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Kaoru stared at Murasakibara hunching over the small table, almost covering the entire table itself with his long body. She made a milkshake and got a slice of cake, putting it on the tray and walked over to Murasakibara's table even though he never ordered it. It had became Kaoru's habit to bring Murasakibara a slice of cake whenever he visited the café.

Murasakibara looked up from his phone when Kaoru approached and watched as she placed the cake in front of him, along with the milkshake. Murasakibara picked up the teaspoon and cut into the cake, grabbing Kaoru's hand before she could go and made her take the bite. Kaoru chewed on the cake and smiled a little, giving his large hand a squeeze before wriggling her tiny hand out. Murasakibara leaned on his fist, resting his arm on the table and reached out with his other hand.

He pressed his thumb against the corner of Kaoru's mouth and wiped the bit of cream off. Kaoru blushed and before she could stop him, Murasakibara licked the cream off his thumb and looked away, eating the cake and took a sip of the milkshake. "Shinomiya-san," the manager called. Kaoru looked to her manager and smiled sheepishly, rushing off to the counter to pick up her orders.

Ever since their relationship had started, Murasakibara would always come on days when Kaoru had a night shift. He would sit at his table, playing some game on his phone while enjoying a cup of coffee and the many slices of cakes brought to his table, and wait for Kaoru to get off work. He would then walk her home even though his house was in the opposite direction.

Just the thought of having Murasakibara as her boyfriend made Kaoru giddy on the inside. The fact that Murasakibara was so caring made her the happiest woman on Earth.

"I'm ready," Kaoru said, coming out from the employees' room and walked up to Murasakibara. "Let's go," she smiled.

Murasakibara got up and pushed his hand into his pocket while the other hand held a lollipop. He walked in front of Kaoru, leading the way to her home. It may looked like Murasakibara was an inconsiderate boyfriend who didn't care about his girlfriend who was struggling to keep up with him behind but the truth was, he was the exact opposite.

Whenever Kaoru fell behind, she would always find Murasakibara waiting right ahead for her. If the street was crawling with people, Murasakibara's hand would always find Kaoru's and he wouldn't let go until they were in front of her house. If Murasakibara was especially happy that day, he would even share his snacks with her.

"Atsushi, there's a festival coming up. Should we go?" Kaoru asked. "There will be cotton candy and other snacks."

"I don't need that when I have Kao-chin," he said, pinching her chin and smiled a little.

Kaoru smiled and took his hand, gripping it tightly and walked next to him instead of behind. "All those sweet words must have came from all the snacks you ate," she teased a little. "I'll meet you at the festival, okay?"

"What kind of snacks do you think there will be?"

"I thought you said you didn't need any of those when you have me?" Kaoru asked, looking at him.

Murasakibara didn't answer. He was distracted by an event happening on the street. A crowd was gathered around a corner of the street and being the tallest among the crowd, Murasakibara could see what was going on clearly with no problem. Kaoru, on the other hand, struggled a little and had to go on her tiptoes and even jumped to see what was going on.

A few cosplayers were in the middle of the crowd and several of the girls were wearing kimonos. Kaoru looked at Murasakibara who seemed a little interested before looking away, tugging at her hand to pull her away. Kaoru followed, not saying anything and gripped his hand extremely tightly. Murasakibara looked at her, wondering what was wrong but said nothing.

~Festival~

Murasakibara looked around, waiting impatiently for Kaoru who was extremely late. He was contemplating whether or not he should call her. This was his first relationship and he wasn't entirely sure what was the right thing to do in this situation. Murasakibara even thought of calling someone who had experience with this. And that was what he did.

"Aka-chin? I have something to ask you," Murasakibara said, leaning against an outside wall of the building. "What do you do when a girl is late for a date?"

"Late for a date? I'm sorry, I don't get you, Atsushi. The only girlfriend I had and still have is Haruka and I don't recall her being late at all. More importantly, you're on a date? Who with, Atsushi? You never mentioned a girlfriend."

"Ruka-hime-chin knows who she is," Murasakibara stated. "You're not help at all, Aka-chin. I'll call Mine-chin." Murasakibara hung up and called the other person in a relationship; Aomine. "Mine-chin. Has China-chin ever been late to a date?"

"Huh? What's with that question? Um...I suppose she has? Why are you asking?"

"What do you do when she's late to a date?"

"I play basketball. She calls me when she's done and asks me where I am. I'm not going to stand there and wait for her. I do what I like. She can wait for me to finish up my game- Chinatsu! When did you get back?! Nothing! I..."

The line went dead and Murasakibara frowned, staring at his phone. Neither Akashi nor Aomine were of any help and Murasakibara sighed. With no Kaoru in sight, he decided to go into the festival and hunt for snacks instead of waiting.

Just as he was turning away, Kaoru walked up to him, tugging at his sleeve. "Sorry for being late, Atsushi." Murasakibara stared at her and blinked. Kaoru was in a yukata and now, Murasakibara truly didn't know how to react. The only reaction he knew how to give was to nod and walked on. "Come on, all the snacks will be gone," he said, walking ahead of her.

Kaoru stared after Murasakibara, a little disappointed that he didn't compliment her. After she had seen Murasakibara staring at the cosplayers, she thought he would at least smile at her in the yukata. Kaoru followed after him, sticking close to the tall purple-haired man. He turned and was attracted to an ice cream stall. Kaoru stood beside him and watched as he bought an ice cream.

She watched as he took a bite out of the ice cream and was expecting him to share it with her. Instead, Murasakibara walked off, heading off to the next snack stall. Kaoru stared after him, disheartened. She felt like she was dragging herself after him in the very uncomfortable yukata that was so tight around her that she could hardly breathe.

After being ignored for a while, Kaoru stopped walking and stared at Murasakibara, wondering what she was doing this for. Murasakibara sensed that Kaoru wasn't near him anymore and turned around, seeing her a few metres behind him. She looked like she was about to cry and suddenly turned the other way, leaving the festival.

Murasakibara frowned and pushed through the crowd, going after her. Although Kaoru had a head start and was already out of the festival, Murasakibara's long legs allowed him to catch up to her rather quickly.

Kaoru stopped running away and stood in the middle of the street, frowning to herself. "Stupid yukata..." she muttered, keeping her head down. "I can't do anything in this stupid thing! I can't believe I thought of this stupid idea..."

"Why did you wear it then?"

"Because you like it!" Kaoru shouted, turning around. "Because Atsushi was staring at those girls in the kimonos...I thought...I thought maybe Atsushi would look at me too. It's because of you, idiot!"

Murasakibara blinked, trying to think of the girls she was talking about. "Ah...those girls on the street the other day," Murasakibara said softly. "But I wasn't looking because they were wearing a kimono. They were holding a new flavoured chip I've never seen before."

Kaoru's face went bright red when she heard her mistake and turned away. "I'm going home!" she exclaimed and took a few steps forward but Murasakibara was quick to catch her before she slipped away. "Let me go, Atsushi...it's embarrassing enough having to wear this yukata and hear nothing from you. It's even more embarrassing to know that you didn't even like the girls wearing the kimonos."

"But I think Kao-chin looks really cute," Murasakibara said and lifted her chin. "So cute and sweet that I could eat you up."

"Shut up...You're only saying this because I'm mad at you."

"But it's true, Kao-chin," he pouted. "Why won't you believe me?"

"Because you only complimented me when I asked you to."

Murasakibara leaned down and pressed his lips against hers. Kaoru could taste the ice cream on his lips and blushed a little. This was their first kiss shared. Kaoru pulled away and covered her mouth, looking away shyly. "You didn't ask for that," he said. "Come on," he smiled, taking her hand and pulled her with him.

"Oh? But the festival is that way. Where are you going?"

"My house is this way."

"Your house? But why? Atsushi!"

Murasakibara pulled her into his arms and smirked a little. "That yukata must be so uncomfortable. Let's take it off once we get there."

"Atsushi?!"

~Few Days Later~

"How is this fun?"

Murasakibara stood with Akashi outside a shop that Haruka and Kaoru had went into. Beside them were the shopping bags the girls were carrying and they were now guarding. Not in a million years did Murasakibara thought he would witness Akashi shopping with his girlfriend and be part of the boyfriend crew who stood outside waiting.

Not in a million years did Murasakibara thought he would be part of that crew.

"To me, fun is only a handful of things," Akashi said. "Basketball, horse-riding, shogi and watching Haruka do the things she likes. I'm doing one of the things I find fun now. You'll learn the joy of shopping with your girlfriend soon enough, Atsushi."

"Aka-chin has changed..." Murasakibara sighed. "Where's your captain attitude? Aka-chin used to be so cool and now..."

"I trust you would like a future with your girlfriend, Atsushi," Akashi said and looked at the taller male with the same eyes he used to look with back in high school as his captain. "So I suggest you keep comments like that to yourself. Correction, don't even think of comments like that."

"Hai, hai, Aka-chin..."

A/N: Short chapter, sorry!