Chapter Five:
Kuroko didn't think he would ever get sick of seeing Aomine's tan body in a bright red Speedo. He had just the right mixture of a neutral expression hidden behind those sunglasses, and his posture and body were something Kuroko couldn't help admiring. Which is why he always watched Aomine from the deep end of the pool.
Day in and day out Aomine waited for Kuroko to come up to him and say something, maybe flirt a little. Hell, at the point he was almost hoping Kuroko would fake drowning so that he could rescue him, but that seemed a little too pathetic. Was it too pathetic? He honestly was tired of waiting, and he hated seeing Kuroko come to the pool with that pink-haired girl clinging to him. What did Kuroko see in that ditzy girl? It couldn't be her boobs because he noticed Kuroko never stared at her body like any other guy his age would. Well, any guy his age and who was straight as a jacket would, so maybe Kuroko swung for his team? Aomine could only hope as much. He was sick of watching Kuroko climb the ladder out of the pool, swimming trunks dripping and clinging to his cute ass and other secret places. It was becoming almost too embarrassing to wear his Speedo, the required swimsuit, to work. On the other hand, Aomine was also a little pissed off at Kuroko, who had his number and still hadn't given him a call or a text message. Dismayed that he had blown his one chance that Sunday morning a couple weeks ago, Aomine was giving up hope. After all, there is a cute guy working here who I've noticed checking me out quite a bit… But he's not Tetsu.
This on again off again behavior happened for a whole other work week until Kuroko was approached by Aomine while on the job. "You know," Aomine said to him quietly but sounding quite upset, "I realize that it's a public pool, but if you never wanted to see me again you might have tried the other one here in town. It would have been easier on me that way." Kuroko just looked at him in shock as Aomine spoke.
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"Damn well you do! I told you to text/call me for another time. I even made it all cute and shit, and then you just blow me off for a couple of weeks but keep coming to My pool, swimming right in front of me, looking all cute but not saying anything to me ever. You know, Tetsu, you're a real tease." Kuroko looked up at him with big blue eyes.
". . . I didn't mean to make you upset. I just saw no point in calling if you were here every day and I could just go to the pool." They both looked at each other dumbstruck. And Aomine laughed so loud and long that he became unbalanced and fell into the pool. When he bobbed back up, everyone was staring at him as he became red-faced with embarrassment.
He looked at Kuroko as he got out of the water and quietly said, "I get off work in about 15 minutes. If you wait around, maybe we could go get some food together. I don't know, noodles or something like that. Maybe then you'd, I don't know, see something about me you actually like." Aomine was definitely nervous. He could feel the tightening in his abs as his stomach tightened and his heart crawled into his lungs, choking out what little air there might have resided in there as he waited for an answer.
"I already liked what I saw, Aomine. But yes, I'll wait around for you." Those big blue eyes were staring up at him, making what was a warm day infinitely hotter.