J une 18th, 2016 Meet the Pen Pal 002

Meet the Pen Pal

Category: Kuroko no Basuke ∞ Haikyuu

Rating: K+/T Language

Genre: Friendship

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A/N: My first cross over project and I'm really excited. I'm planning on it being a three parter if I push it, but most likely a two-shot. I personally love these two animes with all my heart and seeing them together would make me ecstatic. Going through the prompts that I had made up in my head led me to this idea. Shall we dive in?

Hey, Kagami!

I would love to take your offer and stay with you over the weekend. My mom gave me the okay and everything. I told my volleyball coach too, and he said I was good because it's not like we have a practice match this weekend. I should be coming by in the next few days or so, but you sure your coach said it was okay for me to stay with you even during practice? I mean, it's not like I was sent to spy on you guys or anything, I don't even play the same sport! But still…

I can't wait to meet your friends! You make them seem really interesting, and now I can't help but want to watch you guys practice. It's probably so much different than volleyball practice.

Anyway, I'm keeping this short since we're finally going to meet in the next few days and, besides, I'm sure you can explain everything else.

See you, then!

Hinata

After reading the letter his pen pal sent, Kagami had invited Kuroko to come with him to pick up Hinata. He would've been fine going by himself but Kagami would admit he wasn't the best when it comes to meeting people. Some said he left some pretty intimidating first impressions. So the redhead had decided that bringing Kuroko with him would be a way to make things easier when it came to introducing himself. The duo was on their way to the train station where Hinata would be arriving at.

"I'm surprised with Kagami-kun. He usually doesn't make friends easily."

"Dammit, Kuroko! What's that supposed to mean? I know how to make friends!"

"Kagami-kun is scary."

"You have no right to say anything about anyone being scary. Your invisible presence scares people way more than I do!

"…"

"Don't ignore me! Kuroko!"

When they arrived there, Kuroko had thought of what type of person this pen pal Hinata was. He must've been pretty interesting to be friends with Kagami. The blue haired male was curious of what Kagami had thought of his pen pal, so he asked. "Kagami-kun."

"Huh?"

What an intelligent response. "What do you think of your pen pal?"

"Oh, well, ah, this is my first time meeting him personally, yanno? So, I don't have the complete idea of what he's like. Some people are completely different when you haven't met them in person."

"But what type of impressions did he leave through his letters? To be writing Kagami-kun he must've caught Kagami-kun's interest or else Kagami-kun would be bored with him."

The taller teen glanced at his shadow. "You're really ruthless, aren't you?"

"I am only curious of who Kagami-kun has been writing to." And he was. Kuroko wanted to know what type of person this Hinata was where his light actually wrote a letter and not an email. Sure he knew people would still write letters but for Kagami-kun to write a letter in Japanese, he must have a certain appeal to him.

"Well," the redhead grunted, "from the letters he seems energetic, I guess. Uhm, a bit of a volleyball enthusiast, but that's probably because that's the sport he plays. I don't know, just a good guy."

Kuroko looked at him with his big blue eyes. "Kagami-kun is terrible at describing people."

"H-hey!" But before he could say anything else on the subject, Hinata's scheduled train arrived. They watched as people scattered around for a good three minutes before they decided to approach. Hinata had given him a basic description of what he looked like, but it was still a bit difficult to locate him. Eventually the crowd dissipated until there was only a handful of people left. Within those people he finally spotted an orange haired kid with a duffel bag slung over his shoulder and a smaller bag by his feet. He seemed to be looking around so Kagami made the first move and began walking toward him.

"Uhm, excuse me? But you're Hinata Shouyou, right?" Now that he was right in front of him he seemed kind of, really, small…

"Oh! Yeah. You must be Kagami Taiga, yeah?" Big brown eyes looked up at him.

"Yeah, it's nice to meet you. Er, this is my friend Kuroko Tetsuya."

"Who?"

"Hello."

…

"Ah!"

The 'sudden' appearance of the blue haired boy scared him so bad, he thought he lost a piece of his soul. Good thing that good for nothing Kageyama wasn't here, but Hinata was pretty sure that if he was he would have been just as scared…

"Sorry, sorry. I should've told you he was coming with me. I'm sure I've mentioned Kuroko to you, though"

"Ah, yes. The nearly invisible guy with the crazy passes." The smallest teen turned to the blue haired male. "Wow that was so cool, and kinda scary at the same time. It's like you're a ghost and you popped up like 'BOO!' Using that in games must make people crazy, right?"

"Yes, it seems to work in my advantage"

It seemed that Kagami wasn't as bad at describing people as Kuroko made him out to be, well, at least when it came to Hinata Shouyou. He was just as Kagami said he was. An energetic, volleyball enthusiast who was apparently an alright guy. Kuroko didn't have a problem talking with him and they seemed to get along well enough too. At some time though, Kuroko had split from them saying he would see them at the afternoon practice.

"How're you liking the city? Is it that different from your home town?" Kagami had asked. Sure, the smaller red head had told him of his home a couple of times in his letters, but he was curious of how his pen pal would like the big city.

"I've been to the city a few times when we have practice games out of town, but I've never gotten to really see it. It's bigger, and smaller at the same time. Like there's bigger buildings and more cars and stuff but at the same time there's way more people on the streets and side walk. Do you ever feel congested, Kagami?"

"Well, uh, not really? I lived in the city all my life. Both here and when I lived in L.A. You kinda get used to it, I guess."

Eventually they had arrived at Kagami's apartment and Hinata was really taken aback by how huge it was.

"Wooaaahh! This place is ginormous! I could fit my bedroom in here twice over and there would still be space left over. You live here alone?"

"Yeah," The basketball player had a moment of déjà vu. "My parents send me an allowance once a week, so… Anyway, here's your room." Kagami led him to the guest room, the one Alex would stay in when she wasn't trying to cuddle up with him at night.

"Thank you."

"You hungry, Hinata? I was gonna make something for lunch before practice starts."

"Yeah, I'm starving!"

After Hinata was sure that Kagami was the best cook ever, and had a monster to feed in his gut, the two redheads made their way to Seirin's high school's basketball practice.