AN: Hi guys! It's a relatively quick update for me haha. Thank you all so much for your support on this fic! I got some lovely reassuring comments about the last chapter, and I really appreciated them, so thank you!

ball today?

Sorry Kagami-kun,
I'm busy this weekend,
remember? I'll see you
at school.

Oh yeah. Nvm then,
c u later

"Kise? It's rare for you to call me, are you okay?"

"Ne, Akashicchi, do you know why Kurokocchi's in Kanagawa? He didn't even tell me he was here!"

"Kuroko's in Kanagawa? How odd. No, Kise, I don't know anything about it. How do you know, if he didn't tell you?"

"I checked the Snapchat map, of course!"

"… of course."

whea r u

Dai-chan don't you
ever listen! You'd
better not be at my
house right now

iv bn thrwng shit
ur wndw

DAI-CHAN! I hope
you didn't crack
the glass!

dnt wry abt it jst
answr th qstn

I'm in Namimori, I'll
be back on Sunday
night LIKE I TOLD YOU.
Do you need something?

jst brd. y th hell u in
kanagawa

None of your business.
Do you want me to ask
Kagamin if he'll play
street-ball with you?

NO

Too late, he's already
agreed. He'll come to
you, so just meet him
at the usual court.

satsuki y

You know you want
to, Dai-chan. Go
have fun, I'll see you
on Monday. Love you.

yea yea ily2

"Oi, Ahomine!"

Daiki opened his eyes, blinking blearily against the light. Something shifted, and then there was a face looking down on him, blocking out the sun.

"Oh," he said, grinning lazily. "It's you, shitty-eyebrows."

Kagami Taiga scowled, red eyes pinched with annoyance. Said eyebrows twitched. "Do you want to play or not?"

"Yeah, yeah, hold your horses."

Daiki sat up, stretching and yawning contentedly. Despite his casual attitude, his nerves had been on fire since Satsuki told him she'd texted Kagami for him. He wanted nothing more than to hurry up and be on the court with the guy, one on one, going up against each other in a whole new way. Without their teams, and with nothing on the line but pride.

Judging by the way Kagami's eyes were starting to spark, he felt the same.

Standing up, Daiki met Kagami's gaze with his own challenging one. "Bring it on, shitty light."

The responding snarl was feral.

Daiki won.

He lay flat on his back on the concrete, grinning wildly at the sky. Somewhere off to the side, Kagami was spitting curses in between heaving for breath. Daiki laughed, feeling like a supernova had gone off inside his chest. When was the last time he'd been so happy to win?

"It's a shame Tetsu wasn't here to see that," he said. "Maybe he would've realised what a dim light you are and given me another chance."

Teasing though the words were, Daiki felt a stab of regret through the jubilation. Tetsu had worked so hard to give him this feeling again; it just sucked that Daiki had had to lose his partner to a shoe-stealing, split-eyebrowed asshole like Kagami.

"Kuroko's not here," Kagami huffed at him. "He's in Kanagawa or something. Visiting family."

Kanagawa?

Daiki frowned, sitting up. "Is he in Namimori?"

"Yeah, how'd you know? I didn't even know until last night."

"That's where Satsuki is," Daiki said, fighting the urge to pout. "What the hell are those two up to together?"

Kagami threw himself down to the concrete, looking at Daiki sceptically. "What makes you think they're together? It could just be a coincidence."

Hah. As if. Satsuki had no other reason to be in Namimori.

"I wonder if they're doing something with Kise…" Daiki wondered out loud instead of answering Kagami. He hoped not; Kise would probably be unbearable about it the next time they saw each other. Satsuki wouldn't do that to him, would she?

Well, actually, she probably would.

"Maybe they're on a date?" Kagami suggested, apparently forgetting about his coincidence theory.

Daiki scoffed, about to shoot him down – but then he thought about it. Why else would Tetsu take Satsuki on a weekend trip to see his family, if they hadn't changed their relationship? He wasn't the type to take friends along; back in Teikō, they'd hardly even met his parents.

"That's it," Daiki shot to his feet. "I'm going. I gotta ask."

"Wait, what?" Kagami scrambled to his feet as well. "What the hell, Ahomine? What do you mean, you're going? Ask what? Why don't you just call?"

Daiki ignored him. What did Satsuki and Tetsu think they were doing, getting together without telling him? He wouldn't have thought Satsuki was physically capable of not screaming it from the rooftops. He wasn't going to Kanagawa to ask shit; Daiki was going to read his two best friends the riot act.

"I'll message Kise and ask him to meet up with us," he decided. "That bastard's obsessed with Tetsu, we'll make him help us find them."

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN US?!"

"Huh? You don't want to come?"

"WHY DID YOU ASSUME I WOULD?!"

Daiki scratched his chin and shrugged. "It seemed obvious. Don't you want to know what they're up to?"

"No!" Kagami hissed, looking more aggravated than ever. "Kuroko's visiting his family. Who cares if he took his girlfriend with him?"

"What?" Daiki gaped at his redheaded rival, betrayal plain on his face. "You mean you knew? Am I the only one they didn't bother to tell?" If that was true, Daiki was going to make those two pay.

"Wait, what?" Now Kagami was looking back at him in confusion. "What are you talking about? Didn't Momoi say that she's been Kuroko's girlfriend this whole time?"

Oh, it was just that. Daiki had momentarily forgotten that Kagami was a gigantic idiot.

Shaking his head, Daiki started gathering his things at the side of the court. "Satsuki's been saying that for years. Her and Tetsu were never together before now." Absently, he fished his phone out of his jacket pocket and opened his texts, scrolling to find Kise's name. "She's just super shameless and Tetsu's too nice to shut her down hard enough to make her stop."

Maybe she'd finally worn him down; Daiki wouldn't be surprised. He'd always thought that Tetsu was way too indulgent of Satsuki's ways for him to only have platonic feelings for her (not that Daiki made a habit of thinking about his friend's love lives).

oi kise im cmng
2 kanagawa w
bakagami mt us
th trn stn

Wahh, Aominecchi
is a terrible texter
as usual!

Why are you two
coming to Kanagawa?

Are you meeting up
with Kurokocchi?

Can I come?

Aominecchi can't
use me as a guide
and then not invite me!

Snd 1 txt u idiot! hw
do u knw tetsus n
kanagawa

He's left his snapchat
map on! It was a
surprise to see
Kurokocchi appear
on it earlier

u alrdy knw hs
locatn dnt u

;)

stlkr. me n kagami
wll b thr soon dnt
4gt 2 pk us up

Okay, but you
better explain when
you get here!

Daiki rolled his eyes, mentally scrubbing the image of Kise's pouting face from his mind. That guy would never change.

"Kise's agreed to pick us up," he announced. "Lets go get our shit quick and catch the next train."

Kagami's face turned an alarming shade of red. "I ALREADY SAID, WHAT DO YOU MEAN US?!"

"What, you were serious? It's too late now, Kise's expecting both of us."

"You think I give a shit?!" The redhead dragged a palm down his face, groaning. "I can't believe I'm the one with any common sense here. How the hell did Kuroko put up with you assholes all this time?" He muttered to himself as he set about collecting his things. "For the record, I'm only coming because otherwise you and Kise will definitely do something stupid, and I don't want Kuroko to kill me for not at least trying to stop you."

Daiki grinned.

AN: And now we're throwing some basketball idiots into the mix! Haha, as always, let me know your thoughts on the chapter! I know my fics are quite slow moving, but that just seems to be my style for now. Hopefully I'll get better as I go.

Recs: First, It Takes a Village by Seito, because it is funny and fluffy and cute and I had a super good time reading it. Second, Adel Mortescryche's Dragon Cub AU collection over on AO3. It's my second time recommending something over there, but I honestly had such a blast reading it that I couldn't not.

- Kelly