Aomine waited, his last words seeming to sink into Kagami. The television, now forgotten, was still emitting sounds from the movie they were both ignoring. Aomine's mined felt honed to a point, every thought focused on Kagami's impending reaction.

Kagami's eyes were widened in surprise. They sat there in the almost silent room staring at each other, minds churning as they tried to process the situation at hand.

Kagami was the one to break the silence as he turned back to the television screen.

"Oh, okay then."

Huh?

That was it?

Aomine was about to speak when he noticed Kagami fidgeting a bit. He decided to continue staring at him instead.

"Well, I guess we should just hang out on that basis from now on."

"What do you mean?"

Ugh.

His voice sounded weak and shaky even to his own ears.

"Well it's not like you can really jump headfirst into this kind of thing. Besides, I've never really looked at you with that in mind so I'll need some time to think on it."

He made a good point, a painfully good point. Aomine though it would result in either Kagami getting grossed out, or Kagami saying that he liked him back and then they would get down to business in Kagami's bedroom. At least that's how it worked in manga.

He hadn't even considered the possibility that Kagami would handle the situation as well as he did. Aomine had definitely seen a new side of him, which of course spiked his curiosity on why he had answered like that.

They had both turned back to the television at this point, Aomine noticeably more relaxed and Kagami deep in thought.

"Hey Kagami, umm, you handled that a lot better than I thought you would."

"Hmm? Oh, well it's the same either way right? It's not like I could just brush off a serious confession like that and you're gonna want an answer."

"But even so, getting a confession from a guy must be pretty weird."

"Not really. I mean, its not like it's any different from liking a girl. Just so happens that the reproductive parts are the same. I don't really see what the big deal is."

Another surprising answer.

It seemed like Kagami actually had a pretty decent head on his shoulders when logically thinking was concerned.

"Still, thanks."

Out of the corner of his eye, Aomine saw a grin spread over Kagami's face.

"No problem."

They finished the evening off with relative normalcy. They finished the movie, snacked on popcorn and Aomine went home, thankfully looking much more like his normal self. Kagami stared at the door after he left.

Now what?

He walked to his bathroom and started up the shower. He hadn't washed all the sweat from their game off yet. After stripping, he eagerly stood under the spray and let the hot water flow over his body.

So that's what was on Aomine's mind.

It was weird, Kagami couldn't say what he felt about this new development. He had been confessed to by girls, but he had never really gotten past the friendship stage. He appreciated them, but they never lit the spark.

He started cleaning himself up as he thought.

He recalled Aomine's face as he rubbed shampoo into his hair. He had looked so nervous. There's no way that this was something he had decided overnight. It seemed like he was serious about it.

That was something else weird. Aomine was being serious about something. It gave him a swirl of satisfaction to add to the emotional smoothie his mind was currently blending. His very existence could make Aomine Daiki do something so completely out of character.

His face flushed as he remembered how Aomine looked right after he said those life-altering words. He looked so expectant, worried and dangerously focused that it brought to mind a cat trying its best to win the affection of its owner with a dead bird. It had wiped the usual snarky 'cat got the canary' expression off his face and left something softer, more vulnerable and almost kind.

He wanted to see that face again. He had no idea why but he really wanted to see Aomine make that face once more.

Kagami finished showering and collapsed onto bed after drying off. He buried his face into his pillow and froze.

Something wasn't right.

He inhaled deeply.

There.

He could smell Aomine.

Oh.

It all made sense now. Aomine's mad dash around the apartment was for this purpose. He had shoved his face into Kagami's pillow.

Kagami almost laughed at his lack of planning. Aomine had evidently forgotten that he was sweaty after playing. When someone sweats, their scent becomes very clear. Aomine probably didn't think he'd get caught.

Kagami fell asleep soon after, still grinning at Aomine's antics.

Sunday passed at the same pace Sunday usually did, way too quickly. Kagami swore that the world sped up just a bit every Sunday to piss off its inhabitants and make Mondays longer. It was nearing evening when he got a text from Kuroko.

-Kagami-kun, there's something wrong with Aomine-kun.-

Huh?

Alarm bells started ringing in Kagami's mind. Something wrong? Was he injured? Oh god was it food poisoning? Maybe he shouldn't have pressed him to eat all that popcorn. He quickly sent a message back.

-Huh? What's wrong? Is he injured?-

-No but he has called me on Skype and is a blubbering mess. This is unprecedented. Since you two were playing yesterday I thought that you may know what is wrong.-

-What's he saying?-

-From what I can make out, it's mostly 'I'm such an idiot' and 'why did I have to go and say that'.-

-Ah. That makes a bit of sense.-

-Kagami-kun. I am at my wits end here. Please explain this because it has been going on for the past hour.-

-Well, he kinda confessed to me yesterday and I said we should just hang out off that basis and he looked like he was calming down but I guess not.-

-That does make sense. Thank you. I shall go try to calm him down. Oh, do not tell him about this conversation. It will only damage his pride.-

-Uh, sure.-

Kagami set his phone down next to him and went back to tackling his current nemesis, otherwise known as his calculus homework. He stared at the letters and formulas, wishing they would roll themselves into a ball and decompose.

Aomine was a blubbering mess.

He tried to imagine it, watery eyes, runny nose, shaking jaw, sniffling and whining, then he fell off his chair laughing.

What the hell?

Aomine's messed up face came into his mind.

'The only one that can make me upset is me!'

Oh wait, that was wrong. It was half because of Kagami that he was upset. Kagami felt another surge of satisfaction as he mentally tacked the words 'and Kagami!' onto the end of his parody of Aomine's infamous phrase.

Oh, that was something else he needed to figure out. What was with that satisfaction he felt every time he affirmed how deep Aomine's feelings ran? He pushed it to the back of his mind for now. It could wait until they met up again.

Kagami looked at his phone and groaned.

It was already 11PM.

He glanced down as his almost pristine answer sheet and gave up.

Calculus sucks.

I just want to say thank you to all of you who have read this fic and given me such a positive response! I'll do my best to keep the updates on track but its a little odd because i'm just writing this and inventing it as i go! i have no idea where this is even going but i'll try my best to get it there!

Thanks again!

- Kei

oh, and i started up a blog where I post all of these and maybe some fanart i do. If you prefer that platform for reading the link is on my page!