DISCLAIMER: I don't own Kuroko no Basket.

Oh, hey.

I've been sick. I don't know what else to say.

I feel horrible right now, but y'know, you gotta take the good with the bad.

….That probably didn't make any sense. I'm going to blame it on how delirious I feel right now.

But whatever. I'll get over it. Hopefully.

I'm pretty sure I've stalled enough. So, without any further ado….

Daygon Yuuki ~ What's the saying…like owner, like pet? Yeah. And since Kuroko likes Akashi…well…Nigou probably will as well.

Rinfantasy ~ That's to say the least. Who knows what Akashi has in store for him… :o

Guest ~ I'm glad this made you laugh! :D (It's still trash, tho)

(Now, excuse me while I look at pictures of puppies.)

"Taiga, your face looks like a dying monkey of sorts," Akashi commented pleasantly.

"O-Oi…." Kagami's split eyebrow twitched involuntarily.

"Akashi-kun, be nice," Kuroko reprimanded the redhead, not unlike a dog. Nigou barked twice to affirm this.

"I am being nice, Tetsuya," Akashi hummed, a lecherous smirk spreading across his face. He obviously had something up his sleeve.

Something that none of them would like.

"I said you could come to Seirin, Akashi-kun," Kuroko began, drawing out his words as if he were talking to a toddler, "but only if you behaved. And you're not doing that right now."

Akashi shrugged flippantly, seemingly unbothered by the rather insulting jest that had been sent at him.

"Behaved?!" spluttered Kagami, face going pale. Kuroko has him wrapped around his finger!

"The great emperor just became Kuroko's dog," Izuki commented off-handedly. His eyes brightened as if he thought up of a pun deriving from that, but Riko interrupted before he could say anything.

"Are you two going out?" she asked rather loudly, curiosity etched into her features. For once, she didn't seem angry that somebody had disrupted practice.

Kuroko said, "No, we're not" as Akashi said, "Yes, we are."

The tealnette swiveled around to stare in disbelief at the redhead.

"Akashi-kun, as far as I'm concerned, we are not going out," he flat out said, feathers perfectly unruffled.

"Hmm?" Akashi seemed pleased with himself. "Is that so?"

"Yes, that is so." Kuroko probably meant to sound ticked off, but he only succeeded in sounding like….well, like how he usually sounded like.

"C-Coach has a weird look on her face." Koganei blanched.

It was true – Riko looked, for lack of a better term, constipated. Her face was distorted and slightly disturbing in a way. Kagami found it difficult to look straight at it without having the sudden urge to book it to America or something.

Akashi seemed unaffected by it. In fact, he looked amused. Was this all part of his plan? Had he gotten Riko in on it?

Kagami wouldn't be surprised. Both of them were scheming masterminds whose only goal was to take over the world.

He wasn't even exaggerating.

"Akashi-kun, please leave," Kuroko finally said, breaking the tense silence. "You seem to be giving Coach a heart attack."

"No, I'm perfectly fine," Riko asserted elatedly. "Better than fine. Super fine. Really fine."

"She's gone crazy!" Kagami freaked out.

The brunette merely waved him off, freaking him out even further. "Akashi-san – I see what game you're playing here."

Akashi's heterochromatic eyes glinted dangerously. "Game? I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about."

Riko bit her lip thoughtfully – even she knew when to stop, especially when confronted with one Akashi Seijuro.

"WE WON'T LET YOU HAVE KUROKO-KUN!"

Snip, snip.

….Well, Kagami thought. I guess she does have a death wish.

Even Riko is not escaping my wrath. :)

Yeah, my chapters are really short. I put a lot of time and effort into every word, so it takes me a while.

Thanks for reading!