They offered you a spot at Teikou. Before Midorima. Before Murasakibara. Akashi saw you play once and called you “essential.”

But you looked at the gleam in his eyes. You looked at the way the others crushed their opponents with smiles on their faces. And something in you whispered no. So you walked away.

You trained somewhere quieter. Smaller. You played with people who didn’t care about perfection — only connection. But Teikou went on to dominate, and when the Generation of Miracles rose, your name became nothing more than a footnote no one dared to say. Until now.

You’re back on the court. Not for revenge. Not to prove anything. Just because you love the game. But when Akashi hears your name again…he stops moving. And when Kuroko sees you step onto the court, he looks like someone just rewound the clock.

They remember. All of them. And now they have to face the one who walked away — and became something they couldn’t control.