So,...this is my first story and I hope you like it.

Of course, I do not own Kuroko no Basuke, no matter how much I want to. All characters also don't belong to me.

Summary: After losing against Touou Academi during the Inter-High, Kise decides it is better to say goodbye to everything- to his previous team, to his love for basketball, to his current team and most importantly... to his admiration to Aomine. However, Kuroko do not plan on accepting Kise's decision and decide to interfere and finally settle things right between his ex-teammates. What would Aomine do? How would Kise react?

It was early in the morning when Kise finally opened his eyes after a two day long sleep. The first thing he noticed was the heat in the room- it was so damn hot, that sweat covered his almost naked body even though he had pushed the thin covers away long ago. Slowly, as if afraid the movement would hurt him; the blond young man turned his head to the side. Unfortunately, the window was already open and there was no other way to cool down the room- the air conditioning system hadn't been working for the last few weeks and Kise was starting to get annoyed that the fucking company wouldn't send the promised specialist to fix it.

The blond man sighed, there was nothing he could do for now. So he settled for trying to make the heat at least bearable by turning his head to the other side in search of one specific thing- his lover. However, it was a surprise to find that the blue haired man was missing. Kisse rubbed his eyes in confusion and quickly sat up. It was unusual for Aomine to wake up before Kise and it was even more unusual for the said blue haired man to get out of the bed so early in the morning. After all, the clock on the night stand read only 7:08 a.m. On Saturday.

"Aominecchi?" he called and let his feet touch the heated floor after he heard no response. He didn't exactly care that he had only his boxers on as he walked out of the room and went down to the first floor of the small house. Again, Aomine was missing. Kise checked the kitchen, thinking that maybe his lover was there, eating, but he was met by no one as he walked in the room. Even the basketball Aomine used to play on the court near their house was next to the door, signaling that the blue haired man hadn't gone out to play.

His heart filling up with worry, Kise searched for his cell phone only to find it on the table in the living room. He quickly dialed the number of his lover. His heart started pounding as he heard the signal. Thank god, his phone wasn't switched off or out of service.

"Oi, Kise, you are up!" He heard the voice of his lover made the blond smile gently as he sat down on the coach, heaving a sigh of relieve. Kise let his head fall back and closed his eyes for a second.

"Yeah, I woke up a few minutes ago…" he admitted and smiled gently." You weren't home, so I got worried.

A short laugh came from Aomine.

"Don't worry so much, idiot. I just got a call from Tetsu, who got a call from Bakagami who had a problem finding shoes again… Obviously that moron couldn't swallow his pride and just contact me instead of using Tetsu." Kise's smile widened as he loiestened to his boyfriend's explanation. Lately, Aomine was way more cheerful and happy than before. And it felt so damn good to be around him.

"Ah, I get it." He muttered and yawned. He was sleepy once again. " Then deal with Kagamicchi and then come back, okay?"

The gentleness in Kise's voice made Aomine stop for a second right in the middle of the crowd. He was taken aback by how much he wanted to go back home and hold his lover the same way he had been holding him for the past couple of days.

"I got it. I will just give him my spare ones and come home right after that." He paused for a second and a devilish smile curved the corners of his mouth. "You wait for me naked and on the bed, ok?"

Before Kise could say something, the call was disconnected and he found himself staring at the ceiling, feeling the heat rise to his cheeks. Although his relationship with Aomine dated more than five years back in time, he still couldn't get past the stage of blushing whenever his lover would say something sexual. And that was the thing that had surprised Kise the most- at the beginning he thought that given his previous experience with girls, he wouldn't have any trouble dealing with Aomine… and wrong he was. It was hilarious (according to the former Touou's player) how the famous playboy Kise Ryouta would blush and loose his ability to form a coherent sentence just in a second after being touched by him.

Kise buried his face in his hands. How embarrassing. Yet how good it was to feel his own heartbeat thumping loudly in his chest every time he thought of his boyfriend. So addicting. His eyelids slowly covered his honey eyes and not long after that Kise found himself drifting to another slumber, too tired after a week of hard work and little rest.

Six years ago

"Ne, Aomine…" One of the Touou's players started as he watched how the helpless Kaijo's ace was trying (and failing miserably) to get on his trembling knees after loosing to Touou. " Don't you have something to tell him, he is your former teammate after all"

The blue haired teenager just spared a glance towards the said blonde and quickly looked away as he felt his heart sinking. Knowing he was the cause of his former teammate's condition, it was painful for him to watch Kise struggle to get up "Don't make me laugh, I have nothing to say to someone, who is so weak."

No, wait, no.

Aomine didn't need to see his ex teammate's expression to know how his face paled. And then his eyes watered up, his lower lip quivering in frustration and disappointment. In the end, he wasn't able to fulfill his promise. He still lost even after giving his best.

A hand came out of nowhere offering Kise help. Hoping that it was Aomine who had decided to reach out, the blond teenager looked up, his eyes wide.

"You can't stand, right?" Kasamatsu asked as he took his teammate's hand and tried to pull him up only to find out that this wouldn't be enough. "Geez, you really overdid it this time, didn't you…" The captain mumbled as he bent down to sneak his hands under Kise's.

By the time the blond player was leaning on his sempai, he couldn't hold back anymore. His tears started to flow down his cheeks and both of them slowly made their way to the rest of the team.

"You really made me think you would win" Said Imayoshi once the two teams were standing against each other. Kasamatsu didn't say anything but only nodded." It was a nice game, tough, too bad that we wouldn't be playing against each other again any time soon".

"Yeah, too bad..."

Kise slowly lifted his head up as he let the conversation between the two captains carry on. He looked around, his mind already numb with all of the emotions that filled his chest when the game ended. Scanning the court quickly, he finally found what he was searching for. Aomine was already gathering his things as if the match was just a warm-up for him. His eyes were unreadable once again, his expression completely blank. Satsuki tried to talk to him, to say something, but she was ignored without as much as a word. Aomine just turned around, hung his bag over his shoulder and walked calmly away.

Kise's heart skipped a beat, then sunk to his stomach as he watched the back of his idol. 'So it was useless trying to defeat him, huh?' His lips slowly curved into a sad smile. ' I guess that he was right, there is no one better than him…' His eyes slowly made their way back to the floor and Kise let his whole weight lean on Kasamatsu as he felt his legs star to shake once again. His sempai said something, tried to get his attention, but right now nothing it was useless, he realized, watching Kise's face. His eyes were shining the way they were before the match. The desire to play was gone. His usual cheerful self was replaced by something Kasamatsu wasn't sure he liked.

"Oi, Kise, let's go" He said and slowly dragged his kohai to the locker rooms.

'It's time to give up, huh? He would never acknowledge me…'

Kuroko carefully observed the situation from above. By the time there was only one minute left, something started to bother him. Even though Kise has been giving his best, Aomine was still holding back. And as the whistle blew, signaling the game's end, Kuroko was really uneasy as he watched how Kise dropped down on his knees. After that the situation only seemed to worsen.

'No, Kise-kun, no…'

He knew that expression. The face of someone who was giving up, someone who hated basketball.