[ That answer just makes Akashi smile — well, smirk, really. He'd come here looking for somebody who could fill the same place on the team that Kuroko had for Teikou, but he sees now that he could've dreamed more ambitiously. Kuroko always believed in doing the best for the team, about being the perfect support — Mayuzumi wants his own glory.
Akashi likes it. It's a good trait, one he understands more than Kuroko's mindset. He supposes that must be one reason that fate's decided they're meant to be soulmates. ]
If you're willing to grasp through your own efforts, then a place on the starting team is within your reach. Have you heard of the Phantom Sixth Man?
[ ... It's a bit strange talking about Kuroko like he's some kind of basketball urban legend. If things work out better, he'd prefer it if Mayuzumi gained no reputation at all.
Well, he'd also like it if Mayuzumi gained no reputation at all because seriously? How do people not notice this guy? He's built and he's attractive, all he has to do is not be irredeemably idiotic and he'd probably be acceptably desirable to 75%+ of the population. (So he thinks before he learns about how much Mayuzumi enjoys the latest mass-market genre fiction sensation, at least.) ]
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Akashi likes it. It's a good trait, one he understands more than Kuroko's mindset. He supposes that must be one reason that fate's decided they're meant to be soulmates. ]
If you're willing to grasp through your own efforts, then a place on the starting team is within your reach. Have you heard of the Phantom Sixth Man?
[ ... It's a bit strange talking about Kuroko like he's some kind of basketball urban legend. If things work out better, he'd prefer it if Mayuzumi gained no reputation at all.
Well, he'd also like it if Mayuzumi gained no reputation at all because seriously? How do people not notice this guy? He's built and he's attractive, all he has to do is not be irredeemably idiotic and he'd probably be acceptably desirable to 75%+ of the population. (So he thinks before he learns about how much Mayuzumi enjoys the latest mass-market genre fiction sensation, at least.) ]