Kise let the words sink is as he watched the power forward lean against the wall, his expression indifferent. It felt like a slap in the face, like a sick joke that someone was playing with him, yet he was aware that this was reality, and he needed to respond to Aomine's words.

"Well I guess we were both playing each other, right?" he asked, trying his best to hide the unbearable pain that he was currently dealing with. "I thought that I had fooled you into thinking otherwise, but you've been with more people than I have, it was probably easy for you to spot a virgin."

"Both, huh?" Aomine asked as he ignored the confession from the blonde, his lips now in a thin line and Kise could tell that the other didn't like the sound of that. There was a pause before he continued.

"I brought you up here," Kise started. "because I wanted to tell you everything I've kept from you up until now. But it seems like you know more about them than I expected."

"It's not like I cared if I knew that I was your first. I didn't bother confronting you about it because it didn't matter to me."

He was lying.

"If you had feelings for me, or if you wanted to see what it felt like with a guy, it didn't matter, you were just another fuck."

This isn't right.

"So you're saying that you didn't give a shit about whether I was just playing around, you still decided to stay? That it was something you did because you didn't care enough about me to tell me otherwise?"

"That's not—" The power forward began to say before he was cut off.

"You didn't have the fucking decency to tell me to fuck off either." Kise was angry now, his hand slowly curling up into a fist as he could feel his vision slightly blurring from the tears he was fighting so hard to keep at bay. He would not cry in front of this asshole.

"It didn't change the fact that I would get a chance to—" Aomine begun before he walked forward to caress one of Kise's cheeks. "—sleep with a model as pretty as you. Plus, no strings attached to it right?"

He shouldn't be doing this...

Kise slapped the hand away immediately before he glared at the taller boy that was now stood only inches away from him. This conversation felt wrong. He didn't want the conversation to go this way when he had pulled Aomine up here, this wasn't how it was supposed to go, this wasn't how everything was going to end.

He had taken this little game the two of them were playing for granted in the beginning and he probably knew that his intentions when they had first started weren't as pure as they are now, but that didn't change the fact that he was in love with the asshole that was standing in front of him. That it hurt too much to hear about much less see Aomine with someone else.

"There's one thing you don't know Aomine-cchi." Kise said finally. "As much as you think I might be lying, or think that this was just something I did to past the time, it wasn't."

Aomine frowned as he heard the words.

"I'll only say this once to you, because after this I would much rather never to see your face again. I know when to give up, I'm not that naïve to believe that someone like you would care to mess around with me anymore."

The more Kise spoke, the more Aomine frowned, yet the words that came next left the power forward unable to argue.

"I fell in love with you." Kise said, the tears he had been hold back this whole time, slowly falling down his cheeks.

"I know that you don't feel the same way, I'm just another fling to past the time with, but I had to tell you why I cared to waste my time for this past month."

Taking a breath, he continued.

"I don't know when it happened, or why it had to be you, but I fell for you. I'm not going to stand here and list off all the things I like about you, or the way you make me feel when I'm standing next to you, or when I see you play basketball. I'm not going to be a girl that runs after you every moment hoping for you to give me some attention, because I'm not like those girls Aomine. This love isn't some sappy story that you see in movies, and it sure as hell isn't going to end with a happy ending, but I will tell you this..."

"I was happy to be you friend, grateful to see you play basketball and I didn't regret you being my first. I love you—loved you."

The blonde watched as the man in front of him furrowed his eyebrows and he wasn't sure what the other was thinking. He didn't bother to stick around to figure out, Kise left moments later, leaving Aomine to stand there, still processing the model's words.

"Oh, and stay the fuck out of my life." Were Kise's last words before he rushed down the stairs, missing the watchful eyes of a certain brunette that had heard much more than just those parting words.

Aomine stood there for what felt like an eternity, however in reality it was only a few minutes. The only thing that finally snapped him out of his daze was the sound of the door opening.

"Oi, Kise the truth is I—" He said as he turned his body towards the door, however who he saw only made him frown. "Misa."

"Aomine-kun." She begun.

"Did yo—"

"Did I just get here?" She finished his sentence. "No, I got here about the time when Kise Ryouta confessed that he was in love with you."

It was completely silent as Aomine realized that he had fucked up. This wasn't how it everything was supposed to end up. "Who would have thought that the ever so popular model had a thing for the power forward of the basketball team." She laughed almost mockingly.

"But, of course, his heart was crushed by you." She continued as he walked towards the boy, wrapping her arms around him. "Because you're not interested in guys, right? I bet he thought he had a chance with you because he was pretty enough to fuck."

"Oi, shu—"

"But let's be honest, nothing could get you off like a woman's body." She cut him off before she said her last words. "Wonder how much I'd get if I sell this little story to the media? He's pretty popular now, it'd be a shocker to his fangirls."

"Don't fucking dare." She heard the cold words, before she was pushed back.

"Oh? So you're on his side now?" Misa frowned as he back away a bit from Aomine, realizing how his demeanor changed as she said her last few words. It wasn't like Aomine cared about some slutty boy that was trying to get into his pants, right? She was obviously the better option by a long run, it disgusted her to even think about losing the power forward to a guy of all people.

"On his side for what?" Aomine snapped. "This isn't any of your business."

"Then why does it bother you if I go and tell someone about the confession. He means nothing to you right?" She shouted back at him. "If you care about me enough, then what does it matter what happens to him."

She paused for a moment.

"If you don't want me to tell anyone, then be my boyfriend."

"Fuck no." He responded immediately. "Let's get one thing clear, I'm not in love with you."

"I don't care, you'll fall for me eventually." She said as she let one of her hands run over his arm. "Just be my boyfriend."

He paused for a moment as he tired his best not to push the girl off of him.

As much as Aomine wanted to tell the girl off, and tell her that she could do whatever the fuck she wanted, Aomine was well aware about what would happen if Kise's confession got out. From Misa's eyes, Kise was the one that wanted Aomine. She would spread rumors that could ruin the blonde, and to see Kise hurt more after he had told Aomine he had loved him.

Shit, there was not way out of this.

This was fucked up, but Aomine knew that this might be the only way to get out of the situation. If he rejected Misa and ran after Kise to tell him he loved him, that would ultimately lead to the blonde's career and reputation being ruined and as much as Aomine wished that if they were together it would change everything, he had to look at the best option for the blonde.

Love's came and went. But Kise's career was once in a life time. The media was cruel, students were cruel, even teammates were cruel. All of a sudden people would treat him different, they might even be disgusted with him and although Aomine wouldn't give a fuck about what other people thought, he didn't think that Kise getting outted like this was worth it.

So he decided to do the best thing he could for Kise Ryouta, the person he had allowed to leave heartbroken and crying. The words he had told the blonde had hurt the boy more than anything and Aomine knew this was the only thing he could do now that would change anything. Kise would get over him eventually, and as much as Aomine hated the feeling to even thing about the blonde with anyone else, he knew he was at fault as well.

If Kise was telling the truth, which in Aomine's mind there was no doubt he was, then the blonde had watch Aomine play around with Misa this whole time. He had never hid the relationship he had with the girl from Kise, which now that the power forward looked back on it, it was slap in the face to the model. He had made out with her, let rumors about them spread around and even slept with her in the first weeks of his relations with Kise. Eventually he had told her to fuck off, but having Kise stand by and watch him screw around with someone else that whole time was something he regretted now. He had called the boy a slut after he had seen the blonde with other guys, yet he didn't bother to look at what he was doing.

What a hypocrite he was. He didn't deserve someone like Kise. He didn't deserve Kise Ryouta.

With that in mind, Aomine finally responded.

"Fine."