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Kise sat on the bench and looked on the court as they were getting ready. He wasn't playing in this game since it was only a preliminary match but Kise was still hyped up for his team. Halfway through the match, he noticed a familiar face across the court, sitting in the spectators seat. "Oh...Ki-chan," he said softly, staring at her and smiled. "Coach! Let me play!"

"What? Play? This is only the prelim, Kise. There's no need for you to play."

"But I want to play!" Kise said. "Please! Let me play! There's no harm in letting me play!"

Kasamatsu frowned, wondering why Kise was acting up suddenly until he saw Kiyoko across the court as well. "You just want to show off in front of the girl, don't you?!" he frowned and smacked Kise in the head. "Fine, whatever. Let him play, it won't hurt."

"Yes!" Kise smirked and took his shirt off, revealing the jersey underneath and started warming up his body.

The match soon started and Kise was playing much better and with much more enthusiasm than normal. As expected, Kaijo won the match and Kise grinned, quickly looking to the spectators where he saw Kiyoko was sat. Kiyoko was getting up to leave and Kise frowned, ignoring the congratulations and grabbed his towel, running off quickly to look for Kiyoko.

"Please, please, please let me find her," Kise said, pushing through the crowd, searching for Kiyoko. "Ki-chan!" he shouted.

Kiyoko was following after the crowd and stood by the side, pulling her glasses out and put them on. "Ah...much better," she said, letting her hair down and wrapped her scarf around her neck. Kimiko sighed, watching Kiyoko and shook her head. "What? If you have something to say, say it."

"I don't understand you. Why must you dress up as Kiyomi just to come and see him?" her sister asked. "He knows you as Kiyoko too so why must you be Kiyomi? Are you...addicted to being Kiyomi now?"

"Kise-san likes Kiyomi," Kiyoko explained. "It would mean more to him if Kiyomi came to see him and not me, Kiyoko," she said.

"Well...just tell him then," Kimiko shrugged. "Tell him that you're Akiyama Kiyomi and Akiyama Kiyoko. I'm sure he'll understand and still like you."

They were silent and Kiyoko frowned, feeling someone standing next to them. She looked to the side and saw Kise who stood there, stunned. She gasped and Kimiko looked at Kise, biting her lip, cursing softly. "You're Ki-chan?" Kise asked, staring at Kiyoko. "Akiyama Kiyoko is Akiyama Kiyomi?" he frowned and took a step back.

"Kise-san..." Kiyoko whispered, not knowing what to say.

"What do I call you now? Are you my PA or the girl I like? Were you going to continue your lie?" Kise asked. "I...I need to go," he said, turning.

Kiyoko stared after Kise and frowned, looking at her sister. "I knew this was going to happen," she said. "Kise-san never liked me. It's Kiyomi he likes. Why can't I be Kiyomi?" she asked and walked off, going in the opposite direction. Kimiko stared after her sister and looked to Kise. She stood in the same spot for a while before running after her sister.

"You are Kiyomi!" she shouted. "Kiyomi is you!"

~.~

Murasakibara dug his fork into the cake and put the fork into his mouth, chewing the chocolate cake Kaoru gave him. He was enjoying his cake but subconsciously looked over to Kaoru who wasn't paying as much attention to him since it was a busy day for them and a lot more people sat in her section of the café.

Ever since Murasakibara asked her to be his partner for Aomine's and Chinatsu's engagement party, the two were a little more awkward than before. Kaoru would blush more and she would avoid his eyes more than before while Murasakibara always felt a little weird around her. He especially didn't like it when other men in the café looked at her or got especially close to her.

Kaoru was his.

Or at least that was what Murasakibara thought even though he had no idea why he would think such a thing.

After finishing his cake, Murasakibara downed his cup of coffee and asked for the bill. Another waitress came with the bill as Kaoru was busy with other customers. He paid and got up, leaving the café. Kaoru saw this and excused herself, calling after Murasakibara. "Murasakibara-kun!" she called, smiling. "Um...I know this is sudden but can you wait until my shift is over? I'll be done in about ten minutes," she said.

Murasakibara nodded and waited for Kaoru outside. He leaned against the outside wall, pushing his hands into his pocket. Like a good boyfriend, Murasakibara stood and waited for Kaoru for a whole ten minutes until she finished her shift. Kaoru thanked her colleagues for their hard work before turning to Murasakibara and smiled. "So, what is it?"

Kaoru stared at him and looked down. "I um...I guess you should know about how I feel," Kaoru said, keeping her head down. "I really like you, Murasakibara-kun. You caught my eyes since the first time you came to the café and...I know it's not much but all I can give you is free cakes. I know you like tall girls and I'm not considered tall. I won't grow anymore but I have been practising wearing heels. If you like, I can wear heels all the time. I just...I hope you can give me a chance."

"No."

Kaoru stared at Murasakibara before looking back down again, this time, to hide her tears. "Ah...I suppose heels just aren't good enough if I'm not at the height you prefer. It's okay...Don't mind me then. I hope you'll still come to the café. I'll still give you free cakes, don't worry about that. Sorry for bothering," she said, walking off quickly.

Murasakibara caught her arm just in time and pulled her into his arms, hugging her tightly as he rested his chin on top of her head. "I don't like that you have to wear heels all the time. Kao-chin's height is perfect. You're not too tiny so I won't crush you. If you grew any taller, Kao-chin won't be Kao-chin anymore."

"Murasakibara-kun?"

"Won't it be easier to call me Atsushi?" he asked. Murasakibara pulled away from the hug and took her hand. "Come on, let's go on a date."

"Date? Wait, Murasakibara-kun! I just got off work and I haven't had dinner..."

"Good. Then we'll have dinner together. And I told you, call me Atsushi and I will call you Kao-chin from now on."

Kaoru smiled and gripped Murasakibara's much bigger hand tightly. "I know a restaurant near here that does really good desserts!" she smiled. "Shall we go there?"

~Few Days Later~

Kise sighed loudly, flopping on the sofa in the studio, spreading himself across the sofa. Haruka walked into the studio and frowned, looking around. "It's two o'clock now, isn't it?" she asked, looking at her watch and checked her phone. "Haven't you finished your shoot yet? Mine is now, Kise-kun." Kise sighed loudly again and turned, facing the sofa. "Kise-kun."

Kise turned around and looked at Haruka, pouting at her. For a moment, Haruka felt sorry for him even though she didn't know what he was moping about. "Rukacchi...what am I going to do? Ki-chan isn't actually Ki-chan. Ki-chan is actually-"

"Kiyoko-san," Haruka finished for him and smiled. "I know. I worked with her on an advert. I noticed it way back then."

"Then why didn't you tell me?!" Kise frowned.

"Let me ask you a question," Haruka said, sitting down on the chair next to the sofa. "Do you like Akiyama Kiyomi because of her face or her personality?" she asked.

"I like Ki-chan because of her personality of course! Ki-chan is kind and lovely! She asks her followers to support charities and she's always talking about something intelligent."

Haruka smiled and nodded. "Then what is the problem?" she asked. "Kiyoko-san may not dress like Kiyomi all the time but Kiyomi's personality is Kiyoko-san's personality," she said. "Everything Kiyomi wrote on her blog is everything Kiyoko-san wants to say. If you like Kiyomi because of her looks then I'd tell you to forget it but you said you like her because of her personality then I'd say, go for it."

Kise looked at Haruka, thinking over what she just said to him. "You're right..." he said. "Ki-chan is Kiyoko-san. If I like Ki-chan, I like Kiyoko-san too, right? What do I need to think about then? I'm going to call Kiyoko-san right now! Oh wait, she's still Ki-chan as well! Or should I call her Kiyokocchi now? Ki-chan is cuter, isn't it?"

"Before you start a relationship, can you please finish your shoot so I can get on with mine?"

"Oh...I finished already. They're just cleaning up so they can get ready for your shoot," Kise said. "I was just moping around. I knew you were coming, I was waiting for you so I can ask for your opinion."

Expecting a hit or glare from Haruka, Kise flinched and went into defence mode but Haruka only nodded and smiled, getting up to get changed for her shoot. Kise stared after her and blink, pinching himself and yelped in pain. He rubbed his arm where he pinched himself and hissed a little in pain.

"Rukacchi is weird..." he mumbled, staring after the girl. "She's...glowing."

~.~

Haruka hummed softly, stepping out from the elevator and headed for her door. She stopped and looked over to Akashi's door. She moved toward it but stopped herself and shook her head, going back to her door and pushed her key in. As she opened her door, Akashi came out from his house. Haruka stopped and looked at Akashi who stared back.

"Hi," Haruka said.

"Hi," Akashi nodded.

"Going out?"

"I'm just going to buy dinner," Akashi said.

Haruka nodded and watched as Akashi pressed for the elevator. "Actually..." she said. "I'll be cooking dinner. Would you like to join me?" The elevator arrived but Akashi didn't step in. Instead, he walked toward Haruka's house and went in with her. "Make yourself at home. We can eat soon," she said, going to the kitchen.

Akashi took the chance to explore Haruka's house. She had already been in his house, it was only fair that Akashi got to look around her house as well. Although they were both penthouses, Haruka's was a little smaller than Akashi though it was more stylish. All over the wall on the first floor were posters and photos of Haruka.

He smirked a little, looking at each and every one of them carefully. After exploring the first floor, Akashi headed up to the second floor. Haruka was too busy in the kitchen to notice him going up the stairs and by then, Akashi was already in one of the rooms. The first room he went in to was a study and Akashi looked at all the books she had.

On one of the shelves, Akashi found a shogi board and a book next to the board with the title, How To Play Shogi For Dummies. He picked up the book and chuckled a little, reading through the book and shook his head. He then headed out and went into Haruka's bedroom.

She had a king-size double bed and a walk-in closet to the side which was supposed to be another room. There were pictures hanging on the wall as well and Akashi was naturally attracted to them, looking through the pictures. Most of them were from high school and several of those were from photo shoots that she had done. Apart from the professionally taken photos from her shoots, Haruka barely had any pictures from after high school.

A frown formed on Akashi's face as the lack of his photos was starting to get to him. Although Haruka would never know, Akashi kept photos of her and DVDs of her dramas and magazines she was featured in. It was a little unfair to Akashi that Haruka had nothing of him. He walked over to her bed and there was one last picture on the night stand.

He picked up the frame and looked at the picture, smiling to himself. In the picture was Akashi and Haruka. Haruka was smiling brightly, posing for the camera with one arm linked with Akashi's while Akashi was stood sideways with only half of his face captured. Just one picture was more than enough to make Akashi smile because this was probably the most important picture to Haruka.

"Aka-chan, dinner is ready!" Haruka called. She wiped her hands on her apron and took it off, going to see where Akashi had wandered off to. "Aka-chan?"

"Coming," he said, coming out from her room and went down the stairs.

"You went upstairs?" she asked, frowning slightly.

"You've been to my house, in my room and in my bed. It's only fair that I get to explore your house too," Akashi stated and sat at the dining table. "I found several interesting things. Firstly, you're quite self-centred. There are only pictures of you on the first floor and more in your bedroom. Secondly, that book teaching you how to play shogi is crap. If you want to learn shogi, come to me. And thirdly, I am appalled at the fact that you only have one picture of me in your entire house. But I shall forgive you since you put it next to your bed."

Haruka stared at Akashi and glared. "You went through everything?" she asked. Akashi was rather surprised by her reaction. He was expecting a bashful Haruka to tell him to stop but that was the Haruka six years ago. This Haruka was different. She was a new challenge for Akashi. "Do you know what privacy is, Aka-chan?"

"If you want to explore my house, I don't mind," Akashi stated and picked up the pair of chopsticks. "Itadakimasu," he said and started eating. "I didn't know you can cook so well. You even made tofu soup."

"That's Aka-chan's favourite," she said. "I thought since you're Aka-chan, you would like a traditional Japanese meal instead. Do you like it?"

"If it's your cooking, I would like it no matter what you make," Akashi said and took a sip of the soup. "Are you training yourself to be my wife, Haruka?"

"As if!" Haruka glared and ate silently. "There's a box under my bed...it's full of Aka-chan's things," she said softly. "I'm an avid fan of Rakuzan. I don't think I've missed a single match, be it watching it on TV or live on the court. You just never noticed me."

Akashi looked at Haruka and smiled a little. "Oh really? But you're just a fan of Rakuzan. We have a lot of fans."

"I only started liking Rakuzan because of you," Haruka said. "Ao told me that was the team you got into and since then, I've been supporting Rakuzan. Why am I even telling you this? Just eat and go if you're going to be like this."

"Do you think you can cook dinner for me from now on?" Akashi asked. "Cooking for one is a little troublesome and it's not healthy to eat out all the time. And eating together would be more fun, wouldn't it?"

Haruka stopped Akashi from eating and looked at him. "What are we now, Aka-chan? Are we...neighbours? Are we...friends with benefits? Or are we...you know."

"What's you know?"

"You know what's you know."

"I don't know what's you know so please tell me what you know is."

Haruka glared at him and sighed. "Are we...back together?"

"I never thought we were separated," Akashi said. "You were always the only one for me anyway. So what we are now is the same as what we were six years ago. Plus, you're mine already after what happened last time."

"Shut up! I was drunk! Not like you were totally sexy or anything..."

"Hm, sure."