Pairing: Kise/Kuroko, Aomine/Kagami.

Comment: Sorry for the late update! This fic is almost at the edge of falling into my 'abandoned stories' list. Kinda feel demotivated and thought like this fic is a complete trash... T_T

But anyway, I have done writing this since February... I just don't want to publish it yet because I am like: "Must finish the next chapter first or no update!" and yep, chapter 4 is not yet done... But I decided to make this as an exception. I know waiting for your fav. fics to be updated is a pain in the 'back'... hahaha.

To Otaku yaoi girl, thank you for your review in previous chapter! If not for your review, this chapter might remain unpublished for how long, Idk.

Hope you enjoy this chapter, though nothing much really. And the next chapter update may be very slow... I'm very sorry for the inconvenience.

Disclaimer: I do not own Kuroko no Basuke or any of its characters. The story is mine, though.

Please be noted that this fic is purely fiction.

The next day...

[Kise x Kuroko]

It was New Year morning, exactly around 8am.

Kuroko had woken up about 2 hours ago for his usual morning house chores, with the exception of making a breakfast for Kise, since he was not working during early hours that day and of course, he had yet to wake up.

Currently, Kuroko was cleaning the carpeted floor using a vacuum, after he was done cleaning the glass windows, putting the dry dishes back on the cupboard and organising the cushions.

"Finally, done with this," Kuroko spoke to himself, his hand wiping the sweat on his forehead. "Next..."

Kuroko tried to remember his next chore. When he did, he silently sighed. Assembling and separating the trash before putting them at the main bin outside... was the chore he disliked the most. But he didn't have any choice other than doing it. Kuroko sighed again, this time a very long sigh.

Kuroko, with heavy steps, went to the kitchen to take large, transparent plastic bags specifically for rubbish, when something unexpectedly tugged the end of his pajama pants.

"Nigou," Kuroko called, his eyes widen a little. Nigou barked happily at the mention of its name. "Hmm, are you hungry?"

As if understood human language, Nigou barked, giving a sign that he needed Kuroko to feed him. In turn, Kuroko let out a small smile.

"Well, let's get your stomach filled first," Kuroko said to Nigou. He bent down to pick Nigou up, slowly walking to the kitchen while petting his dog.

[Aomine x Kagami, Kise x Kuroko]

A sound of rustling was heard in the kitchen, made when Kuroko was separating the trash into four; plastic, paper, can and unrecyclable material, to their own respective plastic bags. After he separated the trash and put them in the specific plastic bags, he would tie the bag so the content won't spilt and to seal the unpleasant odour coming from the trash.

"Last one," Kuroko spoke to himself silently, working his hand to tie the plastic bag. When he was done, he let out a soft breath, then lift all the bags with his both hands; each hand carrying two bags, to the outside of the apartment room.

When Kuroko was outside of his apartment room, on his way to the main bin which was located at the end corner of the corridor, he unexpectedly met Kagami, who was just going out from his apartment room, carrying about five plastic bags with him.

"Kuroko," Kagami greeted, albeit a bit shocked since he didn't expect Kuroko to come out from his place during this hour. When Kagami looked down, he noticed Kuroko was carrying plastic bags too. "You're going to the main bin?"

"Yes."

"Let's go together then," Kagami said, which Kuroko replied with another yes. Both of them then walked together to the main bin, having a mundane conversation along the way.

"How is your job, Kagami-kun?" Kuroko asked, throwing the bags into the bin, one by one.

"Well, it's great. Though that Murasakibara was hard to please... at first," Kagami said, doing the same thing like Kuroko. "Found out that he was having a grudge on Seirin... especially me."

Kuroko blinked his eyes. "Wasn't that childish for him to do that?"

"It was, but hey, if you saw how he was sulking when he told that, it was funny," Kagami chuckled. "And cute. I couldn't get angry at him after that."

"If Aomine-kun heard this, he would be jealous," Kuroko said. "It would be even worse if Akashi-kun heard this. So please don't go fall for Murasakibara-kun... You may not survive, Kagami-kun."

"W-What are you ta-talking about, Kuroko!" Kagami stuttered. "There's no way I'd fall for him... after all, I have... Daiki..." Kagami's voice almost went unheard at the time he reached Aomine's given name, his face all red. If Kuroko hadn't known better, he might not have heard it at all.

Seeing his former Light like this, it made a small smile on Kuroko. It showed that this former Light of his was living happily with his another former Light...

"Oi, Taiga..." Aomine's voice, with a hint of laziness combined with a yawn, calling from the apartment room. "What's taking you so long..."

"Guess I have to go first. Dai—Aomine can be too annoying sometimes if I don't go now," Kagami said, cutting Aomine's loud whine inside their room. "Meet you later, Kuroko."

"Taiga—!"

"Yes, yes, I'm coming!" Kagami gave a simple wave to Kuroko, then ran, shouting, "Stop whining you idiot!" along his way.

Kuroko replied Kagami's wave, then he too, taking his steps back to his apartment room. On the way back to his living place, Kuroko could hear loud yelling coming from the Aomine family's room as he past their front door, which Kuroko gladly ignored. When Kuroko arrived inside, he was ambushed by a tall, golden 'puppy'.

"Waaaa! Tetsuya-cchi, where have you been?!" Kise cried, with his comical tears, as always. "I've been real worried, you know!"

"You're overreacting, Ryouta-kun," Kuroko said, showing his comical deadpanned expression. "I just went out to throw the trash."

"But you're taking too long!"

"It's because I met Kagami-kun and have a chat with him."

"I see... but still, I can't help but to worry. I love Tetsuya-cchi too much," Kise confessed softly, rubbing his cheek against Kuroko's with affection.

Kuroko stopped struggling. His cheeks became hot, and he knew they had a tint of red on them. Why, Kise was so unfair...

"I love Ryouta-kun, too."

This time, it was Kise's turn to blush. As if his heart was about to burst, Kise hugged Kuroko tightly. It seemed that even though they had been together for a long time, their feelings for each other were as strong as they first bloomed in their heart... and both Kise and Kuroko couldn't be ever happier than they already were, were they?

As for now, let them be in their own world...

~To Be Continued~