Fic UPDATE! XD You + Me = ? Time for FANSERVICE! XD (KagaKuro, MidoTaka; Pg-15)

[lunaryu]

You plus Me equals?
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Rating: T/Pg-15
Genre: Humor/Romance
Pairing: Kagami/Kuroko, implied GoM/Kuroko and other side pairings

Summary: In which Kuroko is forced to cross-dress, Kagami becomes an unwilling Prince, and the others crack at the hilarity. GoM is trying to sabotage the event much to their respective partners' chagrin. It's Seirin Cultural Festival and its craziness in one package.
Disclaimer: Kuroko no Basuke and its characters © Tadatoshi Fujimaki. Luna only plays with the characters and no profit is made from this fan fiction.
Warning: shounen ai, slight oOC-ness, language, possible spelling mistakes and grammar errors, craziness of high school boys, bizarreness and insanity, AND beware of suggestive fan-service! *loool*

A/N: Sorry for the wait, but it was probably faster than the previous update, huh? Well, it's because you readers are awesome! I love it when I read your comments! XD Now, please enjoy this new chapter!

Chapter 13: The Changing

"WE DID IT!" all the backstage Class 2B personnel jumped in joy and delight after the players were back from the stage for the second time since they were urged by the MC to go out onstage once again in order to give all the audiences their greeting for a job well done despite how catastrophic the progress of the play might have been.

"All of you are perfectly magnificent! I love you guys!" Sasaki was crying in joyful tears as the players gathered around her in the preparation room, congratulating each other (minus the five GoM members that looked remotely worn out rather than thrilled).

"It is a group effort," Kuroko smiled, feeling the satisfaction of finishing his part as flawlessly as he was capable of.

"Yeah, even if it was a very tough work, what with constant interruption from certain group of people…" Kagami grinned jubilantly, also looking very pleased because Kuroko and Kagami had somehow pulled their acts together very well despite the unexpected disruption from Akashi (mainly) and the GoM earlier.

Still, Kuroko had to thank him one way or another, because Akashi had been willing to help Class 2B with their play even though his motive was clearly to keep Kuroko and Kagami away from each other. Luckily, Kuroko was able to turn it into his opportunity to tell Akashi and the other GoM members that it was his desire to pursue this thing between Kagami and himself. Even through Doll Princess' dialogues, he was sure that they understood Kuroko's sincerity.

Kuroko wasn't exactly certain at first if this was the right move, and maybe he was still questioning whether his feeling was real or this was just another phase of puberty. But honestly, Kuroko had to admit that he couldn't deny his attraction to Kagami anymore. When he and Kagami kissed onstage before, he had felt another surge of spark that clearly told him how he felt towards the taller red head, and judging from how earnest Kagami had kissed him back right after, he was sure that Kagami felt the same.

Kuroko could still feel the tingling sensation of Kagami's lips on his, the trace of heat that ignited fire of passion deep inside him, causing his heart to beat quicker and harder. Only Kagami could make Kuroko experience such feeling. Now, it was only the matter of whether both Kuroko and Kagami could acknowledge it to themselves and to one another, like the way Prince Kagami and Doll Princess professed their undying love towards each other, minus the dramatic part, of course.

"Akashi-san, Midorima-san, Kise-san, Aomine-san and Murasakibara-san, thank you very much for lending us your exceptional skill to succeed the play!"

Kuroko saw Sasaki bow deeply in front of the GoM group, the others following soon after with gratitude in their smile and gesture.

"You are welcome," Akashi nodded at them coolly and regally, as if he still played his part as a king. Still, that was his default attitude most of the time, so it was natural for him to look majestic.

"Ah, I'm glad that I could help at all!" Kise smiled cheerily, looking rather flustered despite the sparkle around his feature that screamed MODEL all the time.

"Well, it's Akashi's order…" Aomine responded rather awkwardly, scratching the back of his neck lazily while Midorima pushed his spectacles up his nose bridge, apparently trying to hide his face and discomfiture.

"It's nothing special," the green haired teen still flushed a little bit, though, judging from the pink cheeks. What a tsundere.

Murasakibara tilted his head aside slightly. "Payment, Sakura rice-cake from Class 3C…" he looked at the door longingly, seeming to want to hurry and go to get the compensation that Akashi had promised him earlier.

"You can get as many foods and drinks as you like in class 3C, all of you; on the house!" Ayasaki and Tamaki beamed at them while pushing them to crowd in one area, "-after we take memorial pictures, of course!"

"Kagami-kun! Kuroko-kun! Come here!" Sasaki called Kuroko and Kagami to move closer. Kuroko glanced at Kagami rather shyly as Kagami peered down at him bashfully. They were locking gaze in silence for a moment before Kuroko started to chuckle and Kagami bark a laugh.

"Yosh! Let's be number one class in this festival too!" Kagami reached out his hand to grab Kuroko's and pulled him to the others' direction.

"Yes!" Kuroko replied surely.

Kuroko was positive of one thing, though, that he was very glad for getting chosen to play as the lead character in Doll Princess play, because right now, he felt considerably closer with everyone in his class, not just Kagami, but also the class president Sasaki, the class vice-president Ayasaki, Tamaki-san, the girls in charge of costumes and background setting, the other guys that played the drama alongside him, (even) the GoM and Kagami, and especially with Kagami, his wonderful light.

I kind of wish this would last forever…-Kuroko couldn't help thinking as he, Kagami and all Class 2B plus the GoM (still in their respective drama-costumes) were photographed together in various poses and expressions. Then some days later, their pictures were proudly hung at the back of photography club room and 2B classroom, posted on the school board and website, while the copies were given to each class member and some were sent to the GoM members that participated in the play.

~Kagami x Kuroko~

Now it was the time for tidying up. But, of course the players had to remove their costumes and makeup first before that.

Kagami hurriedly got rid of his costume as soon as he entered the changing room, obviously because it was unbearably hot. "I will never agree to put on something as suffocating as this costume ever again," he grumbled darkly, pretty much annoyed because there were a lot of layers underneath the outer coat. How troublesome.

So humid…!-Kagami fanned himself with his hand while his other hand reached out for his regular spring uniform on the table. However, instead of his clothes, his fingers somehow touched something-… no; someone else's hand.

Kagami looked down and saw Kuroko, reaching for the same uniform. "Um…" Kuroko looked upward at him with his large baby blue eyes, still in his costume, and Kagami's heart beat harder for a second.

"Ah, s-sorry," he immediately pulled his hand back. "I thought that was mine… haha. Mine is over here, huh?" Kagami felt extra self-conscious after that while he was looking for the right clothing.

Aaah, sheesh! What the hell am I doing?! Why am I so flustered over such thing?!-Kagami couldn't help berating himself in the process of putting on his white button up shirt after he found it, because he knew something was wrong with him. He and Kuroko already kissed (even though it was just for a play), what was he so embarrassed about now? His hand only touched Kuroko's skin a little…

"My Prince…"

Kagami couldn't help remembering Doll Princess Kuroko looking at him with full of affection and his soft kissable pink lips getting closer to his own and…-AAAAAAARGH!-Kagami gave his head a mental kick for actually remembering something so… so unbelievably impure about Kuroko.

Yeah, he's just Kuroko! He's a guy! My teammate, partner as well as important shadow! Get a hold of yourself, ME!

"Kagami-kun."

Kagami snapped out from his mental meltdown with a loud yelp as he heard Kuroko's voice for real, but not like the soft heartfelt voice in his imagination, Kuroko's voice was dull and toneless as usual. "W-what?" Kagami hid himself slightly behind his black gakuran even though it was kind of too late to conceal his upper body since he already let everyone (the other boys that changed with them) saw it before he put on his white shirt.

"Um… this is rather discomforting, but could you help me with the zipper of this dress? It is hard to reach with my own hands," Kuroko said, turning his back on Kagami and sliding his fake hair up front of his shoulder so as to give Kagami easier access to the said zipper on his back.

"Eh?" Kagami was at a loss for a moment, forgetting that he was still buttoning up his own white shirt as he put down his gakuran back to the table. Then he noticed. The dark blue ribbons which covered Kuroko's dress on the chest and the waist area were already detached, leaving only the plain white-light blue dress to remove.

"The zipper, Kagami-kun," Kuroko repeated.

"Oh, okay…" Kagami absentmindedly reached out for the zipper and then pulled it down slowly, revealing more fair skin of Kuroko's back, and as his eyes unexpectedly met the dark corset, Kagami immediately gasped, his hand movement faltering before stopping completely.

"Kagami-kun?" Kuroko turned his head around slightly, tilting his face up with question in his eyes.

Kagami's head was instantly filled with vision of Prince Kagami slowly undressing Doll Princess Kuroko before their first night toget-NOOOOOOOOOOO!-and he banged his head in the nearest wall literally, surprising the other students who immediately turned to stare at him with odd look. I-I'm turning weiiiird…!-now Kagami cried inwardly from the shame, and the pain on his throbbing forehead.

"Kagami-kun, are you alright?" Kuroko turned around to look upward at him, part of the dress already sliding down his shoulder, revealing his bare upper arm and the black corset that covered his chest and Kagami couldn't help the sudden heat rushing up to his face and spreading like a blazing wildfire on his entire body at the erotic disheveled appearance Kuroko showed. Worse, Kuroko's long fake hair were still intact, strands of blue framing his beautiful face and falling down to his shoulder, creating an image of half-dressed maiden ready to get ravished.

Holy fuuuuuuck!-Kagami nearly had a nosebleed at the sight and jolted right away in shock when he realized that it wasn't just him that was attracted to Kuroko's messy and yet totally sexy appearance because all the boys were watching him with disconcerted expression as well.

Crap!

"Kuroko, come here!" Kagami had to instantaneously pull the bluenet away from the other guys, pushed Kuroko inside the changing booth and closed the curtain so as to hide him (and Kagami) from the others' sight.

#

Kuroko felt his body being pulled and pushed so suddenly, but Kagami's hand grip on his arm prevented the hard collision and only left a gentle press on his back as the taller teen backed him up against the wall of the changing booth. Kuroko stared at him, slightly confused as the read head pulled the curtain close.

"Ka-Kagami-kun…?" Kuroko really didn't know what happened. Kagami looked strange, his breath quick, short and shallow. Moreover, he seemed mortified for some reason. His eyes were wide and his irises seemed darker, pupils blown wide. Frankly, he looked rather scary, especially when his hand was still holding Kuroko's arm rather tightly.

No, it wasn't painful, but Kuroko felt the strange urgency. Something was going on inside Kagami's mind at that moment. Although Kuroko wasn't sure what it was, he could hear and feel the fast, hard thrumming of heartbeat from Kagami's chest in their very close proximity.

"Uh, umm… Kagami-kun, it is kind of… narrow in here…" Kuroko commented, for some reason unable to meet Kagami's eyes anymore because his own heartbeat started to pick up pace in Kagami's resonance and the air around them was getting too warm for his comfort.

W-what… what is this?-Kuroko couldn't help wondering on the inside, rather bewildered, even though he didn't really show it much in his face.

"S-sorry, but I just…" Kagami gulped slightly, his Adam's apple bobbing up and down, and his voice… his voice was lowered, and husky and-

Oh my God! He sounded sexy as hell!-Kuroko immediately realized that Kagami was kind of turned on. He could almost smell it now… the arousal.

"Ka-Kagami-kun…!" Kuroko tried to put a distance between Kagami and himself by putting his palms on Kagami's chest which unluckily (or very fortuitously) was still bare since his white shirt was still partially unbuttoned.

Upon the initial contact of Kuroko's slightly cool skin to his heated one, Kagami groaned lightly. "Nnh…!"

"Ah," Kuroko was of course surprised and pulled them back without delay as Kagami's both hands slammed into the wall behind Kuroko, just above his head. "Um… I-… that was…!" Now Kuroko didn't know what to do or say, his heart beating a mile per minute, and he could barely feel anything but the rush of blood to his own face and ears, Kagami's warm breaths on his hair and the increase of temperature in his own upon sensing Kagami's higher body heat. He didn't dare to look at Kagami's eyes at all, afraid of what he would see.

What- what should I do…?

"S-sorry, I just don't… I don't want them to see you like this…!"

…

…

"Eh?" Kuroko very slowly lifted his face upward, gradually looking at Kagami's red, blushing face, but the taller teen's eyes were closed now.

"You-… you really look like a girl, you know. They will get the wrong idea. They looked very weird and dangerous when they saw your appearance like this just now, so… hurry take off that wig and dress, and put on the damned school uniform properly!" Kagami raised his voice slightly, clenching his fists on the wall and keeping his eyes clenched shut while still flushing fervently.

Kuroko was dumbfounded for a second before-He's just embarrassed?-He turned scarlet instantly at his overly imaginative thinking and overreaction to Kagami's loss of composure. He was so ashamed such that he wanted the ground to open up and swallow him up right there and then.

Ah, jeez! What kind of dirty idea am I thinking?-Now Kuroko wanted to die for misjudging the situation completely. He thought Kagami would attack him, seriously! What was wrong with him!?

#

Kagami's heart was still beating erratically as if it had gone crazy. What kind of perverted things had he imagined at that moment after seeing Kuroko with such erotic look? He couldn't entertain the idea anymore or he would seriously molest Kuroko against his (Kagami's) own will.

"Kuroko, hurry up! Are you done yet?" Kagami knew he sounded (and was pretty much) desperate. He had to get away now, damn it! Before he lost control completely!

"Ah, b-but… the corset… I cannot get my hands on the lace…" Kuroko's sweet, shy voice worked miraculously in stimulating Kagami's unexplainable desire to touch his shadow even more.

Daaaamn!

"Ugh…! The-the lace? Where?" Kagami still dutifully closed his eyes, but he had to do something to help quicken the end of this surreal situation before he exploded for real. He pulled back slightly and lowered his hands to start loosely roam on Kuroko's back.

"Nnh…!"

Kagami faltered slightly as he heard the soft moan and he could feel Kuroko's tiny body flinch and tremble under his touches. The shorter boy even leaned forward to flush it against Kagami's chest. Kagami nearly squeaked, but his hands kept moving around to spot the said lace. Dear Lord…!-Kagami could feel Kuroko's (now) warm body in his embrace, so fucking close and tempting, but he couldn't do a damn thing about it! This is pure torture!

Kagami bit back a whimper as soon as his hand found the lace. With shaky fingers, he pulled open the knot of the string and tugged it slowly to loosen the material that bound Kuroko's body to fit in the dress which was still pooling at Kuroko's waist, by the way. Kagami could feel the material of the skirt part still remotely there after all. Well, it was slowly lowered to the ground… and it felt so erotic!

"Ka-Kagami-kun…" Kuroko's soft, throaty whisper caused Kagami's heart to pound painfully harder and sent his blood to one direction he didn't want most.

Shit! Shit! Shit! Why is he sounding like that?!-the imaginary alarm of danger had been blaring inside Kagami's head for awhile now; actually, since he realized how much alluring Kuroko was when he was half-dress, moreover almost fully undressed now. If this continued, Kagami didn't know what he would do to Kuroko. He had to get away! He already dropped the corset down and there was nothing that kept his and Kuroko's skin apart. Dangerous level 4!-He perfectly realized it, but why were his hands still attached on Kuroko's bare waist?!

"W-what?" Kagami's voice was already cracking damn it!

Aaaaa! Help meeee!

"M-my uniform… my uniform is still on-nn, on the outside," Kuroko stated, rather difficultly with the way his body pressed into Kagami's excited one.

"What?!" Kagami opened his eyes in surprise. "Idiot! Hurry and tell me that first!" He couldn't help blushing hard as his eyes caught a view of a naked Kuroko (save his boxer) in Kagami's hold.

GYAAAAAAH!-Kagami immediately raised the both of his hands up and frantically backed off until he was stumbled out of the changing booth and fell on his butt squarely on the floor.

At that particularly embarrassing scene, Kagami was immediately met with Kise's distressed shriek, Aomine's deep scowl, Midorima horrified face, Murasakibara's uninterested expression and last but not least, Akashi's icy murderous glare.

Uh-oh!-Kagami gulped warily seeing the threat looming around him, and yet he was still blushing like crazy too. Also, he couldn't think of any excuse (of his and Kuroko's predicament at that moment), so he shouted "Kuroko's uniform! Hurry!" at them while extending his hand as if it was the matter of life and death. Well, in a way, it was (for Kagami at least).

Aomine, still growling, lumped the material together and threw it at Kagami like a missile and Kagami delivered the uniform inside the changing booth from above since he didn't want to (absolutely couldn't) see Kuroko's body anymore than he already had.

"T-thank you…" from inside the booth, Kuroko vaguely showed his gratitude and Kagami just wanted all of this to be over so he could die in peace.

#

Outside the changing room, everyone already finished packing up their stuffs so the room could be used by the next class to prepare their own play, Kagami and Kuroko (along with the GoM) who were the last to get out from the changing room (for some reason the GoM's mood seemed worse while Kagami and Kuroko looked very tongue-tied) were relieved from the cleaning duty. Well, the GoM had nothing to do whatsoever since they weren't actually the members of the class.

"You've worked hard in the play, so leave this to us. Go play in the festival," Sasaki said with a grin, absolutely in total good mood.

"Ah, why don't you go to our planetarium class? See how the progress there?" Ayasaki suggested, turning absolutely absentminded as she ogled Kuroko and Kagami who were apparently very self-conscious because they were still expected to spend some more alone time together after the play.

Yep. Girls could dream, alright, especially if they were fujoshi.

"I want to eat first…" Kagami muttered while his stomach rumbled vociferously, as if supporting its own idea of spending free time.

"Kagami-kun… did you not just eat before the play?" Kuroko stared at him with a wry gaze.

"Can't help it! All those acting and nerve-wracking scenes make me hungry!" Kagami had a decency to look rather embarrassed at this. He still complained noisily, though.

"Understood, I will accompany you," Kuroko let out a weak sigh, but he gave Kagami a small cute smile afterwards, causing Kagami's cheeks to redden slightly.

"I-I'll buy you a drink…" Kagami looked another way, looking particularly nervous as he offered his hand without pointedly looking at Kuroko who only blinked once in a slight surprise before he chuckled.

"Just one drink?" Somehow, Kuroko's voice sounded witty even though the tone was as dry as leaf in autumn.

Kagami visibly flushed harder, his split eyebrows twitching a little. "F-Fine! As much as you want then!"

"Okay," Kuroko didn't keep Kagami waiting for too long. Without hesitation, he took the offered hand before they walked away from the great hall, hand in hand, in an awfully great, lovely, pinkish atmosphere.

"Aww~!" the girls sighed dreamily and blissfully seeing such pretty scene while the boys, who witnessed what occurred in the changing room earlier, couldn't help thinking uncomfortably that something really did happen between Kagami and Kuroko inside the booth.

#

"Uwaaah, they are so ridiculously lovey-dovey…!" Kise covered his face with both hands, still somewhat agitated and jealous, because his beloved Kuroko-chi had finally found the love of his life and now was enjoying every second of it without sharing. "And something like that happened in changing booth! Aaaa! Kuroko-chiiii!" then he sobbed once again in total aggravation.

"Shut up, Kise! You are embarrassing too! Stop whining!" Aomine grabbed Kise's neck with his arm as his free hand messed with the blond locks curtly in palpable frustration, disarraying Kise's hair completely.

"Waaah! Aomine-chi, you meanieeee!" Kise wailed after that, but he held onto Aomine's arms tightly, somehow, wanting to have some kind of leverage to finally let Kuroko go, out and free of their safe nest. Besides, Kise could vaguely feel that Aomine firmly holding him was probably the tan ace's own way to hold onto his willpower, or maybe he just needed someone to be there with him lest he broke down later.

Midorima, who was surprisingly the first one that could understand and was willing to let go (after much affronted grumbling about how inappropriate their conduct was in the changing room earlier), sighed in resignation seeing their friends infantile manners, before he turned to face Akashi who had been silent for awhile now. "Akashi," he called him slowly, his emerald eyes boring into the figure of their ex-captain, as if he were asking if the red head was okay.

Akashi only closed his mismatched colored eyes in response after constantly looking at the disappearing forms of Kuroko and Kagami in the distance. A few seconds later he opened them once again and returned Midorima's concerned gaze with a light smile.

"Tetsuya is happy. That's the most important thing," he said tranquilly before his eyes turned serious and ice-cold once again. "Let's just watch them from afar. If that Tiger makes Tetsuya cry… we will bury him together."

Of course the decision was final.

Midorima, plus Aomine and Kise (who accidentally heard it), paled slightly while screaming their heads off silently. Don't include us in your murder plan, damn it!-Sometimes, they didn't know why they still hung out together with their clearly unstable ex-captain.

"Let's get that reward, Aka-chin." Apparently, only Murasakibara didn't care about all the drama unfolding before him and decided to pursue the only thing he cared about beside Himuro and basketball, his precious snacks.

~Kagami x Kuroko~

"Congrats on the successful play!" Riko, along with all Seirin team, greeted both Kagami and Kuroko when they emerged from the class 3C entrance, with wide grins on their faces. Some looked ecstatic, some just plainly pleased and cheerful.

"Senpai… everyone…" Kuroko raised his eyebrows slightly in visible astonishment, seeing such immense greeting.

"Huh? You guys didn't see the next drama?" Kagami wondered. Even the first years were there after all.

"Not necessary! We know we will vote for your class, Senpai! That drama was so interesting and awesome!" the five freshmen, newest members of Seirin basketball team that enrolled this spring, talked rather excitedly as they looked at Kagami as if he was some kind of a hero.

Kagami couldn't help his cheeks heating slightly. "Ah, thanks for the vote, but please, quit with the reminder of the play already!" He could see Kuroko hiding his smile while the seniors were snickering at him.

"But seriously, Kagami-senpai was so manly, right? He actually kissed Kuroko-senpai and was perfectly cool with it!" one of the boys said, sounding truly amazed.

As if! They just don't know how mortified this ordeal was for me!-Kagami yelled inwardly while another wave of blush threatened to taint his face.

"Kuroko-senpai was very beautiful too in that getup! He was incredible as a Doll princess! He looked just like a doll that talked and moved earlier! Creepily gorgeous and completely fascinating from the start to the end!" another one praised, looking evidently awed while the others agreed instantly by nodding enthusiastically.

"Too bad there was no talent scout! They would have completely fallen in love with senpai's acting if they had seen it!"

"Thank you," Kuroko gave the fresh men an unruffled smile and they flushed in unison.

"Kuroko-senpai, so cuuuuute!" now all of them started to look like little puppies wagging their tails, trying to get attention from their master.

"Oi!" Kagami felt the dangerous aura from those first years when they started to talk to Kuroko more animatedly. Apparently, the influence of Doll Princess on Kuroko's image was really enhancing the bluenet's charm in attracting guys. This had to stop or they would start to look like those creepy GoM members and the guys in their class when Kuroko was changing earlier.

"Alright, alright, all of you! Calm down and let Kuroko and Kagami rest first before you guys bother them to death!" Luckily, Coach Aida was perceptive enough, probably noticing that Kagami started to get irritated with all the noises and clapped her hands three times to get all the first years attention (read: to shut them up). It thoroughly worked like a charm because the first years knew better than to disobey her.

"Kagami! Kuroko! Come sit with us!" Hyuuga called from his table at the corner for the rescue, gesturing for them to come closer. Beside him was Kiyoshi, still in his vampire outfit, smiling at them while waving as well.

"Osh! Let's go, Kuroko," Kagami grabbed Kuroko's hand once again and pulled him to approach their captain's table.

"Talk to you guys later," Kuroko waved at the first years who seemed disappointed that they couldn't fuss over him (and Kagami) again.

"Senpai, thanks for watching our drama play," Kagami said as he took a seat across Kiyoshi, while Kuroko dutifully sat beside him, in front of Hyuuga's.

"Yah, but that play was indeed very interesting. Although the part where the GoM started to show up one by one was very surprising," Kiyoshi laughed slightly at that.

"Not just surprising, it shocked the crap out of us, seriously. What was your class thinking using them like that?" Hyuuga shook his head looking rather exasperated.

"Eh… our class president is a very willful woman for one, and the GoM (by Akashi's order) were willing to substitute for five of our class' players that mysteriously got stomachache after eating some poisonous onigiri which suspiciously looked a lot like Coach Aida's deadly handmade ones…" Kagami explained aridly while Hyuuga's sweat dropped.

"Huh? Onigiri… ah, didn't Riko's onigiri bento get stolen today?" Kiyoshi raised his eyebrows.

"Ah, you're right!" Suddenly Hyuuga exclaimed, seeming to realize it as well. "Then, those onigiris were probably Riko's… but how come it ended in your class' provision?" he looked both Kagami and Kuroko ridiculously.

"We do not know, but there is a rumor that someone wanted to sabotage our class play," Kuroko supplied evenly.

"Impossible… did the GoM themselves do it? I mean… they clearly tried to destroy the plot in the play by interrupting here and there," Hyuuga speculated.

"Hmm… but what is their reason for helping in the play then? It doesn't add up if their motivation is sabotaging it in the first place, right?" Kiyoshi subtly argued.

"Then who…?"

"Well, who cares? In the end, we still could perform and the play was over. No use in dwelling on it. The most important thing is we successfully delivered it even under such terrible circumstances," at least Kagami felt the satisfaction from it and it was more than enough to care less about the mastermind behind the accident.

"Kagami-kun is right," Kuroko said, agreeing quietly and Kagami couldn't help glancing at him and catching the bluenet's small, adoring smile. He immediately averted his gaze, starting to feel self aware again of how attractive Kuroko was.

Apparently, the gesture didn't escape Hyuuga and Kiyoshi's attention because they grinned at them knowingly and Kagami's face heated even more. "W-what?" and now he felt defensive because he disliked being teased, even though they hadn't said anything.

"Nothing… I just feel somewhat envious of how close you guys are," Hyuuga commented, totally suggestive.

"Wha-?!" Kagami was ready to protest, but Kuroko beat him to it.

"Are you not close with Kiyoshi-senpai as well, Hyuuga-senpai?" and he was so damn composed as he said it. It was forthrightly annoying! How come Kuroko wasn't embarrassed being teased like that and actually had the nerve to tease back?!

"W-what? We- we aren't like-!" Hyuuga almost choked on his drink as he sputtered, but Kiyoshi just chuckled.

"Oh, Kuroko is very perceptive, huh?"

"Kiyoshi!" Now, Hyuuga looked mortified while his hands reached for Kiyoshi's neck to throttle the taller guy.

Kagami was dumbfounded. "Eh?"

"We are NOT like that!" Hyuuga denied very hard, totally flustered as he shouted at Kagami and Kuroko, but mostly at Kagami who really had no clue about it since Kuroko seemed to know something already.

"Ahaha, Hyuuga is just shy," Kiyoshi was still laughing, now trapping both Hyuuga's wrists in his vice grip.

"Kiyoshi, knock it off! Or I'm seriously gonna kick your ass!" Hyuuga threatened with frantic tone.

"No matter how much he denies it, one way or another he will have to face it sooner or later," Kiyoshi said, not clear if he spoke to Hyuuga or to Kuroko and Kagami because he didn't really make any sense while Hyuuga was still yelling at him to shut up. "It's definitely there after all," he smiled adoringly at Hyuuga now, who seemed to flinch before he got even more uncomfortable as his face reddened up to his ears.

"Y-you idiot…!" Hyuuga looked very embarrassed, but there was something in his expression that remotely resembling overexcitement.

Seriously?-Kagami hung his jaw open mouthed at the realization that both his seniors were apparently not just teammates anymore. Since when?

"Congratulation, Senpai," Kuroko said, still looking totally calm even though there was a tiny smile on his normally expressionless face.

"Nothing is worth congratulation at all!" Hyuuga reacted very badly at this, even though he visibly flushed even harder.

"Kagami and Kuroko too… don't evade the problem for too long," Kiyoshi added, pulling Hyuuga's closer despite the captain's loud protest and desperate effort to push him away.

Kagami looked down at his lap, suddenly feeling like bolting because his seniors were being lovey-dovey in front of him and Kuroko shamelessly (on Kiyoshi's part at least) and they apparently also sensed something about the 'changing' relationship between Seirin's light and shadow. Well, at least Kagami started to be aware that his feeling for Kuroko was complicated now because of what happened inside the changing room earlier. After all, he was indeed aroused when he held Kuroko's body. Friend didn't feel like that towards his male friend, but for some reason, his body reacted to Kuroko's voice, to the sight of his figure, to his touch, to his… appeal.

Kagami was probably falling for Kuroko, and no matter how much he denied that, it didn't change the fact that it was there, like what Kiyoshi said. But what about their friendship? Kuroko said they didn't need to label their relationship so soon, but without some kind of mark or label, how would Kagami know where he stood in Kuroko's life? He even felt possessive already as seeing firsthand how other people making eyes at Kuroko pissed the hell out of him.

Kagami was jerked out of his reverie when he felt a gentle touch on his hand and he noticed that Kuroko had slipped his fingers between Kagami's own, to his surprise. Kuroko didn't face his way, but- "We will try our best, Senpai," when the bluenet affirmed it, Kagami instinctively returned the comforting squeeze with his own firm one.

Maybe it is the right time to go there. To come back to that place and face this properly…-Kagami convinced himself. He already liked Kuroko enough, probably more than anyone else. He didn't know if this 'like' was the same as 'love', but he and Kuroko could nurture it. Kagami knew he wanted to treasure his relationship with Kuroko. But most of all, he realized fully that would cherish Kuroko himself.

~Kagami x Kuroko~

Midorima Shintarou was completely spent after he parted ways with the other GoM. He was tired beyond believe because he not only failed his purpose in coming to Seirin Spring Festival, but also helped accomplish the improvement of things he didn't wish to see at all.

Midorima never said it out loud, but he treasured his GoM friends very much, really. Seeing them scattered around the first time was hard enough, but now he had to witness their ex-Sixth Phantom Player leave the shell once again to be together with that red haired buffoon. Even though he kind of understood now after seeing how sincere and compatible they were for each other, he still felt like a father sending his own daughter to her marriage. It was acutely bizarre.

"Because all of you are my beloved family…"

It was all because Kuroko (Doll Princess) said something like that. Midorima couldn't help taking that line seriously. They were indeed like a family after all. Now he just hoped that Kagami Taiga really could make Kuroko happy.

Midorima sighed as he fished out the straw doll he had made to curse Kagami initially, but now he could only stare at it attentively because cursing Kagami would only upset Kuroko. "You'd better take good care of him." He couldn't help muttering forebodingly, though.

"Oh, Great Wizard Midorima!"

Midorima winced at the name call and whirled around to glare scathingly at the owner of that familiar playful voice. "Shut it, Taka-!" he almost snapped, but his voice died in his throat as his eyes caught the shorter dark haired teen with a bouquet of flowers on his hand. "What the-!?"

Takao grinned ear to ear. "Congrats on becoming the most amazing wizard in the play, Shin-chan!" he then thrust the bouquet on Midorima's arms.

"W-what is this?" Midorima was perplexed when he accept it, totally baffled as he stared at the pink flowers. It was Sakura petals huddled together and wrapped with A3-sized drawing paper and tied with a green ribbon at the bottom. It didn't look sloppy, but it was too ordinary for something to sell as well. Did Takao make this himself?

"Flowers for you, obviously!" Takao beamed. "Yah… Shin-chan was very great as the wizard earlier! Seriously, you got the most screen time after the king, you know! Even more than the lead characters!" he snickered as Midorima's cheeks heated.

"T-that's because Akashi kept butting in the scenes that weren't his part. Someone had to pull him back," Midorima pushed his glasses up his nose bridge, trying to conceal his embarrassment.

"But still, I'm glad I get to see Shin-chan's fatherly side!" Takao's teasing grin widened if it was possible. He looked like a cat eating a canary now.

"It-it was just an act!" Midorima protested, his face flaming even more.

"Ahaha! Shin-chan is being tsundere again!" Now Takao laughed heartily, causing Midorima to blush even harder.

"Takao!"

"But really, Shin-chan… you have worked hard there. I'm sure Kuroko will appreciate it and treasure your feeling that cherishes him well as his ex-teammate and his family," now the Hawk Eyes owner reached up to ruffle Midorima's hair, smiling gently and understandingly.

Midorima was astounded at that. He didn't know why, probably because of those damned Hawk Eyes, but Takao could always see something that he desperately wanted to hide from other people, whether it was his feelings or anything else. It was seriously infuriating. But sometimes, Midorima was glad that he had Takao there with him too, because then he didn't have to say anything and yet there was someone that completely understood him without even trying.

"Shin-chan… you're being awfully quiet. Have you fallen for me?" Takao's teasing streak was back, completely ruining the mood and cause the irate vein to pop on Midorima's head.

"You…!" Now Midorima felt like strangling his partner for being a tactless fool. Yeah, he remembered then. "Right, what was that about earlier in the middle of the play? Saying something so misleading like that in public…! Have you no shame at all?" He reprimanded after that.

"Well, of course it was to make the play merrier and to tease Shin-chan because Shin-chan's reaction is hilarious," now Takao guffawed, frustrating Midorima very much.

"Quit that kind of joke! I hate it most when you make fun of something like that!" Midorima reached Takao's collar and shouted closer to his face.

"Eeh? But it wasn't a joke," Takao said in defense, confusing Midorima because didn't he just say that he just wanted to tease him? "True, the purpose was to mess with Shin-chan, but I really meant every word I screamed there. I get jealous if Shin-chan, even if it's only your persona, is made to fall for another guy aside me," he said while reaching his hand up to cup Midorima's cheek.

Midorima could only widen his eyes, taken aback and very dumbfounded. "Eh?"

"Shin-chan is dense too," Takao just smiled and leaned upward to give Midorima a kiss at the corner of his mouth, causing Midorima to explode in blazing crimson color instantly, bewildered and totally flabbergasted.

"Y-you…! W-why did you suddenly do that?!" He covered his mouth with the back of his hand, almost falling down as he stepped back because his knees buckled slightly.

"It's not sudden, Shin-chan. Sheesh… it's because I like Shin-chan, of course! It's been for awhile now," Takao put his hands on his own waist, pouting slightly. "But Shin-chan never realizes it despite my effort to seduce you and tease you all the time. I get tired of waiting," he huffed.

"Seduce-what?" Midorima was sure that his face was as red as tomato now because it felt burned, so hot like a furnace, and he was still trying to wrap his disturbed mind up to the fact that Takao was crushing on him all this time and he had never noticed it. He thought that all the teasing was for Takao's amusement after all, so he never took it seriously.

"Well, but that Doll Princess play really inspired me, so… Shin-chan, let's date!" now Takao moved forward and invaded Midorima's personal space again, causing the green haired boy to back off until his back hit the wall behind him while Takao's extended arms trapped his body from both sides.

"Ta-… Takao…?" Midorima's heart beat so hard and fast in… in anticipation now. He didn't know why, but Takao's clear, enticing grayish-blue eyes pinned his emerald orbs with desire and he couldn't move because of it.

"Shin-chan… I like you very much. How about you?" Takao asked, and he seemed bearing his heart so openly, offering it to Midorima on silver platter, either to accept or to destroy. It was Takao risking their entire friendship and partnership, and Midorima felt like he could burst any moment now.

Takao was so forward and there was no hesitation in his words and eyes. It was the first time Midorima saw someone feel so strongly for him. Even though it was quite awkward, Midorima couldn't say he wasn't happy. Midorima looked another way for a moment before he gazed back at Takao's unyielding stare. He couldn't run away from those eyes… those eyes that saw him through completely.

Though, it would be very embarrassing to say it out loud, so Midorima answered Takao's confession with something he could do through gesture. He slowly lifted his hands to frame Takao's face before he leaned into him and kissed Takao on his lips softly.

When Midorima pulled back, Takao's face was flushed pink, looking very happy and delighted. "I love you, Shin-chan!" He immediately hugged Midorima tightly, sounding very excited and giddy. Now Midorima realized fully why he could easily understand Kuroko's feeling when he decided to leave the nest.

It was because someone special… someone like Kagami Taiga and Takao Kazunari, who saw them for who they are instead of what they are, who willingly opened their arms and caught them unconditionally even after they wore off their title as the Generation of Miracle.

Even if they were just merely Kuroko Tetsuya and Midorima Shintarou….

End of Chapter 13

Tbc...

A/N: Wait a damn second! Why did MidoTaka hook up first before KagaKuro?! *shocked* That… that last part was purely accidental, I swear. I actually want to show the 'changing' relationship for the GoM more… subtly, but Takao's personality ruined it completely *ugh*. Oh, and sorry for getting carried away in making KagaKuro fan-service, even though technically nothing really happened… haha, poor Kagami. Anyway, hope you guys enjoy reading this chapter as well as I do making it. It was totally FUN! XD Feed back?

Chapter 14

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