A/N: Well...this isn't exactly AoMomo. But I love Kagami, and after reading a few doujins and seeing a few fanarts of KagaMomo, I instantly fell in love with the pairing. I'm sorry, hahaha. Also, thank you for 100 reviews! You guys are the absolute best!
title: me, tai-chan, and dai-chan
rating: t
themes: childhood friends, ahomine and bakagami, aomomo and kagamomo
"Okay, if I win this one, you're treating us to Maji," Kagami said, dribbling the ball harshly and excitedly against the pavement. Aomine, who was standing in front of him, ready to block him, grinned in response.
"Heh. Alright then. Let's go," he replied, completely confident that he would win. Kagami only pivoted his foot before an extremely familiar voice called out their names. The two flinched.
"Tai-chan! Dai-chan!"
The red head quickly stopped dribbling the ball, and the pair turned towards the voice.
"Oh, it's Satsuki," Aomine stated, standing up straight and watching as the girl happily bounded towards them. She swung her arms behind her back, and Kagami placed a hand on her head before gently ruffling her pink locks.
"What's up?" He asked casually, tucking the basketball underneath his arm.
"It's getting late, isn't it? You two have been out here for a pretty long time. If you keep playing, your sweat will give you guys fevers," Momoi pointed out, proceeding to take out towels from the backpack she had brought along with her.
The two teens gratefully accepted the towels, both beginning to wipe off the sweat that had formed on their brows and forehead.
"We were just about a play one more one-on-one, to see who would treat who to Maji," Kagami explained to her. The pink-haired girl rolled her eyes at them.
"That's what you say. But 'one more' almost always translates to 'ten more,'" she told them, placing her hands on her hips. Aomine heaved out a long sigh as he scratched the back of his head.
"Alright then, whatever. Kagami, we're going to your place so you can cook us dinner," the tan basketball ace decided, stuffing his hands into his pockets. Kagami snapped his gaze towards him, glaring without completely meaning to.
"Hah? Why do I have to"—
"Oh, yay! Can I help cook too, Tai-chan?" Momoi asked, standing up on her toes and staring at Kagami with large, dark pink orbs. Kagami's complaints instantly ceased as he glanced down at the excited pink-haired girl. Aomine rose an eyebrow at him, with an expression that clearly said, "If you make her disappointed, I'll kill you."
"Yeah, I guess," Kagami finally replied, watching in amusement as the girl let out a short, happy cheer. Aomine cast Kagami another stare before looking towards the pink-haired girl, who was too busy being excited about cooking.
The trio has been together since preschool. Originally, it had been Aomine and Momoi who had become friends first, since they lived close to each other and their parents were friends. During kindergarten, a Japanese student from America had transferred in. Initially, Aomine and the other boys had hated him because the girls seemed to be amazed and amused with Kagami. Momoi became the closest to him, since they shared a mutual love for basketball. When Aomine realized this, he eventually grew to become fond of the red head.
In middle school, the three of them had been put into different classes. However, they only seemed to become closer in the process. Aomine and Kagami signed up for the basketball club without any second thoughts, and had forced Momoi into becoming the manager of the team. Akashi had no complaints, since Momoi was good at gathering data and making predictions.
Aomine and Kagami, along with Akashi, Midorima, Murasakibara, Kise and Kuroko became known as the Generation of Miracles during middle school. Aomine and Kagami would alternate on the starter position, with Kuroko already being the phantom sixth player.
Momoi was astounded at how easily the team won the nationals. Either way, she was proud that she was involved with them. Even now, the pair never ceased to amaze her.
In high school, they somehow ended up in the same class, along with Kuroko. It was definitely a struggle, but after an infinite amount of tutoring from Kuroko and Momoi (and the help of Midorima's legendary rolling pencil), both Aomine and Kagami managed to pass the entrance exam.
High school became extremely lively, and Momoi was sure that if all of the Generation of Miracles had enrolled in the same high school, things would have been even more chaotic.
It wasn't at all uncommon to see the three walking and happily conversing down the halls together, often accompanied by Kuroko. The trio walked to school, and back home together. They were together so often that even the teachers recognized their friendship, and would often have one of them deliver the handouts when one of the three were absent.
They were sure that nothing would go wrong. But the others knew that they were naïve to think that they could always be together as a group.
000
"I'm tired," Aomine muttered, dropping his head onto the table. Across from him, Kagami was still focusing on his textbook, but looked as if he would also give up soon.
"You guys can do this! And don't give up so soon, Dai-chan," Momoi sighed. He glanced up at her, glaring.
"Just give me back my Mai-chan photo album," he demanded gruffly. Momoi grimaced in disgust.
"I don't know why you're so entertained by those," she muttered. "Tai-chan doesn't look at any of that stuff," she pointed out, crossing her arms. Aomine scoffed loudly.
"You wouldn't know that. Anyway, I'm going home now. I have a headache from all this studying," he sighed, standing up and collecting his things. Momoi stood up quickly with a look of protest in her eyes.
"You just got here thirty minutes ago!" She exclaimed. "You guys have to pass this test…or else the basketball club…I promised…" Momoi told him, frowning. Aomine stopped walking at that. With a sound of frustration, he turned around to glare at her. Her eyes were glossy, her cheeks were red, and he couldn't help but feel a little guilty.
"…Move over, Kagami," Aomine said gruffly as he sat back down at the table. When he snuck a glance at the pink-haired girl, she was beaming gratefully at him. He rolled his eyes. "Aomine, this…" Kagami muttered, pointing at the math problem he had been trying to decipher while the other two had been arguing.
"Oi. Help us out with this problem, Satsuki," Aomine demanded. "Ah, please," Kagami added hastily. The girl giggled, using a hand to muffle the sound.
"Alright," she told them, smiling warmly as she took the space between them and sat down.
000
"We won! Let's go celebrate!" Koganei cheered, pumping a fist into the air. The rest of the Seirin team cheered with him enthusiastically. Kagami and Aomine were displaying one of their rare acts of friendship, and had an arm wrapped around the other's shoulder.
"Does everyone…have enough money?" Riko asked, reluctant to burst everyone's bubble. Kiyoshi dug into his pockets, only to come up with a few coins of yen. Hyuuga sighed, not even wanting to check how much money he had. The others sweat dropped, and all glanced nervously at each other.
"Ah, this always happens," Koganei complained. "…Party at Kagami's place?" He proposed meekly. The mentioned red head glared harshly over at him.
"No way. We did that last time, and all of you left a huge mess," he shot back, ignoring Koganei's pouting cat-like face.
In the end, the team decided to split up and celebrate in groups. Koganei and some of the other second years decided to go to Mitobe's house, along with a few of the benchwarmers. Riko and Hyuuga would go to Kiyoshi's place, and of course, Kuroko, Aomine and Momoi would go to Kagami's. Riko suggested that they would celebrate as a team later on, when they all had a bit more time and money.
"Tetsu-kun! You looked so cool today!" Momoi cooed, smiling at the blue-haired boy. He smiled back at her, looking just a little embarrassed at the compliment. "Thank you, Momoi-san," he replied back.
"Tai-chan, Dai-chan, you two looked like idiots," the pink-haired girl told the other two, who were also expecting compliments. Aomine scoffed and Kagami muttered, "Why is it always Kuroko."
"Anyway, Tai-chan, make sure to cook something good and— choo!" The girl sneezed into her hands before sniffling. She shivered as a chill hit her and ran up her spine. "Mou…" She whimpered, rubbing her small hands together in an attempt to garner some warmth.
Both Kagami and Aomine glanced down at her, and both had already proceeded to unzip their Seirin jackets.
"Here."
The two simultaneously offered their jackets to her. Aomine twitched in annoyance and turned to glare at Kagami, who was already returning a cross stare. Momoi was frantically watching them, not knowing whether to accept one jacket, or both.
"Hey, I started offering it first. Back off," Aomine hissed the last sentence, so Momoi wouldn't hear it. The red head grit his teeth together. "Huh? Why would she wear your jacket? It stinks, and it's probably all sweaty right now"—
"You two shouldn't leave a girl cold," Kuroko spoke up. The pair whipped around to see Kuroko gently wrapping his own jacket around the pink-haired girl, who was blushing and thanking him. There was a mischievous glint in Kuroko's eyes that irritated the two of them.
"Ku-ro-ko…" Kagami spoke in a threatening tone. "Tetsu, you bastard," Aomine said with malicious grin. However, Kuroko only returned their frightening expressions with a blank stare, which was possibly even more frightening.
Momoi wrapped the jacket more tightly around her body, beaming fondly at the scene before her.
000
"Tai-chan, Dai-chan! Look what I found!" Momoi called out as she jogged into the room, carrying a thick photo album. Kagami's face instantly reddened, and he hastily sat up, throwing his Basketball Monthly magazine to the floor.
"You went through my stuff!" He bellowed, pointing at her. Aomine rose an eyebrow, with a look that told him to elaborate on why he was acting so embarrassed. "I hid that at the bottom of my underwear drawer…" He muttered, growing more florid by the second.
"Again? Satsuki, don't you know what privacy is?" Aomine demanded, crossing his arms. She puffed her cheeks out.
"It's fine. You guys are too self-conscious. Anyway, let's look through this!" The pink-haired girl said enthusiastically, sitting down between them and opening the old photo album. The spine cracked, signifying that it hadn't been opened in years. Aomine and Kagami leaned in towards the photo album, looking curious.
"This was from kindergarten…" Momoi murmured as her fingers brushed gently along the photo. It displayed Kagami, Aomine, and Momoi during the school play. Because the two boys had fought over who would play the prince, the teacher had decided that they would both be princes, and rescue Momoi (the princess) from the evil witch. The two were both wearing crowns, and holding up styrofoam swords. Even though they were supposed to be collaborating together, it still looked as if they had actually been competing.
Momoi giggled softly, and the two boys flushed in embarrassment. "That was fun, wasn't it? And oh, this," Momoi continued, pointing at a picture where they were all sitting together at a small table, making gingerbread houses for Christmas. Aomine burst out laughing. Momoi had a perfectly constructed gingerbread house, while Aomine's was a complete wreck. However, even though Kagami was sitting with them at the table, his gingerbread house was nowhere to be seen. Instead, there were brown crumbs plastered all over his face.
"I remember that. Bakagami, you ate all the parts for your gingerbread house," Aomine said, still shaking a bit from laughter. Next to him, Momoi was also giggling. Kagami blushed again, out of sheer embarrassment.
"Eh? Why was Dai-chan crying in this picture?" The pink-haired girl inquired, pointing at the next photo, which displayed Aomine as a child, crying uncontrollably. Aomine glared harshly at the picture.
"Ah, that was when he got stung by a bee. See?" Kagami reminded them, pointing at the bump on Aomine's arm in the picture. Aomine sighed heavily as Momoi began laughing again.
"And then that," Momoi spoke up, pointing at the following picture. "That was when we kissed it to try and make it better," she told them, looking fondly at the photo where she was gently kissing Aomine's arm. The child version of Kagami was also seen gingerly blowing on the wound.
Aomine shifted uncomfortably in his seat. "Can we stop looking at these old pictures now? At least go to the more recent ones," he suggested, already beginning to hastily turn the pages.
"Ah! Tetsu-kun was so good at taking pictures!" Momoi said, staring at all the candid shots of them in middle school.
"Well, yeah, because he's freaking invisible," Kagami muttered, glowering.
"We ate at Maji a lot," Aomine pointed out as Momoi flipped past three entire pages of photos taken at Maji Burger. They mainly featured Kagami stuffing his face with french fries and burgers, courtesy of Kuroko.
There were also a few photos where Momoi and Kise had created a "french fry game," where two people would eat from each end of the same fry; the exact mirror of the pocky game. Akashi and Murasakibara had been forced to play the game. However, Murasakibara ended up taking the entire fry for himself. There was a photo where Momoi and Kise had tried the game themselves. The two were eating the same fry and showing peace signs towards the camera, despite how close their faces were to each other. Kagami and Aomine glared at the picture, and Kagami wondered vaguely why he had even put that picture in the album.
"I think this one's my favorite," Momoi told them, beaming as she pointed at a picture of the three of them napping against each other. It had been during lunch at Teikou, on top of the school roof. Momoi was in the center, with Aomine and Kagami both using the top of her head as their pillow. The weather had been nice, and all of them had been tired out from exams that day.
Kagami and Aomine said nothing as they stared at the photo. It was a nice photo, and it clearly displayed their unique friendship, however…
I like Satsuki, Kagami and Aomine thought simultaneously.
Momoi looked up at the pair, smiling. "Let's make more good memories, okay?" She asked, completely enlightened by the photos. The two forced themselves to smile back.
"Yeah…" They muttered in response, watching as Momoi gently closed the book and then stood up to return it to its spot. They quietly stared after her.
How naïve.
A/N: The next chapter will be the last! Also, a second season of Kurobas has been announced! I'm really, really excited!
See you next week?