Imperfect match // Daiki Aomine (Kuroko no Basuke)

10. Hooking up

"Satori!" Kise shouts, grabbing her wrist. "Come with me! Sorry guys, I'm just stealing her for a bit."

As she is being pulled away, she stares at Aomine with a sorry grin. She wanted to know more about him and Akiko was doing all the work for her. His cold stare reappearing, she feels deflated.

Walking through the people standing and chatting in the narrow corridor, Kise's grip tightens as he doesn't want to lose her.

"Kise! You're hurting me." His grip suddenly relaxes without letting go and once out of the mob, he turns to her with soft eyes.

"Sorry! I'm so sorry! I just didn't want to leave you behind."

"Where are we going?" She asks, rubbing her soar wrist.

"Two beers man." He says to a guy pulling drinks out of the fridge.

"I already have one. Aomine got me one."

"Oh he did?" He stays quiet for a second, clearly thinking about Aomine. Is he going to be competition? He's up for the challenge. He always wins.

Softly taking her hand in his this time, instead of her wrist, he leads her upstairs.

"Kise." She pulls him mid way up the stairs. She's not stupid and is being cautious even though he has been lovely lately. She's learnt her lessons over the years. "Where are we going?"

He stares at her, incredulous before the penny drops.

"Oh no! No, no, no! I wouldn't. We're not going to my room! Oh my god! I'm not that kind of guy!"

"I still don't know where we're going." She adds seriously stood solidly on the stairs.

"Sorry, we have a games room with foosball and pool. I just wanted to play with you."

"Okay." She follows him cautiously and they enter a large room, full of people gathered around games.

"See?"

"Yes."

"Good! I'm sorry if I scared you."

"I wasn't scared, just cautious."

"Of course." He answers understandingly.

They play pool and, once she relaxes, she has a great time, chatting with people she's never met before. The atmosphere makes her drop her guard and she drinks more than she would usually.

Her drink is finished and Kise is busy messing around with his housemates, so she decides to venture around ending up in the doorway of a very busy kitchen. There's no chance she will manage her way to the drinks but she notices Aomine next to them.

"Aomine!" She waits but he's in a full conversation with a few guys. They are really noisy. "Aomine!!!!!" Still no answer and just as the room quiets down for some unknown reason, she shouts. "Hey! Boyfriend!!"

He turns to her straight away, like most people in the room and she gets attention she was not looking for. It feels to her like she's in a comedy show and she scoffs uncontrollably, making him smile.

"Can I have a beer please?" He grabs one and squeezes through the crowd to pass it to her, stretching his arm above a few heads. "Thanks." She smiles.

"You're welcome."

Returning to his friends, he gets looks and, as she leaves, she can hear the teasing. This is amusing.

"Boyfriend? BOYFRIEND?!?"

"Who was that?"

"None of your business." He says calmly.

"Come on man! You didn't say you had a girlfriend! She's..."