AN : Sorry for taking so long (It has been a long time, hasn't it? uhm)
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The air around him is heavy it makes him want to smack someone. It is even heavier inside his thick, ridiculous costume. The heat is suffocating him, forcing his body to sweat even more than it already is, making his shirt stick to his back, and his hair soaking wet.
He only wants to spend the week normally before the new school year starts to torture him again. How he badly wants to lay down on the cool floor in his apartment right now, with an electric fan cooling his body temperature down, makes him almost feel chilly. The thought only makes him suffer from the heat even more, and he thought thinking about something cool when you're in heat will help you cool down. What bull that is, his frown deepens, carving onto his face permanently.
And how did a simple, yet almost unbearable reunion turn to even a worse nightmare for him, by having to dress in heavy garments because he just so happens to be working as the mascot, is of course, not a very difficult question to answer.
The shorty redhead emperor was just wandering around the beach for god knows why, under the intense sun, at noon too. And for some reason Kagami was following him, curious where this chibi king was going to. It turned out he just got himself a goddamn ice cream. That's when this nightmare of the poor boy's named Kagami Taiga began.
The happy emperor with ice cream spot this stand that was giving out free samples, the sole reason Kagami wanted to come along with Kuroko, and the sole reason that had been keeping Kagami strong facing the days with the bizarre colorful prodigies.
Due to the extreme heat, employees there are quitting every day, therefore the sign 'Welcome to hell' is present all the time, though to be nice, they rephrase it to 'Help Wanted'.
And with that, the ice cream emperor decided to do something interesting and worthwhile, by getting a part time job. But of course, he wouldn't do it by himself, he asked- forced his two roommates to participate in this new experience.
That is the tale of how Kagami ends up being a gigantic hotdog with curly brown clothes glued in front that are supposed to be the yakisoba.
"Oi, hotdog. You're supposed to smile, you know. No wonder we're not getting any customers."
"No, don't smile for a while, hotdog. Not until I'm done."
"Who are you calling hotdog!?"
"I told you, eating this stuff three times a day won't do you any good."
"First of all, you did not tell me that, bastard! And stop making it seem like I turn into a hotdog for real!"
"Ah, that kid just called you an angry hotdog." Akashi points his tongs towards the kid, resulting in a few sausages to fall to the ground.
"Oi, watch it, Akashi!" Kagami is beyond exhausted, physically and mentally. He's drenched in sweat, thanks to the hand-made and free sauna that is his costume - he doesn't remember why he agrees to be the mascot. He is tired of getting made fun of by the annoying duo who seem to very much enjoy their new bully toy that is him.
He watches Akashi grilling the sausages, turning them over occasionally, a few will go over the edge and fall down to the table. He can't even grill properly. Is this really the all-knowing and flawless leader of the Generation of Miracles? His gaze moves over to the tan boy who is also watching the small redhead next to him questioningly.
"Oi, Akashi. You okay there?"
"You're burning your yakisoba, Daiki." Is the redhead's reply without looking while picking up the sausages from the table, and put them back on the grill.
"Oh shi-"
"Gahahahah, aho." Kagami almost doubles over watching Aomine frantically taking the yakisoba out from the frying pan - almost, because his costume stops him from doing so.
The day continues on with Kagami, to his great annoyance and discomfort, smiling brightly and waving his hands to attract the customers, as if the delicious smell of grilled sausages and yakisoba isn't enough to lure them. After a few fail attempts by scaring off the customers and making some of the children cry with his forced smile, he starts to be able to do it more naturally when the boss is glaring at him.
Aomine is getting used to the flow and perform very well for a rookie, even twirling his spatula in one hand for one of his attractions, making some girls fall for him, which is only replied by a smirk from the guy.
Akashi, however, still doesn't get the hang of the job. He keeps coughing from inhaling too much smoke from the grill, and occasionally wiping his eyes with his sleeves. Those may be the factors to his poor performance, that goes unnoticed since Aomine covers for him.
Six and a half hours has passed, their one day job is finally over. Each of them got themselves foods for dinner from the convenient store, except for Kagami who doesn't get tired of eating the yakisoba hotdogs yet, since he got himself at least five of them.
Far too tired to go back home, the three head down near the shore with their dinner. The two hot-headed teens got into a fight instantly when they spot the only seat there at the same time. The outcome can't be more obvious as Akashi strolls down towards the seat leisurely. He settles down and starts to take a bite of his bread.
"Idiot! You let your boyfriend take the freaking seat!" Kagami attempts to hit Aomine in the head with one of his breads, but soon changes his mind, afraid he will lose his dinner, he brings it closer to his chest instead and is almost hugging it.
"Who are you calling my boyfriend!?"
Kagami blinks his eyes a few times before he approaches the tan guy, who slightly backs away on reflex.
"What the hell?"
"So you're saying you're not going out with him?" Kagami lowers his voice and leans in a bit, to make sure Akashi can't hear a thing he says.
Aomine finds their position to be extremely awkward and backs away a bit more, while furrowing his eyebrows. "How the hell did you get that idea?"
"You guys look pretty close all of a sudden, so I thought... you know." He shrugs.
"And why do you care, huh?" A wide grin graces the taller of the two's lips.
"N-None of your business, dammit!" The redhead stomps his way to where Akashi is already sitting.
"Wait, wait." Aomine pulls Kagami's shirt and forces him to step back. "You have a thing for Akashi, don't you?"
"Huh!? Don't be ridiculous, stupid!" a series of nervous laugh soon follows, a few sweat drops are rolling down from Kagami's temples as he averts Aomine's gaze.
"Heh, I knew it." He mutters to himself, then adds louder, "In case you haven't realized, you're acting weird, you know. Weirder than your eyebrows."
"Stop making fun of my eyebrows!"
"And you're not the only one, by the way."
"I'm not the only one..?"
"Of all people..." Aomine shakes his head, he walks past the confused Kagami then soon settles down on the sand next to Akashi. The confused redhead follows suit not long after.
He occasionally glances at the tan boy to get his attention, but the latter keeps ignoring it.
He soon gives up and gobbles down his dinner without a care.
That day is a confusing, tiring, and weird day for the poor boy named Kagami Taiga.
Is it just me or is my story getting shorter and shorter? ;u; Sorry for that.
And I'm not sure if Akashi addresses Kagami by his surname like everyone else, or by his first name even though he's not a part of the kiseki Ah this has been giving me a headache.
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