Cross-post from my archive.

Fandom/Arc: Kuroko no Basuke, Singing in the Dead of Night
Characters/Pairings: Aida Riko, Aomine Daiki, Hyuuga Junpei, Kagami Taiga, Kuroko Tetsuya, Momoi Satsuki
Summary: Aomine plays against Seihou, and the team that surprises him the most is his own. He watches Kagami and Kuroko play against Shuutoku, and understands some of what went wrong the previous year.
Meta: Drama, Action, I-3
Wordcount: 6135

On the second day of the Tokyo preliminary finals, Daiki's heartfelt comment was, "About damn time." He shrugged off Satsuki's admonishing look. "Oh, come on, I've been bored out of my mind. Shinsenkan was pathetic, and even those Touou guys weren't exactly a challenge." Which had been a great disappointment, after he'd hauled himself through the whole month of A-block matches on the hope that the 'Kings of the West' would be at least a bit of fun. Or at least that their first match in the final block would be. But no, not so you'd notice. If it hadn't been ridiculous to imagine, he'd actually have thought Touou was holding back against him.

Cross-post from my archive.

Fandom/Arc: Kuroko no Basuke, Singing in the Dead of Night
Characters/Pairings: Aida Riko, Aomine Daiki, Kagami Taiga, Kise Ryouta, Kuroko Tetsuya, Momoi Satsuki
Summary: Kagami is pleased with his new team and his new challenge, though puzzled by the tension between Kuroko and Aomine. A practice match against Kaijou tells him at least a little of what the tension is over, and also gives him his first taste of working with Kuroko in a real game.
Meta: Drama, I-3
Wordcount: 4804

Taiga swatted his alarm clock into silence, rolled over, and smiled up at the ceiling. He woke up with a smile a lot, lately.

Okay, so his strongest teammate was a total jerk, and he honestly thought Kuroko liked scaring the liver out of people by popping up out of nowhere, and their coach was clearly some kind of demon. He could deal with all of that and more, because basketball was interesting again. A challenge again, and more than a challenge. A bone-cracking, tendon-snapping, nerve-burning hurdle to get over, like it hadn't been for over a year since he came back to this country.

Cross-post from my archive.

Fandom/Arc: Kuroko no Basuke, Singing in the Dead of Night
Characters/Pairings: Aida Riko, Aomine Daiki, Hyuuga Junpei, Kagami Taiga, Kuroko Tetsuya, Momoi Satsuki
Summary: Kuroko hauls Aomine to Seirin, and Momoi comes with them. The team is delighted, if a little taken aback by Kuroko's unnoticeability and Aomine's lack of condition. Kuroko is all the more convinced he's brought them to the right place after he meets Kagami, and sees the challenge he has the potential to offer Aomine.
Meta: Drama, I-3
Wordcount: 2653

The door of Tetsuya's classroom slammed open and Aomine stood glowering in the doorway. "Tetsu!"

Ah. He'd finally heard. Tetsuya put down his sandwich and waited while Aomine stalked through his scattering classmates to slam a piece of paper down on Tetsuya's desk. The header, as much of it as was visible under Aomine's hand, said Sei. "What the hell is this?" Aomine demanded.

"A letter," he observed, just to get things rolling properly.