Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Title: You and me right now
Pairing: Daiki Aomine, Ryouta Kise
Summary: Is there anything worse than falling in love with someone that is slightly homophobic? Kise is well aware, but he can't stop his feelings for Aomine. What will happen when he confesses to him? Aomine/Kise/ Miragen!fic
Chapter two
"Like hell I am going to a gay club!"
Aomine's angry voice echoed through the gym, and the other members of the 'Generation of Miracle' glanced at him stunned, wondering why their ace has gotten so riled up about the matter.
Kise looked away in defeat pursuing his lips. Of course Aomine would have made a scene. Between the members of the G.O.M he was the only one who still hadn't accepted Kise's sexuality.
The mere thought of it made Kise's heart cringe, after all the only person whom Kise wanted acceptance from was Aomine, the only guy he had fallen for. It wasn't like he had always been gay. Kise had never been attracted to other guys in his entire life, it was a special feeling he felt for the tanned boy. Aomine was the only exception.
Heavy silence filled the gym, and no one moved for a long while. Kise looked as if he was going to say something, but all that came out was a sob. After all what was there to say? Aomine had made his intention to not to go clear.
"Tch! I am leaving. I have had enough for today!" A still pissed Aomine said, sending Kise almost on the verge of crying. The power forward then picked up his jumper, which had been tossed into a corner of the gym, threw it over his right shoulder, and started to leave. When he was in proximity of the exit, a voice called after him.
"Stop right there, Daiki!" Akashi's voice was calm, yet his tone didn't underestimate its seriousness.
With a lazy hum, Aomine stopped in his tracks, well knowing that no one can disobey any order given by the Teiko's captain. He shook his head and sluggishly turned to him. Blue eyes widened once again when the power forward saw Akashi hold Kise's hand. What the fuck was wrong with holding hands? Aomine mused. Seriously, if those two wanted to make their intentions public, wouldn't it be better if they got a room? He shivered at the thought of a naked Kise under the control of Akashi. What was he even thinking? This was getting ridiculous. As his train of thought gullibly made its way into his mind, the red head captain spoke again thus regaining Aomine's attention.
"Ryouta has been courteous enough to invite us all out, "he began," I don't see any reason for us to refuse. Also club activities are still on going, I won't have you ditch practice, Daiki!"
Akashi gave him a hard look that signified his disagreement, and Aomine stood there unsure of what to say.
"Fine, whatever but I am not going to a gay club." He then grunted, steady on his decision.
"Relax, Daiki!" Akashi chimed as he let go of Kise's hand and marched slightly forward towards the ace, making him flinch in retaliation and then continued.
"What's so bad about going to a gay club? Are you afraid that someone may try something funny on you?"
"As I said I don't think that…"
"Then why don't you two play a one on one game to decide?" Akashi interrupted again, a light smile pulling on his lips.
Kise froze on the spot as he stared at Akashi with absolute bewilderment. The colour quickly drained from his face and his eyes grew frighteningly wide as he tried to keep a hold of himself.
What the hell was Akashi even planning? Matter of fact, Kise had never won once against Aomine. So what led the other to believe that he could have won now, of all times?
"Akashicchi…" Kise said almost in a whisper "I don't think that's a good..." but his feeble words were cut off by the slight movement of Akashi's arm, which warned Kise to keep quiet.
Everyone's eyes narrowed at Akashi's gesture. They all knew that their captain was far scarier when he was calm and collected, not that he ever lost his composure anyway.
"I did not ask for your interruption, Ryouta!" Akashi didn't turn towards Kise when he spoke, his monochromatic eyes were still on Aomine, and the latter annoyed with the current situation agreed to the bet.
"Fine" Aomine said, irritated. After all, it was just a matter of beating Kise as he always did. What Aomine didn't notice though it was the mischievous glint in his captain's eyes. Akashi was a born leader, he could foresee the future, and it was all a matter but to change it.
"One condition, though." Akashi spoke again, his voice steady and secure.
"You'll give Ryouta a handicap" Aomine's brows quirked upward questioningly as Akashi continued.
"If he can steal the ball from you at least once, then it's his win."
"Ah?" Aomine snorted, rather annoyed that Akashi had come up with such an absurd condition.
"Afraid of losing the bet?" Akashi remarked calmly.
"Hell, no!" There was no way Aomine would back off from a challenge.
Akashi's smile widened. Everything was going according to his plan.
Kise was speechless. It was rather annoying that the two were planning things ahead of him as if the matter was of no interest to him at all. Kise appreciated Akashi's help, but he would have preferred to settle things by himself if he'd had the chance.
Sighing heavily, Kise directed his stare to Aomine who already had picked the basketball and made the ball bounce between the wooden floor and the palm of his hand. A grin plastered on his face, which meant 'I am going to win'.
'Way to go!' Kise murmured to himself, looking disheartened. He had to try his best to win the bet, yet he felt uneasy. Stealing the ball from Aomine shouldn't be so difficult after all.
As he took position in the court he saw Akashi give him an adamant stare.
"You can do it, Ryouta!" he said with a firm tone.
Kise took a deep breath to stifle the pressure that somehow had found its way down into his legs and made him stumble a bit on his feet as he moved forward.
A gust of wind filtered through one of the small windows of the gym, and with it came the fragrant smell of a crush of cherry blossom's petals combined with the warm air. It was middle June, summer break was about to start. It was Kise's third year at Teiko. The last year he would have spent with his teammates. If there was something he wanted the most it was to confess his feelings to Aomine, no matter what the other would think, Kise was tired of bottling everything up inside.
He took another deep breath.
"Focus" Kise said to himself "I need to focus"
Aomine looked as "in-the-moment" as Kise was, but when Akashi gave his okay to the challenge an impassive Kuroko subtly chimed in.
"Aomine kun, Kise kun, "Kuroko spoke calmly, "I think both of you are taking this a bit too seriously"
Aomine grunted at his shadow's statement. "The hell, Tetsu? I am serious here" he said as he kept bouncing the ball with his eyes fixed on Kise, which made the latter feel uneasy. From Aomine's intense stare, Kise could tell the boy really had no intention of losing the bet, and this made the blonde model feel even more disheartened.
"Kurochin is right," intervened Murasakibara who was sucking on another lollipop taken from who knows where, despite Akashi's warnings not to bring food during practice. "You're being too serious Minechin," he continued with a light tone, "you should be happy we are going to this club, we will get delicious snacks and they will all be for free right, Kisechin?"
Kise facepalmed, forgetting for a second of a fraction his worry for the challenge, Aomine rolled his eyes at his teammate's simple way of thinking, and Kuroko lightly arched one eyebrow in disapproval as Murasakibara continued sucking on his strawberry flavoured candy without a worry in the world.
Then Kuroko turned to Aomine again "Aomine kun, maybe I shouldn't say this, but next Saturday is…"
"Tetsuya, Atsushi" Akashi called out to them, giving a warning look.
"I think it's for the best to let Daiki and Ryouta have this one on one" As he spoke, Kuroko and Murasakibara noticed how his tone had lowered. It was one of the very few signs which gave out vibes that their captain was deadly serious. And no one could go against his will.
They both stepped aside, Murasakibara sulking and Kuroko lightly shaking his head in disapproval. Kise tried to clear his mind; maybe he could do this after all. But when Akashi gave his ok to the challenge again, it was only a matter of seconds before Aomine dunked the ball straight into the hoop without Kise even realizing it.
He bit his bottom lip.
"Dammit, he's so cool." he thought as he looked at Aomine taking the ball again. It has always been like this. Kise always tried to reach him but to no avail. Aomine's formless, unique style was the only one he could not copy. It angered him and made him excited at the same time.
"C'mon Kise!" Aomine smirked, "it's all here what you've got?"
Although his words had a mocking tone, he meant them as a pushover to give Kise motivation. Aomine always gave his best against him, and somehow he felt like his teammate was holding back. But it wasn't because of his strength. Kise seemed to be immersed into deep thoughts which distracted him from their challenge. It irritated Aomine deeply when his opponent didn't give his best. Aomine's words, however, caused Kise to back to his senses. He took a defence stance again, and said,
"I have no intention of losing the bet, Aominecchi."
Aomine got fired up, he couldn't have asked for any better.
He bounced the ball on the floor a couple of times before sprinting towards his opponent. Kise was taken aback by his speed but he didn't lose his concentration and tried all he could to stop him. When Aomine was almost close to the basketball hoop ready to dunk, Kise marched against him challengingly.
Aomine didn't fail to notice the fiery look on Kise's eyes. Did that moron really want to go so badly to a gay club? Did he really want him to go as well?
As the two thought for the ball, Murasakibara's childish voice resounded in the gym, though his voice was muffled by the lollipop he was sucking on.
"Kisechin, this weekend is your birthday!" he shrieked in a funny way. "You have to win"
Upon hearing that, the corners of Akashi's lips turned upwards into a satisfied smile, which meant that everything was going as he had planned. Indeed his thought turned out to be right the moment he saw Aomine fumble.
It only took a split second.
Thrown off by Murasakibara's words, Aomine lost his balance, causing the ball to slip from his hand. Regardless of what caused Aomine to lose his concentration, Kise took advantage of the situation and managed to touch the ball with the tips of his fingers.
"I did it" Kise shouted euphorically, as the ball went rolling outside the court line. He was so enthralled looking at the ball that he didn't notice Aomine had completely lost his balance. When he finally realized the ace was about to fall upon him, he tried to avoid the impact but to no avail. Almost like a thunder striking a tree, Aomine's body sent Kise fall backwards with a loud thud as the tanned male fell on top of him.
It was the perfect picture.
Their teammates, who remained to look at them in silence, made no move. Each one of them wore different expressions.
Midorima was slightly embarrassed. All he could do was to push up his glasses while trying to turn away from the scene before him. Kuroko and Akashi remained impassive. Murasakibara kept sucking on his lollipop.
"Ouch" Kise whined in pain, and Aomine rushed to push himself up on his elbows to make sure Kise was ok.
"Hey, are you all right?" he asked, the tone of his voice alarmed.
Kise slowly opened his eyes and looked at Aomine gleefully. They both didn't seem to understand the situation they were in.
"Aominecchi," Kise beamed, "I touched the ball. I win"
Aomine couldn't believe to his own ears. He truly couldn't understand how Kise could be so happy about something like that. He faltered slightly when he saw him smiling brightly. Has Kise's smile always been so cute? He mused, berating himself for such absurd thoughts. Since when he thought Kise's smile was cute? What the hell was wrong with him? Kise is a boy and he is a boy too, but more importantly….. Realization hit him, although a bit too late when Kuroko startled him out of his thought.
"Aomine kun, Kise kun" Kuroko said with his usual impassive tone, "if you two want to make out, I suggest you go somewhere more private."
Aomine turned towards his shadow, his face visibly red.
"W-what are you saying, Tetsu?" he stuttered, "This is not what it looks like"
Midorima, who was still trying not to look at them, spoke embarrassed.
"Seriously guys, you should wait until you are eighteen for this kind of things"
Murasakibara couldn't help but intervene as well, as if the situation weren't aggravated already.
"Eeeh? Minechin wants to do perverted things to Kisechin?"
Aomine was flabbergasted. He didn't understand why his teammates were being so unreasonably dense. They were just playing and they happened to trip on each other. What the hell was wrong with them?
"Guys, you are misunderstanding" Aomine tried to reason.
"So Minechin and Kisechin are going to have blue and yellow babies?" Murasakibara added innocently, still working on his candy.
"That's right," interrupted Akashi, who until then had not uttered a word. Odd enough Aomine was grateful for his intervention. Surely their captain would clarify everything and put an end to this unwanted charade. Or so he thought.
"That's right," Akashi repeated again as his eyes darted to Kuroko, "but Tetsuya, that is slightly inadequate. You shouldn't suggest them to go somewhere more private, we are in the middle of practice right now."
Kuroko feigned an apology full of hidden sarcasm. "Ah! I didn't think about that. Sorry Akashi kun."
Aomine lost all of his patience. Did his teammates lose their nuts? Even Akashi was into it? And what the hell? Blue and yellow babies? Where that did come from? As his face grew uncomfortably red, Kise abruptly shifted under his body.
"Aominecchi"
Aomine jolted as he turned to him and noticed that Kise's face was as red as his.
"Would you mind moving? You are crushing me" Kise whined, though it wasn't like he didn't like Aomine's body against his, but the situation was rather awkward at the moment.
"Hah" Aomine suddenly jumped back and sat on his knees, allowing Kise to be freed from his weight. He clumsily touched the nape of his neck as he attempted an apology.
"S-sorry" he mumbled. It wasn't often that Aomine would apology to Kise, and the latter seemed to appreciate it immensely.
"It's not your fault Aominecchi," he replied, giving him a smile, "it was an accident"
Kuroko cleared his voice, feigning a fit of cough as to warn the two that everyone was still looking at them. "Aomine kun, Kise kun" he then said, looking at them with reprimanded yet unreadable expression, "I remind you that you are not alone here"
Aomine flared up. It was really easy to make him angry.
"Cut it out Tetsu, this is not…"
"Chill Daiki" Akashi cut him short, "We were only making fun of the situation, no need to get so worked up about it" his voice was so calm that sent shivers down Aomine's spine.
"However," Akashi continued, the tone of his voice even calmer, though it didn't understate the seriousness of his words, "you lost the bet."
Aomine cringed. Losing his concentration was seriously a stupid mistake on his part, but how could he not take in consideration Kise's birthday? Speaking of which, he didn't even know about his birthday in the first place. If anything, one could say Kise is Aomine's soft spot.
He breathed out and lowered his head, nodding lightly.
"Yeah, got it"
"Perfect" Akashi replied nonchalantly and then directed his gaze over Kise who was standing behind Aomine. He gave him a consent look, and Kise smiled faintly at him in sign of gratitude.
Aomine swiftly turned to Kise, rolling his eyes in displeasure.
"You could have told me about your birthday"
Kise could read the slight disappointment in Aomine's puny voice and suddenly felt a pang of pain in the tip of his stomach.
"I didn't think it was necessary" Kise replied, lowering his eyes on the ground as if he were looking for an explanation there.
"Hm, yeah right" Aomine shrugged.
Akashi quickly glanced at both of them, smirking slightly.
"Daiki, I expect you to be ready this Saturday evening at 9.00 pm"
Aomine arched an eyebrow.
"I shall pick each of you up on time personally in my chauffeur driven car."
The ace snorted. What was with this weird idea of picking them up? It seemed like Akashi had planned things ahead as if he were already sure of the outcome of their one on one. He knew Akashi was absolute about everything he said and did. So arguing with him was not really one of his options. He also knew that he belonged to a rather wealthy family and could afford to pick them up without any problem, but Aomine had an unsettled feeling about the whole situation and no matter what, he couldn't shake off that feeling. On the other hand, Aomine thought it was better this way since he didn't know which club they were supposed to go.
"Akachin," Murasakibara chirped as he chewed on his flavored cheese potato chips, which had taken out of nowhere after finishing his candy, "is there any food in your car?"
Akashi gave him a stern look, not even bothering to answer his idiotic question.
"Atsushi," he reprimanded, "how many times do I have to tell you not to bring food during practice?"
"I disagree" Midorima's sudden intervention made everyone turn to him, especially Akashi who wore a rather surprised look. Words like 'disagree' didn't really belong to Akashi's dictionary.
"Shintarou" Akashi retorted, always in his impeccable polite manner.
"Would you please be more specific about what you disagree?"
"I made my calculations. This Saturday is the 18th." Midorima said, pushing up his glasses with his bandaged hand, wearing a serious look as though he had accomplished a task. "My fortune teller told me that this is the worst day for Cancer," he continued unabashed, "especially if I have to spend it with Gemini" he concluded as he directed his stare toward Kise to make the point of his statement.
Kise pouted at his teammate's unfair insinuation. "You are so mean Midorimacchi"
Kuroko looked at Kise expressionless and noticing it Kise started whining to him, "Hah! Kurokocchi is the only one who understands me" he said cheerfully, resting his right hand on Kuroko's shoulder.
"Please Kise kun, don't get ahead of yourself," Kuroko scolded him, "also don't lean on me or I'm going to get shorter."
"Har?" Aomine felt the sudden urge to intervene since he finally had the chance to mock his shadow, "isn't it a bit too late for you, Tetsu?" he said, grinning widely and that earned him a sharp reply.
"Aomine kun, Kise kun, if you two aren't going to stop any time soon, I am going to use one of my passes on you" Kuroko stared at them threateningly, and Kise and Aomine looked at each other in fear. They knew better than keep teasing him because matter of fact, Kuroko's passes could indeed be painful. Then everyone started laughing amused. Over the sounds of laughter which filled the gym a growling Murasakibara could be heard,
"Hah, I'm still hungry"
Midorima was still blabbering something about fortune tellers and how they were never wrong as if that were the most important thing to care about, and for him it was indeed.
Kise kept whining to Kuroko as the latter tried to free himself from the model's grip.
"So mean, Kurokocchi!"
Aomine stared at his teammates with a skeptical look, thinking that he was surrounded by idiots, not realizing that he was part of the group and that he was an idiot too.
Among the havoc, an unperturbed but somehow satisfied Akashi stood there, looking at his teammates have the time of their life. These were the moments that Akashi valued the most, and as long as he was the captain, he would never allow anything to hinder the well-being and harmony of the team.
He pondered for a moment, unsure how to interrupt his teammates' loud chattering, and then regained his teammates' attention with just the steady hold of his gaze, (this is how much impact Akashi has as a captain)
"Let's call it a day for today," he said calmly.
Everyone gave a consent look, after all practice had been pretty hard as of lately, so everyone was more than happy to finish earlier than usual.
Then Akashi looked pointedly at Midorima,"So Shintarou, you were saying your fortune teller predicted this Saturday will be the worst day for you?"
Midorima shrugged,"Exactly, therefore I am not planning to com…"
"I can give you much more than a worse day, Shintarou" Akashi interrupted him, piercing him with his eyes. Midorima shuddered, there was really nothing left to say for him.
"Perfect, then we all agree" he simply added, not getting any response from Midorima. When everyone started to leave, Akashi, who was ahead of everyone, quickly glanced over his shoulder, "Oh I forgot an important detail,"
Everyone stopped in their tracks curious to learn this new piece of information. Knowing Akashi it was surely something serious.
"Everyone has to dress nicely this Saturday" Akashi finally said with a more than a serious tone,
"A suit would be much appreciated" And with that he left, leaving his teammates in doubt.
Aomine scratched the back of his head, an unsure look crossing his features,
"A suit? What the hell is that?" Of course suits weren't really Aomine's thing because he wore casual clothes most of the time. He didn't even like to wear the standard Teiko's uniform and preferred to wear the alternative cardigan instead. And so did Kise. Among the group they were the only ones wearing Teiko's cardigan. Contrary to Aomine though, Kise had a sense of fashion, he wasn't a model for nothing after all.
"Eeeh?" Kise shrieked loudly upon hearing Aomine's comment,"Aominecchi doesn't know what a suit is?"
"Of course I do, you idiot," Aomine stared at him annoyed,"I didn't mean it literally"
"Aomine kun is an idiot too because he doesn't wear his uniform properly" Kuroko intervened as if he were taking Kise's side, or so the blonde model hoped.
"Aww Kurokocchi is defending me" Kise chirped before Kuroko crushed all of his hopes.
"Kise kun, you are an idiot too. You aren't any different from Aomine kun" Kuroko stated bluntly, leaving Kise pouting and Aomine on the verge of exasperation.
"Say Tetsu, do you wanna pick a fight today?" he roared at Kuroko who, however, didn't lose his composure.
"Please calm down Aomine kun. It's just that you and Kise kun are two idiots who cannot wear their uniform properly, but more than this, what gets me really angry is that you both are two idiots who cannot see beyond their nose." Kuroko concluded with a serious expression plastered on his face.
Defeated, Kise and Aomine looked at each other in confusion, wondering what their teammate meant by that, but before they could even question him, Midorima, who had been instructed by Akashi to make sure everyone went home right away, interrupted their chat.
"You are noisy" The bespectacled teen said sternly, "Quick and go home now"
Everyone bid their goodbye, though Aomine and Kise looked doubtful, their mind wavering back to Kuroko's words.
To be continued…
N/A: Finally I updated after uhm what? a year? Oh well, this chapter came out to be so long ._. Maybe some things weren't necessary but I like when the G.O.M interacts blah blah blah I had to split the chapter so the scene of the gay club will be in the next one hope you like this chapter though it is probably boring ahah c: Reviews are always appreciated they gimme motivation to write somehow c: Hopefully it won't take me another year to update lol