Chapter 5: Somebody That I Used To Know Part II

"You…"

"Akashi…"

The two stared at each other and Kuroko noticed the tension. "Uh, yeah. Aomine, this is my friend Akas–"

"I already know," Aomine cut in, closing his eyes. "We know each other."

Akashi chuckled and plopped down on the turquoise sofa. "Indeed, we do know each other. In fact, it's quite a surprise that we both know you, Tetsuya. What a surprise to behold."

Kuroko sheepishly sat down next to him, and so did Aomine.

"Tell me how you know each other. It sounds like you've had an interesting past!"

The tanned man shook his head and said, "It's better if I don't tell you; it's for your own safety. I don't wanna get your feelings hurt."

There was an awkward and uncomfortable silence, until Aomine's cellphone rang. "Hello? Who is it?"

He could hear Kagami's harsh breathing on the other side, gathering anger. "Jackass! I know told you to visit Kuroko, but you're taking too long! We need you to pilot the plane to Korea! Get your black ass over here ASAP!"

"Once again, that sounded kind of mean."

"Shut up!"

The dark blue head sighed and hanged up, standing. "Sorry, but I have to go. See you tomorrow."

Akashi grinned. "Forgive my rudeness, but Tetsuya can't go anywhere tomorrow. I'm the one telling him to not go to work… at Pilot Hectexa."

Aomine frowned blankly and walked out the front door, without talking back.

Kuroko slumped down and covered his face with his hands. A sniff escaped his nose, and the heterochromatic-eyed boy inched closer. "Why are you crying?" he asked soothingly.

"Get away from me. I want to be alone.

"You can be alone with me."

"No. I want to be alone with myself; I don't feel good."

"Why not?"

Kuroko hesitated for a while, then curled up into a ball, shooing Akashi away with the vibe he gave off.

No point in trying to convince him now, as Kuroko can be as stubborn and solid as a statue. Literally.

Akashi stood and hummed a tune before continuing the dissolved conversation. "That Aomine… him and I have had a long past together. One that I would never, ever forget."

Kuroko still didn't budge, a breeze of wind coming from the open window blowing his hair to the left slowly.

"Anyways, it started in middle school. I bumped into him when I was rushing down the hallway, late to my next class. The impact was a disaster, the papers that were in his hands flew everywhere.

"I landed on top of him, groaning. I looked up slowly and stared at his chocolate face, completely mesmerized by those beautiful blue eyes. I couldn't look away, until he grew uncomfortable."

Flashback

"Um, would you mind getting off me? You're just staring at me for no apparent reason."

Akashi snapped out of his trance and apologized, helping Aomine up and organizing his papers. "I'm sorry. What's your name, by the way?"

"Aomine Daiki. Nice to 'bump' into you. What's your name?"

"Akashi Seijuuro. Nice to meet you too."

A silence followed, then Aomine's body shook. "Ah, shit! I'm late! Well, I've got to get going. Let's talk after school, okay? We will have more time then."

Akashi nodded eagerly. They both smiled, and dashed off their separate ways.

Flashback End

Kuroko picked up his head and stumbled to his feet, clinging onto the table for support. "So… what you are trying to tell me is that you and Aomine were a couple before you both met me?"

"Yes, precisely. How do you feel about this sudden news?"

"Horrible. I love both of you, though I don't know whom I love the most. It's a paradox, at the moment. I've been with you the longest, and I've only met Aomine a few weeks or a month ago at my new piloting job at Pilot Hectexa. I never wanted my life to turn out this way–"

Akashi glared at him. "Can you help me find my underwear? This talk is sort of getting on my nerves."

Kuroko shut his mouth in embarrassment, following Akashi's lead of changing the subject. A lightbulb suddenly turned on in his head. "Come to think of it, my lower body does feel a bit weird."

"That's because we had se–"

"No, no, not that. I mean something doesn't feel right. My boxers feel a bit… large."

On impulse, the latter sped towards him and pulled down his sweatpants, causing the pallid boy to fall on his tush. "Ow! That hurts! And- hey! Don't just pull my pants down like that, please. That's not nice."

Akashi gasped at the sight. "You're wearing my undergarment! No wonder I couldn't locate it anywhere! Give it back!" He forced his hands upon Kuroko and tried to pry it off, the latter fighting back in the process.

"Let me go, Akashi! I can take it off myself; no need to feel me around like this! It's embarrassing!" he giggled, with both anger and happiness.

The redhead finally gave up, hitting his head on the wall as a result. The teal headed boy blushed for as he was almost half-naked. He ran to the bedroom and locked the door behind him, panting. 'Damn, does everything he do have to include touching me, or just plain rape that fails miserably?'

Aomine sighed heavily as he sat down at his desk. Kagami stood against the wall, pondering. The room was silent, the windows closed, only the sound of Koganei and Izuki arguing filling it up. Aomine's flight hadn't gone too well as he had expected, and Kagami wanted to get the factors of this matter straight, since the latter had been piloting as good as an eagle before this day. Coughing, the redhead began the unannounced discussion. "So, I hear that the flight to Korea wasn't "normal". What happened?"

"I'm really not in the mood to talk about it right now. All I'm gonna say is that… it's the fault of two people. Now if you excuse me, I'll be going home." He started to get up, but Kagami pulled him back down. "Wait! D-Did you forget that you still have to navigate one more plane?"

"Heh? To where?"

"New Zealand!"

Aomine pouted like his old friend Sakurai Ryō would do during a basketball game. "Man, you lie! You just made that up so I could stay here longer, didn't you?!"

Kagami turned his head away slowly, his thick eyebrows twitching with a hint of unexplained agitation. "Y-Yeah… but still–"

Crash!

Aomine got up and flew open the door, looking at his feet. There laid Koganei and Izuki on top of one another, physically fighting.

"Hey, hey! Knock it off, that's not allowed here!" Kagami shouted loudly, breaking the two apart.

The eagle eye boy grunted, and stood on his feet. "He said that I'm not learning anything about piloting and planes and that I'm just fooling around! I'm trying my hardest to understand! I still love him though…"

"Diddo! But you have to stay on task, Izuki. We can play around when it's the appropriate time, but not now," Koganei reasoned.

"Heh?! Who said that I'm playing around? I only try to kiss you, tickle you, hide your phone, and spin the practice wheel the opposite way, but-"

"Okay, okay," Aomine intervened happily after having his fair share of the argument, apparently. "The solution to this problem is fairly simple, I must say."

"Which is…" Kagami asked.

"No idea," he admitted, sulking.

"Why did I have a feeling your head was so empty?!" The latter yelled while knocking Aomine in the head with his foot.

"JUST KIDDING!" Koga and Izuki shouted in harmony, laughing in the process. "WE CAN'T BELIEVE YOU ACTUALLY BELIEVED US!"

Kagami gritted his teeth and tightened his fists. The imaginary flames surrounded him, suddenly rising the temperature (if that was even possible, of course). "You guys… y'all gonna pay for that! Don't joke around with your boss like that; it's always uncalled for! Wait till I get my hands on you two bastards!" He chased them around the hallways, laughing and screaming.

Not in the mood for a bathe of energetic nonsense, Aomine walked back into his office, attained his usual belongings, skipped down the stairs, and exited through the large glass sliding doors of Pilot Hectexa.

During his walk home, it had begun to rain, and he didn't have an umbrella equipped with him, so he let the rain drench on him as much as it wanted to. He didn't give a care, only if he did not catch a cold.

All he could think about was one thing. No. To make it clearer, one person.

'Kuroko…'

I'm back! Sorry for the long wait! We'll be meeting some new characters along the way, especially in the next chapter. For the time being, please RnR! :)