Hello readers! This is my first time posting a story anywhere on the internet but I hope you'll enjoy reading it anyway. Constructive criticism would be much appreciated since I want to learn from this entire experience for future projects. My native language isn't English, so I hope you'll forgive me for my mistakes. I did my best and so did my husband by proofreading it.

This story, as you can see, will evolve around Kagami and the OC called Amami Seo. It will be a slow build up since I wanted to establish a good basis. The story will begin in their first year of high school and will normally end up when they're around 30 years old (give or take!). As mentioned in the description, it'll be a story that evolves around romance and friendship, but the general line is slice of life.

I've already written the first part of this story which consists of 15 chapters and once I'm done with the second part and I see that you readers enjoy it, I'll post the second part as a sequel. I plan to release 2 chapters per week on most likely Tuesdays and Fridays (don't shoot me if something comes in between!), so people who do enjoy this story will have their dose of these lovely basketball dorks twice a week.

This story will be rated K until a certain chapter, then I'll have to up it towards M for mature content and a little bit of pottymouth language (*cough* Ahomine *cough*). You are warned!

Kuroko no basuke belongs to Tadatoshi Fujimaki, the original characters belong to me \o/.

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Electricity was in the air as students flocked to Shutoku High from all directions. The first day of the new school year always had the students wired. The girl standing in front of its gate was no exception. A thoughtful sigh left her lips as she ran her hand through her ginger locks, green eyes staring at the impressive large building in front of her.

"Spacing out on the first day of school already, Seo-chan?" The familiar voice of her best friend chirped happily next to her as he threw his arm around her shoulders. The raven haired teen had been her childhood friend ever since he had helped her find her missing teddy bear in kindergarten. It was no surprise they ended up going to the same high school, since they'd always been in the same school ever since the teddy bear crisis.

"Good morning to you too, Kazu-chan." She calmly said as she directed her gaze towards her friend, softly tapping his hand that rested on her shoulder before brushing it off. The teen simply smiled back at her, knowing her well enough that she was nervous under that calm exterior. Even though she wouldn't show it, she was glad that he always knew how to calm her when she needed it.

"Shall we go check to see what class we're in?" He asked while pointing over the courtyard towards the big mass of people hogging the board that contained the class arrangement for this year.

"Let's go!" With a bright smile she gently nudged his shoulder with hers and started to head towards the chaos.

They ended up in different classrooms but decided that they'd spent enough time with each other during the breaks.

And thus the new school year had begun for them. Amami Seo ended up in the same classroom as a certain green-haired teen that seemingly had a small history with her childhood friend Takao Kazunari. The man, now identified as Midorima Shintarou was, like Takao, a basketball player. He even was the main reason Takao had been practicing so hard in the sport to have his revenge some day. Though that day looked further away suddenly when they ended up in the same basketball team. At first Takao felt disheartened by that fact, but Takao wasn't one to mope for too long with his happy go lucky attitude. "If I can't have my revenge, I'll make sure he'll acknowledge my skill!" Was what he told himself with sure determination.


"'Sup! Midorima Shintarou!" Takao called out as he saw Midorima in the school hallway and quickly introduced himself. "I'm Takao Kazunari, you're gonna join the basketball club, right? I'll be joining too. Pleased to meetcha!"

Midorima turned around to face the boy calling out to him. He pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose, his face remained its usual calm demeanor. "Why do you know my name?" He simply asked, not sure why the boy in front of him was talking to him.

"If they play basketball, there aren't many who don't know your name... Eh? What's that?" Takao's gaze dropped to the strange object Midorima was holding up in his left hand.

"It's today's lucky item, from the Oha-Asa horoscope, nanodayo. It's tape." He explained as he showed the boy said tape.

"Gyahahaha, what's with that?!" A guffaw rang the hallway.

"Is something wrong?" Midorima asked, already having a hunch as why the boy was laughing. It wasn't uncommon for people to find his interest in horoscopes weird.

Takao tried to compose himself but failed miserably, ignoring the question and continuing to be amused by the boy in front of him. "..And I didn't mention it before, but what's with your sentence endings? 'Nanodayo'? It's absolutely hilarious!"

Midorima kept quiet as he wasn't impressed by Takao, so much for a first impression. 'What a frivolous man...' He thought as he walked away.

Midorima was apparently a member of the Generation of Miracles, a group of basketball prodigies that had dominated in middle school as the Teiko basketball team. As they won every year's tournaments with overwhelming power they had left many opponents bitter in their wake. Takao himself had been one of them. Although Takao would never be able to match Midorima's abilities, he surely made himself a valuable member as the point guard of the current team. Not long after securing his spot as a starter, he had succeeded into luring Amami to join the club. Amami had no intention whatsoever to join a club, especially not the basketball club, but.. Takao had his ways and managed to convince her that her brains could be very useful to them. "Also, we could spend more time together that way!" Both still feeling weird for not being in the same classroom for the first time, he used that as last resort to convince her. Even though she knew Takao and his hobby for so long, she never really got into the sport herself, so the reason why they had actually accepted her into the club was beyond her. She was sure Takao had bribed the coach and captain with something...

Time flew by and Amami had made her somewhat useful by taking care of the planning and management of the team so the coach could focus more on the team. She made arrangements with other school's teams to have official practice matches. Making sure to spend the funds that the school awarded the club, was spent wisely. Mainly she was the 'go-to' person whenever there was a problem with one of the players that needed something. The logistics that went on behind the scenes was her job, and she actually enjoyed it, surprising herself.


"Shhhhh! I just saw Shin-chan walking into that store." Takao interrupted one of the many rants of Amami by slapping his hand over her mouth as they walked around the mall. Amami started to make muffled noises as she tried to pry the hand away from her mouth. A small tear in her eye appeared as the pain of the slap registered.

"Was that really necessary?!" She rubbed the slightly reddened hand mark on her face but followed Takao towards the store Midorima just entered. Both the teens intrigued by the sudden appearance of the boy.

"Hmm, I wonder if they have any nutcrackers for sale, Oha-Asa predicted a bad day for Cancers. I need to balance it with the lu-" Midorima, browsing his favorite store, stopped halfway his muttering as he heard a familiar and annoying boy's laughter nearby. He looked around and a vein popped out on his forehead as his eyes landed on the boy who had been holding his stomach in mirth. He wasn't alone however, Amami stood right next to Takao, her face planted against the window pane. 'Ah, the insufferable and inseparable duo, just my luck.' Midorima cursed inwardly, getting more convinced that he needed that nutcracker asap.

"Shiiiin-chaaan!" Takao yelled out enthusiastically as both he and Amami entered the store, waving to Midorima.

"I can see you, nanodayo! The entire mall knows you're here for that matter, lower your voices.. and stop calling me that!" He yelled towards the two that stood in front of him now.

"You're the one yelling Midorima-kun, also is that a way to greet your friends?" Amami calmly said, acting as if Midorima was the only one making a ruckus just now.

"Yeah! What's up with that, Shin-chan? We're just so happy that we ran into you, so what are ya doin' here? Wait! Let me guess, you need your lucky item, right?" Takao smugly joined his partner in crime as if he had just solved a mystery.

"What gave it away?" Midorima rolled his eyes behind his glasses, once more not impressed with his teammate.

"My, my, you're such a tsundere Shin-chan. Tell you what, as a peace offering, both Seo-chan and I will help you find whatever you're looking for."

"Eh..?" Amami's shoulders slumped at the given task forced upon her suddenly.

"Tsk.. whatever, I need a nutcracker nanodayo." Midorima clicked his tongue and continued to search the store.

"Leave it up to me Shin-chan, I am a professional finder of what is lost, right Seo-chan?" Takao beamed proudly thinking how many times he had helped Amami find items she had lost over the years. Now it was Amami's time to roll her eyes as she started to browse the many shelves brimming with random objects for a nutcracker.

"Hai, hai, anything for our ace-sama.." She muttered quietly, her shoulders slumping deeper.

It didn't take long for Takao to find the elusive nutcracker with the use of his hawk eye vision. Midorima muttered a quiet thank you as he paid for his item so he could leave the store. They ended up walking together to the train station, well it was rather Takao and Amami stalking their teammate. Midorima, however, let it slide for once, being thankful that they had helped him out.

The sun had begun to set as the three of them waved their goodbyes with 'See you next Monday Shin-chan!' and grunts from their ace in return.

Meanwhile the team had started to win every game they played against other schools, having Midorima as their insanely skilled shooting guard. The way he made those three pointers from any position on the court and with such an arc and accuracy made even Amami realize what a remarkable player he was. "That's what you get for having one of the Generation of Miracles on your team." Is what they had told her. It simply looked ridiculously overpowered to her and for the first time she understood why Takao had felt that way about the prodigy back then. But that didn't mean the rest of the team should stand in his shadow. The Shutoku basketball team consisted of many amazing players: Otsubo, Miyaji and Kimura, all third years and Takao as a first year showed admirable strength in their own ways making Shutoku a rightful feared opponent.

Even more reason to be shocked when they were eliminated in the preliminaries for the Inter high by the still very new and unknown school called Seirin. Seirin High had opened its doors barely a year and half ago which resulted in their basketball team to only have first and second years. Not only that, they were still unknown unlike Shutoku who had been deemed one of the three kings of Tokyo. Good players from middle schools wanted to go there just for the team, just like Takao.

Seirin, the fairly new basketball team had decent players, but two players especially had stood out. Kagami Taiga, the power forward and ace of the team and Kuroko Tetsuya, the phantom sixth member of the Generation of Miracles. Both of them were first years and their strength and expertise is what led Seirin eventually to a close victory.


"I'm hungryyyy, why did I have to wait on Midorima-kun as well, Kazu-chan?" Amami whined as the three of them wandered the streets after the game. "The rest of the team already went home!"

"Because Shin-chan was busy crying and he needs us to cheer him up Seo-chan." Even though he didn't act like it, Takao was also deeply upset by their loss. Who would've known that someone like this Kuroko would appear and pull out one magic trick after the other making it very hard for Takao to keep up.

"Stop lying Takao!" Midorima huffed, pushing his glasses up his nose. Flashbacks of the game flitted through the ace's mind. Kuroko's weird passing confused his team most of the time, but also the low presence took them by surprise over and over again. If that wasn't enough they had Kagami Taiga, at first he didn't really think much of the redhead. The way he kept jumping higher every time, blocking his shots, it had become very troublesome to the point that they had lost the game.

The three of them decided to get something to eat and ended up in the same restaurant Seirin was. Not only Seirin but his fellow Miracle member Kise Ryouta and his captain were there as well. There were no free tables but Takao and Amami had managed to convince the basketball players to shuffle around and make room for the three Shutoku students. Needless to say Midorima wasn't happy at all with how things had ended up. Not only did he lose the game today, he was now forced to eat dinner at the same table as Kise, Kuroko and Kagami. Meanwhile Amami and Takao squeezed themselves at another table together with Kise's captain Kasamatsu.

As the teenagers were eating their meal tempers flared at one specific table. It was naive to think nothing would happen at the colorful table, they argued about just anything. Meanwhile Takao had started to ramble about basketball and his position that he shared with Kasamatsu.

It was then that Amami started to zone out, as entertaining the sport can be, she didn't share their passion, so it became hard for her to keep up with the conversation. Her eyes roamed the rest of the players landing on the redhead who sat next to Midorima. 'He eats a lot... and so messy too!' She thought as she quietly chuckled at the sight of Kagami eating. She started to eavesdrop on their conversation.

"However, I am not playing basketball to have fun." Midorima answered Kise coldly making the table silent for a few moments before Kagami broke it.

"You guys think too much. Of course we play basketball because it's fun." He said matter of factly, clearly annoying Midorima with that statement.

"What did you say? How dare you speak like you understand when you know nothing at all-" Midorima's sentence got cut short as the omelet Takao had been flipping on his cooking plate flew up in the air and landed on Midorima's head. A vein popped out on Midorima's forehead as he felt the warm food's impact. He stood up and excused himself at the table. Not having to turn around to know who the culprit was he demanded Takao to join him outside. Meanwhile Amami who witnessed the scene couldn't contain her laughter anymore and burst as she heard the two bickering outside with Takao profusely apologizing.

Kagami still startled of what just happened got distracted by the laughter he could hear to his left and looked at the girl who was on the verge of falling off her chair. Her infectious laughter made the guys around her look at her including Kagami. He chuckled warmly which made the girl look up to him. Their eyes met for the first time and even though the others were still laughing it became very quiet for both of them. The warmth of his chuckle made Amami's heart skip a beat and a blush quickly spread to her cheeks. Feeling very self-conscious all of a sudden she broke eye-contact with him, a small smile still lingering on her lips.

Midorima and Takao entered the restaurant once more, all cleaned up somehow. Midorima forced Takao to pay for his food as punishment and decided he had enough and left, making Takao and Amami scramble to follow him back outside. Before she stepped outside she made a quick glance towards the red-head who was now eating Midorima's food that got left behind. A small smile curved her lips as she closed the door behind her.

Not long after Shutoku's defeat Seirin encountered Touou and lost with a staggering 112-55. The ace of Teiko and member of the Generation of Miracles, Aomine Daiki had gone to Touou together with his childhood friend/ex-manager of the Teiko's basketball team, Momoi Satsuki. When Amami had heard Midorima talk about the Touou's ace she had trouble imagining someone as strong as Aomine. After hearing that Seirin had lost to Touou with such a difference in points she still refused to believe that this guy was that great. After all, she heard the rumors that Kagami ended up with an injury from their game with them and that his leg still hadn't fully recovered when they faced Touou. 'That must've been the reason, right? If he wasn't injured, he would've done a lot better.' Amami thought to herself. Was it fear of having to face someone as Aomine with her team or having to accept that Kagami simply lost because he wasn't strong enough, she couldn't tell.