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Hi @deargravity happy valentines gift exchange! They are at the beach + some context + some jokes ^_^

I'm a perpetual early bird, so here is my part of @knbexchange 's Valentine/White Day exchange. Surprise, @evelhak , I was your partner! And I don't only have these silly drawings to present to you, but a fic too!! These drawings are actually more-like bonus content that takes place after the fic. The fic details Momoi and Aomine's complicated thoughts as they help kagakuro prepare for a date night, which involves; makeovers, philosophical conversations, gift hunting, emotional confrontations...all that good stuff that you said you liked! I hope I did a good job capturing those things. I didn't get to go into how the date goes in the fic itself, so I figured I would draw it out. :D Can you spot the little hard-to-see surprise in pic 1?

Detailed fic info + link + extra kagakuro rendering below cut:

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Title: I'll be there, always

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Characters & ships: Kagami Taiga/Kuroko Tetsuya, Kagami Taiga, Kuroko Tetsuya, Kise Ryouta, Aomine Daiki, Midorima Shintarou, Akashi Seijuurou, Murasakibara Atsushi, Momoi Satsuki

Word count: 7,810

Summary: It was their senior year of high school, and it had been off to an amazing start for Kagami, with he and Kuroko upgrading their status from basketball partners to romantic (yet still basketball) partners. But...there's an issue. Actually, a few issues - five (5) of them to be exact. It seemed Kagami would never escape the Generation of Miracles even after defeating the bastards, who take it upon themselves to stay actively involved in Kuroko's (and now, unfortunately, Kagami's) life. Yet, Kuroko is smiling so much more now than he ever has before now that things are normal(ish) between them all.

And so, as his devoted boyfriend, Kagami is going to give it his all and try to get along with the rainbow weirdos. Could this be the start of their friendship arc? Kagami has no idea, but for Kuroko, he's willing to try his damn hardest to like them - well, that's a bit much, maybe tolerate them, at the very least.

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Hello, @sidvishess! It's very nice to meet you. You can find my @knbexchange Valentine's gift fic for you on AO3. I hope you have a good time reading it. ✨ Above is a mood board for the story, and in the fic's end notes there's a playlist, if you're interested.

Title: A Murphy's Mercy

Rating: Teen and Up

Warnings: No archive warnings apply

Characters & Ships: Kagami/Kuroko

Word count: 13 207

Summary: Life is stressful, so Kagami surprises Kuroko with an adventure.

Read on AO3

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke | Kuroko's Basketball Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Aomine Daiki/Kise Ryouta Characters: Kise Ryouta, Aomine Daiki, Kiseki no Sedai | Generation of Miracles Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Medieval, Alternate Universe - Fantasy, man this really got away from me haha, i kept trying to assign myself page limits but these two goobers had other plans, Pining, Friends to Lovers Summary:

“Do you have to wear your crown all the time?” Aomine asked, wiping sticky jam on his tunic. He’d asked Kise what felt like hundreds of questions, and they were ones the Prince was happy to answer— For once it wasn’t about boring stuff like politics or homework.

It was magical. It was a breath of fresh air.

“No,” Kise answered, feeling warm as sunlight as he spent his first afternoon slacking off. “Only when my dad’s got important people around. You can try it on sometime if you want.”

“You mean that?” Aomine’s blue eyes went wide as saucers. “Holy crow.”

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A Prince and his Guard.

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to @axebreaker i present an aokuro drawing!! specifically referencing their request to include winter clothes and a dessert, so i had them in a jacket and sweater enjoying the popsicles they used in during their teiko days!!

Thank you for your enthusiasm and participation in the KnB Valentine's/White Day Exchange 2024! I didn't expect this many people to sign up, and I'm very excited to get things going and see what you all create!

To that end, here's a couple of housekeeping announcements for participants:

This event will be run as an anonymous exchange

Participant preference is to not know who your gifter is until gifts are posted. Interaction between gifter and giftee is encouraged in this exchange in the form of anonymous asks on tumblr / asking mods to play messenger, but please try not to reveal your identity until after you've posted your gift!

The next milestone for this exchange will be Match emails going out by Jan 29 to the email you provided in the sign up form.

Please look out for those in your inboxes and follow this blog and watch this space for more announcements!

If you'd like to check out some stats from the sign up form, keep reading under the cut!