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A/N:

I'm sorry if they seem out of character, which they might be ^_^

Sorry guys, just so you know, this is only three chapters long. I don't plan on making it any longer than that, seeing as this was meant to be a one shot.

New Dress: Meet and Greet

Earlier before

"Thanks for coming!" Kise cried cheerfully as the last customers left. "Bye!" The Kaijou stall was set with a tent, tables and chairs arranged like a restaurant. The 'maids' would bring the food over and chat to the customers.

"Kise! Your shift is over! You can leave now, but be careful, okay?" The captain said as it was approaching 5pm.

"Okay Kasamatsu-cchi!" Kise yelled back. He hurried quickly, wanting to make do with the free time he had until he had to go home with Aomine.

He wondered around briefly, lost with what to do. "I know!" He exclaimed after a while, oblivious to the many blatant or secretive stares. "I'll visit Midorima-cchi!"

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"Midorima-cchi!" Kise ran up to the tall green-haired man, taking a look at his change of outfit. "Wow, you look cool!" Kise grinned as Midorima scowled.

"Hmph. They were lucky I could include my lucky item for today with the costume otherwise I would have refused." Midorima said, pushing up his glasses. Shutoku had a dress up stall too, but instead, they were made to dress up as fantasy characters. Midorima hated getting dressed up for festivals like the one they were in, but unluckily, he was picked as the prince in Snow White. In his hand was a plastic red apple, which was his lucky item. How appropriate.

"Neh neh, so who's Snow White then, Midorima-cchi?" Kise asked curiously. Before the greenhead could reply, the answer appeared in front of them.

"It's me, Kise-chan!" Takao popped out of nowhere, scaring the two past Teiko players, although the taller of the two would never admit it.

"Takao-cchi, don't do that! You nearly gave me a heart attack! And don't call me Kise-chan! I'm not a girl!" The blonde whined. Takao had taken to calling him 'Kise-chan' after all the past Teiko players called him that for a week for losing a one-on-one game with Aomine.

Takao simply laughed, before twirling on the spot. "Do you like it?" When he said that, only then did Kise register what had been said before.

"Wait! You're the princess?" Kise said in surprise. He looked at the near-perfect replica of the dress from Snow White that Takao was wearing, puffy sleeves and all. "How... coincidental." Everyone around the pair could tell that both the Shutoku players had a thing for each other, even though Midorima was annoyingly blind to it. Well, eventually Takao would burst and tell his Shin-chan, but until then, they'd all just have to wait. "Hold on. Why is everyone crossdressing all of a sudden?" The blonde questioned. He had a point. Most basketball stalls had crossdressers as part of their main attraction.

Takao shrugged. "Apparently it was the new organiser's idea. Said it would bring more people to the event, and she wasn't wrong." Looking around, there was a lot of bustling and hustling, like Takao said.

Midorima coughed, getting Kise and Takao's attention. "It's nice to see you Kise, but we need to go." He jerked his head to look at his captain who was signalling for the two Shutoku players to come over. Giving a slight nod to the blonde, Midorima pushed his glasses up with two fingers and proceeded to bring over an enthusiastic Takao.

Left alone, Kise wondered what he was going to do now. "I know! I'll go see Akashi-cchi and Murasakibara-cchi! Their stalls should be near each other." With that thought in mind, he walked off, not noticing a figure following him.

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"Kise, hi." A raven said in greeting to the approaching blonde. The afternoon had finally reached evening, the sun going down and leaving a warm yellow glow in the background.

"Hi Himuro-cchi, is Murasakibara-cchi here?" Kise questioned.

"Yeah, he's coming right now actually."

"Kise-chin." Murasakibara waved lazily, before going back to him currently 6th box of Pocky, putting an arm around Himuro's waist. "What are you doing here?"

"I have a break right now. I was wondering if you would join me?" He looked at the two who seemed free. The two looked at each other before nodding.

"Yeah, we just finished our last shift at our games stall. Let me guess, crossdressing café?" Himuro said, looking pointedly at the dress.

"Yeah. How did you know?" Kise asked.

"I had a feeling."

"Meh, Kise-chin looks very pretty." The raven and blonde looked at the purple munching figure when he spoke. Before jealously could strike the ravenhead, the taller spoke again. "I wonder what Muro-chin would look like in a dress?"

Kise giggled at his remark, the raven blushing slightly. "Thanks Murasakibara-cchi. And I think Himuro-cchi would very pretty too." Himuro looked gratefully at the blonde.

"Before we go, let me get some snacks for Atsushi." Himuro left, leaving Kise with the purple giant.

"So, have you told Himuro-cchi yet?" Kise asked after a brief moment of silence.

"Eh? What do you mean Kise-chin?"

"That you like him."

"No, Muro-chin doesn't get it." Murasakibara scratched the back of his head. "I don't get why."

"He thinks you like Akashi-cchi." Kise replied. Even he though at one time Murasakibara liked the former captain.

"Eh? But Aka-chin is my friend. And he gives me snacks."

"Well, Himuro-cchi doesn't know. You should just tell him-"

"I'm back!" Himuro came over with a bag full of snacks, unknowingly breaking the conversation. Murasakibara looked at Himuro with love in his eyes, making the raven turn his head to avoid being seen flushing pink.

"Alright! Come on, let's go see Akashi-cchi next!" The blonde dragged the two Yosen members, seeing the tall purplehead's delighted face but not Himuro's sudden jealous look.

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"Ryouta, Atsushi, what are you doing here?" The heterochromatic-eyed redhead said without turning around from his shogi game, deliberately missing out Himuro.

"We're on a break Akashi-cchi, so we thought we'd see you." The blonde replied. "Himuro-cchi is here too!" He said, not noticing Himuro or Akashi's look of hidden distaste of the other being mentioned.

"Well-" Akashi stopped his train of words, turning his head and seeing Kise. How unexpected...-ly beautiful. "You look very... nice, Ryouta."

"Thanks Akashi-cchi." The blonde smiled, having been praised by his old captain, even if he was in a dress. "So are you free, Akashi-cchi?"

"Yes, one minute. Atsushi, come here and sit next to me." The tall purplehead obeyed and handed his snacks to Himuro, who harrumphed and pouted.

When Akashi had finished his - painfully easy - shogi game, he stood up and gestured for one of his teammates to take over before leaving with the trio.

"So, what now?" Himuro asked Kise, glaring pointedly at Akashi and Murasakibara, who were walking with the taller's arms hooked in front of the redhead's shoulders.

"Let's go visit Aomine-cchi!" Kise said. Walking forward, he didn't realise that someone was in front of him. The blonde tripped, only to be caught by the waist.

"S-sorry." Kise said breathlessly. The man who caught him laughed and pulled him up, his arms around the blonde's waist.

"S'alright. You are...?" The man was taller than Kise by a few inches, just under Midorima's height. His slivery-grey hair was styled in cornrow braids, reaching midway to his neck.

"Kise. You?"

"Haizaki."