NOTE: It was REALLY HARD to come up with a segway from Kuroko/Kagami to Aomine/Kagami. Kagami wouldn't be unfaithful. He's too nice of a guy for that. And he's not smart enough to even try or pull it off even if he wanted to. Also, he and Kuroko wouldn't "just break up" for any reason.

and WOW this took a while to write. I didn't know it'd end up being so much LONGER than the previous chapters XP
it's more than TWICE as long as my longest chapter. midotaka was about 2,400 words. This is about 5,600 words!

i'm gonna blame kagami and aomine cuz it just took this many words to finally get those idiots together. they are some stubborn asses.

Chapter 8: Kagami Was Aomine's Second Boyfriend & Aomine Was Kagami's Third Boyfriend

Kuroko was with both of them first.

After finally defeating Touou and Kagami having a victory over Aomine, and Aomine having lost for the only time he can ever remember, the two of them started meeting a couple times a week to play one-on-one. Most of the time Aomine wins, jibing Kagami with "Are you sure you beat me? I don't see how that's possible. The only one who can beat me is me." Kagami would always get worked up but soon his response to that would interrupt Aomine, in which when Aomine said: "The only one who can beat me—" Kagami would cut him off with saying "—is me." and Kagami enjoyed getting into the habit of telling Aomine: "The only one who can beat you is me."

Even though they had such competitive dialogue, they actually stopped keeping score pretty quickly. They played so long that they'd lose track of how much they each had, between 2-pointers and 3-pointers. It was more of a physical challenge than a battle of scoring. Each one would try to one-up the other in tricks.

After playing and working up a sweat, usually long through sunset, they'd grab something to eat at Maji Burger, and keep up the sarcastic one-liners, and competitive talk. It was no big deal, but Aomine would always walk Kagami home after. He could get home in the same direction, it wasn't that much out of his way anyway. There were lots of simple excuses. Sometimes their hangout wouldn't end there, and instead of Maji Burger Aomine would mooch off of whatever Kagami was making for dinner. Sometimes they'd play video games or watch TV if something cool was on. Typical friend stuff.

In between all that typical friend stuff, there'd be moments when they were both taking a break on the bench and gulping down water. There were times one of them forgot their water, so the other would share. It wasn't a big deal. Sometimes their hands would accidentally brush as they passed it back and forth. Sometimes in the middle of playing, Aomine would be blocking Kagami on defense and Kagami would turn his back to him before his next move, and Aomine would be so close that he could feel hot puffs of breath on his ear. And, for a brief moment there, time would seem to slow down and Kagami found it extremely difficult to swallow. There'd be times when Aomine threw his arm around Kagami's shoulder usually in jest, but then he seemed to leave his arm there longer than any average friend would.

In the last few days there'd been times when Aomine would pause, usually when Kagami said something nice to him, or in between stories he'd be telling, he'd say something that implied that he and Aomine were close that he "doesn't tell just anyone something like that," or "I don't do this for anyone else," or "It's always more fun when you're around." Aomine would always pause like he was trying to decide something important.

One night, after Aomine mooched another meal off Kagami, who'd stopped complaining about said mooching at this point (it'd happened too many times already, and he always let Aomine get away with it), they were standing in the entryway as Kagami was seeing Aomine out. They'd just said their "See ya's" and Aomine turned to go, but stopped walking after just a couple steps outside. Kagami had been about to close the door but also stopped when he saw this. He was about to call out his name, but Aomine did it first, "Kagami" he said somewhat darkly still keeping his back to him.

"Kagami," he said a little more strained like through gritted teeth.

"Wha—" but Kagami didn't get to finish his question. Aomine whirled around and grabbed Kagami by the collar, their faces inches apart. Slowly he leaned forward til their foreheads were touching. He still held Kagami's shirt tight in his grasp.

"—Kagami—" he barely whispered after a long silence.

Both of their breathing sped up but neither did anything or said anything. Kagami could feel the energy radiating off of Aomine. This feeling was all too familiar. It was extremely strong and the same kind of feeling that, in the past, had led to—some—'other' activities—with Tatsuya, Midorima, and now Kuroko. Kuroko, he was still with Kuroko. But these feelings were so strong. It felt like electricity shooting through his body, making him feel more alive than he knew he could be.

"Aomine," Kagami finally said. "We—I can't." he stuttered it. He wondered if it sounded as reluctant as it felt. "I'm still with—"

"—Tetsu" Aomine finished his thought. He sounded rough and pained but with a bit of soft sympathy. Aomine breathed a heavy sigh.

They were still leaning against each other's foreheads, but Aomine's hand relaxed from Kagami's shirt. When Aomine finally stood up straight he was staring at Kagami's shirt, refusing to make eye contact. Kagami just wanted to look him in the eye once, to try to make Aomine understand that he still wanted to, even if they couldn't do anything.

"Til next time, eh, Kagami?" Aomine sounded almost bored. He turned around slowly, waving a single hand with nonchalance as if that moment between them hadn't just happened, as if they both hadn't been thinking of the exact same thing just now, unable to help imagining what it'd be like to kiss each other, strip each other, and fuck each other. Still, Aomine hadn't gone more than a few feet when a hand grabbed his shoulder, and he stopped abruptly, frozen and wide-eyed. Kagami couldn't see this face, but Aomine was shocked and a tiny bit excited. He was having trouble swallowing.

"Not like that," Kagami said firmly. "Don't leave, acting like nothing just happened... 'I can't' doesn't mean—I don't want—" Kagami stopped talking when Aomine suddenly looked back over his shoulder, and they locked eyes, eyes with desperation they'd never seen in each other.

Aomine reached up and surprisingly gently lifted Kagami's hand from his shoulder. That brief contact of just their fingers was agony, giant lumps in their throats. Aomine turned around and reached for Kagami's face, but stopped short of touching him, letting his hand fall in defeat. He turned his back to Kagami again.

"Tetsu," he sighed, "It's always Tetsu..." Aomine let out a forced laugh. Not just that Kuroko being with Kagami now was stopping him, but also that Kuroko was his first, and he'd actually thought that their two flings might have meant they could get back together, but those hopes had been dashed with silence. So he certainly didn't want to hurt Kuroko, again.

Kagami felt like his throat was closing up to keep him from saying this, but in a strained voice he said, "It might not always be..."

They locked eyes once more before Aomine silently turned and walked away, without any feeble attempts to brush off the conversation.

Each game of one-on-one after that had an underlying tension they could always feel, when they were in each other's space playing defense.

Kagami had begun withdrawing a bit from Kuroko, and when Kuroko asked, "Kagami-kun, what's wrong?" Kagami didn't 'lie.' He merely said that there was this weird new vibe between him and Aomine and it's completely throwing him off in more than just basketball. That was the truth, and it hadn't gone any farther than that. Though it felt like he was lying with his emotions rather than his words. Kagami always wanted to protect Kuroko, even now.

Aomine had a different way of dealing. He still had his arrangement with Imayoshi even though Imayoshi no longer had any basketball obligations, since they were knocked out of the tournament. The day after each one-on-one with Kagami, since that moment had arisen between them, Aomine would seek Imayoshi for some relief. Imayoshi wouldn't say no to that. The more eager Aomine was, the more it turned him on. Aomine found himself experiencing an even more empty feeling than he had after those brief sexual encounters with Kuroko, like he was betraying himself, or rather, not going after what he really wanted and settling for something less.

There was no upset that suddenly drove Kuroko and Kagami apart, not like the way he and Aomine ended in middle school. Kuroko noticed that he and Kagami had fewer and fewer conversations, and he couldn't even remember the last time he and Kagami kissed, let alone anything else.

One day after practice Kuroko found himself heading towards the court where Kagami and Aomine always played one-on-one, and sure enough there they were, breaking out a serious sweat, and there was a tension between them. It wasn't like the "the only one who can beat me is me" tension. It was just the way they seemed to react to any slight physical contact, or when their eyes met, whatever the tension was it made Kuroko's stomach sink. They weren't talking or laughing, or even smiling, but Kuroko felt that if they had been laughing or smiling, or even shouting, he wouldn't feel as bad. But, because of this tension, he just felt worse. Kagami didn't look at him with those eyes anymore. He was only looking at Aomine.

Kuroko wasn't sure when he started walking away. It felt like all of a sudden he was seeing the street in front of him instead of the basketball court, as if his feet were acting of their own accord. He ended up outside Kagami's place and just sat down on the steps. His face felt numb, and his throat was in knots. It might've been easier to deal if Kagami was looking at anyone else, but because it was Aomine, Kuroko's only other boyfriend ever, his first, it made this whole mess way too personal for him.

It felt like he'd only been sitting down for 10 seconds, when suddenly he heard his name.

"—hey! Kuroko!" Kagami was standing over him, gym bag slung over his shoulder and towel around his neck.

Looking up, Kuroko also saw it was night out now, when did that happen?

"Are you okay? You were really spacing out."

Kuroko became aware of the numbness in his face again, as he stood up, deliberately looking down and not at Kagami.

"Kagami-kun, you don't have to do this."

"What?"

"If two people in a relationship stop acting like they're in a relationship, what are they then?"

"Kuroko, what are you—"

"No relationship at all is better than a half-hearted one." Kuroko then looked Kagami directly in the eye.

Kagami didn't need to ask what this was about. It felt like Kuroko was reading his mind, like he was reacting to imaginary conversations that Kagami had played out in his head, but never brought up. Kagami broke eye contact first. He nodded, not sure what to say, if there was anything he could say. Kagami walked past Kuroko.

"Do your best." Kuroko said quietly. It made Kagami stop in his tracks.

"Ye—eah." Kagami answered him awkwardly.

With that Kuroko started walking away, and Kagami watched him for a long moment before going in the building.

Once in his apartment he threw himself on his bed and stared at the ceiling in the dark. This was completely new territory for him. How was this going to affect his friendship with Kuroko?

The next day, school or practice hadn't been particularly awkward or brutal, like Kagami had expected. Kuroko was a little more subdued than normal, but somehow he didn't let it affect his basketball. Kagami was worried all day about how their breakup might manifest, but it was more like everything had reset to how things were after they first met. Kuroko didn't talk much to begin with, anyway. But, having no effect actually felt worse than if something was different, any sign that Kuroko was having a hard time.

Even though Kuroko's words, from last night, sounded like he was crushed, it was like Kuroko was completely unaffected, which bothered Kagami. Kuroko was the upset one, but now it was like it was nothing. Kagami was still preoccupied with Aomine, but that didn't make this thing with Kuroko hurt less.

After the bizarre, surprisingly uneventful day, Kagami met Aomine for one-on-one like always, and this time Kagami was extremely nervous, nervous in a way he'd never been in all the times he'd met up with Aomine before. All the previous times, his relationship with Kuroko was like a buffer. But now? Now, buffer-free, he had no fucking clue what was going to happen.

Because Kagami was anything but smooth or subtle, when Aomine greeted him he could immediately see that the guy was nervous. Kagami, the idiot that he is, pretended like he wasn't acting any different than normal, even with the waver in his voice, determination not to make eye contact with Aomine, and proneness to laughing before and after every sentence he said.

"Are you a fucking moron?" Aomine droned, lazily, in annoyance.

"Haha—what? What are you talking about?" No person sweats as much as Kagami was sweating right now, and they hadn't even started playing yet.

Aomine was a little peeved. He was going to have to be extremely blunt, or Kagami might actually try to keep pretending the whole time that he wasn't acting weird.

"What the hell is going on with you? Stop acting like you don't know you're being strange, cuz you are, and you know you are. You don't actually think I'm a bigger idiot than you, do you? Cuz that's the only idiot who would believe this shit."

Kagami still had a nervously fake grin plastered to his face, and was staring off, away from Aomine. At those words he could feel his throat closing up and hear his heart pounding in his ears, as his fake grin morphed into a bit of a grimace.

"Oi! Do I need to punch you?" Aomine grabbed Kagami by the shirt and forced him to face him, though Kagami still didn't look him in the eye.

Kagami was deathly afraid of looking Aomine in the eye right now. He absolutely did not know what would happen if he did. The almost conversation they had a while back about the possibility of being together felt like another lifetime. They'd almost been talking candidly then, but that seemed impossible at this very moment.

"Why won't you look at me?!" Aomine shouted.

They were both breathing heavily now. It took Kagami immense effort to swallow the boulder-sized knot in his through. Aomine let go of Kagami's shirt with a sneer. He was pissed. He was extremely annoyed, and this wasn't like Kagami to just not say anything. He glared at Kagami a few seconds longer, waiting for a verbal response or at least some eye contact, but Kagami's eyes were fixed on the fence behind him.

"Fine. Whatever." Aomine tried to sound like his bored-self, but he cut his words a little too short, clearly still angry.

He slumped over to the hoop and dropped his bag, and even though all he needed was the basketball, he lingered at his bag, searching through it as if he was looking for something else he needed.

All Kagami could hear was blood pounding in his ears. He couldn't move. Could he speak? He didn't know. Maybe if he took a deep breath he could force the words out. He inhaled as much air as he could fit in his lungs

"KUROKO AND I—" He stopped short, mouth gaping, when he heard how loud he was. Aomine was only ten feet away.

At that Aomine stopped rifling through his bag and froze, staring at the ground wide-eyed. His heart had already been racing from his display of anger, but now it was pounding so hard it felt like it might leap out of his chest. His mouth went dry, making it hard to swallow, but he didn't move a muscle, waiting, hoping Kagami would say more.

"We—we...WEbrokup—" Kagami was out of breath just trying to get that out, and every breath after felt like he was gasping for air.

Aomine still hadn't moved an inch. He wasn't exactly sure what Kagami just said, he'd slurred it together so much. He knew what he wanted to hear. But was it? What Kagami said? He wracked his brain but couldn't think of anything Kagami could've said that only sounded like the words he heard: well, not anything that made sense anyway. But he still didn't dare to believe it. That conversation between them was weeks ago, and they hadn't spoken a word about it since.

He finally stood up from his bag, still facing away from Kagami, balling his hands into fists.

"Sorry—what was that?" Aomine asked in a voice uncharacteristically soft, compared to his usually tone.

Kagami's eyes widened. He didn't think he could say it in the first place, but DEFINITELY not a second time.

For every second Kagami remained silent, it felt like a needle went through Aomine's chest. He couldn't let this go. He had to know what he said. Maybe Kagami didn't believe he needed to hear it again, or that he was unsure of what he said in the first place.

"IDiot," he grumbled. "Repeat what you said just now! I couldn't hear you right!" Aomine shouted without turning around. Patience wasn't his thing.

Kagami felt his heart rate slow just a bit, but it was still loud as ever in his ears. He exhaled a silent laugh. Before, he thought maybe Aomine was making fun of him, or that he'd completely misconstrued their conversation that time. But Aomine was being serious. Of course, Kagami thought, that he'd be the one to screw up, like this.

After an immensely deep breath, he started, "KurOKO AND—" In his time staring at the fence and trying to get the words out again, Aomine was right behind him, and now poking him hard in the cheek.

"I heard the part about Tetsu, what about you him?"

Kagami turned his head away, so he couldn't even see Aomine in his peripheral.

"we—brkup." He muttered quietly.

"Seriously! Why can't you say it to my face so I can hear you?!" Aomine grabbed his neck and shook him roughly back and forth.

Kagami fought and broke free of his hold, and with his eyes closed tight, shouted, "we BROKE UP!" and he was out of breath again. He slowly squinted through his eyelids and saw that he happened to be facing Aomine now.

"And?" Aomine said expectantly.

"And what? That's all I said before." Kagami said turning to face the other way.

"Not that. I KNOW that," Aomine droned. "You and Tetsu broke up, and now what? What do you want me to do with that?"

Kagami's eyes widened again. He hadn't thought that far. All he thought was "tell Aomine." Kagami grabbed a fistful of his own hair and gritted his teeth in frustration. This was the part that neither of them had said out loud even in that one conversation. It was all implied. It was all with body language, before. He felt like he could beat himself up forever. He was no good at thinking...but he was good at basketball...hm...maybe...

"A game." Kagami said decisively, and easily.

"WHat?" Aomine's face screwed up in confusion.

"If you win, I'll tell you. If I win—"

"—Tch, you won't." Aomine scoffed.

"—If I win—I'll tell you." Kagami finally looked Aomine in the eye, his face full of the kind of determination he had when he first beat Aomine.

Aomine's face softened a bit with a slight smile. What was Kagami playing at?

This game was far fiercer than their previous one-on-ones. They were faster, sharper, blocking more of each other's shots than usual, but whenever one of them made a basket, the other was sure to quickly follow.

They played long past sunset. The sky was a blanket of black.

They played until they were so tired that they both had to lie down on the court from exhaustion: sweating buckets, lungs burning, legs aching, and desperately trying to catch their breaths. Thankfully they collapsed close enough to Aomine's bag that he could roll a little to the left and stretch to reach his water bottle. He gulped down his share to alleviate the dryness in his mouth, and passed it to Kagami who did the same.

They lay there a while in silence, the only sounds were their heavy breathing and traffic in the distance.

"So, who won?" Aomine asked faintly.

"I think I lost track about an hour ago," Kagami laughed.

Silence settled between them once again, and, for the first time since before their game, both could think about the confrontation right before. The consequences were the same, win or lose, as stipulated by Kagami. But they still fought as if they'd lose something if they lost the game. Either way the result was the same. It got quieter as they each slowly caught their breath.

Were they back at square one? It took a lot of effort to get Kagami not to be silent, and Aomine didn't have enough energy left to put in the same effort again. But he certainly didn't think he could be the one to bring up their conversation from before.

"Aomine..." Kagami muttered in a weak voice.

"What...?" He murmured back, "—EH?!" Aomine flinched as Kagami suddenly appeared, hovering directly over him.

His heart that had finally quieted down from the workout was at full speed again.

"What're you—?"

Aomine was cut off as Kagami leaned down and kissed him firmly on the lips. He stayed there a few seconds before pushing himself back up.

"Before—you asked me what I wanted."

Aomine stared a little dumbfounded: that fire in Kagami's eyes, he was dead serious. Then he broke out of his trance with a bit of a chuckle, and he smirked.

"I didn't know you had it in you," he said as he sat up with a grin.

In one motion Aomine strong armed Kagami into lying flat on the ground again. Now he was the one hovering over him, and Kagami was the one with the dumbfounded face.

"Seriously. I can't believe you were the one to make the first move. I have to do something about that."

Aomine pounced, kissing Kagami with incredible force. Kagami's arms wrapped around Aomine's back, like a reflex. Aomine pried his way into Kagami's mouth with his tongue, as they both desperately explored each other, and clung to each other, fingers digging into skin and bunched up material.

Aomine stroked the inside of Kagami's mouth with his tongue, which Kagami sucked on hungrily. Grinding their hips against each other elicited groans from both of them. Kagami was getting lost in the heat he felt flooding his face and making him dizzy. Barely holding onto his senses, he gripped Aomine's hair tight, and abruptly forced him to break the kiss, pulling him back.

"Oi!" Aomine snapped.

Kagami had to catch his breath, and keep a tight grip to hold Aomine back. He forced them both to stand up.

"Come on," Kagami beckoned and started to turn away, but stopped at the angry quizzical look on Aomine's face. "Stupid. We can't do anything here—come—on!"

They grabbed all their stuff as if they'd just finished any average game, and they walked off, Kagami leading the way. Once they were outside his apartment door and Kagami grabbed for his keys, Aomine leaned against the wall and sighed, rolling his eyes.

"What?" Kagami didn't even have to look up from the doorknob to know there was some weird Aomine expression over his shoulder.

"We coulda done stuff there. It's dark. No one was around—" Aomine sounded a little annoyed.

"Outside? In public?"

"It doesn't matter. I don't care if we're outside—"

"I don't care if you don't care—I care." Kagami grumbled, finally getting the door open.

They dropped their stuff at the front door, still arguing, as they took their shoes off. Aomine relentless defended 'we could do it outside.' Kagami was just annoyed at how shameless he was about all that.

"Pervert." Kagami called him.

"Takes one to know one." Aomine smirked.

At that Kagami slammed Aomine against the wall, pinning his wrists, but stopping just short of kissing him, their faces a nose width apart,

"You don't deny it?"

"Eh? Of course i know i'm one with all the perverted things i've dreamt of doing to you." Aomine grinned.

Kagami pressed his whole body against Aomine, pushing him harder against the wall. There was no space between them. They could both feel each other's hearts pounding against their chests.

"As long as we're clear—" Kagami muttered before closing the distance and catching Aomine in another forceful kiss.

Aomine returned it with equal force, as their tongues collided, and they reveled in tasting each other for the second time. Both struggled against each other fighting for control. When Kagami let out a quiet groan, it lit a fire in Aomine, as he shoved Kagami hard, making him fall onto the couch a couple feet away.

"Tch." Kagami glared at Aomine as he slowly approached.

"Don't click your tongue at me. Kagami—" Aomine said as he lunged on top of him, and crashed their mouths back together, sliding his tongue back and forth along the roof of Kagami's mouth.

Kagami moaned a little louder, and as he quickly took in a sharp breath he quietly gasped, "—Aomine—"

They both surrendered to the dizzying bliss, sucking and nipping at each other's tongues, as they ran their hands lower and lower down each other's body. Aomine flushed with heat every time his touch made Kagami shiver and shudder.

The faces Kagami made as Aomine slowly inserted one finger after another, just made him want him more. When he finally thrust into him, Kagami's high pitched gasps almost made him climax right then and there. For how rough their foreplay was, now was quite the opposite. Aomine slowly rolled his hips, feeling every bit of Kagami's hot and tight insides. With a weak hand, Kagami pulled Aomine close to him, and they kissed. Aomine mimicked his thrusts with his tongue and slowly slid it in and out of Kagami's mouth. Every time Kagami groaned, it spurred Aomine on to find all the ways he could get those reactions.

They held tight to each other, dripping in sweat with heavy breaths, not having a clue as to just how long they took.

Much like with Kuroko. Kagami's relationship with Aomine didn't change much from what it already was. They'd just added a few activities that they didn't do with each other before. They still played one-on-one. They still argued about trivial things. They still complained about each other to their schoolmates.

Though it was tougher on Kagami. Since Kuroko was usually the one he complained to. He constantly found himself beginning a tirade on Aomine, only to catch himself awkwardly, and stop talking mid-sentence, while Kuroko's facial expression never changed once. It didn't come up often between them, but Aomine was the only one Kagami could talk about Kuroko with, and sometimes his extensive worrying made Aomine jealous.

"RELAX! I wouldn't have started things with you if it wasn't over between us."

"Yeah, yeah—"

"Don't 'yeah' me. It's not like I'm the only one who had a relationship with Kuroko."

"But you don't see me hanging out with Tetsu all the time, or talking about him!"

"I can't exactly help it. We're classmates, friends, AND teammates. I'm going to be around Kuroko one way or another."

"And I KNOW that. But I don't have to like it—" Aomine snapped. "It's not like I can just stop being jealous."

And this was how the conversations usually went about Kuroko. Aomine always refused to offer Kagami any advice about how to talk to him or whatever because that would make more trouble for himself if he did. He'd have even more reason to be jealous of Kuroko if he helped Kagami fix things.

"Unlike you, I don't dig my own graves—"

"HA!" Kagami spouted.

"—Tch—So I'm not gonna help you with Tetsu."

It's not that Aomine didn't care about Kuroko. Hell, he might still be with him if he hadn't made certain choices in middle school. He knew Kagami was the person Kuroko was closest to, and he'd never deprive him of a friend. He never asked Kagami about the details of how he and Kuroko broke up because he was afraid of what kind of guilt he'd get, knowing exactly how Kuroko was hurt because of him.

Whenever he thought of Kuroko, the same words always came to mind, "Why is it always me who hurts you?"

He couldn't voice these things to Kagami though. It was bad enough Kagami's normal behavior regarding Kuroko made him jealous. He didn't need to go talk his worries about Kuroko, that would probably make Kagami jealous as well.

Many times, once they began their relationship, Kagami would return from practice to find Aomine asleep at his front door, so Kagami eventually gave him an extra key, so he wouldn't draw the neighbors' attention. After that, it was always a toss up as to whether Aomine would be asleep on the couch or on Kagami's bed.

Sometimes Aomine wouldn't be there, but Kagami would find an empty carton of milk in the fridge or some half-eaten food or dirty dishes in the sink, and he'd know that Hurricane Aomine had blown through and left before he'd even returned.

"Do you EVER go to school?! I don't understand how you have so much time to make a such mess of my apartment and then not even be there when I get home!" Kagami spat with a fire in his eyes, furiously grabbing all the utensils and containers Aomine left on the counter.

"Eh?" Aomine remained unphased with a bored, tired look on his face. "We're allowed to leave school grounds during lunchtime, and sometimes I come here."

"Isn't this farther away from your school than your place?!"

"So I'm a little late to my afternoon class, so what?"

Kagami facepalmed.

"Don't give me that, Kagami. You're not the best student, so who are you to hound me about this?! It's bad enough with Satsuki at school. I don't need you getting on my case when I'm not at school."

No matter how angry or annoyed Kagami got, it always resolved with a makeout session or Aomine buying Kagami groceries. Sometimes both.

NOTE: The only chapter that BEGINS with a breakup because I LITERALLY could not imagine ANY other reason Kuroko and Kagami would break up, except for one of them having new feelings for another person. I didn't plan for there to be so much angst in this story, but this setup kind of made it inevitable in this chapter (and the next one).

i used the word "buffer-free" above, and i realized, long after I wrote it, that if you change the f's to t's you get a pokemon.

ALSO, when I wrote Aomine's line "don't click your tongue at me" i couldn't help but feel the urge to write "the only one who can click their tongue at me is me." but it didn't quite fit the mood XD.