#was also thinking ab how fanfic writers tend to highlight kise’s softness in aokise fics too

[euyrdice]

hmmm thinking about when aomine tells kise he is “naive as always” during the touou v kaijou game. and just the kise that aomine sees and perceives. bubbly and bratty and whiny kise from middle school. kise who challenged haizaki a little too early. over-confident, too optimistic about his own skill kise, who didn’t fully understand and openly questioned kuroko’s worthiness to the teiko team. kise who looks at aomine with tangible, starry-eyed admiration. kise who admires aomine to the point that kise’s playing style and ability/willingness to truly play to win was stifled against aomine. the always reaching for and looking towards aomine, kise. kise who explicitly states that his goals in basketball revolved around aomine. kise who in last game; when aomine tells kise to try not to get in his way, doesn’t say anything snarky or sharp like he might with midorima or kagami, but lightheartedly agrees that he wont get in the way. kise who replies "really? can i really?!" after aomine answers yes, kise can take on silver by himself. kise who aomine scolds when the former passes the ball to kagami and not to him in last game. kise who aomine punches haizaki for, kise who he wants to and feels he has to protect. kise who aomine stares out the windows and silently thinks about during the touou v kaijou game break. kise who imayoshi says aomine couldn't release his full strength against during the touou v kaijou game. kise who aomine has a soft spot for.

just how aomine views kise. and the many masks and sides to kise and the ones he shows to aomine. does it differ from the kise he shows to others. what is it about aomine that he's shown this side of kise. what is it about kise that aomine sees kise the way he does. and how kise's flippancy and boldness isn't specific to when hes playing against aomine, but his softness sometimes is. and aomine's viewing of kise and how its something... soft? maybe not soft but. something circled in gentleness. something with softness trying to get it. just their perception of each other and how its a little flawed, a little biased, a little mutually soft.