Ship: Midorima Shintarou/Takao Kazunari Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke Major Tags: None Other Tags: None Word Count: 650
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Midorima feels scattered today. It's an especially unlucky day for Cancer and he can feel himself starting to fall sick. He doesn't have enough time before class to buy his lucky item for the day because he has an exam in his first class of the morning and he's running late to school. He barely gets there in time and he's so frazzled that he doesn't even stop for Takao as he walks to their homeroom.
"Hey," Takao grabs the back of his uniform to slow him down. "Miyaji-senpai is feeling pretty murderous about the fact that you didn't show up to morning practice. You'd better have a good excuse for him by the time we have afternoon practice."
Midorima sniffs, frowning at Takao. "If we don't hurry, we're going to be late to our exam."
Takao blinks at him. "Shin-chan, that's not until tomorrow."
It takes Midorima a moment to process this. Pushing his glasses up his nose, he sighs deeply. "I see."
"Are you feeling okay?" Takao asks with genuine concern. "Are you getting sick?"
"I am, in fact." Midorima sighs again, looking around the school hallway and realising for the first time that no one else seems to be in a hurry to get to their homerooms, the way that he was. "Cancer is the lowest ranking on the Oha Asa today."
"That's what you have your lucky item for, though, isn't it?" Takao asks cheerfully, and then pauses. "Wait. You're not carrying anything."
Midorima sighs again. "I did not think that I would have the time to pick up my lucky item on the way to school, when I was running late for the test that we didn't end up having today."
"Wow." Takao pats him on the back sympathetically. "You're having that much of a bad day, huh?"
Midorima grimaces. "I'll accept whatever punishment Miyaji-senpai hands down to me for being so disorganised today."
"I'm sure that he'll understand," Takao replies. "You're sick, and everyone has their off days."
The problem is, Midorima never thought that he would. He's always so careful to make sure that he's on top of everything, and being this disorganised is a truly uncomfortable feeling. He doesn't need to say a single word for Takao to understand. At least he has that.
"Look," Takao tells him, as they walk into their homeroom. "You just need to get through today, right? You can do that, Shin-chan. I believe in you."
Midorima tries, but he can't help how tense he is all day, just waiting for something terrible to happen. He doesn't get any sicker, he doesn't have any surprise exams that he's forgotten about, and despite his apprehension, the rest of the day goes smoothly.
Clearly, that means that basketball practice is going to be where all of his bad luck is going to hit him, all at once.
"I'm not going to practice," Midorima announces, and Takao just sighs and grabs him by the wrist, pulling him to the club room. "Takao. I'm serious. I don't want to. I'll apologise to the senpai later. I don't—"
"Look," Takao says, opening the door to the club room and walking in, so that Midorima can see the orange bowl sitting on the table in the middle of the room. "That's Cancer's lucky item, right? An orange bowl? I asked the senpai to cover for me so that I could sneak out during the lunch break and get you one. You don't have to worry about bad luck any more, do you?"
"You did this for me?" Midorima asks with surprise.
"Nah, I just did it for the rest of the team so that they don't have to deal with you being nervous all afternoon," Takao replies, but his cheeks are tinged pink.
Midorima smiles warmly, picking the bowl up and immediately feeling better for it. "Thank you, Takao."
FILL: TEAM KAGEYAMA TOBIO/OIKAWA TOORU, G
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None
Word Count: 650
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Midorima feels scattered today. It's an especially unlucky day for Cancer and he can feel himself starting to fall sick. He doesn't have enough time before class to buy his lucky item for the day because he has an exam in his first class of the morning and he's running late to school. He barely gets there in time and he's so frazzled that he doesn't even stop for Takao as he walks to their homeroom.
"Hey," Takao grabs the back of his uniform to slow him down. "Miyaji-senpai is feeling pretty murderous about the fact that you didn't show up to morning practice. You'd better have a good excuse for him by the time we have afternoon practice."
Midorima sniffs, frowning at Takao. "If we don't hurry, we're going to be late to our exam."
Takao blinks at him. "Shin-chan, that's not until tomorrow."
It takes Midorima a moment to process this. Pushing his glasses up his nose, he sighs deeply. "I see."
"Are you feeling okay?" Takao asks with genuine concern. "Are you getting sick?"
"I am, in fact." Midorima sighs again, looking around the school hallway and realising for the first time that no one else seems to be in a hurry to get to their homerooms, the way that he was. "Cancer is the lowest ranking on the Oha Asa today."
"That's what you have your lucky item for, though, isn't it?" Takao asks cheerfully, and then pauses. "Wait. You're not carrying anything."
Midorima sighs again. "I did not think that I would have the time to pick up my lucky item on the way to school, when I was running late for the test that we didn't end up having today."
"Wow." Takao pats him on the back sympathetically. "You're having that much of a bad day, huh?"
Midorima grimaces. "I'll accept whatever punishment Miyaji-senpai hands down to me for being so disorganised today."
"I'm sure that he'll understand," Takao replies. "You're sick, and everyone has their off days."
The problem is, Midorima never thought that he would. He's always so careful to make sure that he's on top of everything, and being this disorganised is a truly uncomfortable feeling. He doesn't need to say a single word for Takao to understand. At least he has that.
"Look," Takao tells him, as they walk into their homeroom. "You just need to get through today, right? You can do that, Shin-chan. I believe in you."
Midorima tries, but he can't help how tense he is all day, just waiting for something terrible to happen. He doesn't get any sicker, he doesn't have any surprise exams that he's forgotten about, and despite his apprehension, the rest of the day goes smoothly.
Clearly, that means that basketball practice is going to be where all of his bad luck is going to hit him, all at once.
"I'm not going to practice," Midorima announces, and Takao just sighs and grabs him by the wrist, pulling him to the club room. "Takao. I'm serious. I don't want to. I'll apologise to the senpai later. I don't—"
"Look," Takao says, opening the door to the club room and walking in, so that Midorima can see the orange bowl sitting on the table in the middle of the room. "That's Cancer's lucky item, right? An orange bowl? I asked the senpai to cover for me so that I could sneak out during the lunch break and get you one. You don't have to worry about bad luck any more, do you?"
"You did this for me?" Midorima asks with surprise.
"Nah, I just did it for the rest of the team so that they don't have to deal with you being nervous all afternoon," Takao replies, but his cheeks are tinged pink.
Midorima smiles warmly, picking the bowl up and immediately feeling better for it. "Thank you, Takao."