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"Ah, wait, don't take your shoes off yet, Kuroko" Kuroko heard Kagami yell from the living room. "Yes, yeah...I know...I'm asking him now, so calm down!" Kagami approached Kuroko, cellphone in hand. "Riko wants to know if you want to go out for a drink tonight?" Kagami asked as he winced and put the phone away from his ear. Kuroko and Kagami sweat dropped when the heard the very loud, very clear sound of Riko. "I just want to go to sleep..." Kuroko sighed taking off his jacket. Kagami nodded and relayed the message, "Oh, but Kuroko, Riko said she'll buy"

"Well...I suppose I could go for one drink..." Kuroko smiled putting his jacket back on.

"Oh you shouldn't seen Kuroko-kun today! He was amazing! So cool and collected! I thought I was gonna explode with laughter and ruin the whole thing!" Riko cheered happily, putting an arm around Kuroko and throwing her beer into the air. "Congratulations on tricking a high school girl, Riko" Hyuuga sighed, taking a sip from his drink. "Yeah, well, you don't have to deal with her as much as I do. The brat won't stop comparing our chest sizes! Honestly, what's so good about having such an obnoxious rack" Riko mumbled. "...How obnoxious is it? Why don't you go into excruciating detail on that?" Koichi Kawahara smirked. "Sahhh don't be a pervert" Koganei laughed, giving Kawahara a gentle shove. Riko merely rolled her eyes, "But thank you for doing that for me Kuroko-kun...and agreeing to take care of that generation of morons!" Riko smiled clinking glasses with the phantom player. "They're not that bad. I think they're actually very good kids"

"Hahh...they really are kids, huh? We might be getting old, guys..." Teppei sighed. "Say that about yourself, Kiyoshi. The lines in your face have gotten worse" Kagami smirked. "Is that so? Why don't you look in a mirror and say that to me again?" Teppei smiled. "Tch, my skin is very youthful, thank you very much"

"Kagami's lines makes him look like he's always angry" Kuroko closed his eyes and took a sip of his drink, ignoring all the variations of 'traitor' Kagami could come up with. The rest of the team laughed. "But you know, I wish we could have gone against a team like that just once" Hyuuga commented. "I don't! They're scary! I went to a game once, they were ruthless!" Koganei shivered. "I would be lying if I didn't agree" Riko sighed placing her drink on the table, watching as the bubbles fizzed to the top. "Those kids...I wonder if they even like basketball..."

Kuroko looked at Riko, head slightly tilted to the side. He didn't quite understand what she meant by that.

"Ah...lettuce talk about something else" Izuki said suddenly.

The rest of the team looked at him and saw Izuki was holding a hunk of lettuce in one hand and pointing to it with the other, his face completely blank. The team roared with laughter, throwing napkins and straws at the old point guard. "That was so terrible, Izuki-kun!"

"Why do you even have that with you?!"

"Were you carrying that around with you all day?!"

The next evening, Kuroko was busy working in the kitchen. 'Those kids...I wonder if they even like basketball' Riko's words echoed in his mind. What could she have meant? Why wouldn't they enjoy basketball? Why play it if they didn't like it? His thoughts were interrupted when he felt eyes on him. He quickly turned and saw Kise hiding behind the door, golden eyes glowing at him. "Is there something I can do for you, Kise-kun?" Kuroko asked with a sigh. "N-n-not really..." Kise mumbled, "I was just wondering if you wanted some help in the kitchen, that's all" Kuroko raised an eyebrow, normally Kise was a ball of energy, yet he seemed so down today. Kuroko stared at Kise as he made his way next to him. "Do you not want my help, Kurokochi?" Kise asked, tears forming in his eyes. Kuroko looked at the copy cat carefully, his demeanor was that of a little kid wanting to be cheered up and if Kuroko had one weakness, it was kids. Kuroko sighed, 'it shouldn't hurt to spoil him once in a while, right?' he thought. Kuroko lifted his hand to cup Kise's cheek and gently wiped a tear with his thumb, he smiled when the taller boy leaned into it. "Sure, I could use some help, thank you, Kise-kun" "Ah yay! I'm glad to help Kurokochi"

Kuroko put Kise in charge of cutting the vegetables while he worked to cook the meat. He smiled when he heard Kise humming happily, when a thought came up. "Ne, Kise-kun, can I ask you something?"

"Of course, Kurokochi! You can ask me anything!"

"Do you like basketball?"

"Hehhh...its not so much I like it as I'm good at it"

Kuroko looked over at Kise, who hadn't even looked up from his chopping. He answered Kuroko's question as though it was the most obvious thing in the world. "Is basketball fun at least?"

"I like winning, is that what you mean, Kurokochi?"

"No, not really...when you're playing basketball, what do you feel, Kise-kun?"

"Feel? I don't feel anything"

"But when you work hard and you reach your goal...isn't it fun?"

"What are you saying, Kurokochi? We don't have to try in basketball!"

Kuroko was stunned. How did they develop such an emotionless view of basketball? When Kuroko was on the court, he felt exhilarated, euphoria. Even now, when the Seirin team would get together to play basketball once in a while, he couldn't feel happier. So how was it, these kids in the prime of their basketball days felt nothing. It was bewildering to him.

"Why are you asking, Kurokochi? Ah, do you have an interest in basketball?" Kise's voice snapped him out of his thoughts. "Ah, yeah. I love basketball..."

"Then...Then will you come to our next game? I'll show you how cool I can be, Kurokochi! It's next week! Will you come?"

Kuroko looked over and smiled, "Sounds like fun Kise-kun" Kise cheered and continued to chop the vegetables. 'I'll go see their kind of basketball with my own eyes' Kuroko thought.

"Did I do well, Kurokochi?" Kise showed Kuroko the vegetables he had cut. "Ah let me se-" Kuroko paused looking at the mush Kise had produced. "This...what vegetable was this" Kuroko asked pointing to a green lumpy mass. "What? That's the bok choy!" Kise smiled. Kuroko stared at the vegetable pastes and he couldn't help but laugh. Kise froze, it was like everything was moving in slow motion. Kuroko's eyes went wide for a second and then closed as laughter erupted from his mouth. Kise's heart thumped at the sound. It was...it was an amazing sound.

Kuroko calmed himself and took the plate of mush from Kise. "We can't use these for the dish I was thinking of for tonight, but I'm sure I can use this for something else. You did a magnificently terrible job at cutting the vegetables, but I have never seen anyone chop veggies so many times that they turned into mush" Kuroko smiled at Kise. "I did a bad job, Kurokochi?" Kise mumbled looking down at his feet. 'Oh yeah, he was feeling down, wasn't he?' Kuroko thought. "Do you want to have some honey tea and talk about it Kise-kun?" Kuroko asked, already taking out two cups. "About my terrible chopping skills?" Kise cocked his head to the side. Kuroko chuckled, "about what's got you so down today"

Kuroko quickly prepared the drinks and gently slid Kise his cup before taking a seat next to Kise at the dining room table. "Don't be nervous, Kise-kun. I will listen to whatever you have to say"

"Un...ah...I got yelled at...at work today..."

"Ah, that's right...you're a model right, Kise-kun? Why did you get yelled at?"

"I guess I was performing poorly...The photographer was really mean...and said I could't just coast on my good looks if I wanted to be a model..."

'Well...he's not wrong' Kuroko thought, but decided that wasn't something Kise needed to hear. "I just did what I always do...I just did what everyone else was doing..I don't know why I was the one called out" Kise sighed, "maybe I'm not cut out for modeling...maybe I should just quit..."

Kuroko sighed and placed his drink down with a loud enough bang to make Kise look up at him. "Kise-kun, you cannot just quit something you like because someone doesn't like the way you do it. If you did that, you'd never do anything, ever. Maybe the photographer was trying to help you - to make you want to try harder, Kise-kun. Maybe he wanted to see you being yourself"

"But I was doing my be-" Kuroko cut Kise off, "I don't believe you were doing your best, Kise-kun."

"But Kurokochi, you weren't there! You-"

"I believe that if Kise-kun his heart in something, if Kise-kun gave 100% into something, especially something that he likes, he would be great"

"Kurokochi..." Kise blushed.

Kuroko stared into Kise's golden orbs, "Tomorrow, don't you think you could apologize to that photographer?"

"W-what? How did you know I yelled at the photographer?"

"I didn't, I just assumed you did something. The way you were moping was more akin to that of someone upset with themselves rather than someone else. But do you feel better now, Kise-kun?" Kuroko stood and gently ran a hand through Kise's hair. Kise turned bright red and nodded, "Thank you, Kurokochi!" Kise cheered, wrapping Kuroko into a tight hug. Kuroko sighed and decided to let the small forward hug him. "If you're gonna keep a vice like grip on Kise-kun, I will have to ask you to move with me. I have to go back to the kitchen and check on the food. "I can do that, Kurokochi!"

Later that night, as Kuroko was walking home, he passed the small basketball courts near his home and was surprised to see Aomine standing in the middle of it, simply staring at the ball in his hands. Kuroko walked up and stood across from his and stared at the ball as well. "Is it going to talk or something, Aomine-kun?" Aomine immediately stepped back and screamed, "What the hell, Tetsu?! What are you doing?!"

"The real question is what are you doing? And its too late to scream like that, Aomine-kun"

"I wasn't doing anything. I'll be going home now" Aomine said as he passed Kuroko. To his surprise, the ball in his hand disappeared. He turned to see Kuroko had quickly stolen it from him. "A-amaz-" Aomine stopped when he saw Kuroko attempt to shoot it into the basket, missing the hoop by a good foot and a half. "Ah...swoosh..." Kuroko said. Aomine couldn't help but burst into laughter, "What do you mean 'swoosh'? You're really terrible, Tetsu!"

"Yes, well, I will get the next one" Kuroko ran over and grabbed the ball. Kuroko returned to his spot and attempted to get the ball into the hoop. The ball missed by about a foot this time. Kuroko turned to face Aomine, a victory sign on one hand, "I did it"

"You did the same thing, Tetsu!" Aomine laughed gripping his stomach. Kuroko smiled, 'Maybe some of the GOM like basketball'

"Do you play basketball, Tetsu? You're really bad"

"I'll have you know I used to be a regular, Aomine-kun"

"Maybe your team just sucked"

"Maybe your team sucks"

"That was a surprisingly childish remark, Tetsu"

"You're surprisingly childish"

"Are you going to stop that?"

"No."

Aomine laughed, "You're alright in my book, Tetsu"

"I'm surprised you have a book, Aomine-kun"

"Ouch, shots fired...too bad all your shots would have missed"

"Say that to the basket I'm about to make" Kuroko took the ball and tried to make it into the hoop, once again, missing completely.

Aomine fell into uproarious laughter. Kuroko smiled, "It's getting late, Aomine-kun. Shouldn't you be heading home now?"

Aomine stopped and looked at the ground, "Can't we...hang out a little longer, Tetsu?"

Kuroko raised an eyebrow, but he was feeling rather indulgent today, so he went to grab the basketball and passed it to Aomine. Aomine jumped when he realized the ball was suddenly in his hands."How did you.."

"If we're going to hang out, then let's play a little one-on-one, Aomine-kun" Kuroko smirked taking off his jacket and putting is bag down. "Hahh...are you sure, Tetsu? I'd hate to have you experience devastating defeat"

"Isn't that my line?"

"But you suck, Tetsu"

"You suck, Aomine-kun"

"This is gonna be too easy"

"Say that after I've won"

Aomine smiled, it had been a while since he was able to have friendly banter on the court. Nowadays, the second anyone tried to block him, they would cower and accept defeat. Kuroko Tetsuya was definitely a breath of fresh air.

As they played, Aomine was surprised by how quickly Kuroko could steal the ball without him even noticing. 'Tetsu's kind of...amazing..." Aomine thought after the fifth or sixth time Kuroko stole the ball. Even though, Kuroko couldn't shoot and didn't have much stamina, Aomine couldn't help but smile as he played. 'Ah...this feeling is...' Aomine thought. He suddenly felt like he used to, before the Generation of Miracles formed, when he simply loved basketball.

About a hour and a half later, Aomine declared his victory. He half expected to turn and see Kuroko on his knees, eyes wide and body shaking from the overwhelming defeat, but was pleasantly surprised to see Kuroko smiling"You're very talented, Aomine-kun" Kuroko wiped his sweat. "Let's play again, sometime."

"Yeah...I'd like that, Tetsu"

Kuroko smiled, "Here". Kuroko presented Aomine with a fist bump. Aomine laughed, "What? Are we in middle school now?"

"Will you leave me hanging?" Kuroko smiled up at Aomine. "No, of course not" Aomine returned the smile and the fist bump.

"I will see you tomorrow, Aomine-kun"

"I...I look forward to it, Tetsu"

And thus, for the first time in a long time, Aomine left the basketball court with a smile on his face.

So...much...Kise and Aomine...

Akashi, Murasakibara, and Midorima didn't even make an appearance :(