A/N: Hello to all readers, the last chapter is up! And HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO AOMINE! And thank you xkaiblue for betaing this final chapter!

Disclaimer: I do not own Kuroko no Basuke!

CHAPTER 17

The aftermath...

Even though Midorima did try to hide their relationship at school (not that everyone didn't already think that they were a couple), the news spread pretty quickly with the help of a certain few people. Furthermore, Takao continued his public displays of affection despite Midorima's constant reminders not to and the fact that Midorima himself didn't reject his advances didn't help to hide their relationship either. Thanks to all that, the news spread far and wide.

Everyone had given them their blessings once news was out. There were calls, messages and even random people coming up to congratulate them in school. Midorima thought it had gone too far when the Seirin team sent a card wishing them the best. To make matters worse, there was also a fan club at school centered around their relationship (Midorima's reaction when he found a doujinshi of them was priceless). All these had Midorima almost regretting his decision to enter a relationship.

A few weeks later, the couple went on a double date with Kise and Aomine and also to celebrate Aomine's birthday (Midorima was reluctant to do so but with the power of Takao's puppy eyes and Kise's annoying whines, he gave in).

Technically, it wasn't a date for the other two, more like a hanging-out session but Takao thought that the two would make a pretty great pair so in his opinion, it was a date.

They were walking down the streets, entering whatever shops that caught their interest and casually chatting about anything under the sun.

They stopped at the park for a game of basketball but found that it was pathetically uninteresting to play against each other; whenever Midorima made a shot, Aomine would return it and they would continue this vicious cycle of tit-for-tat scoring.

So the pairs found themselves at a little cafe on the street. There, Kise and Takao sang a birthday song to an embarrassed Aomine and Midorima was forced by Takao to clap along since he refused to sing. It was also there where Takao decided to spring his surprise on Midorima. He rummaged through his bag, his face lighting up when he found what he was looking for.

"Shin-chan~ Close your eyes!"

Midorima raised his eyebrows at this.

"Why?"

"Just do it! I'll give you a kiss if you do~"

Midorima sighed but decided to indulge his boyfriend. He closed his eyes and waited.

He heard a click and felt a foreign feeling on his neck. Knowing what Takao just did he was unable to keep a small smile from forming. He opened his eyes.

A necklace lay on his neck. It was similar to Takao's; a black chain and a single orange bead. One could even say they matched. Now Midorima wished that the bead he chose before was green instead of red (he wasn't disappointed by his lack of foresight, mind you).

"Thank you, Takao." Under the table, he clasped the other's right hand gently.

"Heheh, now Shin-chan has a lucky item from me and people can see that we belong to each other now!" Takao exclaimed, a little too loud for Midorima's liking. Midorima refrained himself from informing Takao that lucky items only lasted for one day. Lost in his thoughts, he failed to notice Takao gripping his hand back and leaning forward to plant his promised kiss on Midorima's lips.

"T-Takao! Don't do this in public!" Midorma stuttered but still allowed Takao to nuzzle his neck, his face turning red in the process.

"Awwwww. So cute! I want to fall in love too! I want to do mushy things too!"

Kise was gushing over how adorable they were and Aomine just rolled his eyes at the lovebirds.

"Hey, it's my birthday, why are you giving him a gift instead? And I don't need to see this sickening lovey doveyness on my birthday. Go screw each other already." Aomine fake-gagged jokingly.

"You would think the porn videos would have helped you two get it on already..." his eyes widened as he caught what he was saying and he cut off his speech immediately.

Unfortunately, Midorima did not miss his words.

"So it was your fault."

Aomine tried to change the subject.

"Wow, nice weather today! Right, Kise?" he jabbed the blonde sharply. Kise yelped and nodded his head in a rather unconvincing way.

"Yes, indeed! Bright sun eh?" he looked out of the window cheerfully, only to be greeted by dark storm clouds and the rumble of thunder. Takao and Aomine burst out laughing and amidst the chortling, Kise pouted:

"Aominecchi! I was helping you!"

And so the date-cum-birthday celebration went on.

At the end of the date...

"Alright, we'll be going now. See you, Takaocchi, Midorimacchi!" Kise waved as he and Aomine walked down the street.

Takao and Midorima started walking back to Midorima's house. Since it was dark, Midorima allowed Takao to hook their arms together. Despite the relatively happy atmosphere, Takao could sense that Midorima had something on his mind.

"What's wrong, Shin-chan? Was today boring?"

Midorima stopped in tracks and turned to face Takao.

"I'm sorry. For the videos. I mean, knowing Aomine, he probably set you up to this. And I've hurt you. I'm sorry." he reached out and stroked Takao's cheek.

Takao felt a twinge of pain as he recalled the incident. He shook his head and smiled:

"It's okay! It's over already so let's just focus on the present, okay?"

Midorima nodded, retracted his hand from his cheek and they both continued their journey. But Midorima still seemed to be brooding, so Takao tried probing further. This time, he was the one who stopped walking:

"Okay, what else do you want to tell me?"

Midorima turned to him again.

"I want to repay Aomine for his wonderful intervention."

Takao understood the implication of his words.

He wants revenge... Takao realised as he stared into Midorima's eyes.

"So how are we supposed to go about it? You have a plan in mind?" As much as Aomine was sort of his good friend now, a part of him wanted to inflict a little suffering on the power forward.

"We need to give the birthday boy a present. An annoying, loud and blond present."

Shin-chan was smirking as he said this. Takao thought that the idea was brilliant. He voiced out his thoughts.

"Shin-chan, that's brilliant! Let's do it! We can start planning once we get home!" he cheered.

"Not now."

"Eh?"

"That can come later." Midorima's eyes took on a predatory glimmer. Lowering his voice into a husky tone, he brushed his lips against Takao's ear and murmured:

"Right now, what I want is to see you in the bunny suit again."

~END~

A/N: How was the ending? Do tell me your thoughts on the whole story!

By the way, to the guest who wanted more drama:

Sorry about that… What you described was actually rather similar to my original plans for the chapter but the story just went into this direction when I wrote it. I'm really sorry! I'll look into more drama if there's a possible future story!

Thank you all for reading, favouriting and following this story! Every review, favourite and follow really motivated me so thank you again /bows

So now, it's time for me to return to my lurking cave lol. Chances are, the next story will possibly manifest only after my exams. Till then, see you!