Chapter 10

While she was waiting for the bluenette she kept rewinding what happened just couple of hours ago. The way she felt when she was with Kagami, his words, his reactions, everything. She needed to fix this and was now trying to think of a way to do that.

Her thoughts were interrupted when she suddenly felt an arm hugging her around her stomach and a hand covering her eyes, stopping her from seeing anything.

"Guess who?" said a playful, familiar voice.

Ana smiled and bit her lip, not moving his hands away, "I wonder... Gimme some hints."

Aomine chuckled, "Tall, tanned, hot, sexy as hell, pure perfection-"

"You forgot modest," Ana said in a sarcastic voice before removing his hand from her eyes and turning around to face him.

He gave her a playful smirk and put his arms around her waist, "You know me so well."

She chuckled and rested her hands on his chest, "Nah, you're just easy to read."

Of course she knew that was a lie but she wanted to play with him a little. She enjoyed their little games.

"Oh is that so? Then tell me what I'm thinking about right now?" He tightened the grip a bit more, bringing her closer to him.

She acted like she's thinking, tilting her head and looking to the side and then back at him, "You're thinking about how gorgeous your date is."

Aomine raised his eyebrows and smirked at her, "So this is a date huh?"

When she realized what she had said, Ana blushed and looked away.

Aomine grinned and brought her head with his finger back to look at him, "Then you must know what happens at the end of a date?"

Ana's eyes widened a little and she pushed him away, looking away and blushing but couldn't stop from smiling, "Baka."

He took her hand in his, "So, where are we going?"

Ana got a hold of herself and looked at him, "Actually, I thought you were going to show me what would happen if I made you mad?"

"Ya really like provoking me, don't ya?" He entangled his fingers with hers without breaking eye contact.

"Oh, you have no idea." She smirked at him, not breaking eye contact either.

Aomine checked her out and let go of her hand. She gave him a confused look.

"You're interesting, angel face. Most girls wouldn't dare to provoke me."

Ana raised one eyebrow at him, "You thought I was like most girls?" She faked offensiveness.

"No," he just answered bluntly.

Ana didn't expect him to say it like that so she was a bit surprised but still gave him a shy smile.

He ruffled her hair, "If I thought ya were like most girls I wouldn't be here right now, would I?"

"Yeah, I guess you wouldn't."

"And I already told ya two days ago."

"You told me what?" Ana gave him a questioning look.

"I don't like to repeat myself. You'll remember."

Ana narrowed her eyebrows, trying to think about what happened two days ago. When she thought about it she couldn't believe that they've known each other for only three days, without counting the one when they crashed into each other. They've known each other for such a short period of time, yet she feels like she knows him her whole life. She didn't believe in this kind of stuff, to be able to devote yourself to someone after such a short period of time but now she couldn't imagine her life without seeing him or talking to him.

Still deep in her thoughts she smiled unconsciously and her look was now gentle.

Aomine was looking at her with a confused expression on his face, "What are you on?"

"Huh?"

He chuckled, "Is it just me or are ya spacing out really often?"

"Haha, sorry, uhm, I was just thinking about what you said, about what happened two days ago and I realized that we've known each other for only three days now."

"Oh. Yeah, I guess you're right."

They were both silent for a couple of moments.

"Do ya feel awkward because of that?" he asked her suddenly.

"Because of what?" Ana gave him a confused look.

"Ya know, because we know each other for such a short time."

"Oh, that." Ana blushed a little and looked away, "To be honest, I feel like I've known you my whole life so it's not really awkward for me."

Aomine's eyes widened. He definitely wasn't expecting that kind of an answer. He parted his lips a bit but closed them right after, not knowing what to say.

What the hell is going on with him, he kept asking himself. What she said made him happy but he couldn't find the right words to respond back to her. It was like his tongue was all tied up. He was just staring at her with a weird expression on his face, not capable of saying anything.

Ana carefully took a step closer to him, "A-Are you alright?"

Her voice snapped him back, "A-Ah, yeah, I'm fine."

"I'm sorry if what I said made you feel awkward or-"

She couldn't finish her sentence because she found herself buried in Aomine's chest, his arms hugging her tightly.

"A-Aomine?"

Aomine snickered, burying his head in her hair and whispering in her ear, "Ya really are somethin', ya know that?"

After his words reached her mind Ana smiled warmly, hugging him around the waist, "The same goes for you, spray-tan."

After a couple of silent minutes they looked at each other, still hugging and smiling.

Then Ana stopped smiling and trailed her gaze from his gorgeous blue eyes to his lips. In a split second she lifted herself up on her tiptoes and leaned closer to him, giving him a gentle peck on the lips.

When she pulled away she saw Aomine's flushed face and his eyes widened in shock and giggled at the sight.

"D-Did ya j-just-"

"Yes, I have just kissed you." She was still giggling; he looked adorable.

"B-But I was supposed to be the one to kiss YOU you BAKA!" He looked like a little kid.

Ana couldn't stop herself from grinning like an idiot. He was too adorable to be true (as much as someone like Aomine can be adorable).

"I never thought I'll get a reaction like that from YOU," Ana teased him.

He gave her a trying-to-look-mad look, "I wanted to kiss you and now you've ruined it, idiot."

Ana playfully raised an eyebrow at him, "So you mean to tell me that you didn't like the kiss?"

"NO I DIDN'T SAY THAT DON'T PUT WORDS IN MY MOUTH WOMAN!"

Ana laughed even more, "Oh my God, I'm just kidding, relax." She gave him another peck on the lips, still smiling.

"STOP DOING THAT!" He pouted like a little kid.

"WELL DO YOU WANT ME TO KISS YOU OR NOT YOU AHO?!"

Aomine pressed his lips against hers strongly and hugged her tightly. Ana was shocked by his sudden action but put her arms around his neck and deepened the kiss. They parted after a couple of seconds and looked at each other, their faces still really close.

"That's how I wanted it to be like." Aomine had his recognizable smirk on his face again.

Ana smirked herself, "Hah, not bad. Not bad at all."

They both burst into laugh and nuzzled their noses.

"I..." Ana started, "I really like you Aomine."

He smiled at her and gave her another quick kiss, "It's Daiki."

Ana gave him a huge smile, "Daiki," she said in her most loving voice.

After a couple more moments still grinning like idiots the two finally parted.

"It's getting dark, I'll escort ya home."

"It's okay, you don't have to."

He took her hand in his, entangling their fingers, "Just shut up and let me escort ya home, you baka."

Ana just chuckled at his childish reaction and pressed her fingers stronger against his hand.

They walked to Ana's home in silence. When they got in front of the building entrance they turned to face each other again.

Ana couldn't stop herself from smiling and because of that Aomine couldn't stop his lips from forming a smile either.

"Ya have a beautiful smile, ya know that angel face?" He gently moved a lock of her hair behind her ear.

Ana's smile widened and she blushed, "Thank you" was all she said before cupping his face with her hands, bringing it closer to her and kissing his forehead gently.

"See ya, spray-tan." She winked at him before entering the building.

"I'll call ya." He waved at her with a smirk and took his way home.

He hasn't felt this happy in a long time. She made him feel like he used to feel while he was playing basketball in Teikou; wonderful, carefree, like nothing and no one could stop him. She was, besides Satsuki, the only girl who didn't find him scary or intimidating but quite contrary; she stood up to him and teased him back whenever he teased her. But still, exactly at times she needed to be, she was gentle and caring with him, saying just the right words. He felt like he finally found someone who understands him, someone who likes everything about him; both his virtues and flaws. Someone he could see himself with.