A/N : Hello guys! It's been awhile! I read all your comments and I'm flattered you guys willing to take time to write them!

As you guys may notice, or have doubts, this series is mostly focusing on Yuuki and Yuri. So I'm sorry for those who ship GOMxYuuki. I'll try to insert them without getting too OOC or off-track from whatever will comes out in the end.

So, I hope you're enjoy reading the update as much as I'm writing them.

"You're right about the door's here easy to pick." Yuuki was sitting on the bed with her legs crossed and arms were resting on her knee.

Yuri, who just got out of the shower, with his towel still wrapped around his waist, smirked. "Told you so." He walked towards the closet and started picking his outfit for the day. "But you're not here to tell me just that, isn't it?" Finally he decided to just go with the easiest choice. His hand reached for the folded white tshirt and pulled it over his head.

"No." Yuuki shook her head. "I figured I should thank you for your help the other day."

Yuri gave her one of his genuine smile. "You should thank Ivan. He's doing all the dirty work mostly."

"I'll be sure to send him a bouquet of flowers." Yuuki got up and walked towards the exit. But Yuri already blocked her path. "Yuri..."

"Jokes aside, black rose is not a joke in our culture. More so, a bloody black rose."

Yuuki sighed. Her gaze met Yuri's. "What do you want me to do?"

"Darling..." Yuri grabbed a lock of Yuuki's hairs and brought it closer to his lips. "You already have the answer~"

Kagami and Kuroko were eating twice the amount they usually had. If there was an eating contest, without a doubt, those two, Kagami especially, could send Maji Burger into bankruptcy. He ate so fast and so much that the Maji's employees didn't have enough time to fry and wrap the burgers like the usual standard procedure.

It all went into his bottomless stomach.

"How was your former captain?" Kagami asked in-between his bites. Knowing him, he probably didn't even know nor remember Nijimura's name. Heck, he'll just drop all formalities, like a certain dark-skinned, idiot Touo's ace.

"He's recovering. He's still need to use crutches and do a lot of physical rehabilitation, but he'll live. The doctor said he's lucky."

Kagami gave an 'un' as a reply. But the incident got him thinking. Why Nijimura? To him, it's more logical to hear Aomine to get into trouble. Actually, scratch that. Any of the Generation of Miracles' members could get into trouble and it would still make sense to him. Those eccentricities and dna-embedded-troublemaking genes were more than enough to make any sane person go berserk with just five minutes in the same room alone with them.

"Yuuki-san was acting strange lately." Kuroko blurted out. "I know she is close with Nijimura-san, but..."

"Ah Kuroko!" Kagami just got a revelation. "You're jealous."

Kuroko turned his head sideway and slurped his milkshake more. "I am not." His voice might be monotononous, but there's a slight hint of annoyance of Kagami's using his brain for pointless matter.

"Oh, are you angry?" Kagami's still teasing Kuroko.

Woof!

The sudden bark made Kagami jumped in surprise and took off without saying goodbye. Kuroko took out his phone and smiled triumphantly. "I know this audio would come in handy someday. Revenge is certainly sweet."

Ding dong!

Ivan opened the door of Yuri's suite to see a big bouquet of orange lilies greeted him. "Delivery for Mr. Ivan." The flower delivery guy tilted his head to the side to show his face with a business smile on his face.

"That's me."

"Here's the bouquet." Ivan accepted it with one hand. "And please sign here." He handed Ivan the acceptance form along with a pen. The butler used his free hand to sign and muttered a thank you before closing the door.

"Nice flower." Yuri chuckled at the size of the bouquet. "Nice colour too."

Ivan looked at Yuri suspiciously. "Did you use my name while flirting with the girls here?"

"Hahahaha! Nice idea." Ivan instantly regretted his poor choice of words. "But nope. That's from Yuuki, I bet." Ivan nodded in agreement when he read the card that was attached along with the flowers.

"Why is she sending me flowers?"

Yuri took one flower from the bouquet and tucked it behind his ear and began spinning himself in a random manner. "As a thank you gesture for dealing with Nijmura's attackers."

The butler sighed heavily. He threw the whole bouquet into the trashbin, which earned gasp from Yuri. He stopped spinning and patted Yuri's back. "That's rude, man."

Ivan slapped his hand away. "Say that to your freaking fiancee. Who the hell send orange lilies as thank you?!"

Yuri smirked meaningfully. "I guess you know the language of flowers too, eh?"

Yuuki inhaled the scent of lavendar air-freshner in Akashi's limousine. It was calming and relaxing, although in her opinion, lavender didn't suit Akashi at all. If she were to pick one for him, it would be something spicy and sweet like cardamom essence oil. Fresh, sweet, green, spicy, balsamic - just like him and the other Akashi.

"I believe you know what I want to talk about." Akashi broke the silence between the two. His driver was standing outside, per his master's request.

"Enlighten me, Sei."

Akashi showed Yuuki a couple of photos from Nijimura's crime scene. Yuuki cocked her eyebrow. How on Earth did a high-schooler got his hands on these crime-related photos?

"I have my own connection." Akashi said, as if he heard Yuuki's inner question. "As you can see, there was a bloody black rose lying there. It can't be a coincidence with you being a Russian as well."

Yuuki cleared her throat. "And?"

"What is going on actually? Kuroko was saying you're out of character lately." Yuuki skipped school, Yuuki went to shade places, Yuuki was seen hanging out with shady people - Yuuki this, Yuuki that - all in a bad way.

"Is he stalking me?" The orangette was voicing out her discomfort with the topic.

"He's worried. We're all worried."

Yuuki handed the photos back to Akashi. "I appreciate that, but it's clearly none of your concern." Yuuki walked out of the car, not bothering to gave any explanation to Akashi. On her way back home, Yuuki dialed a certain someone.

"It's me. I need you to set a meeting with someone." "Yes." "As soon as possible." "Thanks." Yuuki hung up the phone and proceed to call another person. "This is Yuuki Vandekof. I need to speak to grandfather."

P/s : Did you enjoy Kuroko's dark moment? xD

In Japan, orange lily means revenge, as stated by Wikipedia. I apologized in advance for any wrong interpretation.