The day was Saturday, and a certain basketball team was practicing in the Seirin High gym. The sound of the basketball hitting the court and the squeak of the sneakers was soothing to Kuroko's ears and he let a small smile cross his face. Practice was almost over, as they were winding down.
"Come on! Just 2 more, guys!" Riko shouted, watching them. The boys had their hands on their knees and were trying to catch their breath.
"We're going to die!" Koganei said, throwing his head back. The team grumbled in agreement, Mitobe only nodding before they continued dribbling to the other side of the court as fast as they could. Which wasn't all that fast right now.
Kuroko dropped onto the floor on his back once he had finished. He couldn't even breath at the moment. His eyes were closed as he listened to the others finish up. Before he could do much else, a shadow fell over him. He opened his sky blue blue eyes to find himself looking into dark blue.
"Aomine-kun," he said. His face seemed blank, but the taller boy could see a hint of a smile on his face.
"Hello, Tetsu," he said, deep voice sending slight shivers down Kuroko's spine. Aomine just barely held back a smirk at that.
"What are you doing here?" Kuroko asked. His eye caught a vanilla milkshake being held in Aomine's hand. Aomine finally allowed the smirk to cross his face as he brought the straw up to his mouth. Kuroko's pupils grew slightly as he watched the other take a sip before a pout made its way onto his face. He finally got up off of the floor, reaching for the milkshake without asking.
"Picking you up. We're meeting at the courts," Aomine said, ruffling the other's light blue hair. Kuroko looked up at him blankly, the straw stuck between his lips. "Go grab your bag, Tetsu. I'll be waiting for you outside."
Without another word or waiting for a reply, the boy made his way outside once more. The team watched as Kuroko turned around. Kagami scowled at his shadow. "You just accept it?"
"Why not?" Kuroko asked, raising a seemingly emotionless eyebrow. He followed everyone to the locker room, simply grabbing his bag without changing.
"Not going to change?" Hyuga asked. Kuroko shook his head.
"I don't need to if I'm going to the courts," he said. Kuroko turned and walked out to meet up with Aomine outside. He didn't notice his teammates exchange glances and hurry to follow him. They waited until they wouldn't be noticed before they followed the pair. Riko, joining in on the way out of the gym.
Kagami was angry that the other was listening to that blue-haired bastard but simply grit his teeth.
Kuroko and Aomine walked in silence, not needing words to be said. Kuroko knew his teammates were following, he wasn't stupid. He also didn't care at all. It didn't take long for them to walk to the court that they were planning on meeting up with the others at.
Murasakibara was munching on pocky as he watched Kise taking lazy shots. Akashi sat on the bench playing shogi with Midorima, a stuffed frog sitting on the bench next to the greenhead. The blue-haired pair walked into the court, Aomine announcing their presence. "Yo!"
"Hey!" Kise said, waving. Then his golden eyes locked on Kuroko. A huge smile spread across his face and he ran over, scooping the smaller male into a hug. Kuroko smiled slightly as his face was smashed into the other's shoulder and his feet were left dangling about a foot above the ground. "Hi, Tetsucchi."
"Hello, Ryouta-kun," he said, voice muffled. Hidden by the bushes, Seirin frowned at the familiar way they spoke to each other. Aomine only rolled his eyes and plucked the empty vanilla milkshake out of Kuroko's hand before the smaller boy dropped it. Kise let go of the boy, only for him to be swept up by Murasakibara next.
"Tetsu-chin. I missed you," the purple-head said. Kuroko allowed a smile to cross his face which was, once again, pressed into a shoulder.
"I missed you too, Atsushi-kun," he replied, voice muffled. Again. The giant let him down and held out a stick of pocky for the other. Seirin's jaw dropped as they watched the other share. They knew that the giant never shared his snacks.
Kuroko took the pocky in between his lips, not touching it. He allowed his tongue to peak out just enough for the purple giant to notice. He worked on sucking the chocolate off of the stick, watching the other with careful blue eyes. He watched purple disappear in the eyes before him as the pupils slowly grew.
Murasakibara removed the pocky from Kuroko's mouth, only to see half of the chocolate gone. His breath escaped him at the thought. Kuroko allowed a smirk, one that Seirin didn't see. He snapped forward, letting his teeth sink into the stick until it snapped. Murasakibara closed his eyes as a shudder ran down his body lightly.
Midorima came up to greet the smaller boy next, simply pressing a small kiss to the top of the blue head. Kuroko's lips lifted up in a ghost of a smile. "Hello, Shintaro-kun."
"Hello, Tetsuya," he said, a barely-there smile crossing his lips. Akashi was next to greet the other. He smiled and made his way to the blue-head. Kuroko smiled at the identical soft red eyes heading towards him.
"Hello, Tetsuya. How are you?" he asked as they gently wrapped the other in a hug.
"Hello, Seijuro-kun. I'm fine, how are you?" Kuroko asked. Akashi buried his head in Kuroko's shoulder, to the shock of the Seirin team. Why was he acting so submissive?! Kagami didn't like how close the six of them seemed to be, but he simply allowed his fists to tighten as he watched the group.
"Better," came the muffled reply. Aomine rolled his eyes and picked up the abandoned basketball off of the court. He threw it at the pair, to get a move on. Immediately, Kuroko's hand came up to block the ball. The two smaller males separated and glared at the other male.
"Let's play," he said, sounding lazy. The other's knew better though. Kuroko simply nodded as everyone got into position without a word. Aomine, Kuroko, and Murasakibara formed one team, while Akashi, Kise, and Midorima formed the other.
The game between them was incredible, intense, and simply breathtaking to watch. Seirin had practically held their breath as they watched. Aomine and Kuroko worked together as a flawless pair as if no time had passed between them since middle school. Kagami watched the pair with jealousy in his eyes. He didn't like that Aomine made it look effortless to play with the other. The dark blue-head didn't even have to look for Kuroko. He just always knew where the other was.
Akashi seemed to be able to stop most of Kuroko's passes, but Kuroko wouldn't let Akashi past him. Aomine and Kise were also trying to get past one another. Midorima and Murasakibara were glaring at each other in the heat of the game, not able to stop the other. It was hard for either team to score and they couldn't beat each other. They went all out for this little match.
After a half an hour of intense playing, they stopped. They were all breathing heavily, even as Kise immediately collapsed to the floor. He was clutching at his ankle, now throbbing in pain as the adrenaline wore off.
"You need to be more careful, Ryou-chin," Murasakibara said, walking over to the blonde and lifting him up off of the ground. He laid the blonde carefully on the bench, putting his head in Aomine's lap before sitting on the ground at the dark blue-head's feet.
"You aren't the brightest sometimes," Aomine scolded, frown on his face. He began to stroke the sweaty blonde hair. "You need to tell us when you're injury starts hurting."
"Especially if you're going to start training and using 'Perfect Copy' all the time," Midorima finished, moving the blonde's legs enough to sit underneath them. He began to rub soothing circles into the blonde's left hip as Kuroko and Akashi walked over to them. Kuroko knelt down next to Murasakibara and burrowed his head into Kise's stomach.
"You need to stop being so reckless, Ryou-kun," he said, soft voice muffled by Kise's body. The blonde didn't say anything but allowed his fingers to thread into light blue hair. Akashi pulled out the first aid kit he carried with him all the time.
"Do you need me to come up with a training regime to help you, Ryouta?" he asked, voice gentle. Kagami's eye twitched at the tone, not believing that the little devil could be so nice. It was silent between the six of them as Akashi took off Kise's shoe and sock to properly wrap the ankle.
A hiss came out of the blonde's lips at the pressure before a relieved sigh came out as the pain started to fade. Akashi put the first aid kit away before turning to the bushes near the street.
"Come out, Seirin," he called. The rest of the GOM, except Kuroko, tensed and turned to watch the members of Seirin slowly reveal themselves.
"How long have you known we were there?" Riko asked as a sheepish look on her face at being caught. Akashi rose a delicate eyebrow.
"Since you arrived," he said. Embarrassment ran through the team, except Kagami. Who rolled his eyes and scoffed at the other redhead. Akashi ignored it and spoke once more. "I do not want others to know how close we are. As far as you are concerned, we are just a group of close friends. Do you understand me?"
Seirin all nodded, not wanting to speak in fear of angering him even further. Kagami was the only exception. "What do you mean just a group of close friends? What else could you be?"
The rest of Bakagami's team had to resist the urge to facepalm at the idiot. Aomine voiced such thoughts. "You're such an idiot, Bakagami!"
"Excuse me?!" he demanded, glaring at the other.
"Kagami! I'll explain it to you later. Just shut up!" Riko yelled at him. She turned to the GOM with a seemingly innocent smile on her face. "I'll make sure they don't say anything, Akashi-san."
"Thank you, Riko-san," he said. Riko blinked at the formal speech, used to him calling everyone by their first name. She brushed it off, however, and turned to the rest of her team.
"Alright, guys. Get out of here and go home unless you want more training!" That got every member of Seirin except for Kuroko running from the court. Riko followed them, resisting the urge to turn around to look at the strong group of boys once more.
"Seijuro-kun, can we go get vanilla shakes?" he asked. Akashi turned to look at Kuroko and smiled slightly.
"Of course, Tetsuya," he replied. They all got up, Kise hissing as he rested wait on his bad leg. Murasakibara crouched down in front of the blonde.
"Get on," he said. Kise scowled.
"I can walk just fine on my own," he grumbled.
"No you can't," Kuroko said. Kise pouted but relented. He carefully climbed onto Murasakibara's back and clamped his legs slightly as the other stood up straight once more.
"How do you deal with being this tall?!" Kise exclaimed, looking at the world around him.
"Huh? I'm used to it," the giant answered lazily. Akashi shook his head at them in amusement before leading them to the nearest Maji Burger for milkshakes.
It was nice to be together when they had the time. It wasn't often, but it was nice when it happened.
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