bTitle: Double Dates Are Fun (Unless You're Aomine)

Summary: Instead of a lunch date with Midorima, Aomine finds himself cramped in a booth, sitting across his best friend and his boyfriend's best friend.

A/N: Nothing much to say guys, just enjoy~ ;)

DAY 3: DATES

"Oh Dai-chan~"

Aomine freezes. Nothing good ever comes when Momoi uses that overly sweet voice. He turns around and sure enough Momoi is smiling at him from the doorway that leads to the rooftop. Her eyes are sparkling with mischief and she has a Cheshire grin on her face. Aomine backs away until his back presses against the roof's chain-link fence. Momoi smiles in amusement at the genuinely scared look on his face.

"Why do you look so worried Dai-chan?" Momoi presses her palms together and uses her most innocent halo-over-head look at him. "I just want to know what your plans are this weekend."

Aomine raises an eyebrow. The question seems harmless enough, but he's known Momoi for years. Every time she appears innocent she's actually planning something, and usually it's Aomine who is her target.

"Why should I tell you?" he asks, wary. He looks around for any means of escape. Momoi is blocking the only doorway and jumping off the roof is not an option.

"Because~"she drawls, using the puppy-dog eyes trick Kuroko always uses against them whenever he's out of money for vanilla milkshakes.

"Alright, alright, I'll tell you. Just stop looking at me like that." Momoi smiles victoriously at him and waits for his answer. Aomine mumbles something under his breath.

"Sorry, I can't hear you."

"I'm going on a lunch date with Midorima, okay?!" Aomine blushes as he looks away. Momoi giggles at him.

"Aw~ You're so cute when you're blushing."

"Am not!" Momoi's statement only made him blush darker. "Anyway, why did you want to know?"

Momoi looks up at him and Aomine knows he's already screwed at the smirk she is giving him. She may have gotten the puppy-dog eyes from Kuroko, but the devious smirk she has on right now can have only come from Akashi.

"Let's have a double date!"

"...and that's what happened," Aomine finishes his story. They're on their way to Maji Burger for their 'double-date.'

"So basically, Momoi asked you for a double-date and you said yes?" Midorima clarifies.

"Pretty much. Sorry."

"What are you apologizing for? I think it's going to entertaining. Based on your story I think Momoi has something planned for you."

"Ha! I knew it! I knew she had something up her sleeve!" Aomine runs his hands through his hair in frustation. He groans. "Is there any chance you want to take our date somewhere else?"

Midorima gives him a reprimanding look and lightly bops his head, earning a yelp from Aomine. "You already accepted the invite. It would be rude if we don't show up. Besides...," he gives him an amused look,"...just imagine what Momoi would do to you if you skip this one out. From what I heard she knows where your porn stash is and she won't hesitate to burn it."

"Shit."

They arrive at Maji Burger ten minutes early at Midorima's insistence. The weekend lunch rush is heavy so Aomine grabs Midorima's arm and drags him to an empty table at the corner. He slides in the booth, Midorima right next to him. Beneath the table, their hands find each other, palms pressed and fingers interlocked on Midorima's knee. Aomine squeezes his hand and smiles at him. Midorima turns towards the windows, avoiding that fond gaze Aomine's been giving him ever since they first started seeing each other. He's still not entirely sure how this 'relationship' thing works and he still doesn't know how to act around Aomine. He settles for squeezing his hand back.

And Aomine knows this, he knows that when it comes to feelings, Midorima has a hard time expressing himself so he doesn't push it. He asks first before doing anything, he's careful with what they do in public, and little by little Midorima slowly opens up to him. It might be a while before he starts feeling comfortable around him, but Aomine is willing to wait.

"Hey, who do you think Satsuki's date is?"

Midorima looks away from the window and beneath the table where their hands are linked. "Taurus is in 2nd place today. Their lucky item is a green shirt and their lucky person is a Scorpio. You wouldn't happen to know any Scorpios, do you?"

"How should I? Heck, I don't even know my own zodiac."

"August 31. Virgo. You're in last place today. Your lucky item is a miniature model of The Statue of Liberty and your lucky person is-" Midorima stops, then goes back to looking outside the window.

"Oi, oi, you didn't finish. Who's my lucky person?"

Midorima pushes up his glasses and avoids Aomine's eyes as he says," A Cancer. Your lucky person for today is a Cancer."

Aomine takes a few seconds to process the information before he breaking into a wide grin. "So that means you're my lucky person today."

"That is correct."

"I'm disappointed."

"W-what?" Midorima tries to hide the hurt he feels from Aomine's flippant remark.

"Why only today? I want you to be my lucky person everyday." Aomine smirks on the outside, but on the inside he was panicking because-dammit! That line just now was so cheesy!

By now both him and Midorima are rosy-cheeked and their palms are sweaty against each other but they don't pull away.

Thankfully, they're saved from the awkward atmosphere by the arrival of Momoi and her date.

"Dai-chan~ Midorin~" She skips over to them, one hand pulling on a black-haired male who is wearing a green shirt which reminds Aomine of Midorima's earlier forecast about Taurus' lucky item. He recognizes Momoi's date from somewhere, but he can't remember where.

However, Midorima recognizes him immediately.

"Takao?!"

"Yo Shin-chan~" Aomine feels a small pang of jealousy at the nickname he uttered. That jealousy soon disappears when 'Takao's' sharp, blue eyes land on him. He feels like he is being scrutinized by the shorter male and he stares back defiantly. Takao smirks at him, but doesn't say anything.

"What are you doing here, Takao?" Midorima asks, frowning at his teammate.

"I was sooooo bored. Training doesn't start 'til next week so when Momoi-san kindly suggested a double-date, I couldn't resist." Takao pouts. "You've been spending a lot of time with your boyfriend, Shin-chan. You haven't forgotten about me, have you?"

"And what if I have?"

"So mean, Shin-chan!" he says, wiping non-existent tears.

'Heh. This guy would get along with Kise,' Aomine thinks.

"Midorin, let's go order our food. The line's pretty long so you boys better behave while we're gone."

"Wait! Momoi!" It's too late. Aomine feels Midorima's hand pulled away from his and he resists the urge to pull the green-haired back against him. Momoi clutches tightly onto Midorima's arm, giving him no choice but to follow her to the counter.

"Oi, Hawkeye!"

Takao raises an eyebrow at him, a small grin on his face. "Yes, Aomine-san?"

Aomine narrows his eyes at him. He doesn't trust this 'Takao' person for a second and okay, maybe part of the mistrust comes from his jealousy that he goes to the same school as Midorima and calls him 'Shin-chan' while Aomine is all the way on the other side of Tokyo amd still calls him by his last name. Based on his own experience with Akashi and Imayoshi, point guards are sneaky and often unpredictable. There's no telling what they'd do next.

"Break Shin-chan's heart and I will break your face."

Oh...kay. That Aomine did not expect. At first he thinks Takao is kidding until he sees the fiercely protective look on the point guard's face. The look kinda reminds him of himself. It's the same look Aomine had when he confronted Haizaki during the Winter Cup and the one he always wears whenever he sees Momoi with guys. The instinct to protect your friend, whether from basketball delinquents or from heartbreak, is one of the sure signs of a tight friendship.

The old Aomine might have simply brushed him off, but this version of Aomine, especially one that is dating Midorima Shintarou, has grown a small amount of respect for the other male.

"Midorima picked a good team," is what he says instead. Takao blinks in confusion before smiling his ever-present, ever-cheerful smiled.

"So do we have an understanding Aomine-san?"

"Yeah. Not so sure about the 'break-your-face' part thought. As you can see, Midorima loves the face."

Takao laughs. "I'm sure he does. Oh, that reminds me." He searches his pockets and pulls out a crumpled piece of paper. "This is a message from the senpais. Eh-hem. Miyaji-senpai says, hey Tōō brat! don't even think about messing with our ace or else I'll throw an entire truck of pineapples at you!'"

Aomine raises an eyebrow. "Huh? Pineapples?"

"And this message is from Kimura-senpai. He says, 'Midorima's weird, but he's a good kid. Take care of him or else you'll be paying for all the pineapples Miyaji throws at you.'"

'Midorima, your team is great but they're just as weird as you,' Aomine thinks.

"And this last one is from Captain Ootsubo. He says,'If you hurt Midorima in any way, I will personally go to Tōō and kick your sorry ass. Imayoshi won't mind. I think he'll enjoy it actually. That sadist.'"

And thus, Aomine ends up being threatened by a team of highly protective senpais and Midorima's sort of, kind of, probably best friend.

"We're back!" Momoi announces as she and Midorima put down the trays of food and drink on the table. Aomine quickly snatches a teriyaki burger as Midorima sits back down next to him.

"Did you talk about anything interesting while we were gone?" Momoi asks, glancing not-so subtly at Takao who gives hear a thumbs-up.

"Oh you know," Aomine nonchalantly chews his burger," Basketball. Pineapples. Threats. Looks like you finally found yourself a best friend Midorima."

"He's not my best friend!"

"Aw, Shin-chan. Denying our friendship in front of your boyfriend? How cruel..."

"And he's not my boyfriend!"

"Tsundere in denial!" Aomine and Takao shout at the same time and high-fives each other. Midorima blushes furiously and Momoi laughs.

Mission accomplished. Momoi smiles to herself as she watches Aomine and Takao join forces to embarrass the everliving fuck out of Midorima.