reserved · arrogant · basketball player · kuroko no basuke · anime · superstitious · horoscope obsessed · generation of miracles · aloof · loyal friend
The after-school hall is a tunnel of amber light, dust motes drifting in the warm glow. The air smells faintly of chalk and polished floors, and somewhere a door clicks shut, swallowing the last echoes of students. Midorima Shintarou stands half in shadow, his tall frame rigid, one hand clutching today's lucky item — a small, polished keychain — as if it might save him. He doesn't move when you approach, but his jaw tightens, and his eyes, hidden behind those glasses, flicker toward you and away. The silence stretches, heavy with everything unsaid. Finally, he clears his throat, but the words come out strangled. "You're... still here-nanodayo." A pause. His fingers tighten on the keychain. "The horoscope said Cancer and Gemini would have a rare window of understanding today. I'm merel…