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"Mooo! One more! One more!" Kise complained as he panted just after Aomine won against him in a one on one basketball battle.

Aomine was off duty today and Kise had no scheduled flights as a pilot so it was only them and Tetsuya staying at home while Murasakibara managed his restaurant, Midorima on call at the hospital, and Akashi on a business trip.

"Give up, Kise, you'll never win against me," Aomine said, grinning.

"Can do!" Kise said, sticking his tongue out as he picked up the basketball they were using.

"So stubborn," Aomine said then stationed himself in a defense position as Kise brought the ball in.

Kise went in for a fake drive and was able to do a crossover to shake Aomine off. Unfortunately, Aomine was just quicker that he was able to steal the ball from Kise and ran to the other side of the court, attempting to score.

But something caught his sight and his body reacted just a second early. Aomine halted upon seeing the cyan-haired boy standing in the middle of the basketball court. Kise, however, did not notice this and was caught off guard by Aomine's sudden and full stop that he crashed unto the blue-haired police officer.

"Ow! Damn you, Kise!" Aomine complained.

"It's your fault for stopping so suddenly, Aomine-cchi!" Kise said.

Because of the crash, Aomine lost grip of the ball and bounced somewhere else, only for Tetsuya to bring it back to him.

"Oh? Ohayo, Tetsuya-cchi!" Kise greeted. "Would you like to play basketball with us?"

Tetsuya just stared at Aomine, handing him the ball the was too big for his tiny hands.

Aomine grinned. "Say, Tetsu, do you want to learn how to shoot?" he asked, earning a nod from the boy.

"Wait, Aomine-cchi! I want to teach him too!" Kise said as Aomine took the ball from the boy and lead him to the ring.

"Tetsu agreed to play with me, Kise," Aomine said, "I'll let you play with him if he agrees,"

"You agree, right Tetsuya-cchi?!" Kise said, his face awfully close to the anxious boy who backed away in fear.

"See? You're scaring him," Aomine said.

"Mooo! I'm not that scary, am I, Aomine-cchi?" Kise asked.

Aomine smirked. "Yes you are, you look like a pedophile,"

"So mean!" Kise whined.

"Ne, Tetsu," Aomine said, picking Tetsuya up so he will be able to reach the ball. "Try shooting the ball from here, throw it at the hoop,"

Tetsuya looked down at Aomine then threw the ball towards the hoop. Unfortunately, his aim was too low that the ball hit the rim of the ring and bounced back towards him, slamming Tetsuya right in the face.

"Oops," Aomine said, "Are you okay, Tetsu?"

Despite the red mark the ball left in his face, Tetsuya nodded.

"Aomine-cchi! Try teaching him something more basic," Kise said, "A four-year-old kid won't be able to shoot the ball like that,"

"Hai, hai," Aomine said with a grin, putting Tetsuya down and gave him the ball. "Ne, Tetsu, let's try dribbling okay?" You make the ball bounce from your hand and catch it on the same hand then your repeat, like this,"

After demonstrating, Tetsuya started dribbling the ball but always loses his grip making him run after the ball a couple of times until he badly tripped over his own foot and scraped his knee.

"Oh no, Tetsuya-cchi!" Kise said, helping the boy stand up. "Are you okay?"

Tears formed at the corner of the boy's eyes as he felt the sting of the wound.

"Ne, ne, it's okay," Kise said, patting Tetsuya's head. "Let's go inside to tend your woods, okay?"

Tetsuya looked up at Kise for a long time before gripping on his clothes tightly.

"Oh? Looks like he's already warmed up to you, Kise," Aomine said.

"I'm glad," Kise said then scooped Tetsuya up from the ground. "Ne, Tetsuya-cchi, would you like to play catch afterward?"

Tetsuya nodded and the three of them went back inside to tend Tetsuya's knee.

***

The silence the moment Midorima stepped inside their homemade him anxious to continue to walk in. It was only eight in the evening and the house was usually still noisy from Aomine and Kise's bickering.

But tonight, silence welcomed the green-haired doctor.

He walked towards the living room where he heard the television open and saw the blue-haired police officer and the yellow-haired pilot slumped on the couch, both snoring away in a deep sleep on both ends of the couch. Clinging to Kise like a lifeline, was Tetsuya who was just as in deep sleep as the other two.

Midorima's mouth twitched at the sight as he walked towards them. "Aomine," he called in a low voice, careful to not wake the child present. "Aomine,"

Aomine groaned. "Go away," he grumbled.

"Get up and sleep in your room, you'll have a backache if you continue to sleep on the couch," Midorima said.

Upon hearing somebody speak, Kise stirred, his arms still wrapped around the cyan-haired boy, careful to not let him fall off.

"Midorima-cchi, you're home early," Kise muttered sleepily.

"Yes and I also didn't expect that the house will be at peace in this hour," Midorima said. "What have you three been doing? Why is there a band-aid on Tetsuya's knee?"

"He tripped," Aomine answered. "I was teaching him to play basketball. Turns out it was too rough for a toddler,"

"Don't worry, Midorima-cchi," Kise said, "I already cleaned his wound. He'll be fine,"

"I see," Midorima said, "Then, both of you continue your slumber in your own respective rooms. Kise put Tetsuya to bed first,"

"I'd like to," Kise said, "The problem is..."

"He's been clinging to Kise like that ever since he tended Tetsuya's wound," Aomine said, "I don't think it's a good idea to let him sleep in a separate room,"

"Then, will you be okay to have him sleep with you for the night?"

Kise nodded then stood up, carefully lifting Tetsuya with him. "Goodnight," he said and left.

"I didn't know Kise could be gentle with children," Midorima said.

"He's not," Aomine said, stretching his body with a yawn. "But he must've picked up how broken Tetsu is and decided to care for him,"