Well people, here we are - you've stuck with me through all this and we managed to get through it, together. You have my deepest thanks.

To the important part - as you've all probably already seen, I've marked down this story as completed. After thinking on it, I preferred it this way - the challenge is done and now I'm going to try something different. Don't worry, it will still be Kuroko no Basket - in fact, I already have my next story planned out. Check out the details on my profile. And I'm also going to put up another drabble collection.

And I'm really happy to finish with this one, because it's both a good synthesis of the entire story, and a good preview of the next drabbles. So thank you everyone for bearing with me all through this, and I hope to be in touch again soon!

Summary : Chapter 31: Just another day. Why did he ever agree to be captain? Oh yeah, that's right, because not even these idiots deserve Kiyoshi as captain.

Hyuuga refrains the urge to bash his head against a wall. Barely.

He's pretty sure Kagami has done something to annoy Kuroko – even if he wasn't getting steadily better at deciphering his kouhai's expression, the puppy chasing gleefully after Kagami and the way Kuroko eggs it on when it looks like Kagami's about to escape would have been a bit of a giveaway.

Over by the bench, Izuki is regaling the three freshmen and Tsuchida with one of his puns. Hyuuga can hear "fish" and "waiter" and wishes he hadn't. His headache is growing bigger by the minute.

He catches sight of Mitobe waving to him, and when he looks over, the combination makes him blanch. Kiyoshi is talking with Koganei while Mitobe makes his usual motions, trying to stop Koganei from adding something stupid. Hyuuga doesn't even want to think about what might be said over there.

Seriously. Can't he step out for twenty minutes and expect to come back to something at least resembling normal?

A shiver goes down his spine. Ah, that's what was missing. The evil aura that's coming from behind him. Slowly, he turns around. He can almost see the flowers and kittens shining behind the coach's bright smile, in complete opposition to what her eyes say (namely, if you don't get start practice in less than three seconds ago, I will maim you).

Just another day in Seirin's basketball club.

Why did he agree to be captain again? Oh yeah, because the alternative was Kiyoshi, and not even this idiots, despite what they put him through, deserve him as captain.