Here's Himuro and Kuroko's "date" for Valentine's! :) Well... someone had to interrupt =3= I'm sorry if this update is really bland and all... but this is really necessary for the next chapters. Chapter 2 is almost done so... :) Enjoy! This chapter felt really awkward... feels so wrong yet so right.

Most of the people within the amusement park were couples... not that Himuro Tatsuya and Kuroko Tetsuya were an exception.

Or wait... were they?

"Sorry to have kept you waiting, Kuroko-kun." Himuro grinned widely carrying with him the promised drinks. Seeing this, Kuroko expressionlessly grabbed the vanilla shake and said a timid soft "thank you". He started sipping, and Himuro knew the blunette was pleased. He was glad Kuroko Tetsuya was having a good time just like he was, knowing his teammate's "advice" had come in handy.

"Atsushi, what do you do to calm Kuroko-kun down?" Himuro asked all of a sudden, and his purple-haired teammate could only turn around and stare at him for a moment, then finally speaking.

"Uh... Murochin, why're you so interested? Since when did you start caring about Kurochin?" Murasakibara asked suspiciously.

"Just... for some reason. Well, I guess I'm just curious. You know, curiosity kills."

"Mmm... Kurochin loves vanilla shakes I guess, so I give him as muuuch love as possible. But I have to admit..." The giant seemed to feel even smaller and smaller, and Himuro asked why.

"Sad to say, I think Kurochin loves vanilla shakes more than me."

"Really? And why is that?"

"It's because... you see, I love Kurochin sooo much and yet he doesn't love me back, and yet when he sees vanilla, he seems to be even happier than when he sees me." Murasakibara put on a slight pout, at this, Himuro chuckled. It was the first time he had seen something like that on the tall center's face. It struck his interest, what kind of person would make not only Taiga, but also Murasakibara Atsushi like this.

True enough, he knew Kuroko Tetsuya. They had faced each other in basketball, and they already talked to each other. However, Himuro had only seen the phantom sixth man of the Generation of Miracles, not the real Kuroko Tetsuya outside the basketball court.

"We'll have to see about that."

"What was that? You said something, Murochin?"

"No, nothing."

Himuro still chuckled at the thought, seeing his teammate pout like that was really worthwhile.

He decided to keep it to himself, that that was actually his share which he had sipped on a while ago.

He smirked at the said happening, somehow happy they had an indirect kiss without the latter knowing.

"Is it good?" he asked, he had received a brief nod of approval.

"Yes, thank you for all of this, Himuro-san. I'm really happy right now..." The blunette seemed to be experiencing pure bliss, and Himuro couldn't help but notice you can make him happy just by giving him a vanilla shake.

He now knew why the Generation of Miracles and Taiga liked this seemingly fragile yet actually strong boy.

Only being with him meant immediate happiness, the mere act of him thanking you felt so good.

He then thought of what the Generation of Miracles could have done to make Kuroko so sad, the mere thought of it somehow saddened him too.

"Kuroko-kun," he said abruptly out of nowhere, managing to continue the conversation. "What do you want to do next?"

"Hmm..." Kuroko's blank blue eyes wandered, looking around at the surrounding rides. It was quite a sight, children were happily wandering around, and you could practically hear people screaming from far away.

"Himuro-san, why don't we try that together?" Kuroko pointed his finger innocently at the roller coaster up ahead, still wearing his same blank expression.

"Unexpectedly bold, this one." Himuro thought.

He knew that it was going to be a tough ride. For confirmation, he once again asked if that really was what Kuroko wanted, and what he got was a nod without any hesitation present in it. He had never thought he would see the famous Generation of Miracles' phantom like this, he looked like a child in a way, who was pleading for something he wanted deeply. His eyes looked at that and only that.

Great... now he was jealous of a roller coaster.

"I've... never really ridden a roller coaster before." Kuroko faced Himuro with a sad expression, it didn't look that much different, but there definitely was a hint of sadness and nostalgia. It was as if he were in his own isolated world, alone and lonely.

"...Really?" Himuro was somehow surprised, but he did not treat such as a weakness.

"Yes... Akashi-kun and the others wouldn't let me. I tried to sneak away but they always seemed to catch me..."

"I see... but you weren't with them forever were you? Why didn't you just go when they weren't around?" Himuro knew he had crossed the line, for he saw the smaller boy's expression turn into something which resembled regret.

"...Precisely because they weren't there... that's why I didn't." At this, Himuro did not understand. He knew he had yet to understand more, but he did not want to delve into unnecessary territory. He knew that he could never fill that gap between the Generation of Miracles and Kuroko.

Yet... even though he knew, why did he feel so powerless?

"That's why when I invited all of them to meet-up... I thought we could finally... we could finally talk normally like the old times." Hearing this, Himuro felt a pang of guilt, to think he had actually interrupted something so important, he didn't know how to make it up to Kuroko.

No... deep inside him, he knew.

"Kuroko-kun, let's go ride that roller coaster... together."

"Ara? Isn't that Kurochin? Uwaa... he's riding a roller coaster." Murasakibara looked up, he did not have much difficulty doing so.

"Woah, woah wait. Freeze, isn't that that teammate of yours with Tetsu? What was his name again? Uh..." Aomine scratched his head, he never really was good with names.

"Himuro Tatsuya nanodayo. Really, just because Kuroko's name is the only name in your mind doesn't mean you can be forgetful of other people's names." Midorima chastised, and Aomine wanted to protest that his name was hard enough to remember. He didn't have space in his brain to think about people's names.

"Oh... So anyways, commander, what do we do?" Aomine looked at the shortest among the bunch, the said person turned around to face his former teammates.

"Nothing. We do absolutely nothing." Akashi smirked. "In fact..."

He stared up at the roller coaster, and his eyes met with Tetsuya's blue ones, and he could sense Tetsuya's shock.

"We just need to enjoy and watch things unfold. I wouldn't be worried if I were you, after all, I properly have a spy there."

"Huh? Who?" Aomine asked cluelessly, at this, the former Teikou basketball team's captain could only shape his lips into a smile out of amusement.

"Akashi, we weren't told of this, other people are involved in this uh... whatever you call it? Oh god, I so feel like Sherlock Holmes or something." Aomine riled up.

"There's no time for that, Minechin."

"So... who is it, Akashi?"

"It's ..." Akashi did not continue on, for he liked surprises. And not only would his fellow "investigators" be surprised, but also the "criminal" at hand.

The said criminal who took their Tetsuya away from them.

And when something was taken from them, they did not hesitate to go through best remain unsaid means to get him back.

As long as it was within their power, they were more than capable of doing it.

Now here he was with Kuroko Tetsuya on the roller coaster, sitting beside one another. And even though there were a lots of sights to see before him, for some reason, Himuro could only look at Kuroko. It's the first time he's ever been like this, and his "oh-so-mysterious" demeanor was starting to wear off... and that was a good thing, at least for him.

"Himuro-san... I think I'm... I'm..." Kuroko breathed deep, his expression seemed to turn pale at the very moment.

"Wait, Kuroko-kun, are you... scared? We could get off now, before it's too late." Himuro was somehow worried, though he somehow found it funny, how that weird request of Kuroko's turned out like this. He had yet to know, however, what seemed to make the blunette scared like that. It didn't seem like the roller coaster, for it seemed like Kuroko was looking downwards.

He looked over and tried to see what Kuroko was looking at, and at that moment.

Black eyes met heterochromatic ones, for there was Akashi Seijuro. Former captain of the Generation of Miracles, witnessing the whole scene, and he didn't seem happy about it. He wasn't alone of course, but what surprised Himuro the most was...

That Kuroko Tetsuya seemed rather calm about this... or maybe it was just in his nature to be calm.

But still, who could be calm when some people chase you to the ends of the worlds, giving you no opportunity to even calm down and live in ease, the thought of it seemed really... restrictful.

The words Akashi mouthed were not audible, for it was merely absorbed by all the noise. He could however tell it was nothing good.

The roller coaster had operated, and they had no longer caught any more sight of the Generation of Miracles, for they were drifting farther and farther apart, until they couldn't catch any sight of them at all.

Why was it that he felt something was wrong? Were the Generation of Miracles really like that towards Kuroko?

He saw it differently though... as if the Generation of Miracles actually looked at Kuroko not with resent or hate... but desire, and wait...

Did he sense affection in Akashi Seijuro's eyes just now?

"Kuroko-kun, don't worry... We'll be safe for now, I don't know how much time the ride will buy us though..." He was worried, if it weren't for him, he and Kuroko would probably be safe now. He was thinking of a way when he had received a pat on his shoulder.

"Don't think you're safe, after all... We're here. Isn't that right..." A voice said from behind.

"Yeah, Tatsuya, don't take all the fun for yourself." Another voice said, it was creepily familiar.

"Wait, could it be...?" Himuro struggled to turn around, only to see Kagami Taiga.

"Yeah, it's me. Oh but don't worry, I can always make a comeback." Himuro knew that wasn't the problem, but he decided to let it slip, however...

He turned back to look at Kuroko, whose eyes were covered by two hands wrapped around it. He looked back once again to see the owner of the hands, he knew they weren't Taiga's hands, they seemed gentler...

He wasn't surprised that it was an all-too-familiar face as well, but he knew Kuroko knew this person better than he did.

"I missed you soooo much... Kurokocchi."

It was none other than Kise Ryouta, the small forward of the Generation of Miracles, the wielder of Perfect Copy and... one of the candidates for Kuroko Tetsuya's heart.

So... I tried to make a cliffhanger, I'm sure it wasn't a good one xD It's pretty much predictable, what'll happen next...

Just some treat for all of you, a sneak peek at chapter 2! :)

Preview:

Himuro Tatsuya was not looking at it the simple way, he was looking at it like how a person in love looks at it.

Simply put, humans aren't in their right minds when they're in love, and even sanity has its limits.

For insanity was common enough for humans, what more for special humans like them?

What more for people who are in love with a gem like Kuroko Tetsuya? How much could they be driven by insanity now?

Aaaand that's all for now! Till the next update! :) Happy Valentine's Day everybody!

-BerryBliss