A/N: Instead of making separate stories for each of the Generation of Miracles, I've decided to write one big one together. And it satisfies me the fact that I'm writing another Akashi fic again! Also, in this, instead of them being teenagers playing high school basketball, they are professional basketball players that play basketball for a living. It'll just be more fun, wouldn't it?

It all started the day Akashi got a new neighbour.

Akashi never bothered with his neighbours; he was either away from his home for weeks or he would lock himself in the apartment for days. If anything, Akashi had never once seen his neighbours before. But that day, fate pulled Akashi to meet with his new neighbour.

~.~

Akashi entered the building and although his face was expressionless, he was a little surprised at the furnitures in the lobby and the movers coming in and out. He was also a little pissed at the fact that it was difficult for him to get his letters. While sorting through his letters, Akashi entered the elevator and pressed for his floor as some movers stepped in.

The elevator arrived at his floor and Akashi stepped out. This time, he showed a little shock expression when the movers got out on his floor too. "Where would you like these boxes, miss?"

"In the master bedroom please."

Akashi froze at the voice. Normally a guy who wouldn't mind others' business, Akashi stepped back a little from his door and peeked a little into the apartment next door. His eyes widened for a split second when he saw who it was and looked away quickly.

What was she doing here?

Before his new neighbour could see him, Akashi walked into his apartment and closed the door behind him. He threw his letters on the coffee table and headed straight upstairs of his penthouse apartment, going into his bedroom. He messed up his nice and tidy room, in search of something. He softly cursed himself; he always looked at it, why was it that he couldn't remember where it was?

After ten minutes of wrecking his room, Akashi found what he was looking for in his walk-in closet. He lifted the box and went down to the living room, opening the box and emptying all its contents. Finally calmed down a little, Akashi looked through everything. He picked up a photo delicately, smiling a little at the person in the photo. He then moved on to the DVDs inside the box.

He used to stay up all night, watching the dramas that were in those DVDs; all because that one person was in it. That one person who moved in next door. That one person whose name was Matsuoka Haruka.

~7 years ago~

"Who would have thought that Akashi would get a girlfriend?" Kise sighed a little, watching as his red head friend leave school with a girl by his side.

"Does it not annoy you that he's going out with Haruka-san?" Kuroko asked, looking at Aomine. "She's your best friend after all."

Aomine scowled and looked away from the window. "She can do what she likes. And it's not like I can oppose Akashi and make them break up now, can I?" he mumbled, kicking a chair nearby over. "But seriously...what do they have in common? I really don't see them as a couple."

"So Akashicchi's type is a cute girl... . Do you think Akashicchi is Rukacchi's fan?"

"Akashi-kun doesn't watch television, does he? I don't think he would know what kind of job Haruka-san has."

"I don't think we should talk about Ruka-hime's relationship. Let's go, I feel like playing some street basketball."

"Aominecchi is just jealous, isn't he? Your princess has been taken!"

~Presently~

Akashi grabbed his wallet and jacket, heading for the door and slipped his shoes on, making sure his keys were in his pocket before heading out. "Hurry up!" Akashi frowned a little and opened the door, seeing Aomine standing in front of his door. "Oh, Akashi?" Aomine frowned. "Ah! No wonder the address sounds so familiar! I forgot that you live here too."

"Okay, okay! I'm ready now, let's go. Geez," Haruka exclaimed, closing the door behind her.

She stopped when she saw Akashi and frowned at Aomine who claimed that he didn't tell Akashi. "I live here," Akashi stated, pointing at his front door. "Did you tell her that I lived here?" Aomine shook his head and Haruka rolled her eyes.

"Always the big-headed Akashi Seijuro. Let's go, Ao, I'm hungry," Haruka said, putting her gloves on and walked past Akashi as if he was a stranger on the street and pressed for the elevator.

Aomine shrugged at Akashi, giving his friend a greeting before following Haruka who was already waiting for him in the elevator. As soon as Aomine stepped in, Haruka pressed the button, leaving Akashi behind coldly. Standing in the awkward silence, Aomine leaned on the wall of the elevator, watching as the numbers decreased as they went from the highest floor all the way to the bottom.

"I don't want to talk about it, Ao," Haruka said, walking out of the elevator and greeted the guard who was on duty.

"I didn't say anything."

"But you were thinking it," she said, looking at her best friend. "I just want to treat you to your favourite Teriyaki burger."

"And that makes everything okay because? How long have you not talked to Akashi for?"

Haruka didn't reply but instead, walked in front of Aomine. Just as Aomine was going to give up, Haruka held up five fingers behind her head to answer Aomine's question.

"Did you break up with him? When did it happen? It was before graduation, wasn't it?"

"You're awfully talkative today, Ao. I don't like it."

Aomine sighed but put on a smirk, putting his arm around her shoulders and pulled the petite female into his arm. "Okay then, we'll just head for this Teriyaki burger in silence. It's still your treat, right?"

Over the years, Aomine had slowly adapted to Haruka's change in behaviour. Ever since her break up with Akashi, Haruka was different. She was no longer the princess Aomine knew. Haruka smiled less and became more chic rather than her normal cute self. He honestly could not remember the last time Haruka laughed. She would smile but Aomine could tell that there was sadness behind it.

~.~

"Where have you been?" Chinatsu asked, not even giving Aomine a look as he walked in.

Recently, their relationship was experiencing a little bump. After their last argument, Chinatsu had been cold toward Aomine and they never had much of a conversation since. "I was with Ruka-hime," Aomine stated, hanging his keys on the wall next to the door as he took his shoes off. "I told you."

"Oh really? Well, is your princess doing well?"

Aomine had met this side of Chinatsu many times. Aomine knew it wasn't that she didn't trust him, she just couldn't help her jealousy because she was never given security in her life. It was hard for her to trust him in the first place. "She's doing well. She moved in to her new place," he said. "She saw Akashi again."

"Akashi? Akashi Seijuro?" Chinatsu frowned. "He broke her heart. How did she react?"

"I...I don't know exactly what she was thinking. She just sort of...brushed him off," Aomine shrugged. "She'll be fine. What did you do today?"

"I filmed today," she said, looking at him. "A new drama. Another one you're probably too busy to watch again."

"Chinatsu..."

"What are all the names of Haruka's dramas? What did she model for? What did she advertise for? I bet you know all of those."

"Chinatsu, we talked about this. Ruka-hime is my friend and my friend only. If I don't have time to watch your new drama, I don't have time to watch any of her dramas. I don't even own a single magazine she's ever been in. You're the only one for me, Chinatsu. Just remember that."

Aomine walked over to Chinatsu and hugged her from behind, a rare sight of affection of the basketball player who was cool and ruthless on the court. "You have a game tomorrow, don't you?" Chinatsu asked softly. "What time is it?"

"Are you coming to see me tomorrow?"

"Might as well come and see my dumb foreigner," she said, looking at him and pulled away from the hug. "So what time is it?"

"We'll go together," Aomine smiled, kissing her hand. "And you can see how cool I actually am on the court."

"As cool as you can get wrapped around my fingers," Chinatsu smirked. "Go and get a shower, you stink."

~Next Day~

Chinatsu sat by herself in the VIP seats, looking around as the court began filling up with spectators. She jumped a little when someone moved to sit next to her. "Oh, Chinatsu-san," Haruka smiled, looking at her friend. "I didn't know that you were going to be here. Do you not have schedule today?"

"I'm free today so I came to watch Daiki," Chinatsu explained. "Are you here alone? Did Daiki invite you?"

"I invited her," Kise said, sitting down next to Haruka and handed the snacks and drinks to her. "Hello, Chinatsu. I haven't seen you in a while but I have seen you on TV. I love your dramas."

"I saw your modelling. You're quite a hit nowadays. They seem to really love you and Haruka paired together."

"Ah...so you've seen those magazines too..." Kise laughed a little. "My manager found out that I know Rukacchi so he asked for us to do a shoot together. We didn't think that we would get such a good reaction."

"You guys look good together," Chinatsu smiled, looking at the duo. Her smile seemed more relax as she looked onto the court. "Does Daiki know about you guys?"

Kise chuckled as Haruka punched his arm. "Okay, okay...I promised Rukacchi that I would clear this up for her. We're not a couple," Kise said, smirking a little. "Although who wouldn't like Rukacchi to be their girlfriend, right? But yeah, we're not a couple. That was just a gimmick, nothing else."

Meanwhile~

Akashi knocked on the door for the locker room and the players inside looked up. They were surprised to see Akashi and all stood up to greet the big shot in the basketball world. "Can I talk to you, Daiki?" he asked. The tanned male frowned a little and finished up tying his shoelaces, going out of the locker room with Akashi. "I think you should know that I don't like beating around the bush. You know what I want to talk about."

"What about Ruka-hime do you want to know about?"

"How is she doing?"

"Great. You can see that from her work."

"I'm not talking about her job. I'm talking about her."

Aomine looked at Akashi and sighed a little. "I hate how both of you are so stubborn...if you want to know about her, ask her," he stated. The look from Akashi, however, made Aomine feel a little nervous. "But um...since both of you refused to talk to each other, I suppose I can tell you. She's doing great. She's healthy and has a steady job with an income."

"Does she have a boyfriend?"

Aomine was a little stun from the question but composed himself to answer the question. "Not that I know of. I mean, she has that thing with Kise but I don't think it really means anything."

"Ryouta? They're still in touch?"

"Ruka-hime kept in touch with all of us. Well, except Midorima. She has a few modelling jobs with Kise so they see each other quite often. She goes out for milkshakes with Kuroko quite often as well. She's always with me and Chinatsu, needless to say and I hear that she has a coffee with Murasakibara sometimes too."

"It's good to know she's doing well."

"And you? None of us knew when you guys broke up and all I knew was that Ruka-hime was pretty upset back then. She's still really different from before but...I guess she moved on."

Just then, Aomine's team came out from the locker room, going to the court and saving Akashi from answering Aomine. "Do well, I will be watching," he said to his friend, heading out.

The game started and to no surprise, Aomine's team was leading by a lot thanks to Aomine. During half time, the players took a break and the spectators began focusing on something else. The camera panned to the VIP seats and Haruka and Kise appeared on the screen. Akashi stared at the screen and a frown appeared on his face.

He definitely did not feel good about this fake couple.

"Oh, we're on the screen, Rukacchi!" Kise smiled, pointing at the screen.

Haruka looked up and nearly choked on her drink, wiping her mouth as she smiled and waved as the spectators screamed. They started chanting for them to kiss and Haruka shook her head, waving her hands at the same time to deny it but Kise was enjoying himself a little too much. "I know what's going on in your mind, don't you even dare," Haruka warned.

"Oh come on, Rukacchi, this is kiss cam!"

Kise leaned in close but Haruka pushed him away, resisting. Akashi frowned at the scene, getting up and left.

~.~

"As expected, Ao's team won," Haruka smiled.

Kise and Haruka were leaving by another route since they were both celebrities. As soon as they left, Kise was suddenly grabbed by the collar and pushed up against the wall. Although shorter than Kise, Akashi was no less threatening to Kise. "You were having a lot of fun, weren't you, Ryouta?" Akashi hissed, wrapping his hands around Kise's throat. "Do you know who you're playing with?"

"Akashicchi..." Kise choked, trying to get Akashi's hands off his throat.

"Aka-chan!" Haruka gasped and tried pushing him away from Kise. However, seeing Haruka protecting Kise only made Akashi angrier as his hands tightened around Kise's throat. "AKA-CHAN!"

Haruka in distress was more than enough to calm Akashi down as his hands loosened and Haruka pushed him away, attending to Kise. Once she made sure Kise was fine, she turned around and slapped Akashi hard across the cheek.

"What is wrong with you? Why would you do that to Kise-kun?" Haruka questioned. "I'm not your property. I can do whatever I like with whoever I like. You and I broke up five years ago and you just proved that I did the right thing! Come on, Kise-kun, let's go."

Akashi stared after Haruka, touching his cheek where she slapped him.

This was the first time he was dumbfounded.