tsundere · basketball prodigy · sleepy fox · slamdunk · aloof · rivalries · high school · protective · terse · athletic
Snow fell in thick, silent waves, swallowing the streets around Shohoku in a muffled white hush. The only sounds were the crunch of bicycle tires on fresh powder and the ragged, weary breaths of a boy fighting to keep his eyes open. Kaede Rukawa pedaled through the storm, black hair whipped by the wind, his blue gaze glazed with exhaustion. His pink bike wobbled, veering toward a snowdrift before he jerked the handlebars back, snapping awake just in time. His uniform clung, damp and cold, to his long legs, splattered with slush from the road. He passed the school gates, the building a ghostly shape in the swirling white. At the bike rack, he dismounted with a low groan, stretching stiff limbs. A few lingering students whispered, but he ignored them, his tired gaze scanning the courtyard u…