Himuro let out a loud exhale as he stepped into the air conditioned sports store. It was way too hot outside, he looked at the walls lined with shoes and light fixtures and was once again reminded how different Japan and America were, it was a hard thing for him to keep track of. In America there where rows of different things laid about the store and it was all self serve but in Japan you really had to rely on the staff this didn't really bother Himuro but it looked like only some teens were on duty right now, he just wanted to get some new shoes and leave not deal with a bunch of giggling girls.

"Oh, hello Himuro-san."

Himuro's eyes widened and he quickly turned around to see his self proclaimed brother's teammate. What was his name again? Kuroko?

"Ah yes hello Kuroko."

"I was just on my way out when I saw you I thought I'd say hello."

Himuro looked down to see that Kuroko was holding a bag with a shoe box in it and he was holding a basketball in his other free hand.

"Hmmm, well I don't really feel like shopping anymore so mind if I tag along with you?"

Kuroko looked at him carefully and Himuro made sure to keep a friendly smile on his face. Kuroko finally nodded and left without another word.

Himuro followed Kuroko and smiled when he saw where the boy was leading him. When the walked into the restaurant Kuroko led Himuro to the counter.

"I want a large vanilla milkshake," Himuro was about to argue he wasn't going to buy this kid's food. "I'll pay you back, it's just that the lady at the counter won't notice me." Himuro gave Kuroko a weird look but decided to ordered for him anyways.

"Welcome to Majiba sir how may I help you?" The woman at the counter smiled.

"I'll have a… number 3 and my friend here will have a large vanilla milkshake." Himuro said while looking at the menu.

"Huh?" The woman said looking besides Himuro her eyes widened and she jumped a bit. "Oh! I'm sorry sir I didn't notice you!" The woman panicked and quickly typed in their orders.

Himuro laughed while Kuroko walked away to find a table. Himuro grabbed the number from the woman and followed after Kuroko.

"Wow thats great she didn't even notice you." Kuroko didn't say anything and just looked out the window. "Well whatever." Kuroko glanced his way but still said nothing.

"Well I…" Himuro trailed off a bit and Kuroko payed a bit more attention. "I wanted to say thank you." Himuro hated this.

"It's partially because of you that my relationship with Kagami is better."

Kuroko gave him a wary look.

"I won't lie, I don't like you."

Himuro was shocked, this quite kid was standing up to him. And he didn't even know why. Kuroko sighed.

"The fact that I can see that you're confused with why I don't like you is yet another reason not to like you." Kuroko glared in his direction. "Kagami-kun is my partner, and more importantly friend. I don't like how you threw that away for competition." Himuro gave Kuroko a indignant look he wasn't going to have this kid talk down to him.

"That being said, I understand."

What.

"It's hard having someone you respect so much be better then you in almost everything. I am no different from you Himuro-san. I too have made harmful decisions in the past." Kuroko looked to the side but he looked up to meet Himuro's eyes and Himuro couldn't look away.

"I'm not going to hate you, I couldn't, you mean a lot to Kagami-kun. I just don't want you to promise that you won't do anything stupid and ruin your relationship with Kagami-kun."

Himuro sent an approving glance Kuroko's way.

"I can see why Taiga likes you." Kuroko's expression didn't change.

"I promise I won't do anything to ruin our brotherhood again, I regret what I did in the past I was young and jealous. I'm sure you know the feeling."

Kuroko smiled at this. And Himuro felt something off with it.

"Hm."

At this point the waitress had arrived with their food. She placed it on the counter as Himuro and Kuroko had a stare off. When the waitress left Kuroko grabbed his shake and set money on the counter.

"It was nice talking to you Himuro-san I hope we can talk like this more in the future." Himuro smirked and watched the phantom leave.

Ahhhhh sorry everyone I haven't posted these past two weeks I was up in GA at SCAD (Southern College of Art and Design) for a summer program. Since I'm practically an adult I actually have to start thinking about colleges and stuff. So thats what I have been doing. But no worries I don't have any big responsibilities coming up anytime soon. So here is the new chapter. Which was really hard to write btw Himuro is such a hard character to get a grasp on and Kuroko defending his new team™ is my aesthetic

Another thing I recently saw Suicide Squad and I loved it! I ship Harley and the Joker so hard (don't worry I'm pretty sure the movie is different from the comics so it's not as problematic, like it still is but no more abuse yay! plus the Joker is 100% whipped for Harley) another fun fact my mom wanted to name me Harley I think that would have been super weird.

Anyways enough rambling from me. See you next Sunday and please leave a review if you liked my stuff

Kuroko no Basuke - Tadatoshi Fujimaki