The next chapter is up, and... IT'S LONGER THAN USUAL! Not really that long, but's it's longer than the others.

I hope you enjoy this chapter, it's my favorite chapter so far!

Disclaimer: I don't own anything, except my OC. Everything else belongs to Tadatoshi Fujimaki-senpai!

Aomine Daiki

The coach was back, but I was still forced to go to practices, since Shinohara always dragged me to the gym. But I wouldn't practice of course. I would just lie on the bench and get annoyed by Momoi and Wakamatsu's complaining.

"Can you guys just shut up? Look, even Mayumi doesn't complain anymore that I lie around." I said and pointed to the woman sitting beside my head. She was focused doing something. I slightly turned my head to see what she was doing. She was writing something's in a notebook. "What are you doing anyway?" I said and grabbed the book out of her hands.

She kind of got startled, as she did not expect me to do that. I held up the book and started to read.

"He then leaned forward to give her a-" But the book got snatched out of my hands, by the amber eyed woman. "Let me finish the sentence!" I complained and tried to get the book back, but she held it away, as she tried to push me back, with her foot pushing on my chest.

"Don't touch my personal stuff!" She said and continued to push, which gave me a little glimpse of her underwear. I started to slightly blush and stopped attempting to get the book out of her hands. I turned my head to another direction with a frown on my face. This had been happing a lot lately. I would always get weak around this woman, but nothing like this happened with Momoi.

"Are you writing a novel?" Momoi asked, interested, as she leaned slightly forward. I side glanced at Shinohara's now flushed face.

"W-Well… I… eto… I just write s-some things down y-you see. But it's not that good, so forget it!" She said and waved her hands in front of her.

I turned to look at the practicing team. "I actually wanted to know what happened next, but whatever!" I said and gave a sigh.

I could she from the corner of my eye that she had turned towards me, with a surprised look. "D-Do you mean that you got a little interested in my story?" She asked.

Her stare on me made me a little uncomfortable. I just gave a nod and continued to watch the team, but I was not really focusing on what they were doing, instead I watched the brunette beside me from the corner of my eye.

"Really?!" Her face lit up, happily.

"Ok, guys! That's enough for today!" The coach called out. Everyone stopped their practicing and came to get their stuff from the benches.

"Here." Shinohara said and gave Wakamatsu his water bottle.

"Ah, a-arigato, Shinohara-san!" He said, with a small blush on his cheeks. Somehow that made me angry, but I don't know why. I just felt like punching that stupid smile off his face.

"As you all know, the Interhigh starts next week, so I hope you all to be in good shape!" The coach said, as he left the gym.

"We'll win either way." I said, to no one in particular.

"You and your cockiness." Shinohara said from beside me, with a sigh.

Shinohara Mayumi

[Timeskip – Interhigh]

While the team had a final battle in preliminaries, Momoi and I were at the school's gym with Aomine. We had just found him lying on the scene. We talked a little about Seirin's battle against Shutoku.

After a while later, Momoi called her old teammate, Midorima, The Generation of Miracles' amazing shooting guard.

"Ah, Midorin, it's great to talk to you again!" She practically screamed into the phone. Poor guy… "How was the game? Did you win? Did you lose? Which was it? Tell me!" She bombarded him with questions. "Hello? Hello?!" She said, confused.

"Did he hang up on you?" I asked, already knowing the answer.

Aomine got up from the scene and grabbed the phone from her hands.

"Oi, Aomin-kun! Give it back!" Momoi said and tried to get phone out of his grasp.

He dialed a number and held the phone to his ear, waiting to get answered. He probably called Midorima. "You sound grouchy." He then said into the phone.

He picked up, which I didn't think he would.

"I know. You lost, didn't you?" He said, with a smirk on his face. "What? What're you saying? Gross."

I turned to look at Momoi, who had a pout on her face. It looked rather cute on her actually.

"The only one who can beat me is me." He said his trademark quote. I gave a sigh. He'll never change. "You seem confuse, Midorima. The past is irrelevant. We're enemies now." There was a small pause, before Aomine talked. "I'm hanging up." But before he could hang up, Momoi grabbed Aomine's wrist and dragged the phone to her mouth.

"Midorin! Sorry to bother you while you're sad! Cheer up!" She exclaimed.

"Shut up!" Aomine said and pushed her away. He handed back her phone.

"So, what are we doing now?" I asked and stretched my muscles. I walked and took a ball I found on the floor and started to slowly dribble it.

"I'm going back to my nap." Aomine said and walked back to the scene. He climbed up and lay down.

I walked towards a hoop and made my perfect stance, before shooting. It went in. I gave a small smile, before grabbing the ball and dribbling it again.

Aomine Daiki

Not bad. I thought as I saw her shoot. She made a perfect stance and her focus was good as well. She might be as good as Sakurai.

Then my eyes travelled down from her face to her chest. I felt my cheeks grow hotter. Damn! Why is this happening to me again? I turned my head around and gave an annoyed sigh.

"Come on, let's go somewhere else!" Momoi suddenly said and dragged me down the scene.

"Watch out! I almost fell on the floor!" I yelled out to her, while she was dragging me towards the entrance of the gym. "You two have to be more careful while you drag me down from high places." I said, suddenly remembering the moment when Shinohara pushed me down from the high level of the roof. I thought I was gonna break some bones.

We ended up at my favorite place. Finally I could eat some teriyaki burgers. I hadn't eaten them in a while.

"Satsuki, since you dragged me here, you pay." I said, bored and pointed to her. "Buy me four, as usual." I then put my elbow on the table and rested my head on my hand.

"Fine!" Momoi said, irritated. Both of them walked off to buy the burgers, while I watched some of the women outside.

"Tch, none of them are gifted in the chest area." I whispered to myself.

After a while later, the girls came back with the burgers. As usual, Shinohara only ate one while Momoi ate two and I ate four.

We ate in silence, until Momoi broke it with a question. "Mayumi-chan, I have always wondered, but didn't ask you… Why do you live together with Harasawa-san?" She asked. I actually wondered that too. I turned my head towards the brunette, but saw her looking down with sad eyes.

"Well, how should I say this…" She said, with a weak smile. She then lifted her head up and looked out of the window. "My parents got murdered."

Silence fell. I stared at her with wide eyes, so did Momoi. I couldn't believe it.

"I… I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked." Momoi said, feeling guilty for bringing it up.

"Actually, since you're my friends, I could tell you. I don't want to keep it to myself." She said, and looked down on her hands. "Of course, if you want me to tell you." She said and lifted her head up. She looked at me and I just gave her a nod. Then she turned to Momoi who gave her a small smile.

"My parents died when I was 6. Some robbers tried to break into our house and my parents called the police. My mother hid me in our attic and told me 'Everything will be fine, Mayu. Just stay quiet. I love you, okay?' then she went down. But… nothing was fine." She said and broke in the end. She started to cry. This was the first time I saw her cry. Momoi put her hand on her shoulder and rubbed her back.

"When my mother got down stairs, the robbers had already entered the house. They had killed my father and then I heard my mother's screams. They took some valuable this from our house and then rushed out, but the police were already there. They got caught, but my parents were dead." She took a shaky breath, before continuing. "My uncle took me into his house and raised me since then. But to get better I had gotten a therapist. She told me that if I had a hobby, I would get better, which I did. I started playing basketball. Since my uncle was a player he was willing to teach me. Basketball saved me and that's why I love it so much."

"I'm so sorry." Momoi said, and wiped some of her own tears. She hugged Shinohara, and she hugged back. "We'll always be with you! Don't worry, right Aomine-kun?" She said and turned towards me.

I gave a nod. "Of course." I said and looked into Shinohara's eyes.

She started to cry more. "Thank you, guys!" She said and held Momoi's hand and placed her hand on my hand. I held her hand and rubbed circles with my thumb.

"I… I miss them… so much! It actually hurts!" She said and released the grip on Momoi's hand and placed it on her heart.

I felt something clench in my heart, as I saw her in so much pain. I wanted to stop her crying. But why couldn't I do something? It was so frustrating! I could just sit here and watch her break down in front of me. I didn't want to see her like this. I wanted her to smile again. Like that smile she had given me after the match against (random high school name).

"Don't cry." I said. She looked up at me, shocked. "I don't want to see you cry." I said and gripped her hand in mine. "I don't ever want to see you cry again!" I said, a little angrier this time. "Don't cry… Mayu." I said again. I used the nickname her mother had given her.

Her eyes widened. She just sat there shocked. She had stopped crying, but she still had tears on her face. I gave her a small smile.

Shinohara Mayumi

I felt my heart skip a beat. What was this feeling? Aomine was being so sweet. I felt so happy. I smiled back at him and wiped my tears on my sleevle. "Mayu, huh? I like the sound of that." I said and smiled. The nickname used by my parents… I heard it again.

I felt some new tears run down my face.

"Oi, what did I say?! Don't cry!" Aomine said a bit annoyed this time.

I just shook my head and gave him a smile. "These are happiness tears."

Mayumi: Hope you enjoyed my sad past. *Sniffles*

Daiki: I'll kick their asses if they enjoyed it!

Satsuki: Come on now, Dai-chan! Don't be so mean! Of course their gonna enjoy it, right, PurpleJosei? It's a fiction! They're here to read and enjoy, even if it is sad.

Me: You're so right, Satsuki-chan! I hope you liked this chapter, if you did you know what to do. But you're not forced to do it of course!