The Tiger And The Panther

Chapter 1: The Tiger Greets The Panther

"Why the hell did you just kiss me you dumbass!" The words were spilling from my mouth in an angry uproar, filling the silence in the room. The words couldn't even express the rage I felt.

"Cuz it was a dare, Bakagami." Was the casual, jackass response I got from a certain chocolatey skin colored male. The male himself had a bored expression on his face, leaning on his hand as he stared at me. Judging by his attitude he obviously did not care what I was feeling about the idea. The boys around us merely stared as well, Kuroko speaking up, "Kagami-Kun, Aomine-Kun, stop flirting with eachother."

Maybe I should backtrack a bit to what happened before all of this.

~

It was quite a cool day outside, very nice since all I'd been experiencing lately was high humidity and heat. I was actually quite excited for practice due to the weather, and was very pumped to get onto the court.

As I was in the locker room changing, a certain voice spoke up to me, the usual flat tone coming from the boy. "Kagami-Kun, Kise-Kun wants you to participate in his sleepover tonight."

I jumped up in shock at the smaller bluenette appearing. Oh geez, he really needed to stop that. "Kuroko-.....a sleepover?" I cocked my head. Weren't we too old for that type of stuff?

"Yes, a sleepover." Was Kurokos brisk response. "Kise-Kun is inviting everyone. He wants you to come." He repeated, staring directly at me.

"Don't wanna." I shook my head. Why would I waste my night hanging out with Kise and the others? By everyone I know Kise was going to invite the others of the generation of miracles. They were all honestly, kinda a bunch of weirdos.

"Kise-Kun insists." Kuroko stated, continuing his staring, which sometimes made me feel awkward. "He wants you there too, he says it'll be more fun with everyone there."

"But I don't wanna hang out with him, that's it. Unless he wants to play basketball that is." I added. I could always play a game of basketball. I guess you could say it was a little obsession of mine.

Kuroko looked down at his phone in his hand, clicking a few keys and waiting a moment, until he'd gotten a response. "Kise-Kun will play you. As long as you come tonight for the sleepover."

My ears perked up at that. Now this was interesting. "Hmmm....alright alright.....I guess I'll come then. You'll have to led me there though Kuroko." I stated simply. "And he'd better have a lot to eat."

"Don't worry, Kise-Kun will." Kuroko said simply, almost seeming to have an evil smile going on. Of course he never really smiled so how was I to know? I started to get a fishy feeling about this. "Who will be there besides us?" He decided to ask.

"Kise-Kun, Midorima-Kun, Murasakibara-Kun, and Aomine-Kun." Kuroko spoke softly, nodding his head at me. He turned, heading to the doors after that moment, exiting quickly, leaving me there to think.

Aomine? For some strange reason, the name made my heart do a little skip. He was the strongest player I'd went up against. I can remember the match like it was just yesterday, it was that exhilarating. It had made my blood pump with excitement, my heart race, my body yearn for the competition he delivered.

I honestly strangely really wanted to see him now.

~

"Kagami-Kun, here we are." It was after practice, I'd stopped at my place to pack a bag of essentials. You know, the usual, toothbrush, clothes, phone, etc. Currently Kuroko and I stood in front of what was apparently Kises house. Which to be honest his house was very nice looking. Kuroko told me he also had the house to himself that week. His parents were on a vacation trip.

Kuroko led me to the door and rang the doorbell. In under five seconds a cheery blonde soon appearing, throwing open the door.

"Kurokocchi! Kagamicchi!" Kise excitedly gave the shorter boy a hug, and simply waved to me. "I'm so glad you two could make it! We're going to have so much fun!" He was like a little annoying ball of enthusiasm.

"Yes, we are. Please let me go Kise-Kun, you're squishing me." Kuroko said with a dead-panned expression, not seeming to care for the hugging and excited atmosphere.

"Haha, of course. Come on!" Kise grabbed Kurokos arm, leading him into the house. I followed after the two, looking around curiously as Kise gave us a brief tour of his house, and eventually led us up to his room. As we entered I spotted Midorima sitting in a chair, peering down at a book. In the green haired males lap sat a stuffed rabbit.

On the bed a large lanky body laid, which belonged to Murasakibara. He was so far munching down on a bag of chips, crumbs surrounding him as though he was a rat. He definitely looked like it at the moment.

"Where's Aomine?" The untamed words left my lips without me even controlling them. I just wanted to know.

Kise raised an eyebrow, "Hmm, I dunno, he's usually late to everything. He'll probably come later." He shrugged, plopping down on the floor. "But anyways we should play some games! I'm super happy!"

"Great." I mumbled in a melancholy manner as I slowly sat down next to Kise, sighing. "I'm not one for games. Especially sleepover games..."

"Don't worry Kagami-Kun, it can be fun." Kuroko said, seeming to suddenly appear beside Kise. "Usually at parties people play exciting games right?" The bluenette checked. "Does anyone have a suggestion for the first game?"

"I do."

All of our heads turned to see a large, well built man yawning, running his fingers through his dark blue hair. Hair like a dark sky. Skin like a chocolatey smooth sweet. Oh geez why were all of these thoughts appearing in my brain.

"Hey Aominecchi!" Kise piped up cheerfully, gesturing beside me, "Sit down! We're gonna play some games! What were you gonna suggest?"

Aomine glanced around the group, raising an eyebrow as he came and slowly sat down next to me. After a moment of suspense, a smirk spread across his lips, taking over his usual bored expression.

I could've swore my heart skipped again.

"Truth or dare." The three words left Aomines lips in a casual way, floating through the air and making their way towards our listening ears. Wait, truth or dare?

"Yay! We should definitely do that! Alright lets start!" Kise said, looking pumped for this as he smiled widely, glancing around at the group.

Oh no.

I had a bad feeling about this.