Kise, Kagami, and Kuroko are in their position, ready to start their act. Kise leans back on the wall, arms crossing in front of his chest, while grinning confidently. He knows they will win for sure, without them putting too much efforts. He will simply use Momoi's blind crush on Kuroko to their advantage, and with that, they can beat even Akashi's outstanding performance.
"Once upon a time-"
"Hey! Don't copy me!"
"I did not copy you-ssu!"
"Minus one point, Aomine-kun!" Momoi snaps. She doesn't appreciate any interruptions, after all, this is her Tetsu-kun's moment to shine.
"We're doing points? Hey wait-"
"Shut up, Daiki." Akashi flicks Aomine's ear with his finger hard.
The tan bluenet already opens his mouth to snap back, though he stops himself when he finds Akashi staring at him, with his two big, round mismatch eyes.
Kagami snickers at the scene in front of him. Watching Aomine being pretty much helpless around a girl and a much smaller guy is pretty damn amusing. An image of his coach soon appears in his mind, he flails his hands angrily to get rid of the bubble thought.
"Ki-chan, continue~"
"Okay~ Once upon a time there were two young men who fell in love with the same girl."
"He totally copied me." Aomine whispers so only Akashi can hear him.
"Daiki."
"Just saying."
"The first man didn't know how to express his feeling very well. He used his family's wealth by giving the girl lots and lots of presents-ssu."
Kagami tch's quietly before scanning his eyes around the room, searching for something. He quickly grabs the gigantic stuffed panda bear and gives it to Momoi. The panda bear is immediately snatched away from her hands by angry Midorima, who mutters something about how insolent it is for him to use somebody else's lucky item.
"Er, apparently the first man's family went bankrupt, and the girl lost interest in him-ssu."
"Hey! What kind of girl am I in your story, Ki-chan!?"
"Seeing the first man loses, the second man who has stayed low all this time makes his move."
Kuroko is slurping his vanilla shake when Kise coughs a few times, trying to get the pale boy's attention. He almost chokes on the shake and puts it down right away, before closing the distance between Momoi and himself.
"He proposed."
Kuroko gets down on one knee and stretches out his hand, requesting for Momoi's. No response comes from the girl, as her soul wanders off to cloud nine, unable to come down anytime soon.
"Momoi-san?" He takes the liberty to grab her hand, causing steam to come off from the girl's head.
"He just talked! They're gonna get disqualified, aren't they!?" Aomine can't make himself speak louder than a whisper, after all, his wrists and ear are still throbbing lightly.
"If you say one more word, we'll have Aomine Daiki soup for dinner tonight."
"What the hell!?"
"That's three words."
"Geez, and I was gonna make you tofu soup."
"And I was going to catch crayfish with you."
"For real?" Aomine shifts his seating position so now he's facing Akashi, his face lights up.
"Only if you make me tofu soup."
"Deal!"
"Quiet, you two!" Midorima hisses.
"The second man picks the girl up bridal style after the girl accepts his proposal."
Kuroko does so with his legs shaking lightly. He is not exactly near as strong as the other six guys in the room, and Kise soon realizes it is probably not a good idea.
"They walk towards the sunset and live happily ever after-ssu. The end!" He rushes his ending from fear of Kuroko dropping Momoi, or Kuroko breaking his back bone or something.
He walks towards the couch with Momoi still in his arms, and lays down the still half conscious girl gently.
"This is even worse than Aomine's story." Kagami is still not amused about what Kise did to his character.
A moment has passed, Momoi gains her full consciousness back, then they proceed the game. There is a short bickering fighting over the role of the narrator, with Midorima losing because he does not want to waste more of his time arguing with the giant as he finds it useless. The story only takes a couple minutes before it comes to an end.
Murasakibara keeps saying about how the girl reminded him of his favorite candy that had been discontinued for good, therefore he grew a great liking towards the girl. The two lovers opened a bakery shop, their love was eternal. The end.
Midorima, who is almost as graceful as Akashi, acts out the story with great expertness, making Momoi overseeing the ridiculous story.
"Okay, I've decided!~"
"Uwoh! I wonder who the losers are-ssu!"
Momoi coughs a few times before she announces, "Aomine-kun, Akashi-kun. I'm sorry-"
"Hah!? You've gotta be kidding me!"
"Did I say losers?" Kise laughs nervously, and tries his best to come up with an alternative word, though soon gives up as he notices no one is even paying attention to him.
Momoi has to suppress her shudder, announcing Akashi losing at something is someone has never done before.
"Hah! Who kept saying he never lost? Who's a loser now?"
All eyes are on Kagami, who now wears a smug expression. Almost everyone prays Akashi is in the best mood, otherwise it will be the last time they see Kagami alive.
"I don't see how this works, Satsuki." Aomine frowns unconsciously at the fact that Akashi chooses to ignore such a mockery.
"Eh?"
"So we lost, and there are only two of us."
"Ah, that. It's already been decided from the beginning that Kagamin will join whoever loses."
"Hah!? What's with that unfair decision!?"
"Sorry, Kagamin. You're pretty much an outsider, and almost everyone voted too…"
"When did that happen!?" Kagami sighs and hits his forehead with his palm in defeat. He really should have stayed home.
"Heh." Aomine grins at the pissed Kagami, even Akashi does the same.
Kise and Midorima quickly grab a hold of Kagami's arms to stop him from attacking the two.
Midorima is a bit shocked that Akashi accepts defeat, his very first defeat, very well.
"You guys can start unpacking now~ You three, you get the biggest room."
Aomine's grin slowly disappears as soon as he realizes that he is sharing the room with Kagami as well.
"I can't believe it. I thought being with Akashi would automatically make me win."
"You're a bad influence to Satsuki's decision."
"Hey! It's not my fault that she fell for you for real! If anything, you should blame yourself."
"Or blame your lack of creativity."
"Don't make me tickle you again, Akashi."
"Is that a threat?"
"Hell yeah, it is."
"You two disgust me." Kagami unconsciously cringes his face, trying to distract himself from the disturbing conversations by unpacking at full speed does not work.
"Your face disgusts me."
"Your eyebrows disgust me."
The two reply after one another in sync.
"Hey! You guys are just being superficial!"
"I'll let you have the bigger bed, Daiki." Akashi ignores Kagami and turns around, facing the two beds in the room.
"Huh, why?"
"Nothing. Just thought I'd do something nice for you once in a while." With that, he goes into the bathroom for a shower.
"Aren't you guys forgetting something here?" Kagami only manages to choke out his sentence. These two miracles are apparently the most obnoxious bastards.
An hour has passed and the three boys have each showered, comfortably dressed in their pajamas, or more correctly, in their shirts and shorts.
Akashi has settled into his own bed, covering his eyes with his forearm to block the light from blinding him.
Aomine is just about to get on the bed, when his eyes catch the sight of Kagami, who is still standing by the bathroom door, looking at Aomine's direction with his lifeless eyes.
"Doing something nice once in a while, huh?" He glances at Akashi, whose breath is getting steady, indicating he is already falling asleep. "Oi, are you just gonna stand there all night, or are you gonna sleep on the floor?"
"Neither, you bastard!" Kagami stomps his way to the other side of the bed, and gets under the cover quickly.
"You better not move an inch, or I'll kick you off the bed."
"Same to you, geez!"
"Man, unbelievable."
Despite their insides being rotten due to overwhelming disgust towards each other, they fall asleep not a minute after their heads touch the pillows. Akashi lifts his arm and turns his head to the side, grinning to himself in satisfaction.
Coming up in the next chapter : Part time job