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Kuroko no Basket
Split-second Realization
It happened in an instant.
Without warning, it dropped on him like rain, continuously pouring and not even stopping for a second. He cannot breathe. It felt like his breath is being slowly stolen while his heart continued to beat hard and loud that he can practically hear it. His eyes went wide and then blinking rapidly as his mind slowly tried to adapt to the realisation that had practically rammed itself onto his brain.
His passion in basketball and his fierce play had managed to capture his curiosity and with it, his attention. And that was the start he was just realizing it now. Without knowing it, he was already caught in his pace, already swayed in his play.
His potential is absolute it left him mind-boggled. His form is brilliant and captivating. The way he played never managed to bore him.
Knowing him a bit more outside of basketball enthralled him. His quite slow on the uptake brain made him unable to stay away in fear of being unable to see it again. His embarrassed reactions while angrily shouting at him to cover it up is endearing. The way he challenges him in every single game despite the fact that he loses made him lose his composure. The single-minded determination to win against him, the never-ending passion, his obvious love for basketball, all of it made him gravitate to him.
It was like he was gravity itself, pulling him in without effort.
Even his mere presence seemed to bright his dreary and boring day.
As he stared at the red-haired man who is now grinning at him in a challenging way, his sweat slowly dripping from his face, travelling down to his neck and finally being soaked by the t-shirt he wore, his eyes still having that passionate fire while he looked at him and the way his face lightened up as he held the orange ball in his hand, he cannot help but be hyper-aware of his discovery.
He's... brilliant, he thought in a daze.
"Come on Ahomine! I haven't beaten you yet!" the red-haired man said with that challenging look directly thrown at him. He threw the ball to him but he, still in shock didn't move to take it. He just stood up there looking at the man in disbelief.
"Aomine?" the man asked confusedly. He looked at him worriedly and he had the sudden urge to reassure the man that everything is okay just to wipe that look from his face.
And that thought made him feel his shock rose a bit more.
Yup, it's official.
Aomine Daiki is in love with Kagami Taiga.
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