

"That was a close one! Are you okay?" she also whisper-shouted, patting dirt off her clothing. She glanced at the fallen basketball hoop that was a foot away and widened her eyes. "Wow..."

Takao followed her gaze and his expression mirrored Tomoko's. On the transparent backboard, several inches above the half hand print, was a full, more prominent hand print. He touched the top?!

"Do you see now?" Riko's voice projected from the other side of the shrubbery. "Your greatest weapon is your jumping power, but you haven't drawn out your full strength yet. You need to work on preparing yourself physically... Then the rest is up to you."

Footsteps patted the ground as Riko walked away with one last order for the redhead.

"Remember to stand the hoop back up before you come back."

Only the cacophony of crickets filled the night air as the three teens, two of them unknown to the redhead laying on the ground on the other side, reprocessed everything in their heads.

The right foot jump that Kagami possessed... It was almost inhuman.

"Oh."

Takao and Tomoko turned their heads and saw the blue haired phantom player. He had a look of confusion as he stared at the two crouched down next to a fallen hoop.

"Yo!" Takao casually greeted.

"Kuroko-kun, what are you doing here?" Tomoko asked with a smile. Kuroko blinked.

"It was getting late and dinner's starting, so I came to get you and Kagami-kun."

"It's that time already?" the ravenette looked around. Indeed, it was pretty dark already. "I guess I should..."

While he was getting up, new footsteps on the other side suddenly made him freeze and duck down again, grabbing Kuroko along with him. "Shhhh!" he put a finger over his lips to both the confused boy and Tomoko.

They peeked over the shrubbery. Midorima had walked past and was now in a stare-down with Kagami.

"Keep quiet~!" Takao was trying so hard not to burst out laughing. The interaction between the two was bound to be interesting. "Shin-chan's always hilariously pissy around him."

We haven't said anything, Tomoko and Kuroko thought. However, they looked on with interest as well. The fallen hoop besides them was lifted off the ground and centered upright with a loud creak. After the short loud noise, they then toned in to the two hostile males' conversation.