Disclaimer: Kuroko no Basuke and it's characters belong to their rightful owner, Tadatoshi Fujimaki. I only own the fan fictions and oc characters.
Author's Note: Hey there! Sorry for taking my time with this chapter! I already mentioned the reason in my profile and I hope that you guys read it. If you didn't, then I explained that I came back from that lovely holiday I was spending with my dad and started working at an advertising agency. My timing is shitty as hell (7 AM until 8-9 PM). I would love to write when I get back home but either there's drama with the family or I'd fall right on the bed the moment I get home. Anyway, this chapter is actually pretty long comparing to the rest. It was supposed to be divided into two chapters, but I kept it this way for whatever reason. I just really hope that you guys like it!
Enjoy Reading!
English is not my first language, so excuse me if there were any mistakes!
Chapter 25
Akashi Seijuuro's P.O.V.
I knew it.
Nori really did misunderstand the situation. It was obvious when he suddenly grabbed on to the sleeve of my shirt when I was about to head into the cafe with Kitajima. I was surprised at what he did. But honestly? I felt relieved. He actually looked extremely jealous, and it only proved Inoue's words to be true.
Nori likes me.
That thought made me shiver with anxiousness. I was about to lift my hand to ruffle his hair but stopped myself when he uttered an obvious excuse that made me inwardly smirk. He wanted to ask if there was a meeting on monday? Yeah right. Fine then, I'll go along with him for now. I still have to take care of this bothersome woman after all. That said, I excused myself and headed into the cafe along with Kitajima.
"Then I woke up the next day to find out that Kiko-chan was gone! Can you imagine?! My poor little Kiko. She was probably kidnapped and tortured by a group of disgusting hooligans! I mean, how could anyone hurt a cute innocent puppy?!" I rolled my eyes as she whined.
How boring.
Stop blabbering already, you're noisy as hell. Who gives a shit about you and your damned dog. It was kidnapped? Who would believe that? I'm pretty sure it ran away. Tch, I just want this pointless date to end already. I want to hurry up and see Nori.
That's right, I'm planning to go and see him right after this date is over. Does he think I'll let him go after he showed me that sort of expression earlier? Heh, he better be ready for what's coming to him.
"Seijuuro-kun, are you listening?!" I snapped out of my thoughts and mentally sighed. "Yes, I'm listening. It's unfortunate that your dog has disappeared. But don't worry, I'm sure she'll be fine. They probably don't look it but even though they're small; puppies are tougher than you think." She pout her lips and nodded, "You're right! Kiko-chan was always tough! I'll find you for sure my sweet Kiko-chan. Hang in there!"
Puppies, huh?
Pfft, why did an image of Nori just pop into my head right now? He always did look like a frightened little puppy whenever I threatened him. Yet he becomes extremely adorable and blushes from head to toe whenever I pat his head. Ah, he's really cute. I want to see him right now.
My cute little puppy.
Finally, this date is finally over.
It was almost 1:30 PM and I told Kitajima that I had to leave since I had basketball practice to attend to. She seemed convinced enough and I left right after dropping her home. And on the way back, I called Nori.
This time, he answered.
Akashi-Kaicho? So he still insists on being formal. It irritates me to no end whenever he calls me that. How many times do I have to tell him to call me by my first name? How many times is he going to make me repeat myself? Stubborn seaweed.
In any case, he corrected himself after I mentioned it to him. I sighed over the phone and pursed my lips together at Nori's silence. He seemed really nervous when he answered the phone. I'm sure that he was over thinking about what he saw when Kitajima was with me. I wanted to explain the situation to him but I decided to leave that for later when I reach his house. I simply told him not to think too much about what he saw and that I was now on my way to his house. Though he seemed quite silent after I told him that.
He's way too quiet. He better not be thinking about running away.
Before he could say anything at all, I told him not to run away because there was something I needed to discuss with him. Thankfully, he gave me an okay. But I was still worried that he might be gone by the time I get there, so I ended the phone call and ordered the driver to speed up.
Don't run away Nori.
When I reached his house, I cleared my throat and paused for a moment before ringing the doorbell. And in less than 5 seconds, I heard footsteps approaching the door. I sighed in relief as soon as I saw that it was Nori who was on the other side of the door. When our eyes met, he immediately looked away.
Heh, someone's being shy.
Interrupting me from my thoughts, Nori opened the door wide enough and asked me to come in. I let myself into the house and followed him to his room.
I know that I said that I'd be explaining the situation to him, but I really don't know how to start the conversation. Where do I even start? The incident in the storage room, or the incident from this morning? Then again, I guess I should start with the hardest part first; and thats exactly what I did.
I was really pissed off. The moment I started talking, Nori gave me that look again and then shifted his eyes to avoid looking at me. So he's still scared of me after all? I guess I was wrong when I thought that he was just being shy a few minutes ago.
Idiotic seaweed.
Nori's hand seemed to shiver when I placed my hand over his. I clicked my tongue and used my other hand to grab his chin and lift his head so he would look at me. "Don't look away from me, Nori." His eyes slightly widened at my words as I continued, "Don't worry, I won't do anything to you. I just came here to talk." I let go of him and furrowed my brows.
I've always threatened Nori since day 1, but I never saw him look at me this way. Not even once. Yes he did seem freaked out whenever I threatened him, but this time was different; and I really hate that. It made me feel sick. Tch- my stomach is starting to feel weird again, it's probably because of yesterday's bento. Anyhow, I explained to Nori that I didn't mean to do what I did at the storage room and that I really hated it when someone else touched him; thats why I lost it.
I just want him stop looking at me as though he's afraid of me.
...
Why is he quiet again? Is he ignoring me? Even though I'm doing my best to explain things to hi- huh?
I snapped out of my thoughts when I saw Nori move over from where he was sitting and came closer to where I was. I was about to ask what he was doing when Nori suddenly threw his arms around my neck and hugged me tightly. I was completely dumbfounded.
I don't get it. What's going on?
I thought I was already surprised at what Nori did, but I found myself completely taken back at the words he blurted out next. "I don't care who it is, and I don't care who that girl is, I won't let her or anyone else take you away from me. You're mine, Seijuuro." After saying that, Nori looked at me with a startled expression.
Even he was surprised by his own words, huh?
Nori's face turned red immediately as he tried to come up with an excuse for his actions. Without wasting another second, I grabbed the collar of his shirt and pulled him into a deep kiss. I nibbled on his lips over and over until Nori was out of breath. When our lips parted, he desperately gasped for air then grit his teeth. "Open your mouth, Nori."
I want to kiss you.
I felt his hands clench my shirt as he slowly parted his lips letting me slip my tongue into his mouth. As my tongue continued to explore his mouth, I heard a moan come out from Nori the second I slid my hand under his shirt. He instantly grabbed my wrist and tried to pull my hand out but failed since his struggle was weak. "W-Wait." Nori muttered while he pulled away from the kiss. I smirked at that and ignored his weak struggles as I leaned in down to his neck and started to lick and kiss the spots that I marked yesterday causing him to moan even more."S-Seijuuro, sto-nnghh-" I interrupted him by gently biting his neck giving him a new hickey.
I want to eat you up.
"You're telling me to stop, but you're so into it." His face reddened when I said those words. "T-Thats not it. Seriously, we have to stop!" I found myself grinning at that.
Is he out of his mind? He wants me to stop after blurting out a confession like that? He even said that I'm 'his'. Then again, he sounded a lot like me. I think I'm rubbing off on him a bit too much. He's way too cute, does he really think I'll stop? Besides...
"I don't want to stop. It doesn't feel like you want me to stop either. Look at you," I said while I leaned in to his ear. "You look so into it right now, blushing like crazy from head to toe. You're obviously so sensitive to me; especially in the ear. Isn't that right, Nori?"
His moaning sounds too cute. I really want to eat him up.
"Now let's continue from where we left off yesterday, I was still hungry yet you didn't let me finish my meal. I'll make sure to taste every part of you right now. Here I go, itadakimasu~" That said, I lifted his shirt and began to place kisses on his stomach. "Seijuuro!"
I won't stop until I make sure to taste all of you.
While I continued was I was doing, I heard him say that his grandmother was coming into the room. Before I could even react, the door was suddenly flung open and I saw Nori's eyes widen like crazy as his grandmother dropped the tray of brownies that was in her hands. "EHHHH?! What's going on here?!"
Tch, how troublesome.
I pulled away from Nori and sat back while rubbing the back of my neck. Nori on the other hand quickly sat up and gulped nervously. He seemed to be thinking quite hard, is he trying to come up with an excuse or something? He's so obvious that his grandmother probably noticed it already. After a few minutes of awkward silence, Nori turned his gaze to me and looked at me with pleading eyes. I raised an eyebrow at that.
Is he telling me to come up with an excuse? How bothersome. Something like that isn't necessary at all. In fact, I have something even better in mind.
"I was making Nori mine, that's all."
I already said that I want everyone to know that Nori belongs to me. And of course that includes his family as well. Especially that grandfather of his, I'll make sure that he doesn't get in my way in the future.
Onodera Nori's P.O.V.
No, no-no-no! Tell me this isn't happening. I beg you Kami-Sama, let this be some sort of nightmare. Please tell me that Akashi didn't say what I think he just said. I probably heard it wrong. In fact, I'm sure I did. There's no way that he'd just tell granny something like that. It's not normal!
My thoughts and hopes were shattered right when Granny went down on her knees out of nowhere and bursted out crying like a little kid surprising both of us. I frowned with worry and held my breath for a second before calling out to her, "G-Granny?" She didn't answer and kept sobbing. Akashi raised an eyebrow at me when he saw me approaching granny nervously.
I knew it, she's really shocked. And she's definitely angry at me. How could Akashi do this to me? How can he say something like that as if its the most normal thing to do? Does he really want me to get killed by my own family?! Anyways I have to try and calm her down for now.
I swallowed my saliva and slowly placed my hand behind her back, "Granny? What's wrong? Why are you cr-" I was interrupted when she suddenly threw her arms around me and hugged me so tightly to the point where I felt like I was being choked to death. "Gra- Granny, I can't breath!" I yelled while trying to push her away so I can manage to breathe again but she wasn't budging at all. Granny kept sobbing and sniffing for about 5 minutes until I finally managed to get her off of me and questioned her again, "Stop crying! Tell me what's wrong already, will you?"
She stopped crying right away and stared at me quietly while wearing a frown on her face. "Because Nori-chan, you-" She didn't even finish her sentence and started to cry again. "It's the end for me, I won't be able to-" Akashi sighed when she cut off her own sentence one more time and continued sobbing childishly while rubbing her eyes with her hands. "You won't be able to what Granny?" I furrowed my brows while waiting for her to answer.
This isn't how I expected her to react, I thought she'd start yelling at me or throw one hell of a fit. But how come she's crying? I never saw her cry this way except for that one time when I fell really ill and stayed in the hospital for a whole week.
"Please stop crying granny," I pleaded while rubbing her back gently. She stopped sobbing and pouted her lips, "I..." Her hands covered her face while she spoke, "I won't be able to have great grandchildren anymore!"
Huh?
What did she just say?
She won't be able to have what?!
She sighed with a dejected face and continued, "I kept day dreaming every single day of my life about the day where my Nori-chan would finally have a child or two who would look so adorably cute like you do! But now you... you're with Handsome-chan! It's all ruined, my dream is gone. Gone out of the window! Oh cute great grandchildren of mine, Granny-chan won't be able to make you those yummy brownies, I'm sorry! But you can go ahead and blame your idiotic 'father' for that! Although don't blame him too much, Handsome-chan is probably worth it. He's too good looking to resist, ne?"
Dumfounded.
Right now, I'm completely extremely dumbfounded.
"What are you saying?! 'Great grandchildren'? T-That's why you were crying?!" She simply nodded. "What about the other thing? You're not mad at me because of that?!" Granny blinked at me and shook her head, "Why would I be mad at you?" I slapped my face at that.
Oh I don't know, maybe because I was being pinned down by a guy even though I'm a guy myself?
"Because it's something that normal people would be mad about?" She scratched the back of her head and shrugged her shoulders. "What would they be mad about?" I sighed loudly and ruffled my own hair.
I desperately need a translator over here.
"You know why granny. I mean, normal parents would go crazy when they see... you know what i'm talking about!" She rolled her eyes at me and answered, "As if I care about that. You're you, and you're free to love whomever you want. It doesn't matter whether it's a girl or a guy. As long as Nori-chan is happy then thats all I care about," my eyes widened with surprise at her kind words.
Granny.
"Besides," She clasped her hands together under her chin and continued, "Handsome-chan is really handsome! So he's definitely a yes! I'm so proud of you Nori-chan~" My face turned completely red at her words. Akashi smirked when he saw me, "Thank you for your kind words Mrs. Onodera. I assure you, I'll take good care of Nori."
Don't give me that look! Ugh, this is so embarrassing.
"Oh~ Not only good looking, he's very sweet and reliable as well! I can see why you love him Nori-chan! Good job!" I covered my face with my hands to avoid Akashi's gaze.
Don't go saying crazy lines out of nowhere granny! Besides, who are you calling sweet? He's a full fledged proud sadist, that's what he is!
Even when I'm not looking at him, I can feel him staring at me with that confident smirk of his. "Awwww! Nori-chan is extremely adorable, isn't he Handsome-chan?" I heard Akashi snicker at that, "More than you can imagine, Mrs. Onodera." After I've had enough of this crazy conversation, I quickly took hold of granny's wrist and walked her out of the room, "Thanks for the brownies granny. We'll talk later!" I hissed while shutting the door.
I've never felt this embarrassed my whole life. I really want to disappear right now.
"Your grandmother is more interesting than I thought." My face flushed when I looked at him, "W-Why did you tell her that?" Akashi raised an eyebrow at me, "Why would I bother with making up an excuse? I didn't find it to be necessary at all."
What?!
"You can't just normally say something like that to people, especially if its my family." Akashi cocked an eyebrow and replied, "Why not? Your grandmother seemed happy about it." He stood up and made his way to where I was standing, "You don't seem to mind it either. No, you actually seem happy about it." I gulped at his words.
He's right. Granny's words made me really happy. I was shocked at first, but when granny told me that she'd be happy with whoever I choose to be with; I was relieved.
"See? You're not denying it." I pout my lips and replied, "Okay I admit it! I'm happy because of what granny said, but still-" I was interrupted when Akashi leaned in and pecked my lips. "Stop talking, let's continue where we left off. Yeah?" My face reddened insanely at that, "N-No! We're not doing anything here!" Akashi smirked, "Convince me why we should stop and I'll gladly listen to you."
Convince him? What would I say to convince him? Is there even anyone who could manage to convince someone like Akashi?
"Granny is here you know. She might come back any second! We can't do stuff like that when-" I was cut off again when Akashi started to take my shirt off causing me to gasp loudly. "What are you doin-ahh!" I felt my face heat up as Akashi bit my earlobe.
Is he serious?! I'm not ready for something like that yet! I have to think of a way to make him stop!
"Wait!" I muttered while pushing him away. "I'll do anything." Akashi stopped after I said that, "You'll do anything?" I nodded away. He narrowed his eyes and asked, "Like what?" I pursed my lips together and swallowed before speaking, "Anything you want. As long as we're alone, I'll do anything you ask me to. So l-let's stop for now." After a moment of silence, Akashi let out a smirk. "Good. You better be ready then. You'll have no right to complain at all, understood?" I slowly nodded my head with a defeated sigh.
I don't even want to think about what he'll be asking me to do later, but at least I'm safe for now.
"Anyways, let's eat the brownies that granny made. They're really good!" I said while placing the tray on the small round table. We both sat down and started eating quietly.
Ah, it completely slipped my mind. I didn't ask Akashi about that girl yet. They seemed really close, who was she? I really want to know but, will he get angry if I ask him? We're finally on good terms again, I don't want to ruin it. But its really bothering me.
"Oi Nori!"
"Huh?" Akashi clicked his tongue, "Next time you make me call your name more than once, I'll rape you."
Ra- He's adding this to his threatening list?!
"What were you thinking about? And don't tell me it's nothing because you're obviously worried about something," I frowned and lowered my eyes before answering. "This morning..." Before I could even finish my sentence, Akashi spoke. "There's nothing between me and that girl. I'll explain everything to you, so don't frown like that."
Eh?
As Akashi explained everything to me, I felt relieved but at the same time; I felt my heart sink. His dad has been forcing him to go on dates with the daughters of important clients every once in a while because he wants Akashi to get married to someone who would support his father's business in the future. Akashi said that he only agrees to go because he doesn't want to ruin his father's relationship with these clients.
I completely understand. I know that he's being forced to go but, I really don't like it. Seeing Akashi with that girl was hard enough, I don't think I'll be able to handle it if it happens again.
"You know," I furrowed my brows and waited for him to continue. "I'm already planning to put an end to this whole thing. So don't worry about it, understood?" My face flushed when his hand gently ruffled my hair. "Okay," I muttered in a low voice. The blush on my face grew darker when I saw Akashi smile. I placed my hand on my chest, clenched my shirt and swallowed.
My heart feels like its about to burst.
I love him, I love Akashi.
I don't want him to misunderstand yesterday's situation with Inoue-chan. I have to explain it to him properly.
"Aka- Seijuuro," I corrected myself when I saw him glare at me. "Umm- about yesterday, I really didn't do anything with Inoue-chan!" He looked at me with a startled expression. I cleared my throat and continued, "I don't want you to misunderstand. There's no way I would go out with her. It would never cross my mind to begin with, because the one I like is-" I cut my own words when I realized what I was about to say. Akashi moved a bit closer and placed his hand above mine. "Who is it? Who's the one you like?" I bit my lips and shut my eyes.
"The one I like isn't Inoue-chan. That's what I was sayi-" I stopped talking when Akashi placed his other hand on my cheek and started to lean in slowly until our lips met. I felt my whole body shiver at the gentleness of the kiss. My heart was beating so loud that I was sure Akashi could hear it. When our lips parted, Akashi smirked against my lips. "Liar, I already know who you like. So tell me, because its useless to avoid it."
Eh? He knows how I feel about him?! B-But how? I never said anything!
"Your expressions tell me everything. I told you before, didn't I? You're too obvious Nori." I bit my lower lip and looked away. "Don't make me wait. Say it now or I'll force it out of you."
Don't ask me to say as if its the easiest thing to do! But anyways I'll have to say it or god knows what he might end up doing to me if I don't.
I nervously gulped, attempting to gather all the courage I could before speaking. "I.."
Come on, say it.
He stared into my eyes causing me to blush more than ever. "I'm waiting," He murmured. After a minute of silence passed by, I took a deep breath before speaking and shut my eyes to avoid his gaze.
"I love you, I really love you... Seijuuro."
Huh?
No way.
I said it... I finally said it.
When I opened my eyes to look at him I was surprised to see a faint blush appear on Akashi's cheek. He suddenly huffed and looked away, "Say that sort of thing while looking at me you stupid seaweed." I couldn't help but chuckle at his reaction. This was the first time I see Akashi's face turn this red.
What would he do if I told him that? Should I give it a try?
"Seijuuro, you're blushing."
It was too late before I realized that I just made a big mistake.
Akashi clicked his tongue in annoyance as he looked back at me, "Someone's getting confident." Before I could back away, Akashi pushed me backwards and pinned me down to the floor again causing me to gasp. He held my wrists with his hands and slowly leaned in closer to my face. I shut my eyes and pressed my lips together.
...
Eh? What is he doing?
I opened one eye to check what Akashi was doing and felt my cheeks flush when I saw that he was only staring at me with a faint grin on his face. "Don't worry, I already said that I won't do anything here. In exchange, you'll be doing a lot later when we're alone. Isn't that right Nori?" He said as he let go of my hands and lifted himself off of me.
T-Then don't do something like that when you don't plan on doing anything, I feel so embarrassed!
"My bad, were you expecting something? Even though it was you who said that we shouldn't do anything here." I sat up and turned away from him to hide my embarrassed face. "I wasn't expecting anything!" I muttered while pouting my lips. My heart skipped a beat when I felt Akashi hug me from the back. "How cute," I felt my body tremble when his breath brushed against the nape of my neck.
So warm.
Soon, Akashi ruffled my hair and stood up. "Nori, I'll be taking my leave now. Okay?" I nervously got up and nodded with a frown.
Already? I don't want him to leave.
"I have to go to father's company to submit important documents for him. I'll call you later, okay?" I nodded my head again. "Take care." Akashi eyed me silently for a few seconds before he spoke again, "Give me a kiss." I blushed at that and lowered my eyes.
I still can't do it as easily as he does. Every time he asks me to kiss him, I feel even more embarrassed than before!
That said, I slowly lifted myself up and awkwardly pecked his lips while closing my eyes to avoid his gaze. "Heh, I didn't say the kiss had to be on the lips. But I'm not complaining about it." I gaped and glared at him when he snickered.
Who would believe that?! He always makes me kiss him on the lips! Its only natural that I thought he was asking me to kiss him there!
"Don't glare like that, I was only kidding." I furrowed my brows at that. "I really have to go. I'll see you later. Okay?" he said while patting my head. I blushed, "Ah, I'll walk you outside." He nodded and made his way to the door. "Let's go then."
When we left the room and reached downstairs, granny appeared out of nowhere and gasped loudly. "Handsome-chan! You're leaving already?!" He nodded politely and answered, "I have a few things to take care of." A long sigh escaped her mouth, "Even though I left you two alone to get all lovey dovey together~"
SHE WHAT?!
Akashi chuckled at her words and turned his gaze to me. "Well I tried my best, but someone was being too shy and decided to wait until we're all alone," he muttered quietly but loud enough for me to hear. "Make sure to visit soon, okay Handsome-chan?!" Akashi nodded again and replied, "I will. Also, thank you for the brownies, they were good." She grinned widely and suddenly hugged him leaving me completely stupefied.
"You're welcome, my dear handsome future-son-in-law-chan!"
Huh?! F-Future what?!
Don't go changing his embarrassing nickname to an even more embarrassing one!
Akashi was surprised at first but didn't seem to mind it at all. In fact, he was giving that overconfident smirk of his. Before anything crazier could possibly happen, I grabbed Akashi by his wrist and dragged him out of the house immediately.
"Interesting grandmother you have there. She's surprisingly too straightforward, unlike someone over here." I looked away with a frown on my face, "Excuse me for not being straightforward." Akashi raised an eyebrow at me and sighed, "I never said I wanted you to be straightforward. I prefer you the way you are." My face turned red at his words.
Don't say something so awkward!
"Nori, I'm going. I'll be late if I don't leave now." I nodded my head. "Make sure to answer your phone when I call you," he continued. "I will. Take care on your way there," I answered. He placed his hands on my head and ruffled my hair one last time before he started walking away. When Akashi was out of my sight, I went back into the house and let out a loud sigh while covering my flushed face with my hands.
I can't believe that I finally told Akashi how I feel about him. I don't even know if I'll manage to say it again anytime soon. But still, I'm really glad that I was able to convey my feelings to him.
Oooof, I can't believe its finally done. This was way too long for a normal chapter. I can't see in front of me anymore. I literally spent my whole day trying to come up with a proper way to write this chapter. Im just hoping for forgiveness since I made you guys wait a while, sorry! And at least we got to see Nori and Akashi being all adorable together, ne?! More than that, Nori finally confessed! Omg it took him 25 chapters, I bet everyone is thanking god right now. Well anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, see ya!
PS. I'm sorry if I won't be able to update every few days like I did the last month. But I promise to do my best to update as soon as I get the chance to! If I ever get some free time at work, I'll make sure to write as much as I can. Wish me luck!