Rated G
"Wow, okay, did you know about this?"
"Of course not. I thought of this event to be something more..decent than this."
"I guess not. So, um, do you think we should-"
Takao's sentence was interrupted as one of the organizers of the charity dinner approached them in a rather over enthusiastic manner.
"Of course you should, Takao-kun!" She ignored the annoyed expressions on both of the men's faces as she continued: "Oh but you are one of our favorite members, and I must say everyone thinks you're such a wonderful and cute couple!" She nudged Takao's side as she finished with her sloppy talk, and the only thing they could do was to give her a small smile before she greeted them and made her way towards the other guests.
"Wow, she's really something, that woman. And 'wonderful couple'? That's so lame."
"You forgot 'cute'." Midorima's expression was nothing but disgusted as he muttered the word.
"So I guess we should do it after all, Shin-chan."
"So it seems."
"Damn, this is embarrassing."
They approached to the vast space located in the middle of the ball room with unwilling steps and looked around other couples who were dancing according to the slow music played by the band.
"Um, so..How do we do this?"
"Come closer."
"Huh?"
"Come closer, we can't possibly dance standing this far, idiot."
"Okay okay. Like this?"
"Yes." Midorima took Takao's left hand into his and placed it on his right shoulder. "Now, take my hand, and we'll hold them like this."
"Wow Shin-chan, do you know how to dance, after all?"
"No, this is as far as my knowledge goes. But it shouldn't be that hard, considering some people here can manage it even after drinking so much."
Midorima placed his hand over Takao's back and pulled him closer, which caused the smaller man to smirk slightly.
"Make sure that hand stays in place, Midorima-kun."
"What?! Takao, how can you think of such things right now?"
"I'm just saying. And why don't you put your hand on my shoulder as well?"
"Because you're much shorter than me, and it would look ridiculous. Now shut up and let's get this over with as soon as possible."
"Fine."
With that, they started to move awkwardly on the dance floor while other couples were dancing much more gracefully around them.
"Oi."
"What?"
"You keep stepping on my shoes, Takao."
"But you're moving so fast! How the hell am I supposed to catch up to both your speed and your huge giant-like steps?"
"I don't have huge giant-" Midorima sighed in defeat as the couple next to them give them a smile and greeted them which they returned with a little bit of trying on their part as they kept stumbling on the dance floor.
"Anyway, just try to match your steps to mine."
"And why won't you try the same?"
"Because it makes more sense. Maybe we should count our steps."
"Yeah, it can work. Wow, we must look like idiots from the outside."
"On the contrary, people found it rather sympathetic it seems. Look."
Takao turned his head around to see the smiles which were thrown at their way as some of them were even mouthing 'aww' to their partners.
"I feel like an animal in the zoo!"
"I don't mind it particularly."
"Huh? You mean..you're enjoying this?" Takao was sure the bigger man was disgusted by the public affection, yet he could have never imagined it wouldn't bother him.
"It's not..bad I guess."
Takao smiled as he squeezed the much bigger hand in his. "Okay, let's start counting then."
"We'll go with one-two-three-four, then start over."
"Okay."
"Takao."
"Hmm?"
"Just..imagine we're on court, just like during high school. Do you remember how we worked together?"
Takao's eyes widened at the serious tone, and he remembered the memories of their perfect union while playing basketball. He was still not used to his now-boyfriend's unpredictable actions at times, yet they never failed to amaze him in the end.
"Yeah."
"Then let's play, our way, just like how we used to do."