"Who's this Kuroko?" His older brother asked one day when they were alone at home. Kyoya was in the kitchen, cutting banana to make himself a drink while Kouki was in the living room and laying down on the couch, reading on his phone. The moment Kouki heard his question, his phone dropped onto his nose and fell off the couch onto the floor.

"W-What? I thought you knew him?!" Kouki cried out loudly unexpectedly from the painof his nose and sit up from the floor, staring at his older brother in the kitchen from the wide open wall. "You meet him. You even saw him in our game too!"

"Yeah, I know." His brother mumbled with much laziness, coming to the living with two drinks in his hand and set them down the small table in the center of the room then sat down across from Kouki. "I want to know if you are Kuroko's friend, Kouki."

"Because from what I see it, you aren't that close with that boy and his friends."

-

Kouki felt as if Kuroko could kill him just by staring right into his soul. Kouki didn't move from his spot nor did Kuroko did too. The last time Kouki saw Kuroko was back when Kouki and Kagami had a fight with each other. Kouki didn't talk to them for a long time after that fight then suddenly his family left for American. Kouki is so afraid to talk to them because they never cleaned up after the mess from last time. Kouki's mind was spinning just thinking about trying to talk to them.

Kouki couldn't handle the silent between them anymore, "How are you doing, Kuroko-san?"

Kouki saw the way Kuroko opened his mouth to talk but then decided against it and shut his mouth. Kuroko would again open his mouth to say something but nothing came out and Kouki found it interesting that the blunt Kuroko, he knew back three years age, could be like this before him. Kouki only watched and waited for Kuroko to say something but the light blue hair male seemed to struggled with his words. He only asked a simple question. It wouldn't be that diffcult to answer him.

Then Kuroko sighed and looked away from him, finally said something back to him, "I miss you, Furihata-kun."

Well, Kouki really didn't expect that to come out of Kuroko's mouth. Kouki's breath got caught up in his throat and his heart raced in so many beats that he was really afraid it might explode on him. Kouki didn't know why such words from Kuroko shocked him this much. He had to be real here, he also did miss Kuroko a lot because they were so close with each other back then but everything broke away just like that.

Kouki finally let out the breath he was holding inside and smiled towards Kuroko, "I miss you too, Kuroko-san."

Kuroko looked back to him and smiled softly towards Kouki. There's no way Kouki would show Kuroko anything about how he felt at that moment. No way was he gonna show anyone his weak side every again. There has been so many time where he showed his weak side and people used him then just threw him away when they no longer needed him. No way was that gonna happen again to him.

Kuroko opened his mouth to say something but someone called out to him and Kouki groaned mentally. He didn't want to see them so why did they have to appear at a time like this and Kouki was hoping that Kuroko was the only one he would see today but god doesn't love Kouki.

He waited for Kise and Kagami to come but he didn't expected that more poeple would show up after Kagami. Kouki saw rainbows. Kouki was screaming internally. Kouki wanted to die right there and then. Kouki wanted to fucking pop his ass out of there. But he didn't, he stayed rooted to the ground and waited for them to noticed him. Kouki screamed inside his mind for being so fucking damn nice that he was willingly waiting to greet each one of the god damn member.

"Furi... hata-cchi?"

Ah, there it was. Kouki watched as the colorful rainbow eyes stared down at him. He only smiled back at them with his biggest one. Fuck!

-

He didn't make any eye connect with them (they found themselves at a lovely spot in a café in the mall) and silently played on his phone (texting Hiro, his older brother's friend, to pick him up because he gonna fucking piss himself). They also didn't say anything to which Kouki was quite happy about because he felt so awkward in this situation he had landed himself into and he didn't know how to get out of it. Kouki only silently waited for his ride to come and pick him so he could get out of what he, himself, called hell.

Kouki eventually had to look up because his neck was hurt from looking down so much but he tried to avoid the look on the other's faces. He did not want to look at them because he couldn't trust himslf not to cry in front of them if he looked at them. Kouki is really afraid of them. It's scary how much fear they had on Kouki. Kouki hates it. He feels so weak in front of them. Like a goddamn pery to a bunch of hunters.

Kouki sighed, looking out the window in hopes that Hiro would show up soon because he couldn't handle it anymore. He did not want to stay here with them anymore. He leaned back on the seat and looked at his phone again, playing with it without much thought and wishing that time would fly faster but it seems to him that time is just getting slower as he wishes it to go faster. Kouki sighed again.

"You been sighing a lot, Furihata-kun." Kouki flinched slight and hoped that none of them noticed it but sad for him, they all noticed how he flinched so hard at Akashi's voice. "Did I scare you, Furihata-kun?"

"Ah, sorry. I was just surprised that's all." Kouki replied with a smile on his face. They all stared at him before looking away and Kouki blinked. Hey, he knows he not the most beautiful being in the world but geez, did they really have to look away when he smiled?! Honestly, he is offended! He can feel a vain pop. "Is there something wrong with me smiling?"

"No!" Kise jumped, eyes widened and held onto Kouki's shoulder, making the boy tense up. "You can smile all you want! Sorry that we look away!"

Everyone blinked at Kise's outburst and Kouki stared into Kise's eyes, losing himself to those bright yellow eyes then he looked away when he realized that he was staring too much into his eyes. Kouki pushed Kise's hand away from him and laughed to make light of the situation.

"I'm glad then."

And they were back to the awkward silent again. Fuck man, since when had they been this damn awkward with each other? If Kouki can remember, the Generation of Miracles were always so close with each other that none of them were every awkward with each other but maybe it's because Kouki is with them that it's so awkward. He gets it though. They left off on a bad note and never talked to each other for three long years so he understands that.

Then Kouki's phone made a sound, catching everyone's attention as Kouki looked at his phone. Kouki smiled when he saw that Hiro had texted that he was outside the mall, waiting for him. The others saw how Kouki's face lit up from that one message and a current someone's face darkened a bit though it quickly disappeared.

"I'm sorry but I have to leave. It was nice to see you guys again." Kouki said, getting up from the seat and walked out of the café.

Everyone watched him leave the shop then speed off to the exit of the mall. They noticed that Kouki didn't expect him to see them again and it felt a little painful inside their heart.

"Furihata-kun sure has change a lot." Kuroko mumbled sadly, drinking his vanilla milkshake.

The other might have no voiced out their thoughts but they all did agree with Kuroko that Kouki did a lot since they last saw him. Though they all wondered if it was for the better or for the worst.

-

"Goodbye Hiro, thank you again!" Kouki waved goodbye to the black haired male who did the same before driving off down the road.

Kouki watch at the car disappeared far away then looked at the dawn sky. A lot had happen today and he only wished that tomorrow will be a better day. He also experienced so many emotions today that he wishes he hadn't but he did anyways. His mind was so fuzzy, he couldn't think straight for a second when he was with them. He didn't know what to say to them or what to do in that current situation but to stay silent and waited to leave.

Will he'll think about it another day. He doesn't have time to think about it now. Kouki sighed, turning around and opened the gates to his front yard then made his way to house. It's been a long day for Kouki. He opened his door and stepped inside the house.

"I'm home!"

"Welcome home!"