Friends (with Benefits)

Being friends with benefits didn't seem that hard at first. There was no emotions needed, no romance to worry about… But that could change over time, Aomine found this out the hard way.

"Satsuki, what am I going to do?"

"I don't know, Dai-chan…" Momoi frowned, petting Aomine's head which lay in her lap. She stared down at her childhood friend and looked away, biting her lip. "I told you that getting into such… relations could become 'dangerous' like that."

"Shut up." Aomine grumbled, glaring at the black TV screen. "It isn't really 'dangerous'." He stated, using air quotes as he looked up at his pink haired friend.

"I know." Momoi replied, smiling. "I kinda think it's cute."

"What?" Aomine narrowed his eyes, staring at Momoi suspiciously. "What's cute, exactly?"

"Oh, nothing." She sang, giggling to herself. Aomine blanched and sat up straight, grabbing the remote control. "Just that you find yourself falling for the very person you said you would never fall for."

"I knew you were going to say that." Aomine grumbled out, moving to the next cushion on the couch, away from Momoi. The girl pouted and scotched closer to Aomine, leaning her head on his shoulder. "Get away from me, yaoi."

"Hey, yaoi is love. Yaoi-"

"-Is life. I know, you've said it about a million times already." The dark skinned male drawled out, leaning his head back against the couch and stared at the ceiling. He briefly wondered how long it would take to count all the little dots on the ceiling, but decided against trying. "I'm going to see Kasamatsu tomorrow…" Aomine stated, unsure of if he was simply reminding himself or sharing the information with Momoi.

Momoi blinked and looked up from her cellphone. She hummed in thought and tilted her head to the side, "Are you going to tell him about your feelings?"

"I don't know."

"I think it's best if you do, Dai-chan," Momoi supplied, closing her cell and placing it on the coffee table in front of them. "You don't want to keep something important bottled up like that. You don't want it to go wrong in the end, right?"

"Right…" Aomine mumbled, not entirely paying attention to Momoi as he was absorbed with thinking what exactly he would tell Kasamatsu tomorrow.

Honestly, Aomine did not even know how he got into this… arrangement with the Kaijou captain. He knew at first all he felt was lust and desire and all that, but that was just him. He actually had no idea why Kasamatsu had agreed to it, he honestly did not seem like the person to be friends with him… with benefits, especially.

'Technically… Are we even friends?' The blue haired teen was beginning to question that part of the equation. He supposed it did not matter, in the end because sexual attraction was different than romantic, after all. The pair, before beginning whatever it was, had agreed that no feelings should come between them, mostly because Kasamatsu insisted that it would ruin things during games and such. Aomine had agreed, of course, because at the time, he had absolutely no romantic interest in Kasamatsu, it was simply… physical.

The dark skinned teenager groaned and rubbed his eyes, leaning forward as he forced himself to think of anything other than the black haired Kaijou captain that seemed to always occupy his thoughts. Momoi silently studied her friend and smiled slowly. "Don't worry, Dai-chan. I'm sure Kasamatsu-san feels the same way. I don't think he would go into this half-heartedly, right?"

"Yeah…" Aomine blinked, realizing that Momoi did have a minor point. After all, even though their relationship was physical, it still took Aomine a while to get Kasamatsu used to it. The older teen did not even let him touch him during their first meeting. It was odd, but kind of cute. 'Maybe it's the shit like that that I slowly started to like him…' Just thinking of the word like made Aomine's cheeks flush, causing him to sigh.

"Dai-chan," Momoi's soft voice calling him pulled him from his mind, and he blinked at her questioningly. "I'm gonna go home now! Don't forget to finish your homework." With a small smile, the cheery girl grabbed the few things she had brought with her to Aomine's house and skipped out of the living room, saying goodbye on her way out.

"Later." Aomine waved her off, wondering exactly what his homework was. He did not remember, since his mind had been occupied with other things at the time… "Shit." Aomine cursed, thinking that he was in some deep trouble – relationship wise.

Would his decision to tell Kasamatsu end badly? Or would it be the best decision that Aomine could possibly make?

The next day, Aomine woke up around 11:00 AM. Or, technically, he had woken up at 4:56, but he dozed off only to wake up nearly 40 minutes later. He continued the pattern of dozing off and waking up, until he finally and fully stayed awake at 11:00. He figured he might as well stay away since Kasamatsu was going to stop by around 2:00.

Aomine showered and got dressed, making himself look presentable. He glanced around his room, deciding that he may as well make his room presentable, as well. After he finished tidying up, Aomine went downstairs into the kitchen and found a note from his parents. His mother had left for work early in the morning and his father was busy catching criminals, being a cool, bad-ass cop right about now. The dark skinned teen tossed the note into the garbage and rummaged through the fridge for something light and easy to make.

After making his food, he ate it slowly, watching the minute hand tick away slowly, watching the seconds turn into minutes. Needless to say, waiting those three hours felt like waiting an entire day.

When the clock finally struck 2:00, Aomine got up and peered out the window, a sudden wave of nerves rushing through him. Beginning to have second thoughts, Aomine did not even notice the figure approaching his door, nor did he hear the faint scuffle of shoes on the steps until a loud, clear knock against his door sounded.

Aomine froze but quickly snapped out of it and went to the front door. He opened it and stared down at Kasamatsu, whose cheeks were flushed from the chilly air outside. For winter, it was quite cold out but at least there was no snow. Aomine let the older teen in and stared at the redness of Kasamatsu's nose, fighting the urge to kiss it. Now was not the time for that, he told himself. "Hey." Aomine greeted.

"Hey." Kasamatsu offered the taller male a small smile, taking his shoes off as well as un-wrapping the scarf from his neck. "You look tired." He commented, staring up at Aomine.

"Do I? I mean, I didn't sleep well…"

"What's wrong?" Kasamatsu asked, sounding worried. "You're being more talkative than usual, and I know that you're nervous and you need to tell me something important, I can sense it."

"You can?" Aomine could not help but be slightly impressed by that. He forgot about his nerves for a second, just taking in the shorter male's appearance. "But… I guess I do need to talk to you."

"I know." Kasamatsu replied simply, putting his jacket on the arm rest of the couch. He sat down and looked at Aomine expectantly. Aomine stared at him before cluing in. He took a seat next to the third year and cleared his throat. "Is it… about us?" Kasamatsu asked, peering at Aomine, looking quite curious and distraught at the same time.

"Yeah. Actually… I- I've been thinking that… This whole… benefits thing isn't going to work out."

"Oh, okay…" Kasamatsu nodded slowly, waiting patiently for Aomine to continue, once he noticed that Aomine seemed to be struggling to get something else out, as well.

Aomine continued, his cheeks darkening somewhat, "It's because… I've been feeling things I shouldn't be feeling… And the arrangement was that there was supposed to be no feelings at all, and-"

"That's what you're worried about?" Kasamatsu interrupted him, blinking in surprise. Aomine stopped and nodded dumbly, confused as to why Kasamatsu chuckled. "Did you really think you could go into this without feeling things, you idiot?" The raven haired teen reached up and patted Aomine's head, smiling.

"I know I said those things, but that was because I was a little bit more than wary of you, at first." Kasamatsu stated honestly, lowering his gaze from Aomine's royal blue orbs to his lap. "I just wanted to see if you knew what you wanted, coming into this…" He explained, looking back at Aomine.

"You… did?" Aomine was still having a hard time comprehending this, but at least it looked like Kasamatsu did not hate him, or run away from him. Or reject him harshly like he thought he would. Despite the result being kind of expected, Aomine realized that it was something the captain of Kaijou would do, giving who he was. "Wait… So you know I like you, right?" Aomine asked, frowning.

Kasamatsu nodded, "Yup." He replied. "And I… I like you, too. It wasn't at first but over time you just seemed to grow on me, despite your arrogant attitude." He quipped, smirking when Aomine huffed.

The first year looked away from Kasamatsu, the heat never leaving his face once, "Does that mean… We're together, or something?"

"… If you want to be." Kasamatsu answered, staring at Aomine curiously.

Aomine nodded quickly, the heat on his cheeks amplifying, "I want to be."

I was tempted to make this a two-part thing. Post the first part today (the top half between the space in the middle xD) and then the latter half tomorrow. But I decided against it, in the end. Obviously. (That way you get more AoKasa? Lol) Also, awkward and blushy Aomine is weird. But cute. 8D

~WinterAssassin~