At the Summer Camp: Chapter 1
It still chilled him to the bone every time he looked at that picture.
The whole lot of them, dubbed by many as the Generation of Miracles, had taken a photo on the abandoned school building yesterday. A picture that he was certain he'd deleted, but for some unfathomable reason had ended up on his mail as soon as he got home.
He'd been surprised to say the least to get an email from Kise, after all, what could he send if he'd deleted the picture, but an email he got.
And there he was, sitting stiffly in Aomine's one armed embrace, blushing like a school girl while trying not to grimace, which only made him look more noticeable than the other people in the photo. Oh, how he wished he had Kuroko's invisible presence at the time, because, indifferent of his attempt at smiling, Kuroko was still only noticeable in the photo if you tried to look for him, where as Akashi stood out like a gold fish in a sea of green.
He was certain Aomine was delighted with the outcome, most like observing his handiwork and grinning like the buffoon that he was while the other members of the Basketball team would ponder the entire night about why the Ace of the team was hugging the Captain to his chest...
Well, they had most liked pondered the entire night, because it was already morning, and Akashi was already up (he couldn't close his eyes because a blue haired gorilla kept popping up in his sleep to disturb his dreams with perverse fantasies). His bags were hanging by the threshold of his big house, and he'd returned to his room to check if he'd missed something, and he'd stumbled upon the photo for some reason (he'd forgotten to turn off the computer).
It was already too much stress to handle, spending an entire week with Aomine at summer camp while knowing that the other boy returned his feelings, but having the rest of the club members be aware, or suspicions of the two thanks to the blasted photo almost made Akashi call in sick for the week and stay home.
Almost! He wasn't a quitter! And if he let Aomine's annoying crush on him, or some suspicions from the others keep him from his Captain duties, than he might as well admit defeat already, and that wasn't the Akashi way!
Akashi believed in loosing a battle in order to win the war. It was a well known strategy, and he acknowledged that sometimes loss was necessary, and that a good leader should always take into account the possibility of loss and plan for it in advance in case it did happen, to not let himself be completely defeated. But here he felt like he'd already lost before he'd even gotten the chance to play!
"Don't you think you're a little paranoid about this?" a soothing voice whispered in his ear. "You haven't even had the chance to analyze their reaction and see what they really think about the photo. As far as you know, they might even have shrugged it off as Daiki being too friendly and not even thought much about it. After all, he is leaning his hand on Tetsuya like it's nothing."
"He's not exactly squashing Kuroko to his chest now, is he?" Akashi said bitterly.
"Precisely," the voice in his head said, through Akashi wasn't certain why exactly it was so smug. "Now, if you're done feeling sorry for yourself, get moving already, or you'll be late!"
Akashi couldn't really argue much with that, so he closed the computer and was on his way, stopping briefly to inform his father that he was leaving for the summer camp training, and then boarding the car and letting the chauffer drive him towards the school, where the buss would be waiting to transport them to the camp.
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"Come on Aomine-kun! We'll be late!" Satsuki screamed at the top of her lungs.
"Coming!" Aomine snapped back at her as he rushed down the stairs of his house with his bags in toe.
It had been a long night of him and his own private thought and that fantastic picture that Kise has sent him as soon as he'd gotten home. So, he'd been quite grumpy and ill prepared when Satsuki had barged into his room that morning to wake him up, and had suffered the misfortune of stumbling upon him half-naked, head still filled with Akashi and those soft lips of his, that he'd been this freaking close to planting one on her when she'd tried to wake him up, leading to a very awkward moment for the both of them. But how many times had he told her not to barge into his room in the morning? He slept commando during the summer for fuck's sakes! She should know better by now after so many close calls!
He didn't have time to eat anything because he wasted so much time waking up, so his mom had whipped up sandwiches for both him and Satsuki to eat on the road.
"Finally!" Satsuki exclaimed as soon as she saw him step out the door. A heavy blush colored her cheeks as she lay eyes on him and suddenly her head turned away from him, making him glare at her, because he had warned her multiple times that something like this could happen. "Let's get going!" she said bossily.
"Alright," Aomine said grumpily as he kissed his mom on the cheek.
"Take care Satsuki-chan, Dai-chin!" his mom said, and Satsuki was quick to turn around, a radiant smile on her face and wave at his mom.
"By, by, Aunty!"
Yeah, the fact that she still called his mom 'aunty' and yet decided to call him Aomine-kun was still a sore subject for Daiki, and he glared at her to make his point. Which she completely ignored.
"Hurry up, will you!" Satsuki snapped running off ahead. "We're already late!"
"Alright," Aomine said, somewhat resentful himself and broke off into a sprint, easily overtaking her.
"Wha-?! Aomine-kun! Slow down!" Satsuki yelled, suddenly finding herself struggling to keep up with him.
"Why?" Aomine asked peevishly. "You were the one who said we were late!"
"I know that," Satsuki said panting and out of breath. "Can you – *gasp* at least take my bag as well?" *pant, pant*
"Why? My load is as heavy as yours!" Aomine said glaring at her, but slowing down just the same.
"You'd really let a lady carry such heavy bags?" Satsuki asked as soon as she caught up to him and glared at him.
"The minute I stumble upon one, I'll help her carry her load," Aomine replied, knowing he'd piss her off.
Satsuki level a glare at him and harrumphed at his rudeness.
"And that is the reason why you don't have a girlfriend!"
"Who says I want one?" Aomine asked as they rounded the corner that lead them to the entrance of the school, where the buss and everyone seemed to be waiting for them.
Satsuki gazed perplexed at Aomine for a moment, uncertain how to interpret his previous words, before snapping out of her daze and heading for the buss herself. And glomping Tetsu-kun as soon as she lei eyes on him.
"Good morning, Tetsu-kun!" she whispered cheerily, and Aomine found himself face palming at her attitude.
And she was expecting him to treat her like a lady, when she acted more like a little kid with a puppy dog crush? But, if he were to be honest, he couldn't find himself rolling his eyes at her behavior anymore, given his own feeling for Akashi…
And where was that red-haired anyway?
"Is everyone here?" The coach asked.
"We're all here," Nijimura confirmed.
Aomine hastily boarded the buss and looked around for Akashi, finding the red-haired sitting at the back, apparently lost in thought.
"Yo," Aomine greeted as he sat down, scaring the living daylight out of Akashi. He was a little bit disappointed by Akashi's jumpy attitude, since he'd thought they'd made a real connection last night, but it seemed the red-haired was still stubbornly trying to keep him out of his life…
Well, he was sorry to disappoint him, but Aomine was just not going to stand quietly and let him do that knowing that the other boy fancied him as well.
"Morning, Aominecci!" Kise's bouncy and energetic voice drew Aomine's attention to see that Satsuki and Tetsu had sat themselves right in front of Akashi and him, while Kise, Midorima and Murasakibara sat themselves in the three seats behind them, which was in the very back of the buss, with Murasakibara complaining about wanting to sit next to Aka-chin himself.
Well, sucks to be you bud! Aomine thought smugly.
"You," Aomine greeted Kise and then turned his head to look at the front. He was glad that Satsuki and Tetsu had decided to sit in front of them. That meant Aomine had no reason at all to constantly turn his head around to talk with the people up back, since they weren't very interesting to begin with.
The other members of Teiko Basketball Club filled the buss, and the seat right across from him was immediately occupied by the other two managers of Teiko: Akane Kaori and Mikoto Misaki, who were giggling and squealing and 'secretly' pointing in their (the GOM's) direction as they whispered conspiratorially to each other the entire trip.
Aomine ignored them, but the chatty Kise was quick to engage them in conversation when he saw that both Aomine and Tetsu were ignoring him. Satsuki was too preoccupied blabbing nonsense at Tetsu to even notice anyone else, but unfortunately for Aomine, both Midorima and Murasakibara, who were usually Akashi's preferred company, were glaring at them curiously (Murasakibara was pouting) and so Aomine found himself unable to make the slightest move towards Akashi (who spent the entire trip with his head turned towards the window and refused to look at him once), for fear that they'd see him.
It was kind of infuriating really, the fact that he'd already accepted the idea of liking Akashi, but he still didn't feel confident enough to engage him in conversation in public, like he was scared of what the crowd might think or something…
And it really bothered him seeing Akashi walk with Midorima and Murasakibara towards the reserve that they were staying at, while he was stuck to listen to Kise's incessant babble and Satsuki's constant gushing over Tetsu.
"Pick up the pace you lot!" The coach prompted them, and Aomine cursed his cowardice and moved along with the others.
As soon as they got inside the Coach spent a few minutes talking with the Manger of the reserve before turning to them and informing them that:
"I've split the lot of you into a pair per room, in alphabetic order, so if you will."
And he held out the keys to a room and called the name of the first pair, in reveres order of the alphabet, so most like, Aomine, who would be among the first from the beginning, would end up being among the last to be called.
Midorima fortunately ended up sharing a room with Murasakibara, though Aomine was certain there was another M named person between them, but it would seem like the coach paired up students from the same year, so then Kise got to stay in a room with Tetsu, and he was jumping up and down in excitement.
"We'll be seeing you later Aominecchi!" Kise waved energetically as he grabbed a hold of Tetsu and pulled him along leaving a distressed Satsuki behind. "We're going to unpack now!"
"Later," Aomine said, watching them go. He wondered who he'd end up in a room with. There couldn't be many people with the Surname A in Teiko, could they?
"Aomine Daiki – "
And there he was.
" – and Akashi Seijurou," said the Coach, and for a moment, Aomine really thought his brain was playing tricks on him.
"Excuse me?" Akashi asked, seeming to be just as dumbfounded as he was.
"Did you not hear me Captain?" The Coach asked raising a critical eyebrow up at him. "You and Aomine Daiki will be sharing room 12. Right down the hall. Now, come take your key and the two of you go and unpack. We'll be starting training this afternoon, and I won't forgive lateness!"
"Of course," Akashi said diligently and took the offered key from the Coach.
And ran towards the room leaving Aomine behind, but quite frankly, he really didn't care.
He was sharing a room with Akashi! By mother of fuck that was a sign! And he was damn sure to make the most of it!
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AN: Okay, so, sequel, because I just felt like writing it. I don't know how often I'll update, because I'm lazy, and these stories are really written on a whim of mine, so when it hits me, you'll get the next chapter. With that being said, I hope you enjoyed your read and please review!
Pairings: It'll mostly be AoAka and NijiKise (my 2 OTP), so sorry AoKise and NijiAka shippers, but I don't care much for the pairings. And there will be a MurasakibaraMomoiKuroko thing going on, but mostly in the background.
PS: In the 4th Novel it is revealed that there are 3 mangers for Teiko: Satsuki, an Acchan and a Micchan. So I just created two girls with those names that have similar tastes in men as those two (they will not be important, but I just figured I'd introduce them).