Written on 2/10/2014 for cholopenguin on tumblr for the AU ficlet meme:

28. knocking on the wrong door au

In all fairness, Taiga's memory was not particularly good.

This was not news to him; Taiga's poor performance at school was not entirely due to his lack of work ethic, although that had surely played a part too.

So really, as embarrassing as this situation was, it was hardly enormously surprising that it had happened.

The door he'd been ringing the bell for repeatedly, thinking that it was Tatsuya's, had opened and there had been a man there who was definitely not Tatsuya, and was also not Tatsuya's type. He looked a little sleepy, like he'd just been woken up. Probably because Taiga had just woken him up by repeatedly ringing on his doorbell.

He wasn't sure if it was the worst part, but it was definitely pretty bad that Taiga thought this guy was really cute and he'd probably blown his chance with him already.

"I'm so sorry," he muttered, rubbing the back of his neck. "I thought this was my brother's apartment."

To his credit, the guy who he'd just woken up didn't seem too upset. Actually, he didn't seem too anything; his face was pretty much expressionless.

"You don't look like any of my neighbours," the man said; his voice was gentle and Taiga could probably listen to it for the rest of his life. Damn it.

"Oh, we're not… brothers brothers, we're… it's a long story. Anyway. Himuro Tatsuya. That's my brother. I'm really sorry."

The man's mouth quirked. "Himuro-san lives two doors down on the left," he answered. "It's quite alright…"

"Kagami Taiga."

"Kagami-san," he finished. "My name is Kuroko Tetsuya. I probably should have been getting up anyway."

"Oh god, I'm really sorry," Taiga said again. "Can I make it up to you somehow?"

Kuroko ducked back into his apartment, and for a moment Taiga thought he was about to get the door to the face he'd deserved a few minutes ago when Kuroko had answered it, but then Kuroko came back and pressed something into his hand.

"If you had plans with your brother, I'd rather not keep you from them," Kuroko said, "but if you really want to make it up to me, you can call me later."

Taiga felt his jaw drop, and Kuroko smiled slightly before closing his door.