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Recap:

Suddenly my phone began ringing, and the caller id flashed "Aomine Daiki". I quicked picked up and then straightened myself out again as I whispered, "H-hello?"

"We need to talk. Park. Now." And then he hung up.

What have I gotten myself in to?

First Person POV

I nervously ran towards the park and stopped at the street before, panting. Was he extremely upset? Or would he be okay with this knowing that semi-flirtatious relationship could become official without the criticism of society? These are the questions I pondered over before getting the courage to finally to meet with him.

He was already there, leaning against a tree with his blue hoodie, and he was looking down at the ground until he heard my footsteps. He looked up, and our eyes met, but he didn't say anything.

I thought he was waiting for me to speak, so I began with, "L-listen, Aomine-kun, about everything...I—" and I was cut off midway by his questioning.

"Tetsu, what is our relationship?" he asked.

The question kind of threw me off, and I never really gave our relationship any title. At school, we were always "friends", on the basketball court, we were "teammates" or "light and shadow". But secretly when we were alone, it always seemed more than, but not to the extent of being "lovers".

I began to speak, but he spoke before I had a chance to and continued, "Was I the only one who thought our relationship was different from 'just friends'?"

"Of course not—you know that I've always wanted to be more than that. It was just...complicated, and the others of the GoM, they wouldn't approve..." I said.

"So you let the opinions of others influence your willingness to be with me, huh?" he asked, looking at me with stern eyes.

"We-we're a team! Of course it would change things a lot, and I didn't want it to negatively impact our performance," I responded.

"What about after middle school huh? You just decided to leave the GoM, and pursue an entirely different high school without discussing it with any of us. Are you really hiding the fact that you're a girl, and our relationship for the team, when you've abandoned both?" his interrogated, his voice louder and louder with every question. At this point he looked pretty upset, and his accusations against me made tears drop down my face before I realized how strongly his words impacted me.

"No Tetsu, don't cry," he said gently, and came closer to me to wipe off a tear with his hand, then quickly drew back. "I don't like seeing you cry," he mumbled, diverting his eyes to the ground again.

He was still loving and gentle, only confused and agitated by just sudden revelation of such a big secret, and I understood that the trust he had in me had shattered, especially after our already rocky relationship and undeclared mutual feelings.

I finally understood where his heart was, and I reached out to grab his hand, which quickly caught his attention and turned his confused and stressed out face back to mine.

"I never meant to hurt you," I said. "It started as a mere secret—just a secret that let me play basketball. Never in my life would I have thought of meeting so many new friends, and someone more than that." I blushed, and he started at me, with his hand still in mine, and waited for me to continue.

"I hadn't pictured a relationship in my mind, nor did I seek out to be infatuated with love, like all the other hormonal teenage girls. I wanted a fun time in middle school, to be able to relax and enjoy the rest of my childhood before being pressured into adulthood. It wasn't supposed to be a secret that hurt others, or broke the trust of others, but rather a secret that let me cling onto my childhood memories."

He seemed to loosen up a little at my explanation, but didn't say a word.

"The GoM was a great opportunity for me, and for all of us. Everyone improved so quickly, and for once in my life, I wasn't so bad at basketball after all. Yet the power we attained, it was so strong, and our winning spirit became such an obsession that I couldn't take it anymore. I didn't want to see you and the others be possessed by this desire to win, so I left."

"As for our relationship, well, that's a different story. Obviously I knew that there weren't any hinders to our relationship. I just didn't know how to tell you after all this time. Of course I wanted to in the beginning, but as our relationship developed, the words just couldn't come out of my mouth. The longer I waited, the harder it was to spit out the words, until someone spit them out for me."

I yawned, though I tried to hide it.

He rested his head on my shoulder, and angled his head toward mine, and kissed my neck.

"You smell really bad," he joked. I didn't shower after the match since I rushed to see him directly.

"I know," I said, a little smile forming on my face.

"I'll walk you home," he said. "Go on a date with me tomorrow, and you can hear my side of the story."

I nodded, happier that the mood lightened up, but uneasy in hearing everything he had to say. I made him go through a lot because of me, but I was happy that he was happy and that we were past this awkward stage of tension in our lives in strive to form a stronger relationship.

A/N: Yay, another chapter done~ I hope you enjoyed a little more backstory and some fluff. But the "secrets and revelations" aspect of the story isn't quite over yet. Who else in the GoM, or even Seirin has a secret they've been keeping? Oooo...feel the suspense.

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