It's Always Been You

I Have To Tell You Something

Takao's POV

The dismissal bell rang and I began collecting my stuff. Everyone slowly filed out of the classroom doors. I got up and started walking towards my locker. I fumbled with the combination until my locker popped open. I put away my school supplies and grabbed my practice bag. I felt a tap on my shoulder, I turned around to see Midorima standing with a yo-yo bobbing up and down.
"Ready for practice Shin-Chan?" I smiled he had his bag slung across his shoulder.
"Of course." He pushed his glasses up higher on the bridge of his nose. I hated when he did that, because it drove me mad. I could feel my face getting warmer so I began walking towards the gym. Midorima quickly followed behind me.

*time skip, in the gym*

Midorima's POV

We walked through the gym doors and into the locker room. I set my things down after Takao tossed his bag to the ground. His smile was so cute. I sat down and began carefully unwrapping my fingers. I watched Takao out of the corner of my eye. His shirt slowly slipped off revealing his chest and fit body. His hands carefully unbuttoned what was keeping his pants on. He bent over and began to slip his legs out of the cloth cage. I felt my face warm up and I quickly realized I had finished unwrapping my hand and that I was obliviously staring right at Takao. Shit. I really hope he didn't notice me staring, I'm a fucking pervert I just got distracted, oh god. Why does he have to be so good looking.

Takao's POV

I unbuttoned my pants and slipped them off. Out of the corner of my eye I could see Midorima looking my direction. Our eyes met for a brief second when he looked away quickly. Was he staring at me? I saw the light pink dusting his cheeks, I slowly felt myself blush in the same way. I threw my clothes on as he tore out of his school outfit. I tried not to admire his beautiful body but it was impossible. I felt like time had stopped. I tied my basketball shoes and stood up as he was finished getting ready. Is it possible that Midorima likes me back?  We walk out of the locker room, avoiding eye contact I ran up to the line of our teammates and began to stretch. Our coach blew a whistle and we began running back and forth touching the gym floor at each end. Midorima was a bit faster than me but I managed to keep up.
After a long while of doing warmups everyone was covered in a thin layer of sweat. Practice was always really hard but it's part of what makes us a better team.
"Okay, listen up! I'm going to split you up into groups and you'll work on passing and shooting. We'll rotate groups after 10 minutes!"  The coach began to split us up into two groups. I was sad to find out I wasn't on Midorima's team but I knew the teams would be changed after 10 minutes. We began dribbling and running around passing the ball to each other. The way this worked was we couldn't shoot the ball until everyone had passed to each other. So after a long while of passing the ball we scored the first point.

Midorima's POV

Takao's team scored the first point and seeing his wide smile made everything worth it. I didn't want to score a single basket if it meant I could see his smile. Although I quickly snapped out of it as a ball touched my hands for the second time, I knew this meant it was time to shoot. I shot a three pointer and of course made it into the hoop effortlessly.
A loud whistle blew and we realized it had been 10 minutes. Both teams scored three hoops. Takao and I were put on the same team and we knew that we were going to win, now I get to see his smile when I shoot a basket.

*time skip, after practice*

I wiped my forehead and realized that I was actually sweaty, I usually don't get so into practice but seeing Takao smile made me want to shoot as many baskets as I could. We were all in the locker room, we all changed back into whatever outfit we had in our bags. Everyone began to leave including Takao and I.
"How about I walk you home today?" I looked at Takao who was surprised as that was out of my way.
"Uh, sure. I would love that but you really don't have to." He stuttered and I watched him fidget with his bag.
"I want to." I hoped I didn't sound too weird about it. I honestly just wanted to spend more time with him. We walked out together as usual and walked down the busy street. It was beginning to get darker out. We walked in silence which wasn't completely out of the ordinary but the air felt tense. We got to the park which was essentially the midway point between our houses. We both stopped walking.

"I have to tell you something"
"I have to tell you something"

We both spoke at the same time. Our eyes widened. "You go first." I said as we sat down at a bench.
"No you should, really." Takao pleaded and I could tell he was scared to say what he wanted to say. I was scared too. I honestly wasn't sure where it came from anyways, I never thought about telling Takao how I felt but I wanted to.
"How about we both say it on 3" I looked up at him. He nodded slowly. I counted to three on my fingers as we both let out the words we were holding back.

"I like you!"
"I have a crush on you!"

We both sat in silence for a while. Takao likes me back? I should make a move. But what if he wants to take things slow?

Takao's POV

I could feel my heart racing, Midorima liked me back, me! I could barely stay still and I looked up to see his hand moving towards me. I looked him in the eyes as I shivered at his touch. His soft hand gently touched my jaw, tilting my face upwards I knew what was about to happen. Our faces leaned into each other's and his lips met mine. It was just a small peck but I wanted more. I closed my eyes and reconnected our mouths. I let my hands touch his neck. His lips were so soft. Everything around us froze. My heart was beating so hard and I had never felt so happy. His lips slowly pulled away from mine and I accidentally let out a small whine.
"Now now Takao. Don't get needy" he whispered into my ear and I felt myself go red.
"Does this mean you'll be my boyfriend?" I looked up at him.
"Yes Kazunari. I wouldn't kiss just anybody." He called me by my first name and it made my heart jump. Shintaro Midorima was mine. I smiled and looked up to see a returned smile. I was suddenly pulled up off of the bench and given another kiss. I could barely stand out of excitement. I could feel my eyes begin to water.
"What's wrong? Are you okay?" Shintaro looked at me and wiped a fallen tear off of my face.
"I just don't think I've ever been so happy." I smiled and hugged my now boyfriend.

—authors note, hi! I hope you enjoyed the second part of this MidoTaka fanfic. Just a warning the next chapter will contain mention of SH but will mainly be fluff and happy MidoTaka things besides that! Thank you for reading!