Kise isn't the smartest person around, but he can read people pretty well. "You should be more confident in yourself, Kurokocchi," he said. "You're more than just your talent for basketball."

He lets out a thoughtful hum. "No, I don't need you to. You're my friend. One of my first real friends. I'd miss you if you weren't there. As much as I wanted to date you, I value your friendship more." Though for him it was pretty tied up together.

But he can deal. It's not like the Miracles get together super often anyway. Less than he'd like, if he's honest, but with three of them in Tokyo, and the other three, himself included, to different parts of Japan (though Yokohama, and it's prefecture Kanagawa, is techinquly part of the Greater Tokyo Area) but he's so busy he might as well be in Kyushu.