Tetsuya Kuroko turned to look behind him, then said to Miyamoto Tokima,
"I'm afraid I can't, Miyamoto-kun. My teammates..."
Miyamoto Tokima smiled and waved a hand.
"Alright, then I'll head out first, Tetsuya. Let's get together another time."
Tetsuya Kuroko nodded, then looked worriedly at Daiki Aomine, who was kneeling on the ground with his head in his hands, sobbing.
"Um, Miyamoto-kun, should we really just leave Aomine-kun like this?"
Miyamoto Tokima gave an evil little smile and replied,
"Leave him alone. His mentality's completely shattered. Let him calm down by himself."
With that, Miyamoto Tokima left without looking back.
Tetsuya Kuroko sighed. Miyamoto Tokima could ignore Daiki Aomine, but he couldn't.
So Tetsuya Kuroko slowly approached Daiki Aomine, intending to help him up.
"Aomine-kun, please get up first."
But Daiki Aomine acted as if he hadn't heard him and kept kneeling there, crying.
Tetsuya Kuroko quickly said,
"Aomine-kun, please get up. I can't lift you."
"Aomine-kun? Aomine-kun!"
Tetsuya Kuroko called out for a while, but Daiki Aomine didn't react at all. With no other choice, Tetsuya Kuroko used his trump card.
"Aomine-kun, Kagami-kun and the others are here."
The moment he said that, Daiki Aomine reacted. He quickly stood up, wiped away his tears, and asked hoarsely,
"Where? They didn't see me just now, did they?"
Daiki Aomine hurriedly looked around, but he didn't see Taiga Kagami anywhere. Only then did he realize he had been tricked.
"Tetsuya! You tricked me?!"
Tetsuya Kuroko shook his head speechlessly. Just as he was about to speak, Riko Aida's furious roar rang out.
"Kuroko!!! You damn well wandered off on your own again!!!"
Tetsuya Kuroko's ears rang, and he covered them.
Daiki Aomine immediately turned around and grabbed his clothes to wipe his face!
Riko Aida's shout quickly drew Taiga Kagami and the others over.
Everyone ran over and let out sighs of relief when they saw that Tetsuya Kuroko was fine.
Thank goodness nothing happened!
Suddenly, Taiga Kagami looked at the back of the person beside Tetsuya Kuroko and felt that it seemed familiar.
This was...
"Aomine!!!"
Hearing someone call his name, Daiki Aomine wiped his face even faster.
Taiga Kagami quickly ran up to Daiki Aomine and grabbed him by the shoulders.
"Aomine, what are you doing here? Were you trying to kidnap Kuroko?!"
The moment he said that, everyone from Seirin looked at Daiki Aomine warily.
Although they were fairly familiar with Daiki Aomine, kidnapping Tetsuya Kuroko?!
Impossible! They would never let him have his way!!!
Thwack!!!
"Ah!"
Taiga Kagami suddenly screamed, clutching his head as he crouched down.
Riko Aida lowered her hand angrily and snapped,
"You idiot! What are you thinking?!"
"There's no way Kuroko would leave with Aomine!"
"Right, Kuroko?"
Riko Aida turned to Tetsuya Kuroko with a forced smile.
Tetsuya Kuroko felt as if the word [Danger] had slowly appeared above his head!
Tetsuya Kuroko quickly raised both hands and said,
"Aomine-kun didn't kidnap me. I came to talk to Aomine-kun. There was no other reason."
Only then did Riko Aida nod in satisfaction.
Daiki Aomine also slowly turned around and explained,
"Tetsuya just came to talk to me about Miyamoto. Nothing else."
Taiga Kagami looked up at Daiki Aomine in confusion and asked,
"Aomine, what's wrong with your eyes? Why are they so red? It looks like you were crying."
Daiki Aomine immediately panicked and hurriedly explained,
"I accidentally hit my eye just now, so it got red. As for crying, how could I possibly cry? What a joke. There's no way I'd cry."
Taiga Kagami stared at Daiki Aomine suspiciously, clearly not convinced.
Daiki Aomine quickly spoke up, ready to run.
"Alright, since you're all here, I'll head out first. Bye."
Just as Daiki Aomine was about to leave, a hand suddenly grabbed him.
"Since you're already here, young man, why not eat with us? I'd like to learn more about this [Magic Cube] you keep talking about, too."
Daiki Aomine turned his head helplessly, ready to refuse, only to be met with a very eye-catching pair of curves.
The sudden sight of those pale, soft mounds made even Daiki Aomine, who was devoted only to Mai-chan, feel a little excited.
'Even bigger than Mai-chan's...'
'No, I only love Mai-chan. How could I fall for someone else?!'
At that moment, Alex Garcia seemed to notice Daiki Aomine's gaze, so she pushed her chest out even more and said,
"What do you say, young man? Want to eat together?"
Daiki Aomine swallowed again and decided to go against his principles just this once, letting his little head overrule the big one!
'Mai-chan, just this once! It's only a meal. Don't blame me!'
...
Inside a sushi restaurant.
"What?! Aomine, you're not joking, are you?! Miyamoto Tokima's Animal Instinct is a black dragon?!!"
Taiga Kagami suddenly stood up and cried out in shock.
What followed was silence throughout the sushi restaurant.
All the customers turned to look at Taiga Kagami, clearly displeased.
Seeing that, Tatsuya Himuro quickly stood up and pulled Taiga Kagami back down, then apologized to the customers around them.
"Sorry, everyone. My little brother doesn't know any better."
Seeing that Tatsuya Himuro was polite enough, the others turned back around and continued eating.
Only then did Tatsuya Himuro let out a sigh of relief. Then he said to Taiga Kagami,
"Taiga, calm down."
Taiga Kagami knew he had lost his composure and apologized.
"Sorry, bro. I'll watch it next time."
The rest of Seirin looked at Taiga Kagami helplessly. Clearly, they were already used to this.
Riko Aida suddenly remembered something and asked,
"Alex, didn't you say before that you saw a dragon too?"
Taiga Kagami immediately slapped his forehead and asked,
"Right, Alex, didn't you say you saw a dragon on the court earlier?"
Alex Garcia spoke while eating.
"Mmph... I shaw a..."
Tatsuya Himuro helplessly pressed a hand to his forehead and said,
"Alex, swallow first, then talk."
Hearing that, Alex Garcia picked up her water and took a small sip, then chewed quickly like a squirrel before finally swallowing.
"Phew! That hit the spot! Hahaha, I didn't expect sushi to taste this good."
Alex Garcia laughed as she patted her stomach.
...