“That damn pipsqueak...” grumbled Kagami, holding onto his school bag over his shoulder as he slowly walked towards Seirin high school’s main gate. “With his perpetual expressionlessness, you would think he doesn’t cause trouble to anyone... But there he is! Stuffing basketballs on my body during important practice matches because he can’t keep it in his pants... I don’t even get how his curse took on such ways!? Shouldn’t he have become completely invisible or something along those lines!?”
“K-Kagami-chan!!” suddenly called a familiar male voice, though the tone used to say his name was far less aggressive and grumpy than it usually sounded like. When Kagami took a closer look to the front gate, he could find Aomine there, right in the middle of the open exit. His face, however, was unusually smeared with red in the midst of his tanned features, his body taking on a stance that lacked the usual self-confidence of his panther-like self. “Um... Ah... C-Can I talk with you for a little bit...?”
“...” The hand holding onto the school bag falling from on top of his shoulder to the side of his body, Kagami carefully observed Aomine, his chest being once again painfully squeezed at the sight. Aomine was, most likely, resorting to his help so that he could confess to the very same pipsqueak that a couple of hours ago was sporting a boner because of another guy. “S-Sure. What do you want to talk about?”
“U-Um... The thing is...” started Aomine, his fingers fiddling around with the hem of his school jacket as he averted looking directly to Kagami. Closing his eyes tightly and grabbing into his clothes like the words he was about to throw could only exit his vocal cords if he had some external help or safety blanket around, he opened his mouth and yelled at the top of his lungs. “P-Please go on a date with me, Kagami-chan!!!”
“...”
W-What the hell is this situation supposed to be...?, inwardly started freaking out Kagami, his body completely frozen in place as his flabbergasted red eyes continued locked on Aomine, who was slightly bowing his head down at him. Aomine... asked me out on a date? Huh? Just... what the heck...!? Did his brain completely fry while he tried to think up a way to confess to Kur— ...Wait... Is he asking me on a date so that he can know what to do and how he should act when he asks Kuroko to go on a date with him...? Is he using me as a... trial date?
“Ah... I-I guess...” hesitantly answered Kagami, rubbing the back of his neck as he averted making eye contact with Aomine. Even though he knew he was being used, why was he feeling so damn guilty over his acknowledgement to participate in this plan? Why was he feeling so freaking happy over the prospect of going on a date with Aomine when he knew that such a place wasn’t meant for him, but for Kuroko? “I-It’s not like I have anything to do today so... I can t-tag along with you...”
“Really!?” cheerfully yelped Aomine, bursting into a furious run towards Kagami and taking a hold of his hands. His face got so close to Kagami’s that he could feel the soft breath tickling his skin. “You’ll go on a date with me, Kagami-chan!? Really really!?”
“I...” Kagami tried to speak but he was forced to swallow down his words as he felt his whole face starting to heat up at the extreme lack of space between his face and Aomine’s. Did his girl version never hear of freaking personal space!? “I... already said I would, didn’t I?”
“Yay~” Pulling his upper body back to a straight standing position, Aomine gave a quick jump and twirled his body around, his arms open as he happily walked back to outside of the school. “What are you waiting for then, Kagami-chan? Let’s get going and party around town like crazy~”
Releasing a soft sigh, Kagami took a better hold to his school bag, a grip so strong that his knuckles turned pure white, and started following right behind the ecstatic tanned male (if he could really be addressed with such gender right now).
-.-
Throughout the whole evening, since the moment classes ended to well past dinner time, both Kagami and Aomine paced around the town centre, visiting the most varied of places that they mutually agreed to be on the date-ish side.
Entering a couple of clothes stores (it embarrassed the heck out of Kagami when Aomine dragged him into a female underwear shop and started putting bra after bra on top of his bust, asking him which one looked the best on his flat – albeit muscular – chest), went to take a quick bite inside of a karaoke and started a noisy competition over who could make the other crack up with laughter first by singing ridiculous songs (Aomine had won by singing AKB48’s “LOVE TRIP” through the means of exaggerated dancing movements, most likely brought forward by his girl persona) and then went to enjoy some more food, completely forgetful over the unhealthy snacks that they add devoured while singing, in a more classy coffee store (Kagami was honestly surprised of how much Aomine – girl version – liked to devour cake slices and other pastries, pretty much in a similar fashion to what he did with teriyaki hamburgers).
“Ahh~ I am so full that I think that my stomach is going to burst~!” cheerfully announced Aomine, stretching his arms over his head as they stepped outside of the coffee shop.
“And my wallet is extremely empty due to your bursting stomach...” sighed Kagami, rolling his eyes around. “Really, who the heck invites someone on a date and then halfway runs out of money?”
“But a date is something done between two people,” pointed out Aomine, dropping his arms to the sides of his body and puckering his lips in dissatisfaction over Kagami’s words. “I think it’s only fair if both pay for the expenses made.”
“Go invite someone else on a date with that mentality and you won’t get to waste a single yen,” grumbled Kagami, crossing his arms over his chest as he sideways looked at Aomine. “They will tell you to take a hike before you get to spend any money.”
“I don’t necessarily plan on going on dates with anyone except you...” softly whispered Aomine, turning his face on the opposite direction from where Kagami was standing.
“If you are the one doing the invitation, then it’s gentlemanly on your behalf to be the one affording all the expenses by you and your date,” explained Kagami, completely oblivious to Aomine’s previous words as he continued educating him on the arts of dating – not that he had that much experience himself. “It’s etiquette to do so, okay? Or else, they will think you are just a hoodlum hunting chicks to get some. Got it?”
“Yeeees~” grudgingly acknowledged Aomine, rolling his eyes around at Kagami’s admonishments. Really, just how stupid could Bakagami get, he wondered...? “Then, let’s go to one more place before the end of the date!”
“Where to?” asked Kagami, trying not to show his excitement over the date not having reached its ending just yet. Which was pretty stupid of him seeing as this date wasn’t even a real one but a ‘study trip’ that would help Aomine confess to Kuroko. He was seriously starting to wonder if he was just as masochistic as Kise was or if he was simply so in love with Aomine that he would forgive him even if he was being used in such a cruel and heartbreaking way, actually feeling happy over knowing that Aomine would finally confess his long-lasting love for Kuroko to the person himself.
“Hehe~ Where do you think?” asked back Aomine, a happy grin showing on his features, sending his dark blue eyes alight with joy. “Bakagami-chan, just come!”
“W-Wait...!” yelped Kagami when Aomine grabbed his hand and started pulling him along, both of them quickly running towards the packed late evening streets of the town centre of that area of Tokyo. Nothing more could he say or ask, just simply run through the crowd while holding Aomine’s hand – not giving a care about surprised long glances and giggles from the onlookers.
After a good 20 minutes running around through the streets, both of them reached an extremely familiar area to either of the two.
This is... haa... the court where we first met..., inwardly reminisced Kagami, panting hard after the frenzied run around the town centre. After a long sigh to try to steady his breathing rhythm and shake off his tiredness, he straightened his body and looked over to Aomine, who was seemingly doing the same while facing backwards at him.
“Ah... Um... K-Kagami-chan!!” yelled Aomine all of a sudden, his voice unusually flustered. When he hastily turned his body around and looked at Kagami, his cheeks were slightly smeared in red, even with his tanned features masking the colouring.
“Y-Yes!” awkwardly acknowledged Kagami, his body jumping at being called out of the blue and immediate straightening into a stiff position.
“Um... Ah... I...” hesitantly started Aomine, his hands tightly gripping into the hem of his school uniform jacket once again, his gaze lowered to the floor out of sheer embarrassment over what he wanted to say at that moment. “I... What I mean is... You see... I... Ugh... I l-like you...! I’m in love with you! P-Please go out with me!”
“...” Kagami remained completely frozen at hearing that completely unexpected love confession. However, instead of feeling happy at hearing it, all he felt was a soul-shattering squeeze on his chest, his heart being cruelly torn apart at the sound of those words. “Ahh... Yes...”
“...!” Aomine readily lifted his gaze from the ground when he heard those soft grumbles, his dark blue eyes excitedly looking over to Kagami and a joyful smile on his lips. However, it was bound to fall back to the pits of disappointment and rejection when he saw Kagami massaging the back of his neck, a pained expression on his features as he avoided looking over in his direction.
“If you just correct that money thingy of yours and maintain all of the rest, I’m sure that everything will go well for you when you go on a date and confess to Kuroko, breaking your curse with it,” acknowledged Kagami, every single word coming out of his mouth tasting so very bitter and foul. “Yeah, I’m sure it will go well. So, first thing tomorrow, just go over to Kuroko and ask him on a date just like you did with me as a trial. He will go along with it if it’s— you...”
“Gh...” Painfully biting his lower lip, a clear river of tears ran down Aomine’s cheeks from his saddened blue eyes, his features showing a clear deep blow given to him on an emotional level. Clenching his hands into tight fists, he yelled, “You are such a big, fat idiot, Bakagami-chan!! I hate you!! I never want to see you again in my whole life, you stupid musclehead!!!!!”
“Eh...? Ah, wai—“ tried to call Kagami when the crying tanned male hastily turned around on his heels and started running out of the basketball court, one of his hands trying to clean the tears streaming down from his eyes. “A-Aomine...!”
Ehhhhh...? Just... What the heck is going on here?
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