As Kise passed by a few teenagers on the porch he heard someone say something to him.

"Hey there." a brown-haired boy said with a big smile on his face.

"Ah, hello." Kise said back politely.

"I'm the one that threw this party, but I haven't seen you before, do you live around here?"

"Oh—I didn't mean to intrude." Kise started, realizing that whoever's house this would not know who he was, even if he knew Momoi. "I live not too far from here. One of my friends, Momoi-san, invited me."

"Oh, you know Momoi. No, don't worry about it." The teen nodded in realization before gesturing towards the front door. "Go on in."

"Oh, okay thanks." Kise said smiling at the taller boy.

"If you need anything just ask." he said.

Kise nodded in response before he turned and headed inside.

As he entered he looked around to see his surroundings. The house had a basic layout, from what he could see, there was a long hallway that lead to the kitchen and living room. There were about 20-30 people who had showed up, but Kise of course knew none of them. Most people were sitting around, drinks in hand, laughing or talking among themselves. As Kise entered the room he noticed a familiar basketball player. Aomine.

He was about to approach the boy, but he soon stopped when he noticed who was sitting next to the navy haired. Misa. The girl was sitting very close to Aomine and she seemed to be whispering something in his ear. Kise turned away from the scene when Misa leaned closer to Aomine for a kiss. The blonde instead decided to take a seat on one of the bar stools lining the kitchen counter.

As he plopped down in one of the empty stools he heard a voice, as Kise looked around he couldn't find where the voice was coming from.

"Excuse me. I'm right here." he heard the voice say and Kise turned to see a baby blue haired boy standing in front of him.

"A—ah, sorry I didn't see you there." Kise said a little startled as the boy looked at him with a blank expression. "Was there something you needed?"

"You're sitting in my seat." the shorter boy said.

"Oh, I'm sorry." Kise said as he got up from the seat and let the smaller boy sit. The blonde instead took the seat next to his earlier one. He turned his attention to where Aomine was sitting. The navy haired was still sitting on the couch with one of his arms slung around the small girl as they shamelessly flirted with each other.

"Hey." he heard a voice say and turned to see a black-haired boy approach him.

"Why are you sitting here all by yourself?" the boy asked. Kise was about to tell the boy to screw off but he stopped himself, he honestly didn't know why but he wanted to be noticed a bit tonight and this boy was certainly noticing him.

"Oh, it's nothing to worry about." Kise said as smiled at the raven-haired boy.

"Really now? You seem pretty lonely over here." The boy said as he slung an arm around the blonde's shoulder. Kise didn't move or try to take the arm off, he just smiled and looked up to the raven.

"I do?" Kise started, "I'm sure you could change that though?" Kise asked suggestively.

"I'm sure I could." he said as he handed Kise a drink. Kise looked at the drink before taking it in hand.

"Be my guest." Kise said with a smirk as he lifted the cup to drink, but before he could a hand suddenly gripped his wrist.

"I don't think so." He heard a husky voice say before the cup was grabbed from his grip. Looking up, Kise was met with angry navy-blue eyes.

"Hey, back off. He's mine." The raven said as he took his arm off Kise's shoulder and was now standing in front of him

"Fuck off." Aomine said as he narrowed eyes.

"Aomine-cchi, it's okay." Kise said as he tried to defuse the tension between the two boys.

"I'm pretty sure I can do whatever I want." The raven said as he refused to leave.

"I—I think you should leave." Kise said calmly and soon afterwards he watched the raven slowly turned and reluctantly walked away muttering something under his breath as he did. Before Kise could ask the navy haired standing in front of him why he had done that, he was hit in the head.

"Idiot." he heard Aomine say. "Why the fuck would you take a drink from a complete stranger."

Kise sat there for a few seconds before he responded.

"Well he was nice enough to actually come up to me and start a conversation." He said back with a hint of annoyance in his voice.

"What the hell's that supposed to mean?" Aomine asked, clearly angry as well. Before the two could continue with their small argument they were again interrupted by someone.

"Ki-chan! You made it!" Kise heard and turned to see a very excited Momoi. She was wearing some jeans and a light pink blouse that brought out her eyes.

"Momoi-cchi! You look so pretty." Kise said as he got up from his seat to give her a hug.

"Aw, Ki-chan is too nice, you look great yourself." She said ushering to his outfit.

He was wearing some dark blue jeans that fitting his body well; they weren't too baggy or too tight but fit him perfectly. To go with the jeans, he had a regular white button up shirt that was buttoned almost all the way up except for the top button; he also had the sleeves rolled up to his elbows and the shirt was untucked.

Kise was glad that the outfit he had modelled wasn't one that made him stand out, not that he didn't do that all by himself.

"Thanks, Momoi-cchi." He said back politely.

"Hey, why don't I show you around?" Momoi said excitedly as she latched onto his arm and dragged him towards the many groups of people around the room.

Aomine watched as the blonde was pulled off by Satsuki and decided it wasn't worth it to go after them. He instead prompted to sit down on the stool Kise had sat on moments ago.

"You seemed pretty worried about that blonde. Do you like him?" he heard a voice say and looked to the seat next to him to see Tetsu staring at him. He jumped a bit from the first shock of seeing him appear suddenly.

"Fuck Tetsu, don't sneak up on me like that." Aomine said as he straightened himself up.

"What do you mean Aomine-kun, I was sitting here the whole time." Kuroko said back calmly "And you still haven't answered my question."

There was a moment of silence before Kuroko spoke again.

"Aomine-kun, you should be more honest with yourself." Kuroko said before he quickly changed the subject. "But I'm surprised that you showed up."

Aomine completely ignored the small comment, having heard one of Kuroko's lectures before and not wanting to argue with him on the topic before got another one.

"I should be the one saying that." Aomine said back "Never thought you were one to party."

"I'm not; one of my teammates from the basketball team dragged me here." Kuroko said before he started to look around trying to find the boy. Aomine's attention soon drifted away from Kuroko and he turned to see Satsuki and Kise walking back towards him.

"Oh, there he is." Aomine heard Kuroko say before he turned to see a tall redhead heading their way.

"Damn, where is he. I said I'd be back in a minute and he just disappeared." The redhead said.

"Kagami-kun I'm right here." Kuroko said as Kagami jumped, almost dropping the two cups in his hands.

"O—oh, where did you go?" Kagami said a little flustered before he handed Kuroko a cup.

"I was standing at the spot you left me for a while, so I decided to find a seat." Kuroko said with an expressionless face. Kagami rubbed the back of his head as he apologized for leaving him there.

"It's okay Kagami-kun". Kuroko said reassuringly. "Anyways, I would like you to introduce you to a former teammate of mine."

"Kagami-kun this is Aomine-kun." Kuroko said. Aomine turned to see the redhead looking towards him. "And Aomine-kun this is—"

"Kagami-cchi..."

"Kagami-cchi..." the words rolled off his tongue unintentionally.

He watched as everyone turned towards him, but he couldn't move his gaze from the red-head in front of him. He observed the taller boy as Kagami soon realised who it was that had called out to him and saw how the boy's eyes widened for a split second before it turned back to its usual calm stare.

"Ki-chan, who is this? Oh, Tetsu-kun! How are you?" Momoi said as she moved from Kise's side to hug her friend.

"Momoi-san, please let go of me. I can't breathe." Kuroko said calmly as tried escape her tight grip.

"Sorry, it's been a while since I saw you." she said with a slight blush on her face as she looked down to the ground. "I was excited to see you."

"Its okay." Kuroko responded politely.

"Oh, Tetsu-kun you're so forgiving!" She said happily again, completely forgetting her earlier embarrassed state.

A grunt snapped everyone back to the earlier matter. Kise turned his head to meet deep blue eyes staring at him.

"Satsuki stop bothering Tetsu he's obviously not interested." He said a slight smirk adoring his handsome features.

"Shush, Dai-chan." Momoi said as she grabbed onto Kuroko's arm. "You're just jealous no one loves you like I love Tetsu."

"Tch, whatever." Aomine said and rolled his eyes at the girl as he pushed his hands into his pocket.

"I didn't know you had a girlfriend Kuroko?" Someone said and Kise turned to see Kagami looking at the smaller boy with a slight blush on his face.

"I don't." Kuroko said back calmly like Momoi wasn't even there.

"But wh—" Kagami started to question before Aomine cut him off.

"She's obsessed with him." The navy haired explained ignoring the small glare the small girl gave him.

"Oh..." Kagami nodded, a hint of emotion still in his eye as he looked at the paire. Despite that, he turned his attention to Aomine.

"Nice to meet you. By the way."

"Yeah, same." Aomine nodded before he looked over to the blonde "So, how do you know the blonde idiot?"

"Aomine-cchi don't call me that!" Kise yelled at the navy haired who yet again ignored him.

"Ah, well..." Kagami started as he rubbed the back of his head with one hand. "Kise and I went to middle school together, but I haven't seen him in years."

Aomine watched how the two seemed to fidget before Momoi broke the silence again.

"Wow, so you knew Ki-chan when he was in middle school?" She asked

"Yeah, we were on the same basketball team actually. But I moved away during my second year to Tokyo, I didn't really expect seeing him again honestly." Kagami said truthfully. He turned back to the blonde. "Why didn't you tell me you were in Tokyo?"

Kise paused as he heard the red-heads question, he thought back to why exactly he had put off contacting his old friend but came up empty. He and the boy had been the best of friends back in the day and he knew if he had contacted the boy he would meet with him, but why?

"I— ugh—wanted to surprise you." he said. There was more silence before Kagami spoke again.

"What kind of stupid excuse is that?" Kagami asked and Kise's eyes widen unexpectedly. Aomine slightly scowled as he watched the blonde's reaction.

"I—ah, jus—" Kise started to say but was interrupted by a voice coming from behind him.

"Aomine-kun!" The girl said and Kise turned to see it was Misa.

"What happened? I thought you were going to get us some more drinks?"

Kise turned back to Aomine in front of him and saw how the boy walked over to the girl and started to talk to her. He didn't even give so much as a glance back towards the blonde as he slung an arm around her and lead her to one of the stools that lined the counter.

Kise couldn't help but feel a slight bruise of his ego as he watched the scene.

"So? You were saying?" Kagami asked a small smile adoring his features; Kise couldn't help but smile as he knew the boy was teasing him. Kagami didn't seem mad that he hadn't told him he was in Tokyo and he was glad.

"Why don't we garb a beer or something and catch up?" The red-head suggested and Kise nodded. He had missed Kagami, turning back towards the two who had walked off a bit earlier Kise decide he would deal with Aomine later, now he was going to enjoy himself.

"So Touou, huh?" Kagami asked as he finished off his beer, placing the bottle on the ground next to him. Kise smiled as he too finished off his and put it next to his. It was cold outside, something the two were glad about; compared to inside the cold air felt great on their warm skins. They were both sitting against the wall of house on the back porch.

"Yeah, it's a great school so far." Kise explained as he looked up to the sky, it was a clear night tonight which he was glad for. He loved watching the stars back in his old house but since he had arrived in the city all the bright lights had washed out the beauty of the night sky.

"I'm glad you like it, but don't be surprised when you guys lose after we play you." Kagami said with a sly grin on his face.

"Not a chance, you guys will be no match for us." Kise said back "I've improved a lot since we last played, plus we have amazing players like Aomine-cchi on our team."

"Oh, have you now?" Kagami teased before they both started to laugh.

"So Aomine, are you guys..." Kagami started before he trailed off. Kise snapped his gave back towards the red-head waiting for the boy to finish.

"Are we what?" Kise questioned

"Are you guys, you know— together?" Kagami finally said. Kise's eyes widened at the question.

"What?! Of course, we're not, he—he's just a friend!" Kise said.

"Oh please Kise, you can try all you want to not convince me but I know you like the guy." Kagami started "I saw the way you looked at him when he left with that girl earlier."

"What does that mean?" Kise asked defensively.

"What do you think? It means you were looking at him with eyes of longing." Kagami said, his voice now a bit louder.

"And how would you know what eyes of longing look like?" Kise also raising his voice.

"Because—" Kagami started to say but stopped himself short.

"Because what?" Kise asked.

"No forget it." Kagami told the blonde. "Sorry, I was wrong."

"No, what were you going say?" Kise asked knowing the red-head was hiding something from him.

"It's nothin—"Kagami started before he was cut off again.

"It obviously wasn't, and you've never been one to hide things from me before." Kise said.

"Fine, I was going to say, I know when I see eyes of longing before because I've seen them on you before."

"What?"

"Let me finish, when we were back in middle school I knew that you..." Kagami started but stopped again wondering if this was the right time to tell him.

"What? I what?"

"That you liked me." Kagami said and Kise froze.

"What are you talking ab—"

"There's no point in lying, Midorima told me the day I told you guys I was moving to Tokyo, he told me you had a crush on me for the longest time." Kagami explained

"And I'm sorry, I'm sorry if I had ever hurt you unintentionally. We were best friends back then and after I found out I started to notice what Midorima was talking about. I saw how you looked at me when I played basketball or when we walked home together. I didn't say anything because I thought you would just move on, but those last few months went by and the day I left I still saw how you looked at me."

Kise took all the information in and when he was done he looked down. He couldn't say anything, but after from what felt like forever Kise started to laugh.

"Ugh, Kise I know you must be shocked bu—" Kagami started but was cut off.

"No, no I'm sorry Kagami-cchi." Kise said as he stopped laughing and looked at the boy in front of him. He would admit to the boy that he did like.

"I'm not going to deny I did have a crush on you when we were younger." Kise said before he smiled and assured the boy. "But I moved past that a while back."

It took a few seconds before it sunk into Kagami what the blonde had told him.

"Wait, so you don't like me?" Kagami asked

"Ha, no I don't." Kise said as he smiled at his friend.

"Soon after you had left I realized that it was more of a puppy love than an anything else. I think I admired you more than anything plus that summer I ended up dating a girl from our class" he explained.

"Oh..." Kagami nodded at the explanation "I don't know if I should be happy or hurt. It seems you got over me pretty fast."

"Oh, are you jealous?" Kise teased and they both laughed. " I think the reason I didn't tell you I was in Tokyo was because I felt kind of guilty for not telling you I had liked you, I know it sounds stupid but we had told each other everything and keeping it from you I thought you would be mad."

"You're such an idiot, of course I wouldn't be mad." Kagami said. "Now since we going past all that let's go back inside."

"Yeah, let's." Kise said getting up from his spot on the ground.

"Oh, and by the way I was right about Aomine right?" Kagami said smirking at the model

"Huh? Wh—what are you talking about?" Kise asked as he suppressed a blush.

"Like I said before, I can see it in your eyes." Kagami told him.

"Shut up, I told you it's not like that." Kise said as Kagami blocked a playful hit from Kise.

Once they entered the house again Kise looked around to find someone he knew, his eyes soon found Kuroko and Momoi sitting by the dining room table, Aomine and Misa on the coach across from them. There were a few other people around the four as well and Kise decided to head over.

"Hey." Kise said and Aomine glanced up to see Kise walking towards them with the red-head from earlier. He could see the blonde's usual pale skin graced with a dust of red.

Was he blushing?

The thought was pushed aside when Kise asked what they were doing.

"We're about to take some shots." A girl said smiling sweetly at Kise "Want to join?"

Kise smiled and nodded, taking a seat on the floor as the shots were poured into the glasses.

It was bright, really bright. Fuck.

Kise's slowly opened his eyes and was greeted with bright sunlight coming in from the bedroom window, He shielded his eyes as he tried to clear his mind. It was quite cold and he pulled the covers up to cover his body.

Wait, bedroom? Covers?

Kise questioned as he suddenly stood from the bed, pulling the covers with him as he did. Unfortunately, as he stood his legs became tangled in the sheets, ultimately causing him to lose his balance as he fell to the ground with a loud thump.

"Fuck, shut up." He heard someone groan from the bed and Kise's eyes widened.