Imperfect match // Daiki Aomine (Kuroko no Basuke)

27. My heart is taken

Momoi introduces Satori to her friends and she realises that they all are volleyball players she played against on a couple of occasions.

This is nice, but she has a hunk waiting for her and she is horny as hell as she was so close to close the deeds.

"Well it was lovely to meet you." She says taking the opportunity that Momoi is distracted to slip away.

There is something a little odd about Momoi tonight, and Aomine.

Returning to their spot, she finds him still sitting on the sand, his arms wrapping his knees, looking at the glistening ocean.

"I'm glad you didn't disappear." She says sitting next to him.

Kagami is now torn. But he has been thinking about it while he was alone and this is the only outcome that he thinks he can feel completely comfortable with.

"I said I'd wait." He says smiling, leaning his elbow on his knee.

"Shall we resume where we were?" She asks already excited about what they are going to do and wondering where they will sneak away to have sex. No way she's doing it on the sand.

Looking down, he nervously taps his his fingers in the palm of his hand, his expression irresolute.

"Satori..."

"Yeah?" She answers suspiciously. She can tell something is off.

"Even though I would absolutely love to enjoy this evening more intimately with you, I can't."

"Excuse me? Are you not feeling well?"

"I'm fine. I just don't feel that it would be right."

"Why is that?"

"You came with Aomine and I should have known there was something going on."

She chuckles.

"Really? Aomine and I have been messing with each other but nothing happened."

"I know."

"You know? So you talked to him. So you know there's nothing going on. And by the way I'm not desperate here, I just want to understand why the change of heart."

"I didn't think you were desperate. I just don't feel like this is something I should be doing to a friend. He may still hope to... you know and I'm in the way."

"Did you ask him?"

"I don't have to. It's obvious he wants you."

"I don't know... after what happened today, I feel like our friendship is the most important to him."

"I think you're the most important to him, regardless if it's as a friend, a friend with benefit, a lover or a... I mean... I'm just making assumptions here based on what I've seen."

What was he about to say?

"So why suddenly? What happened between then and now. We were about to..."

"Nothing." He says trying to look relaxed. "Me, the ocean, the clear night. That made me think and realise a few things."

"Well, I won't say I'm not disappointed."

"Yeah. It goes both ways."

"But I understand. I don't want you to feel uncomfortable."

"I'm glad you do. Are we good?"

"Yeah! Where is he anyway?"

"He was too drunk, he walked back to the villa."

"He usually can hold his liquor, I don't understand why he'd drink so much. Maybe those girls he was with made him."

"Maybe." He says knowing pertinently that he was trying to drown his sorrow in alcohol.