Chapter 04

The Couple that was made in the Fourth Room

Murasakibara Atsushi x Himuro Tatsuya

A/N: Oh oh oh! Here comes the real sweet deal. MuraHimu in the house! Let's see….

It was a refreshing night for Himuro as he was massaging his temples for him to get focused and relaxed. As much as he wanted to, there's someone who would ask him to buy more candies. The taller purple-haired freshman of Yosen and a former member of the GoM, that's Murasakibara Atsushi.

This purple-haired tall boy liked sweets very much. Himuro was getting worried about Murasakibara's health since he's drawn to eating a lot of these foods. But Murasakibara assured Himuro that everything was fine and he should not be worrying about it.

The two of them were in the fourth room of the hot springs and were relaxing. They talked about things that pertained to the event earlier that day. Himuro was happy he was able to join the games but the team wasn't able to get the higher places. Murasakibara was fine with that because what's important for the time being was that he was able to be reunited with his former teammates.

"Muro-chin, what are you doing?" Murasakibara asked as he put the bag of candies beside him. Himuro was distracted on the spot and looked at the purple-haired boy with a slight frown.

"I'm focusing Atsushi. I thought you were relaxing in the hot springs?" Himuro replied with more of a statement rather than a question.

"I saw Muro-chin wasn't beside me so I came to see where you are." Murasakibara was tall and fearsome, but he had the heart of a child yearning for care and love. Himuro chuckled at this sudden statement.

"Can't you be alone? I mean, you cannot be independent if you're like that." Himuro asked him as he adjusted his sitting position to face Murasakibara.

"I don't want to lose Muro-chin, that's all." Murasakibara said and stood up, leaving the black-haired boy wondering.

As Himuro came back to the team's hut, he saw Murasakibara asleep. The other members of the team asked him what happened and he just shook his head and left the hut to look for his 'brother'.

Himuro saw Kagami at the bench near the event center of the venue. The redhead seemed to notice a presence behind him as he shifted from his seat to face the intruder.

"Tatsuya! What are you doing out in the night?" Kagami asked worriedly to his brother.

"Well… I had something in mind that bugs me off… Think you can help me?" Himuro asked in English since they lived in America for years. Kagami nodded surely and let Himuro sit on the bench.

"Take it away Tatsuya." Kagami signaled the black-haired boy to start speaking. Himuro held his breath and released it afterwards.

"Okay. I don't know how to start this… but-" Himuro said in Japanese and was stopped by a voice not too far from their location. "Is it about Murasakibara-kun?" Kuroko asked and sat beside Kagami.

"Tetsuya… Good you're here… Uh, yes... It's about him." Himuro said quite relieved and Kagami seemed to be a bit annoyed at that.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Kagami eyed Himuro intently and Kuroko began. "Love problems shouldn't be given to basketball idiots in order to be solved." Kagami felt nerves on his forehead and fisted his hands.

"Shut up Kuroko! I'm trying to help!" Kagami growled at the pale blue-haired boy. Himuro chuckled at the scene they were making.

"Okay." Kuroko said plainly and let Himuro do the talking.

"So that's what's bothering you." Kagami said and rubbed his chin with one hand. Kuroko sipped on his favorite vanilla shake.

"Why don't you give him a chance? He liked you ever since." Kuroko said then cocked his head on the side. Kagami blushed at the cuteness his boyfriend was displaying.

"Alright. I guess I should. I don't want Atsushi to be alone either." Himuro suddenly said and decided what he was going to do.

"That should help." Kagami said and Himuro nodded. Kuroko just blinked at that.

Himuro was hopeful that he could finally say to Murasakibara about all of this. But he can't help feeling awkward. What should he do then?

The next day was full of energy. The teams played volleyball inside the gym much to their pleasure; it was a tie for all the teams. Seirin managed to break the tie and be declared the winner.

"Ughh! Why does they have to be the winner always?!" Takao was irritated but was suddenly chopped in the head by Midorima, who made a secret smile at his raven-haired lover.

"They're really good, I must say." Akashi said then smirked. Furihata accidentally saw him and blushed at the reaction Akashi was giving.

"Guess I should change my line eh?" Aomine said while chuckling and Kise kissed him in the cheek. "Don't worry, you have me." Kise said and winked at Aomine with his million dollar smile which made the navy blue-haired boy blush a bit.

"Well, I guess we need to take some time to rest first…" Kuroko said and the other teams went back to their huts. This left Murasakibara and Himuro alone.

"Muro-chin, aren't you coming?" Murasakibara asked the black-haired boy who turned to him in recognition.

"Can you…stay for a while with me?" Himuro suddenly asked and sat down the nearby bleachers in his sight. Murasakibara followed hesitantly but managed to. It could be something important that Muro-chin wanted to talk about.

They sat in silence with a few centimeters away from each other. Murasakibara was fiddling with the hem of his shirt while Himuro was looking down the floor, not knowing how to start the conversation.

"Muro-chin…" Murasakibara started. "Are you okay?" he asked. The purple-haired boy looked at the direction of Himuro who was trying to hold back the tears in his eyes.

"I'm fine Atsushi… It's just…." Himuro was stopped in his words when he felt strong arms embrace him.

"Muro-chin is sad. I don't want to see you sad." Murasakibara said with so much empathy and Himuro couldn't help but blush under the protective hug he was in.

"I'm not sad Atsushi. I'm happy that you're here with me." Himuro managed to say after wiping his tears with his fingers.

"Does that mean Muro-chin likes to be with me?" Murasakibara asked rather childish. But he knew inside that he wanted to be with Himuro forever.

"Not just that…" Himuro said and pressed his lips to those sweet-toothed ones. The sweet taste in Murasakibara's mouth sent tingles to Himuro's body. "I like you, too." Himuro added and Murasakibara blushed a bit.

"M-muro-chin likes me?" Murasakibara felt genuinely happy at that. Himuro nodded happily as the purple-haired boy carried him bridal style to the fourth room of the hot springs.

As they reached the room, Murasakibara laid Himuro on the floor of the springs and went on top of him. Himuro was quite surprised at the action Murasakibara was displaying.

"Atsushi…. Isn't it too fast?" Himuro asked with nervousness and with happiness at the same time. His face was dark red at the contact that the purple-haired boy was giving him.

"Muro-chin talks too much." Murasakibara said and pressed his lips once again to that of Himuro's. The kiss was quite hard and heated, but neither of them cared since they do love each other and no one could stop them now.

"I love you Atsushi…" Himuro managed to say between kisses. He touched Murasakibara's cheek and smiled wholly.

"I love you too Muro-chin." Murasakibara responded and they went in again for another kiss.

The couple didn't notice that there were other people watching them from not so far.

"That's it. We're done here." Kagami said and turned to Kuroko who had a playful smirk on his pale face. Kagami watched in horror because this means something more.

"I want something like that, Kagami-kun." Kuroko said in an interested manner and Kagami blushed several shades of red. But the redhead gathered up the courage and did what Kuroko had in mind.

Then it's a mystery how the cold season became so heated….

A/N: Haha! So that's what sweets are all about! Yeah! Hurray for MuraHimu! Next in line: AkaFuri! Watch out! =)