Wahoo! And we have a winner! Of course, if you manage to change the greater number of votes, I may change the decision… But that's if you vote more than any others by the sixth chapter! Because, after the fifth chapter, I'm gonna stick to whatever pairing had the most votes, so here's the count!

GoM – 15

GoM+Kagami – 8

Akashi – 4

Akashi+Kise – 2

Kagami – 4

Kise+Aomine – 1

So, on with the fourth chapter, hm?

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"Well, time to go home and hit the hay." Aomine said as he stretched his arms in front of himself. Kuroko stood up from his seat on the stairs that he had claimed since Kise had refused to allow him to walk home by himself. So it was agreed that both Aomine and Kise would walk him home. Aomine and Kise had gotten into an argument not even five minutes into the walk (strangely enough, it was about what flavor Pocari Sweat tasted better) and Kuroko started blocking them out. He was in the middle of musing about how strange it would be for a vampire to work as the person who takes the plasma from the blood donors when Aomine suddenly grabbed both Kise and him and dragged him off in a seemingly random direction. When the thump of a basketball being dribbled registered in Kuroko's ears, he understood immediately, even before he saw the court itself. When he did however, the breath he had just taken was nearly knocked out of him.

Gazes locked in the middle of the court, a red headed male and a black haired male were in the middle of a one-on-one match. The red head had the ball at that particular moment and was dribbling it leisurely while he seemed to be thinking about his next move. The both of them had a light sheen of sweat covering their skin as their focus made Kuroko think of a wolf and a tiger facing each other. They were conversing in English (that Kuroko could tell, he couldn't quite make out the words with how quietly spoken they were and how far away the three of them were from the match), and the red head smirked before seemingly making a declaration. Then he dribbled the ball a little more, crossing over to his left side and moving forward before suddenly pulling back and going to the right. The wolf seemed to have realized that he was pulled in by a feint and quickly moved to be in front of the tiger, blocking the guy again. As soon as the wolf was in front of him however, the tiger pulled back for a three point shot. As the wolf was distracted by the flying ball, the tiger ran forward, past the wolf, and caught the ball in mid-air and bringing it down in an alley-oop-dunk. Kuroko glanced at the two males beside him to see that watching this had made them excited, even if it wasn't all that much compared to what they probably saw on a daily basis.

"Oi, Red, Emo!" Kuroko blinked at the 'nicknames' Aomine had bestowed upon the two teens in the court. The two seemed to question whether the ganguro was talking to them or if they should just ignore the rude bluenette. Aomine didn't allow them to choose. "How 'bout a two-on-two match?" The red head seemed against it almost immediately but the black haired boy spoke up before tiger could deny the request.

"Sure, Taiga and I can take you on. You are Aomine Daiki from the Kiseki no Sedai, correct? And Kise Ryouta?" At hearing the title of Kiseki no Sedai, tiger seemed fired up almost immediately. He seems to be the kind of guy to enjoy challenges. Aomine merely smirked lazily before holding up his hand for the ball. Kise seemed to be put out that he was being dragged into something by his rival without his consent but he didn't seem to be completely against it either.

"Well, aren't you the smart one. First team with ten hoops wins?"

"That seems agreeable. Oh, please excuse me for not introducing myself. I am Himuro Tatsuya and this is Kagami Taiga."

"Let's just get started already!" Kagami seemed to have already gotten hyped up over this match against such big-shots in the basketball community.

"Kuro, keep score would ya?" Kuroko directed his blank stare to Aomine who hadn't even spared him a glance.

"Alright, Aomine-kun but I believe that you will owe me a vanilla milk shake from Maji Burger after this."

"What?!" Aomine whipped around with an incredulous expression. Kuroko kept up his calm and blank stare.

"You prevented me from getting my daily vanilla shake when you told me that I could not walk myself home. You preventing me even more from getting home causes you to owe me a vanilla shake." After saying this, Kuroko walked towards the bench that the two teen's bags were set and sat down beside them. He glanced at the bags to see that the both of their bags held the insignia of the school that was pretty close to Teiko High, Seirin High. In fact, it was so close it was barely a thirty minute walk between the two. Kuroko turned his attention back to the four basketball-playing teens to see them starting already with Aomine beginning the game. Watching Aomine, Kuroko could admit that he was pretty good at basketball – amazing even – but that didn't change the fact that he didn't do well with teamwork. He thinks about himself and doesn't pass to Kise the way he should in certain situations. When Kagami got the ball, Kuroko felt himself become amazed with the coordination between him and Himuro were. When Kise had shown up to block Kagami from going in for a dunk, Kagami had thrown the ball over his shoulder without even looking and Himuro caught the ball, pulling up for a three point shot that Aomine attempted to block. When Kuroko saw the ball arch over Aomine's hands after Himuro's hands did a quick motion, Kuroko knew that these two had great teamwork. Their basketball team was no doubt a great one built off of the team instead of the individual. Kuroko brought himself back to thinking about the numbers and stood up, stopping Aomine from taking another dunk after having stolen the ball from Kagami by stepping in front of him, causing him to almost crash into the short cross-dresser.

"Ten to eight. Aomine-kun and Kise-kun win." Kuroko stated calmly, watching as the disappointment went across Kagami's face before it cleared up to show cheerfulness and determination.

"Next time we won't go so easy on you!" With that, Himuro tossed one of the bags at Kagami and the two walked away. Kuroko watched their backs as they had a friendly conversation, Kagami's voice able to still be heard even as they turned the corner and walked out of sight.

"C'mon Kuro, let's go get that milkshake of yours." Kuroko turned to walk with the two. "I'm gonna start calling you Tetsu, that a'ight for you?" Kuroko glanced at the tanned male, wondering where his manners were and if he was always this way, before nodding briefly.

"That is… a'ight." Kuroko struggled on that word, wondering who had made it, before looking forward again. He couldn't get his mind off of the red head's smile and the outstanding teamwork that the two had shown him. He really couldn't. It made him want to play with them, even if he hadn't touched a basketball since elementary. Not only that, but they hadn't looked at him the way most guys do when they see 'the model Kuro Te-chan'. It made him happy that there were guys like that. Maybe he would be able to get a conversation started with them if he went to their school after school ends. "Anyways, Aomine-kun should get the milkshake soon. My manager wants me to be in bed before ten so that I don't develop bags under my eyes." Kuroko started walking faster so that he could get that shake quicker. It was already nine-thirty five, he didn't want it to be any later when he finally gets the shake.

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Kuroko walked through the door of his apartment, having been walked all the way to the door, and shutting the door in the eager blond's face as he started saying something about spending the night. Kuroko went towards the kitchen and threw the milkshake container away in the trash can, glancing at the clock to see he still had a few minutes before ten. He went towards his bedroom, clipping the leash on Nigou quickly, and taking him outside. The two had already left and Kuroko could see them walking down the street, Kise obviously complaining about something and Aomine telling him to shut up. Kuroko took Nigou for a quick walk down the street and back, allowing him to take a rest and take care of his business on the street corner, before getting ready for bed. The clock just changed to ten when Kuroko plopped down on the bed, Nigou following to jump in as well. Safe! Kuroko thought as he closed his eyes, letting himself drift off quickly as a result of the time he spent with the two basketball playing idiots – which was tiring.

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I know, I know, it's short! Don't worry, next chapter will be longer and full of more action… Trust me, no matter how difficult it is to do so! I just can't get in the mood for typing this story, I was looking at KnB pictures (a lot of them parody ones) and I wanna make a story where the setting is a Butler Café, not gonna tell you anymore than that in case I actually do get around to typing it ;)

Lots of love and hopes of not dying by your hands,

Nightmare