It is apparently already too late for them to go to the beach. There is no way Momoi or anyone will want to leave the house in the middle of the day, when the sun is at its peak. And neither does Kise despite how enthusiastic he has been for the past few hours, since he has to maintain his look for his modeling job, getting sunburned on this trip will get him scolded. So they choose to wait for a few more hours before heading out, by making themselves a treat.
Everyone gathers in the kitchen, everyone except the trio – Kagami, Akashi, and Aomine. No one has any idea what they have to talk about with each other, and no one dares to knock on their door to ask them to stop isolating themselves and join the group. After all, if it wasn't so important, Akashi wouldn't bother hanging out with the two, seeing how he doesn't get along with any of them. Although, the amount of time the three of them have spent together is highly suspicious, but again, no one dares to bring the subject up.
It isn't that difficult to take their minds off of their absences, since Momoi manages to ruin something so simple, something even an infant can do without messing up in their sleep.
Since it is hot outside they naturally crave for something cold and refreshing. Making juice involves a lot of fruits, which they're low on, and none of them want to go outside to get some. They then decide to go for a sundae, and everyone agrees to make one gigantic sundae, the fun part is they can put whatever they want on it.
Given that much freedom, is too much for one girl who has been prohibited to enter the kitchen whenever she isn't by herself, since she put everything within reach into the gigantic bowl, including seasoning such as salt and peppers, and even ginger. She reasoned salty ice cream is delicious, peppers is for spice, and ginger… she admit she's itching to put it in there since it's laying before her eyes.
Murasakibara has never looked so dreadful.
Midorima shakes his head and closes his eyes.
Kuroko is too busy enjoying himself in the corner with the remaining ice cream in the bucket.
Kise grabs a small bowl and scoops Momoi's area of ice cream into it. He kindly tells the confused Momoi to just relax in the couch and they will bring it over once it's ready.
Everyone sighs in relief when Momoi obeys without questioning, and the boys finish the project in no time without problems.
"Where is Aka-chin?~" Murasakibara pouts and refuses to eat before his Aka-chin is present.
"I will check on them." Kuroko gets up after filling himself up with the left-over ice cream, he can't bring himself to eat the overly sweet sundae.
"It's fine, Kurokocchi, let them be."
"But they are taking too long. They shouldn't take this long." Kuroko mutters the last part to himself. Maybe something is happening, and Akashi is alone with two idiots who can easily overpower him.
"Do you know what they might be doing?" Midorima asks, he can't keep his curiosity to himself any longer. Akashi doesn't come to chat with him as often as usual, in fact, if he pays a closer attention, Akashi seems to be having a lot of thoughts in his mind.
Before Kuroko can answer, or anyone else to ask questions to Kuroko since it seems everyone thinks Kuroko knows the answer, Murasakibara is already in front of the door and knocks, much to everyone's horror, and secretly, anticipation.
No sound comes from the other side for a moment, then a door is abruptly opened and Akashi dashes out quickly.
No one's surprised at how Akashi manages to not run into Murasakibara's towering tall body and slip into the small space in between him and the door frame while he's looking down. What's curious is how Akashi's face is extremely red, some of the boys thought Akashi's hair grew longer somehow.
And if that isn't a sight, Murasakibara opens the door wider to see what was happening in the room, and spots Aomine burying his head in the pillows, while muttering 'I'll kill you Kagami, you fuckin' shit head.'
Kagami is just standing motionlessly, holding a wallet in his hand, expression changes from disbelief to defeat, and then frustration. Disbelief - because the two actually did what he thought they would never do, at least this early. Defeat - because he realized he lost, and the valid proof of that just happened in front of his eyes. Frustration – because he was stupid enough to make the bet he thought he would surely win.
I like you too, Akashi.
The tanned bluenet confesses, there's no hint in his voice of him being playful or teasing as he has always been, and like in his previous confession, in fact his voice sounds deeper and so earnest Kagami almost shudders. Fear in Akashi's eyes that was present a moment ago disappears, and is replaced with a longing look that Kagami doesn't quite get, the boy must be really in love with Aomine or something.
The atmosphere is getting heavy due to perhaps overwhelming love from the two boys towards each other, and Kagami is caught in it. What a very uncomfortable situation he is in.
"You.. remember I'm still here, right?" He finally speaks up, snapping the two back into reality.
"Did you not want me to know about this?" Instead of being snapped back into reality, it apparently made Aomine realize what Akashi's previous expression meant.
"…not really, at least not now." Akashi confesses honestly. Aomine is making him extremely nervous and it lowers his brain's capability to think about this matter clearly. He was planning to compose himself before he confronts the guy he has odd feelings towards.
"Are you still unsure?"
Kagami has to admit it's impressive how Aomine is able to stay calm about this whole deal, based on how aggressive Aomine has been as of late with his advances – Kagami did witness their first indirect kiss and he has never regretted something nearly as much.
Akashi seems to have the same thought as the corner of his lips tugs upward, probably involuntarily judging by how quickly it disappears.
"I was afraid."
Aomine is about to say something and he doesn't seem to be able to summon his voice. He gulps and holds their gaze instead, looking as apologetic as he can.
"I didn't think you'd be this quiet, Daiki." And it acts as a perfect boost of confidence that Akashi needs.
Aomine scratches his head furiously, and clenches his teeth together in frustration. He feels guilty for what he has done, yes, but he doesn't regret it one bit. That's how he expresses his feelings towards the guy - by touching him. But now that he knows he likes him back, somehow doing all those things seem to be as intimidating as questioning his authority as captain back in middle school.
He reminds himself why he finds Akashi attractive and intriguing. He needs to make the guy lose his confidence and act all flustered around him just like he did a moment ago. He needs to dominate this absolute emperor, and the only way he can do that is by overwhelming him with something he's pretty much an expert in and Akashi isn't, the stuff he's learned from his favorite magazines can be used against Akashi.
The hell? Was I thinking about having sex with Akashi?
"You two. Can't you at least put on a good show? All you've done is just stay quiet and stare at each other. Even I'm feeling awkward, you know." To be honest, Kagami feels bad for Aomine a little bit. He doesn't know what's going on in his head and he couldn't care less. It won't hurt to lift up Aomine's confidence since seeing him being shy bothers him more.
"Why the fuck are you still here?" Aomine snaps. Kagami startled him, to the point where he's worried if he said what he thought out loud.
"The bet's still on, Ahomine."
Aomine furrows his eyebrows for a short moment before he realizes what Kagami's talking about. "Ah…" Would he dare?
He slowly walks towards Akashi who suspects something fishy is going on.
"What are you guys talking about?" If the bet has anything to do with him, they have made an unwise decision.
"You'll find out soon enough. Besides, I've been wanting to do this, Akashi."
Akashi refrains from backing up against the door behind him as Aomine is getting closer with the same look he had the night before – lust is clouding his eyes again.
He isn't that clueless to not knowing what the guy is going to do to him. And he won't let Aomine take the control of the situation. Sure, Aomine's the one who initiates the first move, but the one who will be dominating will be him, and there's no changing that fact.
He lets Aomine lifts his chin up slowly, and looking up to him makes him realize he won't get what he wants that easily, mostly due to their heights. He grabs Aomine's shirt and pulls him down, then plants a quick kiss on the other's lips.
Aomine lowers his lids and smirks at the sudden act, knowing Akashi, he knew the boy would try to do something like that. And he's prepared to turn over the table.
Just when Akashi thinks he gets this thing done with, he pushes the shorter guy against the door and reconnects their lips once again.
Naturally on reflex, Akashi tries to push him away but to no avail. Knowing he's pushing his luck, he grabs Akashi's wrists then proceeds to wrap his fingers with his, while deepening the kiss.
Aomine lets out a low satisfied grunt as he manages to break into Akashi's mouth and tangles their tongues with each other's.
Shortly after his brief struggle, Akashi gives in to pleasure, he closes his eyes and returns the kiss as passionately. He has tried to use his emperor eye many times to gain control of the kiss, but failed every time with Aomine's unpredicted moves that sends goosebumps to his neck down his spine.
Aomine works his tongue around the small area, gently licking every surface he can reach. His one hand then gets under Akashi's shirt, he starts roaming his hand up and down the flat abdomen to the area just under his chest, giving him a pleasure tickling sensation. He lightly caresses the lines on his ribs before moving to his back and slowly down to Akashi's waistband.
Akashi snaps open his eyes once he realizes what Aomine is about to do. However, before he can stop him, and before Aomine can proceed, a series of knock is heard, startling the two since it sounds especially loud for them.
Aomine quickly releases Akashi from his hold. Akashi catches a glimpse of Kagami's expression and realization hits. He was making out with Aomine and Kagami was watching the whole scene. He makes a mental note to scold Aomine for doing such a thing while they're not alone, then dashes out quickly when the fact that he was just engaged in a passionate kiss with Aomine sinks in.
And Aomine, despite winning the bet, is blushing like crazy for attempting to strip Akashi down in Kagami's presence. And he just made an embarrassing sound too, didn't he? Kagami must've heard it and… He never wants to kill a guy this badly.
Shit, they really did it. Kagami takes a deep breath. Watching the guy he likes is being claimed right in front of his eyes is damn painful. And to top off his bad luck, he has to survive the last two days of the vacation without money.
AN : Well it seems Momoi couldn't stay out of the fun, could she? From now on, Momoi is banned from the kitchen.
this is unrelated but the manga...
The long awaited match has finally come and I'm not sure how to express all my excitements.