Disclaimer: KuroBaske isn't mine.

100 themes, second part.

51. Troubling Thoughts

He hated this. He hated himself too, for even thinking about things that will probably never happen. But Aomine was popular, Aomine could reach out and take everything he wanted – he was the light. But Tetsuya remained as a shadow – something that could be forgotten easily.

52. Stirring of the Wind

Aomine watched those soft strands of hair flutter as the wind blew stronger. He instinctively wrapped his hands around Kuroko, afraid that the stirring of the wind might blow him away; away from his side.

53. Future

Kuroko sat at the bench in the small yard of his kindergarten, watching the orange evening sky and breathing slowly. He waited for that familiar purr of the motorcycle that he knew by heart now, signaling that the friendly neighborhood policeman was here to pick him up.

Just then, as he thought of home, a familiar voice called out, the same old nickname from all those years back flew across the empty playground and Kuroko let out a warm smile once he looked back and saw the other, "Good evening, Daiki."

54. Health and Healing

"It's just a light sprain, Tetsu. You'll be fine; Bakagami can play a few games on his own. He ain't that much of a loser." Aomine ruffled Kuroko's hair, taking a bite out of his teriyaki burger.

Kuroko sipped his vanilla shake and sighed, "But I wanted to play in the practice game against Aomine-kun's school. Now I can't." he looked at his bandaged ankle and bit the straw in his mouth. This was a little bit depressing.

55. Separation

Those three years that they spent apart were probably for their own good, both later decided. They had the chance to get to know each other from a different side, see a part of each other that they might have never seen otherwise. The separation made them stronger, not weaker.

56. Everything For You

"Testu, I'd give up everything for you. Even basketball and teriyaki burgers." Aomine yawned and placed his head on Kuroko's lap, sighing in content when he had found the right position to sleep in.

Kuroko automatically started to run his fingers thorough the dark hair, his face not showing any emotion apart from the usual disinterest. "Thank you for proposing, Aomine-kun. I will remember that."

57. Slow Down

His breath came out in painful exhales, his legs barely able to carry him forward. But Kuroko couldn't afford to stop, not now, when he had managed to catch up with Aomine just a little bit more. If he were to slow down again, the other might disappear before his eyes once more, just like that time.

58. Heartfelt Apology

Seirin regulars were long since used to sudden visits from Kuroko's old team mates, but this one might just take the prize of the weirdest one yet. There he was, the ace of the Generation of Miracles – Aomine Daiki, on his knees, bowing in front of Kuroko, asking for forgiveness for something that he had done.

Kuroko, the ever slightly disinterested one, just looked down at his old partner and then closed his eyes, as if sighing, "Aomine-kun, for the last time, I am not angry about those hickeys you gave me."

59. Challenged

Aomine sat in the corner of his room, eyes never leaving the sleeping figure on his bed, blissfully unaware of Aomine's current inner conflict. The ace used every little bit self-control that he had left to keep away from the sleeping boy (who was wearing Aomine's shirt and Aomine's shirt only) and not attack him. But this situation proved to be quite challenging, as Tetsu moved around in his sleep and the shirt was starting to roll up a little, exposing a naked butt.

60. Exhaustion

Kuroko fell back onto the bed; eyes closed and breath coming out in short puffs. He was exhausted, covered in sweat and his own sperm and a bit of Aomine's saliva. The teen opened his eyes a little, focusing on his boyfriend and made a tired smile – it seemed that Aomine was just as exhausted as he was.

61. Accuracy

What Kuroko had to train hard for Aomine got with little effort – he was born with it. Speed, strength, endurance, accuracy and so on. Kuroko had to try hard to even do something as simple as shooting. His accuracy was always off, no matter how hard he tried, but Aomine was there, helping and teaching him.

62. Irregular Orbit

He circled and circled around the other - sometimes coming closer, sometimes moving further away. Aomine was like the moon, always circling around Kuroko, moving his orbit here and then, but never actually touching him.

63. Cold Embrace

Kuroko shivered, the cold winter air biting the uncovered skin of his cheeks and hands. He had never been good with cold, he got sick too easily, and he felt the coldness too vividly. Strong arms wrapped around him, ignoring the other people on the street and a chin was placed on Kuroko's head. "Tetsuuu… 'S so friggin' cold."

"Aomine-kun, you're really cold." Kuroko said back, but didn't shake him off.

64. Frost

Watching the frost make flowers on the windows, so delicate that even the lightest touch of warmth would kill them, reminded him of Kuroko. Aomine wasn't sure exactly why, but they did. Each time he watched those flowers bloom and wilt and then bloom again, he was reminded of his partner, his shadow, his lover, so fragile to the touch, yet so strong and powerful in his own way.

65. A Moment in Time

Being held in those long arms, pulled closely to a warm chest and curled up under a blanket on a chilly Sunday morning was Kuroko's special moment. Aomine's steady breath, the quiet mumbles that he made and the occasional tightening of arms around Kuroko – it was a magical moment and Kuroko would never do anything to disturb it.

66. Dangerous Territory

"Now listen here, you friggin' red-haired basketball idiot." Aomine ignored the 'aren't you the same kind of idiot' comment from Riko and only tightened his hold on Kagami's shirt, "Even try and look at Tetsu when he's shirtless again and I will make sure you can't make babies with Satsuki anymore."

67. Boundaries

"Aomine-kun, there are some boundaries we have to make and you getting off from me simply taking a bath is already stepping over them."

68. Unsettling Revelations

Kuroko had always been a quiet guy, never seeking attention and never reaching out towards others. Aomine thought that it was just the way he was – a loner of sorts. But to think that the façade that Kuroko had set up was hiding something like this. The purple and yellow bruises were painfully visible on the pale skin and the cuts glared red.

Aomine could only hold Kuroko close and vow to protect him from now on and until forever.

69. Shattered

The silence between them shattered the moment some passerby pushed Kuroko forward by accident, making their own little world move again. Aomine stepped forward, catching his friend in an awkward hug and then laughed, "This is almost like some cheesy shoujo manga."

70. Bitter Silence

He had no trouble packing up all of his things and carrying everything out of the apartment they shared. Not even when Aomine came back, only managing to see the furniture van drive away and Kuroko walking to his own car, did he comment on it. Aomine simply passed the man he once said that he loved and walked up the stairs to the apartment. It happed just like the last few months in their life together – in bitter silence, not saying a word.

71. The True You

The front that he put up, the fake masks of pride, strength, egoism and confidence were only masks, a shadow of what he once was. But Kuroko still loved him, he accepted Aomine as he was – void of his usual cockiness and pride. Because Kuroko didn't care, he just loved Aomine for what he was.

72. Pretense

The pretense that Kuroko was as silent in bed as he was in daily life was nothing but bullshit, if anyone were to ask Aomine.

73. Patience

Kuroko was a patient man, really. He could stay perfectly calm through most of the things that might annoy other people, but even he had his limits and this was testing his. He woke up on the cold floor again, for the fifth time that week and he got his revenge by dumping cold water on Aomine, wet bed and sheets be damned.

74. Midnight

It was the little time between the previous and the new day that they both seemed to find to take forever. Wrapped in a blanket, looking into the nightly sky or at the other's face, whispering something to make the other smile – it was that time of the day when they were the only two people on the earth.

75. Shadows

Aomine has shadows clouding his eyes, Kuroko can spot them easily even beneath the mask of laughter and smiles that the other makes. He also knows why those shadows are there, always watching, judging, laughing and waiting. So Kuroko will always be there for Aomine, next to him, supporting him, loving him.

76. Summer Haze

In the summer evenings, right after the rain, the silk like haze that covers the earth is the perfect cover for their long walks around the park or city, holding hands and laughing about nothing.

77. Memories

His memories of Tetsu were sacred, his treasures, the anchor that keeps him bound to the ground and the source of his strength. Even if Tetsu was now in a place unreachable for him, Daiki won't give up his life just yet – he made a promise and those memories are proof to that.

78. Change in the Weather

"You told me 's gonna be sunny and stuff, Tetsu." Aomine grumbles under his nose, drops of water dripping from his hair onto his nose and the rain is soaking him to the bone as he stands there, simply glaring at the unusable street court.

Kuroko simply looks up, not in the least surprised and just as wet as Aomine and blinks, "I just wanted to see a wet and sexy Aomine-kun, that's all."

79. Illogical

It was illogical. Aomine's obsession with cicadas and crayfish was, simply put, illogical. But even with all the cicadas in their house and crayfish stuffed in the freezer Kuroko just couldn't seem to get mad, not when he saw that childishly happy expression Aomine was wearing.

80. Only Human

"I'm only human, Daiki. I can't live forever and I can't choose my time of dying, too. Everything once ends, so don't cry, Daiki. I will be with you forever, in here." Kuroko smiles weakly and touches Aomine's chest right where his heart is beating. He's too weak to keep his fingers there for long but Aomine holds Kuroko's hand in his own and keeps it there, refusing to let it go.

81. A Place to Belong

Aomine had never felt that he truly belonged somewhere. Too wild, too lazy, too stupid, too narcissistic, too something – always there were some kind of reasons that were given as poor excuses to drive him away. Only Kuroko took him in as he was, never complained about him. That was where he belonged – by Kuroko's side.

82. Advantage

Looking at it the right way, squeezing his wallet for the last of his money had its advantages, if he could use the vanilla milkshakes as bribes to talk Kuroko into cosplay. The cat-maid-Kuroko was proof enough, in Aomine's humble opinion.

83. Breakfast

The smell of fried eggs and coffee was just the perfect aroma that could easily make Aomine get out of bed, but it was the breakfast itself that woke the man up, filled with the most important ingredient – Kuroko's love.

84. Echoes

Nonexistent words that Kuroko seemed to have said echoed through Aomine's nightmare, repeating again and again. Kuroko's voice seemed so distant, so cold, so foreign, so disappointed. He was ready to fall, fall down in the echoing accusations but then he was woken up and warm hands stroked his cheeks, Kuroko's soft voice assuring that it was just a nightmare.

85. Falling

They were falling. Falling through the sky and clouds and the vast, never ending blue, fingers entwined and eyes wide with amazement. They had never felt like this, this feeling of falling down and yet never landing. But then again, they had never really fallen so deeply in love either.

86. Picking up the Pieces

When Kagami had told Kuroko the same thing that Aomine had said all those years back it left the boy broken, even more broken than he had been the first time. Still, it was Aomine who marched through the doors of Kuroko's house the next day, picked up the broken pieces and held Kuroko close, promising to never let the other go through this again.

87. Gunshot

They were just fooling around, nothing else. Aomine had finally received his uniform and a gun – now a full-fledged police officer – and was showing off to his friends. Kagami and Kise, in their slightly drunken state, picked up the gun, left on shelf and started to fool around, ignoring Aomine's warnings. The trigger was accidentally pushed and the numbing sound of a gunshot immediately sobered them both up, a shattering sound soon following.

Kuroko was shaking lightly, his glass now in shatters on the floor; a bullet hole in the wall next to his head was steaming lightly. Aomine was there to catch him when Kuroko fainted and then he turned to both his friends, a look of anger on his face that they had never seen before.

88. Possession

Aomine was possessive, like a cat who didn't want to share what was his, guarding it from everyone else. But Kuroko didn't mind, not at all. He stroked Aomine's hair, and hummed low in his throat when those large hands started to roam around his body.

89. Twilight

"Aominecchi, you should go as Edward from Twilight to that ball. It would surely be funny." Kise laughed as he tried on his pilot costume, making different poses in front of the mirror.

Aomine was making a face that clearly showed everything he thought about the idea and then muttered under his nose, "Tetsu would never agree to be Bella anyway."

90. Nowhere and Nothing

Even if Kuroko had a place where to, he had nothing to hide.

Even if Aomine wanted to, he had nowhere to run.

91. Answers

They made a deal, a simple deal for a simple matter – for every correct answer that Aomine had for his math homework Kuroko would kiss him.

92. Innocence

He was supposed to be innocent, a pure and untainted human. But soon Aomine found out the cruel truth, saw his angel being tainted by people he had never seen and touched by hands that were soiled with filth. So he took Kuroko away from there, paid as much as he had to and sheltered him, his innocent, little angel.

93. Simplicity

There wasn't anything out-of-the-ordinary about their relationship. Dates, sleepovers, stolen kisses here and there, shameless flirting and so on, it was simple and natural and they liked it like that. They needed nothing more.

94. Reality

Reality is a bitch, Aomine thought to himself when he finally saw what he had been dreaming of for a while. Kuroko, his Kuroko, stood in front of him, lacy underwear, which should be a part of some woman's wardrobe, covering his butt and a negligee covering his top.

And he had a broken leg and couldn't do much. Reality was a bitch, Aomine thought.

95. Acceptance

It was Aomine's decision what to do in the future, Kuroko knew that and accepted it. But still he worried and hoped that Aomine would come back home at the end of the day, his eyes begging for it every morning when Aomine left for work. A police officer's job was a dangerous one, Kuroko knew and accepted it, but he just didn't want to lose his most precious person.

96. Lesson

There were lessons that one must learn no matter what. No matter how painful they are and no matter what one might lose in the end. That's what Kuroko says to Aomine, barely containing the tears that threaten to fall anyway.

97. Enthusiasm

He was like a kid, just gotten a new toy that he had wanted for a long time now. It was adorable in a way, Kuroko thought to himself, dodging the water coming his way. Aomine merely laughed and threw the hose away to tackle his lover.

98. Game

It was nothing more than a game to them, a round of hide and seek if you must. Only difference was that they never left the bed, laughing as they tried to get out of the tangle of sheets and blankets.

99. Friendship

Aomine wasn't jealous about Kuroko's and Kagami's friendship. Kagami was the one person that could (maybe) understand Kuroko just as good as Aomine did (but Aomine was still the best in that particular thing). But sometimes that friendship could be a pain in the ass, especially when Kagami found out about the public bathroom incident.

100. Endings

Like everything else even the good things end at some point. But for them the ending was just a new start.

Aomine ruffled the soft, blue hair of his boyfriend and then leaned down to kiss him lightly on the lips. "I'm sorry and thank you, for forgiving me."

A/N: Merry Christmas (although it already passed) and happy New Year. Maybe I will finally finish that M fic, but I doubt it. :D

I also plan to do a 100 theme thing for KiKuro. Yeah.