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Chapter 7: Romance, Overprotectiveness, and Brotherhood

The look on Akashi's face could have melted the Ice Caps. And Aomine realized that maybe coming into the gym holding Kuroko's hand and calling him by his first name without informing Akashi first was a very bad idea.

"Daiki, what happened?" It wasn't a question. To not respond immediately to that tone meant you would meet the sharp end of Akashi's scissors before you could blink.

"Kuroko was running and bumped into me and fell. He hurt his ankle and I carried him to my house and patched him up." Aomine said nervously.

"I see." Mismatched eyes glanced up and met Aomine's eyes. "And you didn't think to inform anyone? Or to answer your phone at all?"

"Well…something important came up last night…" Aomine stated vaguely. Hoping that Akashi wouldn't question farther but knowing he would.

"What could possibly be more important than informing us about Kuroko's safety?" Kise demanded angrily.

Aomine blushed. "Last night…Tetsuya agreed to date me." Oh crap. He didn't mean to bring that up, at least not like that.

To say that everyone was surprised was an understatement. Well, except for Akashi but nothing surprised Akashi.

"What?!" Was the general reply.

However, Midorima had always had good insight and right now he was focusing on what he thought were the most important parts of Aomine's story."You started dating last night? But he spent the night with you and I know for a fact that you were the only one home yesterday."

"How dare you?!" Riko screeched once the implications set in. She took her clipboard and broke it over his head. Her chest heaving with the amount of anger she was currently radiating. The Seirin team hung in the background radiating anger and disapproval but not willing to get in the way of their coach's anger.

The Generation of Miracles weren't so quiet with their reactions.

"HOW DARE YOU!"

"HOW COULD YOU?!"

"-WITHOUT MY PERMISSON?"

As the Generation of Miracles yelled at their teammate, Riko stood red faced holding a broken clipboard above Aomine's head yelling at him for "Corrupting our Kuroko."

Just then Kagami and Kuroko came out of the locker room, smiling. 'Good, they made up.' Mitobe thought when he saw them.

Hearing all the yelling, Kagami glanced over at Kuroko. "Something you forgot to mention, Cachi?"

"Umm…" Kuroko stated nervously, avoiding eye contact. Kagami perked up; if Kuroko was showing nervousness it must be good. "I'm…dating Aomine?" Kuroko braced himself for an immediate outburst. After several seconds of silence from Kagami, Kuroko glanced over. Kagami's face was absolutely livid.

"HOW DARE YOU CORRUPT MY LITTLE BROTHER'S INNOCENCE, AOMINE-BASTARD!?" Kagami screamed marching over to where Aomine was just getting up from where he fell when Riko broke her clipboard over his head. Aomine had just enough time to see him and raise his hands in a defensive maneuver as he tried to come up with something to say. He didn't come up with something quickly enough, however. Because Kagami's fist caught Aomine on the cheek and sent him sprawling towards the floor. Kagami raised his fist again, because this was the person who had shattered his brother once before, but he was stopped by Kuroko's strong words, softly delivered.

"Tiger, enough." And there was steel in Kuroko's tone and a warning Kagami could hear loud and clear, to not disobey.

"But, Cachi-"Kagami whined.

"No Tiger. We talked everything out already and he makes me so happy." Kuroko said earnestly. He then walked over to Aomine and helped him up. Aomine's arms encircled him pulling him back to rest against Aomine's firm chest. "Thanks Tetsuya, but it wasn't like I didn't deserve it."

"I know. That's why I let him get one good punch in." Everyone sweat dropped except Kuroko who was smirking and Kagami who tilted his head back and laughed. When Kagami finally stopped laughing Akashi stepped forward to stand in front of Aomine and Kuroko.

"You." He said pointing at Aomine. "Don't hurt him because there is no place on this Earth that I can't track you down." Akashi stated before grabbing Kuroko's hand and tugging him forward into a very quick hug. "If you have any problems or he gets too annoying just call and I'll deal with it, Tetsuya." Akashi whispered.

Pulling away from Kuroko he said, "Since Bakagami over there told us you were kidnapped I didn't get much sleep so I'll be leaving now. Are you coming Atsushi?"

"Yeah." Murasakibara said around a mouth full of chips. However he stopped by Kuroko on his way out to drop his hand on Kuroko's head and tousle his hair. "If you have any problems Kuroko, you can always come over and have some snacks with me." And with those parting words the two left.

Midorima was next. "Your horoscope said you would lead a very happy love life or something drastic would happen to your significant other." Midorima stated glaring at Aomine, his eyes full of warning. When Aomine gave him the recognition that he understood he handed a charm to Kuroko. "It's our lucky item. Now I have to go meet Kasamatsu for practice." And then Midorima was gone too.

Kise was last.

Quietly and seriously he walked up to Kuroko, his face lacking his usual grin. This was a side of Kise that only Kuroko got to see when he trained Kise back in middle school. "Are you happy Kuroko?" He asked simply. Kise had always understood Kuroko very well, only Aomine, and now Kagami, knew Kuroko better.

"Yes." A simple answer that was filled with so much emotion that no one could doubt his conviction.

"Great!" And then Kise was himself again. With a grin a mild wide he pounced at Kuroko pulling him into a friendly embrace. Over Kuroko's shoulder Kise made eye contact with Aomine. In Kise's eye Aomine read the message loud and clear, this is your last chance don't screw this up. You make each other so happy. If you're going to blow up again come find one of us instead of aiming it at him, but don't hurt Kuroko. Not again. Not ever again.

He offered Kise a short nod. And Kise must have read the promise and conviction in Aomine's eyes as well because he was already bouncing out the door by the time anyone even realized what he was doing.

"Come on Daiki let's go. You can buy me a vanilla milkshake from Maji's to make up for all the drama you caused." Kuroko said leading his boyfriend out the door.

"Eh? My drama?! And how come I have to buy?" Aomine complained but he still took Kuroko's hand in his and shortened his strides so Kuroko would have no trouble keeping up.

"Because you made the first move and didn't think to call anyone to tell them I was safe. You also didn't tell Akashi-"Kuroko's words faded as they walked down the sidewalk until Seirin could only make out the sound of their light hearted bickering but not the words. A small smile appeared on the team's faces.

Hyugga turned to Mitobe and said, "I wonder how long it will take for things to get back to normal around here?" Riko's exclamation stopped Mitobe before could reply.

"Kuroko just left! I'm going to have double his training regimen! What are you already standing around for? Get to training! And you, Bakagami, have triple the training regimen for getting us in this mess in the first place!" As Riko's and Kagami's bickering sounded in the background, Mitobe turned to Hyugga.

"It took about fifteen seconds." He said dryly. Hyugga blinked in confusion before laughing. "That's our team alright. That's Seirin."

And the peace and family of their team would last all throughout their lives. There were hardships and fights, of course. But they were far, far outweighed by the happiness and joy they experienced.

All was peaceful. All was well.

Author's Note: Well that was the last chapter! I hope you enjoyed my story! I'm currently trying to think of a new story to write so if you have any suggestions please PM them to me or review them. I'm not picky about the category either. Please review!