A/N: I think I've probably said all I've wanted to say in the previous chapters so, the only thing I might be saying for now is thank you for the continued support! Especially from those who reviewed, faved and followed this story! I've been wanting to write another KuroBasu fic but I think I should finish this before I do anything else. -_- Anyways, enjoy!

"Um, excuse me, but do you know where Kuroko Tetsuya's classroom might be?" Takao asks someone passing by. The Seirin student scratches his chin, unfamiliar to the name. Takao then supplies, "You know, the basketball club's number eleven?"

The boy's eyes perk up at this, finally getting it. "His classroom's just around the corner," he points, "Just ask for him. If you didn't mention his jersey number and all, I wouldn't have known. He kinda has a weak presence, you know? It's a good thing that we're both in the same grade."

Takao nods and thanks the boy.

"Thank you," Midorima adds to the conversation. The boy nods stiffly and scurries off.

"Shin-chan," Takao starts, showing some sort of disappointment, "Can't you smile even just a little when you're conversing with people outside of your comfort zone?"

Midorima gives him an icy glare. "What are you talking about, Takao? This is how I always look like. You know that."

Takao sighs. "Shin-chan is so not cute."

"A-Anyway, let's go," Midorima mumbles upon hearing the last word. Takao catches a glimpse of the red shade glowing on his Shin-chan's face and involuntarily grows a smile on his own face. The raven boy pounces on his taller counterpart and teases him, saying, "Say, Shin-chan! How about we head over to my house after this?"

"What are you talking about, Takao?" Midorima inquires.

Takao's smile turns into a playful smirk. "Shin-chan's acting innocent, isn't he?"

The greenhead pushes his glasses up. "We're here."

Takao pouts.

"Excuse me," Midorima taps a girl's shoulder, "But is does a Kuroko Tetsuya attend classes here?"

"Ah!" the girl says with a startle. She quickly scans the one who surprises her and immediately, her cheeks go rosy pink. Takao could only but hold in a laugh.

"K-Kuroko-kun, you say..." she whispers audibly for them to hear and slowly, she returns to her senses, although still a bit love struck at the tall Shuutoku shooter. "I-I don't think we have a Kuroko in this class, Mr. Megane."

Before Midorima could even react to that, Takao already let out pieces of his held in laugh out. Midorima turns bright red at this. Although it was true he wore glasses, he still felt a bit awkward being called as 'Megane' or 'Megane-kun'. He was a perfect 3-point shooter, for Pete's sake!

"T-Then," Midorima holds in his embarrassment, not that he would admit that to anyone, especially someone he didn't know, and to a girl no less, "W-We must have the wrong classroom. Excuse us."

"S-Shin-chan," Takao chuckles quietly, trying to repress the laugh that was about to come. "Are you okay-"

"Midorima-kun, Takao-san."

The two Shuutoku boys stopped on their tracks as someone very familiar suddenly appears before them, their hearts also stopping for a split second. After realizing who it was, the two heave heavy breathes, trying to wash away the fear lingering from the shock.

"Geez, Kuroko!" the two yell out in unison.

Kuroko doesn't reply. Instead, he waits for the two to catch their normal breathing. It's been always like this. Sure, he loved having the element of surprise thing, but simply being ignored was another matter. So, when the two finally relax, he offers them his own surprise.

"What are Midorima-kun and Takao-san doing in Seirin?" the bluenette asks, cold blue eyes staring blankly at them.

"Uh..." Midorima lets out. How would he start? It's been quite a while since he's seen the boy, so how about starting with...

"You see, Kuroko-kun," Takao places an arm over Kuroko's shoulder.

"Takao!"

"Shin-chan over here felt a bit lonely at Shuutoku and wanted to see you and all," Takao exaggerates. Midorima was about to retort back when Kuroko replies, "Oh, I'm glad to see you as well, Midorima-kun," and smiles.

The Shuutoku pair, upon seeing the strange yet appealing look on his face, stood there with their jaws dropping. Midorima's already abused cheeks turn red once more while Takao's turn lesser than red.

"S-Say, Kuroko-kun," Takao says, finally turning a bit to his old self, "Did something happen or something? You were glowing there for a second."

"Did something happen, you say...?" Kuroko ponders on the thought. Unexpectedly, his pale cheeks show a bright color and (un)luckily, they see it. "Something, huh?"

"Y-Yeah," Takao replies. The raven boy couldn't help but be irritated at how weird Kuroko was being. Sure, he did ask about that, but he only meant to be sociable. And seeing Midorima so excited about him made his irritation much, much worse. Takao releases his hold on Kuroko and walks over to Midorima, continuing the conversation anyway, saying, "Weeeeell? Did something happen?"

"If you're asking that... well," Kuroko hesitates for a moment. "Then I suppose you have to ask Kagami-kun about it."

The two outsiders take two seconds to let the information register. Kagami? Did he just mention that redhead with a short attention span? What did he have to do with anything?

"K-Kuroko," Midorima stutters, trying to gather up his pride, "It's not in my nature to pry, but, did something happen-"

He didn't need to finish his sentence. The mere fact that Kuroko was shying away the embarrassment on his face was enough for him to get an idea. Midorima's fists ball up and clench tightly on the nothing in his hand. He feels his teeth gritting behind his lips. Sure, he and Kuroko had never gotten along with each other. They both felt that same resentment for each other. But one thing's for sure: Midorima did not like the fact that Kuroko and Kagami were getting too friendly. As to why, he didn't know. He only reasoned that it was simply because he respected him in many ways than one, although he wouldn't admit to that either.

"Takao," Midorima says with demand in his tone. He saw the boy flinch for a second there. "We're going back. Seems like Oha Asa was right."

"S-Shin-chan?" Takao calls out, getting pretty scared with the black aura he was emitting.

"Kuroko, we're going back for now."

Without waiting for any reply, Midorima stomps off back to the school's entrance. Takao can't help but be helpless. The boy watches as his partner walks away and at the same time, he glances back to the clueless blue boy. Kuroko shares his confusion.

"Uh, well," Takao scratches the back of his head, "I think I have to go. See you soon, Kuroko-kun." With that, Takao runs off to follow his colleague.

Kuroko stands there perplexed as to what had just happened.

"Yo Kuroko."

Kuroko turns around to find Kagami walking up to him with a sour look on his face. "Kagami-kun, what's wrong?"

"I saw you talking to Midorima," he says, "What did he want?"

"Beats me..." Kuroko replies honestly. What did he come here for? Kuroko glances over to Kagami and sees him seething venom from his eyes. "Kagami-kun?"

"Yeah?" the boy replies, still watching the area where Midorima and Takao took off.

"What was up with you this morning?"

"Huh?" Kagami's eyes open wide to the question. He turns to look at Kuroko and finds himself in the boy's light blue eyes that tried to pull him in deeper. He gulps. Shit. I forgot all about that.

"N-Nothing much," he replies, running back in the classroom.

Kuroko smiles.

"S-Shin-chan! Wait up will ya?" Takao yells, jogging his way to Midorima's side. When he reaches the tall boy, he sees his beautiful eyes emit out anger. Woah, woah. Take it easy, big boy. "Shin-chan?"

"It seems Oha Asa was definitely right, as always," Midorima steams out. "It seems like I did make a new discovery. As to what to do about it..."

He pauses. Takao felt a bad premonition from all of this...

"It seems it can't be helped," Midorima sighs heavily, "I need to tell Akashi."

A/N: Big cliffhanger here for some! Enjoy! lols