"can u come over" Kagami was laying on his stomach in bed, pressed up against the wall. Kuroko was with him, as far to the other side as he could get, one arm dangling over the edge. "i talked to kuroko" He sent the text to Aomine and set the phone down on the bed. Kuroko stretched with his arms over his head and rolled over onto his back, staring blankly at the ceiling. They laid in silence until Kagami's phone buzzed.

"right now?"

"yeah"

"I guess so"

"good"

"see you"

Kagami put the phone back down on the bed.

"He's coming," he told Kuroko.

"Hm." Kuroko nodded. After a few minutes of staring impatiently at the unused phone sitting face down on the bed, Kagami sat up and stretched. He cracked his neck twice, loudly, and Kuroko cringed.

"How long do you think it'll take him?" Kagami asked. Kuroko shrugged.

"It could be quite a while," he said, "If he doesn't care very much." He ran his hand through his hair, leaving it a tousled mess. "Or if he wants us to believe that he doesn't care."

"He'd better care," Kagami muttered, laying back down on his back.

"Yes," Kuroko agreed. "It would be better if he did." They fell into silence. Kagami rolled back over onto his stomach and picked up his phone, checking the time and his messages, then his game notifications. Nothing. He put the phone down, then picked it up and checked the time again, because he'd forgot what it said. He stared at it until it changed.

"You're impatient," Kuroko said.

"No shit."

"You're nervous." Kuroko turned onto his side. Kagami looked at him, clenching his jaw and forced himself not to avoid eye contact.

"No I'm not," he said. Kuroko raised his eyebrows. "I'm not nervous," he insisted. "I don't give a shit. If Aomine wants to try some weird, three-way relationship with us, good. If he doesn't, whatever. I'll get over him, then you and me can figure shit out…" He stopped and looked at Kuroko. "Right?" Instead of replying, Kuroko crawled over until he was easily within arm's reach. He lifted a hand, and gently smacked Kagami on the head.

"Getting over Aomine-kun was so hard for you before that you had to break up with me," he said. "Do not say that you will get over him now."

"It'll be different, cuz I'll know he doesn't like me."

"Did you believe that he liked you before?" Kuroko asked. Kagami let his head fall onto the bed, hiding his face in his arms. He took a deep breath and let it out in a long groan, staring at nothing in the darkness. The sheets brushed against his eyelashes when he blinked.

"Kagami-kun," Kuroko said. Kagami grumbled and peeked up over his arm. Kuroko stared at him and held his fist out. "Don't worry. We can do this." Kagami smiled and laughed quietly, reaching out to meet his fist with his own. They held the fist-bump for a few seconds before letting their hands fall.

A long time had passed when the doorbell rang, but they had finally eased into a comfortable conversation. The awkward distance between them was dissipating quickly.

"He's here," Kuroko said, his eyes lighting up. Kagami glanced at the time on his phone.

"Looks like he doesn't care." He stood up and shoved the phone in his pocket, trudging towards the door.

"Or he just wants you to think that," Kuroko reminded him softly, waiting on the bed.

"Jerk," Kagami muttered. He opened the door and stood back as Aomine walked in. He closed it behind him and led the way back to the bedroom, slumping with his hands in his pockets.

"Hello Aomine-kun," Kuroko said.

"Hey, Tetsu." Kuroko sat up and shuffled against the wall, making room for the other two on the bed. Nobody spoke until Aomine demanded that they get talking, and Kuroko started explaining. He spoke carefully, until Kagami interrupted him and blurted out the question of whether or not Aomine wanted to date them. The instant he said it, his face turned red, but he refused to look away until he got an answer.

"Don't interrupt Tetsu," Aomine snapped.

"Answer the question." Kagami was sitting bolt upright and stiff, his blush showing no signs of cooling down.

"What makes you think I like you?" Aomine jabbed his finger into Kagami's chest and swooped in so close to his face that he could feel his breath, making him jump back, his heartbeat pounding.

"You're the one who said we needed three people!" Aomine's eyes narrowed, still only inches away.

"There's one problem," he said.

"What?"

"If we're dating, we should call each other our given names. It's weird if I call Tetsu 'Tetsu' but he calls you 'Kagami-kun.' I want him to call you 'Taiga,' and I want you to call me 'Daiki.' Okay?"

"That's not really a problem, Aomine-kun," Kuroko said, but he was blushing slightly. "Oh, I mean, um, Daiki." Aomine looked at Kagami expectantly. Kagami shrugged.

"Sure."

"Good," Aomine said, then he lunged forward again. Kagami didn't flinch, but Aomine didn't stop a few inches from his face this time.

He kissed him, grabbing his hair roughly and pulling him forwards. Kagami stared cross-eyed at his face for a few seconds before remembering to close his eyes. He wrapped his arms around his neck, leaning into the kiss. Aomine's hands trailed out of his hair and down his spine, eventually settling on his hips. When they broke apart, Kuroko was staring, wide eyed. His face was pink. Aomine grinned and pounced on him. He knocked him onto his back and kissed him hard, then rolled off and lay down next to him, laughing. Kagami flopped onto the bed and draped his arm over both of them. Kuroko kissed them on the cheeks.

"Hey… Tetsuya," Kagami said, hesitating over the name a bit, brushing his hand over Kuroko's cheek.

"Hm?" Kuroko's arm was wrapped tightly around Aomine's stomach.

"I just… wanna tell you that I never thought you weren't enough for me. I know I was clingy, and weird, but it wasn't your fault. I wasn't a bright enough light to make you a proper shadow, you know? It wasn't that I needed more than you, I just needed more of you. I think that's why we need Daiki, because he's brighter than me." Kuroko's hand, which had been trailing softly over Aomine's skin, stiffened and fell still.

"No," he whispered. "It is my fault." He reached around Aomine and pushed Kagami's hair out of his face. "I didn't act the way I should have with you. I knew I liked Daiki, too, and I was always afraid of that when I was with you. I couldn't be with you properly, but I couldn't let you go either. I'm sorry for that. I think we need Daiki because we both like him, and hiding our feelings is bad for us, not because we aren't enough for each other already." His fingers had gone back to tracing Aomine's abs through his shirt. His voice was no longer a whisper. "I don't need more light, Taiga. I just need the confidence to be present with you."

"I don't need either of you," Aomine said, slipping his arm around Kagami and pulling him closer. "Go away." Kuroko smacked him.