Disclaimer:Kuroko no Basket belongs to Midorikawa Yuki. Just kidding. Kuroko no Basket and it's character belong to Fujimaki Tadatoshi and the publishers.
Kagami heaved out a sigh as he walked to the bed,the present was in his shirt's pocket. A moment ago he'd thought his day couldn't be worse. Just trust his shadow to supress his expectation (in both bad and good ways). The small boy tried to wake the sleeping beauty up by shaking his shoulder. Much to Kagami's annoyance,Kuroko didn't budge. No,he did budge,just not the way Kagami wanted:he slapped Kagami's hands away and turned to lie on his back,sprawled all over the bed. 'To deal with Kuroko's ridiculous stubborness,you have to play it the hard way' Kagami decided. So,Kagami tossed the towel which were hanging on his shoulders onto the bed,climbed on Kuroko,tenically sat on him and used both hands to shake Kuroko's shoulders,his mouth calling Kuroko's name over and over again. Kuroko made a noise,probably a grunt then unconciously grabbed Kagami's wrists and pulled them up. Of course,Kagami lost balanced because of that,so he felt down and lied on Kuroko,his head on Kuroko's chest,his hands on either side of the redhead's head. Not letting Kagami have time to react,Kuroko swiftly moved his arms and wrapped them around Kagami's small body and roll over to lie on one side again. While Kuroko was being overly comfortable with his new found hugging pillow,Kagami was,on the contrary,appalled. Maybe not really appalled,but a mixture of being shocked,scared and flustered because in a way,he was suddenlly hugged by his beloved partner (on his bed),but at the same time,he was being hugged by Kuroko in his body,who was a muscular and big guy then,so it wasn't really the same as how he thought it would be. As embarrassing as it could be,Kagami had thought about what it would feel like if Kuroko hugged him,and out of everything thing he had imagined,this wasn't even close to being on the list. Awkward. Trully,really,very awkward. Nevertheless,Kagami couldn't stay still and let something like this ruin his whole plan. He started wriggling and screaming in order to wake Kuroko up. Noise and movements coming from something you use as a pillow while you're sleeping would only mean one thing: you have to hug it tighter. And Kuroko did just that. Kagami could have given in to the desire to stop and fall asleep in Kuroko's arms,but he didn't. Instead,he chose to do something a sane man in this situation would never do. He squirmed and,with all his might,immediately straighten up,intentionally headbutted Kuroko. It seemed to work as Kuroko let go of Kagami and lazily sat up,hand massaging his slightly-wet-and-swelling-because-of-Kagami's-hair chin.
"Kagami-kun,what did you do that for? I was having a good dream" Kuroko said with the usual monotone of his,but Kagami could tell there was a hint of irritation in his voice.
"You were hugging the life out of me!"
"…I was? I apologise then. But you didn't have headbutt me."
"I get those kinds of things from you everyday!" Kagami was referring to the side-jabbing,wristband-shooting, punches of all kinds,… that Kuroko gave him everytime he was being stupid. And because Kagami was always stupid,he got them all the time.
"What's with your clothes,Kagami-kun"
"Are you sure you want me to answer that?" Kagami raised an eyebrow
They stared at each other for a moment…
"Ano…If there's nothing else,can I go back to sleep now?"
"No,wait! You can't sleep yet!" Kagami grabbed Kuroko's arm before he could lie back down.
"And why is that Kagami-kun?"
"Uhh…I…ah! I'm a little hungry,and I figure you would be too. I will cook something for us,so don't go to sleep yet." Kagami lied. He couldn't be hungry when he had Kuroko's ultra small stomach. It was a good reason to keep the Kuroko awake until he found the courage to give the red head his present.
Even though Kuroko had had five bowls of rice at his house,it wasn't enough to keep him full for more than two hours. He was not the type to have late-night snack but he knew his hunger wouldn't let him sleep if he didn't have one. Beside,he always adored Kagami's cooking. Right when Kuroko about to open his mouth and accept Kagami's offer,his stomach growled.
"Did you do that on on purpose?" Kagami asked,genuinely curious.
"Kagami-kun,can you do something like that on purpose? " Kuroko shot back.
"Uhh,I guess not. Anyway,we should go to the kitchen now,it's pretty late."
"Hai"
Kuroko grabbed Kagami's arm right after the blunette walk through the door. Kagami turned his head to look at Kuroko questioningly.
"You didn't dry your hair. Kuroko stated"
"Just ignore it. It'll dry eventually."
"It's 15 degrees now,Kagami-kun. You will get a cold for sure"
"I won't. I do it all the time and I never get sick."
"You won't,but I will. So please dry your head now. _Kuroko emphasized the 'now' without putting stress to it. And how he could do that remained a mystery.
"No,don't want to."
"Kagami-kun,you don't have a choice. I will force you if I have to." Kuroko threatened,his voice as monotone as always.
"Heh,I'd love you see you try." Kagami smirked. He didn't know that his smirk made his baby face look so smug that it annoyed Kuroko even though it was his face in the first place.
"You asked for it Kagami-kun."
Not letting Kagami have time to react,Kuroko pulled Kagami to the bed then swifly pushed him down. Kagami landed on his back,eyes shut. Kagami had just sat up when he saw Kuroko kneeling on the bed in front of him with,forearms resting on his shoulder. Kagami then felt a soft fabric on his head absorbing water from his hair. Kuroko gently moved the towel up and down for a few minutes then remove it from Kagami's head and place it on top of the drawer. Kuroko then proceed to take the hair dryers which was also lying on the drawer and conveniently plugged. He turned it on and started blowing Kagami's hair,stroking it as the same time. Kagami unconsciously lean into Kuroko's hand,his eyes closed as if to enjoy the comfort. Kuroko had never noticed how soft his hair was until then,when he was ruffling it with the new,suppose-to-be-his hands. Kuroko felt like he was petting a cute little cat now. He resisted the urge to blush,because it would be so weird if he blush at himself. Kagami remained silent all the while Kuroko dried his hair. It was actually more comfortable than he thought,and new too. Because of his height,there had been few people who actually touched his head. And by few he meant two: Kiyoshi and his dad. But both of them never ruffle his hair,only pat his head. Kagami wondered if Kuroko also felt this good when he ruffled his head. The silent between them suddenly broke.
"Kagami-kun,does it feel good when you ruffle my hair?"
"Huh,what's with the question?" _He stopped when he realized he was thinking the same thing but continued anyway_ "Of course it feels good,stupid. Otherwise I won't do it all the time."
"I see."
Kagami's hair had completely dried,so Kuroko turned the hair drier off and got off the bed to unplug it. Kagami stretched his body,still sitting on the bed. He eyed Kuroko.
"Now that you mention it,I won't be able to ruffle your hair in this situation. What a waste,huh?"
"Well…" _Kuroko walked to Kagami and crouched down so that they had the same eye level_"…you can always ruffle your own hair like this" Kuroko said as he grabbed Kagami's wrists and guide them to Kagami's blue head then control them to mess up the powder blue hair.
A small vein pop out of Kagami's temple as he jerked his wrists out of Kuroko's grip. Kuroko abruptly sat down,creating a 'thud'.He raised his head to look at Kagami.
"If we really can't change back. I,too,will miss Kagami's kun ruffling my hair a lot"
"Baaa~ka,there's no way we can't change back. We can't play basketball if we don't change back,so coach definitely won't let something like that happen. Beside,even if we have to stay in this…uh…form for a while,I can still ruffle your hair just fine" To demonstrate his words,Kagami placed his hands on Kuroko's head and messed the spiky hair up.
Kuroko didn't say anything and let out a small smile.
"Now that you mention it,Kagami-kun,I wonder how we will play basketball like this" Kuroko asked as they were walking to the kitchen.
"Just like how we normally play it I guess. I will dunk and you will use your techniques*"
"My 'technique' won't work if I'm in your body,Kagami-kun"
Kagami shrugged "You will figure something out. You always do"
Kuroko sat on the couch while waiting for Kagami finish cooking. He watched Kagami cook and try not to drool as smell came from the kitchen. 15 minutes after he started cooking,Kagami finished two dishes of seafood spaghetti. He brought the two plate to the table,the big one for Kuroko,the smaller for him. They let the TV on when they were eating. No less than 10 minutes after they started digging in did they finish them. Just when they finished,the TV start showing a music video. A romantic music video. It was the perfect chance to give someone a present. And Kagami wasn't stupid enough not to realize that. It'll be ok. I'll just tell him 'Kuroko,there is something I need to give you' and give him the present and a 'happy birthday' afterward. Yeah,just like that. 'Kuroko,there is something I need to give you Kuroko,there is something I need to give you Kuroko,there is something I need to give you…' Kagami chanted in his head.
"…Kuroko,there is something I need to give you" finally he unconsciously spoke it out loud.
Kuroko just stared at him,his face showed no emotion,or at least,in Kagami's view it didn't. Kagami took Kuroko's silent as a signal for him to continue. He thud his hand into his shirt's pocket and took out a square box wrapped in light blue paper with a ribbon a darker shade of blue. He looked at it and hesistantly extent his arm so Kuroko could see what he was holding. Kuroko held out both of his hand,ready to receive the present. Kagami placed the box in Kuroko's palms,eyes never leaving him.
"Ano,can I open it?" Kuroko asked,didn't bother to hide his excitement
"Of course!" Kagami chuckled
Kuroko slowly unwrapped the box and open it. Inside the box there were two ring-like object. Kuroko blushed at the thought of the present being a ring. He took one of them out,only to find a black strap attached to it. It was a golden ring with words carved on it's inside. Kuroko squinted his eyes to read the words. KT-forever your light. He took the other out. This one also had a strap attached to it,and it look exactly the same as the other,only bigger. And the words carved on it were different too. KT-forever your shadow.
"Kagami-kun,this is…" done observing the gift,Kuroko look up at Kagami,puzzled.
"Phone straps" Kagami quickly replied,as if he was expecting the question.
"Well,they has…weird looks for phone straps. How did you get words carved on them?"
"I had them made just for you"
It took a moment for both of them to register what Kagami had just said. Both of them blushed. Even though Kuroko was embarassed to hell himself,he didn't miss the chance to tease Kagami.
"A little corny there,Kagami-kun"
"Shut up" Kagami tried to sound fierce and angry but failed anyway.
They stayed silent for less than a minute.
"Hey,Kuroko"
"Yes,Kagami-kun"
"Do you like the present?" Kagami nervously asked?
"I love it. Thank you very much Kagami-kun. But why did you give me two?"
"Uhh,long story" Kagami scratched his neck. Can't really tell Kuroko those were originally wedding rings that he eventually figured won't make such a nice birthday present. Damn that Tatsuya for sweet talking him into giving this to Kuroko. Good thing he snapped out of it soon enough to turn them into phone straps.
"Ano,Kagami-kun"
"What?"
"This pair of phone straps reminds me of my parents' wedding rings"
"…Is that so? Haha" Kagami sweatdropped.
"I don't think I will need two of them though. Here,I'm giving you one." Kuroko took a rin-phone straap and gave it to Kagami.
"I think I want the other one better" Kagami said,pointing at the other one lest in the box,which was bigger than the one Kuroko was holding.
"Ah,but that one said 'forever your shadow' so I'm suppose to be the one who use it,right?"
"It doesn't work like that" Kagami face-palmed
"If Kagami-kun wants it then ok. Here" Kuroko gave Kagami what he asked for.
Kagami sighed. "At first,I planned to get you a necklace,and myself a similar one,like mine with Tesuya. But since I can't wear both necklace at the same time,and you're not really interested in jewelry,I ended up with these. In other word,these will proof our friendship,so don't lose yours"
"Kagami-kun is so thoughtful that I'm surprised. But I like that side of Kagami-kun" A small smile plastered his face as he said.
"Tch,baka~ saying embarassing thing without breaking a sweat"
Kagami stood up and took the plates to the sink. He washed the dishes as fast as he could and returned to his room with Kuroko.
"Kuroko,wait here. I'll go prepare your room. Are you ok with Alex's old room?"
"I'd love to stay there,thank you"
"Gotcha" Kagami said walking out of the room. Now,the only thing he had to do before this never-ending day ended was to go up that super duper creepy attic and get the blanket. Just thinking about it made his hair stand up. Just go up there and get a damn blanket. He tried to convinced himself while standing in front of the ladder. He took the first step,then the second,third and when he was up there,he grabbed what might have been a blanket and immidiately get down from there. Lucky for him what he grabbed was a blanket,only a little thin to use in winter. This would do. I will use this and let Kuroko use mine.
"Oi,Kuroko! Let's go" He took his blanket and led Kuroko to an emty room. There's nothing in the room except for a table and a bed. He tossed the blanket on the bed. Kuroko happily lied down the bed and covered himself with the blanket.
"Good night,Kagami-kun"
"Goodnight,Kuroko" Kagami turned off the lights and closed the door.
In his room,Kagami quickly fall asleep with the thin blanket. However,his body did not tolerate cold temperature as well as he thought. He had unconciouly snuck into Kuroko's bed and sleep as soundly as possible till morning. In the morning,Kuroko would wake up and find Kagami nuzzling him.
(*): Kagami used "techniques" because Kuroko won't use misdirection anymore,and we don't know what he will be using from now on.
Authour's notes: Sorry I took so long to update. I had a terrible fever and school works kill my time for fanfiction. In return,I give you guys a longer chapter than usual. And I will update new chapter sooner than usual cause I'm on holiday for two weeks usual R&R please. Remember to tell me how you like the new format in the review. Also,to anyone who favourited and followed,as well as reviewed this story,thank you vey much. Love you all!