Hello, here is a new chapter and in a way there is something happening but... not really-I´m not sure, but I´m strangly content with this one, it´s fluffy, has more angst than I intented to but oh well, I like. Strangely, so I hope you will like it too! :)

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His life really, really sucked right now. Kagamis eyes twitched in annoyance as he glanced at the six guys who currently took in his complete living room.

Aomine was taking in half of his couch with his legs lazily dangling over its arm and his upper body lying on the cushions while he himself was complaining about being hungry and how Kagami should make him food.

The red head could feel another vein popping, who the hell did he think he was? Touou´s ace had nearly pulled a Kuroko act on him. Kagami hadn´t heard or seen something from the other for the whole week and not that he exactly worried about someone like Aomine but it still was weird. After the winter cup he had learned that if Aomine let someone else near him he usually was quite attentive and as much as he paid attention to someone else-although it took Kagami a bit time to actually understand the way Aomine paid attention-as much he needed to get it-which was a funny thing if Aomine wasn´t so difficult about that whole thing and sometimes acted like a spoiled child who pouted and refused to talk to Kagami if he didn´t get his way. But he still rushed into Kagamis apartment this morning as if he owned it, demanding food and attention. Like a lost cat. Kagami sniggered, oh the irony…

But he actually got used to have a tail following him where ever he went and two fluffy ears which twitched every now and then and obviously reacted to the way he felt even if he couldn´t hear with them. In a way Kagami was glad that his hair covered his human ears because he once pulled them up and nearly laughed his ass off. What was weirder than having cat ears on top of your head? Having human and cat ears at the same time. He just looked ridiculous like that.

Slightly shaking his head Kagami turned his eyes to Kuroko who was sitting with a straight back and hands neatly folded in his lap next to Aomine. When he felt Kagamis gaze on him he calmly looked back with a soothing touch in those baby blue eyes and Kagami felt a strange pull in his stomach and he quickly averted his eyes when he could feel his face grow hot and his eyes found Kise.

The blonde hyperactive Kajiou player was snuggled up against Kuroko who was plainly ignoring the over touchy feeling guy. Kise was telling some supposed to be awesome stories about some Model shooting he had and accompanied his story with wild hand gestures but no one really paid attention to him. Sometimes Kagami felt a bit bad for the cheery guy but he also knew what happened when someone signalled him that he was listening because then Kise wouldn´t leave you alone until he was shoved off. But along with Kuroko Kise had visited him nearly every day in the week and they had watched TV, played video games and argued about silly stuff because for a whole week Kagami hadn´t been able to play basketball or to go out at all. It wasn´t like he missed school, but although Kise and Kuroko visited often he was a bit lonely and every muscle in his body was itching to play or at least to do something. He couldn´t even go out and buy groceries. He needed Kise and Kuroko to take care of this and he was dying of boredom.

But well Kagami was kind of used to those three and Midorima who currently was leaning against the wall next to the door to the corridor grew on him too in the last week but… with a deep frown he watched Akashi who kneeled in front of his couch table and made it look strangely graceful to kneel on the floor. What was that mighty midget doing here?

Kagami wasn´t dumb enough to actually call him that and Akashi hadn´t been that bad after the winter cup but Kagami still wouldn't call him someone he wanted to spend time with. Even if he had his good sides the red head couldn´t forget the feeling of Akashi nearly stabbing him with his scissors or looking at him with those cold calculating eyes in a predatory way that could rival Aomines if they weren´t so different-not to forget their smell. While Aomine smelled like raw, brutal and rushing power, free like wind, Akashis scent tingled Kagamis deepest senses and he felt like everything was laid bare in front of these dual-coloured eyes, demanding submission.

With a shiver he searched for the other new intruder and found Murasakibara munching potato chips on the floor behind the couch. After being shocked with Akashi standing in his door demanding Kagami to let him in Yosens giant had trailed behind the Rakuzan captain in his apartment like a puppy.

But the worst had been when Murasakibara noticed Kagamis tail. The red head still felt the arch from Murasakibaras strong grip when he had pulled him against the wide chest of the Yosen player and ignoring Kagamis loud complaints and shouts of pain had embraced in a weird hug, mumbling something about Kaga-chin´s so fluffy, now he really is tiger and to Kagamis utter embarrassment a big hand had crawled under Kagamis wide shirt. At his angry stuttering what the fuck are you doing?! Murasakibara just mumbled in his ear that he was looking if Kagami was fluffy everywhere and at that the red head snapped a finger against the infuriating lazy and calm face of the purple head shouting how stupid that was. Although he now thought that it could have been a possibility but still, who the hell would get all touchy feeling with another guy to look if he was fluffy somewhere else.

Akashi hadn´t really shown a reaction, he had just stared at Kagami, making him fidgeting in his own house-something was definitely wrong with that-and just told him it would actually suit him(who the hell said something like that anyway?!) and he knew all the data from Midorima so they would now think of a solution for his problem.

And Kagami didn´t like the sound of that voice and the look in those scary but strangely capturing eyes but he didn´t really want to know what would happen if he refused Akashi, so here they were. The rainbow gang all together in his house and although they did get along quite well with each other-and Kagami wouldn´t really want to admit it, but sometimes he was jealous of the easy going relationship they all seemed to share-he was a bit afraid for his furniture, especially now that there was guy who was even taller than him and wider and could sweep all his shelves with one movement. It wasn't like there was actually much to sweep away but Murasakibara also wasn´t someone who could be called graceful or careful… anyway, back to the topic.

"Okay… so what are you all doing here again?" he sighed and was met with six different coloured eyes which already seemed to judge him for just asking that question.

"I thought that was obvious, Kagami-kun", Kurokos voice was soft but Kagami could hear the mocking undertone and it didn´t help his aggression problem right now at all.

"Well, it isn´t because you all just crushed my place without telling me exactly why!"

Akashi sighed disapproving, "Please, Taiga control your temper. We are here because there obviously is something wrong with your appearance and probably with something else."

Kagami cringed at the mention of his given name. There was no way he would ever get used to Akashi using it so freely. "And what do you want to do? Make fun of me?"

"No, that was never our attention"

"Maybe a bit!" Aomine sniggered and lifted his legs to face Kagami with the usual smirk on his face that had replaced the scowl from before and sometimes Kagami didn´t know what to prefer but right now he really wanted to punch that damn smirk off that bastards face.

"Oh, you shut up Ahomine, you disappeared for the whole week and now acting all high and mighty. Was it too much for you?!" he threw back with his fists clenched in anger. Why did that bastard always managed to rile him up with just one sentence?

For a second he thought that Aomine smirk crumbled but as soon as the thought entered his head it was back and Kagami wasn´t sure if actually happened but the look that Aomine gave him now made his body grew strangely hot and his skin seemed to prickle when midnight blue eyes roamed over his naked arms up to his face and the smirk just seemed to grow wider and more wicked.

Kagami wrapped his arms around his upper body, shifting from one foot to the other when the atmosphere of the whole room seemed to drop for a moment.

"Well, I had to figure out some… things", Aomine grinned at him, "but how sweet of you that you missed me!"

Heat shot in his head. "Who-who would have missed you, bastard!"

Aomine laughed quietly and Kagami was horrified by how good that sounded. "You, obviously"

"I-I didn´t! I just-"

"Taiga"

Shit.

"A-Akashi, right-you-you were talking, uh…" he shivered when he met Akashis cold look and ducked his head in embarrassment. He had totally forgotten that there still were other guys in his room. Well, fuck…

Akashi sighed and stood up, "You know I don´t like to repeat myself and as much as I know that you enjoy this… bickering with Daiki-"

"Oi, leave me out of that!"

"I don´t enjoy it!"

Kagami glared at Aomine who just returned that heated gaze with teasing laziness-why was it always him? He knew that they were alike but that didn´t mean they needed to talk at the same time!

"It would be appropriate to think of a solution for your problem."

Kagami sighed and ran his hand through his hair, suddenly exhausted.

"Can´t we just wait? Maybe they go away from their own just like they suddenly appeared on their own…"

Akashi raised one eyebrow at him and he could hear Midorima clear his throat.

"That probably would be the easiest way but not very likely. The ears and the tail grew right out of your body and have neuronal pathwaysinto and with your body, they obviously are answering to your mood and moving around so we can be sure they already are highly integrated in you nervous system."

With a blank face that could rival Kurokos Kagami stared at the Shutokus Ace.

"And that means…?"

Midorima rolled his eyes at the stupidity of the red head.

"That means that it´s not likely they will just disappear on their own."

With a bump Kagami sat on the floor and stared at his ceiling.

"Well, that would have been too easy, huh?" he muttered more to himself than to anyone else.

"Ahh, Kagami-cchi don´t sound so defeated, that´s not like you!" Kise smiled and moved from his spot next to Kuroko to sit in front of Kagami and laid his hands on the red heads shoulders.

"I´m sure Akashi and Midorima will find a solution for this", he reassured with a kind smile that was so rare to see. Sure, Kise was probably the only person of them that smiled that much but the more Kagami saw it the less he couldn´t shake off the feeling that it seemed like a mask for the blonde. He hadn´t seen the other smile that way very often and certainly not directed at him, because mostly it was Kuroko and sometimes Aomine who were the reason or receiver-if not both-of that smile and now that Kise was so close and smiling so open and honest at him he couldn't help but blush a bit. Angry at his reaction he shook off the hands that were still laying on his shoulders and suddenly seemed so heavy and grumbled something over stupid blondes, always so annoying although he didn´t really know himself what he was saying, still a bit flustered.

"And even if not, it´s really cute on you!"

Kagami cursed when Kise managed to dodge his punch, even if barely.

"I´m not cute asshole! And I don´t want them! I can´t even go outside with these things or play basketball and I even need you to buy groceries!" he shouted angrily.

"So don´t tell me they look cute-you don´t know a thing…" he mumbled before he could stop him and looked on the floor.

Fuck, he didn´t mean to say these things. Just because he thought them didn´t mean that they needed to know that. But it was true. He always was independent, taking care of himself and sometimes of even of someone else. He didn´t like that the roles suddenly seemed reversed and now he was the one who needed help. If it was about basketball he now was okay with getting help-mostly from Kuroko of course-but not in his personal daily life. That was fucking embarrassing.

A cool and small hand interrupted his lingering and kind of depressing thoughts and as he looked up, startled at the touch, Kagami met Kurokos soft and blue eyes which seemed to smile at him even when Kurokos face was as stoical as ever.

"We know that this is difficult for you Kagami-kun, but I´m sure Kise-kun didn´t mean any harm. He is just stupid."

Kagami sniggered at that and his lips curled up when he heard Kises "Kuroko-cchi!" from somewhere.

"He is, huh?"

"Hmh, but Kagami-kun is also stupid, so you two are quite alike sometimes."

"Hey!" he shouted but Kuroko calmly interrupted his soon to follow rumbles of insults and complains before they could even happen with a firm grip around his cheeks so Kagami was forced to keep eye contact with his little shadow whose eyes seemed to twinkle in amusement.

"We really want to help Kagami-kun and we know it must be frustrating, to be forced to stay in your apartment the whole day but the sooner we find a solution the sooner it´s all over and maybe it is a good opportunity for Kagami-kun to learn to accept help. We are your friends, Kagami-kun. We don´t mind helping you."

With wide eyes Kagami stared at Kuroko and then averted his gaze. He wasn´t sure why, the words weren´t that special nor were they really deep but they seemed so carefully chosen and full of warmth, that they made Kagami swallow and feel warm all over as if the words transmitted right into his body.

"Uh… ah, yeah-I guess, well…"

"And we could play basketball when it´s dark" he heard Aomines voice from the couch. "or darker since we still need to see something" Surprised by the offer that-coming from someone like Aomine-was quite generous, he looked up and caught Aomines gaze. Touou´s ace had taken advantage of the fact that Kuroko and Kise had left the couch to join Kagami on the floor and now was slouched on the whole sofa.

"Aomine-kun is growing soft on you Kagami-kun."

"What the hell Tetsu!? That Bakagami just looked so wimpy it hurt my eyes!"

"I didn´t look wimpy, you asshole and don´t call me an idiot, you idiot!"

But before Kagami could get up and show Aomine how not wimpy he looked a big hand enclosed his right wrist and pulled him back on the ground against the chest he had already met before.

"But Kaga-chin looked so sad" Murasakibara muttered behind his back and then wrapped his arms around Kagamis upper body and pulled him even closer, fighting off Kagamis advances to get free by simply capturing his arms and pressing them with his against Kagamis own body.

"I´m not sad, it´s just frustrating!" he exclaimed and tried to wiggle out of Murasakibaras grip, but the other just tightened his grip and pressed his cheek against Kagamis neck.

"Let me go!"

"No, Aka-chin said so."

"Akashi!" he turned his head toward the Rakuzan captain.

With two steps Akashi stood in front of him and then kneeled down next to Kuroko, repeating the motion the blue haired had done before to keep eye contact with Kagami.

A little bit surprised at the gentle look Akashi gave him he swallowed as prickling warmth rose in his cheeks. Just as rare as Kises sincere smiles were was Akashis gentleness, at least when it came to Kagami. He knew that Akashi had something like two personalities and it wasn´t like the terrifying one had completely disappeared after the winter cup even if it had decreased so Kagami still was on the edge whenever Akashi was around.

But now, those fascinating eyes held firm gentleness and Akashis cold thumb wandered over his upper cheek, drawing an invisible line under Kagamis eyes in a comforting way.

"I can only repeat what Tetsuya already said, but soft words won´t change anything right now so the only thing that is left to do is to search for a solution. And to do that we need as much information as we can get so we need your help Taiga."

Kagami nodded. It was the only thing he could do right now. His whole body felt sluggish and strangely relaxed and as Akashis hand wandered up his face into his hair to gently scratch his right cat ear Kagami closed his eyes, leaning against the comforting hand giving off a soft purring sound.

"Although I have to agree with Ryouta, it is endearing."

At that Kagami snapped out of his stupor, fighting off the fuzzy and hypnotic sensations and jerked his head out of Akashis grab.

"Stop it!" he snapped and now successfully wriggled out of Murasakibaras tight hug.

"Aka-chin made Kaga-chin angry" Murasakibara mumbled.

"I´m not angry", Kagami sighed as he got up and joined Aomine on the couch against his loud protests.

"That's my couch asshole, so make room or I throw you out"

Aomine tched but raised his legs just to lay them over Kagamis lap as the red head plumbed down.

"Oi, get your stinky feet off me!"

"They don´t stink and it´s more comfortable this way!"

"For who?!"

"Daiki, Taiga! Please concentrate."

They both shot a glare at the intruder but quickly retreated into the back of the couch when they were met with an icy stare.

"Yes." It came back-synchronised, a fact that nearly started a new argument but seeing the annoyed faces of the rest of the guys Aomine and Kagami both swallowed the insults that nearly escaped their mouths.

"Finally", Midorima sighed and sat down at Kagamis couch table.

"Like I already told you, I asked my father to take a look at pictures of Kagami and he asked, just yesterday, if he could meet you."

Kagami met Midorimas green eyes with surprise and rising uncertainty but Shutokus Ace silenced him as soon as he opened his mouth with a firm hand movement.

"Before you say anything… He told me he never had seen something like this before and he already did some research but couldn´t find anything that was slightly similar to Kagamis case. But he added that no one could find something useful in just a few days so he may be successful after more time. I think it´s important for you to know that he would like to run a few tests on you-nothing that would intrude your body of course-just blood samples, maybe some fitness or reflexe tests to study your body and behaviour."

Kagami swallowed and inspected his hands as he tried to process what Midorima just said. Tests? They wanted to run some tests on him? To do what?

Inspect his physical health? Or something else?

"I know that´s a bit much right now, so you don´t need to decide right now"

Kagami looked up and was caught under Midorimas gaze, cool and focused but still sympathizing in a strange way. A way Kagami still needed to learn to understand fully-just like he needed to understand Aomines way of words or Kises smiles and Akashis different shades pf personalities, even Murasakibaras childish and spoiled but affectionate gestures or Kurokos different expressions. They all knew each other so long and he still was an outsider-he still felt like one.

He smiled softly, to chase off that choking feeling in his throat.

"Okay… thanks, I´ll think about it-what, uh what else did he say?"

He could see the slight surprise in Midorimas eyes at Kagamis obvious interest, but honestly… this whole thing was about him, how could he not be interested?

"Well… he just made a few assumptions…" Midorima suddenly appeared a bit uncertain, "do… you want to hear them?"

Kagami frowned. He just asked exactly that, didn´t he?

"Of course I want to!"

He could see Midorima swallowing, quickly sharing a look with Akashi who nodded and motioned him to continue.

Kagami was confused, what could be that bad?

"Okay, but please remember that these are just theories and based on barely no data so they aren´t reliable my father couldn´t be sure because he hadn´t seen you himself but it seems that until now all evidence suggests that your body was probably… altered externally. His first guess was hormones or surgery or drugs, but they were all very vague ideas…"

Kagami stared at him. His head was spinning and thoughts were racing against each other, colliding and bumping without being comprehended, just black and white and so empty. He didn´t really understand.

"What do you mean?" he croaked and clawed his hands in his jeans as sweat broke out of his skin and his whole body suddenly seemed so hot and cold at the same time.

A weight settled beside him on the couch and a small arm grabbed around his bag.

"Kagami-kun…"

"No, no, no, no-just, just answer me, what do you mean!?" his voice was much louder than he planned to and Kagami could feel Kuroko tense beside him. But he couldn´t stay calm-not with what Midorima implied with his words.

"Taiga, they are just theories. Nothing is certain."

"I know" he bit out. It didn´t matter how reassuring Akashi sounded, it didn´t calm Kagami at all.

"Just-just tell me…" with a firm look he focused on Midorima who seemed for the first time a bit uncomfortable in his position and swallowed a bit nervously.

"Well, the first assumption that came to my father's mind was that it could be a rare mutation but he quickly let go of that idea because it is unlikely for it to appear that late and" at Kagamis impatient scowling he cut off any further explanation "the second theory he came up with and I admit the only one he could think of until now was that as I already said some external forces played an important role and…"

"Come to the point Midorima", Aomine growled as he already saw thousands of question marks practically dancing around Kagamis head.

Midorima looked quite annoyed at being so rudely interrupted but decided for the greater good of this already strained atmosphere to let it slide this time and do the red head a favour and leave his nervous ramblings about anything but the core of what he wanted to say out.

"He said that it may be possible that you were part of a genetic experiment on humans."

Kagamis head went white, empty, blank-as if a storm has swept away every thought that his now vacuum like skull had once inherited.

What the fuck?!

Soooo, uh what do you think? I don´t know, is it too rushed? maybe the ending was, huh?

Uh, well please tell me what you think! :)

Lots of Love

Anon