By the end of his third year in college Kuroko Tetsuya was faced with a dilema, which had became common in the Kuroko-Kise-Ogiwara household.
"You have to stop matchmaking your dates! That makes my matchmaking much more difficult!" Kise growled "You will not matchmake the next boy, got it? And you will go for a second date and get to know him better before you tell him no"
Kuroko blinked, slightly stunned, by how serious Kise was being. Not desiring to stretch this conversation too long, Tetsuya nodded his head and let his best friend dress him up for tonight's dinner date. He let Kagami drive him there and steadily walked towards the table the hostess told him. For a second he almost missed the man that was waiting for him. He was tall, had silver hair and wore an expressionless face.
What did Ryouta-kun do now? Look for a more handsome and mature copy of me? Kuroko grumbled in his head. The only good thing about this date is that he looks as if he wants to be here as much as I do.
"Hi, my name is Kuroko Tetsuya" he presented myself as I took my seat.
"I know" the other answered sharply "Look, I am only here because I was force to. Let's see where this date takes us to but my priorities are and will by primordially in my studies"
Kuroko stayed silent for a while, having not expected that, but then he smiled slowly and said: "Good, then it seems that we are on the same page"
"Good" the silver haired man echoed "My name is Mayuzumi Chihiro. We better get out, I've been waiting for a while now and no waiter stopped at our table. As it seems that we both have low presence, we will more likely spend the whole night being ignored" he drawled dryly.
His comment made Kuroko chuckle and stand up to get out. Soon they both found themselves in a homey cafe talking about their colleges, both of them were attending T University. Kuroko for psychology and Mayuzumi for literature. Soon they found an equal ground to talk, they both had very similar tastes: thrillers for movies, classical music, they both play basketball (even though Mayuzumi didn't join the campus' team), a great love for milkshakes and books. The only difference is that while Tetsuya liked vanilla, Chihiro liked chocolate, and while Tetsuya preferred mystery novels, Chihiro preferred light novels. It was no surprise when those two ended up in book shop buying their favorite book for the other to read and see how superior his taste was against the other. By the end of the night both had enjoyed each other's presence quite a lot and had scheduled a second date for the following week.
"So?" an expectant Kise asked, as soon as Kuroko entered the apartment.
"We had a great time. We will be getting again next week" Tetsuya replied quickly as he headed to his room, but stopped before getting in "You chose good this time" with that said he entered his room, ignoring his best friend's squealing, and headed straight to bed.
One date turned into two, two into five, five into ten, until they stopped counting and began dating. Most people did not understand their relationship, even Kise, the one who's been insisting on Kuroko dating for a whole year, complained about it. They didn't contact each other every day or even had dates every week. They didn't get bothered when one cancelled a date at last moment because they prioritized college. Even after having sex, instead of enjoying the moment and maybe cuddling, they both took a shower and sat next to each other in bed studying or working on an essay.
Which takes us to the actual situation, Chihiro sat against Tetsuya's bed's headboard with a linguistic book on his lap studying for a final, while Kuroko worked on his essay in his computer by his side. And only twenty minutes ago they were moaning each other's name in pleasure. But that was their relationship, even after six months of dating none had anything to complain about. They put the rules on their first date and were fine with it. They could break up right then and they wouldn't mind it.
The bang of the door startled both of them. They looked at each other confused, Kise was staying at Kagami's place and Ogiwara was supposed to be on a date that night. What could have gone wrong?
"I'll go check, I still have a couple of days before handing in my essay. You concentrate on your final for tomorrow" Kuroko told his boyfriend as he close this laptop and got off the bed. He searched for pants to wear before coming out of his room and finding a tearful Shigehiro "Shige-kun, what happened?" he asked his childhood friend.
"She broke up with me" Ogiwara replied between sobs "Why does this keep happening to me?" he lamented "Is there something wrong with me? I can't seem to be able to keep a relationship for more than a couple of months since..."
"Since you dated me" Tetsuya finished for his friend "There's nothing wrong about you, Shige-kun. Those girls don't know what they are missing. Have you tried dating another man? Maybe with a male you will have a better chance" his friend suggested.
"I-I haven't really thought about it. I like boys but I haven't been attracted to one like that since you. Maybe my tastes are simply to hard to find. Maybe you should matchmake me with your boyfriend, he fits my requirements" Ogiwara joked, standing up "Thanks for the talk, Tetsu" and headed to his room, oblivious to the disaster he left on his wake.
The next day, after Mayuzumi's final, instead of Kuroko being there for their celebratory coffee date, Chihiro found a very confused Shigehiro. Suddenly Mayuzumi's phone vibrated from a text message:
We are breaking up, I hope you enjoy my gift. He is a very cute puppy and well trained. I believe you'll like him~ Kuroko.
Chihiro couldn't stop the laughter that escaped his lips, he should have expected something like this from his ex-boyfriend but it still caught him by surprise. Smiling to himself he took his order and took a seat in front of Shigehiro.
And as Tetsuya had said, Chihiro liked him. With Ogiwara he found what he has been missing with Kuroko.