Disclaimer: Don't Own.

Word Count: 1854

Pairing: AkaKuro (Side of AoKaga)

So yes this is a one-shot to the series. It came out longer than I intended. Lmao. There is a very tiny bit of AoKaga but really not all that much. This is of when the two learn of Akashi and Kuroko dating. After this I may make a drabble of Kise learning of it (or maybe Aomine and Kagami just tell him) but I'll probably stick with AkaKuro-ness in different situations. (Prompts like confession, first date, things like that.)

Please bear with me when it comes to typos and the like. I promise I'll fix them if they're there.

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Overreacting

There had been a day when both Kagami and Aomine had been playing ball with Kuroko when the bluenette said he would go to the convenience store a block over for drinks, retrieving his wallet from his bag before walking away. It couldn't have been two minutes afterwords when Kuroko's phone began going off and they glanced at each other in curiosity. Besides Kise, who on earth could have possibly been messaging Kuroko? Aomine had come up with the excuse to look in the off chance it was something direly important, they had no idea that that'd be the day they uncovered the long-distance relationship between the redhead and the bluenette.

Kagami had sidled up along next to the tan teen as he shuffled through the bag, pulling out the small, blue cellular device and flipping it open as another text came through.

Akashi Seijuro [2/12/13] 7:24PM: I'm coming to see you this weekend. Be ready.

The message had, at first, sent off alarms. They couldn't help but wonder what Kuroko could have done to make Akashi pay him a visit. After all, the redhead wasn't the most pleasant to be around. It was when they heard Kuroko come up behind them and ask what're you doing that Aomine jumped, quickly closing the phone and shoving it into the pocket of his shorts without thinking.

"Oh, Tetsu, you're back already?" His voice shook, belying the nerves he felt from looking at the bluenettes' phone without permission and being caught, "Ah, Kagami and I were just discussing a… a movie night! At his place! We figured it'd be fun if the three of us did something besides basketball for a change!"

Kagami blinked, not quite digesting the hastily made up excuse until Aomine elbowed him in the side and he realized Kuroko was looking at him to confirm that this was, indeed, what was really going on. It was a little strange after all; the two weren't exactly the best of friends the last he checked. But Kagami nodded, "Oh yeah right. There's a new movie release out and I was thinking about renting it, but movies are kinda boring alone so I figured I'd ask you two if you wanted to watch it with me." The way he ended his sentence sounded more like a question, but Kuroko nodded.

"Alright, I don't have anything to do this weekend." Oh, if only he knew, they couldn't help but think.

When Kuroko arrived home that night, he proceeded to shower, eat dinner with his parents, then return to his room. It was only after he'd lain down for the night when he realized he'd forgotten to grab his phone from his bag. So when he got up and rummaged through, failing to produce the hard-plastic device, he couldn't help but frown.

Lying back down, he stared at the ceiling, trying to place where he'd left it. Did I perhaps leave it at the court when we went home? I hope it's still there tomorrow.

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The bluenette gave a soft 'hmm' as he made his way to the court around one-thirty. Saturday class had let out just a little before and their coach had surprisingly given the team the weekend off. Kuroko couldn't help but believe that she and the captain had a hellacious training camp in store for them with that being the case. The teen scouted the area, looked beneath the benches and all along the grass and sidewalk, everywhere he'd walked. His phone was nowhere to be found.

With a sigh, he went to ask the surrounding shops if someone had perhaps brought his phone in. An hour and a half of searching later with no success, he heaved another sigh. I'll just have to buy a new phone then. With that he made his way to Kagami's apartment, figuring now would be as good a time as any. Making his way to the top floor, Kuroko knocked on the redheads' front door. When no answer came after several minutes and knocking more than once, Kuroko tried the door.

It was open, and so he walked in, murmuring a quiet sorry for intruding while toeing off his shoes in the entryway. Kuroko walked into the main room, brows rising at first at finding Aomine already lounging around on the redheads couch. What he found more confusing is it looked as if Aomine had just crawled out of bed, sweat pants and socks being the only clothes he currently had on. What on earth?

He nearly jumped when a loud bellow echoed through the apartment. "Get your lazy ass in here and put clothes on you idiot!" When Kagami walked down the hall and stood in the doorway of the living room, he spotted Kuroko and jumped. "Shit, Kuroko, how long have you been there?"

"Not long," he murmured, glancing back at Aomine, "I knocked several times but not one answered, so I came in." Kagami sighed, "Sorry Kuroko, I didn't hear the door." The bluenette simply shrugged it off before looking back at Aomine. "Ah, he stayed the night; idiot wouldn't leave no matter what I said."

Kuroko could believe that, Aomine was persistent when he wanted to be; usually when you didn't want him be at that, "You shouldn't feed wild animals, Kagami-kun, they tend to stick around." A loud 'Hey!' followed shortly after as the tan teen bristled, Kagami laughing and agreeing, and Aomine yelling at him to shut up, it wasn't funny. Kuroko couldn't help but feel there was more to the story behind Aomine actually being there, but he wasn't one to question what the two decided to do. The bluenette moved to sit on the couch, walking up and all but pulling Aomine's feet off the end cushion and watching as the teen retracted his feet into a mock-curl muttering a quiet All you had to do was ask, Tetsu.

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Kagami had not lied when he'd said there was, in fact, a movie he'd wanted to see. And while he'd not been planning to actually watch it with people, he didn't mind the company, not to mention it went along with Aomine's hastily thought up story. The two had discussed the text the night before, trying to come up with a decent conclusion as to why Akashi would be texting Kuroko and be visiting. It was then when Aomine realized he'd pocketed Kuroko's phone.

Shit.

What?

I took Tetsu's phone. Didn't realize it.

Idiot, he's going to be looking for that!

I know that, Bakagami! I wasn't thinking, he just came outta nowhere and scared me so I must have shoved it into one of my pockets so he wouldn't see us looking! Kagami had sighed, shook his head, and just mentioned that he should apologize and give it back with Aomine violently denying.

Now they sat in a row, soda's on the table in front of them along with a bag of chips and candy wrappers, an action movie flashing across the TV. It wasn't bad, he admitted, certainly not the best but he felt he at least got his money's worth out of the rent. When it finished, Kagami had looked at the clock and decided to make dinner for the three of them. Kuroko finished his small helping—at least in comparison to Aomine and Aomine's small in comparison to Kagami—and started to help clean up, he couldn't cook but dishes weren't that hard.

The process was quick and before long they were done, Kuroko deciding that he'd hogged enough of their afternoon—he'd been right, by the way, in assuming the two had something going what with the glances and movements behind his head that they'd thought they'd been sneaky about—and made his way to the front door. It was just as he was bidding farewell, shoes on and door open, when Aomine stopped him, holding out a piece of familiar blue hard-plastic.

"Aomine-kun?"

"Ugh, sorry Tetsu. You dropped it yesterday and I forgot to give it back," he smiled guiltily and Kuroko was pretty sure that he'd just lied but let it go. There had to be a reason right?

"Tetsuya," the bluenette jumped, opening the door quickly and glancing out, shocked to find Akashi standing there, looking a little worn.

"Akashi-kun? What're you doing here?" The redhead could hear the confusion lacing Kuroko's words and his brow furrowed. Why didn't Kuroko know?

"I sent a text that I'd be here to see you and to be ready to go out. Instead I arrive at your home to be told you hadn't returned home after class and were probably out," Kuroko's own brows furrowed for a moment before looking at Aomine and then Kagami who must have appeared to see about the commotion outside his door. So that was the lie he'd been told; one of them had looked at his phone when he'd been gone, he didn't doubt—probably Aomine as he was the one who said he'd found it—and probably saw the text from Akashi and gotten the wrong idea.

"I'm sorry, Akashi-kun. I lost my phone and Aomine-kun found it for me and returned it today. I was just on the way out to go home; would you like to go somewhere," Kuroko asked, walking to Akashi's side with a small, barely-there smile, "If I'd known I would've been waiting at home for you rather than making you search for me."

The redhead glanced in the doorway, leveled a dangerous smile on Aomine who visibly cringed and flippantly ignored Kagami, then returned his gaze to the bluenette at his side. "If that's the case then it is fine, Tetsuya. We can go anywhere you'd like."

The two gaped, realizing that the way they were speaking sounded suspiciously like a date—one gone awry at the fact that the two of them had taken the text message wrongly at that. Oops. Kagami walked towards the door, ready to apologize then close the door, not entirely pleased that it was left wide open.

"Ugh, sorry for keeping you Kuroko. I'll ugh, see you Monday then." He'd moved to close the door just as Akashi directed Kuroko's head into a kiss and he felt himself blush up to his ears. So it really was like that.

Just as he'd closed the door he heard Wait! Kagami-kun! as well as what sounded like bickering. He distinctly picked out 'don't do that' and 'hall' from the statement before opening the door a crack, the bluenette apparently had just been about to reopen it as he looked up. "See you Monday. Have fun with Aomine-kun," he murmured before moving away and returning to Akashi's side.

The redhead gave a loud sigh as he closed the door and looked at Aomine, the tan teen staring at him as if he'd grown a third head before inquiring what on earth had just happened. Kagami simply shook his head, pulled the other to himself before quickly kissing his lips, "That's what they are." The two decidedly felt stupid after such a fuss over a simple text.