-Emiko POV-
"Time's up! Seirin High... wins the Winter Cup!" announced the referee.
We all ran onto the court and I jumped into Tetsuya's arms.
"You did it!" I said and I snuggled into his neck. "You did it!"
"We did it" he said.
We laughed and he touched my cheek.
"Tetsu?" I was surprised.
My heart began to race and my cheeks were probably bright red.
"Emi" he said and let his forehead rest against mine. "I... I love you"
"Heh?" I was so surprised by his words, but his words filled my heart with joy.
He kissed me on my lips and I smiled.
"Me too" I whispered. "I love you too"
He smiled brightly and I kissed him again.
Everyone on Seirin cheered and we laughed, we were a bit embarrassed.
Seijuro walked to us and held out his hand.
"You... no, your team won" he said. "Congratulations. And prepare yourselves. Next time, we'll win"
"Yes. Let's play again" said Tetsuya and shook his hand. "And again and again and again"
"Get over here, you jackass" I said and hugged Seijuro. "You're all sweaty, but I don't care. I'm happy you're back, Sei"
"Me too, Emi" he said and hugged me back.
~
Satsuki called me, to ask if I wanted to come to a Generation of Miracles meet-up on 31st of January, Tetsuya's birthday.
"Sure!" I said. "I think he'll be very happy about that. I'll call Sei, to see if he's free"
"Thank you, Emiko-chan!" she said. "Could you come to the burger tent?"
"Sure, meet you there" I said and hung up.
~
I saw Satsuki, Kise and Aomine sit at a table.
"Emiko" said Aomine.
"Hello to you too" I said and sat down. "Sei said he'd love to come"
"Didn't Midorima say he'd come if he felt like it?" asked Aomine.
"He'll be fine" said Satsuki.
"Why are you so confident?" asked Aomine.
"Because I'll kick Midorima's ass if he doesn't come" I said and Aomine nodded.
"That just leaves Mukkun" said Satsuki. "He said it sounded like a pain in the butt and hung up on me"
"Really?" I said annoyed and rolled up my sleeves.
"What should we do about him?" asked Kise.
"What are you doing here, Kise?" asked Aomine.
"He was at a studio in the area doing a model shoot" said Satsuki.
"Getting Murasakibaracchi to come to Tokyo is our biggest obstacle right now" said Kise.
"You just need to set out some bait" said Aomine.
"How?" asked Satsuki.
"Listen closely" said Aomine. "First, put a tasty snack where he'll see it. He'll definitely go for it. Then lay out some more. And he'll be in Tokyo before he knows it!"
"Idiot" I sighed and hit him on the head.
"Can't you take this seriously?" shouted Satsuki. "Forget it. I'll do it myself"
She took out her phone and called Murasakibara.
"Sacchin? What?" he answered. "I'm not going if you're calling about street ball"
"Mukkun, I found a really tasty snack" said Satsuki. "Aren't you interested?"
"What?" said Murasakibara, he was interested all right.
"It has a new crisp but doughy texture" she said.
"Crisp but doughy?" he repeated.
"It's sort of like Vietnamese cuisine" she said. "And the secret ingredients are Sakura shrimp and powdered foie gras"
"That sounds good" he said.
"I'll get some, so could you come to Toko on the 31st?" she asked. "It's really good!"
"Really?" he said.
"That's not much different from my plan" said Aomine, who was also listening, so I pushed him away.
"It's very different from your plan" I whispered.
"I guess I'll go" said Murasakibara.
"Then I'll do my best to make some" said Satsuki.
"You idiot!" shouted Aomine.
"You will? Never mind" said Murasakibara and hung up.
"How about I call the ultimate weapon" I smiled and took out my phone. "Hey, Sei"
"Hello, Emi, what's wrong?" asked Seijuro.
"Murasakibara's being a pain in the ass" I said. "Could you get him to come to the meet-up?"
"Consider it done" he said and I smiled.
"Thanks, Sei! You're a lifesaver!" I said and hung up. "And that's how you do it"
~
On December 31st, Tetsuya first came to my house.
"Happy birthday, Tetsuya!" I said and hugged him.
"Thank you" he said and I gave him a quick kiss on his lips.
He blushed and smiled.
"I got you something" I said and gave him the present, it was a hand-made bracelet.
"It's beautiful" he said and put it on. "Thank you"
"Now, let's go" I said and grabbed his hand. "They're waiting for us"
We arrived at the court and saw Aomine, Kise and Satsuki.
"Are we the only ones here?" I heard Aomine ask.
"We're here too" said Tetsuya.
"Whoa!" said Aomine.
"Kurokocchi, Maedacchi, good morning" said Kise.
"Tetsu-kun!" said Satsuki and hugged Tetsuya. "Happy birthday"
I wasn't jealous anymore, I was happy with Tetsuya.
"Thank you" said Tetsuya.
"This is for you" she said and held out a present.
"I'm delighted. Can I open it?" he asked.
"Yeah" she said.
Tetsuya opened the present, it was a hand kittened scarf.
"Hey, this is that thing you've been knitting lately" said Aomine.
"Whoa, you can knit, Satsuki?" I said. "Could you teach me?"
"Of course!" she smiled.
We heard the bell of a bike.
Takao was driving and Midorima sat in the cart behind it...
"Hey, hey, hey. Thanks for waiting" said Takao.
"Takao-kun, and..." said Kise.
"Midorin!" said Satsuki.
"Takao, I only told you to buy me my lucky item" said Midorima.
"Yeah, yeah. You're not getting it until you get out" said Takao. "As promised, I brought him here"
"Thanks, Takao" I smiled.
"Maeda, did you..." said Midorima.
"Yeah, Takao called me" I said.
"Why do you have Maeda's number?" asked Midorima to Takao.
"Have fun, guys!" said Takao and left.
"Well, as long as I'm here, I suppose I must participate" said Midorima.
"You're a difficult one, aren't you?" said Aomine.
"Kuroko" said Midorima and held out a keychain with a duck...
"What is this?" asked Tetsuya.
"It's Aquarius' lucky item for the day" said Midorima. "It wouldn't be any fun if something happened to you on your birthday"
"Oh, right. Thank you" said Tetsuya and accepted the gift.
"He meant to come all along" said Kise.
"Sei!" I said when I saw Seijuro.
"Akashi-kun" said Tetsuya.
"Hey guys, thanks for waiting" said Seijuro.
"Akashicchi, you came all the way from Kyoto" said Kise.
"Yeah, Kuroko, happy birthday" said Seijuro.
"Thank you" said Tetsuya.
"It's been a while" said Aomine. "Not since middle school, huh?"
"Yeah, you're right" said Seijuro.
"That's five of us here" said Kise.
"Murasakibara, huh?" said Midorima.
"Murasakibara should be getting here soon" said Seijuro.
"Morning, guys" it was Murasakibara.
"Mukkun!" said Satsuki.
"Wow, Akashi was right" said Aomine.
"But Murasakibara, you really didn't want to come" said Kise.
"I just stopped by since I was already in Tokyo" said Murasakibara.
"What? You were?" said Satsuki.
"I scheduled a practice game between Rakuzan and Yosen" said Seijuro. "We're located far away from each other, so we decided to meet in the middle"
"Nice one, Sei" I smiled.
"Now everyone's here" said Satsuki.
"Shall we get started?" asked Seijuro.
~
They divided in two teams.
"We're on the same team, Tetsu" said Aomine.
"You're right" said Tetsuya.
"We won't lose" said Kise, who was on the other team.
"You won't beat me, Akachin" said Murasakibara.
"Or me" said Midorima.
"I accept your challenge" said Seijuro.
"We're playing three-on-three" said Satsuki.
"But we'll play full court like it's five-man teams" I said. "But each game is ten minutes, okay?"
"Now let's tip off!" shouted Satsuki and threw the ball in the air.
Midorima got the ball and immeadiatly shot a three.
"Hey, Midorima. Don't finish the play with a single shot" said Aomine annoyed.
"Yeah, that wouldn't be a game" said Kise.
"Fools. Whoever strikes first wins" said Midorima.
They were having a lot of fun.
It was nice seeing Tetsuya and Aomine play together again.
After ten minutes, they changed the teams.
"Momoi, Emi" said Seijuro. "Play a game with us, four-on-four"
"Heh? Really?" I smiled.
"Let's go, Emiko-chan!" said Satsuki and we went onto the court.
I played on Seijuro's team, and we won.
"Heh, Emiko's not half bad" said Aomine.
"Of course not" I chuckled. "Sei taught me after all"
~
When it was getting darker, we decided to stop.
"Isn't Akashi the only one who didn't lose?" asked Aomine.
"Is that right?" said Seijuro.
"You always get the best deal for yourself" said Kise.
"It may be a game, but it's still irritating" said Midorima.
"I'm hungry" said Murasakibara.
"Shall we call it then?" asked Seijuro.
"Yes" said Tetsuya.
"Wait" said Satsuki. "Before that, why don't we..."
She set up the camera and I stood next to Tetsuya and Seijuro.
"Hurry up, Satsuki" said Aomine.
"Give me a second" said Satsuki.
She joined us for the picture and we all smiled.
~
"Good evening!" it was Furihata who opened the door of Kagami's apartment, but he was shocked to see Seijuro.
"Hey, Furihata-kun, right?" said Seijuro.
"Akashi?" said Furihata.
"I brought my friends" said Tetsuya.
I slapped both of Furihata's cheeks.
"Breathe, Furi, breathe" I said.
We all got inside.
"Captain, Izuki-senpai, I'm surprised. You're here too?" said Tetsuya.
"We're surprised too" said Hyuga. "You brought the Generation of Miracles with you?"
"Excuse the intrusion. I'm Rakuzan's Akashi" said Seijuro.
"I think they know who you are, Sei" I said.
"Takao, what are you doing here?" asked Midorima.
"What are you doing here?" asked Takao. "Boy, this is great. So chaotic"
We all sat down around the table, it was quite fun.
Riko and the other senpai's joined us too.
I heard Nigo bark.
"Nigo!" I smiled and he ran to me.
"Is Number 2 his name?" asked Seijuro. "Does that mean there's a Number 1?"
"Right here" said Hyuga and pointed at Tetsuya.
"Hello. I'm Number 1" said Tetsuya with a serious face.
"Don't they look alike?" I asked.
"Indeed" said Seijuro when he looked closer.
It was a lot of fun.
"Let's celebrate the man of the hour" said Riko.
"Ready and..." said Kise and we all made confetti.
"Happy birthday, Kuroko!" we all shouted and Tetsuya smiled brightly.
~
"So, you called Ogiwara-kun" said Tetsuya while we waited for Satsuki.
"Eh, busted" I said and he smiled.
"Thank you" he said and held my hand.
"Tetsu-kun! Emiko-chan!" it was Satsuki. "Were you waiting long?"
"No, it's okay" said Tetsuya.
"Here's the thing you asked for" she said and gave him the photo.
"Thank you" he said.
We walked back to practice.
"You're late, Emiko-chan!" said Riko.
"Sorry" I said. "Tetsu and I were getting a photo from Satsuki"
"You're late, Kuroko!" shouted Hyuga. "Okay, let's start practice. Seirin, Fight!"
"Yeah!"