NOTE: This was easily the most fun chapter to write.

and it is Kurokaga NOT Kagakuro (in case that was what you were looking for)

Chapter 7: Kagami and Kuroko Were Each Other's Second Boyfriend

There was this sort of lighthearted air between them, when they finally resumed bickering after their brief silent streak.

After a particularly rough practice for the upcoming Winter Cup prelims, Kuroko had just been polishing up his vanishing drive with the addition of Kagami in the technique. The two of them skipped Maji Burger for once. Kagami said he'd cook whatever Kuroko wanted, as a 'reward.'

While they were waiting for the food to finish, they hung out on the balcony together.

"Kagami-kun is always there for me," Kuroko said with that slight smile of his.

Kagami blushed and mumbled about, "all of a sudden," and, "saying embarrassing things again." This happened plenty of times before, Kuroko saying something Kagami finds embarrassing, and usually his outburst was a little explosive, but this time was different. He mumbled some more and hid his face. Kuroko's words still felt like they're hanging in the air. Then he said,"Kuroko-" still with his face hidden, "-I like you."

"I like you too, but Kagami-kun is the one saying more embarrassing things than me."

Kagami exploded a bit, getting redder but still hiding his eyes with his arms. His frustration overrode his embarrassment and he lowered his arms to glare at Kuroko, he took a deep breath to start yelling, but before he could get a word out Kuroko said:

"Didn't Kagami-kun hear my response?"

Kagami deflated, as the air he was about to use to yell, silently left him. He still glared at Kuroko, his cheeks bright red. Kuroko had the same expression he always does, staring back with 'those eyes.' Kagami finally broke eye contact saying, "It's not like I wanted to like you."

"Kagami-kun, that's mean. That's not how you confess to someone."

Kagami flinched at that, scrunching his face up in anger. "It annoys me how easily and often you say embarrassing things." He said angrily, his arms rigid and tense, clearly restraining himself.

"It annoys me that Kagami-kun is mean and sometimes slow."

"SLOW?! What are you—" he's cut off when Kuroko jabbed his hand into Kagami's side, making him lean over in pain, clutching his stomach.

His face was now reachable from Kuroko's height, and Kuroko took this opportunity to take hold of his collar and kiss him firmly on the lips. Kagami stopped moving when he made contact. He stayed there until Kuroko released him. Kagami was looking at the ground and his cheeks were, if possible, burning redder than before. He was kind of frozen. It looked like it took him a lot of effort just to slowly raise his hand, and place it on Kuroko's head with a thump. He ruffled Kuroko's hair, patting his head.

"Kagami-kun is cold too." Kuroko said.

"WHAT?!" his embarrassment vanished, and he was looking at Kuroko with angry shock.

"Does Kagami-kun always return a kiss with a pat on the head?"

Kagami went straight-faced, just his eyes still glaring with annoyance, and he was grumbling, as color once again rushed to his cheeks. With glacial slowness Kagami started leaning down, little by little towards Kuroko, purposefully avoiding eye contact. Once Kagami was close enough to feel Kuroko's breath on his face, he quickly closed the rest of the distance, far more forcefully than Kuroko was expecting. Kuroko was tense from the surprise but then relaxed into the kiss which made Kagami relax too, and with one arm he pulled Kuroko close to him, deepening the kiss.

The height difference presented a problem. Without breaking the kiss, Kagami slowly leaned back against the wall and slid down so that Kuroko was leaning over him. Kuroko climbed into Kagami's lap, straddling him. The timer started beeping in the kitchen but neither of them so much as flinched, and continued their makeout. Kagami wrapped his arms around Kuroko, pressing their bodies together so there was no space between them. Kuroko traced his tongue along Kagami's lips, startling him a bit, but then he opened, as they finally got to taste each other.

Not much of their everyday behavior changed. It was a testament to how close they already acted around each other that actually being "in a relationship" was not much more than putting a label on it plus the sexy stuff.

They'd still go to Maji Burger. They still fought and teased each other. Sometimes Kuroko would come over and Kagami would cook him dinner.

One time Kuroko offered to cook for Kagami and...it resulted in boiled egg everything: boiled egg with soy sauce, chopped boiled egg, boiled egg wrapped in lettuce, boiled egg with rice (which Kagami had previously cooked), hard boiled egg in Miso soup (which was leftover in Kagami's refrigerator). Needless to say, Kagami never let Kuroko cook for him again. As punishment, Kuroko had to eat bentos prepared by Kagami which consisted of all Kuroko's egg dishes, for lunch, until the eggs were gone. Though Kagami would eat some himself, even he couldn't eat just that one thing for every meal, every day.

When they had discussions of past relationships, Kagami was tiptoeing around the subject, "Is there—anyone? have you—have you been with any—anyone before?" and even saying that much, Kagami's cheeks were bright red.

Though right after getting that out, Kuroko immediately, without hesitation, answered: "I only did it with Aomine-kun." Plain and simple in his usual calm voice, like it was no big deal. He didn't even look up from the book he was reading.

"How can you just answer?!"

"Kagami-kun asked me a question, so I answered."

"Yes. I know. But IT'S NOT supposed to be THAT easy!"

"Why not?" Kuroko was never phased by Kagami's loud reactions, and those words shut Kagami up quite quickly. He didn't have a response as to why. As always Kuroko managed to simplify things that Kagami, like many other people, would complicate.

"Kagami-kun has been with Himuro-san, right?" Kuroko asked as plain as day without looking up from his book.

Kagami's face went even redder as he buried it in his arms.

"Not everyone's like you. There's this thing called tact."

"If Kagami-kun doesn't like it then Kagami-kun doesn't have to be with me." At that, Kagami peered out of his arms with a mix of frustration and tiredness scrunched up in his facial expression.

Kuroko was still calmly reading, but sensed Kagami's gaze and looked up to meet it. Kagami quickly averted his eyes, grumbling under his breath.

"It's just hard to deal with." He said hiding his face again.

"But Kagami-kun likes me, right?" Kuroko's words were right next to Kagami's ear as he felt a kiss on his head, and he jumped back.

Kuroko had taken advantage of him hiding his face and come around the table to stand behind him. He then draped his arms around Kagami's neck and leaned so his chin was on his shoulder. Kagami sighed loudly, but as always, had nothing to say. Kuroko was right, and quite perceptive.

They had plenty of makeout sessions. Kuroko's forceful personality made it easy to bypass Kagami's embarrassment. They were actually together quite a while before their first time.

They'd gone to Kagami's place to watch a game. It'd gone into overtime, and it was quite late. Kuroko had fallen asleep with his head on Kagami's lap. It wasn't until Kuroko let out some extremely mild snores that Kagami even realized Kuroko was asleep. When that happened, he forgot all about the game and just watched Kuroko's calm sleeping face as he inhaled and exhaled even breaths.

Kagami had no idea how long he was watching Kuroko, but he suddenly had an urge to kiss him. He leaned over and gently pressed his lips against Kuroko's. A shock went through his body when he felt Kuroko kissing him back, and with a little more force. Nine times out of ten, Kagami's embarrassment and surprise would rule all and he'd pull away and shout at Kuroko. But this was the one time out of ten. His eyes went wide for a bit, but he settled back into the kiss and closed his eyes again.

This time it was Kagami who slid his tongue into Kuroko's mouth, and Kuroko let out a quiet moan. They wrestled their tongues, as they kept catching each other's lips with their teeth. There was no leader between them. One of them would begin a motion and almost immediately the other would respond in kind. Kagami broke their kiss and started nipping and sucking Kuroko's neck and shoulders, as he pulled down Kuroko's collar to give himself access.

"K—Kagami—" Kuroko gasped, and dug his fingers into Kagami's back.

Kagami went still for a moment, did he hear right? That was the first time he'd ever heard Kuroko say his name without an honorific attached. He paused for a little too long, and Kuroko looked down at him.

"Kagami-kun?" Kuroko's eyes were barely open, and his cheeks were flushed.

Kagami shook himself out of his brief stupor, and kissed Kuroko full-on the mouth again. They both pressed against each other with as much force as they could muster. Their moans and groans vibrating between them.

They were just heavily making out for a while, Kagami lying off to the side of Kuroko, and leaning over him. There was a point where Kuroko realized that this was as far Kagami would take it on his own, but he could also sense something different between them tonight, something more intense. Holding onto Kagami's collar, Kuroko leaned forward until Kagami was no longer hovering over him, and took this opportunity to switch places, and lie on top of Kagami.

"Kur—roko?!" Kagami was a little startled, not in his angry embarrassed way, but in a moment of pure surprise, where he really wasn't sure what Kuroko was doing.

Kuroko recaptured Kagami's mouth with more force than he'd been using. It was a little while longer before Kagami finally closed his eyes and got back into it, wrapping his arms around Kuroko, pressing them together. He started sliding his hands up Kuroko's shirt, and Kuroko took advantage of this and briefly broke the kiss to completely remove it. Kagami was a little dumbfounded when Kuroko removed his shirt too. He didn't help at all. His arms literally fell out of his shirt to his sides, still with the stunned expression on his face. Kuroko frowned a little when he reacted like that.

"Kagami-kun, do you even want me?" Kagami immediately slapped his hand over his eyes to hide his face.

"How can you just say stuff like that?!"

"I wouldn't have to say that if Kagami-kun didn't make embarrassing situations more embarrassing than they already are." Kuroko gently grabbed the hand Kagami was using to cover his eyes, but Kagami wouldn't budge. "Kagami-kun," he said with quiet affection, and only at that did he relax his grip enough so Kuroko could uncover his face. They held each other's gaze for a moment before Kuroko leaned down to start kissing again.

It took all of Kagami's strength to resist an outburst of embarrassment when Kuroko undid both of their belts without breaking their kiss. Embarrassed, but also extremely nervous. He hadn't actually thought a lot about this part, though he was currently at a loss as to why he hadn't thought about it before now. Every kiss, and the feeling of Kuroko's tongue in his mouth sent a heat straight through his body. It was Kuroko's turn to plant kisses and nips all down Kagami's neck. Kagami buried his face in Kuroko's hair, as he gasped, his breathing became heavier. Kuroko sent a jolt through his body when he started using his tongue. He was lightheaded and dizzy. Thoughts seemed impossible to form. All he could do was hold onto Kuroko, and dig his hands into him.

"—K—ROKO—" Kagami gasped as Kuroko entered him. His eyes rolled back in his head.

"Kagami—" Kuroko grunted in a low whisper.

Kuroko leaned forward and they resumed their kissing, more desperate and forceful than before. Kuroko moved slowly, but Kagami still shuddered at his thrusts. Their faces were mindnumbingly hot. They clung to each other, and their grips only tightened as Kuroko steadily sped up his pace. They couldn't sustain the kiss any longer, both of them gritting their teeth. Kuroko buried his face in Kagami's shoulder, as they both started crying out as they neared their climax with every thrust.

After that moment Kuroko collapsed onto Kagami, their breathing labored, and hearts racing. It was only now that they realized how sweaty they were. Once Kagami had caught his breath he started to sit up, but Kuroko still slumped over him, exhausted, not making any movement to get up.

"Oi! Kuroko." Kagami called a little demandingly. It's not that Kuroko was by any means heavy, but he would appreciate the courtesy of Kuroko sitting up himself.

There was no response. Kagami squinted, really confused. He leaned forward to closely inspect Kuroko's face. He could just barely make out the sounds of even breaths. Kuroko was asleep. He'd fallen asleep. Kagami gently lifted Kuroko off him, and sat him on the couch, letting him lean on him. Kuroko really had no stamina.

NOTE: Kuroko is REALLY REALLY FUN to write. He's just so unapologetically HONEST, it's beautiful. I've never written dialogue for a character like him before, and conversations with Kagami are the best cuz no one reacts more explosively to Kuroko than he does.