On the fireworks
Pairings: AoKise
Warnings: AU fic, BL
Disclaimer: I don't own Kuroko no Basuke and its characters
The group huddled in a nearby bench under which the street lamp shone over it, the sound of cicadas in the summer was swallowed by the people who were happily chatting and the sellers who were busy advertising their stalls. The festival had took place at the summer, and every citizens had gathered to join. All of them were wearing yukatas, and were tired after playing all the game in the stalls. Aomine's family had had a takoyaki stall which had a lot of customers that he had been asked to help, to which he invited Momoi and Kuroko to assist him.
Having got 4 box of takoyaki as their commission for helping, Aomine half munched it, while complaining to Momoi and Kuroko, "So, why do we end up bringing that annoying red head here?" He pointed at Kagami in irritation; they had not got along well.
"Kagami kun is a friend." Kuroko flatly explained, licking a blue Popsicle he had bought from a nearby stall. He was wearing a thin black yukata with blue fishes running down on it. Momoi had squealed at how cute it is and how it suits Kuroko so well.
Kagami Taiga had come to the kingdom for two months and had become good friends with Kuroko. His skills in basketball were also admirable; enough to engage Aomine in the same level and piss him off. He didn't seem to care about Aomine's comment and continue to munch the takoyaki as well- he was pretty much a glutton, after all.
"I don't particularly mind, Dai-chan." Momoi said, supporting her crush. "He's Tetsu kun's friend." With her big bust and peach patterned kimono, Aomine would catch some guys flirting at her and checking her out, but one glare for him is enough to scare them off.
Aomine himself was muttering "che." and was wearing a dark blue kimono with no pattern. It was a simple yukata and easy to wear. Kagami, on the other hand had been eating non stop and Aomine hate to admit how he looked manlier than him in that dragon patterned yukata.
Kagami caught him glaring at his yukata and taunted Aomine, "Got a problem there, Ahomine?"
"Call me that and I'll feed your eyeballs to the birds." Aomine growled.
"Mou, Dai chan." Momoi pouts "You need to learn to take a joke, right Tetsu kun?" She had been smiling at Tetsu since they had first come.
"Kagami kun, Aomine kun." Kuroko's voice cuts through the tense situation, "Be nice to each other." The way he had looked so disinterested at their quarrel makes them both shut their mouth.
A torrent of squeals- to be precise came from the back of the street- the center of the attention hidden under the masses of the female community, the girls had been running rabidly to approach the prince. "KYAAAA! It's the prince! Prince Kise!"
"Our long awaited prince?" Aomine drawled, uninterested.
"I only have eyes for Tetsu kun alone." Momoi declared, as if she was afraid Kuroko would think otherwise.
"The prince, eh? Must be a wuss," Kagami commented as he took more takoyaki from the box.
"The road will be more crowded." Kuroko flatly observed.
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Kise looked at the girls with a charming smile plastered in his face- he had gotten used to it. Whether it's the wild smothering girls from the village or the overly polite and hypocritical girls from the upper class- both of them belongs to a pretty much similar category to him. The secret of charming a woman is to listen to them and smile charmingly- or so his father had told him.
Some part of him longed to play around in the festival- it has been a long held tradition in the kingdom for the crown prince to mingle with the commoners in the festival- to extend to them the trust required for him to rule the country in the future. But it was still tiring; somewhere in the masses of women that surround him, he had lost Kasamatsu. A good thing, this is. Otherwise he would supervise him in everything he did.
Maybe I'll get to meet the tanned player. Kise smiled.
After satisfying each girl and saying to each of them that he's still too young to think of marriage yet, Kise walked his way to the shrine up in the mountain. He had wished to see it once and pray there, and if possible find a sense of piece where no one can find him.
The walk to the shrine was tiring as the road was steep, but Kise was quite athletic and quite skilled with jousting and riding horses. So his stamina would be enough to hold on. He had worn a golden yukata with two phoenixes which represented the symbol of his country, it was his favorite yukata.
Could the tanned player be here too?
"Maa, maa, if only I can play basketball…" Kise muttered.
"Basketball?" A voice came from behind him, a voice that sounds so deep and smooth.
Kise turned his back, he can't believe it. It's the tanned player he always watched, he had been following the blond haired prince for a while now- for some reason he himself can't explain. His heart skipped a bit when the tanned ball player smiled that same impish smile. "You… The tanned ball player."
"Ah, you're the blond boy who always watches us." Aomine grinned, "And I actually have a name, you know. Aomine Daiki, remember that."
"Aomine-" Kise likes the name, "chi."
"Whats that cchi on my name?" Aomine grumbled, and Kise felt as if he had known Aomine for a long time already.
"Ah, its nothing." Kise smiled, "Are you also enjoying the festival, Aominecchi?"
"Yeah, I kind of got lost too, from my pack." Aomine scratches his head, "And you seem interesting, so I just follow you."
"What are you," Kise laughed, "A stalker or something, Aominecchi?" He had not laughed freely for a long time now. It certainly felt refreshing to talk to someone so informally.
"Sheesh. And whats your name, blond haired guy?" Aomine asked, drawing a candy from his pocket. "Here, I'll give you this if you tell me."
"I'm Ryouta." Kise said, he did not want the other to know he is a prince and make him uncomfortable. For even this one day, he had wanted to try becoming a commoner and play with the tanned player.
"Ryou." Aomine repeated, as if certain that the nickname would stick forever. "Are you going to that temple up there?" Aomine looked up at the shrines that seem to be a couple of steps near.
"Yes." Kise points up at the shrine, "I want to pray there."
Aomine smirked, "What are you going to pray for, Ryou?"
"Frankly, I don't know…" Kise admitted, and grinned again. "Maybe I would pray so that one day I can play basketball with you, Aominecchi."
"I'll beat you senseless in basketball." Aomine grinned, "Are you ready for that?"
"Please go easy on me then." Kise said, happy that Aomine was beside him.
Aomine didn't know what it is about Kise that had made him wanted to follow the boy, truth be told he had seen Kise as he walked his way to the shrine and told Kuroko and the others that he was about to go to the toilet. He had not expected the way the blond boy is treating him so familiarly, as if they had been friends for years. Looking at Kise who had his eyes closed while praying at the shrine- a rundown statue of a phoenix goddess, his eyes were drawn towards the unexpectedly muscular lines on the fragile boy's body.
His hand reached Kise's pale, soft neck, which startled Kise as he stuttered, "Wha-whats the matter, Aominecchi?" A pink tinge covered his cheeks as he began to scold himself for being so fidgety and unprincelike.
"I found a leaf in your neck, Ryou." Aomine commented as he snickered when he saw Kise blushing, "What else do you think it might be?"
"A-ah," Kise changed the topic, "The fireworks will be here around this time, won't it?"
"Sure. Want to watch it together?" Aomine offered, trying to ignore Momoi speaking of her stupid superstition. She had been whiny about wanting to watch it together with Kuroko. They say couple who watch the fireworks together will be together forever
Kise looked at Aomine, a bit startled and unsteady, and then said, "Ah, but my friend would be searching for me already." Kasamatsu must have been worried about him, and a slight guilt seeped through his chest as he imagined his companion searching him in the throngs of people. Finally he complied with Aomine, he finds it very hard to refuse Aomine when he held his hand and brought him to the part of the ground where they could see it clearly.
"It won't be long from now," Aomine insisted, he didn't know why he had insisted but it had felt necessary- more so when Kise's eyes looked at him warmly and hopefully. He finds it funny when he saw the pale scarlet in Kise's ears when he squeezed the blond's hand, Kise would look down pretending that it hadn't happen and would look like a small white rabbit Aomine use to pet everyday.
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Aomine didn't know which had happened first, whether it was the loud boom and the flowers blooming in the sky had startled him or Kise's warm, wet lips that suddenly proceed to touch his chastely.
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Meanwhile Kasamatsu, who had given up in trying to find Kise was eating some popsicle in some random bench as he happily watches the fireworks in the sky.
At that time, no one had known what a terrible thing this night had been, and such a prelude to an inexorable tragedy/
A.N: I made it a bit longer, please read and review.
