MuraHimu 30 Day OTP challenge. Day 1- Holding hands

A/N: So I saw someone else do this a while ago with different characters, so I felt like I wanted to write my own, with (one of) my KnB OTPs, Murasakibara/Himuro. So yeah, I should upload a new one everyday~ I hope you like it!

The way that Himuro moved when he played was amazing really. He was quick, tricky and strong, despite his height. Murasakibara sat on the bench, watching his movements as he played, he preferred to sit out most of the time during practice, he only really played properly during games anyway so it was fine. Besides, at least he turned up. Most of the time he sat there, he sat watching Himuro, somewhat fascinated by him, although he'd never admit it. Just as he was getting lost in his thoughts again, crunching on a candy-bar, the whistle blew to signify the end of the game. Himuro came walking over to the bench, standing in front of his friend as the taller male tossed him a towel from the bench, not even having to look up and focusing on his sweets.

"...Thanks." Himuro nodded, and Murasakibara nodded back. "Hey, do you wanna go to the shops after this? I'll get you some more sweets if you like." Himuro asked, smiling at the purple haired giant. He perked up instantly, looking up through his hair and nodding.

"Ah, yeah, sure."

"Great! I'll go and get changed then and meet you outside."

"Mmhm." He watched as the black haired player ran off into the locker rooms to get changed, he watched silently, blinking.

-x-

Twenty minutes later they were on their way to the local shop, which happened to only be ten minutes away luckily. They walked in silence, and Murasakibara noticed that the shorter male kept his eyes on the ground, and hadn't said a word since they had left. He pouted, he didn't like to see his friend sad, and wondered what was wrong with him. Glancing down at his bag of sweets, he frowned and nudged Himuro's shoulder.

"Ne, Muro-chin, why are you sad? Is it because you want some sweets?" The taller blinked down at the shorter, looking at him through half-lidded eyes. Himuro shook his head and chuckled.

"No, it's fine Atsushi. I'm not sad, just tired is all." He smiled up at his friend, Murasakibara huffed and nodded.

"If you're sure Muro-chin."

-x-

They carried on walking in silence, with only the sound of crunching and eating from Murasakibara. Soon they found themselves walking through a park, which was the last place they needed to get through before they were at the shops. As they walked, Murasakibara glanced around at the other people there. One thing he noticed was that there was mostly couples in the park, whether it be sitting down together and laughing, laying on the grass and looking at the clouds or holding hands with smiling faces. They all looked so... happy. An idea then popped into his head.

"Muro-chin..."

"Hm?" Himuro raised his head, his eye that wasn't covered by hair meeting Murasakibara's purple ones.

"Can I hold your hand?" He said without hesitation, not even fazed by the idea of holding hands with his friend in a public place.

"E-Eh? Why?" Himuro stuttered, a light pink colour filling his cheeks as his eye widened.

"Ah... Well, there are lots of people around here holding hands, and they all look so happy. So I thought it would make Muro-chin smile if I did."

"O-Oh." Himuro stopped walking, and Murasakibara took a few more steps before noticing his friend had stopped, where he turned around and stopped as well. The side of Himuro's face that he could see was a more brighter red than it was before, and he was fiddling with his hands as he stood awkwardly looking at the ground. Murasakibara hummed in response.

"Hm, it's okay if you don't want to." He nodded and turned back around to start walking again.

"No! I-I mean, it's fine, we can..." He turned back around to see Himuro smiling up at him, which Murasakibara liked a lot more compared to his frowning face, grinning like a child, Murasakibara walked back over to his friend and held out a large hand in an offer to take. Himuro reached out his hand, faltered for a second as though he was about to pull it back, then slipped it into Murasakibara's, smiling. The warm feeling of holding onto someone else spread up Murasakibara's arm, until he was smiling slightly as well, happy that he could make his friend smile. He hummed along as they walked, swinging their arms lightly in unison until Himuro chuckled out loud.

"Hm? What's so funny Muro-chin?" The purple giant questioned, tipping his head to the side.

"Ah, it's nothing... Thank you, Atsushi."