-One year later-

"Tae! Why did you agree on the perfume campaign from Yusa company while we were working on the same campaign from their rival company" Aomine entered the office room with a piece of letter in his hand and he threw it to Taemi's desk.

"Yusa Company paid us a good amount and I have told them that we are working with Taro Company to promote their new perfume. They s said that they didn't mind the term I have offered" Taemi looked up from her laptop to see Aomine.

"They ask me if Satsuki could be the model of their perfume and they required her to work in the same time at the different places" Aomine pull out his tablet PC and showed the email he got from both company. Taemi took the tablet PC and saw the company indeed requested for Momoi Satsuki to be the new face of their product.

"They never mention this to me. I might have to talk to their representative about this" Taemi picked up her phone and dialed a number. She saw Aomine was watching her with a caring expression on his face and smiled softly before she heard someone speak on the phone.

Aomine watched her passionately speak on the phone and occasionally she hit the table while her nose scrunched up in disgust. Then she ended the conversation while she put the phone in her hand.

"How was it?' Aomine asked her.

"they said that they forget to tell me about it and hoping that they could use Satsuki as their model and hoping that I would not let Taro Company to win Satsuki" Taemi said with an angry look on her face. Aomine laugh when he saw Taemi swore when she accidentally knocked off one of the picture frame in her desk.

"Why are you laughing? I just ended a deal with Yusa Company on the phone and now I have to find a new frame for this picture" but all the complained Taemi just uttered made Aomine laugh even harder.

"Your face was just too funny" Aomine said between his laugh while he pointed at Taemi's face. Taemi checked her face with both of her hand to feel if something was wrong with her face that it made Aomine laugh like that.

"Daiki! You are mean! you should be nicer to your business partner" Taemi said before she went to left her office. Aomine stopped laughing when Taemi had left her office. He went to her desk to lift up the picture Taemi just broke. And he gazed at that framed picture longingly before he traced the picture with his index finger.

Riiing riiing

Aomine heard his phone ringing in his pocket and he put the picture back on the table before answering his phone.

"Satsuki?"

"Dai-chan! Can you come and get me now? I could finish early and I thought we could have dinner together" he heard Momoi said. he saw his clock and it showed six in the evening.

"We don't have any reservation. Where do you suggest we would go?" Aomine said to Momoi. He also stepped out from Taemi's office and walk to the parking lot,

"Ki-chan said he wanted to have dinner with us and he already in this Italian restaurant at the corner of 50 avenue" Momoi told him. Aomine sighed before he opened his car door.

"I will arrived in ten minutes"

"Drive carefully! You don't want to make Tae-chan worry" Momoi said before she ended the conversation.

-x-

"This is the first time the three of us have a dinner together" Momoi said excitedly. They were waiting for Kise to arrive before they could start to order their food.

"Yeah" Aomine answered flatly while he looked at the menu in front of him.

"This is also the first the two of us also have a little chat like this" Momoi continued sadly. Aomine looked up from the menu he had been holding before he sighed and put the menu down.

"Sorry. I didn't mean to make you sad" Aomine said apologetically while he scratched the back of his head.

"Don't worry about it. I am just happy we could started to go back to the way we were"

"I hope you don't mind waiting for me to forget about her" Momoi heard Aomine said sheepishly.

"To be honest, I was surprised to saw you on my apartment one year ago. And also you were crying and gave me those two letters" Momoi told him. she could see the faint red in Aomine's cheek and she chuckled when she saw that.

"Shut up Satsuki. I did not cry"

"Really? I clearly remembered you were in your tears" Momoi kept teasing him. But in her mind, she remembering that day, when Aomine went to her apartment and he was clearly broken at that time.

-x-

One year ago

Momoi Satsuki just arrived from her modeling job that day and it was a surprise to find her former lover sitting in front of her apartment door with tears on his face and two pieces of letters in his hand. she instantly run to where Aomine was and helped him to stood up and entering her apartment. He instantly slumped to the nearest wall when Momoi let go of him.

"Dai-chan?' Momoi tried to poke him. She saw how empty his eyes were and she felt tears coming out from her eyes. she snatched the letters from his hand and read the content of that letter.

Dear Daiki

This is the first letter I wrote to you and I really hope I would be able to sent this one to you this time.

It's been a long time since I have seen you and you clearly had turned into the ultimate heartbreaker like I told you before. Honestly I feel happy to be able to see you and to talk to you after all this time. I didn't know how to express this happiness inside me.

I have so much that I wanted to tell you but I wouldn't be able to tell you. I knew this would not matter to you because you just thought of me as your friend. But I have to tell you this three things I kept playing in my head. These things that I wish I could tell you while we talk over a nice cup of coffee

First, I love you.

I have been in love with you since the beginning of our high school year. It was not until Akashi figure it out for me. I finally realized that and accepted that I love you. I was pretty angry when I saw several girls that you used to date but I kept telling myself that I didn't deserved to be angry with them.

Second, I hate you.

I hate you when you told me that you accepted Satsuki as your girlfriend. We were together as a friend for a long time. But I still couldn't understand why you didn't develop any feeling for me. I overheard that you love girls with big bust and Satsuki is someone that is really your type. Even when I tried to tell myself that I should have forget about my feeling. You were always there, being nice to me and kept helping me. You kept me hoping that one day you will be able to love me.

Third, I am sorry

I am sorry that I didn't tell you about my short relationship with Kise. I am sorry that I didn't tell you I have known Akashi for a long time. And I am sorry that I left without telling you anything. I am sorry that I couldn't call you nor I could contact you when I left the University and when I left you with Miracle.

Fourth, and probably the last thing I wanted to say to you

Thank you for loving me. I was happy when you told me in your drunken state that you love me. Even when I knew you might not really meant what you said. but it make me happy.

Kuroko Taemi

Momoi looked at Aomine and she knew that he was clearly depressed after he heard Taemi was engaged to Akashi. But this letter clearly told him that Taemi also love him. Why did he get this depressed?

-x-

"Momoicchi?" she realized Kise had been waving in front of her face and Aomine looked worried when she didn't react after Kise waving his hand in front of her face.

"Ki-chan?" Momoi said. She still blinked her eyes and registering the fact Kise suddenly appeared in front of her.

"are you okay Momoicchi? You look like you were in a deep thought" Kise asked with worried written all over his face.

" I was thinking whether I should order salad or beef steak. I heard the steak in this restaurant is good but I have to watch over my weight" Momoi faked a smile when she said that. she saw Aomine looked like he was annoyed that he got worried over something trivial like what kind of food she wanted to eat while she heard Kise took the seat next to her and explain the food in this restaurant.

"Satsuki. I think you should order beef steak. You are not going to get fat with just one steak" she heard Aomine suddenly said. Momoi widened her eyes before the expression turned into a big smile on her face.

"Mou Dai-chan! You should not said that a woman will get fat"

"What woman? You are still as whiny as ever" Aomine told her. She could saw a teasing smile in his lips before he lifted up the menu. Kise saw the interaction between his best friend and it made him smile in happiness.

I wonder if this is what Kurokocchi wanted. Kise thought when he remembered that day Kuroko went to his apartment and apologized to him.

Kise came back from his usual trip from the bar downtown to find a girl has been waiting in the lobby for him. it was someone wanted to see but also someone that he better not saw in his current state.

"Good night, Kise-kun" he heard Kuroko greeted him.

"What do you want, Kurokocchi?" Kise was definitely not in the mood.

"Can I talk to you?" Taemi asked in a low voice. Kise could never said no to this woman, even if she asked him to jumped of his apartment building right now.

"Follow me" Kise told her. Taemi nodded before she went to follow Kise to the elevator. They didn't utter a single word in the elevator. Kise opened the door to his apartment and let Kuroko inside.

"I am sorry" Kuroko finally said. Kise didn't know whether it was from the alcohol or it was just all the frustration he felt, he screamed to Kuroko.

"WHAT DO YOU REALLY WANT? BREAKING MY HEART WASN'T ENOUGH FOR YOU?" he saw Kuroko flinched and Kise instantly felt guilty to scream at her.

"Kise-kun. I didn't know where to start but I am sorry for suddenly leaving you. I hope you could forgive me " Taemi's eyes started to get watery Kise went to hug her. he didn't want to saw her crying because of him.

"I knew from the start that you love Aominecchi. I should have guessed I would never win against him." Kise whispered to her. he let go of her and hold her shoulder with both of his hand before saying "then, what's the deal with Akashi? how come you are engaged to him?"

"it was because of Saya-chan"

"Saya? Minatsuki Saya?" Kise definitely remembered that name. Saya was one of the most famous girls when they were in high school. She won one of the Video competitions online and in just one night, every people in Japan have heard her voice in that video. Anyone who heard her voice thought she has the voice on angel when she sang the song called "Angel" in fluent English. Kise could remembered in one of the interview she said that her friend recorded it and sent the video without telling her and she was surprised when suddenly she got fans letters in her mailbox. Everybody always thought she would be the next big thing if only she choose to have a career in entertainment business. But no one ever heard of her name after they graduate the high school. Everybody assumed she would want to keep living as an ordinary girl and she moved to get a fresh start.

"Saya-chan died because of a tumor in her brain. She and Akashi used to be close"

"Then, why is this have anything to do with you being engaged to Akashi?" Kise clearly confused after hearing her confession.

""I promised Saya-chan that I would take care of Akashi." Kuroko said with a sad smile on her face. Kise couldn't believe at what he was hearing and he shook Taemi's shoulder while saying. "That's your reason? What about Aominecchi?"

"Daiki would be better to stay with Satsuki. The happiness they had when they were in University was coming from the pure love they had for each other. Did you know that you could learn to love someone if you stay with that person for a long time?" Taemi asked Kise. He could saw Taemi was smiling softly and her eyes actually spark in happiness when she said that.

"are you really okay with it? Aominecchi with Momocchi?" Kise asked her. And for once he could saw a true smile coming from the teal haired girl. He couldn't see any agony in her face before she answered.

"Yes, because I believed the two of them could learn to love each other again and be happy."

"Then, what about you Kurokocchi? " Kise asked. he was concerned about her. but all he saw was a smile pure of happiness from her before she answered. "I will be okay. Don't worry about me"

-x-

"Ki-chan? Are you spacing out again?" this time, Momoi was the one who waved her hand in front of Kise with worried clearly written in her face.

"I was thinking if Yukicchi wanted to attend the party this weekend" Kise told them.

"Yuki-chan will be happy to attend the party! You two are a couple! Why she wouldn't want to go with you?" Momoi asked him.

"Because she didn't want to attend a party where it have paparazzi that would snap a picture of her" Kise grumbled before he stated his order to the waiter that has been waiting for him to order something when he reminiscing about Kuroko.

"Ah, she wasn't part of the industry. Where did you meet this girl?" Aomine asked Kise before he took a sip in his drink.

"She used to work in the hospital where Midorimacchi was before he went to work with Miracle six month ago" Kise explained while he pull out his phone to showed the picture of his girlfriend to them.

"The sinister four eyes?"

"Dai-chan! Don't be mean with Midorimacchi" Momoi scolded him. but Aomine didn't look like he was sorry at all.

"Yukicchi is the most amazing woman I could ever find! She just texted me back saying that she would come to the party with me" Kise squealed In happiness. Momoi also squealed in happiness and they both clapping loudly and it irritated Aomine.

"Shut up! What kind of party will the two of you attend this weekend anyway?" Aomine asked. Both of them stopped to look at him with a surprised look on their face.

"You didn't get the invitation?" Momoi and Kise asked at the same time.

"I just arrived from my one week trip to Russia and I haven't entered my apartment" Aomine said in a pissed tone.

"It would be an engagement party between Kurokocchi and Akashicchi." Kise said before Aomine saw the picture of the said invitation in Kise's phone.


AN:

I presented to you chapter 8~

I am surprised by the amount of review I got in the last chapter. and I have a hard time decided whether I want this to be a happy end or not. and it really brought a smile to my face to read al the reviews I got

thank you very much .

there will be one or two more chapter before the epilogue and the end of this story.

next chapter will be in Taemi's point of view and the last part of their past would be revealed~ gyaah

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