Disclaimer: Kuroko no Basket is owned by Fujimaki Tadatoshi

Summary: It's Akashi's birthday and everyone decided to celebrate it and gave him gifts. Akashi asks for a special gift, though.

Setting: Second Year (Akashi V2 already showed up at the end of summer in their 2nd Year but for this story's sake please disregard it and have Akashi V1 instead.)

Pairing: AkaKuro

A/N: HAPPY BIRTHDAY AKASHI-KUN! I'm sorry that I was late T_T But hey, it's still Dec. 20 in some other part of the world, right? Right? So I'm not that late, okay?

Anyway, thanks: LyricoJ, asyadreamer09, kyaaaa-1095, Yugure Inari, Booklover2526, jessyjasmine.7, WrittenWhim, Maya-chan2007, Kuroshiroryuu, ResyaAfhirsa00018, ririnto, BlazeMary, Independent Not in Love, knb143, Sheen-chan, watercolour tears, Nox Pleiades, miki565 for the reviews! And I'm grateful for those who favorite and follow this story, too!

Day 6: The Red Emperor's Day

The Generation of Miracles and Momoi were inside their club's locker room patiently waiting for their red haired captain—who was having a meeting with Coach Sanada—since it was Akashi's birthday that day and decided to have a small gathering to celebrate his birthday.

"Was it okay to not organize a party?" Kise asked as he looked at his teammates that were sitting on the bench. They agreed to not inform the other members since Akashi doesn't want to make this day a big deal. Nijimura-senpai and the other third years were invited but they refused, saying that Akashi will appreciate it more if it was just them.

Aomine, who was sitting on the left side of the blond, clasped his hands together behind his head. "I don't think Akashi is the type to have a party in his birthday anyway."

"That reminds me," Momoi, who across from her childhood friend, said as she put her finger in her chin thoughtfully, "won't Akashi-kun celebrate his birthday with his family?"

"I already asked Akashi-kun and he said that his father isn't here because of a week-long business trip," Kuroko, who was beside the pink haired manager, answered.

Aomine's brows furrowed confusingly. "What kind of father doesn't celebrate his son's birthday?"

"Akashi's family matter aside," Midorima, who was leaning against the wall, said as he pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose. "Did all of you bring your gifts to Akashi?" he asked to which everyone nodded their head in affirmation. He turned to Murasakibara—who, for once, isn't eating any of his snacks and instead was holding a big white box in his lap. "How about the cake Murasakibara?"

"Perfect~" Murasakibara, who was sitting beside Kise, happily responded. "I got it from my favorite shop."

Kise glanced at the door worriedly. "Akashicchi is sure taking long."

Precisely after the blond said that, the door opened revealing the one they were waiting for. "Hello everyone," Akashi greeted when he saw his team waiting for him.

"Happy Birthday Akashi (Akashi-kun/Aka-chin~/Akashicchi)!" everyone cheerfully exclaimed (though some were neutral, namely Aomine and Midorima) in unison.

Akashi smiled at their greeting and sat beside the passing specialist. "Thank you everyone."

"I brought the cake Aka-chin~" Murasakibara said as he put the box that he was carrying on the table and carefully opened it showing a scrumptious looking strawberry shortcake with shiny red strawberries adorning it and even a marzipan made chibi version of themselves.

Kise's gold eyes glistened in awe as he stared at the cake especially the marzipan. "Wow! Is that us?"

"Yep~" Murasakibara said as he nodded and took out a bread knife he brought from his bag.

"It looks delicious Mukkun!" Momoi gushed as she snapped pictures of the cake in different angles.

Murasakibara hummed in contentment at the compliments and proceeded to cut a piece of cake with the Akashi marzipan and gave it to the red head.

Akashi thanked the purple head as he took the cake. "All of you didn't have to do this."

"We wanted to Akashi-kun," Kuroko said as he softly smiled to their captain. "Everyone wanted to celebrate Akashi-kun's birthday."

Akashi smiled back to the phantom player and took a bite of out of the cake. "This is good Murasakibara," he praised the team's center.

"I'm glad you like it Aka-chin~" Murasakibara said as he continued to cut the cake for everyone and was ignoring Aomine's complaint of wanting the biggest piece.

Everyone blissfully ate the strawberry shortcake with laughter and conversation in between along with Kise and Momoi taking pictures of everyone, most of it candid. After finishing the cake and everyone settling down, it was time for Akashi to open their presents.

"I'll go first!" Kise volunteered as he took a yellow paper bag and presented it to the red haired captain.

Akashi took a peek inside the bag and saw a couple of expensive polo shirts and cologne. And as expected of a model, it was from a famous brand and Kise must have known his tastes in clothes since it was something he would choose himself.

"My manager helped me buy those since they're all limited in stocks. I know Akashicchi can buy all these stuff anytime but it was the only thing I could come up with as a present that Akashicchi will like," Kise explained as he sheepishly scratched the back of his head.

"These are fine. Thank you Kise," Akashi said and placed the paper bag on the side.

"My turn~" Murasakibara said as he gave Akashi a white box with a purple ribbon tied around it. "You don't have to open it now Aka-chin. It's a sakura mochi shaped in some shogi pieces."

"I'll eat this later tonight then," Akashi said and set the purple head's present aside. "Thank you Murasakibara."

"You're welcome Aka-chin~"

Momoi took the initiative and handed her present that was enveloped in a pastel pink cover to the red head. "Here is mine!"

Akashi took the offered gift and carefully opened it. He smirked when he saw that it was a chess board with a color scheme of red and white. "I like it. Thank you Momoi."

Momoi smiled. "You're welcome Akashi-kun."

"I guess it's my turn now," Midorima said and gave Akashi a small box covered in a green wrapper. "It's a rare lucky item."

Aomine looked at the green head in bafflement. "Seriously? Out of all things, you decided to give a lucky item as a present?"

Midorima glared at Aomine. "It's a lucky item that any Sagittarius will like."

"Still, a lucky item?"

Akashi ignored Aomine's protests and proceeded to unwrapped Midorima's gift. His red eyes slightly widened in surprise when he saw that it was a golden pocket watch with small diamonds crusted in a circle on the lid.

"Wow!" Kise exclaimed in astonishment as everyone stared at the pocket watch in amazement. "Is that real diamonds?"

Midorima complacently pushed his glasses on the top of his nose. "Of course. Why would I choose a gift that has fake diamonds?"

It doesn't have to include diamonds, you know, Kise thought as he sweatdropped.

"Isn't it expensive Midorin?" Momoi asked, still staring at the watch and watched as the diamonds glittered when reflected with light.

"Not that much. I have connections," Midorima said in ambiguity and self-assuredly crossed his arms.

Everyone—with the exception of Akashi and Kuroko—eyed the green head dryly at his arrogance. Akashi opened the lid to inspect it and saw a mark of a famous Swiss manufacturer embedded on it. Midorima must have put a lot of effort in finding this, Akashi thought and smiled at the green haired shooting guard. "Thank you Midorima."

"No problem," Midorima said as he fiddled with a teru teru bozu—his lucky item for the day—with his left hand.

Momoi turned to her childhood friend across from her, who was slouching on the bench. "It's your turn now Aomine-kun."

Aomine sighed and straightened up to hand Akashi a white paper bag. "Here."

Akashi raised an eyebrow as he took the bag uncertainly since it was unlike of Aomine to ever bother preparing a gift. He opened the bag and took out its content. Everyone stared wide-eyed at Aomine's gift which was a gravure magazine with Horikita Mai on the cover wearing a skimpy Santa Claus outfit.

"It's the Christmas special edition of Mai-chan's photobook!" Aomine unreservedly informed his teammates. "It was supposed to be mine but I decided to just give it to Akashi."

Momoi, after finally snapping out of her stupor, whacked the blue haired ace upside the head with a paper fan. "That's not the point! You don't give gravure magazines as a present especially to someone like Akashi-kun," she scolded.

Aomine rubbed his head as he glared at the pink head. "What? Every guy needs it."

Kise gave the blue head a wry look. "Not everyone is a pervert like you Aominecchi."

"I'm not a pervert!"

"It's fine. I never expected much from Aomine anyway," Akashi interjected as he put the magazine back inside the paper bag. "Since Aomine gave me a special edition of his favorite magazine as a gift perhaps I should thank you by undergoing into my special Christmas training menu." He gave the ace a devilish smile. "Would you like that Aomine?"

Aomine paled as his jaw dropped open in shock. "Wha—wait, Akashi! It was a joke! That wasn't your real gift!"

"Stop making excuses Aomine," Midorima sardonically said.

"I'm not!" Aomine yelled and whirled towards his locker to take out a dark blue wrapped box. "This is my real gift!" he said and thrust it to the red head.

Kuroko stared at the box in doubt. "Aomine-kun didn't put something of devious inside, right?"

"I didn't!" Aomine shouted when he saw that everyone was looking at him disbelievingly. "I swear! Open it Akashi!"

Akashi carefully opened the box and saw a beautiful dark colored kimono that was constructed with the finest silk. And it doesn't seem to be an ordinary kimono either since it was beautifully crafted than an ordinary one. He should know he has several of them.

"See? It's a normal present," Aomine said smugly.

"Where did you get this Aominecchi?" Kise asked as he stared at the kimono, even some of his kimono were not of this caliber.

Aomine shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly. "My mom have it custom made."

"Oh!" Momoi said as she clapped her hands when she remembered Aomine's mother talking to her grandmother, who was knowledgeable when it comes to kimonos. "So that's why Auntie was asking Grandma about kimonos."

"Well, this is a surprise," Akashi said as he runs a finger through the kimono in fascination," to have Aomine give me a wonderful gift." He paid no heed to Aomine's grumble of "Hey, what's that supposed to mean?!" and placed the blue head's present along with the others. He turned to the phantom player beside him. "It's your turn now Kuroko."

Kuroko blinked in surprise but nonetheless handed the red head his present that was covered in a light blue wrapper tied with a black ribbon. "It's not as expensive as the others but I hope Akashi-kun will like it."

"It doesn't matter, if it's from Kuroko I'm sure I will like it," Akashi said as he smiled and unwrapped the present with care. The corner of his mouth curved upward in a smile when he saw that the gift was three novels from his favorite authors and was surprised to find out that all of it was signed by the authors.

Kuroko noticed that Akashi saw that it was autographed by the novelists and explained it. "My mother has some contacts to the publishing houses that distributed this novels and kindly asked her to have the authors signed it."

"That was very thoughtful of you Kuroko," Akashi said as he warmly patted the teal head on the head. "Thank you."

Kuroko doesn't seem to mind Akashi's action, more like he was actually enjoying it, relishing the affectionate gesture and with his eyes closed said, "You're welcome Akashi-kun."

"Was today fun Akashicchi?" Kise asked the red haired captain.

Akashi nodded his head. "Yes, it was. I'm very grateful to everyone for celebrating it with me."

"Did Aka-chin liked our presents or is there something you want?" Murasakibara asked while eating his favorite Maiubo.

"No, I like all of your gifts…although there is something I want…" Akashi trailed off and gazed at the passing specialist that was looking at him confusingly with his cerulean eyes and his head slightly tilted to the side.

"What is it Akashi-kun?" Kuroko asked, noticing that the red head was staring intently at him.

Akashi smirked as leaned closer towards the teal head. "I want a kiss from Kuroko."

Kuroko blinked. "Eh?"

"W-What?!" Kise and Momoi both spluttered while Midorima just sighed, Murasakibara unfazed and kept eating his Maiubo and Aomine was engrossed in reading the Christmas edition of Horikita Mai's photobook oblivious to his surroundings.

"Just a kiss in the cheek," Akashi specified when he saw a hint of uneasiness clouding Kuroko's face. "It's alright if you don't want to do it."

Kuroko averted his eyes from Akashi's ruby red ones since he couldn't Akashi keenly gazing at him. "If I do it will that make Akashi-kun happy?"

"Yes, very," Akashi replied while waiting for the phantom player's decision.

Kuroko nodded his head resolutely. "Okay then, I'll do it."

"Are you sure? I'm not forcing you or anything."

"I'm sure Akashi-kun."

"Alright."

Kuroko took a deep breath before leaning towards the red head mindful of the intense stare that Akashi is giving him. He stopped a few centimeters from Akashi. "Akashi-kun, please close your eyes. It's awkward if Akashi-kun keeps staring at me," he whisperingly asked.

Akashi lightly chuckled at that but did as he was requested and closed his eyes, smiling a little.

Kuroko took another deep breath, closed the gap between them and gently pressed his lips to the red head's left cheek, aware of everyone's penetrating gaze on him (even Aomine, who stopped reading for a while to watch the scene unfold). He moved back as swiftly as he can when he was done, slightly flushed.

"That was quick," Akashi commented and smirked when he saw that the teal head was blushing. He leaned closer to Kuroko to tenderly caress his red cheek and before Kuroko had a chance to react, he promptly kissed the phantom player on the corner of his lips. "Thank you for that Kuroko," he whispered to Kuroko's ear.

Ah, I guess I overdid it, Akashi thought when he saw Kuroko was frozen in his spot, his face all red and was close to fainting.

"So sly Akashicchi! So sly!" Kise cried as he bit the corner of his handkerchief in envy, watching the captain and sixth man being all lovey-dovey in front of everyone while Momoi was lost in her own world and was absentmindedly uttering "…kiss…Tetsu-kun…" over and over again. Midorima was watching the snow fall through the window and Aomine returned to reading his magazine.

"We should have taken a picture~" Murasakibara mentioned, already finished his Maiubo and was opening one packet of potato chips.

The purple head's remark broke Kuroko out of his trance and evenly said, "Please, don't."

"How about taking a picture of everyone?" Akashi suggested to which everyone agreed and took their places after Momoi set up the camera.

Akashi was sitting on the bench with Kuroko on his right side and Momoi hugging the teal head's right arm while Kise was behind her making a peace sign and beside him was Aomine grinning and then Midorima, who was straightening his glasses with his right hand while the other hand was holding the teru teru bozu and lastly Murasakibara, who was munching his potato chips.

The camera flashed capturing the moment of happiness and tranquility of everyone as they all smiled, having enjoyed celebrating their captain's birthday.

A/N: The ending was a bit rushed, I'll get back to it...someday...or maybe not...