Kise had run away from Aomine after that, leaving Aomine flabbergasted and in a loss for words. It was not that he never kissed anyone before- in fact he had kissed many girls before- girls with big boobs who chased him in the villages and even one or two noble girls. But somehow this kiss hadn't felt the same, it was passionate and forceful and yet painfully gentle at the same time. Aomine touched his lips with his finger while suddenly a voice jolted him from his thoughts.

"Dai chan!" Satsuki's voice rang loudly on his ears as she took his arm, "You missed the fireworks; we've been separated for a time! What, why are you looking so dazed? Have you met an apparition or something?"

Aomine smirked at that as he looked up at the sky, which was dark without any stars and the moon. Nothing was left from the fireworks that had blossomed so prettily in the sky. He muttered, "Yeah, perhaps I have."

Kagami and Kuroko soon joined them up in the shrine, while Momoi was saying excitedly to Kuroko, "Tetsu kun! Dai-chan has met a ghost! He's not scared, isn't that an improvement?"

Kuroko smiled at that as he remembered Aomine shivering under the bed after his parents told them a ghost story, and replied, "Yes, that's an improvement."

Kagami was snickering while saying, "What, that Ahomine is a scaredy cat?"

Aomine ignored them as he recalled the name of the guy who had kissed him, Ryouta, wasn't it?

Xxx

Kise had walked back to the castle smiling and met a thoroughly angry Kasamatsu in the way, who was scolding him, "Damn you, I've been searching everywhere for you, for all I know that brother of yours can send assassins to kill you."

Kise looked troubled for a while, before he tried to argue."Kasamatsucchi, as much as my brother Akashi would desire the throne, he won't try and kill me, won't he?"

"Many people do support him and he does have more spine than you. This makes me think of joining him actually, given that you loaf around without my guidance." Kasamatsu complained as he walked down the castle, leading Kise to his room.

"You won't do that, Kasamatsucchi." Kise walked swiftly to face his guardian while slipping his evil expression. His hands went to hold Kasamatsu's waist while he whispered to the other boy's ear- causing the other to blush, "After all, you're devoted to me, aren't you?"

Kasamatsu pushed him away while he watches Kise laughing his ass off, "Fuck you, Kise."

"Now, that isn't a language used to the prince right?" Kise drawled as he throws himself tiredly to his bed, "I've met someone incredibly interesting today." Kise's finger went to touch his lips as he recalled the other guy's name, Aominecchi. "Don't be jealous, Kasamatsucchi." He joked as he saw the other boy's face darkening.

"Like hell I am." The other boy spat on the floor, he walked to Kise's bed and pushed Kise's body with his hand on his neck, "And don't you dare joke like that with me again, you're younger than me."

Kise put his hands up as he laughed, "Fine, fine- release me."

To his surprise, Kasamatsu didn't and shoved his mouth to kiss him forcefully, shocking Kise. Since when had Kasamatsu gotten so strong? And the kiss was worst than what he had with the tanned ball player- that one was amazing, how their mouth had fit each others so wonderfully- as if it had been designed so. Compared to that kiss, Kasamatsu was just blindly trying to kiss and bit his inner mouth.

Gasping for air, Kise wiped his mouth as soon as he was released, "What the hell was that for, Katsamatsucchi? You finally can't hold down your lust for me?"

Kasamatsu looked down at him coldly before reaching for the door, "That's just to teach you, you young bratty prince."

xxx

"Prince Akashi." A green haired man kneeled on one knee to his prince. The son of a Duke, Midorima Shintarou happened to be Akashi's loyal guardian. "Your brother had made it safely home."

Akashi was sitting in a chair while playing with a blue marble on his hand, "Midorima, what do you think of my brother?"

"A whimsical young prince who had seen nothing of the world." Midorima replied, cringing slightly as he remembered the blond haired prince teasing him about his favorite teddy bear and glasses.

"I love him though," Akashi said, his eyes distant as he spoke, "But as much as I desired for him to look at me only, he just won't. That's when my love for him turned into intense hatred."

Midorima stayed silently at his position, his eyes covered with glasses and his true feelings about the matter unknown, "The girls all fall down their knees for him, and yet they don't interest him the slightest bit. Nor the throne. Even if I managed to grasp it, he would careless about the whole thing."

"What do you propose to do then, my prince?" Midorima asked, looking at Akashi's face- litted by the candle in the corner of the room, the mismatched eyes getting brighter in their hue as he walked and reached out his hand to touch Midorima's cheek gently.

"That, is for you to find out. My dear duke."

Xxx

Aomine had kissed three girls after that incident, simply because he was curious and frustrated. Running his hands through his hair, he sighed for the umpteenth time of the day. No matter where he searched, he could find no Ryouta in the town. Not even in the castle they had met. The girls had complied him smilingly when he went to pent out his frustration, after all, being Aomine Daiki's sex friend was a kind of a social status in the town.

"There he goes again." Momoi commented idly.

"What happened to Aomine-kun?" Kuroko finally asked. He was carefully eyeing the tanned basketball player. A quiet Aomine kun was odd enough, but the fact that he hadn't touched a basketball was the strangest of all.

"He won't tell me." Momoi pouted, "He had been that way since the firework," She suddenly gasped as if she had realized something, lowering her voice she whispered to Kuroko, "Could it be… he's really possessed by a ghost?"

Kagami meanwhile was bored and was going to Aomine's corner, kicking the other guy's feet. "Oi, Ahomine, lets play basketball, I'm bored."

Aomine continue to ignore Kagami while muttering something.

"What?" Kagami looked at the dead eyes of Aomine, "I can't hear you?"

"I'm telling you to fuck off!" Aomine yelled, much to the surprise of everyone in the vicinity. Then he lowered his voice while kicking a rock in the ground. "Leave me alone."

Xxx

Kise was fast asleep when Akashi entered his room; it was a safe thing since Kise is a heavy sleeper. Akashi sat at the edge of the bed, and touched Kise's blond hair softly. "Such beautiful golden hair." He muttered, his hands reaching to caress his brother's cheek. "You always ignore me. Brother."

Kise shifted his position a bit and as soon as Akashi is stooping down to kiss his brother's lips, a moan escaped his brother's mouth. "Ah! Aominecchi…"

Akashi's movement froze as he walked out of Kise's room in a haste, his red and gold eyes cold as he gave out his murderous aura. "Whoever this bastard Aomine is, I would kill him."

A.N : Some plot development. Please Read and Review.