"What a strange thing to spend time thinking about," Kuroko chuckles a bit at the ranking, but it doesn't seem entirely off-base.

"Even Aomine-kun has a romantic side to him, hm?" He follows his gaze to Akashi and realizes something. "Oh - I meant it when I say I'd prefer nobody else to know. Don't discuss this with Akashi-kun."

Kuroko was always good at suppressing his true feelings and thoughts, but it never seems to work around the redhead. The last thing he wants is for his crush to be realized and complicate things. Akashi seemed so much happier dating Kise, after all.