Kagami groaned as he walked down the street towards his apartment. He was a little sore from basketball practice but it was a good kind of sore; the kind that said that he worked hard. Even though the practice was difficult, the practices in University were a cakewalk compared to his High School practices; the only real similarity between the two was a certain shadow. Kuroko and him had chosen the same University so it was nice that they could continue their partnership to dominate the court.

Now he supposed that he had to go and do his other practice. He had his headphones on listening to some harsh rock while he walked to keep his blood pumping. As he walked he dribbled a basketball to the beat of the music to keep his mind focused on it. And just as he was getting into the song, something horrible happened: his phone died and the music stopped.

"You've got to be fucking kidding me."

He groaned and pulled out his phone and sure enough, it was dead. That's what he gets for forgetting to charge his phone the night before. He pulled off his headphones to rest them around his neck and continued his walk, which to say was quite boring after that point.

He got about halfway to his apartment and at this point he was starting to walk past a few shops that littered the streets on his way, but something made him stop and listen. He heard piano. He looked to where he thought he heard it and saw that it was a music store that it was coming from.

Kagami crossed the street towards the store so he could listen closer to the music and once he got close enough, he froze. He had never really been a fan of classical music, to him it seemed kind of boring and a little bit overplayed, but this pianist, they took the classical music that they played and made it over in a whole new light. To Kagami it felt like everything became muted around him and all he could hear was the piano playing. He couldn't place the song, but whatever it was, it was one of the most beautiful piano solos he had ever heard.

His brother Himuro played the piano, so he's had to listen to classical music enough but he had to admit, even Tatsuya couldn't get anywhere close to this person's level. Kagami had only ever known one other pianist who could and he was back in America.

Kagami had no idea how long he stood listening to the song, but when the music stopped he was released from his frozen state. There was one thing that he had to know for sure: he had to know who this pianist was. He figured that just waiting there to find out who the person was would seem somewhat stalker-ish, so with reluctance, Kagami decided that he would continue on his way home.

Once he was home, he immediately plugged in his phone. A message popping up from Tatsuya as soon as the screen turned on.

From: Tatsuya
To: Taiga

Hey! You coming to my competition next week? Atsushi isn't able to go and I need moral support. :)

Kagami looked at the message. This might be his chance to find out who that person was. If the pianist was at the competition, then he could meet them. He quickly typed up a response.

From: Taiga
To: Tatsuya

Of course ^_^ Wouldn't miss it.

Aomine sighed as he walked home from his basketball practice. Today had been a longer practice since they were preparing for an upcoming tournament, so not only was he a little tired, but he also had to walk a long way back to his mom's place because the route he normally took was under construction.

He dribbled the basketball in his hands as he walked and soon came to a residential area with a few apartment complexes. They were large and seemed like people with a good amount of money would live there. He grumbled as he walked. He didn't like going through this neighborhood because if anyone was outside he would be getting glared at from whoever it was, he knew that from experience.

But this time, there was something different about the place.

Everything seemed calmer almost, as if everything was slowing down. What Aomine didn't know was that this was a calm before a storm. He heard a noise and he stopped. He listened for it again except this time it was longer, drawn out, a note from a musical instrument. He listened closer, realizing it was a violin. Aomine never realized that a violin could sound so different and interesting.

Now, he listened to modern music all the time, but hearing a violin playing modern music, that was something that was unheard of to Aomine. He always associated a violin with an orchestra and classical music, never with anything modern. The closer he listened, the more he realized that this wasn't a recording; it was a legitimate musician. This person was stopping and starting over and repeating the same passage to get it right.

He picked up his basketball and just listened to the music. It was fast paced and aggressive, unlike most violin solos that were usually more melodic, but he found that he liked this style much better than what he was used to hearing, granted he hadn't heard very many violinists to begin with.

The next time the musician stopped, Aomine checked his watch and swore under his breath. He had promised his mom he would be home for dinner, and he was going to be cutting it close at this point. With reluctance, he began to make his way home again. One thing was for sure though:he needed to find out who that violinist was. But right now, he had other things he needed to focus on, such as his competition next week that he needed to be ready for.

Kagami walked into the large building and looked around. He hadn't gone to one of Tatsuya's piano competitions in a long time, so this kind of atmosphere was something he still wasn't used to. He had remembered from when they were young, the tension in these competitions always seemed a bit high. But this, you could cut the tension in this room with a knife. He looked around for his brother and when he finally found him he made his way over.

"Tatsuya!" he called.

Himuro looked up and smiled. They talked for a while about when Tatsuya would be performing and what the set piece was, and then it was time for Tatsuya to go backstage and get ready. When he left, Kagami went into the auditorium and took his seat,looking down at his program vaguely but not really paying attention since he knew that Himuro's slot wasn't until after the break. The set piece for this competition was a piece by Handel or something like that, the only reason he knew was because Tatsuya had told him what he had to play, otherwise Kagami wouldn't have had a clue.

The competition soon began and Kagami found himself falling asleep not shortly after. He tried to stay awake, he really did, but the music just was too melodic for his taste. He had just started dozing off when he heard the set song begin again, except this time it was different then all the rest. It had a completely different feel, even as it was the same song. The person who played it made the song have a completely different style altogether. As he continued to listen, he realized just what that feeling was; it was the same thing he had heard that day that he had walked past the music shop. This was the pianist he wanted to meet.

Kagami's eyes shot open and stared forward to see who the musician was. The word 'shocked' couldn't even begin to describe what Kagami was feeling as his eyes landed on the pianist.

Sitting on the piano bench was none other than Aomine Daiki.

Next time on Let the Music Do the Talking: How will Aomine react to Kagami finding out about him playing the piano? Stay tuned to find out.

ChronicleArt: Hey everyone! So it has begun! So myself and aokagaisball have decided to write a fic together after a long time of talking about this AU. So we decided that we are going to trade off on chapters, so I wrote this one and Chelsea will be writing the next one.