Kagami woke up to the buzzing of his phone. Still half asleep he checked to see who had texted him. "Hmm…Kuroko?" Kagami tiredly said. He opened up the message. Where did you go last night? I went over to your place and your dad told me you weren't home.
Oh yeah, last night he didn't go home…where did he go again? Scratching his head, he looked around the unfamiliar room. He then looked down to see that he didn't have any blankets…Ah! It finally clicked. He ran into Aomine at the court last night and ended up staying over at his place. When he finally remembered that, he replied to Kuroko's message, briefly explaining what happened. "He's gonna be so shocked that I'm here" Kagami chuckled. He then got up from the couch and moved to the kitchen, searching for something to eat. He searched the pantry, the fridge, even all the cabinets. There wasn't anything to eat. "What the hell does he eat in the morning?" Kagami quietly asked himself. However, after a second inspection, Kagami found some eggs, flour, milk, and sugar. "Well I can make something with these. I don't think he'll mind me using his kitchen". As he was about to begin, he heard the buzzing of his phone, he pulled the small cell phone out of his short's pocket and saw that Kuroko replied to his message. You're seriously at Aomine-kun's. Kagami chuckled at his friend's response.
Yes, why would I lie about something like that haha. Kagami sent the message.
I see. Was all Kuroko replied with. Kuroko was always so monotone in his messages. It was hard to tell what he was thinking, but he's practically like that in person. "I'll just talk to him later today when we go running" Kagami sighed, "Well time to make some breakfast".
Aomine woke up to a slightly sweet scent reaching his nose. He stretched his limbs before getting out of bed. He then walked over to the closet and rummaged through the stack of clothes, looking for a pair of pants to put on. After putting on the pants he found, he walked out of his room and walked towards the source of the scent. He found himself walking into the kitchen. Not only did he see a stack of delicious pancakes, but Kagami was standing in front of the stove, diligently making the pancakes. Out of curiosity, Aomine walked over towards the red head to see if he was really the one making these.
"What are you doing?" Aomine curiously asked.
Kagami jumped a little since he didn't notice Aomine walk into the room, but he quickly settled down. "Making breakfast; you have no food" The red head stated.
"Oh, I normally run to the convenience store in the morning to grab breakfast…but anyway, what are you making?" Aomine just stared at Kagami's hands, observing the way he was making the pancakes.
"I'm making some pancakes, what else does it look like?" Kagami teased.
"Oh~ looks good" Aomine seemed very curious to what the red head was doing. Kagami took notice of this and decided to tease the blunette a little.
"Ah, did you think I was making some for you too?"
Aomine quickly lifted his head "You're not making me any?!" he looked disappointed.
"I'm joking! You should see the look on your face haha. And besides, you let me spend the night so I might as well repay you"
"Don't joke like that…" Aomine pouted. "Also, you technically let yourself stay here" he quietly added.
"Do you want food or not" The red head stared at him.
Aomine opened his mouth as if here were going to say some smart comeback, but gave into his hunger, "Yeah…I want some".
"This is surprisingly delicious" Aomine said with a full mouth, "Do you always eat stuff like this?"
"Yeah most of the time, it's expensive to go out and eat all the time" Kagami explained.
"Hmm~" Aomine swallowed his food, "So when are you leaving?"
Not caring about the sudden change in topics, Kagami answered, "After I eat I guess. The teams going running over at a trail today around 2 for practice today."
"You guys take things too seriously"
"I think you're just a slacker" The red head chuckled.
"Shut up" Aomine hissed.
The red head gathered his things and made his way to the front door and proceeded to put his shoes on. Kagami then opened the door "Ok well I think I'll be going now"
"Oh, wait a second!" Aomine ran up to him. "Why don't we exchange numbers?"
"Huh?" Kagami lifted an eyebrow.
"Well umm…I noticed something was bothering you last night when we were playing basketball. Honestly I wanted to ask you about it, but I thought it'd be better to keep quite. You obviously just wanted to relieve some of your stress so you were playing very…recklessly" the blunette explained. "If we exchanged numbers we can meet up and play basketball or something" he continued.
Kagami was surprised that Aomine had noticed the change in his behavior. Actually he was even more surprised that Aomine almost seemed a bit…worried?
"Well I guess that's fine" the red head hesitantly responded.
The two gave each other their phones and entered in their numbers.
"Don't you think I'm worrying about you though! It gets boring playing basketball alone you know."
Kagami laughed. It sounds like he's contradicting himself he thought to himself. "Ok, ok you're not worrying about me" He said sarcastically. Aomine just glared at him.
The two waved goodbye to each other. Aomine closed the door as Kagami walked off into the distance. Aomine started to make his way to bathroom and take a nice relaxing morning shower, but stopped to see the horrendous sight that rested in the kitchen, "that fucker purposely left me with the dishes…"
"Kagami-kun!" The light blue haired boy came running towards Kagami.
"I see you finally caught up" Kagami joked.
Their basketball team was currently running a "trail". A "trail" is what Coach told them, but this is a god damn mountain! They've been going up hill this whole time and they still needed to back downhill. Yeah, they've finally reached the top, but at what cost…
"Please don't joke about that Kagami-kun. I used up all my energy just to get up here" Kuroko said still catching his breath.
"It's ok haha, I had some trouble getting up here too. So what's up?"
Kuroko stood up straight, "Don't you have something to explain to me?"
Kagami just looked at him for a bit…"Oh yeah, about Aomine. Well I basically already texted you what happened earlier today".
"I know, but I just can't believe that Aomine-kun would willingly let you stay at his place" Kuroko said.
"…Well I kinda invited myself…but yeah, it wasn't like awkward or anything though. It's not like we argued the whole time or anything like that" the red head explained, "But that asshole didn't give me a blanket to sleep with…" he quietly added.
Kuroko stared at him as if he were trying to hold back his laughter, "…Well…um…if you say so, I'm quite happy that you to got along".
"Don't make it sound so suspicious!" Kagami stammered.
"I'm kidding, but I really do think it's good that you two get along. You can learn a few things from him, about basketball of course" Kuroko chuckled.
Kagami didn't reply to that. He wanted to say he already knew everything, but he knew he could learn some things from Aomine, but he wasn't ready to openly admit that.
"Kagami~ Kuroko~! We're going to eat right now!" Furihata shouted at them from a distance. The two walked over to Furihata and followed him to where the rest of the team was.
The Seirin basketball team gathered around the table with their food, that was thankfully delivery, in front of them. With watering mouths, they were about to dig in, but Riko had an announcement to make.
"You all know that the inter-highs are coming up right," she began "This is no time to be slacking off! Starting tomorrow, we will have 4 hour practices everyday rather than the typical 2 hour a day practices!" She declared with a huge grin on her face.
Some of the team groaned at the idea, but they all knew practice was essential if they wanted to win this year.
"Also, depending on how hard you guys work, will determine how many days off you get before game day. You can get up to 7 days off. Now doesn't that sound nice?" Riko added.
That excited the team, since Coach hardly ever gives them days off. Mitobe and Koganei were quietly getting pumped up while Hyuuga suspected that Riko was bluffing. Everyone else just wanted to eat their food…
"OK, well now that what needs to be said has been said, let's eat!"
Kagami and Kuroko walked home together since they lived in the same direction. The two weren't saying much since they were still a bit exhausted from their run. They quietly walked along the road while the day was slowly coming to an end.
"Kagami-kun?" Kuroko broke the silence between them. "If you don't mind me asking, I was wondering if you were going to invite your dad to the games".
"Huh?!" Kagami was taken aback by that question. "Why the hell would I? It's not like he'd want to go anyway…"
"You want your father to acknowledge you, correct?" Kuroko asked bluntly.
"Ah…yeah" Kagami hesitantly answered.
"Well then I think you should ask him. If basketball is what you're passionate about, then you should give him the opportunity to see just how passionate and good you really are".
Kagami stopped walking and thought about what Kuroko said, "…Do you really think he'll acknowledge me?"
Kuroko smiled a bit and walked over to his friend, "I know he will, because when I first saw how much you loved basketball, I was inspired. No matter what challenge laid before you, you faced it head on. I believe if your father were to see that, not only will he acknowledge you, but he will accept you".
The red head stared at Kuroko, amazed by his words. However, thoughts of doubt clouded his mind. Would that really work? Will his father even decide to go? What if he messes up? What if he just doesn't care? Kagami cringed by these thoughts.
Noticing the hesitant look on Kagami's face, Kuroko pushed him, snapping him back to reality. "You need more confidence" was all the light blue haired boy said with a warm smile on his face. Kagami looked to the ground, maybe everything really is gonna be ok. The red head smiled, "Thanks Kuroko". After things settled down, the two once again started to walk home.
"Kurokocchi~!" There was a faint voice coming from behind them. The two turned around only to see a tall blonde running with all his might to catch up to them. The man finally caught up to them, leaning down while catching his breathe.
"Kise-kun, what are you doing here?" Kuroko seemed surprised.
"I happened to be in the area for a photo-shoot, and I saw you guys so I ran…" Kise laughed while rubbing his head. "Ah yes, ummm…Kagamicchi, if you don't mind, I'll be stealing him for the rest of the day" the blonde declared as he took hold of Kuroko.
"Okay, I guess?" Kagami was just confused by the current situation.
Immediately after Kagami gave a reply, Kise ran away with Kuroko. "He still sticks to him like glue" Kagami chuckled.
"I'm home" Kagami said while removing his shoes. He walked into the living room and saw that his father was still doing some paperwork. So he quietly crept into the bathroom, trying not to get his father's attention.
The red head undressed himself and entered the shower. Turning on the warm water, he began to think of the conversation he and Kuroko had. How should he invite his father? It's actually a lot harder than it seemed. His father was barely approachable and just imagining the response he might get from him made it even harder. "Kuroko makes everything seem like a simple task" he sighed. He turned off the water and reached for his towel before exiting the shower.
Kagami turned off the lamp that was resting on his nightstand before slumping onto his bed. As he laid there, he felt his body relax and his eyelids beginning to grow heavy. He was about to doze off until he heard the buzzing of his phone. He lazily grabbed the phone and checked to see who had the crazy idea of bothering him at this time. The light from his phone glared in his eyes, since he was sitting in the dark, so he adjusted the brightness. When he could finally see everything more clearly, he was surprised to who's name was displayed on the screen: Aomine.
Author notes
So I've finally figured out how to do these note things...
Well I finally made a chapter that is a least 2000 words long! It took me a while to write this though cuz I was still tryna figure out how to progress the story, since last chapter was basically just Aomine and Kagami. But we'll see what happens from here.
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