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A/N: I'm very sorry for making you guys wait. I know I'm a slow writer, and Kagami's birthday distracted me (because I made a fan-art and a fic for that first) before updating this. Anyway, thank you very much for reviewing the previous part. Also, those faves and alerts for this story, really MAKE my day ^_^. Now, please enjoy this second part!

Oh, and for all the guests that review, thanks a lot. But I can't reply them because you left neither name nor mail address for me. So, I will just say it here. Whoever you are, I took your notice into consideration, but the fact that in here, this fic, that Himuro is in 1st year is ON PURPOSE. It's not a mistake. I believe I already mentioned that in the IMPORTANT THING YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE READING at A/N in previous part. I'd appreciate it if you READ it before pointing a mistake that I'SNT A MISTAKE at all. I hope you understand.

Now, to the story! XD

Edit: this chapter has been beta-ed by tora-chan83! Thank you very much for your help!

Kiss Me Sweetly

Part 2

Murasakibara was sulking.

It was the next day after Murasakibara had a fight with Himuro. The tall, violet haired teen stared at his cell-phone in irritation. Himuro didn't even try to message him. Didn't he at least feel curious as to why Murasakibara got angry at him? Or at least felt guilty?

Okay, maybe the fight was rather one-sided since Himuro didn't seem to understand why Murasakibara got angry, but still…! Himuro said he was done with Kagami. That everything that happened between them was nothing but the past, and he and Murasakibara had vowed to beat that redhead together in their next match.

Then why is Muro-chin getting chummy with the said enemy?—the more Murasakibara thought about it, the more aggravated he became.

"Stupid Muro-chin," Murasakibara grumbled while closing the lid of his cell-phone.

Then his stomach suddenly rumbled. Murasakibara needed more snacks to bury his frustration. Being annoyed all the time was quite tiring and he'd like to converse his energy.

The big boy moved to his kitchen and opened one of his cabinets. He blinked in surprise. Apparently, last night he had eaten all his stash in the middle of his moping about Himuro being an idiot while watching some midnight drama on television. All that's left was his least favorite flavor. Murasakibara sighed dejectedly. He needed to restock his snacks and sweets.

"I'm in the mood for some candies…" Murasakibara mumbled slightly putting his index finger on his mouth, before he took out his cell-phone again. He was just about to call Himuro to ask him to accompany him shopping when he remembered that he was still angry with the older boy.

Murasakibara pouted. Today was Saturday anyway. Himuro wouldn't be at home even though he called the dark haired teen. He huffed. It wasn't like he couldn't go by himself… but he tended to get lost if he was alone. Moreover, having to look for a place he wanted to find could be troublesome.

"Well, there's one place where I won't get lost no matter how far away I'm from that area, though," Murasakibara decided. He would visit the store that he had frequented since he was a child, since he could always depend on it to have his favorite snacks and candies.

Murasakibara took his wallet and then went out of his apartment. He walked to the station, and stopped by the ATM booth to retrieve some cash for a train ticket to take a route straight to Tokyo.

~Murasakibara x Himuro~

Himuro just got off the train and was heading to the east exit of the station when he noticed a tall red haired boy waiting under the big clock just outside. Himuro smiled slightly before calling out "Taiga!" he quickened his pace while waving at Kagami Taiga.

Kagami turned to face Himuro when he heard a familiar voice, and hurriedly called back "Tatsuya!" with a happy face. He looked full of spirit as always.

Himuro stopped in front of Kagami and raised his fist as Kagami bumped it with his own. Both boys then broke into big grins. "You look healthy, Taiga," Himuro smiled nicely. He kind of missed the redhead since the last time they saw each other at Winter Cup.

"Of course, I'm training hard so I can keep winning against you," Kagami clenched both his fists in front of his chest confidently.

"Ha, I won't lose again next time," Himuro felt challenged.

Good. It should be like this. After their long talk with each other, he heard about Kagami's wish to stay as brothers and as rivals at the same time. Himuro had then made another promise with him at that moment, and it was that they faced each other seriously the whole time in any match from then on, but they would still care about each other as a family.

"So, what do you want to do today, Tatsuya?" Kagami asked as they walked down the road outside the station.

"Hmm… do you have any game at your place?" Himuro asked. He'd like to play some games since he couldn't get any of the new popular Japanese games in US.

"Ah, I have a game console at home, but I haven't had a chance to update my game collection at all since I got back to Japan. Too busy with basketball," Kagami scratched his cheek. "Well, we could always visit the game center. There's a good one near my apartment," he shrugged.

"Then let's go there. Ah, but I need to stop by your place to put down my things first," Himuro tapped the fat purple sport bag at his side.

Kagami looked over it and raised his eyebrows. "Huh, that's quite a stuffy bag you have there."

"What are you talking about? I need all my beauty products to treat this flawless skin," Himuro winked slightly and Kagami almost slipped as he took a step.

"Since when have you become so metro?!" Kagami took several steps back while throwing a weirdest gaze at his surrogate brother, face paling and sweating bullets.

Himuro laughed lightly after seeing that very funny reaction. "Really, Taiga, you're overreacting. It's a joke. Can't you take a joke?" He shook his head amusedly. "It's only my clothes and some toiletries, silly."

"W-what? Oh… right, you're not him… of course you can joke around, ahaha…" Kagami caressed his chest while laughing nervously.

Himuro raised his visible eyebrow at that, wondering who Kagami was referring to just then. Well, he could always ask him later. After all, they still had today and tomorrow to spend together.

"Okay, show me the way to your home, Taiga," Himuro moved closer to Kagami and the redhead grinned slightly.

"Follow me, bro!" Kagami draped his arm on Himuro's shoulder casually now, and Himuro was happy that both he and Kagami were still comfortable enough to be close with each other, just like when they were still little kids.

Really, Himuro kind of felt stupid now for ever wanting to end their brotherhood at all just because of his personal weakness and jealousy. He should have known that Kagami was a very nice guy who wouldn't intentionally harm him. Himuro had put the younger boy in a tight spot and in a bitter experience before he realized how useless it was to force Kagami to bet and give up on their relationship.

No matter how bad the situation became, Kagami just wouldn't let go. He was that kind of guy, who was very stubborn and bad at giving up. But that was also his finest point, and Himuro was saved by it. He couldn't help feeling very grateful to Kagami now.

Now, I hope we can stay together like this for a long time…—was Himuro's thought as they arrived at Kagami's apartment.

~Murasakibara x Himuro~

"Is everyone here yet?" Kise couldn't help looking around at the spot where he would meet up with everyone else before they headed to amusement park together later.

Surprisingly, there was no one yet. Kise pouted at that. "Aww~ what is this? Am I the first to arrive?"

Kise sulked now. They had agreed to meet at ten o'clock. He already came 15 minutes late because he had a photo-shoot at the park this morning, but seeing that he was still the first to come was really disheartening.

"Do they have any will at all to go today? Even Kuroko-chi hasn't arrived yet…" Kise felt like he was the only one motivated enough to do the double no, triple dates.

Aomine was grumbling when Kise told him about the date plan because it couldn't be called a date if many people were tagging along, just a simple outing. He bet Aomine was just irked that he had to behave and keep his hands to himself during the date because his friends would constantly be keeping an eye on him.

Midorima had texted Kise to kill himself (an improvement, really, since usually he would just text 'GO DIE' in the mail) when he reminded him about the plan this morning. But he knew Midorima would still come. After all, Takao had sent an 'OK' soon after that nasty text message from the green haired tsundere.

Kuroko was another thing though. He didn't seem too eager to go. Well, Kise could understand, alright, because Kuroko wouldn't be going with Kagami. However, he didn't intend to let Kuroko feel lonely in this outing. After all, he wanted to go today solely to cheer Kuroko up since he seemed to be depressed about something... somehow.

Kise didn't know what happened. But, Kuroko wasn't the type of guy who would be depressed just because he couldn't go on date with his boyfriend once. There must have been something else going on. Kise was willing to lend an ear and this outing could be a perfect disguise so Kuroko wouldn't feel as if he was being interrogated rather than being consoled.

Yup. That was the plan. Oh, how brilliant Kise's mind today.

Kise smiled cheerily to himself. Well, Aomine would be annoyed of course, but his boyfriend cared about Kuroko just as much as Kise, so he might want to hear about Kuroko's problem as well. Plus, Midorima was actually a caring guy despite his selfish tendency. He would want to help Kuroko if the teal haired boy had problems, even though he would definitely deny that.

Kise then sat on the bench as he waited for his other friends to turn up. Approximately ten minutes later, Midorima and Takao showed up.

"You're late!" Kise huffed and pointed at the taller, green haired boy and the shorter, dark haired teen in annoyance.

"Hmph. It isn't like I wanted to go in the first place. Takao was just very insistent," Midorima tilted his chin up and looked down haughtily on Kise who was still in sitting position.

"Shin-chan… you dragged me out of my house at 6 a.m. and started to pick clothes for me for this occasion in special boutique that opens at ungodly hour and only because you called the owner to. I must say you're pretty pumped up to go today," Takao yawned, patting his boyfriend's arm and side before leaning his head on Midorima's chest and started to snore lightly.

Midorima looked annoyed that Takao decided to turn him into a makeshift pillow, but he didn't shove him away and let the other boy lean on him with only a scowl on his face.

Kise thought that it was such a cute sight. Well, at least Midorima was eager to go on date even if he didn't want to admit it. He chuckled and it earned Midorima's attention as the taller flushed slightly, but he hurriedly looked away again, probably trying to hide his embarrassment.

"So… why are we the only ones here? Where are the others?" Midorima asked after he sat down on the bench as well beside Kise, Takao still sleeping and leaning onto him from his other side.

"I don't know. No one replied my message," Kise shrugged and shook his head, pouting slightly.

Midorima took his cell-phone out and checked. "Well, I was busy earlier," he didn't seem to feel sorry for ignoring Kise's message at all. Takao was still lightly snoring.

Suddenly Kise was interested in why Midorima's boyfriend seemed very sleepy. He grinned already guessing something naughty. "My… Takao-kun looks very exhausted. What did you two do last night to have him lose his sleep like that?"

"Kise, your face is very annoying. Stop thinking dirty, idiot. Takao just played games until morning," was Midorima's cold reply.

"Ooh, and what games did he play with you, Midorima-chi?" Kise's grin widened.

"How should I know? I wasn't there," Midorima huffed.

Kise sighed dramatically. "You guys aren't fun at all! Aren't you guys dating? Spend some night time together!" He whined loudly and Midorima immediately slapped the blonde's mouth shout in total annoyance.

"Your voice is too loud! Have a shame, Kise!"

Takao only stirred for a moment, but didn't wake up from all the movements and struggles around him. Midorima visibly sighed as he saw it.

"Aww~ Midorima-chi, you're so sweet~!" Kise hugged Midorima's arm playfully and Midorima scowled at him, seeming to be irritated.

"Kise, if you don't shut up at this moment, I'd make sure you can't speak for the rest of the day," Midorima threatened scarily.

"Waaaah! Midorima-chi, so meaaaan!"

"Shut up!"

~Murasakibara x Himuro~

"Welcome to my home sweet home. Treat it as yours as you are here." Kagami grinned widely as he let Himuro into his apartment. It was the first time Himuro came over after they reunited in Japan and Kagami was very excited to spend more time together with the older dark haired teen.

"Heeh, your apartment is nice, Taiga. Surprisingly, it's cleaner than what I imagined," Himuro looked around, seeming to familiarize himself with his surroundings.

"What is that supposed to mean?" Kagami grunted, annoyed, as he went to the kitchen to make some tea.

"Well, high school boy that lives alone tends to have a messy room, right?" Himuro sounded amused.

"Well, a high school boy that lives alone needs a healthy environment to live too," Kagami replied, pouring boiled water into a teapot with some tea leaves inside. He stirred the water until it was reddish brown and closed the teapot lid.

Kagami retrieved two teacups from one of the cabinets and a sieve from one of the drawers. He put the sieve on top of the teacup and poured the tea in. "Do you still drink tea with sugar, Tatsuya?" he asked from the kitchen, but Himuro didn't answer him.

"Tatsuya?" Kagami left the tea in the kitchen and went back to the living room. Himuro wasn't there, but he heard suspicious sounds from his room. "Oh no, you don't!" He immediately marched to his bedroom, opened the door and found the older teen slipping his hand under his bed. "Tatsuya! What the hell!?"

"Ah?" Himuro turned his head around slightly to face Kagami who was stomping towards him in annoyance. "I figure you'd lead a healthy life as a high school boy and have a stash of naughty magazines or videos here somewhere," he smiled sheepishly.

"Well, I don't. Come on, your tea will get cold," Kagami reached for the older boy and grabbed his arm before pulling. But of course Himuro was resisting.

"Ah! Wait! I haven't even checked your drawers yet!" Himuro laughed.

"Since when have you become such a snooping jerk?! Leave my bedroom alone, damn it!" Kagami was annoyed and a tad embarrassed. Really, why did Himuro suddenly want to know about something like that? He had never been this curious back then.

"Adolescence happened, that's what," Himuro moved swiftly away to free himself from Kagami's grip.

"Ah! Not fair! You can't use your basketball skill outside the game! That's cheating!" Kagami was trying to re-catch Himuro, but he was very slick and quick, and his movement was so smooth it was like he was dancing instead of dodging.

"Ooh! This seems interesting," Himuro then took a dark-brown colored book on Kagami's desk.

"Waaah! Don't!" Kagami cried in horror, immediately trying to take the book back because, damn it! That was his secret photo album, and Kagami was very careless for letting it lay around unguarded like that.

"Ooh? That reaction is very suspicious, Taiga~," Himuro grinned playfully now, trying to hold back Kagami with one hand while the other was bringing the book away from the redhead's reach.

"Seriously, Tatsuya you jerk! Cut it out already! Give that back!" Kagami was desperate. He didn't want Himuro to find out this way. He wanted to tell the older boy with his own mouth after all.

"That makes me even more curious to see what's in it," Himuro didn't seem to want to give up, and so they were struggling for awhile, pushing and pulling at each other.

Unfortunately, because Himuro was smaller and he couldn't see where he was going, obviously because Kagami was still trying to snatch away his secret album from Himuro's hand, somehow, one of his leg tripped on something.

"Oh!" Himuro yelped in surprise losing his balance, and as he appeared to try to hold onto something to stable his grounding, and he grabbed Kagami's shoulder as reflex.

Kagami was surprised as well at the sudden pull and didn't have a chance to balance his own body. As a result, both boys tumbled down and landed right on Kagami's bed.

"Ow…! Ta-Taiga, what are you doing? You're heavy…!" Himuro whined slightly, trying to push Kagami's body away with one hand while the other was still holding the photo album.

"That should be my line, Tatsuya! You're acting like a kid! Give my album back!" Kagami was still trying to reach for the album and he caught Himuro's wrist to make him let go of it, while his other hand was on Himuro's chest to hold him down.

"Nooo!" Himuro whined again teasingly, tightening his hold on the album in a vice grip.

"Excuse me."

Kagami and Himuro almost screeched and jumped in shock at the sudden voice coming from the door direction. Both teens immediately turned to face the door and there was Kuroko Tetsuya standing, as usual, with his expressionless face, staring at them with his deadpan gaze.

"Ku-Kuroko?! Jeez… you surprised me!" Kagami's heart was still beating a mile per minute because of that.

"Ah… hello, Kuroko-kun," Himuro smiled nicely at him from bellow Kagami.

Kuroko kept his silence, still staring at Kagami and Himuro for a few minutes with his unreadable look until Kagami noticed that he was still crouching on top of the prone Himuro, his hand still holding Himuro's wrist and somehow, one of his knees was nestled between the older male's bent legs. Plus, their clothes were rather disheveled because of their struggle earlier.

Kagami immediately jerked away from his surrogate brother as if the other teen was strongly acidic. He realized how misleading that position must have been in Kuroko's eyes. "It's a misunderstanding!" He immediately shouted and stood before approaching Kuroko. "I can explain!" He flailed his hands frantically.

Kagami couldn't let Kuroko mistake what happened as an act of unfaithfulness.

"Sure you can," Kuroko answered evenly. He didn't even flinch, and most people would say he didn't think anything about it, but Kagami knew how bad this was. He recognized that eerie feeling coming out of Kuroko's body and Kagami almost could see those scary hetero-chromatic eyes of a certain redhead behind him.

Kagami paled at that. "No, seriously! You've got it wrong! Tatsuya was just being childish and wouldn't give me back my book! I was just trying to get it back from him! I swear!" He almost cried at this point because seriously, an angry Kuroko was scary!

"Kagami-kun," Kuroko reached Kagami's chest, making Kagami jolt in surprise. "I understand, already. You do not have to panic like that. Calm down." He sighed, stroking that toned chest softly.

"Y-you're not… mad?" Kagami was very confused now. He was sure that Kuroko was angry just then.

"No, I am not," Kuroko smiled slightly before he hugged Kagami. The redhead blushed slightly at that, suddenly feeling rather self-conscious.

"E-eh? Ku-… Kuroko?" Kagami didn't know where to put his hands, but he figured it was okay to hug the boy back so he rested his hands on Kuroko's shoulder and back.

"I was here only to tell you that I am going to the amusement park with Kise-kun and Aomine-kun," Kuroko said.

"…"

"…"

"Eh?" Now, Kagami was dumbfounded.

"Oh yes, Midorima-kun and Takao-kun will be there as well," Kuroko continued before he loosened his hug from Kagami and looked upward at him. "I am disappointed that we cannot go together, but I will be fine with them so…" Kuroko then tilted his head slightly aside to look behind Kagami, "I am sorry for disturbing your bonding time, Himuro-san. Please continue and enjoy your time together," he smiled at Himuro after that.

Then Kuroko dislodged his body completely from Kagami before walking away. He stopped at the door before he said "See you tomorrow, Kagami-kun," and went out, closing it shut.

"…"

"…"

"He was glaring at me," Himuro suddenly said, snapping Kagami out of his stupor.

"What?" Kagami turned around at Himuro, mildly confused.

"Kuroko-kun… just then, when he said 'enjoy your time together', he was glaring at me while smiling," Himuro's face was pale and a bead of sweat prickled out his cheek.

"Aaaaaaah! He definitely misunderstoooood!" Kagami freaked out after that, holding his head with both hands and wailing in panic.

"Ah… what should I do…? I don't want to be hated by him…" Himuro also looked slightly nervous now.

"Nooooo! I don't want him to think of me as a cheater just because of this!" Kagami was still dreading.

Himuro looked at Kagami ridiculously. "Taiga, you are overreacting. It's just a misunderstanding between teammates. It's not like I'm going to steal his partner from him," he huffed at that.

"No, you don't understand, Tatsuya! Kuroko isn't just… we aren't just basketball partners!" Kagami looked at Himuro desperately.

Himuro raised his visible eyebrow at that, looking slightly puzzled. "What do you mean by that?"

Now Kagami's face heated. He was very troubled with how he should explain the nature of his relationship with Kuroko without having to say it bluntly because it was very embarrassing. Moreover, he still didn't know how Himuro would react over it.

When he was looking for words, Kagami noticed that Himuro was still holding his secret photo album, and he suddenly got an idea. "Open the photo album," he said then, pointing at it.

"Huh?" Himuro seemed aware that he was still holding the item before he put in on his lap and then started to open it. He immediately widened his eyes seeing the content.

Kagami's face felt officially burning now. Himuro must have been shocked because he hadn't said anything and just stared at the photos inside the album with wide eyes.

"Taiga you…"

This is it… the judgment...!—Kagami was ready to receive any negative reaction from his surrogate brother about the content of that album, because it told Himuro exactly what Kagami's sexuality was.

"I thought you would be kinkier than this."

Kagami tripped on his own foot and fell down comically, his face flat on the wooden floor. That… wasn't the reaction he had expected. "What the hell kind of lame reaction is that?!" he couldn't help screeching after that, face beet red in embarrassment and in shock as he protested at Himuro.

"Well… your response was very misleading too, you know, when I was trying to open this album earlier," Himuro huffed out a laugh at Kagami while shaking his head. "If it's just filled with Kuroko-kun's sleeping pictures or the pictures of you guys kissing, you didn't have to be that alarmed. Those guys at my apartment building in America already showed me more than a fourteen year old could handle, you know," he covered his lower face with the book, but Kagami knew Himuro was smiling in amusement.

"That is way too much information I didn't need to hear!" Kagami flushed darker, rather horrified, and then paled as well thinking about what those homo grownups had done to his sweet kind surrogate brother that he knew so much about something like that.

"So… you and Kuroko-kun, huh?" Now Himuro's smile turned into a teasing smirk after he put down the album again.

Kagami flushed again for the umpteenth time. "S-shut up!" he retaliated, very embarrassed.

"Jeez… Taiga, were you worried that I would be repulsed by your choice of sexuality? I'm hurt that you have so little faith in me," Himuro seemed to fake his 'hurt' expression, annoying Kagami very much.

Still, Kagami had a reason of why he didn't want to take a risk. "No, well… usually I don't care about what people think about me, but… Tatsuya, you're an exception because you're my precious brother, and… I don't want to feel like that ever again, you know. It hurts when I think you hate me," Kagami looked down now, suddenly feeling rather depressed as he remembered their stupid fight.

"Oh, man…! Taiga, you…" Himuro immediately stood and walked over to Kagami before he pulled him down so Himuro could ruffle and mess Kagami's hair. "Really, you're just very adorable. I don't know what I'll do with you…" then he hugged the bigger boy's neck rather endearingly.

"Stop that! Sheesh…! I'm in the middle of thinking here! I need to do something before Kuroko gets the wrong idea about us!" Kagami didn't want to sound sulking, but hell if he wasn't. He just didn't want to admit that. "Or he already has... Ugh! Why is it so hard to read him?" Now he felt dejected, whining pitifully.

"Don't worry too much. I don't think that Kuroko-kun is a close-minded person. He himself said he wasn't mad at you, so he probably is angry with me for hogging your time for myself today," Himuro tapped and stroked Kagami's back reassuringly, smiling nicely like a big brother he was.

"But, I don't want him to misunderstand you as well…" Kagami pouted now even though he didn't realize it.

Himuro smiled fondly at Kagami. "Taiga… you're just too nice for your own good…" He shook his head, ruffling Kagami's hair again more gently now.

"I will talk to him tomorrow. Now… since we have made plans first, let's go to that game center," Kagami sighed deeply in defeat before he was gradually smiling again despite his uneasy feeling about Kuroko's thoughts.

"After the tea," Himuro reminded.

"Oh yeah, the tea!" Kagami just remembered. "I bet it's cold now…" he sighed again. What a waste of good cups of tea.

"I'll still drink it anyway," Himuro then pulled Kagami back to the living room.

~Murasakibara x Himuro~

Kuroko was walking down the street to the meeting spot. Even though his outer look was calm and collected, his inner thought betrayed it. He couldn't stop thinking about what he had seen earlier in Kagami's room. Both Kagami and Himuro looked… very close. Too... intimate. Kuroko didn't like that at all.

Of course, Kuroko understood that the suspicious thing that happened between the two was probably was just an accident, but still. They were completely comfortable with intruding each other' personal space. He means is… that skin-ship was something rare even for brothers by blood. Kagami and Himuro weren't even that.

They were perfectly okay being close to and touching each other like that…

Suddenly Kuroko felt very uneasy. His heart rate increased sporadically. An unpleasant feeling wormed inside his heart. Despite him trusting Kagami, he hadn't yet gotten to trusting Himuro. What if Himuro liked Kagami that way? Kagami was clueless, yes, but if somehow, Himuro took advantage of that…

Kuroko didn't even realize when he clenched his fists so hard that they felt painful. He was also still in a daze, imagining what could have happened between his boyfriend and Kagami's supposedly surrogate brother if things got out of hand and—

Kuroko's face bumped into an electricity pole… literally. He immediately crouched down, nursing his painful forehead and nose because of it. He felt like crying, but not because of the pain. It was because he was worried if his bad omen would come true.

What should I do…? I do not want Kagami-kun to think of me as a very jealous boyfriend. Kagami-kun will surely not like it if I accuse Himuro-san of something like that…!—Kuroko sighed deeply, still in his squatting position and holding his throbbing face. He needed to stop feeling so jealous. But he didn't know how.

"Tetsu?"

Kuroko heard someone's familiar voice. He looked up slowly and turned his face around to find Aomine Daiki behind him. "What are you doing crouching on the roadside in front of an electricity pole like that?" the dark-blue haired boy frowned slightly, looking mildly curious and concerned.

"Ah… Aomine-kun…" Kuroko was slowly standing up, intending to greet the taller guy properly, but before he could say 'good morning', something warm and wet fell down from the corner of his eyes.

Aomine widened his eyes in total shock at that. "EH?! W-wait, a—why are you crying?!" Thus, he immediately freaked out.

"Cry—?" Kuroko just realized that he was indeed crying when he felt the tears on his cheek with his index finger. "Huh?" He was confused for a moment. He didn't mean to really cry over it after all.

Kuroko was sure his face was still blank, but apparently, it was still HUGE for Aomine because he immediately took out his cell-phone and frantically typed something before hitting the send button. He looked kind of panicking as well.

"W-wait, Aomine-kun, who are you text-," Kuroko's breath hitched slightly and Aomine winced, almost dropping his cell-phone because of it, "-ting?" He tried to dry the tears, and still rather confused of why Aomine was gaping with a distressed look.

"Uh… err… c-calm down, Tetsu... wait. What do people do when they're trying to comfort someone again? Aaa! I should have brought Satsuki with me! She'd know what to do!" Now it was Aomine who looked very upset and anxious.

"Aomine-kun, please calm down," Kuroko sighed deeply, a bead of sweat rolling down his cheek instead of his tears. His tears were completely dried a moment later. He didn't know why he had to comfort other people when he was the one needing comfort, but… somehow, seeing Aomine's reaction made him slightly feel better.

"Te-Tetsu, are you… okay?" Aomine looked very bothered now, but at least he was calming down.

Kuroko smiled slightly. "I am fine, Aomine-kun. I just bumped my forehead on that electricity pole right there," he pointed at the pole. "It hurts, but it is nothing serious, I guess," he rubbed the pink lump on his forehead. Aomine instantly sighed deeply at that, looking relieved.

"Jeez…" Aomine squatted down now. "You surprised me…" Then he stood up once again and glared at the pole heatedly. He marched to the pole and kicked it. "There, I kicked it for you. Bad pole," he huffed.

Kuroko chuckled slightly seeing that, totally amused. "Please stop. You will hurt your foot," he smiled again then, feeling grateful that his friend cared so much about him.

Aomine gave Kuroko a small smile then, but he still looked kind of worried. "You're going to our meeting spot, right? Let's go there together."

"That would be nice," Kuroko nodded at the offer then they started to walk together in comfortable silence. However, it hadn't yet been ten minutes since they started walking when three people came running towards them from up front.

"Huh?" Kuroko noticed first before-

"Kuroko-chiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!" a blond teenage boy suddenly launched himself at Kuroko, followed by a green haired boy who was panting because of the running and a very tired looking dark haired teen who looked somehow rather concerned.

"Ki-Kise-kun?" Kuroko was honestly surprised because lately, Kise hadn't been that emotional since he got together with Aomine.

"Waaaah! Kuroko-chiiii! Why are you crying?! Who caused that?! Did something bad happen?! Are you hurt anywhere?! Are you sick?!"

Now Kuroko understood. Apparently, Aomine had texted Kise in his panic earlier that Kuroko was crying. Kise tended to overreact, but he didn't think Midorima would also come running to aid Kuroko. They even dragged Takao with them, but Kuroko guessed Midorima's boyfriend did care slightly about Kuroko as well.

"Kise-kun… you are choking me," Kuroko replied evenly. Though, of course it was lying, but at least Kise immediately released his crushing hug.

"S-sorry! Are you okay? You aren't hurt, right?" Kise then settled with putting his palms on Kuroko's cheeks, looking at Kuroko with his warm, teary, light-brown eyes.

"Kise-kun, I am okay, really," Kuroko sighed again.

"Sheesh, Aomine, you…!" Midorima glared at Aomine. "Causing so much ruckus for false information like that…!" He seemed very annoyed now.

"Hey! Tetsu really cried earlier!" Aomine protested indignantly at the accusation.

"You guys have a tendency to exaggerate…" Takao sighed deeply, probably annoyed as well, but he looked more relieved than anything.

"Kuroko-chi wouldn't cry if nothing happened!" Kise cried dramatically and didn't seem to buy Kuroko's excuse that he gave Aomine earlier. "What's wrong? Please tell us. We want to help." He looked again at Kuroko pleadingly, now with those irresistible puppy eyes that could melt any woman who loved cute things.

Even though Kuroko was immune to Kise's seductive charm, that adorableness was something else. Kuroko sighed deeply again. He still wasn't inclined to tell them about his baseless worry on Himuro and Kagami's relationship.

"Let's… let's just go play first. I do not want to waste the tickets…" Finally Kuroko opted to stall first. He would look for the solution alone and distract himself from the worry by playing with everyone else.

Aomine and Kise looked at each other for a moment, seeming to be communicating with their eyes before they nodded at the same time. Then the two turned to look at Midorima who pushed his glasses up his nose bridge, his emerald eyes glinting slightly, looking strangely sure and convinced. Takao just tilted his head aside, seeming to be oblivious to the exchange between the GoM members.

"Okay then, Kuroko-chi. Let's go to amusement park!" Kise cheered now and everyone agreed.

Though, Kuroko couldn't help feeling uncomfortable about his ex-teammates' peculiar looks. Somehow, they seemed to plan something Kuroko wasn't aware of.

"Let's call Satsuki as well. I'm sure she'd love to play with us," Aomine suddenly decided and Kuroko immediately knew what was going on.

"Nice idea, Aomine-chi! That way we're set for six people! Three pairs! Yay!" Kise instantly applauded.

"Huh, for once, you can say something less idiotic," Midorima's taped fingers were still on his glasses.

"Shin-chan… just say honestly that it's a good idea," Takao tapped Midorima's back while grinning teasingly.

"S-shut up," Midorima huffed, his cheeks turning a bit pink. Aomine snickered and Kise laughed.

"Momoi-chi will be happy because she'll be able to pair up with Kuroko-chi, huh?"

This was bad. They would use Momoi to extract information from Kuroko without him knowing it.

Jeez… it has turned into something troublesome now. I hope I will be able to withhold the information for everyone's safety….

Well, it wasn't exaggerating, really, because Kuroko knew the extent of what the GoM members were capable of doing if someone or some people tried to mess with one of them. Even though he was upset because he was jealous of Himuro and because Kagami was being a clueless dunce, he still didn't want them to be harmed, especially his boyfriend.

Kuroko didn't want to go back single. Thank you very much.

End of Kiss Me Sweetly Part 2

Tbc…

A/N: Oh, man… this is stretching. I probably won't be able to finish this story in three parts. I am going to add one more part to this mini-series, so this story can continue a bit freely. Tell me you are okay with that, my lovely readers! Since I really don't want to rush this… ugh, Murasakibara only showed up a little bit at the beginning of this part. Damn. This is supposed to be Mura/Himu, not Kaga/Kuro! Stop being distracted, ME! *self-deprecates* And somehow... I got carried away making Himuro-Kagami's bromance as well. But, I can't help it! Their dynamic is CUTE! XD

*Coughs* Anyway, as always, comments will be very nice. Reviews will be much appreciated. And con-crits are very much needed.