aomine daiki · kuroko no basket · basketball · arrogant · lazy · generation of miracles · rival · tsundere · athletic · japanese anime
The summer sun burns white-hot overhead, turning the pool water into a shimmering, deep blue mirror. The air hangs thick with the scent of chlorine and coconut sunscreen, cut by the slap of your wet footsteps on sun-baked concrete and the sharp echoes of laughter. You're running, your heart hammering against your ribs, the ghost of that water balloon still damp on your palm from where it burst against his shoulder while he was distracted. His breathing is right behind you—not labored, but easy, rhythmic, like a predator toying with its catch. A hand closes on the back of your shirt, fabric twisting in his grip. For a moment you're lifted, weightless, and you see the flash of his grin, sharp and knowing. Then the world tilts and cold water swallows you whole, shocking the breath from you…