"Seo, are you almost ready, we're gonna be late if-" Kagami entered his bathroom where his girlfriend had taken residence for the past thirty minutes.

Amami simply looked up into the mirror, looking at Kagami's reflection. She was in the process of adding the last touches of her make up. "I'm almost done here, give me five more minutes, please. The cab will be here in ten.. what's wrong?" She interrupted herself when she noticed her boyfriend simply staring at her.

Kagami shook his head quickly at the question, a big smile plastered on his face. "Can't I appreciate my girlfriends' beauty?" He snuck up behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist and pushing her into his chest. Their gazes locked unto each other in the mirror in front of them.

Amami had put her long ginger hair up in a loose but elegant bun, having a few strands loose to frame her face perfectly. Having opted for a natural look with her make up, she never really was a fan of all those chemicals to begin with. Small silver earrings in the shape of teardrops dangled from her earlobes, but the jewelry that stood out the most was the necklace with a small silvery pendant with a green and red gemstone in it. It had been a birthday gift from Kagami, the colors resembling the both of them. She wore a vibrant green strapless cocktail-dress that reached a little above her knees, keeping it classy yet playful.

After finishing her preparation and nodding her own approval at her work in the mirror she glanced up once more into Kagami's eyes through the mirror's reflection. He had been holding her the entire time, enjoying the view of them together. "Need help with your tie?" She grinned as she noticed the poor attempt of the knot which earned a small blush from Kagami.

"These sort of outfits really aren't my thing.." Kagami sighed while Amami made a proper knot in his tie.

"I beg to differ, you look incredibly sexy in a suit." She adjusted the black vest before letting her hands roam over the dark red button-up shirt. She bit her bottom lip as she indulged herself on her boyfriend's broad chest before snapping her attention somewhere else. "Shall we?" She smiled, mentally thanking her heart to have fallen in love with her amazing sweet boyfriend who happened to have the body of a god.

"Perhaps we could be fashionably late..?" Even though he knew what the answer to that question would be, it didn't stop him from wishful thinking.

"Hmm, tempting, but we can't afford to be late on my brother's wedding party." She giggled, trying to hide her blush as she darted out of the bathroom. She quickly put on a pair of black heels with straps around the ankles and grabbed her small black purse completing her outfit.

Not long after the cab arrived and honked to make its presence aware towards the couple. They both walked out of his apartment and entered the cab, making their way towards the place where the party was being held. The ceremony had taken place during the day and they had been given a small break to go back home to change into more fitting outfits for the party in the evening. The invitation noted that dinner would start around seven in the evening, so Amami had wanted to arrive half an hour prior.

Both arrived exactly at half past six, paying the chauffeur before making their way towards the entrance of the fancy establishment. Amami gingerly hooked her arm around her boyfriends' arm, grinning mischievously when she noticed his unease in his suit.

When they entered they noticed an already significant crowd inside, mainly close relatives and friends of the bride and groom. It didn't take long for them to find the happy newlyweds and decided to walk up to the couple.

"Congratulations, Miki and Ushio Amami!" Seo warmly exclaimed as she hugged both of them, winking towards her now sister-in-law and her new last name. "Welcome to the family, treat each other well!"

"Thank you, Seo-kun and we definitely will." Miki responded, smiling warmly towards her husband. "Please, enjoy your evening."

"Thank you, little sister of mine, don't forget to join the group later on for the bouquet tossing!" Ushio playfully elbowed his sister, tossing a sly wink at Kagami who almost choked on his own saliva at that sentence.

"We're too young for that, besides we can't outshine you guys so fast, now can we?" Seo gave her brother a saucy smirk, joking her way through the awkward feeling that coursed through her at the thought.

"Congratulations you two, it was a beautiful ceremony.." Kagami managed to keep his cool, just barely, by redirecting the attention back to the rightful couple of the day.

"Thank you Kagami-kun, enjoy the evening you two.. and try to not get into trouble, much.." Ushio gave the two a final wink as he ushered his wife towards other people who had arrived and wanted to congratulate the newlyweds as well.

Amami and Kagami let out a fond chuckle, rolling their eyes at her brother's attitude. Ushio was always the serious one of the two siblings, but naturally this day would make any man giddy. Teasing his baby sister was one of his ways of expressing such giddiness.

The two of them wandered around the fine establishment, welcoming others and talking with family members while more guests kept flooding in. It seemed that they had invited a lot of people, not only family members, friends and close relatives, but also people from the business sector. Events like these were just perfect for strengthening relations between companies and seeing how Ushio had started to work at his fathers and uncles company, it only made sense.

Not long after mingling a little more, Amami noticed a beacon of bright green hair, surrounded by other familiar faces. "Oh look, Kazu-chan, Mido-kun and Akashi-kun are already here, let's go meet them!" She cheered happily, dragging her overwhelmed boyfriend by his elbow towards their friends.

They all started to chat merrily after they had greeted each other, while trying to find their table. The room was massive and was split up in two sections, one was filled with a sea of tables that slowly started to fill by the guests, the other section was the dance floor, which was big enough for quite a party. It all looked very fancy, luxurious decorations sprinkled everywhere, showing off the status of the couple, but it didn't lose its warm touch.

"Aha, I found our table guys!" Takao exclaimed as he pointed towards a round table with five chairs around it. "Guess they grouped us up with no one else!" Takao slightly pouted for a small moment before it got replaced by a devious smirk. "Guess they knew Shin-chan and I wanted to have some quality time toge-"

"Takao.." Midorima simply sighed in defeat, rolling his eyes at his boyfriends' way of thinking. But if he had to be honest, he was relieved to find out that most of the evening would be spent in the warm presence of his close friends without having too much interactions with complete strangers. He knew the only reason he was here, was because Takao had been a friend of the Amami's since he was four and they both had come out towards their family and friends not so long ago. They mostly had been accepting of them, but it still made Midorima feel wary at occasions as these.

"As long as I'm getting food, I'm happy anywhere.." Kagami ignored the two and plopped himself down on the seat that had his name on the table. Which prompted several bouts of eye-rolling from his friends.

Amami simply smiled as she made her way towards her own chair, next to Kagami and aimed to take a seat before she noticed Akashi sliding her chair out politely. He motioned for her to take a seat as he slid her chair, prompting her to sit down.

"Thank you, Akashi-kun." Amami smiled towards the red-head, appreciating the small gesture. 'He must really thrive at events like these, acting like the perfect gentleman. No doubt getting ready to charm everyone of any significance towards his future career.'

Akashi gently nodded at the given thanks before making his way towards his own chair in between Kagami and Midorima.

The only person who noticed a brief yet heated glare from Kagami towards the other red-head, decided to not say anything about it and distract him with the only thing that he knew would.

"Ah, let's look at the menu! It all looks very good, how many courses are these..." Takao's eyes darted over the very elaborate menu, containing way too many courses for the 'simple folk' like him. "Man, I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to eat all of this.. is it normal to have so many courses?"

The distraction was a clean success as Kagami's attention immediately went towards the same menu, saliva already accumulating in his mouth at the mere thought of eating so much delicious food. He refrained from saying anything however, clearly busy reading the fancy dishes for tonight.

A rather loud rumble echoed around their table, making the others look up towards Kagami.

"Is reading the menu really all it takes for your stomach to go into hyper drive? Do you really not think of anything else but food and basketball?" Midorima huffed haughtily, trying his best to hide a small smile.

"W-What.. it wasn't me dammit.." Kagami huffed in annoyance at the jibe of his friend.

This had caused the table to look at him with disbelief, except for one person.

"I'm hungryyyy~" Amami drawled out without any hint of shame, already looking around to check if there were waiters already running around with plates of food, which to her dismay wasn't the case yet.

This earned a warm chuckle from her left, Kagami placed a chaste kiss on her forehead with a smile. "Told you, you should've eaten a small thing earlier this afternoon." This only made Amami pout, letting her bottom lip jut out slightly in a childish manner.

"I swear, Seo-chan, the more time you spend with your boyfriend, the more you start to act like him.." Takao stated with mirth as he rested his chin on his perked hand, elbow resting on the table.

"As long as she doesn't start jumping all over the place and challenging everyone in here, we should be fine." Akashi, still not a fine master of the arts of jokes tried his best to alleviate the atmosphere. "And to answer your previous questions, Takao-kun, the menu may contain many courses, but usually they'll only contain small bites, so eventually it won't be as much of food as you may think."

If the failed attempt to mock Kagami and the earlier incident with the chair didn't already put Kagami in a foul mood with his fellow red-head, then the revelation of their menu for tonight did. A sour scowl plastered on his face as he once more started to go through the menu, scrutinizing every course.

Amami frowned at what was going on, her friends all seemed to be ganging up on her boyfriend pushing him into a bad mood while this should be a fun night for all of them. "If that means I can start kicking all of your butts like Kagami did, I have no complaints." She didn't even bother to look at any of her friends, scooting closer to her boyfriend and comforting him by pointing out that some of the courses will be normal portions. "-Those small courses are just in between, so you can see them as little extras to keep the people's appetite going." Successfully bringing a smile back on her boyfriends face.

The others felt the icy aura she had been emitting towards them and realized that they weren't being nice towards Kagami. They knew Kagami would've retorted if it weren't for his girlfriend and the wedding, not wanting to cause anything unpleasant throughout the night.

Just as fast as the cold front of her appeared, it quickly disappeared once more. A bright grin once more present. "Mido-kun, I hope you're a good dancer." She wiggled her eyebrows at her roommate while motioning towards the dance floor.

This had caused Midorima to sputter in embarrassment, resulting him with a soft blush. Not long after the table had started to chit chat in a much more pleasant atmosphere again. Before they knew it, all the guests finally had arrived and taken their seats at the sea of tables. A dozen of waiters finally started their huge task of delivering the many courses towards their guests. Speeches were made, laughter erupted at the embarrassing story Ushio's best man had made before wishing the couple all the best wishes in the world. Tears of happiness were shed at memories of her maid of honor ending with an applause from the guests, wishing the bride and groom all the best. A slightly overwhelmed but happy couple thanked their guests for joining them on their special day and eventually told their guests to enjoy their meals and the rest of the evening. Motioning to dig in.

One course being more successful than the other, but overall they were all very delicious, to a certain red-heads delight. The evening slowly progressed and the guests all seemed to be thoroughly enjoying themselves. The amount of alcohol always helped in these cases, even the small group of friends had their share of alcohol, resulting into a more than usual flamboyant conversation between them. The regular intervals of food helped them digest the not so big amounts of alcohol to begin with, so some of them were only slightly tipsy at best.

Not long after dinner had finished, they had officially started the party by introducing the newlyweds with the usual tradition of their first dance. The song was the typical slow, romantic kind that most likely meant something towards the couple as they gently swayed on the dance floor by themselves. Basking in the attention from everyone and their own love for each other, this had been the umpteenth time Amami's mother started crying tears of happiness that day. Muttering how her boy had grown up so fast and that she wasn't the woman to take care of him anymore. Amami rolled her eyes in amusement at her mother and the typical mother crisis when their son gets married. The song ended and with that the dance floor was now open for everyone to jump in.

"If I ever get so mushy, teary-eyed when my son gets married, you are allowed to mock me." Amami chuckled as she noticed her mother demanding to dance with her son on the dance floor, which Ushio happily agreed to.

She didn't really realize when she said it, but her statement made Kagami look up at Amami, Ushio's cheeky banter from earlier that evening ringing through his mind. The red-head slightly blushed at the thought while swallowing an imaginary lump in his throat. Which of course resulted in Takao giggling in his typical way.

Now with the party going on, Akashi had started to mingle with the crowd, feeling obligated to keep up appearances with the fellow business crowd. Charming chuckles, pleasing compliments and winning smiles being sent towards possible future business partners for his father's company.

The four friends remaining at their table, chatted away while taking in the numerous sights of the people having fun around them.

"I need to use the restroom, I'll be back.. if I find it.." Kagami stood up and excused himself, already looking around for any indication where it might be. Takao jumped up at the opportunity and stood as well. "I'll help you find it Kagami, I need to go too." He merely grinned as he gestured for the man to follow him.

And then there were two. Amami looked at Midorima, who strangely enough, seemed at peace even in his current situation. "You guys changed so much over the years.." She blurted out without much thought.

"Oh, what makes you say that..?" Midorima looked at his friend, slightly wary of where this conversation might lead to.

"When I met you, you were this full of himself classmate with a stick up his butt, not being able to take a joke. Veeeery awkward on the socializing part,.-" Before she could continue Midorima interrupted her.

"Oi.. I get it.. These events still aren't my thing however, they still make me feel.. different, nanodayo." He pointedly looked at Amami, hopefully getting his thoughts through without having to mention what he really meant.

Amami understood him. "Hmm, I guess with a crowd as big as this, things could be.. overwhelming for you two indeed.." She slightly frowned but quickly tried to turn it around. "But in general our families and friends seemed to have accepted you and Kazu-chan.."

"Yes, they have.." Midorima showed a very sincere smile, which happened rarely. "As for the rest, we all changed, we were naive kids back then who didn't have a clue how to deal with the sudden talent we received. I am glad... however, for people like Kazunari, you and even Kuroko and Kagami to make me realize my errors, nanodayo." He thoughtfully fingered the glass of wine in front of him before looking up once more, his emerald eyes piercing hers. "Thank you, for being a good friend to me and Kazunari."

Amami's eyes widened for a small moment, before a sincere warm smile showed. She wasn't sure how much alcohol Midorima had had this evening and if the man could handle his liquor. She wasn't going to turn this rare chance down however and immediately took her chance to close the distance between them by throwing herself haphazardly over Takao's chair. Flinging her arms around the man's shoulders, burrowing her nose into his neck. "Aaaw, that's the sweetest thing I've ever heard you say Mido-kuuun~ I'm really glad you're my friend and that you make Kazu-chan so happy too." She cheekily elbowed his ribs, for as much as she could, still draped over Takao's chair. Teasing the man a little as she noticed the blush appear on his cheeks.

Midorima merely rolled his eyes but smiled nonetheless at his friends' antics. "It's not like.. I like you guys or anything.." Barely managing to contain his laughter as he mocks himself with his old tsundere ways.

This made Amami guffaw with laughter, surprised her friend could crack a joke like that, on his own expense at that!

"Oi, you guys havin' fun without us?" Takao emerged with an also amused Kagami behind him. "Seo-chan.. go back to your own chair and drape yourself around your own boyfriend." Takao kept a cool gaze before grinning like an idiot.

"You know what..your precious Shin-chan just made the joke of our lifetime, but with that attitude.. I'm not sure I'd want to tell you what he said." She simply stuck her tongue out and winked at Midorima.

"He'll tell me later on anyway.." Takao shrugged, not taking Amami's bait to her dismay.

A slow song started to play once more, smooth jazzy tunes to be exact, making Amami perk up once more to look at the dance floor, softly sighing with a small smile. Midorima's joke still fresh in her mind making her huff in amusement as she eyed couples walking up towards the dance floor.

Takao looked pointedly at Kagami and, not so subtly, motioned his head towards Amami, conveying an unspoken message that only Kagami could understand.

This caused the red-head to cough nervously before standing up. He held his hand out towards Amami, who was now looking up at Kagami surprised. "Seo.. do you wanna dance..? With me.. I mean.." Blush spreading from his cheeks up to his ears, not being used to actions like these.

Amami looked at the flustered Kagami, not having seen one of those in quite a while but placed her hand in his, letting him help her up. "I'd love to Taiga..." Pleasantly surprised, knowing her boyfriend wasn't the kind to do such things. She felt her body buzzing with excitement and couldn't help the big grin growing when he guided her towards the dance floor.

"Your idea?" Midorima dryly asked Takao.

"Of course.." The man responded with a sigh. ".. she was annoying me with her sighs and longing looks, besides this gives me some alone time with you." He grinned before resting his head on his boyfriends' shoulder. The two enjoying each others company while looking in amusement at Kagami's attempt at dancing.

Kagami had never danced in his life before, asides the average shake of the ass relatively in rhythm with the songs on his radio. A slow, romantic dance? Nope.. zero experience and it showed, he was nervous and not sure on what to do exactly as he placed one hand on her hip and held her hand with the other.

With all that, Amami either didn't notice, or didn't care. She contently rested her head against his chest as she placed her hand on his shoulder. Letting her boyfriend guide her, the way he seemed fit, simply relishing the fact that they were dancing for their first time.

When he accidentally stepped on her toe for the third time, he sighed out a grunt in annoyance. "I suck at dancing.. sorry.." He muttered in defeat, a sad smile tinging his lips.

This made Amami look up in surprise, sure she had noticed the occasional step on her toe.. Who wouldn't when a large man like himself did. But it hadn't bothered her at all, she didn't realize he was struggling with the fact that he was inexperienced on this department. "You're doing great, Taiga.. I'm really enjoying this, but if you're concerned for my toes.. perhaps.." Before finishing her sentence she already had stepped on his shoes, pretty sure he wouldn't mind that much. "Is this better?"

Kagami merely laughed at their situation, sighing in defeat afterwards. "Isn't this what they do with kids?"

"Maybe.. who cares, I just want to dance with my boyfriend, I don't really care about the proper technique." She hugged her boyfriend tighter, not sure if she was conveying her feelings towards her boyfriend well enough.

Kagami didn't respond and ended up leaning his head closer to hers, enjoying the little intimacy they were sharing among the many other couples around them.

When the song ended, Amami motioned for the two of them to return to their table. If it were up to her, they would've remained, but she could feel the unease of her boyfriend. She decided to give him a break.. for now.

Akashi meanwhile had joined them once more, chatting away with an amused smirk on his face.

"Aha, look who decides to grace us once more with his presence!" Amami teased Akashi while still clinging unto her boyfriend who sat in between the former two.

"Only to compliment your wonderful performance on the dance floor. Speaking of grace, Kagami's moves were quite interesting." His expression adorning a sly grin pointed towards the couple, especially at Kagami, earning him a glare from the taller red-head.

"Whatever.." Kagami muttered, barely having any bite to the retort as he placed a kiss on Amami's head, doing his best to ignore the infuriating man next to him.

"Ah yes, that reminds me, your father and I have had an interesting conversation, Amami. He is quite the clever man, no wonder both our fathers worked together so many years ago. We actually discussed something that might interest you.." Akashi stopped talking when he noticed the woman was barely giving him any attention, giving him a halfhearted response.

"Hmm, I see you've been very busy mingling then.." Amami merely smiled, half her attention still on her boyfriend.

Akashi noticed this however and stood up, gracefully holding out his hand and bowing slightly. "Would you honor me with a dance, Amami-kun?"

This made Amami finally look up at Akashi, noticing his charming smile, she looked at Kagami quickly who simply remained quiet, taking in the scene in front of him. "It would be my pleasure, Akashi-kun.."

Akashi didn't miss a beat and immediately moved in to guide her towards the dance floor. When they arrived he firmly placed his palm on her lower back while holding her hand in between them with his other.

Unlike Kagami, Akashi was used to formal events so he had plenty of experience dancing. It immediately showed as he expertly guided Amami over the dance floor, making it look like they were gliding gracefully. This had earned themselves plenty of spectators, women swooning while men could also appreciate the wonderful performance.

"Is that Akashi-san dancing with the daughter of Amami-san? They look so wonderful together, I wish my husband would dance with me like that." A random woman, not so far from Kagami's table, exclaimed rather loudly.

Red fiery orbs were burning holes in Akashi's back while a dark aura started to gather around Kagami. It took him every grain of strength to refrain from barking back at the lady, telling her that the two on the dance floor weren't a couple. Refrain him from stepping up towards the two and scoop her away from the sly weasel who apparently had made it his goal to infuriate Kagami this evening.

His fist started to clench and unclench the poor napkin in his fist. 'Sure they make a wonderful couple, he's so perfect, with his stupid dance, his fake smiles, his...' Kagami internally growled, he was downright jealous of the idiot who dared to lay a hand on his girl. He knew they were classmates and that some sort of friendship had developed between them, but never had he realized they had become this close. Maybe he was exaggerating, who knew, all logic seemed to have been thrown out of the window when Akashi mentioned her father. Kagami knew that Amami's father would rather have his daughter to go out with the likes of Akashi. Remembering their first meeting all too clearly. "So what are you plans for your future, Kagami-kun?" "Basketball."

Now he literally growled out in frustration, startling the others at his table, making them look up at Kagami.

"You know that it is common for people to dance with other people as well during parties, right Kagami?" Midorima earnestly asked the fuming redhead across the table. Midorima seemed the only one who dared to talk to the clearly angry man, Takao simply gazed wordlessly.

Kagami didn't hear the man, his brain full of dark thoughts and jealousy. He merely continued glaring and molesting the napkin in his hand.