All Kise could remember was a voice echoing at the back of his mind… "What?! How could you even say something like that? Disgusting!" Why was he having this dream again? Something like this should be forgotten already. As his alarm clock rang Kise rubbed his eyes, really just wanting to turn it off and fall back into the endless realm of dreams, but he remembered. Today was going to be his first day at Touou Gakuen. Although he understood that his parents thought it would be better for him to be closer to home and it's not like he cared much, but he was still dreading the fact that he would have to meet him. 'Okay I'm not really dreading it,' Kise thought to himself. He had wanted to move on. After graduating from Teikou Middle School, he figured that it'd be alright to start fresh and not have anything to cling to from his past. Of course he'd still occasionally meet up with Kuroko, Midorima (although the latter would claim that he only met up with the blond after the annoying and non-stop pleading over a phone call the blond gave) and Kagami, since he just seemed to be everywhere that Kuroko went after they all started high school. Though that was the case, there was that one person he planned on avoiding forever. At the thought of a certain navy haired boy, Kise's heart clenched and made him fall back onto his bed. 'No I can't let this affect me like it did anymore'.

Kise pulled open the curtains which had stopped the sun from lighting up his room, and pushed the windows open. The golden rays welcomed him to a new day and enjoyed the morning summer breeze before autumn starts. Eyeing the clock, Kise let out an inhumanly high-pitched squeak realizing that he would be late. Rushing to the bathroom to clean up, ran back to his room for his uniform and bag and flew down the stairs.

"Ryouta, come have your breakfast!" Kise's mother called from the kitchen.

"Ohaiyou Kaa-san! I'm heading out first… gonna be late." The boy grabbed a piece of toast and headed out the kitchen again, hurrying to, then out the front door.

He was almost out of breath, but managed to make it in time for the train. 'Thank god' Kise thought to himself. He couldn't possibly be late for the first day.

Ding Dong

"Okay everyone, today I would like to introduce a new student to our class. He has transferred in from Kaijou High School." The homeroom teacher, Akashi sensei, turned to the door, "Please come in." As Kise stepped into the room, the entire surrounding was filled with responses of awe, gasps and giggles from the girls, though it must be said that the guys were also interested.

"My name is Kise Ryouta, nice to meet all of you."

"Oh my god, isn't he the model?" Numerous girls found each other blushing with joy and excitement.

"Eh, you mean the one who's been really popular?"

"Yeah it's definitely him!" Audible whispers started breaking out amongst the students sitting.

"Okay, okay quiet down. Kise-kun, can you please find your seat to be the empty one in the middle of the back row?" He made his way through the crowd to his seat. As he was doing so, Kise caught sight of the mix of dark cerulean and tanned skin. His heart skipped a beat as cold blue orbs stared deep into his honey ones. The one person that he wanted to meet least was propped up against the wall sitting next to his desk. 'No way! How unlucky can I get? Why next to him?'Kise wanted to scream out loud.

"Aomine-kun, please share your books with Kise-kun. His books haven't arrived yet." Akashi sensei addressed to the darker boy.

"Hah? Why do I have to do that?" Aomine yelled back. But with a warning glare from Akashi sensei, Aomine shut up and grunted as he pulled his desk closer to Kise's.

Classes were no different from what they were back at Kaijou, just a bit difficult to concentrate in since Aomine was so close that Kise could smell the familiar scent of the boy next to him reminding the blond of their Teikou days. All Kise could think about was how close Aomine was to him and of the days he was able to stand next to the tanned boy and smile like nothing in the world mattered. Ding Dong… He was smacked back to reality at the sound of the bell and told himself that those days were long gone.

"Ah, Kise-kun! You're the model Kise Ryouta right?" Numerous girls gathered around his desk, and blocked off the distance between him and Aomine. He sighed in relief but felt some sort of disappointment well up, somehow hoping that they could talk. 'Disappointment? Why would I be disappointed?'

"Yeah, but let's keep that a secret between us okay? He looked up at the girls with a wink and a finger placed upon his curved lips.

"Okay! We'll definitely keep it a secret!" the girls beamed and blushed.

"Yeah we don't want Kise-kun to be troubled."

"Yeah, yeah! I agree." The girls all called out and agreed with one another.

Maybe it was mean, but Kise knew that his appearance had a certain effect on the people around him and often used that to his advantage. 'But I guess that only works on almost everyone.' He sighed again to himself. Wait why was he disappointed again? He needs to pull himself together.

"Um, Kise-kun do you think I can take a photo with you though? I'm a really big fan of yours." One of the girls blurted out courageously.

Kise eyed the girl. She was petite and had nice brown curls. With another of is sunny 'for his fan girls' smiles he answered, "Yeah sure why not?"

"Ah, then me too after?", "And me too…" Many girls now spoke up and approached Kise with their phones at hand.

The blond twirled a strand of hair around his index finger, and beamed, "Okay!"

Just after one or two photos with the girls and several loud giggles resulting in Kise's endless flirt, there was a loud BAM! Everyone turned around to see that Aomine had gotten up, and his chair lying a few meters away from him on the floor. "Oi! If you're gonna make so much noise, take it somewhere else." The cobalt haired boy exclaimed.

"Ah, sorry Aomine-kun." The girls all scurried back to their seats at the fright that Aomine had given them. Kise glared at Aomine. 'Who was he to decide that there was too much noise? He could move himself if it really bothered him that much. What the hell?!' The amber colored eyes stared so hard at the shining sapphire ones glaring back at him that they might as well have burnt a hole through Kise's skull.

Classes resumed once again. Though things had quieted down due to Aomine's loud warning before, there was a menacing aura surrounding the two boys. "Class please remember these comments for next week's test okay?"

The math sensei stated as the bell indicating lunch rung.

"Ryouta!" Kise turned around to find a slender but strong built and tall brunette boy, then immediately realizing it was his childhood friend Mizukami Harukaze, standing at his classroom door with a blazing smile mounted on his face.

"Ah, Haru!"

"Sorry this morning I was gonna come pick you up to go to school together, but some things happened at home and I couldn't make it anymore."

"So mean! Haru forgot about me?" Faking a pout on his face.

"You know I'd never forget about you." Haru smiled.

"Eh, Haru-kun you know Kise-kun?" one of the girls questioned.

"We grew up loving next to each other, but then I moved to America for middle school." Haru answered as he pounced onto Kise, giving the blond quite the hug and said, "Now I finally get to go to school with Ryouta again! Let's go have lunch!"

"Haru, you haven't changed one bit huh? You were always like this back then too." Kise beamed at his childhood friend, happy that there was someone he could feel absolutely comfortable with. Well it wasn't like Kise wasn't used to dealing with strangers and feeling comfortable and being amongst a crowd, since his part-time job as a model got him long ever that. But still, it's good to have someone that he could talk to freely in a new atmosphere.

There was a loud BAM! (the second one today) diverting the class's attention from Kise and Haru to Aomine kicking the table in front of him. "Didn't I tell you to take the noise you make somewhere else already? Aomine was pissed, so pissed. "Why don't you get you and your little friend out of here? Your presence pisses me off!"

"What's wrong with you Aomine?" Kise couldn't hold it in anymore. Why did this guy have to be such a pain? "Haru didn't do anything to you, so just leave him alone. Plus you could ask nicely, and if it really bothers you so much, then why don't you move yourself?" The blond didn't care anymore. Who was Aomine to say whatever he wants and just control him? Why did he have to listen to someone ranting on about what he should do, when this person doesn't even care about him? A small drop of tears formed at the corner of Kise's eyes, and decided that he had enough. He pulled Haru's hand leading out the door, "Let's go Haru, we'll go eat somewhere else."

Aomine couldn't bring himself to properly control his body and dashed out, following the two who had just disappeared behind the door. "Kise!" he called, but the blond didn't turn around instead walking faster away still pulling Haru with him. So Aomine ran after them and called the name again and again. When Aomine finally caught up, they had just opened the door to the rooftop. The tanned boy grabbed hold of Kise's wrist and turned around to Haru, "Don't you dare follow us!" and pulled Kise with him onto the rooftop, shutting the door with a loud thud.

"Hey! What are you doing to Ryouta?!" the muffled voice of Haru was heard coming from the other side. Aomine had pushed a wooden piece between the handles to stop the door from opening. "Don't you dare hurt him!" The pounding on the door never seized, but became quieter.

"Aomine-kun" Kise spoke with an ice chilled voice, "What do you think you're doing? You don't have the right to do this to me. I don't have to listen to what you say or obey your orders. I can do what I want. What's the deal with you always trying to butt into my life like this? It was the same before and now again. You're always trying to control my life. I have just managed to forget about you and then you—" The blond was cut off from his continued ranting when Aomine still holding his wrist, pulled the blond's body close to his, so close that he could feel the heat radiating off of the smaller boy's body even though it was still summer and planted a kiss upon the moist and pink pouting lips of Kise's.