Enjoy.

It had taken exactly two hours to arrive at the sleepy town of Namimori. Midorima had not bothered to stop at the cute cafés and little convenience stores that littered the side of the road on the drive up – he was not interested in little knick knacks as Kise was (his lucky items certainly didn't count as knick knacks).

He had tried to reach Kise's phone but not once did his friend from junior high answer, which annoyed Midorima very much as well as made him worry even more about his friend.

It had all started last year when Kise started getting serious with that woman. All the magazines and newspapers discussed at length at how perfect to two would be once they were married. And at first, Midorima bought into it. Kise had seemed to finally be settling down. All throughout high school he had experimented with all sorts of people, which Midorima understood to be quite healthy for a boy of 16 but, at the same time, he always knew that Kise was just bidding his time.

It was quite obvious to himself and Momoi that something was missing with Kise. Yes, he was too popular for his own good and he had been born with brilliant physical features but that could only take you so far in life. Kise had been missing something from the very start but Midorima held his tongue every time Kise would call late at night, crying over his latest break up.

Then that woman happened and Midorima thought that there had been a real change. Now, granted, that he had been around the same time as he was finishing medical school, so things were a bit hectic and all personal life had been put on the back burner, but nonetheless, Midorima thought things were starting to change.

But then that man entered the picture and Midorima knew that nothing good could come out of it.

His name was Haizaki, a businessman that possessed too much wealth for any one person. He had been tall, handsome, someone that Kise usually fell for.

So when Kise finally told him that the two had been having an affair for the last six months, Midorima wasn't surprised (it was actually quite easy to read Kise Midorima found early on).

Midorima had supported Kise, of course, although he did warn of the potential of news getting out due to Kise's status as a model, but Kise said that he had trusted Haizaki and at that moment, Midorima knew that Kise had certainly changed at that moment. He had been too busy to realize that when he was still dating – or engaged to – that woman, Kise had still been unhappy and lost. Haizaki had been that one thing that had triggered the change.

So when shit hit the fan, Midorima was ready to personally strangle that man.

With due thanks to Momoi, that did not happen.

Midorima could recall the exact why Kise sounded when he had called him at one in the morning, the day before news would be released over him and his gay lover. His voice had been broken, lost, betrayed. He sounded tired, like it was just another moment in his life that had let him down, and Midorima was over, working full-time damage control, the moment Kise started saying how he couldn't do it anymore.

So this phone message really made Midorima worry about his friend.

He had left his practice to his fellow doctor, his tutor that had inspired him in the first place to go into medicine and took off. However, once he actually got to town, he had no clue where or what to do.

So he went to Kise's address since he wasn't picking up his phone, hoping that the man wasn't doing anything completely crazy.

What he found, however, was not what he expected.

It had to do with a cock and a tape measure.

…

It was closing time when Kasamatsu finally decided to come and check on how Hayato and Kise were doing.

"What the fuck is going on here?"

"Ah, Senpai!"

"Brother!" Hayato detangled himself from Kise's grasp and ran to his eldest brother, bear hugging him the moment he made contact. "Save me!"

Kasamatsu looked shocked at the gesture, not used to receiving just an act unless the younger was sick or sad about father. "What the hell did you do to him?"

"I didn't do anything, Senpai! I promise!" Kise whined, also running up, tugging to Kasamatsu's sleeve. "He's been acting weird all afternoon!"

"Oi, Hayato, what's wrong."

"Brother!" Hayato looked up from the hug, his eyes wide and watery, his cheeks and ears a bright shade of pink. "I can't work here anymore!"

"What? Why?"

"He's been saying that since I asked him why he was so pink." Kise grumbled, crossing his arms. "He was working the register when I asked him how to fill out an inventory list and he just suddenly got all pink and stuttery and weird and then I tried to feel his forehead, you know, and he started yelling and trying to get away and I kept trying and he –"

"Okay, okay," Kasamatsu sighed, rubbing his temples. "I think I get it."

"Brother…" Hayato whined, burying his head into his brother's chest more.

"Huh? What? What is it?" Kise begged, "What did I do?"

"Nothing." Kasamatsu sighed again, suddenly embarrassed for his little brother. "Hayato, go to the store and help Jun with stocking."

Hayato detached himself from Kasamatsu and nodded meekly, quickly leaving the store, not bothering to say goodbye to Kise.

"What did I do?" Kise whined, following Kasamatsu into the back room, happy that he picked up the inventory on his way back because it really needed to get done and Kise had no idea how to do it.

"I told you, Hayato may play a big game but he's really shy." Kasamatsu sighed, taking the pencil from his pocket and started figuring in some numbers on the list.

"Okay, but what does –"

It was silent for a moment as Kasamatsu continued to survey the back room and write things down, not bothering to show Kise how to do it. As for Kise, he just sat there, a grin slowly forming on his face.

"He's the type to act like a little shit around the person they like." Kasamatsu shrugged, still focused on filling out the form – that he has, no doubt, shown Kise how to do about a million times already. "Ever since I brought that magazine home – I mean, ever since he saw you on the magazine cover, he's been talking to Jun about you non-stop."

Kise still remained silent, even as Kasamatsu tried to backtrack over his little slip up there.

"So he got all flustered when you were close to him," Kasamatsu bite his lip, holding back a little smile, "'Cause he's so innocent."

Kise still didn't say anything, even as Kasamatsu looked really cute standing there, trying not to laugh at his little brother.

"So, Get it?" Kasamatsu finally asked when all he was receiving – uncharacteristically – was silence.

"I get it, Senpai." Kise winked. "I get that two Kasamatsu brothers have a crush on me."

In all honesty, Kise was expecting a kick or a smack but not the clipboard being chucked at his face. He managed to duck in time, only to receive the kick he was expecting.

"I-Idiot!" Kasamatsu smacked him over the head. "Don't say shit like that!"

"Hahaha! It's true! It's true!"

"It's not!" Kasamatsu tried to speak over Kise's laughing without yelling but it was getting difficult. "I don't have a crush on you!"

"Yes you do! You told me last night that you think I've attractive!"

Kasamatsu yelled again, furiously blaming the alcohol.

"And so does Hayato-chan! You'll have to fight over me!"

"Shut up!" Kasamatsu went to smack Kise again but Kise, gods know how, caught his wrist and grasped it tightly, putting his years of gym-going to good use.

Kise stepped forward, his hand still tight on Kasamatsu wrist, and Kasamatsu backed up along side of him, his face slowly turning the same shade that Hayato's was earlier.

"Oi, what are you doing?" Kasamatsu asked as his back collided the shelving, his pencil fall out of his other hand and Kise leaned down a little.

"You know, Senpai, they say that people are the most honest when they're drunk."

"Get off, me, stupid," Kasamatsu tried to struggle but Kise just pressed himself further into the shorter male, his breath curling around Kasamatsu's reddening face. "I-I don't –"

Kise smiled, he could just feel how nervous his senpai was underneath him.

"Sorry Senpai, but you look really cute right now -" Kise lowered his head a bit further, so their lips were just a hair apart, he wasn't smiling anymore and Kasamatsu wasn't stuttering " - And I've never been good at taking things slowly if I like them back."

He only got his a feather of a touch of his senpai's lips when Takao's voice broke through the atmosphere.

…

"Kise-kun! Kise-kun! Where are you!" Takao hollered as he pounded on the front desk. "Kise-kun!"

A split second later the back door crashed open and much to Takao's surprise it was Kasamatsu that came bursting out as if his tail had been on fire. His whole face was bright red and both his hands were balled into fists, hurrying out of the store without even greeting Takao. A moment later, Kise emerged, his own face a little red.

"Kise-kun!" Takao called happily, grabbing the man's arm. "I've got a surprise for you!"

"Huh? What?"

"Close the shop, hurry! I have to take you back home for your surprise!" Takao couldn't help but to bounce up on the tips of his feet.

"Wait, what's the surprise?"

"Kise-kun, I can't tell you that. It wouldn't be a surprise anymore."

Kise sighed, his face still tingling a bit from what just happened, but he still nodded numbly, grabbing the keys from the front desk to lock up.

The walk home was filled with Kise asking Takao repeatedly what the surprise was and Takao countering with why Senpai's face was so red and why he seemed in such a hurry to get the hell out of the flower shop. And since both refused to say anything – Takao, because, duh, it was a surprise and Kise, well, Kise because he didn't really know what happened – they were arguing up to the moment Kise saw the black car that sat in the driveway.

Forgetting everything that was currently going on in his life, even Takao who was still being a little too curious, Kise immediately ran to the house.

…

"Wait, so you're not depressed?"

Midorima sat crossed legged, across from Kise, an empty cup of tea and a plate of sweets that came from the Bakery Club at the nursing home (which included Kuroko's granny). He had arrived at the house only to find that Kise wasn't around and instead that there was a really odd man sitting the middle of the living room, his – ehm – unmentionables in one hand with a tape measure in the other. He had quickly tucked himself away the moment he saw Midorima standing in the doorway, obviously shocked to petrification.

The man, whom he learned to be Takao Kazunari, one of Kise's roommates, had apparently been measuring himself just to make sure because the other roommate, "Mine-chan," had a – ehm – unmentionable the length of a Greek god.

Apparently.

Anyways, once he explained why he was there, Takao had immediately told him that Kise was fine and that he was at work. Still, Midorima had asked if he could bring Kise to him just to make sure.

"No! Kise-kun is doing just fine, Midorima-san!" Takao answered.

Oh yes, also, ever since Takao had put himself back into his trousers, he had been completely overbearing to his new guest.

And it was really annoying.

"Yeah, Midorimacchi, I'm fine! You really shouldn't be so impatient when listening to my messages…" Kise teased, enjoying the fact that, for once, he was the one that was being more responsible than his friend.

"Yeah, Midorima-san, this granny I work with told me that we shouldn't be hurrying into things because, well, I don't really remember what she was saying because I had to hurry off to do something else, but yeah, so you're a doctor right? Did I tell you that I'm a nurse?" Takao giggled, putting another sweet into his mouth.

"Yes, in fact, you have." Midorima tried to signal to Kise to ditch the shorty but he was either not interested or intent on being a little shit.

"Isn't that funny?" Takao laughed again. "Hey, would you like some tea?"

"Yes, thank you." Tea runs were the only time in which Midorima had with Kise alone – this would be his fifth cup.

"Kise, are you sure you are okay. You sounded upset on the phone," Midorima said in a rush.

"Yes, I'm fine. I told you, you need to listen to the whole message before dropping everything and coming out here."

"You know how you were last time you sounded like that…"

"I know, I know, but I don't know, it's just weird to find someone –"

"Okay, okay, I'm back! Here's your tea! So what exactly did this message say, you both keep tip-toeing around the subject and it's getting kinda hard to follow your lingo."

"Takao-kun, I don't know if it's a subject matter that –"

"If it's about our little town, I will find out eventually." Takao almost glared at Kise, "You have to tell me."

"Wait, why?" Kise panicked at the mean face Takao was pulling. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Roomie loyalty." Takao simply stated, crossing his arms.

"Roomie loyalty?" Both Midorima and Kise repeated.

"Yes, Kise-kun, I know you're hiding something from me and I need to know what the hell is up with you." Takao finally broke his character and started to whine. "It's not fair that you know all about Mine-chan's love life and we can't know anything thing about yours!"

"Wait, how do you know it's about my love life?"

"Um," Takao grinned sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head. "Well, you see…"

"Takao-kun." Kise tried to sound firm.

"Don't be mad but Mine-chan told me about what happened at the bar, what Kasasmatsu-senpai told him and… and… and… well, I mean it's kind of obvious that Kasamatsu-senpai was really blushy for some reason today."

"Aomine remembers!" Kise felt like running down to the police station, grabbing ahold of Aomine's collar, and begging him to tell him the details of their drinking party last night. Kasamatsu statement 'that's between you and me (minus the slurring, of course)' last night has been the only thing on Kise's mind since he put the other down to bed last night.

"Mine-chan has a very high tolerance and he usually remembers everything that happens while he is drunk."

"What did they talk about?"

Takao shook his head, zipping his lips. "I promised Mine-chan that I wouldn't repeat what Kasamatsu-senpai said."

"Takao-kun," Kise reached out, grabbing ahold of Takao's hands, "Roomie loyalty."

The shorter of the two groaned aloud, somewhat annoyed that his own stupid idea had backfired on him so soon.

"I can't! I promised!"

"Well then I can't tell you about my love life."

Midorima sighed inwardly, feeling as if he was suddenly invisible to the two idiots – it was quick to decide that, yes, Takao was indeed an idiot as well – as they continued to go back and forth on their debate over what it meant to be a good roommate. And although he was definitely used to be around idiots like this (especially when Momoi first met that idiot husband of hers', Kise and her had had conversations almost identical to this one), there was only so much he could take.

"Kise." Midorima's voice came out tense, serious, with a tone that Kise realized as I'm-taking-no-more-shit. "Who is this Kasamatsu-senpai that you are talking about? The man that you've fallen fo-"

"Shh! Midorimacchi! Shut up please!"

"You actually like Kasamatsu-senpai?!" Takao was standing down, his fingers running through his hair. The grin on his face reminded Kise of an imp's.

Kise groaned into his hands, cursing Midorima and trying to control the flushing of his cheeks as Takao started pacing the room, alternating between asking 'Really? Really? Really?'

"Now you tell him what this 'Mine-chan' remembers from last night." Midorima nodded to himself at his logic.

"Eh?!" Takao stopped pacing the room, his smile whipped from his face.

"Yes! Takao-kun, now you tell me what Aomine-kun said!"

Takao fell back down to his knees in front of Midorima and Kise, his eyes cast low but the little smirk on his face told the other two that he was enjoying this as much as ever.

"While Kasamatsu-senpai was drunk he told Mine-chan that you really annoyed him, like he was really concerned over the fact that you may give him a heart attack or something, like he even told Mine-chan that you were so annoying that –"

"Okay, Takao-kun, I get it." Kise huffed, crossing his arms. "I'm annoying. What else did he say?"

"Well he went on like that for like an hour," Takao laughed as Kise groaned, "But after he told Mine-chan that although you're like the most annoying thing he's ever met, he said you were really good looking and that there was something about you that annoyed him even more than your whole persona."

Kise sat there, open mouth, arms fallen to his side, mind racing a million miles per second.

"Which was?" Midorima interjected when it was obvious that Kise was in the middle of a break down.

Takao just grinned wickedly, wagging his finger in front of Midorima's face.

…

After hours of trying to get Takao to spill the rest of what had happened, Kise had gotten no new information. Granted, what had been told in the course of the afternoon had shaken Kise to the core, but to know that there had been more – to know that something more could have been said in favor of Kise – drove Kise crazy.

But eventually, Takao had to leave for work and Midorima had gotten both hungry and ten times more annoyed.

Kise had taken his friend out to the Chinese restaurant although he was afraid that he wasn't being a very good host because all that was running through his mind was the fact that he had been spot on to his earlier accusation of Kasamatsu having a crush on him – although thinking someone is attractive and actually liking someone were completely two different things altogether. Kise had been used to people thinking he was attractive for all the completely shallow reasons and although Kasamatsu had admitted he liked the blonde hair better, Kise couldn't help but to think that there was more to the story that Kasamatsu let on.

If anything, it was reassuring for Kise's own feelings, which were, of course, one of admiration tied together with some weird affection.

He had only known the man for a few weeks but something about him made Kise's heart beat. Maybe it was that he was nothing like he'd known before, maybe because he was someone that Kise could rely on, or maybe it was because Kise found his embarrassing blush too cute for words.

Whatever it was, whatever it was that made Kise steal a light kiss from Kasamatsu, Kise wanted more of.

As he lay on the living room floor, the TV on but forgotten, Midorima tucked away in his room, Takao at work, Aomine off to only god knows, Kise let his imagination run wild at the fantasy of being with Senpai.

…

I learned a lot this chapter, mostly that I can't write Takao. Also I feel so uncomfortable writing 'falling in love' scenes because I always think that they happen too fast.. but whatever, when love happens it happens, I guess. :/Also sorry if its a bit choppy, I literally wrote all the first six chapters in like one go so now its a bit fuzzy as to what i'm doing.

Anyways, I would love to thank everyone for reading, reviewing and favoriting. I really appreciate the support and I'm open for any suggestions… especially for MidoTako 'cause obviously Takao is already totally stupid for Midorima but ehhh I dunno how to do it. I think I've got AoKuro planned out and as for Kisekasa… I dunno. We'll see :D

Oh and I think next chapter will be M-Rated