A/N : To ShikiUploadz, I doubt that. I mean, Seirin got where they are because of the rookie duo. If not for Kuroko's Misdirection Overflow against Touo or Kuroko's Phantom Shot against Yosen, they're long gone.

Then again, the good guys always win, no?~

p/s : To silent readers, thanks for supporting ^^

Fae was busy solving the rubic cube in her hands when she accidentally bump into a muscular torso, causing her to drop her rubic cube on the floor. She pulled out her earphones from her ears to apologize to the 'victim', only to be surprised by who she bumped into.

"Bakagami?" Out of 7 million of Japan's population, she bumped into him? Fate sure was funny sometimes – Fae thought.

Kagami looked down on her due to their noticeable height difference. "Midorima Fae?" He was equally surprised. As much as he hated the girl due to her first impression on him when they were first met, he couldn't deny he was attracted to her.

Well, not like he's going to admit it out loud anyways. Especially since he knew Fae was Aomine's girlfriend at one point.

Fae bowed down to pick up her fallen rubic cube. "What are you doing here?"

"What are you doing here?" Kagami highly doubted that Midorima would be pleased if he knew his cousin was out wondering the street with eyes and ears both not functioning. In that state, she would never see any dangers coming.

"I just got back from Shin's place. He didn't answer the door tho." Fae made up a white lie. She didn't even ring the bell. Not because she didn't care about him, but because she cared about him more than anything.

"He didn't seem like he's much affected by the loss. Could it be he's crying?"

Fae shook her head. "Who knows? My turn, what are you doing here?"

Kagami shrugged. "I can't stop thinking." That phrase automatically made Fae laughed like a maniac that it attracted unwanted attentions. "W-What is so funny?" Kagami's face was getting red – abit paler than his hair colour.

Fae wiped her tears from too much laughter. "Y-You...you actually use that brain of yours?"

"WHAT THE HELL THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO MEAN?!" Kagami instantly snapped. Oh God. This girl was so good at pissing him off that she was doing it effortlessly.

"And?" Kagami's anger subsided when he heard her serious voice. "What are you thinking?"

Kagami and Fae were so busy talking – mostly Kagami did the talk – that they hadn't realized it had been three hours had passed.

"What do you think?" Kagami asked while hanging onto the monkey bar while folding his legs because he surpassed the height looooooooooong ago.

"Why are you asking me?"

"I don't know." He finally made it to the other side of the bar easily. What a great upper body strength. "Kuroko said you know Akashi the best."

Fae let out a chuckle. "He also said Aomine and I a great couple. Look where we are now."

Kagami looked at Fae. "He doesn't seem like a liar to me." If anything, Kuroko was blunt. Extremely blunt.

Fae waved her hand in denial. "That's not what I meant. What I mean is, Kuroko knows a lot of thing because he's an observer. But you know, things changed, friends leave and life doesn't stop for anyone."

"Are you talking about Generation of Miracles?"

Fae looked at Kagami, before smiling. "Who knows?~"

Midorima served Fae a hot tea. They were now sitting quietly in the living room. Fae eyed the space. There were weird stuffs there – which she concluded part of his lucky item collection. His room was probably full with lucky items ranging from different sizes and shapes.

"I saw you from the window last night."

"I thought I should give you some space." Midorima nodded, accepting Fae's logic explanation. "Seems like you gave Kagami some advice."

Midorima looked at her sharply. "What makes you said that?"

Fae's eyes landed on her cup of tea. "I met Kagami last night." Midorima was still waiting for her to finish. "He told me Tetsu told them everything during our Teikou years."

"I see." Midorima sipped on his tea. "Sooner or later, Seirin would eventually know."

"Hey, Shin." Fae called softly. "Do you think it was a mistake for me to break up with Aomine?"

Midorima's attention now focused on her completely. "Where on Earth that comes from?" After Fae's accident, Fae shut herself from the world, from her friends and family and from everyone. None of them ever opened the story again. It remained buried 7-feet underground until Fae dugged it out today.

"I talked to Aomine." Fae confessed. "And then I talked to Kagami. When Kagami recited the story he heard from Tetsu, it felt so bitter."

"Why?"

"It felt so nostalgic. So happy. So free. How did that 'us' becomes this 'us'?"

"Well..." Midorima cleared his throat. "You pushed us away." Midorima couldn't deny Fae was more tha just his second cousin when it came to defining her relationship with Generation of Miracles. "The crack that was already there just getting wider."

Fae looked at her reflection in the tea. "Are you trying to say that is that my fault?"

"Half of it."

"What about another half?"

Midorima took a long breath before answering Fae. "We're just bastards to begin with."

Momoi was sitting on Aomine's bed as the tanned teen cleaned his room. "Dai-chan~" Momoi's voice was cheerful. "Smile~" Momoi instantly snapped Aomine's annoyed face on her cellphone.

"What the heck was that, Satsuki?!" Aomine's annoyance grew bigger. Not only he was forced to wake up early, he was also forced to clean his room by his mother. Normally, he would never follow orders but when his mother threatened to burn his Horikita Mai's magazines and not giving him his monthly allowance, Aomine Daiki started doing his chore fast as lightning.

To make sure he wouldn't slack, Mrs Aomine put Momoi in-charge to keep an eye on her son. If Momoi tattled to his mother, even Aomine won't be able to talk his way out.

"I'm sending your picture to Fae-chan~" She's already forwarded the picture to Fae without much guilty.

"You're enjoying this too much!"

"Yes, I am~"

Aomine continued to wipe the floor using a rag. His back felt pain because of too much bending down. After going back and forth five times, finally the floor sparkled like new.

Momoi's jaw-dropped. "How many inch the dust actually piled on your floor, Dai-chan?!"

"'Shut it, Satsuki!" Aomine crashed himself down on his bed. Sweats forming all over his body. At least now his precious Mai and money will be saved.

"Dai-chan..." Momoi looked at her tired childhood friend softly. "Do you still care about Fae-chan?"

"HAAA?" Aomine jolted up from his rest. "What was that?!"

"Nothing. It's just that things really changed after Fae-chan's accident, no?"

Aomine scoffed. "Her accident had nothing to do with anything, Satsuki. You should know better."

"You talked to Fae-chan, isn't it?" Momoi's guess was correct when Aomine made no attempt to deny it. "Tell me about it!"

"There's nothing to tell." Aomine continued to lay down again. "It's just felt so long since we actually talk."

Momoi looked at Aomine with curiousity. "By the way, Dai-chan...Fae was hanging out late at the playground last night?"

"That's not the first she had done that." Aomine answered lazily.

Momoi got up seeing her job had done well. But, before she exited the room, she stopped at the door frame, glancing at him. "She was with Kagamin."

Aomine was once again felt jolted that he got up from his position. But before he could ask more, Momoi already left with a big grin on her face.

"Ah Dai-chan~" Momoi was skipping with joy all over her face. "You're so fun to tease."