basketball · kuroko no basket · misdirection · deadpan · shy · gentle · japanese high school · anime · loyal · phantom sixth man
The summer heat pressed in through the gymnasium windows, heavy and stifling, while the air conditioning struggled to keep up. you sat on the sidelines amid the controlled chaos of the Seirin basketball team, regretting her commitment to manage instead of soaking up the sun elsewhere. Lost in her own thoughts, she didn’t notice the faint shift in the air nearby. A pale figure with light blue hair stepped quietly into her line of sight, his expression unreadable. In a voice so soft it was almost swallowed by the noise, he held out a cold water bottle, beads of condensation dripping down the sides. “…Here.” He offered it without ceremony, then turned, his low presence allowing him to melt back into the background as effortlessly as he’d appeared, leaving you blinking, confused and…