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Kuroko stared at the door standing right in front of him. His gaze had been locked at it for over five minutes, each lasting for one eternity.

His heart had gone crazy, and his thoughts were running and bouncing around his mind with no destination. White teeth bit his lower lip tightly. He almost tasted his own blood.

For over four days he had been thinking about that little note that had been hidden in between those pages of the book Kagami had given him. He couldn't get the sight of those words, the soft script out of his head.

He couldn't get the reason of the note out of his head.

For the first time in his life someone had confessed to him. It made him so damn uneasy. He didn't know what to think, what to do, how to react.

By far he had always been the guy in the school who no-one wanted to date with. He was always that slender nerd, that guy who all the girls just laughed at, if they even noticed him.

Well, he actually didn't mind it. He didn't enjoy being around other people that much. He rather got lost in books.

But now his whole life had turned upside down. He had met someone he wanted to spend all his time with. He wanted to know him more and more, wanted to make him happy, wanted to feel his warmth, wanted to feel his touch, wanted to feel appreciated by him. He'd rather be with him than read books. And that if something was really strange.

And suddenly, that guy had told him that he felt just the same way.

When that was put in words, it filled the bluenette with uneasiness. Just following his feelings, just going with the flow felt good and right thing to do, but when it was written down... Everything felt different.

That note made him almost go crazy. He had spent the past days by just sitting inside, sometimes on the couch, sometimes in the corner of his bedroom. He had ignored his own pet for the most of the time, even if he tried to comfort him. He just closed his eyes, closed himself from the outer world. He had to be alone with his thoughts and his beating heart.

But now he was there, standing right in front of the wooden door that leaded to Taigas's apartment. The redhead's name was written there, with white, quite small letters.

He couldn't help but stare at it.

The more he thought about it, the weaker his muscles felt. His legs were shaking so bad he thought he'd collapse at any second.

His legs felt so weak that he knew he couldn't run away anymore.

He had to ring the doorbell. Had to wait for someone to open it. Had to open his mouth. Had to say it out loud.

"I feel that way too."

"I love you"

"I really like you"

"I have fallen in love with you"

Or something like that.

But what?

There's way too many ways to say it.

While he was still lost in his thoughts, the door suddenly opened right in front of him. He had to take one quick step backwards. The shock of the door opening with no warning made his heart skip a beat.

The guy who stepped out of the door was at least just as confused as the bluenette was. His heart had stolen one beat from the smaller one, and hit one excessive beat.

His red eyes widened slightly as he looked down, looked down straight into Tetsuya's eyes, whole body immediately freezing.

He felt how his cheekbones heated up. He wanted to turn his bright red face away and close the door.

Had Kuroko something to say about the gift he had given to him? Well, what else could he have to say? If it was something casual, he would have just called him. He wouldn't have walked to his door with no warning.

"K-Kuroko," he said, the tone of his voice filled with confusement.

Tetsuya couldn't help but stare at him, cheekbones covered with deep shade of red. His lips were gently parted, like if he was about to say something, but his words just wouldn't come out.

"I-I..." he started, but couldn't continue. Every word got stuck in his throat.

When he realized that the only thing he was able to get out of his mouth was just air, he got even more stressed. He felt how his palms started to sweat. He just wanted to run away.

Passing seconds were the most uncomfortable ones during his whole life.

When he understood he couldn't get it out, even if he tried his best, he decided to tell about his feelings in other way.

With his shaking hands, he grabbed the redhead's shirt, squeezed the fabric protecting his chest in his fists. He forced the other to lean down a bit, so he could reach his lips while standing on his tiptoes.

Kuroko squeezed his eyelids together with some brutal power. His whole body was shaking. His whole body felt weak. Even his heart had lost its will to breathe. It had stopped completely as their lips met each other again.

Taiga was so shocked he couldn't react anyhow for a couple of seconds. His eyes widened a bit more, he just stared at the guy being right in front of him, really close to him, touching him, kissing him.

At that second he knew his heart had lost its mind. It had jumped from its place all the way to his throat. He couldn't swallow it back down. He couldn't breathe, because his heart was there, not willing to let any air past it to the lungs.

Too soon Tetsuya pulled back. He let go of Kagami's shirt and turned his face immediately away. He didn't want to meet the other's eyes anymore, while being dyed bright red.

"...I just can't put that into words," he mumbled silently, bringing both of his arms close to his core. It was like he wanted to create a wall between them, like he wanted to protect himself if something awful were to happen.

They both stood there for seconds, neither of them being able to move an inch. Kagami couldn't help but stare at the bluenette, shocked, He couldn't swallow his heart back for a long time.

It was like the time had stopped completely around them.

"K-Kuroko..." Kagami was able to mumble silently after a long while. But that was all he was able to say. Kuroko couldn't even respond with words. He didn't want to respond with his eyes. He was still red, too red, uncomfortably red.

Neither of them was able to lead the situation anywhere for an eternity.

But when that eternity had passed, Taiga was finally able to blink his eyes. And after another one he was able to reach for Kuroko's hand.

He grabbed his wrist without saying anything. No, you didn't need words at that moment. All you had to do was to tell about your thoughts, tell about your feelings, and sometimes, like at that moment, you needed no words for doing it.

Without asking for a permission, he pulled the other close to himself, pulled him for another kiss.

This time, he wrapped both of his arms around the slender male. He had to bend his knees slightly to reach Tetsuya's level. Their difference in height was ridiculous, and it was even more ridiculous when they tried to kiss.

It wasn't easy. But love finds its ways.

This time was Tetsuya's turn to open his eyes wide, to hold his breath and be filled with shock.

But he was able to relax soon. Faster than he was expecting.

He closed his eyes, wrapped his arms around the redhead, pulling him closer, wanting to feel his warmth even better.

Only Taiga's scent was enough to make him completely crazy. Not to talk about his soft lips on his mouth.

Way too soon Taiga straightened himself, pulled his lips away. He immediately sank his teeth to his lower lip, staring at the bluenette in front of him with almost closed eyes.

His eyes were reflecting his deep, warm feelings.

They needed no words that moment. Taiga pulled the other gently inside, holding still his right wrist in his hand. He closed the door behind them, listening only to his own heartbeat.

They couldn't get their eyes off each other anymore. Their intense eyecontact did not got distracted for even a second. They were both completely enchanted.

They needed no words when the redhead leaded the younger one to the living room, to the couch. He sat down on it, still holding the small wrist in his hand. He did his best not to keep his grip too hard. He was afraid he'd broke his bones.

Kuroko kept his lips parted, cheeks shining bright red as he felt his own pulse really strong everywhere around his body. He couldn't ignore the feeling of his every each cell slowly melting from the heat inside him. The heat that Taiga caused him to feel.

How amazing it all was. Just looking at Kagamis eyes as he pulled the slender male to his laps caused the surrounding world to disappear completely. Their lips being like the opposite sides of a magnet, peing pulled together again. Again. And again. Like they were never willing to part again. They felt so perfect together. Like they were made for each other.

With every small movement Taiga slowly wrapped his arms around Kuroko's body, pulled him tighter against his core. Squeezed the fabric of his shirt within his fist. Like he wouldn't let go ever.

But all of suddenly the bluenette pulled back. Looked straight into Kagamis eyes, cheebones covered with some light shade of red. It felt like his heart was about to burst out, hit its way trough his bones. It didn'twant to stay still.

"..Can I stay for the night tonight?" he asked. Asked somethinkg he had wanted to ask for a long time now. Finally had collected enough courage to really get those words out of his mouth.

He immediately was able to read the answer from Taiga's eyes. And he wasn't really happy with it.

"Kuroko... I... I'm really sorry, but I have some stuff to do tonight. I really can't let you stay..." he whispered slowly.

"...What stuff?"

"..Family stuff. And other important stuff." he answered to his other question without any details.

Lie.

He's hungry as fuck. He needed to get something to eat. Or either he'd starve. Really.

It was more than easy to read disappointment from Tetsuya's face. He turned his face away, slowly stood up. Left the warmth of the other.

Of course Kagami also had some important things to do in his life. He had other things to care about than just him. So why did Kuroko feel so disappointed? Why did he feel like an abandoned puppy?

"Yeah... Okay. I understand." he muttered, keeping his tone simple and clean, hiding his negative emotions. "It's pretty late already. I think I should be going," male added, already turning his back to the other. He wanted to escape from the situation.

Kagami stood up, followed the younger male all the way to the hallway. Followed with his gaze how he put on his shoes, how he was already opening the door, being ready to leave.

"Kuroko," he called, wanting the attention of his for just a second. And he did.

As Kuroko turned around, turned his face to taller male, he recieved another kiss. A good-bye kiss. A quick one, a soft one, a pleasing one.

"Let's meet tomorrow," Kagami said quickly after he had pulled back, looking straight into Tetsuyas deep blue eyes again. "Good night, Kuroko."

"...Good night, Kagami-kun. Sweet dreams" the bluenette muttered, heart secretly gone crazy, whole face covered in red.

And the door between them closed.