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Aomine looked up at the sky.
Obviously, it’s blue, the same boring old blue.
His life has been going on day by day since Teiko and Touou but nothing has changed. There was nothing that sparked an interest in him and there was no one like that either. He has an endless supply of superficial girls that just want to brag that “Aomine Daiki is my boyfriend!” instead of actually liking him. He still had the Teiko lot and Momoi but it wasn’t the same and it didn’t provide him a purpose. Life has no meaning and he has grown tired of waiting. He just hoped for a change but what can he do, he’s a “monster.” He has just started his college life at Tokyo University after being scouted for a basketball scholarship and he just drifts around like a cloud in a boring blue sky.
Kagami looked up at the sky.
It’s simply blue but it was still beautiful.
He finally came back from the United States to start his life at Le Cordon Bleu Tokyo. He has always loved basketball but he loves food too so he decided to go to culinary school and play basketball on the side. In America, he interned at Butter and Per Se, in New York City, during summers. Life was always fast paced and he had no time for anything but he thrived on that adrenaline, it was something that ignited a passion inside of him. He loved New York but he missed Tokyo too so he wanted to further pursue his dreams and learn more classical French culinary techniques. The airplane back was tiring but he is glad that he has a place to stay at. Kagami’s parents were more liberal than most parents but they wanted to give their 18 yr old at least a place to stay and to have a piece of home. It was a sleek apartment but it was already decorated with photos from home. His father’s secretary probably organized this and Kagami was grateful. He wanted to go straight to bed because he was tired from the jet leg but he heard loud noises coming from the apartment next door.
Kagami knocked on the door. There was no answer. He knocked again. The door opened.
A handsome and dark-skinned man opened the door. He had navy hair and was wearing a white tee and some joggers that fit so well, he looked like something out of the sportswear catalog. Kagami drooled, in his mind, but then the guy opened his mouth.
“What do you want? If it isn’t important, leave,” Aomine said, without caring until he noticed who he was a talking to. It was a hot sun-kissed man with crimson hair and matching eyes. The guy looked beyond exhausted but he was still sexy in his casual hoodie and jeans. Before Aomine could try to fix what he said, the red head snapped, “It wasn’t my fault that you were so loud! It’s 12:00 A.M. and you don’t have the decency to be considerate of your neighbors. I just moved in from a 14-hour flight from New York City, I don’t have to deal with this bullshit!”
Aomine was taken aback but he still thought the red head was adorable when he was angry and he didn’t want his new neighbor to hate him.
“Sorry, I didn’t know. I was just trying to make some ramen but the next thing I knew, it turned into literally black things in bowl and I tried again but it failed again. It’s so frustrating ugh!”
After hearing that, Kagami chuckled “It’s okay man! I was just really tired but all that yelling has made me hungry so you want to join me unless you want to eat your ‘ramen’?”
“No, if I eat it, I will really die so I will take you up on that offer,” Aomine said with a straight face.
Kagami laughed, “It can’t be that bad!”
“Trust me, it is, why would I be lying?”
“I believe you, come on in to my apartment, I can make it in 20 minutes.”
Aomine entered the apartment after locking his apartment and taking his keys. The stranger’s place was nice but empty. There was the occasional photograph but it was mostly just space. He settled in to a chair as the red head began to cook and talk at the same time.
“My name is Kagami Taiga by the way.”
“Aomine Daiki.”