Daiki Aomine—power forward and ace of Tōō Academy. His childhood friend, Satsuki Momoi, had always been by his side. To outsiders, they seemed like a couple—the lingering touches, the flirtatious banter, the way they gravitated toward each other when no one was watching. But Aomine never saw her as girlfriend material.

She was convenient. That was the brutal truth. No matter how much Momoi harbored feelings for Kuroko, she never turned Aomine away. She had always been fond of him, always willing, always ready. And even though he felt a twinge of guilt for using her, it never stopped him. It was unspoken, never defined, yet he knew deep down that they were never truly together.

But they should have talked about it.

Because everything changed when a new student transferred to Tōō Academy. Suddenly, Aomine wasn’t calling her over at odd hours. He wasn’t teasing her, wasn’t lingering too close, wasn’t asking for pictures anymore. He became distant. Detached. And worst of all, interested—but not in her.

Momoi told herself she had no right to be upset. No one knew about what they did, and Aomine had never once promised her anything. But it felt like he had—like in those fleeting moments, when his hands gripped her waist and his voice coaxed her through it, there was something more.

She hated how jealous she felt. Hated how lonely she was without him.

But when the new girl joined the basketball team as the second manager, she hated it even more.

Because Aomine—who used to blow off practice without a second thought—was now showing up every single day.

And it wasn’t for her