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The duo Aomine and Miyake is walking on their way towards the classroom.

Aomine: "Dammit, It's so hot."

The school didn't change uniforms with the seasons, so we had to wear blazers throughout the year.

Miyake: "The school is equipped with a cooling and heating systems. So I guess they don't think different uniforms per season are necessary."

Aomine wouldn't complain about sunlight, he's skin was tanned after all. But the hotness from wearing a blazer is more annoying for him.

Aomine: "But hot is still hot. Do you wanna buy juice on the way Akito?"

Miyake: "I'll get orange flavor."

Summer season is almost approaching. Three months since they started to enter the school. It's only a few weeks more for the summer vacation to come.

Miyake: "There was something I would like to ask you Daiki."

Aomine: "What is it?"

Miyake: "Are you interested in Horikita-san?"

Aomine: "Horikita? You mean, to make her a girlfriend or something?"

Miyake: "That's right."

Aomine sipped in his juice box, mulling over what to say.

Aomine: "Well she's beautiful alright. But romantically I thought that would be impossible... so I won't make any moves than asking for a date."

He knew Horikita's the type of girl that wouldn't be interested in romance, since she's too fixated on catching up to her brother. And she's obsessively fixated on climbing up the ranks to Class A. If he wanted a highschool romance, Horikita is not the best candidate for that.

But if he had to think in the future, marriage particularly, Horikita looks like a capable career woman. If they get together, he could live the rest of his life as a kept man. The only work he needed to do would be housework and raising kids. For a lazy guy like him, that doesn't want to work in Japanese society, that's a very appealing idea.

In present though, he's looking for a high school teenage romance. Marriage is still at least after he graduated high school.

Speaking of marriage, there is also the joke he made with Chabashira-sensei... This guy really had quite the number of girls in his hands now.

Aomine: "How about you Akito? You got a girl interested in dont'cha?"

Miyake: "I would be lying if I found some of the girls in class were cute, but most of them is kinda annoying."

Aomine: "So you're not a herbivore type, huh. Well I agree to what you said."

They both thought of Hirata with Karuizawa together. Karuizawa is too clingy to Hirata, and too proud to show off her social status that she's the Queen Bee of the class. He's already quite thankful that he rejected her that time she asked for a fake relationship.

Miyake: "Speaking of girls, you did eat lunch alone with Kushida-san. You also asked Sakura-san to eat lunch together. Why is that?"

Aomine: "Ah, about that... I do trust you, but... I think it's not my place to talk about it. All I could say is that she's similar to me."

Miyake: "Similar...? So you're not interested in her either?"

Aomine: "Well yeah."

He's a fan of her of course, and she got big boobs. But he's not romantically interested in her.

Miyake: "Now that you mentioned Sakura similar to you, is she a celebrity like you or something? I think I have saw her before somewhere..."

Aomine: "..."

He totally forgot about it. One day he was sharing his gravure idol magazines with Akito to learn what girls is his type. And 'Shizuku-chan' was amongst them. After all she got big breasts, especially for someone at the same age as him in junior high.

Miyake: "What are you being silent for? Don't tell me... I hit the bullseye?"

Aomine: "Akito... Are you an esper or something?"

And so it didn't take Miyake long, before he remembered 'Shizuku-chan'.

Miyake: "Oh dear. I'm not sure what to make of that."

Aomine isn't a blabbermouth, or a gossiping housewife. But he accidentally leaked personal information. Though it should be fine since he trusted Miyake, since he's not the type of guy to spread rumors.

Aomine: "Akito, if she needed help when I'm not around. I hope you can lend her a hand."

Miyake: "Well sure, I guess it's the least I could do. You might look scary with that face, but you're surprisingly nice Daiki."

One of his classmates was a basketball freak known in Japan, and another one is a gravure idol featured in magazines... Now Miyake is thinking how 'unique' this school was. It wouldn't be strange if a classmate is trained in an isolated facility and escaped to enter this school, or something like that...

Aomine: "Oi! I'm just born with this face!"

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Once classes were over, Aomine was in a hurry to go at the gym for practice.

Ishikura: "Aomine!!"

Aomine: "Ishikura-paisen, Chiiisu~"

Ishikura: "Where have you been?! You can't skip practice for no reason!"

When he got there, some third years started nagging him off.

Aomine: "I can skip practice as long as I have reason right?"

Ishikura: "Don't mess with me! As a Captain I have the responsibility to set you straight."

Aomine sighed.

Aomine: "Practice, practice... Don't make me laugh. Inter High and the Winter Cup, I'll win them all."

Aomine picked up a basketball on one hand on the floor. He dribbled fiercely like a wild animal, straight towards the basket.

5 players in the court knew what he's up to, so they made a defensive position to stop him. He went past all of them with incredible speed and dribbling skills, they couldn't even touch him and he jumped.

Everyone watched him flying to the air until he made a spectacular slam dunk.

Even against 5 players, he was unstoppable.

Aomine: "You can talk to me after you can keep up with me. It wouldn't be called practice If I don't even break a sweat... Hmph, not that you ever will."

Basketball was a team sport. But Aomine defies common sense. He's no longer Human.

Aomine: "Remember this Captain... The only one who could beat me, is me..."

Inside his mind he was partying like a kid, saying things like that. Others might find it cringe, but for him it's cool.

Aomine: "Oh well, since I'm here anyway I'll play around for a bit."

Ishikura: "You should have said that from the very beginning."

Everyone in the club, especially the captain Ishikura expects this team will be stronger than ever. It's not even an exaggeration that it's a one man team, since it literally is.

This arrogant attitude was from the personality of the original owner of the body. Whenever he gets worked up on something, that side of the personality heavily influenced him.

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It was just after class...

Sakura left the classroom, holding her digital camera.

???: "Hey, you are Sakura right?"

Sakura: "Wh-what?"

Sakura the bespectacled girl with the hunched back peered up with a timid expression. Apparently she hadn't expected someone to talk to her, and was flustered.

???: "I heard you're quite close with that bastard, Aomine. Are you his bitch or something?"

The guy's eyes pierced through her eye glasses, making Sakura flinch.

Sakura: "S-sorry. I... I have plans, so..."

???: "My lackeys saw you two together the other day. Doing dirty stuff in an isolated building. And that's when he beat them up, since you were seen."

Sakura: "I-I don't know. I really don't know anything..."

Her words were weak, yet she vehemently denied it.

On the other hand, the guy before her got a very malicious aura. Sakura could feel that the guy in front of him was bad news.

Sakura: "So... is it okay? If I go back..."

Sakura whispered.

Sakura was obviously uncomfortable. She averted her eyes on him, looking down the floor. She wasn't simply bad at talking with people. It looked as though she was hiding something. You could see that from her behavior. Sakura concealed her dominant hand while also avoiding eye contact. Even if she weren't comfortable meeting someone's eyes, people generally looked in the direction of those to whom they were speaking

???: "Now, don't say that. How about we go out and have a nice long talk."

Sakura: "Wh-why, though? I-I don't know anything..."

???: "Don't lie to me. It's not like you got friends to hang out right? Come with me."

The guy really takes no for an answer.

Sakura: "I'm really bad at being social. I'm sorry..."

Sakura muttered, still desperately trying to escape from this guy's clutches.

Sakura: "G-goodbye."

The guy chuckled a little and at placed his hand on the wall behind her in a surprise Kabe-don, making Sakura flinch and accidentally let go of the camera from her hands.

Sakura: "Ah!"

Sakura's digital camera tumbled to the floor with a loud clack. Sakura, flustered, rushed to pick up her camera.

Sakura: "No way. There's nothing on the screen..."

Sakura put her hand over her mouth in total shock. The camera seemed to have broken on impact. She pushed the power button over and over, tried taking out the batteries and putting them back in, but the power indicator never came on.

???: "Kuku, my bad. It looks like it was broken."

The guy in front of him continued to harras her.

Sakura: "No, that's not it. I was just careless, that's all... Anyway, goodbye."

???: "Who told you to leave? I'm not done with you yet."

Sakura looked up, and finally took a clear look on her surroundings. She was surrounded by a couple of three people. One is an intimidating black skinned African origin young man with a burly build, wearing black glasses and the school's uniform. Another beside him was a girl with short hair, who seemed irritated for some reason.

Sakura shut off her eyes in fear. It seems she's going to get bullied. Though this was the most prestigious high school in the whole country, and the rules are strict about bullying, doesn't mean it wouldn't happen.

Miyake: "Hey, what are you three surrounding my classmate over there? Let go of her or I'll call the teachers."

Unexpectedly, a classmate came to save her. She looked over behind them, and saw it was Aomine's friend, Miyake Akito.

The guy still had its hand behind Sakura

???: "What are you working up for? I'm only asking her to come and have a talk with us."

Miyake: "It doesn't look like that to me."

Miyake stared at the people surrounding Sakura. In the past, Miyake had a short temper and been to fights multiple times so he was quite confident with his fighting skills.

However, there are three of them. And most importantly each individual looked very strong.

One is an intimidating burly and muscular young man, that could kill him in a single punch. Another was a a girl who looked like she practiced Martial Arts since she's a kid. But the most dangerous of all was the guy leading the three, Ryuen Kakeru.

In Miyake's middle school, violence and fights often happened. And Ryuen is one of the most dangerous guys in the school.

Ibuki: "Hmph, this is a waste of time."

Ryuen: "Kuku, alright then. My goal is done here. Let's go."

Albert: "..."

Sakura's knees are still trembling, but she was relieved after that.

Miyake: "Sakura, are you fine?"

Sakura looked at Miyake's eyes, and she could tell that he's trustworthy.

Sakura: "Y-Yes..."

Miyake: "You've caught the attention of a troublesome person too, haven't you?

Let me know if you need any help, okay?"

Sakura: "Thank you very much..."

Sakura bowed her head with gratitude.

Miyake: "I might not be there anytime, so you also better be careful."

Sakura looked at her broken digital camera. It seems she still can't get over that it broke.

Aomine might have said this before... But Miyake Akito is a good guy.