Title: Unspoken Words

Summary: Hanamiya is not ready to change right away, but Kuroko still wants to thank him for the small things.

Word Count: 837 Words

I have random HanaKuro friendship/romance drabbles in my head, so I thought I would make a place to dump them all. I don't have a schedule for these things, it is mostly just whenever I please. Hope you enjoy this one.

The arduous journey of clenching the Winter Cup championship ended with Seirin inviting the rival teams, and old and new friends to a party at their school's basketball gymnasium. The High Schoolers were thankful to the Dean (who had scolded them in the Spring Semester for their roof-top declaration), for arranging a celebration for the two-year old team, and were excited to open the doors to find large quantities of food, drinks, and several tables and chairs along with the basic bleachers to accommodate all of the family, friends, and fans of the new, rising stars. It was a wonderful treat.

Before the Seirin regulars could eat and stretch their tired limbs, their friends from the nearby schools Shuutoku and Touou marched in with newly acquired, congratulatory presents for the winners of Winter Cup. Soon Seiho, Kaijou, Yosen, Senshinkan, Fukuda Sogo, and Rakuzan joined them in the gymnasium with basketballs and a few more snacks to add to the festivities, and a friendly game of basketball emerged from the guests that had not exhausted themselves from playing earlier (Kagami wished to play, but his body was completely drained from being in the zone for so long). As Kuroko was instructing Kise on the proper way to hold Tetsuya Number Two, the Kirisaki Daiichi members strolled in and Hanamiya had a large bouqet in his arms.

Kiyoshi smiled at the genius, bad boy - he must have invited Hanamiya to the party not expecting the other to show up - and he ignored Hyuuga's request to kick the fellow, Uncrowned King out of the building. When the hulking, Center player decided to get up from his chair, the phantom followed quickly behind his upperclassman to make sure Kiyoshi's weakened knee did not cave and cause him to tumble. As they approached the cheating team, Teppei and Tetsuya noticed that the bouquet was strange. It did not appear to be the traditional type of mixed arrangement that someone would pluck up from an ordinary, flower shop. There was too much peach and white (Peace and Prosperity), and the flowers themselves - Sweet Pea flowers, Asphodels, and Azaleas - were rarely paired together based on appearances alone. The invisible, sixth man of the Miracles was shocked. Asphodels, the tiny white flowers that made the bouquet look healthy and full, meant "I'm sorry." The beautiful, Sweet Peas were a symbol of good bye, literally meaning "Thank you for the memories" and the vibrant, peach Azaleas said "Take care of yourself." The Iron-Heart player smiled; he understood what Hanamiya was trying to accomplish, even if the point guard had a sneer painted on his face.

"Oy, you're going to the United States for treatment?" Kirisaki Daiichi's Captain asked.

"Yeah, Himuro and Nijimura are going to show me around Los Angeles." Seirin's Center player grinned in joy.

"Whatever," Makoto shrugged off and handed the bouquet into Teppei's large hands. "Your four-eyed Captain's expression was worth coming." But Hanamiya, Kiyoshi, and Kuroko knew that was not the purpose of this meeting. The bad boy and his teammates sauntered towards the other Uncrowned Kings (all of them were happy to see their fellow, Uncrowned Colleague there with them).

"That was a big step for him." The phantom commented. The taller, basketball prodigy nodded. "I'm going to take Nigou out for a walk Kiyoshi-san." Before the elder could question Kuroko as to why he would do that during the party (especially after not seeing or knowing about Ogiwara's life after the match in Middle School and finally having the ability to talk to him), but the cyan-colored boy had vanished. It had been a while since the younger man's misdirection was able to work on him.

Hanamiya did not notice the vase of flowers by his feet until he wanted to use the restroom. A clear vase that contained Lavenders, Violets, and White Zinnias. Reo pointed out how lovely they were and winked knowingly at Makoto. Violets were a symbol of "Modesty" and the Lavender flowers represented "Admiration." The flowers that disturbed the bad boy of basketball the most were the White Zinnias of "Goodness." Hanamiya shot an accusatory glare at the Iron Heart, but Kiyoshi was too busy excitedly chatting with Hyuuga and Izuki. Usually if someone had placed an anonymous gift to someone, they usually stayed around to see their reaction. A happy bark and a displeased yelp obtained the Coach and Captain's attention, and his eyes were immediately drawn to Kagami Taiga. The first-year ace was cowering at the sight of an Alaskan Malamute puppy being held up to his face. The dog's eyes were familiar... the genius, point guard realized that the animal could not be suspended in the air by itself and focused his gaze on the unnoticeable teen. Seirin's shadow had his usual, blank stare, but his wide, pale-blue eyes made a quick glance at Makoto and the corners of Tetsuya's lips curled upwards into a faint smile.

"Fucking nosey brat," Hanamiya cursed and a light-pink blush dusted his cheekbones.