Click…Click…Click… "Researching someone is normal…" A small groan. "Completely normal…" When the results popped up, Kagami couldn't click on the first link quick enough. It was to a tumblr blog with the user name VanillaShakeMyWorld. How adorable. No, it was actually dumb. Kagami corrected himself. He was familiar with tumblr, and although he wasn't an active member of the website himself, he knew his way around. At the moment, he had thanked all of the Gods and Deities he could pull from the top of his head that the internet existed. You could literally type a name into a search bar and you would get results ranging from Facebook accounts to social security numbers. What an amazing thing. His interest had been officially piqued, so what was the harm in delving into a little research. It certainly wouldn't do any damage to anyone and no one would find out, so there was no problems.

Kuroko Tetsuya. A name so simple, yet holding so much power behind it. Kagami's mouse actively clicked and scrolled as his eyes scanned the screen. Pictures of a small, blue eyed puppy adorned multiple text posts and littering in between those pictures were small fragments of writings, such as "Today Nigou ate too much dog food. He got a stomach ache and fell asleep for a long time. I was worried." Or Kagami's personal favorite: "Nigou was crazy today. He even chased a stray cat down the street. I had to chase after him and while I was chasing him, he was chasing the cat. It was like inception." The most recent post contained writing, "Thank you all so much for 2 million followers. Nigou and I are both so happy" and a small video of the dog waggling his tail was right beneath it.

Kagami didn't even look through the entire thing. It was far too dull for his standards. So this was the famed blog that made Kise go crazy. The blog that also apparently made 2 million people go crazy. Honestly. He slammed his computer shut and all but ripped open his phone. He punched numbers into the keypad like it was his job and held the device up to his ear, scowling.

Ring… Ring… Ri-

"Yo! Kagamicchi~! How rare of you to call me! Is there something wrong? Are you okay? You didn't pick any fights did you? Ahaha, I kid. Fighting is more Aominecchi's speed, although I wouldn't put it past you to stir up some thugs. Hahaha… Anyways, seriously, I'm kind of worried that you called me because-"

"KISE!" Kagami interrupted, yelping into the phone. He knew how well the blonde could carry a one-sided conversation. "I have something very important to ask you… Listen carefully."

"Eh? Okay…"

"What would you say, umm… Is the appeal of Kuroko's blog? How does he have so many followers? It's not like he posts any quality content, it's literally just simple sentences accompanied by pictures of a dog. Honestly, the dog isn't even that cute. I don't understand, what is so interesting about what he posts. I could do that, hell, an elementary schooler could do that shit."

Silence. Kagami was met with stone cold silence from the other end, although he could still hear breathing. Heavy breathing. Minutes flew by and Kagami felt anxiety nibble in his stomach. "Oi, Kise…?"

"Kagamicchi…" The voice was long, drawn out and, dare he say, scary. It was definitely not Kise's regular, cheery tone. The only time Kagami had ever heard this Kise adopt this tone of voice was when someone said modeling was for girls. A shiver flew down his spine. "I hope you know what you just said and I hope you're ready to apologize." The redhead swore he heard a growl from the other end of the line. "Because I swear to god, Kagami Taiga, that if you don't take back what you just said I will personally see to it that your life is miserable."

Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.

"What… Just happened…"

School the next day was hell. The anticipation Kagami had gnawing in his chest was all but unbearable and the ride to school was devastating. The redhead did his best impression a ninja as he slid out of the car and into the school, changing his shoes, and stalking in the shadows to the classroom. At any given moment Kise could come out of nowhere and kill him. Hey, don't laugh! It was totally possible! He slipped into the classroom and into his desk seconds before the bell rang, and thank the lord and all the deities in the world too because he could feel Kise in the desk behind him burst into flames. Not literally, of course. The model's aura became heavy and suffocating and Kagami prayed to any divine figure out there that would listen to his request that he could simultaneously combust because Kise's stare was so dark and painful. He braved a look behind him and gave a weak smile. It was a stupid idea. Smiling at an angry Kise is like trying to pet a hungry orca. You don't, because it's a stupid idea.

The blonde's voice was so demonic, it sounded like muddled nails on a chalkboard as he gritted out in a tiny voice, "Apologize."

"S-s-sorry… I didn't mean it…?" Kagami whispered as quietly as he could.

If there was a world record for a non bipolar person to change emotions as quickly as they could, Kise would probably be the world champion Kagami decided. The model beamed and said, "Apology accepted, Kagamicchi!"

The redhead was confused, but he wasn't going to die today, so, all in all, he was also pretty happy too.

"Oi, pay attention in class you two!"

Lunch wasn't a big affair. Kagami sat at his desk, eating an (of course) extravagant bento, while Kise and Aomine had lunches similar to him. Per usual, Kise ranted about celebrity gossip-and 'Kurokocchi', but Kagami found it appropriate to categorize him with celebrities because he was, after all, basically famous. The redhead did a quick take of the classroom, blatantly tuning out the blonde as he was sure Aomine had done as well. No, he wasn't looking for anything or anyone in particular, he was just looking around. He did happen to notice though that Kuroko wasn't in the room, though. Purely by accident, he definitely wasn't looking for someone he didn't care about. He was probably on the roof. Not that Kagami cared about what the blue haired boy was doing. It was none of his business. None of his business whatsoever.

Kagami suddenly stood abruptly, announced, "I need to pee." And left the room.

He strode down the hallway, anxiety gnawing at his stomach. He knew just where he was going, where his feet where taking him, and the route that he was going to use to get there but he didn't understand why he was going there or why he was so anxious. Why he was going to the roof the see Kuroko Tetsuya. He needed to think of an excuse, and fast. He was almost there and his heart was thumping in his chest at the thought of making a real friend. Maybe that was why he was fascinated with the younger boy. His entire life had consisted of fake or forced relationships-no one he knew had shared his interests. No one he talked to liked manga, or anime, or obscure bands. No one he was 'friends' with wanted to go to conventions or cosplay with him. No one he got along with was actually his friend. But, Kuroko Tetsuya liked The Man which was a manga, so maybe the smaller boy liked more than just that manga. No, Kagami was sure that the younger boy liked more than just that manga, because reading manga was like eating a chip. You can't eat just one chip and be done. You keep eating and eating and, before you know it, you're done with the entire bag.

With renewed vigor in his step, Kagami bounded up the staircase to the roof. He threw open the door and scoured the rooftop until his sights landed on the object of his interest. The small bluenette curled against the roof's fenced reading a small, blue novel with a mouse on the cover. He hardly stirred at Kagami's presence. In fact, he didn't move at all. The small boy remained engrossed in the book he was reading as the tall redhead approached. He didn't even lift his eyes as Kagami nervously belched out, "Hello!" In a small, breathy voice that hardly correlated with his appearance.

"Please don't talk to me." Kuroko said quietly glancing up from the novel. Kagami caught the title 'Flowers For Algernon', and squinted. It sounded foreign and strange.

"Listen, just hear me out…" Blue eyes weighted down red eyes impatiently. "I saw you reading The Man the other day and I wanted to know if you liked it because it's my favorite manga and I haven't met anyone else who likes manga, let alone that one so I thought that it was really cool to see someone reading it, well besides me and umm…" Shit, shit, shit… I'm rambling quick… Wrap it up quickly… ugh… "Please be friends with me so we can talk about manga together!" SHIT! That was NOT cool, calm and collected at all!

"Ahh, Kagami-san was it… I'm really sorry to disappoint but I was reading that novel per suggestion of the librarian. She told me that boys my age should enjoy life a little more and not always read such heavy novels like I do. She forced me to take that book along with my other books. I'm sorry… I wasn't really a huge fan of it either." Kuroko looked backed down to his book and finished delicately, "You can always join the manga club, though."

If one could hear their hopes and dreams shattering into thousands of tiny little pieces, than Kagami could hear his own, and it was so loud, he became temporarily deaf. He was still alone, and now he was exposed. Something would have to be done about his secret, and his pride. But, unfortunately Kagami couldn't think of a solution to either at the moment.

Wow, that only took two years orz I'm really sorry for the wait I kinda backed myself into a corner and didn't know how to continue it but now I have a plot drawn out and everything! Please continue to support me and be patient because I'm working on two stories at once! (The other one is AkaKuro lol) Thank you so much for reading and if you enjoyed it don't feel shy to leave a review! I love you guys *Muahh*