A/N: I think the Kuroko no Basuke fandom needs to love Kagami more XD Sorry for the late update. I had writer's block for this story. Oh and if anyone wonders, there is still no official parings in this fic except for the main pairing, but I hope you all get the obviously obvious hints for the others XD I'll be writing sequels for this story, but with the other pairings…but no plot yet as of now. And I introduce a still unnamed OC…err, don't worry he doesn't do anything, yet. This is not his fic.
Disclaimer: I do not own KnB.
He's Sly
(Chapter 4: The End- or not?)
Himuro paused; he was already a few feet away from the bickering Generation of Miracles members. He was debating whether he should inform the lot that Kagami has successfully ran away back to Seirin with the aid of Kiyoshi, or if he should just shut up and listen to the interesting conversation happening. No he wasn't eavesdropping at all, he just happened to be there for Atsushi, really.
"Nooo! Kurokocchi, who does Kagami like the most, is it you then? IS IT YOUUU?" Kise asked while he shook the smaller boy rather violently. At that point his eyelids were brimming with crocodile tears. Himuro could hear Aomine growling and Murasakibara chewing on a snack.
"Of course, I'm HIS shadow after all. I win." Kuroko replied in monotone.
He must have been imagining things but 2 seconds after Kuroko finished his sentence Himuro saw Murasakibara grit his teeth successfully chopping the chocolate wafer stick he was eating in half and letting that one half that was outside his mouth fall to the ground. Midorima busied himself by doing a wrist flip of some sort making an odd sound with it, looking away from the others. Akashi raised his head high and turned around and walked away mumbling something about revenge, he even glared at Himuro when he walked pass him- Himuro almost broke down in cold sweat, almost. Kise was already clutching Aomine's shirt, it seems like he was crying and whining to the other at the same time but the words were incoherent. Aomine looked tired and pissed at the same time and he was halfheartedly trying to shove Kise away from him without much success.
Oh?
"THAT'S SO UNFAIR!" Kise cried.
"…"
Aomine shook his head in disbelief, but pulled the whining Kise away. He was cursing Kagami under his breath while yelling at Kise to 'Shut the fuck up'.
Midorima walked away as well not bothering to excuse himself.
Murasakibara stared down sadly at the spoiled chocolate wafer on the ground. Himuro was certain he was more concerned with the snack than that of what Kuroko just said a while ago.
Himuro couldn't help but laugh internally. He slowly walked up to where Kuroko and Murasakibara were standing but suddenly felt a tinge of panic when Kuroko suddenly disappeared before his eyes. He looked around warily for signs of the younger boy but there was already none. Murasakibara who already knew of his presence despite the unwavering staring match with the spoiled snack managed to mumble the answer to Himuro's unspoken question; 'Where was Kuroko?'.
"Kurokochin…he probably went to see Kagamichin." Murasakibara said in a sad voice. "You're not mad at me, Muro-chin?"
"Why would I be mad at you, Atsushi?" Himuro raised an eyebrow at the question. He didn't expect Murasakibara to ask a question like that or let alone care for his feelings.
"Because Akashi-chin made me…" Murasakibara paused and blinked and continued. "Nevermind. I am hungry." He mumbled as he sighed and placed his left hand over his stomach producing a growling sound. Himuro smiled a little at him and nodded.
"I get it, I get it. Let's go get snacks."
"…and Kagamichin?"
"He's old enough to handle himself Atsushi. I'll just call him later."
"…okay."
Himuro wasn't sure if he understood right, but Murasakibara appeared to look a little relieved after he said that he wasn't much concerned about what would happen with Kagami and Kuroko. Or maybe he was just excited to get his snacks?
In all honesty Himuro was sure that everything would turn out right. Kagami would not be Kagami if he wasn't blunt and strong-willed; it was now proven that he liked Kuroko and well obviously Kuroko liked him back. Besides, seeing a new light to Kuroko's personality served to strengthen his belief in this soon to be 'special' relationship. If Kuroko already had the thought that he was the victor in the 'who Kagami likes' competition, then it was normal for him to pursue Kagami without any constraints. It was also assuring for Kagami's part because thankfully, Kuroko was witty enough to get the whole Generations of Miracles off their back regarding the whole issue without having to turn to violence; that is disregarding Kagami, the only one who walked out injured.
So yes, Himuro probably shouldn't worry much about the idea… and Kagami is old enough to know that he and Alex are always there to cheer him up anyway. Though he probably shouldn't get in Akashi's way…that guy was just plain scary. He could still remember the way he was glaring at him and-
"Muro-chin…" Murasakibara's low voice snapped Himuro out of his thoughts.
"What is it Atsushi?"
"Don't think too much of others…it irritates me."
"I'm sorry. I just…wait, huh?
"Kise, if you don't stop crying, I will punch you." Aomine growled at the blond boy sitting next to him in a park bench. He was already in a foul enough mood after finding out that his ex-bestfriend and ex-light was romantically interested with that good for nothing bastard Bakagami and then this other idiot named Kise Ryota just has to make him feel worse because he would not stop crying with extremely obvious crocodile tears.
"But Aomecchi…" Kise said in a slow pitiful voice, as he lifted his head up a little to make eye contact with the other teen who was glaring at him.
"No buts, shut up." Aomine hissed.
"But, Kurokocchi! My Kurokocchi! He's so mean!" Kise then dramatically waved his arms high trying to convey his sorrow with the actions, then he suddenly buried his face to his palms, whining about Kuroko being mean
"Yeah yeah…well Tetsu god damned played us all. What a tease, geez!" Aomine said in an irritated voice as he leaned back at the bench and threw his head upward. He was now staring at the sky.
"Don't call my Kurokocchi a tease! You're mean as well!"
"Idiot, well what do you call him then, huh? And since when has Tetsu been yours? If anything, he's mine!"
"Kurokocchi's not yours he's mine!" Kise screeched.
"Like hell he is yours! I was his light!" Aomine shouted back.
"Well! Well…you're not his light now." Kise said in a normal voice, but as he finished his sentence he wished he hadn't replied at all. Aomine grew silent and Kise shut his eyes. He wanted to say sorry, but then what he said was true so there was really no need to.
Aomine sighed. Wordlessly, Aomine reached out for Kise's head and patted it roughly, then he yanked on Kise's hair successfully forcing Kise to face him. The other boy had a look of complete disapproval but it was evident that he was trying to hold back tears once again so he said nothing to Aomine's action.
"What? Cat's got your tongue, stupid? Why the hell are you crying at your own insults?"
"Sorry…" Kise's eyes were downcast and it seemed like he lost all his energy for the day. Aomine wondered why he was the sad one.
"Nah. At least I was his light, right?" And then there was this unspoken 'And you weren't!', as Aomine smirked at the other blond.
"Aomecchi, you're mean! And my Kurokocchi's not a tease, remember that!"
"Yeah…yeah. He's not…" Aomine said as he let go of Kise's hair. He eyed Kise who was wiping his tears with a still present frown in his face. He thought; 'but you are'.
"That Tetsuya... How sly he has become." Akashi said in a low venomous voice. He crossed his arms and leaned on the boy beside him, the later was busy reading a magazine.
"hn."
"Are you listening to me?" Akashi raised his voice.
"Yes…wait, who's the hell is Tetsuya?"
"Kuroko Tetsuya, he is my unfaithful minion."
"Ouch. Someone who doesn't follow the dictator? I want to meet him."
"What did you just call me?"
The boy rolled his eyes as he felt Akashi's aura change from pissed to angry. Without saying anything he shoved the magazine he was reading to Akashi. "Those bangs, they'd look good on you."
The room's temperature suddenly went back to normal.
"I like my hair short. That style will bother me."
"How would you know? It's short enough and it looks good!"
"I know." Akashi said as he eyed the pair of scissors in the table in front of them. The other boy sweat dropped and sighed.
"Of course you do, of course."
Midorima was walking down the street to where the bus stop is, still deep in thought as he was mumbled about his current frustrations. "I can't believe this stupidity…I can't believe I was fooled. I can't believe Akashi threatened all of us to do such a thing…I can't believe…I used a pick-up line for that idiot Kagami. I can't believe…"
"Shin-chan, stop talking to yourself! It's not good for you!" Takao suddenly appeared beside Midorima who half shrieked at the sudden appearance of his friend.
"What are you doing here? Are you trying to imitate Kuroko?!"
"Shin-chan's so mean! I came to look for you in Seirin because buchou told me you were there, but you weren't there so I didn't know where you are and you left your phone in the locker room floor so I was worried about you!" Now Midorima felt stupid. He was too preoccupied in getting to Seirin on time when Akashi texted that he even left his phone in the most unfavorable place.
"But why are you here?" Midorima asked again, but more importantly he inwardly questioned how Takao managed to ditch practice without their sempais blocking him.
Takao grinned. "Shin-chan, it's boring to practice without you! Anyway, why do you have that 'the world in simply too stupid' face, huh?"
"…because everyone is stupid, including you."
"Shin-chan, you're too negative and mean!"
"Shut up, Takao. Let's go back. The horoscope told me that today isn't a lucky day to be going out."
"Boo! And I just got here too!"
(Meanwhile in Seirin)
Kagami was extremely furious and flustered and furious and tired and furious and in pain and furious. Did I say he was furious? Kagami didn't know what else to call this feeling after being duped, cast away and embarrassed. Today was just simply so tiring and annoying and he just wanted to punch someone or a wall or a wall with certain people's faces painted on it.
"Fuck." Kagami mumbled. He was sitting in one of the benches in the club room. When he arrived back to change and get this school bag everyone except for the captain had already left. He was obviously waiting for Kiyoshi who went to change as well. Hyuga raised an eyebrow and gave a disapproving look to his heavily bruised and cut face then commented about how he should stop by the infirmary before going home, then went on and dragged Kiyoshi away saying something about new shoes. Kagami just growled as his seniors left, he didn't feel like bothering much about them at all.
Kagami really didn't understand why he hadn't gone home yet though. His face stung and his ego's crushed, then Kuroko making his heart beat like a whinny bitch all topped together in a day would make anyone want to crawl back under a rock to sleep and forget about everything, but he didn't have the motivation to do just that. It felt like…there was something missing today. His mind was screaming for him to go home and get some rest because the coach would surely have formulated something that will tire him to death the next day but he didn't move away, it was like he was glued to that seat. 'Today isn't over yet.' His body was telling him just that. So here he was in Seirin's club room, sitting on a bench and stuck to pondering about how shitty today was, wishing that the janitor or school guard wouldn't ruin his quiet alone time.
"My face…hurts." He mumbled unconsciously as he was looking absentmindedly at the tiled floor. Moments before he hadn't registered the soft click of the club room door signaling another person's arrival. Kagami's heart almost popped out of his rib cage when he shouted in shock as Kuroko mumbled a soft, "I'm sorry Kagami-kun.", while suddenly appearing beside him on the bench.
"Ku-Kuroko! Don't scare me like that! Since when have you been here?! Are you trying to give me a heart attack?!" Kagami half shouted and questioned as he struggled to catch his breath and calm himself down over the shock Kuroko gave him once again.
"I apologize Kagami-kun, and I have just arrived." Kuroko answered in monotone as he blatantly stared at Kigami's face. Kagami instantly sighed, he weirdly was at a loss of words but he felt a little annoyed. He remembered what Tatsuya and Kiyoshi were telling him and he didn't really know how to react to Kuroko now. He felt Kuroko's stare and blinked a little shifting his gaze from Kuroko back to the tiled floor. He felt something in his stomach boiling and it made him feel very very nervous.
"Hey, will you explain to me why those bastards were chasing after me?" Kagami asked as he disregarded those useless thoughts. He didn't want anything to be awkward right now. He was too tired to be awkward. It would be more like him to question Kuroko about what happened today so that's just what he did.
He shifted his hands from his lap and balled them to fists in an attempt to calm himself down. He was half expecting Kuroko to say it was nothing and so he was already readying himself for a smart response to convince Kuroko to spill everything out, but it wasn't necessary after all.
"I made a bet with everyone, about you." Kuroko said plainly. Kagami's eyes widened in disbelief, Kuroko was sure the other would scream very loud and lose his current composure in a matter of seconds so he wasted no time idling and poked Kagami's side hard as fast as he could. Kagami's expression changed from angered to pained in a matter of a second. He was now clutching his sides, wincing in pain.
"What was THAT for?" He shrieked.
"You looked like you would be going hysterical."
"WHO WOULDN'T? Why do I have to be part of a bet? What is this be…god damn it my side hurts, fuck!"
"Before you get mad, please let me explain first Kagami-kun."
Kagami turned his head to face Kuroko and gave him a dirty look but mumble 'HN' to make the other continue.
"I like Kagami-kun."
Like? Wait...what? Kagami blinked and blinked again. He suddenly felt the hot boiling sensation in his stomach grow harder. He felt like hitting something to his body to numb the feeling. Was this real? Or maybe…it was just like Kiyoshi's like. Of course he liked Kuroko like that as well, they're team mates.
"I like you…too?" He paused and clutched his side harder, effectively pushing against his stomach as well. "But that doesn't answer why you had me in a bet…and what that bet is."
"My feelings are not that of you think." Kuroko answered completely forgetting to address the question about the bet.
"How do you know what I think?" Kagami snapped.
"I love you, that's why I know." Kuroko's voice changed in a way even Kagami understood was serious. Kagami couldn't think of anything to say but his mouth spoke for him instead.
"What? A-are you kidding me? I don't believe you!" Kagami let go of his side. The pain there had seemed to disappear, but what he couldn't control was boiling in his stomach. The heat of it was slowly travelling up his body and into his face and hands. His hands were trembling and his face was beet red. 'What was Kuroko saying about love?'
"Then why are you blushing Kagami-kun?" Kagami extended his left hand and gripped Kuroko's head but removed it as fast as it landed because his hands were shaking too much. His heart skipped a beat when he saw Kuroko's half smile.
"Because- I don't know. Stop being weird Kuroko!" He questioned himself; was Kuroko really weird? But why wasn't he disgusted. That stupid Tatsuya and Kiyoshi were messing him up, and then there was THIS confession. This is so wrong…they're friends, best friends!
"The bet…it was about who Kagami-kun liked the most." What?
"I don't care anymore." Does he like Kuroko like that as well? It seemed like…yes…but no.
"Whoever Kagami-kun liked the most would have to spend time with me all the time, anytime." Kagami's head shot up. Why did the thought of those guys spending time with Kuroko made his agitated?
"What kind of stupid bet is that? And which idiot thought of those terms?!"
"I did." Kuroko replied, his half smile turning into a weird knowing smile. It felt like Kuroko just read through him and his internal ranting and discussion.
"…the hell Kuroko. I don't understand you at all." What else was there for Kagami to say? He hung his head down and sighed. This was more mentally tiring and frustrating than dealing with Kiyoshi and Tatsuya's teasing.
"Kagami-kun…what is it that you like the most?" Where is this discussion going to? Kagami asked in his mind.
"…Basketball and food and sleep…and power?"
"The one you like the most."Kuroko asked sternly. Kagami was mentally debating whether it was food or Basketball that he favored better.
"Well…basketball."
"I am your shadow correct?"
"Of course! But what does that have to do with anything?" Kagami asked now completely confused. Okay…maybe he liked Kuroko a little. He couldn't imagine playing basketball without Kuroko anymore; THAT is something.
"…" Kuroko reached out and gently touched Kagami's face with his finger tips. He was tracing closely to the numerous small scratches that now covered Kagami's face. Kagami took note of the change in Kuroko's eyes. It somehow scared him.
"…what?" Kagami's brain was telling him to slap Kuroko's hand away but Kuroko's warm fingers against his skin felt good, though he suddenly flushed at the thought he just had.
"Kagami-kun, do you like me?" Kagami's eyes widened and he slapped Kuroko's hand and turned his head to the opposite direction.
"…I DON'T KNOW. Why are you asking me that?" his voice grew louder again.
"Because I like you."
"Shut up. I don't know. Don't ask me these kinds of questions!"
"Why?"
"It's embarrassing! I don't know…I'm not gay or anything…but…ARG!"
"But what Kagami-kun?"
"But I don't know…I think I might…just a little bit like you."
"Ah…"
"JUST A LITTLE BIT." Kagami shriek facing Kuroko.
Kuroko genuinely smiled at him.
"…" Kagami frowned. He just thought about just how smooth he was with expressing the new found feeling he just had. He was really smooth, wow.
"…Kagami-kun." Kuroko's voice seemed louder and intonated.
"What now?" This stupid Kuroko making him feel embarrassed and making him like him was starting to look and sound more adorable that before. Wait…more?
"Will you go out with me?" What?
"What? No way!"
"I thought you liked me."
"That's different… That is… Forget about it! I said only just a little!" Kagami's stomach started to boil again and his face heated up in an instant.
"…Ah. Then I'm still glad." Kuroko reached out his hand and patted Kagami's shoulder.
"…dare I ask why?" Kagami almost regretted it.
"Himuro-san said it was okay for me to court you." Kuroko said in a soft voice, but Kagami was sure it had the tome of excitement. Kuroko also had a blush on his face.
"Tatsuya? Wha? Why are you blushing?" This was the first time Kagami saw Kuroko blush, much more talk in many different intonations other than well monotone and angry. It was making his stomach stir harder.
"Kagami-kun, please do not agree to date me unless you have completely fallen in love with me." Kagami think he might have already fallen for Kuroko, but that was not the issue now.
"Hey what? WHAT? Who's courting who? Oi Kuroko!" Kagami questioned. He had his eyebrows meeting in the center when Kuroko stood up and pecked him on the cheek. He blushed and yelped a little at the contact and gritted his teeth as he looked up to the other teen. He had his mouth open for a shout when Kurok interrupted him once again.
"Goodbye Kagami-kun." Kuroko said as he walked out of the room as fast as he can.
"Kuroko! What did you mean about courting? Come back here!"
Today Kagami Taiga realized that he is very deeply attached to his basketball partner Kuroko Tetsuya. It is probably love…but he's not quite sure yet. In any case, he knows three more things now; one is that he can't play basketball the same without Kuroko, two is that Kuroko does things that doesn't make sense and three is that Kuroko makes his body feel very very weird.
Make that four; he was probably scared of love and Kuroko was not.
Or so he acts.
A/N: I'm probably writing a one-sot for when Kagami admits his feelings (FULLY) and in Kuroko's perspective, OF COURSE. I hope you guys enjoyed the story. Well this is the end! Thanks to those who read this boring story this far! I thank you all for the faves and follows. OMG WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO THIS FIC, IT TURNED SAPPY AND IDK what happened to Kuroko, IDK I TELL YOU ALL. Reviews? And check out my new story; Serendipity.
