Kuroko no Basket © Fujimaki Tadatoshi

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Their first date was boring.

It was like hanging out with Kuroko and Kise except without the two of them. It's like when Kagami's dad gave him his monthly allowance, on the first few days they'd use it, in the name of celebration, in an excuse to eat freely.

The agenda was no better, movies, arcade, mall, shopping district, Ikebukuro, Shibuya, Akihabara, and that weird maid café that Daiki liked. Their first date, was predictable. They went to the maid café and a movie. Aomine never felt himself more… bored. Or sad. Maybe he just expected too much.

Kagami was more focus on buying cleaning supplies, they chatted about everything and nothing, when they were sitting on a bench, Kagami was checking the new napkin he bought, Daiki heard a few chatter from a couple a few feet from them. It was autumn, they were plastered like the park was their room, the boy saying sweet nothings while the girl giggled. Huh, why didn't they do that?

"Oh, can't believe Murasakibara burn my napkin," Kagami said as he put the napkin back.

Aomine snorted, like he always did, slouched on the bench. "Well you should watch him, that guy's kind of destructive don't you think?"

Kagami smiled and leaned back, "yeah, after this we should try that omurice in that maid café."

Aomine was trying to find the right sweet nothing, but none came, so he only smirked. "I thought you said it was expensive there."

Kagami frowned, "we're on a date, aho. We should be spending it on something like that."

Daiki's smirk fell, to a flat almost deadpanned expression, "tell me," he started, "what's the difference between dates and hanging out?"

It was predicted that Kagami would look surprised, he frowned offensively, "you don't enjoy this?"

Daiki knew it was a wrong way to put it, but he didn't have the style to say a 'no-no-no! It's not that, babe!' so he just patted the boy beside him, "no, it's fun. Like it always does with you—"he gave Kagami a serious expression, "—but I never thought we already did the same thing before."

Kagami blinked, then frowned trying to argue because to Daiki he must still be in the paradigm of 'dates, especially first date, should be remarkable, what new official couple should do'. But he gradually shut his mouth, didn't find a comeback. "…Aren't we a couple now?"

Daiki found the confused face endearing and he crept his face close, "yeah, but we're not a regular couple, anyway." And it's true.

So many explanations could be made, telling them they are not like any couple, not fit to that kind of lifestyle but Daiki didn't want to spoil it, he just felt Kagami should stop thinking they could be one. Kagami was quiet as the gears in his head was working and he sighed, "guess so." He looked down at the napkin, the prove of it all.

Daiki nudged Taiga's shoulder, because he was still wasn't use to go public, and smiled softly, "you know, we don't have to have a fine first date." He made Taiga looked at him with a raised eyebrow, like the times whenever Kuroko and Momoi were silently astonished.

"Since when are you wise?" Kagami snorted.

Daiki would usually slap the back of his neck, would feel slightly insulted and so he insulted back, but he was feeling romantic, "since you beat me, I guess?"

Kagami scrunched his nose in slight disgust, his cheeks tinting red but he hurriedly averted his gave. "Tch, whatever," and muttered about 'cheeky bastard', earning a smack. But at least Kagami smiled, and it made Aomine smiled. It made him warm and fuzzy again and who cares if it didn't feel like a remarkable date, they never coveted perfectionism, they were perfect as they were flawed and never follow the common.

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