She still can't believe it. She will never believe it. She hurried to the side room where the mops and buckets are kept then she went back to court to clean off the mess Kuroko Tetsuya made.

Yep, it was a real mess, alright. She stared at the young boy wiping off the remains on his mouth.

"You okay, Tetsu?" Aomine helped him up.

"Y-yes... Thank you for asking." Kuroko replied politely. Lies, such lies. She looked at him with eyes of pity and disbelief.

Even a monkey can point out that he is not really fine; he's almost at the verge of death.

She mopped the mess quickly so that the floor would dry off easily. "Momoi-san..."

She turned back. "Ah...yes? Kuroko-kun?" She smiled though that very moment she wanted to frown out of annoyance, not because of the fact that she was mopping somebody else's vomit, it's because she can't accept that this guy who just puked because of practice is a regular player.

"I'm sorry about this, let me mop it myself." Kuroko bowed down.

Momoi, moved by the sudden request, sighed and beamed at the boy,"Kuroko-kun, it's alright, it's my job after all."

"But, to let you do something like this...it's kind of..."

Is he flustering? What? This boy actually has emotions! Now her interest was caught.

"N-no, it's fine really, I'm almost finished too...so, don't need to be shy about this, I'm your manager after all!" She exclaimed.

Kuroko smiled and bowed once again, the girl can't help but be stunned by this, and it was her first time to see him smile.

"Hey, Tetsu, are you staying after practice?" Aomine interrupted.

"Ah, I'm going home ahead..."Kuroko replied.

"Oh...okay then..." His eyes followed the wobbling Tetsu walking towards the locker room.

"Is it...okay?" Momoi whispered to Aomine.

"He's going to be fine...He just needs more experience..." He answered.

Momoi gripped the mop tighter. Oh I do hope so...

After some cleaning, the lights were already off and everyone was heading home, including Momoi and Aomine. Before anything else, Aomine suggested that they pass by the convenience store for a drink, Momoi agreed since it was his treat after all.

While waiting, outside she checked her phone for the time. 8:45, my mom will kill me, I promised to go home earlier today!

"Momoi-san..."

"KYAAAAKUROKOK-KUN!?" She shrieked at the presence of Kuroko.

"Good Evening." He greeted.

"Kuroko-kun, if you'll just greet me normally." Momoi sighed.

"But, I was greeting you normally."

Of course you were.

"How are you feeling?" She shifted to a different topic to avoid any future awkward silence.

"I'm better; I just stopped by the convenience store to get something, how about you Momoi-san?" He said as he lifted the bag full of whatever goodies are inside.

"Uhm...I'm with Aomine-kun...he just bought some refreshments..."

"Aomine-kun...he's a good player...isn't he..." He suddenly spoke up.

Eh? What's with the sudden appreciation of that guy?

"W-well...yes. He is...I actually admire that part of him..." Momoi smiled.

"That part of him?" Kuroko inquired.

"I don't really like him...you know as a whole...I mean it's not that I hate him..." She laughed.

Kuroko laughed lightly. Her eyes widened. Wow. He really does have emotions.

"His love for basketball is amazing; to the point that I'm overwhelmed just being in the same team as him..." He looked up to the dark sky.

"I see..." She whispered to herself.

"I must be going now...See you tomorrow, Momoi-san..." He bowed and gave her again that very rare smile of his.

For a moment back there...Kuroko-kun...I actually acknowledged his presence. She waved goodbye to him as his figure disappeared from the distance.

Aomine went out of the door holding two cans of iced coffee.

"What took you so long?!" She nagged.

"Eh...I just...picked up a new volume of...ugh...manga! Yes, so...I ended up reading it..." He scratched his head.

"Liar! You picked up another Mai Horikita!"

"Ahhh..."

"Don't 'Ahhh' me! Give me my drink! Hmp, making me wait over that magazine!" She grabbed her can.

Aomine rolled his eyes. "Were you talking with someone else, a while ago?"

"Eh?"

"Was it someone 'hitting' on 'ya?"

"Ehh!? No! Just...an...invisible...friend?" She said, with a mix of hesitation and embarrassment within herself.

"Let's go home! Mom's cooking stew, why don't you eat dinner with us?" She invited.

"Sure...?"

Aomine looked at her with confused eyes, but decided to shrug it off. It must be nothing important, right?

A/N: Ahhhhh, I'm very active these days, actually, classes have started once again (college)and the first week is really...let's say...chill? SO yep, I have done nothing but laze off and actually tried to be productive.

Note! The Tetsu-puking-at-the-gym-part really happened in the manga, around chapter 209? I think? And yes, Momoi was asked to clean up that undigested matter, poor girl!

Onyxlark36 Tehehe I'm nocturnal, so I'll be surprising you every time you wake up! LOL! Thanks for the continuous support btw! :D

xAngelic Uhm...yes? It's actually shippy and stuff, mostly I would say/gomen. Some scenes are canon btw, since I based my stories with the canon timeline! Thanks for the review! w And yes, I'm not that really fond of homoships too, nevertheless I don't hate them at the same time!/I'm a confused being.