Hi.

After a heated match, Seirin lost to Touou, by a lot. Unfortunately, due to some circumstances ahemSei-chanahem, Aya was unable to attend.

But of course, being the caring cousin Midorima was, he told her about the match at a cafe. But she was sure that he told her before that he had no interest in attending a match between two idiots.

"Shin-chan, why are you carrying that... thing?"

"It's today's lucky item."

"B-but... It's a... horse mask thing..."

"And what about it?"

He should be at least a bit uncomfortable carrying a horse mask thing every where he goes. Weirdo.

Ah. Aya was bored. Sayu was with stupid MiyuBitch again. Sei-chan was busy. Reo was getting a manicure/pedicure. Kotarou was doing whatever he did on the weekends. Eikichi was at an all-you-can-eat buffet. Chihiro, well, you know, light novels and stuff.

Ahhh, so bored.

Should she do some work and be productive? Nah, there's time for it later.

She could always try out new recipes, but the guys and Sayu weren't there to taste. The maids would just say nice things and stuff.

Should she just go to the convenience store? Why not?

Aya stood in front of the shelves, eyebrows scrunched, rubbing her chin in deep thought.

Should I get the maiubo? Or the chips? If I get the maiubo, it's cheaper by like fifty cents, but there's more chips in that pack. If I get the chips, there's more, but then the Pringle's have more. But the Pringle's are more expensive. But if I buy two cans of Pringles, it's cheaper than two bags of chips. But I really want to eat maiubo right now. But- Is that?

...

Holy mother of coffee! It's the limited edition of the Super-Duper Nutella Cookies(clearly made up)! It's cheaper than the Pringles.. But the maiubo.. If I buy it all, it'll get heavy... But the cookies..

Since when was shopping at the convenience store so hard?...

So in the end, Aya bought one pack of maiubo, one can of Pringle's, and three packs of the Super-Duper Nutella Cookies.

Right when she exited the store, Aya spotted a person with purple hair hunched over. When she stepped closer to them, she heard the guy mumble some stuff.

"Sniff... No money... Muro-chin isn't here... sniff... Hungry... Maiubo..."

She could even hear his stomach growl from where she was standing.

"Um.. Excuse me? Are you okay?"

The person turned his head and looked down at her. His face was, uh, like a crying baby? Tears were running down his face, lips were quivering, snot running down his nose.

Aya came to a stop. Wait. Purple hair. Super tall even though he was hunched over. Yosen uniform. Her face was blank.

"Murasakibara...-san?"

The tall giant sniffed and tilted his head like a baby.

"Eh? Who are you?"

Quick author's note thing. Imagine him in chibi form, tears in his eyes, sniffing, and saying 'Eh? Dare?' -who are you- while tilting his head XD. That'd be hilarious.

"A-ah! No one in particular.. I just.. Noticed that you were there! Um... Do you want maiubo?"

At the word maiubo, his personality changed immediately. He held her hands in his while looking deeply into her eyes. His eyes were also sparkling.

"Maiubo? I want. I want. Please."

Aya shakily chuckled and slowly took out the pack of maiubo.

It was almost 4. Aya was sitting on the swings at a park. Kids were still there with their parents. While chewing on her cookie, she was reminded of how her newly bought maiubo was all eaten by Murasakibara, who she started to address as Mura-san. His name was way too long.

His hair was long, his legs were long, his arms were long, his name was long. Everything about the guy was long. Sigh. (Author wiggles eyebrows. Hehe)

As she sat alone, Aya started to reminisce about the past days with her friends. The memories with them weren't all nice, but they weren't bad either. Sort of.

There was that one time where they 'accidentally' ditched her when she was waiting for her coffee at Starbucks.

It was a bright sunny day, perfect for a nice, cool cup of frappucino.

Aya was blissfully standing in line, waiting to order her coffee. But unfortunately for the boys (Aya didn't care), the line was dreadfully long. Why? Starbucks just recently released 6 new flavors for their 20th anniversary and people were dying to try them out.

So was Aya.

So the boys waited and waited. Sayu simply left to an anime store across the mall and left the boys to deal with her sister. Pretty sad, actually.

It had been at least five minutes, and Aya was still waiting in line. Akashi started to look at the coffee beans and compared them to his quality ones. Reo was in the bathroom. Kotarou was looking at the menu. Eikichi was looking at the food. Chihiro read his book.

Ten minutes. Akashi sat down in silence. Reo still hasn't left the bathroom. Kotarou was on his phone. Eikichi was still looking at the food. Chihiro snuck off somehow.

Fifteen minutes. Akashi was getting impatient. Reo probably died in the bathroom. Kotarou started to whine so Akashi asked for some tape to shut him up. Eikichi started lifting cups. Chihiro was somewhere.

Twenty minutes. The boys left. Aya finally got her coffee.

"Guys?"

Aya spent at least an hour finding all of them. If it wasn't for Akashi, who was at the store next to Starbucks looking at blades, it would've taken longer. Actually, she might have never found them at all.

And there was that time when they made a cake for her but messed it up.

In front of Aya stood her kitchen. In her kitchen stood six people. Those six were Sayu, Akashi, Reo, Kotarou, Eikichi, and Chihiro. They were messy people. She could tell.

How, you ask? Simply because they were covered in flour, their aprons smeared with chocolate, slimy egg shells in their hair, etc. Except Akashi. He was as prim and proper anyone could be.

Apparently they were trying to bake a cake because it had been one month since Aya became their manager. But the problem was, they had no knowledge in baking.

Akashi, as he said himself, tried his best to contain those buffoons from doing anything bad. But then they threw flour at him, so he decided to not take part in the stupid act. He also borrowed her shower to clean up.

The others however, were dirty from top to bottom. When she asked why they didn't ask the cooks to help, they replied, 'We wanted to make it ourselves.'

When she saw the cake, it was not exactly decent looking. But it was better than expected. Sort of? It looked sort of edible, aside from the amount of egg shells she spotted in the thing.

It's the sentiment that counts, right?

She made them clean up. Sei-chan didn't exactly do anything so he just sat there and ate some cookies. It took them about three hours to clean up.

Then there was that one time they almost lost Ao and Shiro.

It all started when Kotarou decided to take Ao and Shiro, Aya's beloved doggies, on a walk to the park.

But suddenly, before Kotarou could react, a cat trotted by and stuck its tongue out at the dogs and ran away. (I don't even know) Then the dogs' leashes somehow escaped Kotarou's grasp and then a wild goose chase began.

The poor boy was frightened to death when he lost sight of the dogs. He ran everywhere looking for them but to no avail.

As a last ditch effort, he called all his teammates to help him search.

Aya was happily whipping up some batter in the kitchen when she saw her two dogs come in. She looked around for her senpai, but he wasn't there.

"I thought you two were with Kotarou… I guess he left. Eh, whatever."

And she continued making her cake.

"Oh my god, Aya-chan will have my head when she finds out.."

"Just get her two new dogs."

"You can't just replace dogs, Eikichi! They're man's best friends!"

"Tch. Says who. Not me. Those mutts are just plain annoyance."

"Sei-chan, you can't say that! It hurts the dogs' feelings."

"And I'll hurt your face."

"..."

After one hour of trying to locate the dogs, the boys gave up. They could be anywhere right now. Heck, someone might have even dognapped them.

The guys walked back to Aya's house in awkward silence while Kotarou sniffled about getting killed by Aya.

"Sniff… Now Aya-chan will definitely kill me… I lost her precious doggies… Reo-nee, make sure my grave says 'Forgive me, Ao and Shiro'."

"Alright."

"Actually, you might not have to die. Well, maybe."

"What are you saying, stupid gorilla.. I'm going to die by the hands of my friend.. I hope she makes it quick and painless.."

"The dogs are with her."

"I just hope the dogs are safe- Wait what."

Through the windows of the mansion, they could see Aya playing with the two dogs.

"Are you serious."

When Aya found out, she was definitely upset. But not enough to make her want to kill Kotarou. From that day on, she never let him walk her dogs anymore.

And just two days ago, they got into a fight about Aya.

June 8

"Aya! Did you know? Today is National Best Friend Day!"

"I know. And what about it?"

"I'm your best friend right?"

Sayu stared at Aya, expecting a yes. But Aya just stared back, creating an awkward silence between the two.

".. Right?"

"Um… Yea."

"Yay!"

"Aya-chan! You're my best friend, right?"

"E-eh?"

Kotarou was literally bouncing up and down while smiling widely.

"Right? Right?"

Honestly, people expected way too much for her. How would she know if they were her best friend. Coffee and chocolate were her besties. Goodness.

"Sure-"

"Pshh, of course not. Aya's MY best friend. You said so before right?"

"Um.."

"Noooo! You're her sister! I'm her best friend."

Sayu and Kotarou continued to argue about being Aya's best friend. Then, her phone rang. It was Kise.

Joy.

"Hello?"

"Ayacchi! I asked Kasamatsu-senpai if he was my best friend, but he kicked my and told me to go to hell! Am I your best friend. Tell me I am! Please! I'm so lonely right now!-"

"I heard that Kuroko-kun misses you, maybe you could go say hi to him. Don't mention me."

"Oh yea! Kurokocchi! Okay! Tha-"

"Bye."

"Was that Ryouta?"

Oh, it was Sei-chan. Aya nodded. Well, at least Sei-chan wasn't the type to proclaim that someone was his best friend. And he wasn't. Thank heavens. But. She wanted to confirm something.

"Sei-chan… " She started, not willing to look him in the eye. "Am I your best friend?"

Sayu and Kotarou immediately stopped fighting and looked at them, jaws dropped. There was an uncomfortable silence in the gym.

"Actually, forgot I asked anything. This is just plain awkward."

But needless to say, what she said to him left Akashi in deep thought for the rest of the day.

"Hehe.." Aya quietly laughed to herself. "Sei-chan never actually told me if I was. Not like I expected him to say anything anyway."

By now, the kids have already gone home with their parents. It was getting late, Sayu should have been back by now.

Just as she started to head back, Aya came across an overly adorable puppy. Like a super adorable one. It had black and white fur with the cutest blue eyes. Carefully picking the puppy up, Aya stared into it's eyes.

Unable to resist the urge to cuddle the pup, she hugged it closed to her while silently squealing at its cuteness.

"Excuse me.. "

Aya looked up. No one was there. She looked around her. No one.

"Miss?"

Then she saw a blue haired boy in front of her. She nearly screamed in surprise.

"You… You nearly gave me heart attack."

"My apologies. But can I have Nigou back?"

Nigou? Aya looked down. This puppy?

"Oh.. Sure."

She awkwardly handed him to puppy. Now that she thought about it, the two looked strangely alike. It was definitely the eyes. It was adorable yet creepy at the same time. Having a pet that looked exactly like you? Weird.

"Thank you. Have a nice day."

And with that he left her standing there.

Wait. Aya's eyebrows scrunched up. Wasn't that? Kuroko? The guy that nobody ever saw? Two people from the Generation of Miracles in a day? This was too much for her. She should just go home and have a nice warm bath. Yes, that seems nice.