Kuroko walked a little awkwardly as he and Akashi almost strutted down the hallway. A few royal members were here and there, giving a few odd glances at the blue-haired stranger walking with the King. The most awkward glance was probably the one from Aomine, who Kuroko passed in the hallway.

The stormy-eyed male had been following an older gentlemen, presumably his father, when their eyes met. Kuroko felt himself gulp as Aomine's eyes widened; probably curious what he was doing here.

Akashi directed him to another hallway, leaving Aomine out of sight. Kuroko bit his lip until Akashi stopped in front of a room. The red-head smiled slightly as he opened the door, letting Kuroko in to see a large white bed with tall, oak-based frames and a fine set of wooden chairs placed here and there as well as a few other fine furniture. Kuroko glanced back to Akashi; who was about to speak.

"This room is all yours, Tetsuya. My room is nearby, so you don't have to call on anyone to get me," Akashi said with pleasured eyes as he continued. "Enjoy."

"T-Thank you..." Kuroko muttered.

Akashi nodded, walking away. Kuroko was left there, looking inside the room and sighing. This feels weird to me, He thought, was it wrong to agree to this...?

Kuroko shook his thoughts, closing the door and heading out of this smaller hallway into the larger, main hallway.

He looked both sides, catching Aomine in the corner of his eye as he strolled down. Aomine didn't notice him until Kuroko went a little farther out and eventually came only a few feet away from him. This time the stormy-eyed male was alone.

"Hey, Kuroko, mind telling me what you're doing here...?" Aomine growled lightly.

"I was with Akashi, obviously." Kuroko smiled slightly; feeling a little mischievous. Aomine's eye twitched.

"Don't play coy with me!" He growled for the first sentence, tapping his arm as he continued. "Plus, why would you still be here BY YOURSELF--ahem--if your not with a royal member?"

"Well..." Kuroko hesitated, not sure if telling him would ruin the plan Aomine had made. Kuroko decided anyway, however, knowing he would've eventually have found out. "... I'm living with the King, sort of-"

"That's perfect!" Aomine grinned, his prideful, accomplished look from an hour ago taking his expression once more.

Kuroko blinked, confused. "What...? I thought you'd be mad"

"Why?" Aomine laughed. "This is great! Now it'll be easier to do the love triangle since I don't have to look for you now all the time and my father's making me visit this castle a lot... plus, now you know where Akashi's bed is~"

"Don't say things like that..." Kuroko muttered, his cheeks blushing slightly. Aomine sounded a little like Kise. "Plus, that stuff... I'm not really familiar with, anyway, even if I really wanted to do anything like that to him..."

"Heh, well then; do you wanna practice?"

"Huh?" Kuroko managed to say before he quickly gulped, his eyes wide as Aomine pushed him against the wall.

Aomine's hands hovered over him, beginning to lean his whole upper body towards him. His stormy eyes were thin and his mouth was open slightly as he almost neared his mouth to his; less then an inch away. Kuroko suddenly flinched, blushing almost furiously now, as he quickly backed away and escape his grasp.

"W-What were you doing, just then...?" Kuroko said with a slightly panicked tone. Aomine's face looked amused, beginning to laugh.

"Hah, Tetsu, I already told you I'd practice with you," Aomine lifted one brow as he grinned, slightly wide-mouthed. "I didn't lie; did I?"

"No, you didn't, That's quite obvious" Kuroko said, feeling a sigh come up as he continued. "I never agreed to 'practice' at all-"

"But didn't you agree with my plan?"

"You never said that was a part of it..." Kuroko mumbled.

"You never said you were going to live in the King's castle." Aomine smirked.

Kurko gulped slightly, feeling himself look down. He did make an good point.

There was a moment of awkward silence as Kuroko felt Aomine's stormy eyes looking down at him; awaiting a reply. Kuroko hesitated, not sure what to say until he finally decided after a minute or so.

"...okay, then, I'll do that 'practice'...on you." Kuroko said, looking back up at Aomine's face as if to say that he was 'admitting defeat'. He looked a bit surprised, blinking a few times as his eyes widened.

"No, no, no, no, no...!" Aomine laughed nervously and waved his arms in front of him as he stepped back a few steps. "This is meant for you! I-I never said you would do it on... me!!"

"Why not~?" Kuroko smiled slightly with a sweet, seductive look in his tender blue eyes. He leaned in and teased Aomine with the soft touch of his fingers as he placed part of his hand on his right arm. The stormy-eyed male looked very alerted right now and you had to only have been a blind man to not see that his face had lit up brighter then Akashi's hair (A/N: Yes I have crossed the line and I'm proud lol).

"C-C-Cause, uh, w-well, uh... fine! FINE!" Aomine said as he started out stuttering and ended up broadcasting his voice louder, sighing right afterwards at his sense of defeat. He put his hands into his pocket as he slumped a little forward. "W-We... We don't have to do this practice thing, alright?! Are you happy now?!"

Kuroko smiled, realising his little plan had worked. "Yes, thank you Aomine-kun~"

Aomine sighed, looking both ways and then glancing back at Kuroko. "Hey, Tetsu, do you think we've been standing here for awhile?"

Kuroko blinked. "Yes, I suppose so... do you have anywhere specific to go to that you have in mind?"

Aomine heaved, as if he recalled something bad. "Yeah, some place I'm forced to go to a meeting of pops... You can go with me, if you don't mind."

"I don't."

"Good," Aomine smiled a little, his expression quickly changing as he looked back down at the side of his body. "Well, um, actually, first of all... you still have your hand on my arm."

"Oh, sorry" Kuroko said as he pulled his hand back; not realising he had kept it there.

"Anyway, second of all; there's going to be a meeting around where I'm going that involves the Emerald royal family's second son and the Magenta royal family's King. Try your best to avoid them; the Emerald Prince can tell a peasant from a mile away; with great hatred, at that, as well. I'm not so sure I know about the Magenta King all too well, besides his famous eating habits; however, I do recommend that you stay away from him as well; just in case..."

"What if they come up to me?"

"Well, that'll probably never happen... however if it did- "Aomine fluttered his eyes as blinked, a grin emerging onto his face as he placed an arm around his shoulders. "-Well, you'd be kinda screwed and you'd have to leave the country forever..."

"Thanks, but I'm sure that it's not going to be that extreme..." Kuroko frowned.

Aomine sighed, realeasing Kuroko from his grasps as he stretched his arms. He held his arm up soon after that; the dark, blue-haired male beckoning him with his hand as a silent sign to follow him.

"Let's go. I don't want to hold up my father's time no matter how much I would LOVE to avoid it with you-" Aomine said briefly until he suddenly realised what he was saying; adding on another, yet panicked sentence. Kuroko had begun to follow behind him. "W-Wait-! N-Not like that...!! I-I meant that you're f-fun to talk to, you know.. heh, heh..."

"Sure..." Kuroko smiled, raising his eyebrows.

They continued to chat as they headed back into the main hall, not realising what sort of mess Kuroko and Aomine were going to get themselves into once they would arrive...

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Hey! I hope this wasn't too long or too short. I had so many scenarios for this that it felt like a confused jumble to me xD

Anyway, I'm guessing you already know whose the Emerald and Magenta people are.... If not, well; you'll find outta :)

So awkward having to ask my dad how to spell words... if only he knew what they were being used for cause I'm here like this; ;_;

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