His mun found the last OVA again today

[comprehended]

Stop making a fuss about it. Calling them by their names is not that big of a deal; I do know them since childhood, not to mention that Rin does it as well.

[Yeah, but that "Haru" still sounded adorable. Like, not even "Haruka". Straight out "Haru"!]

I thought he doesn't like to be called by his full name because it's too girly? Whatever. You're still being ridiculous. Don't you have important stuff to do? You have college tomorrow.


...stop snickering like that already!

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[peachyandkeen]

Ah! Is that Kiyoshi-san? . . .

[Wait, that's not him.]

Oops, sorry! For a second, I thought you were someone else.

[comprehended]

Hm...?

Sorry, I don't even know anybody whose name is Kiyoshi.

[Except for a guy he's seen featured in sports magazines here and there, but what are the odds that she's referring to him, really.]

[peachyandkeen]

You looked a little bit like him for a while. You've even got a similar build.

[Satsuki eyed him.]

Although now that I see that your muscles are developed in different areas compared to him. You must play a different sport!

[comprehended]

[He can't help but chuckle a little at that. Muscle talk always reminds him of Gou.]

I'm a swimmer. The guy you mentioned, this Kiyoshi...is he a basketball player?

[peachyandkeen]

I thought so! [Not that he was a swimmer, but that he was definitely an athlete.] I can see that you've been working hard! How long have you been a swimmer?

[Satsuki nodded, happy to talk about her favorite sport.] He's one of the "Uncrowned Kings", as they call them, and he plays for one of our rival teams.

[comprehended]

Since always, I guess. I was a kid when I started.

[Yeah, that sounds like the guy he read about. The world is such a small place...]

He got featured in the same magazine as me once. Not the same section, of course, but I remember him being mentioned as part of a pretty good team.

[Sousuke also remembers reading about a certain injury he had, and it was really inspiring to him that Kiyoshi achieved his dream. Good luck making him admit it, though.]

You're the manager of a team, then? Which one?

[peachyandkeen]

Me too! I was really little when I started playing basketball with my best friend. [She grinned up at him.]

Mm, he's part of Seirin High School's basketball team. They're good, and their teamwork is amazing. [Her smile was both proud and wistful.]

I'm the manager for Touou High School. Seirin beat us during the Winter Cup. [Somehow, she sounded happy about that. She was always rooting for her team as the manager, but as a friend - the understood that the loss was good for them.]

I'm Momoi Satsuki, by the way! Nice to meet you! [Satsuki gave him a friendly wave.]

[comprehended]

[He's a bit surprised at how cheerful she sounds about her team's defeat, but he can also understand, in a way. Having rivals is important for motivation.]

Touou? Don't you also have a strong guy in your team?

[It would seem that, as it usually happens with most people, he doesn't remember anything about Kuroko but his former teammates are a different matter entirely.]

Ah, my name is Sousuke Yamazaki. Nice to meet you.

[If Momoi knows something about recent swimming-related news, the name may ring a bell.]

[peachyandkeen]

Mm. We have a lot of good players, but you must be talking about Aomine-kun.

[Most people know who her best friend is.]

Hello, Yamazaki-kun!

[As much as she accused Aomine of being a "basuke-baka", Satsuki was one herself and rarely paid attention to any other sports outside her favorite. However, the name did ring a bell, and she paused to remember.]

Oh, I think I read about you in a sports magazine!