Charity Begins at Heart, a Kuroko no Basuke Fanfiction

Summary: Suddenly, Furihata has the urge to conduct a charity project. Luckily, Akashi is more than willing to help his Kouki.

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Kuroko no Basuke and all of its characters.

Saturday, 8:00 PM - Living Dreams Foundation, Tokyo

That night, Furihata looks at the stars and reflects about what outcome the game will have tomorrow. He is seriously staring at the evening sky, laying down on the patch of grass near his and Akashi's tent. The redhead said a while ago that he wants Furihata to play in the game, to see if there's improvement in every aspect of the brunet's gameplay.

What he doesn't notice is the ruffling of grass and the presence of a person beside him. When the person doesn't speak, Furihata doesn't bother to turn his head and look who's the intruder in his moment of peace. That is until;

"Furihata-kun." a simple call of his name and the brunet jumps up quickly, rising from his position on the grass field.

"AHHH! Kuroko! When did you get there?"

"Just a few seconds ago. You were thinking deeply, am I right?"

Kuroko's question leaves Furihata thinking of the game again. As much as possible, the brunet wants to erase some tension inside him simple because he's playing against his own boyfriend. But that's not the problem here. The boyfriend happens to be Akashi Seijuurou, who is in every aspect of playing basketball excels perfectly.

"Y-Yeah." Furihata more or less whispers. "I'm nervous..."

Kuroko taps the brunet's shoulders, hopefully to ease something tensed in said brunet's body.

"I know. It's Akashi-kun we're talking about here."

"Glad you realized what I mean." Furihata looks at Kuroko with approval. "It's not just my boyfriend Sei we're talking here, it's friggin' Akashi Seijuurou in our faces."

"I know, Furihata-kun. But we should do our best, especially you." Kuroko frowns a bit and his blue eyes serious. "He wants to see the most results from you."

"Yeah but..." Furihata pauses, thinking of an excuse. "...no matter what I do, I may ruin the game."

"No, Furihata-kun." Kuroko shakes his head. "Actually, we can make some adjustments and bring distraction to Akashi-kun during the game."

Furihata blushes at this. What does Kuroko want him to do?

"And what do you mean by t-that, Kuroko?"

"Simple." Kuroko points out. "You see what Kise-kun did to distract Aomine-kun during their match?"

Furihata nods, imagining the part where Kise uses his body language to flirt with Aomine in the match. And it ended up in a way that the tanned Touou ace actually groped the Kaijou blond.

"Uhm, w-well you s-see..."

Kuroko's eyes become focused. "I didn't mean for you to do what exactly Kise-kun did. It's your own style of distracting Akashi-kun on the court. The chances of him being distracted are higher compared to vice-versa."

"But Kuroko, I get quickly flustered and-"

"That's simply it, Furihata-kun." Kuroko cuts off. "You become distracted then recover quickly. But if Akashi-kun becomes distracted, it will take time because it's you who distracted him in the first place."

Furihata felt shivers run to his spine. "D-Do you think it's not a violation, Kuroko?"

"No. You're merely going to distract Akashi-kun from a safe distance. No physical fouls can be committed in that manner."

"I see." Furihata finally nods. "I'll do my best, Kuroko!"

"Sure you will, Furihata-kun. You've been training with the captain of GoM ever since you've become his boyfriend. So I guess that speaks for itself." Kuroko nods, actually smiling a bit at that.

"I g-guess you can say that." Furihata scratches his head, slightly embarrassed.

"Of course." Kuroko then stands. "I'll be back to sleep. Kagami-kun may wake up at any instant."

Furihata stands up, too. "Me, too. Sei would be looking for me if I stay longer here."

"Then let's call it a good night, Furihata-kun."

"Yeah. Goodnight, Kuroko. Hopefully we win tomorrow."

Kuroko chuckles. "Hopefully is right." And then they part ways, going back to their own tents.

Sunday, 6:00 AM - Living Dreams Foundation, Tokyo

It's the final day of summer camp and everyone gets ready to work. The non-competing teams for the day arranged the Gym where the match will take place. They take this as an opportunity to get some morning exercise at the same time. Besides, breakfast won't be served until an hour.

When Furihata is done with cooking, he quickly excused himself from Kagami, Mitobe and Sakurai to go see Akashi. The said redhead is actually doing some stretches alone in an area near their shared tent. Furihata runs happily to his lover, beaming at the redhead with such giddiness in him.

"Sei! Good morning!"

"Ah, Kouki..." Akashi stops his stretching. "Good morning."

"Someone's busy first thing in the morning, I see?" Furihata teases.

Akashi chuckles. "You know me so well, Kouki."

"Of course! I am your boyfriend, after all."

"Right. Aren't we confident today?"

"Hmm." Furihata hums soundly. "Let's just say I'm psyched to play against you for the second time."

"That's the Kouki I want to see later." Akashi then kisses Furihata's forehead. The brunet blushes, but his smile is enough for Akashi to go kyuuuuun. "Would you like to help me on my sit-ups?"

"Sure!" and Akashi lays down the grass field while Furihata sits in front of him. The brunet grabs both Akashi's legs in a grip, so as not to cause problems with the sit-up. Everytime Akashi rises on his position, he aims to get a kiss on Furihata's lips. The brunet acts all flustered but inwardly happy.

The others who see this scene are smiling, knowing that whatever happens, the two will always be a couple.

Sunday, 8:00 AM - Living Dreams Foundation, Tokyo

And so, the long-awaited match between Seirin and Rakuzan will now commence. For the first half, Seirin will play with Kagami, Kuroko, Hyuuga, Izuki and Kiyoshi. Akashi felt at ease since Furihata isn't going in yet. Both center players get into position, and every team watching has their eyes set on the game - especially the GoM.

Nebuya gets the ball for the first seconds of the game. Hyuuga almost smacks his boyfriend for that small mishap in their playing strategy. But all is well, not until the fourth minute of the game where Kagami seems worked up with Akashi's defenses. Kuroko can't make a single pass to his boyfriend, which is due to Mayuzumi always in time to block it. The silver haired teen then makes passes to his beautiful boyfriend.

Mibuchi has his styles in shooting, and all of them worked to his advantage. But when Kiyoshi and Hyuuga teamed up against him, Mibuchi slowly loses control of the game. Akashi has to step in or else the score gap will narrow down and Seirin will win the first half.

"Dammit! Not enough!" Hyuuga almost wrecked the bottle he is drinking on when Kiyoshi stops him with a kiss on the forehead.

"Don't get worked up, Junpei-chan." Kiyoshi teases and this earns a lot of blushing from the Seirin captain.

"Will you stop making up catcalls for my names?"

The rest of Seirin sweat-drops, and Aida has to scold the two.

"Relax, will you? This is just the first half!" the coach says.

Yes, the first half ends in favor of Rakuzan, with the score 52-46. But of course, Seirin will not have it for the second half because their secret weapon will be joining the fray.

The question is, will Seirin's secret weapon be enough to counter Akashi's Emperor Eye or will they crash along with the miracles they always tend to pull off?

To be Continued...

There you go, Minna!
Hope you liked it!
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Stella