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The sun was already setting when he and Kuroko were finally done.

Kuroko told him about his ability and quiet frankly it sent shivers up his spine.

Kuroko could force his way into the memories of his enemy. They would get corrupted by shadows and turn into anything he wanted. Cheerful memories could be remade into tragic, painful ones or into nightmares full of horror and gore. It could make the one who experienced it go insane.
Kuroko trapped them within their own memories and there was no escape for them.

He wouldn't want to be one of the poor souls who ended up insane after the blue haired vampire was done with them.

He decided to stop by the tree in the garden again and stay there for a bit to admire the beautiful flowers blooming there.

That's not true and you know it.

He tried to ignore the voice in his head that told him his reason for going there was that he hoped Aomine would be there too.

His eyes lit up at the sight of the bluenette lying under the tree, gazing lazily at the pink and orange clouds that were floating by. He smiled and walked just a tad bit faster in the direction of his supposed mate.

"Yo, Aomine." the redhead sat down beside the other and leaned against the tree trunk.

"Kagami." Aomine turned his head when he greeted him and sat up.

"And what were you up to the past few days? Murasakibara was practically swooning over you and that's really weird. What did you do?"

"Huh? I just gave him some candy...?" It came out more than a question than the answer the other probably expected.

"Well, that explains it."

At the perplexed look Kagami shot him he just shook his head in a dismissive manner.

"The guy loves sweets. I don't know why he's not already unable to move and only rolling around by now with all the candy and stuff he gobbles down.

Kagami snorted at the image that instantly appeared in his head. After the brief conversation a silence followed - it wasn't an uncomfortable one. It was a nice, calming one and Kagami felt content just being together with Aomine.

It was still really weird to Kagami to feel this way but he couldn't influence it. It was a useless effort to try and tell himself he wasn't attached to this man in some way or felt comfortable and at peace with him like with no one ever before.

The blue haired male was arrogant, cocky and much too confident in his skills.

On the other hand he was very lazy, laid back and easy going.

With Aomine he felt at ease, like a calm wave washing over him whenever he saw the other. Kagami began to understand what it meant to have a mate and he didn't mind this progress in the least.

"Hey Kagami?" Aomine's voice broke his train of thought and he absentmindedly nodded for the other to continue.

"I wanna ask you something."

"Shoot."

"Why did you..." he hesitated a moment before he continued.

"Why did you choose to become a vampire hunter?"

Kagami blinked a few times until the question had registered in his mind.

"Why do you want to know...?" the redhead looked away, avoiding Aomine's eyes.

"I was just curious." the other replied in a nonchalant tone and a shrug of his shoulders. "You don't have to tell me though."

Silence fell over them. Aomine studied the redhead in front of him. He still hadn't looked him in the eyes since he asked his question.

Aomine let out a sigh, he shouldn't have asked after all. He was a bit startled when Kagami suddenly did speak.

"When I was younger, around six or seven, or something I think, I went shopping with my parents. It got pretty late when we were on our way home, the sun had already gone down. I was walking in front of my parents until some people - a group of three or four, I don't really remember - were coming our way from the other side of the street. They were laughing but when they spotted us they suddenly fell silent and changed sides."

Kagami stopped to catch his breath. The more Aomine heard the more he felt unsettled. Kagami began speaking once more.

"My parents stopped for a moment and called me back. My mom took me by the hand and pulled me behind her whispering to me I should run if she said so. I didn't really understand then...but nodded anyways.

We continued walking forward and when we were almost past them they grabbed my fathers arm and said something to him...I don't know what he said but in the next moment my mother had pushed me forward and shouted at me to run. I was too shocked and just stood there for a moment.
Another one of these guys held my mother back too and she continued to shout at me to run away, that they would follow soon. I believed her." he paused for a moment. "They never did though."

Aomine didn't know what to say. He felt sympathy, anger and sadness but he didn't know how to express them. He didn't know what he could say to make Kagami maybe feel a bit better and that made him only angrier.

"My aunt took me in afterwards. It so happens she's the head of the organization I work for now. It was convenient to me since after what happened I started to loath vampires. I hated them for taking my family away. I simply wanted revenge. I started my training to become a vampire hunter for that reason. But when my aunt found out she knocked some sense into me and for that I'll always be grateful."

"Taiga, I know it's none of my business but...why did you almost desperately want to start with your training now? You could have waited another few years."

A young busty woman with long silky blond hair and sky blue eyes asked a younger version of Kagami sitting in front of her. They currently were in her office and she had finally asked the question that had been bugging her for weeks - ever since Kagami suddenly expressed his desire to become a hunter. The boy in front of her looked down and after a while she gave up on getting an answer when he suddenly spoke. Though the words uttered made her blood boil and she clenched her hands into fists.

"I want revenge for my family. Vampires ,- " the word was uttered with disgust and scornfulness- "are unpredictable beasts. They kill people wherever they please. They're mons,-"

The female banged her hands on the table in front of her and stood up to walk around the desk. She towered over the young Kagami and glared down at him with so much anger in her eyes that the red head shrank back. She took a deep breath to somewhat calm herself before she started speaking.

"Kagami, are all humans good?" dumbfounded the other could only stare blankly at her.

"W-what?"

"I'm asking you: Are all humans good?"

"W-well, there are some who are but wha,-"

"So not everyone is a good person?"

"I-I guess not...?" he didn't understand where she was going with this. Of course not every human on earth was good.

"That's right. There are humans that steal, kill and betray those who trust them - may it be family, friends or lovers. Are all humans bad because of that?"

"No! Not everyone does that!" Kagami protested furiously.

"Exactly. Why do you think it's different with vampires?" shocked silence greeted her. Kagami was frozen to his spot, wide-eyed and mouth slightly agape. The woman sighed sadly.

"I know what happened was terrible but...don't let this hatred control you. Just because some vampires are bad and do horrible things doesn't mean everyone else does too."

Kagami nodded slowly and looked down on the ground. Alex' eyes softened at the sight.

"Taiga", her voice was gentle and loving now and she reached down to hug the boy close to her, "please try to see things for how they really are. Make your own opinion of vampires and humans alike and then you can decide for yourself."

"Promise me?" it was a barely audible whisper.

"O-okay, auntie Alex. I'm sorry..."

"So my reason for wanting to be a hunter changed that day. From then on I just wanted to protect those who are dear to me and those who need my help. Be it vampire or human, I wanted to be fair..." Kagami trailed off, not knowing what else to say.

Aomine had calmly listened to everything Kagami had to say, his attention never straying even for a second from the red head. When he had finished he took a deep breath and stood up.

Truth be told, Aomine still had no idea how to react to all this. He wanted to comfort the other, but he hadn't done something like that for anyone before. He realized that Kagami had gotten slightly unsettled and anxious with his silence and made his way over to the hunter. He sat down beside him so that their shoulders were touching.

Aomine reached over to pet Kagami's red locks in a vain attempt to make him feel better. There was an awkward silence, Aomine still petted Kagami and the red head stared blankly at Aomine.

"...Pft. Haha~!"

"What the hell?! What's so funny huh?!"

"Y-you totally suck at this! Ahahaha!"

"Shut up, Bakagami!" Aomine blushed a bright red in embarrassment and stopped his petting and instead messed up Kagami's hair while said male continued to laugh uncontrollably.

When Kagami finally calmed down and Aomine stopped his assault, the comfortable silence between them was back. Kagami leaned his head on Aomine's shoulder to the other's surprise. Not that he minded in the least.

"...Thanks."

Kagami said sheepishly, almost shyly and Aomine laughed quietly.

"You've got nothing to thank me for."

"You know...if not for that conversation I would never have even considered talking to Tatsuya. He was the first one beside my aunt who felt like family for me despite being a vampire."

There was fondness in his eyes as he talked about his family and Aomine was ashamed of himself for feeling envious of Himuro, even if it was only for a moment.

"And also..." Kagami turned to look at him with a gentle smile and Aomine's heart skipped a beat.

"I wouldn't have met you."

Aomine blushed slightly and pulled Kagami a bit closer to plant a kiss on his hair.

Sorry if it's too sappy but I really wanted a cute moment for them.