UNBETA-ED! Nickierem~! Thanks for offering to be a beta but uh…I'm posting this chapter up first because well, um it's been quite awhile since I updated! Oh and I don't even mind if you review on every chapter….that is better actually. Because then I can know your thoughts on every chapter.
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Kuroko stared dumbly at the person in front of him. Mayuzumi gave a sighed and repeated his words. "Change your clothes. I'm taking you out." Kuroko's expression scrunched up in denial. "Do you want me to help you change then?" Mayuzumi quirked his eyebrow at Kuroko.
Kuroko gave a quick shake of his head and bolted upstairs for a change of clothes appropriate for an outing. Because boxers and simple white shirts is hardly appropriate for anything. Kuroko didn't spend much time in front of his closet choosing clothes. He just took out a simple jeans and a white polo shirt. Kuroko changed quickly and walked down the stairs carefully. Then he faked a small cough to gain the attention of his unwelcomed guest. Looks like his weak presence is still working in daily life.
Mayuzumi turned around and frowned with disapproval. "That's not the kind of clothes you'd wear for a date."
"D-date? You're taking me out for a date?" Kuroko's eyes displayed disbelief laced with shocked. Well indeed Mayuzumi was dressed for a date. Looking absolutely hot in black V-neck long-sleeved shirt with a long chain necklace and a simple dark blue denim pants. 'Wait, did I just describe him like a high school girl would?'
Mayuzumi nodded an answer. Kuroko gave an unsure glance and bolted up the stairs again for another change of clothes even though Mayuzumi didn't exactly tell him to. This time Kuroko messed up his wardrobe for the appropriate clothing and the right choice for a 'date'. Kuroko finally settled for a black and white stripes long sleeved shirt whit a milky white cotton jacket on top to prevent the cold and a pair of faded jeans secured with a brown belt. Yeah the 5th set of clothes tried seems the best choice than the other previous ones.
Kuroko walked downstairs…well almost running but he controlled his speed. Kuroko saw that Mayuzumi was already waiting at the other end of the stairs looking up at him with complimenting eyes instead of that blank gaze he usually wore. Kuroko inwardly smiled at this.
"You look better." Mayuzumi commented.
Kuroko gave a small pout as a reply.
"Cute." Mayuzumi said in a low voice and head towards the front door then turned the knobs to walk out.
Kuroko stared dazedly at the figure of Mayuzumi. Had he just heard what he thought he heard? Kuroko shook his head and took the house key before following Mayuzumi's step out of his house and locked the door from the outside. Mayuzumi waited and almost let out a small smile.
"Where are we going?" Kuroko asked out of curiosity as he walked side by side with Mayuzumi. The distance between them wasn't far, shoulders almost touching well imaginarily since their difference in height is not that small. Maybe half a foot? 6 inches perhaps? Maybe more?
"Around." Mayuzumi gave a vague answer. It is not as though he planned the date. The date is more fun if it is kept at random. Being posh and organized isn't exactly his style, get it?
Kuroko just simply nodded at the answer.
Their first stop was the shopping district in general. There was a lot of chattering, shouting, mingling and people just browsing around. Most of them though were couples on a date as it was weekend. Kuroko's eyes flitted about. The smell food seems inviting tinkering about he haven't eaten any breakfast yet. Kuroko walked to nearest food stand without notifying Mayuzumi who was busy browsing something else.
Mayuzumi felt the empty presence beside him and turned to confirm that the short teal head had left his side and now nowhere in sight. Mayuzumi looked around the crowd of people and parted through with calm demeanor even though he was slightly panicking in the inside. Mayuzumi almost wanted to call out the bluenette's name when his eyes caught a shock of teal-colored head amongst the pack of people.
Mayuzumi let out a breath of relief and stride quickly towards the bluenette's side that seems to have acknowledged his presence. "Where have you been?" It came out sharper than he intended to.
Kuroko's eyebrows gave a slight twitched at the tone. In Kuroko's hand was a small box of takoyaki. "Sorry, I was hungry." Kuroko answered. Then he lifted the box up a bit as if to show the thing that he was clearly holding with both hands. Mayuzumi didn't realize the contents of Kuroko's hand earlier.
"You could've said something." Mayuzumi pointed out.
Kuroko gave a slight bow with his head. "Sumimasen deshita."
Mayuzumi just stared and gave out a small sight and nodded as a sign of acceptance to Kuroko's apology. Kuroko straightened himself and flashed a small smile which somehow blinded Mayuzumi for awhile and stood unmoving though the smile was just for a short second. Maybe the small smile didn't even last for that long. Maybe so but it was enough to stunned the new phantom player.
Mayuzumi blinked his eyes to snap out of his delusion and decided that perhaps some food for him to chew will get himself to put together. Mayuzumi stole one of Kuroko's takoyaki and insert it into his mouth and chew.
"Hey, that's mine." Kuroko gave an unsatisfied tone though the face didn't change much but there was a twitch of muscles if you look close enough to see his discontent expression. Mayuzumi ignored Kuroko and just kept on chewing. He even stole another tako ball.
Kuroko just pouted unhappily though didn't let his expression muscles betray much. Kuroko silently continued eating his food. Pushing the tako into his mouth one at a time until they all have vanished inside his belly. Kuroko didn't notice a small smudge of sauce on his cheek. Well Mayuzumi did. Kuroko stopped and told Mayuzumi that he just wanted to throw away the trash in the nearest trash can and walked off.
Mayuzumi leaned against a wall as his eyes trailed onto Kuroko walking away and turning back to him. He can just feel how blank his expression his and how even more blank his eyes are quite the opposite of his inside though. Well at least he managed to get Kuroko's mind off the yesterday's event and from the devil redhead. Though his insides are quite messed up because of the adorable 'shadow'.
Kuroko look at Mayuzumi quizzically as he had been staring at his face for quite sometime. Well he had been standing straight in front of Mayuzumi for quite sometime now. Unsure if Mayuzumi really saw him or not Kuroko asked. "Is there something on my face?"
Mayuzumi wanted to chuckle but of course he didn't instead his hand went upwards touching Kuroko's face. Mayuzumi used his thumb to wipe of the sauce with a single stroke which kind of startled Kuroko then what really embarrassed Kuroko was because Mayuzumi had cleaned his thumb by licking the sauce off his finger and even making a slight sucking motion. Then by some miracle Mayuzumi's lips twitched upwards by a fraction, almost undetectable smirk.
But to Kuroko who was used to observing people saw the smirk clearly and seriously the smirk suits.
"Um, I need to go buy some drink." Kuroko said still slightly embarrassed somehow.
Mayuzumi snorted a chuckle, nodding and pushed himself off the wall using his left leg. Then the two ventured off for drinks. Mayuzumi casually slipped his hand into Kuroko's and had a firm a grip on it. Kuroko looked at Mayuzumi questioningly; there was a hint of pale pink on his cheeks. "Well don't want you to get lost and separated again now, do we?" The small smirk returned for another second.
Kuroko just nodded.
Kuroko had spotted a milkshake shop not far away and dragged the taller male to gain his loved vanilla milkshake. Mayuzumi saw a sparkle of happiness in Kuroko's eyes when they got to the shop. Mayuzumi placed an order and took out several yen notes from him wallet. "Vanilla and strawberry shakes, please." Mayuzumi said and handed the money to which the owner of the shop took gratefully and went to prepare the shakes.
"I can pay that myself." Kuroko said.
"Well then it wouldn't be a date." Mayuzumi replied.
"That's old-fashioned and why am I the female role." Kuroko said another cute pout made an appearance.
"Hnm, maybe because you're short and submissive?" Mayuzumi hummed.
Kuroko can't find any words to retort and instead kept the pout longer on his face although Mayuzumi is sure that Kuroko is doing that without realizing it. Well if you hardly ever had any expressions shown you tend to not realize or feel your facial muscles twitching and moving into place to create an expression. Their milkshakes arrive and they thank the worker and left the side shop. Then Kuroko asked another question.
"Did you know that I like vanilla milkshakes?" Kuroko pondered on that question.
"Sort of." Mayuzumi replied.
"How?"
From Akashi although indirectly. I sometimes saw him spacing out when the word of vanilla milkshakes existed in random stores. I know he was thinking of you because he had that same look in his eyes when I pass and use Misdirection.
"I'm quite an observant." Mayuzumi replied.
Kuroko's forehead formed creases at the answer. Ah, he hates riddles like this even though he likes to land the bomb to people but when the bomb is handed to him he really didn't enjoy it. Kuroko decided to ask another question to get rid of the questions in his head.
"Strawberry milkshakes, huh?"
"Yeah, like you and vanilla. It's an addiction. The taste of the sweetness mixed with the right amount of sourness is really just, um, y'know, explodes in your mouth."
Kuroko resist the urge to giggle at the description.
"You want to have a try?" Mayuzumi offered his cup.
Kuroko shrugged as an answer to take the cup. "Sure, try mine too." Kuroko offered his which Mayuzumi took into his hand as soon as it was offered.
Kuroko put the straws between his lips and took a sip on Mayuzumi's favorite strawberry milkshake. Mayuzumi too took a small sip on Kuroko's vanilla milkshake. Both instantly brightened at the taste of the delicious taste. The taste of their own milkshakes still lingered in their mouth and when the taste of their date's milkshake explodes the flavor mixed and their taste buds seems to be celebrating and savoring the wonderful and pleasant taste of it.
"Vanilla and strawberry flavor are meant to be." Kuroko daydreamed, somehow in la la land.
"Strawberry and vanilla, huh? What a combination." Mayuzumi unknowingly let out a small smile when a thought struck him. "That's sort of like you and me."
Kuroko jumped out of his la la land. "How so?"
"I like strawberry and you like vanilla. Strawberry and vanilla. Me and you." Mayuzumi explained with a straight face though there was a wide smirk in his inner self.
Kuroko turned away to hide the small blush on his face. Even though he was only blushing a little it was bound to be seen as his skin was deathly pale. Strawberry and vanilla doesn't sound so bad. It is actually rather nice. It has a nice ring to it. 'Ring?'. An absurd thought flashed through Kuroko's mind. Wait! Why did I just imagine we're getting married? And why was I the bride? I can't even have the male role in my own fantasy?
Mayuzumi was amused by Kuroko's slight shift of expressions. A slight blush turns into confusion then into that of unsatisfyness ending up on another apparent blush. Ah, the small little phantom is just too adorable for his own good. They continued to walk around absent-mindedly with Kuroko battling with his own mind and Mayuzumi musing. Then they continued their window shopping walking from shop to shop.
Well 'his' actually refers to Akashi, okay?
So….any of you in love with KuroMayu yet? Because I need to calculate the percentage of the people that has fallen victim to this new virus.
GDI A**Mayu lovers! You're uninvited here.
ANYWAY! YOU GUYS MUST DO ONE THING FOR ME TODAY! OUTLOUD…SAY… "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO AXILE!" XD
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