omfgggg I'm so sorry this took so long. I have no excuses tbh. Well, I mean, I was in a cruise blah blah you guys don't care LOL. I hope you enjoy! I'll try to wrap this story up without rushing it, because I'm going to start a new story with my otp in Haikyuu lol
Enjoy the story! (Sorry about the abrupt ending tho)
It was a rather peaceful day in the small cafe. Unperturbed by his surroundings, Kuroko stared inquisitively at the various assortments of coffee on the page he flipped to. .
Kise occasionally glanced up from his own story book, wondering why Kuroko had a extremely troubled look, despite him being almost expressionless.
After glancing up at him for the tenth time, Kise spoke out.
"Kurokocchi, you're going to burn a hole through that book if you stare at it any longer."
Kuroko looked up at him in a puzzled way. "Kise-kun that only happens in sci-fi novels, not in real life."
"Sci-f- I was just using it as an expression!" He exclaimed.
Kuroko ignored him and just went back to staring endlessly at the book.
Kise, used the silent treatment, swirled the spoon in his coffee and continued to try and coax Kuroko to take his eyes off of the book
"Are you trying to make a new flavor of coffee?"
Kuroko looked up, staring at Kise with wide eyes, "Yes… I'm surprised Kise was able to figure it out."
"Come on, I'm not that dumb!"
"Hm…"
Kise pouted. "But you've been staring at that book for a whole hour, you should take a break."
Kuroko looked at him inquisitively. "I am taking a break right now?"
"Nooo, I mean an actual break."
"... Like what?"
"Like… eating out or watching movies or… since it's spring, cherry blossom viewing!" Kise marveled at his idea. "This is the prime time to view cherry blossoms!"
"...I don't think that relates to coffee in any sense Kise-kun."
"Come on, it'll be fun! I'll invite Momochii, Aominechii, and Kasamatsuchii! Furihata can also come too!"
"But I don-"
"You can make drinks for us, to match the Cherry Blossom viewing mood, wouldn't that be helpful?"
"..." Kuroko thought about it hesitantly. Kise actually made sense for once. "I mean…"
"Alright then! Since tomorrow is a break let's all get together and go cherry blossom viewing!" Kise exclaimed.
Kuroko doesn't understand why he even slightly agreed to Kise and his cherry blossom viewing idea. He did not think that he would have to ride in a limo and get to the destination in a moderately secluded area and a few assistants running here and there, bringig boxes of traditional bentos.
"It's a nice day for cherry blossom viewing!" Momoi exclaimed as her assistant finishes stacking the bento boxes.
"Momoi-san, may I ask why there are so many boxes for just the five of us?" Kuroko sighed.
"Eh? I mean, the more food the better right?"
"I mean…" Kuroko held up his plate which was now filled with various kinds of foods.
"Nerrw, corm orn guysh, ret's jusht eart" Aomine said, his mouth already full of different kinds of food.
"Aomine! Please eat properly!" Momoi shouted mildly grossed out by his lack of behaviors.
Aomine ignored Momoi, just staring off into the distance.
"You dare ignore me?" Momoi seethed furiously as she whacked him in the head.
"Anyways, where were we?" Momoi turned to the others.
Kise gulped nervously. Kuroko and Furihata stayed silent while chewing their sushi.
"Anyways um, Kurokocchi, I was wondering for a while now…"
Kuroko turned his head towards him, chewing his food.
"How did you get into being a barista anyways?"
Kuroko thought about that question thoughtfully. "I've always liked vanilla latte. And I worked at a cafe before, and realized that I really liked that job. Not only that I like to create different things in the field of coffee I mean."
"Is that so?" Kise cocked his head in wonder. He thought there would be something more deep and meaningful for Kuroko to have such a unique job. Kuroko seems to have a symbolic relationship with important things.
Kuroko nodded quietly, and then took another small bite of his sushi before asking Kise a similar question to change the topic.
"Why did you quit modelling and go into being a hairstylist?"
Kise choked on his tea right as Kuroko finished his question. "Ah… Um…"
And as soon as Kuroko asked his question, Momoi and Aomine grinned widely. "Yeaaah, you should tell him about the time where you just stormed off from work."
Kuroko looked at him questioningly.
"Ughh…." Kise whimpered under the pressure of Kuroko's gaze. "Well… to start, my manager wanted me to dye my hair pink, and I really didn't want to… And my manager also pushed me to do a lot of different things I really didn't like so… I just quit."
"You should've seen him when he his manager announced that his hair was going to be dyed, he was like 'no! This is a natural pure blessed blond! I'm not going to let some chemicals taint my purest form!'" Aomine laughed.
Kise sighed Aomine and Momoi continued to laugh. Kuroko smiled quietly.
"I never thought you were that childish."
"I was in a lot of stress at that time okay?" Kise pouted.
"Pretty lame way to quit your job tho!" Aomine howled with laughter.
Kise turned into a bright shade of red and started barking mild insults at Aomine, while he continued to hold his stomach.
Kasamatsu smiled and turned to Furihata. "What about you Furihata-kun? Do you have any good memories to share?"
"Oh, uh…" Furihata figetted uncomfortably, when everyone shifted their attention to him. "I had some pretty embarrassing moments?"
"Ooh! Embarrassing stories are always nice!" Momoi laughed.
Furihata blushed in embarrassment just thinking about his story. "Well… I went camping with my friends once in the mountains, and it was nice and all but I had to use the restroom. I went to look for the bathroom and it turns out I got lost. My friends found me in the middle of the forest, and the embarrassing thing is, the bathroom was only about a few meters away from our camping spot."
The whole group chuckled. It was just like Furihata to get lost so no one was really surprised.
"You guys don't sound surprised." Furihata stated worriedly.
"Well… Furihata-kun does seem like the airhead type." Kuroko smiled.
"I-I'm not!" Furihata protested, and the rest of the group laughed.
The hour past with them continuing to talk about their pasts and fondest memories.
There were many people buzzing about, cleaning up the dishes of food that they left on the picnic tarp, while the group stood on the side chatting about basketball.
"I'm going to go to the bathroom," Furihata told the group.
"Alright don't get lost now!"
"I won't, I won't!"
Furihata sighed as he walked away from the rambunctious group. He probably shouldn't have mentioned his embarrassing moments.
He walked down the hill spotting the bathrooms. When he finished and opened the door, he felt of shudder run through his body as he stared into the mismatched red and gold eyes of the same person he bumped into the last time he modelled.
"Eek!" Furihata jolted at his spot. His feet suddenly felt like it was a rooted to the ground.
"... Are you going to stand there all day or are you going to move?" He stared dangerously into his eyes.
Furihata suddenly felt the blood run through his legs.
"I-I'm sorry! I-I'll jus-t-t leave now…" Furihata squeaked and ran off towards the picnic group.
The red haired head glanced at is running figure and walked into the bathroom.
