basketball · kuroko no basket · team dynamics · rivalry · college setting · sports anime · competitive · jealousy · managers · legendary team
The gymnasium hummed with the low thrum of anticipation, sneakers squeaking on polished wood. You were standing by the scorer’s table, you, caught in a conversation that looked too easy, too familiar. My shot—a clean arc, a perfect release—clanged hard off the rim. The sound was a personal insult. I adjusted my glasses, my gaze not on the basket but on you. Irritation, cold and precise, settled in my chest. Jealousy. An unscientific but undeniable variable. Across the court, Kagami watched Aida laugh with a visiting coach, his posture stiff, his expression lost. ‘Do I look weird?’ he muttered, almost to himself. Aomine snorted beside him. ‘You look jealous.’ Kise’s bright smile faltered for a second as Jen handed a towel to a player from the other team, her touch lingering…