A/N: I was so surprised by how well-received the first chapter was. Thank you all so much, especially to my reviewers clariecandy, kiminarimasu, AYMK00, arfrph, LibertyBell.047, Haninozuka Mitsukuni, The 17th Requiem, setsuko teshiba, FalteredGAIT, ben4kevin, StupidMeong, Yuu3, Bommie, Shirasu, Guest (1), j3nny24, bumbelbee94, saphire644, ittaessue, SelfcreatedCharacter, Guest (2), Evil Lady Red, NenePasciele, KitsuneNaru, Misaki27, Stargazer Strut, xXxOtAkU-444xXx, Riku Yamato, Kiseu, dawn is infinite, Stardust Dreams, and Makkenji. And how many of you watched the Olympics Opening Ceremony? Go Olympics 2012!
Anyways, now for the highly awaited second chapter. I hope that it meets your expectations! And now, without further ado, let the (chaos-filled) date begin~
Summary: When Aomine accidentally steals Kuroko's first kiss, he must 'take responsibility', aka take Kuroko out on a date. But when the rest of the Generation of Miracles and the Seirin basketball team find out, there's no doubt that the date will be anything but normal.
Disclaimer: All the awesome characters of Kuroko no Basket belong to Tadatoshi Fujimaki. I do not own or claim to own anything.
The Date Plan
"My bad, Tetsu." Aomine said as he jogged up to Kuroko. "Did you have to, uh...wait long?" He asked, awkwardly scratching his head.
"Good morning, Aomine-kun." Kuroko said. "It's okay, I had just arrived here myself."
"So where did you want to go today?" Aomine asked, trying and failing to sound casual. "You know...for our date?"
"I already have a place in mind. How does the zoo sound, Aomine-kun?" Kuroko asked, cocking his head to the side. "There is an exhibit there that I had wanted to see."
"Yeah, sure, whatever." Aomine mumbled. "I'm good with anything."
"Alright, shall we go then?" Aomine grunted his consent and made sure to keep a relatively safe distance behind Kuroko before following.
"We can't leave Kurokocchi alone with Aominecchi!" Kise exclaimed. "Who knows what he would do to poor, defenseless Kurokocchi?"
"That stupid Dai-chan," Momoi said. "Wait until I get my hands on him!"
"Who said that we're leaving the two of them alone?" Akashi said. He snapped his fingers. "Atsushi, Shintaro, let's go." Without another word, the two aforementioned members of the Generation of Miracles followed their leader as he took off after Kuroko and Aomine.
Hyuuga sighed. "Well, now that we found out who Kuroko's date is, we have no other reason to be here, right?" He turned to walk off. "Let's go to my house now, everyone. The rest of the team is probably wondering where we are." He paused in midstep when he realized that no one was following him. "Riko? Izuki? Teppei? Kagami?"
Hyuuga faltered when he saw the eerie smile on Riko's face. "What? Leave now and miss the chance to ruin...I mean support Kuroko-kun from the sidelines?" She asked, chuckling in a manner reminiscent of Akashi's just a few moments ago.
"We can't miss Kuroko-kun's first date now, can we?" Izuki's smile was just as unsettling as Riko's.
"Sorry, senpai. This is too good of a chance to miss." Kagami added. He too had a wicked smile on his face.
"Yeah, let's go have fu~n," Kiyoshi hummed contently.
"...Why do I even bother?" Hyuuga sighed as he reluctantly followed his troublesome teammates on their self-proclaimed mission.
"The tiger exhibit?"
"That's where they're going next?"
"Aominecchi's not really romantic, is he?" Kise mused.
"As least he hasn't tried anything suspicious yet," Riko said. "I won't forgive him if he lays a hand on our precious Kuroko-kun!"
"Shhh! I hear them speaking!" Momoi said.
After going through several other exhibits, Aomine was beginning to relax and actually enjoy the date. He glanced over to his companion who was staring intently at the animals. "You like tigers, Tetsu?" Aomine asked.
"Not really." Came Kuroko's deadpan reply. "I just thought they would be interesting. Besides, they kind of remind me of Kagami-kun. Don't you think so, Aomine-kun?"
Kagami couldn't resist flashing a smug smile at the rest of the assembled members. "Ha! Looks like Kuroko thinks more highly of me than that Ahomine!"
Riko rolled her eyes. "Don't let that inflate your ego too much, Bakagami."
Akashi merely smirked. "Careful, Daiki. Your jealous side is showing."
Aomine's hands tightened on the metal railing at the mention of Kuroko's new partner. "Oh, really?" He growled out. "Just 'cuz his name's also Tiger?"
"Hm, something like that." Kuroko seemed to think for a moment. "I have always thought of tigers as really powerful and graceful animals." Cue Kagami's smug look. "But then again, Kagami-kun is surprisingly timid." Kuroko continued in the same thoughtful tone. "He was so afraid of #2 when I first brought him over. Actually, I think he's still scared of him." He shook his head. "No, I suppose that their names are the only similarity they share."
It was difficult for Aomine to hide his own self-satisfied smirk. Hah! Take that, Bakagami! "Heh, guess you're right, Tetsu." He said, nearly gloating.
Kagami's face transformed into that of a raging wildebeest. "Kagamicchi..." Kise tried hard to suppress his laughter. "...Your face."
"Please. You look like a deranged chipmunk of some sort." Midorima stated bluntly.
"Oh, don't let it get to you." Riko said, sounding not the least bit sorry. "It's not like your ego was injured or anything." Oh, revenge was sweet.
"Look, Aomine-kun." Kuroko said, gesturing. "The penguin exhibit is over there." He suddenly reached over to take Aomine's hand, intent on bringing the taller teen over to the other exhibit.
Four things happened simultaneously when Kuroko took Aomine's hand: Aomine's face turned beet red, Kise and Momoi let out simultaneous screams, Akashi's eyes flashed, and the Seirin basketball team seemed to suddenly flare up with renewed fighting spirits.
"Daiki, I believe I've taught you not to touch other people's properties so carelessly." Akashi said darkly, snapping his scissors open.
In any other situation, Riko would have corrected Akashi (it was actually Kuroko who took Aomine's hand, not the other way around), but she was too busy burning up as well. "Hands off Kuroko-kun!" She hissed, digging her nails into the tree they were hiding behind. "He belongs to Seirin!"
"The hell? Get your hands off my partner, you bastard!" Kagami growled.
Hyuuga's glasses flashed ominously, his clutch mode suddenly kicking in. "When's our next match with Touou? I don't care if we can't use Misdirection Overflow against them again, we're going to crush them."
Izuki sweatdropped at the sight of everyone's fighting spirits burning to the max. "Uhm, everyone? They left for the penguin exhibit already..."
"Does anyone have any snacks?" Murasakibara suddenly asked, as indifferent as ever. "I'm out of chips."
"Penguins are really interesting animals." Kuroko commented, munching on some peanuts that Aomine had bought them earlier. (Aomine was reminded eerily of Murasakibara for a moment) "They spend half of their lives in water and half on land, but they are still unable to fly. And their color reminds me a bit of #2."
"...They're black and white, Tetsu." Aomine said bluntly.
"Both of their color scheme is very similar." Kuroko said.
Watching Kuroko chew absentmindedly away at the rest of the peanuts, Aomine was suddenly hit with the urge to take Kuroko's hand again. But when he shuffled a little closer to Kuroko and discreetly tried to do it—take Kuroko's free hand, that is—a penguin plushie flew out from nowhere and nailed him right in the head.
"What the hell?" Aomine whirled around and immediately tried to locate the perpetrator, but there seemed to be no one else around.
"Nice throw, Akashicchi!" Kise cheered silently from behind the bushes they were currently hiding in.
Akashi smirked. "That will teach Daiki not to touch Tetsuya so easily."
"That was a close one, Aka-chin." Murasakibara said, somehow managing to produce a bag of candy from seemingly out of nowhere. "Mine-chin almost caught us."
Meanwhile, Midorima was lamenting over the loss of his lucky item of the day. "...My lucky item..." He mumbled dejectedly.
Izuki chuckled. "Aomine-kun didn't know what hit him, that's for sure." His smile widened when he realize that he had cracked a pun. "Hey, did you all get that?"
Hyuuga sighed. "Yes, Izuki. We did."
Riko looked around. "Eh? Where did Teppei go?"
Hyuuga sighed again. "We lost him somewhere back at the panda exhibit. But then again, I don't think he was really into this in the first place."
Izuki nodded. "Does he even know what the word 'date' means?"
In the meantime, Kagami was fuming over the fact that he wasn't the one who had thrown the item. "You should have chucked something bigger at him." He said, pointing an accusatory finger at Akashi.
Akashi raised an eyebrow. "Well, what do you suggest then?"
Kagami smiled a shark's smile. "Your scissors would have been good."
Akashi seemed to consider it for a moment. "...Interesting. I didn't even think of it myself." He smirked. "Perhaps next time then."
Riko sighed. "...Don't encourage him, Kagami-kun..."
Kuroko and Aomine were currently sitting in the zoo's cafe, taking a short lunch break after a long morning of animal viewing.
Aomine threw a glance across the table where Kuroko was calmly cutting his chicken tenders into bite-size pieces. The dark-skinned teen was currently stuck deep in his own thoughts. He had already considered several different reasons, but Aomine still didn't understand why Kuroko would ask him out on a date. He sighed. What does Tetsu really think of me? Just a friend? A basketball partner? He didn't dare to hope that it was something more.
Kuroko noticed Aomine picking around at his food. "Is the food not to your liking, Aomine-kun?" He asked with a small furrow in his brow.
Aomine snapped out of thoughts. "Wha? Oh, nah, s'fine."
"I see." Now it was Kuroko's turn to stare at Aomine. Aomine fidgeted slightly, not used to being stared at so intently, especially by his own person of interest. "Aomine-kun." Kuroko started softly.
"Hm?" Aomine had just taken a large bite of his burger and could not reply.
"You have some crumbs stuck on your mouth." Kuroko said, gesturing. Without warning, Kuroko suddenly leaned forward and gently brushed the wayward crumbs away from Aomine's mouth in his own straightforward way. Aomine swallowed the rest of his burger with an audible gulp. He could already feel a blush coming on.
"T-Thanks, Tetsu." Aomine turned away, attempting to hide his rapidly reddening cheeks. "But I could have gotten it myself, y'know?"
Kuroko gave a small smile. "I know."
Kagami almost ripped apart the menu he was hiding behind with his bare hands when he witnessed the scene before him.
"Nuuuuuuuuu! Kurokocchi! Whyyyyyyyy?' Kise began to sob uncontrollably into his menu. Next to him, Momoi was also bawling her eyes out as she muttered out choice words such as "Stupid, Dai-chan!" between her sniffles.
Riko, Izuki, and Hyuuga were gaping openly, not bothering to hide their expressions of shock. A calculating gleam entered Akashi's eyes.
"I'm...uh, gonna get some more water." Aomine said, rising from his seat. He stood up from his seat, just in time to avoid the pair of scissors that suddenly flew out of nowhere, impaling itself on the spot where Aomine's head was just a moment ago.
"...The hell?" Aomine said, staring at the scissors.
Kuroko blinked. "That was unexpected."
As the two stared at the pair of scissors, Akashi frowned. "If only Daiki didn't choose to get up at that moment..."
"Tch. I can't believe you missed." Midorima said, angrily pushing up his glasses.
"What are you going to do now that you don't have your scissors anymore, Aka-chin?" Murasakibara asked, helping himself to the large serving of fries that he had ordered.
Akashi smirked. "Oh, don't worry. I have an extra pair of course." He pulled out another pair of scissors, identical to the first, and gave them a careless twirl. "And I don't plan on missing next time."
Riko had finally snapped out of her shock. "You still have these forks and knives over here, Akashi-kun." She said, rubbing her hands together, a creepy smile on her face.
Akashi smiled a similarly unsettling smile. "How very resourceful," he said.
Izuki merely shook his head. Who's the one doing the encouraging now?
It was now early afternoon. With the Seirin basketball team and the rest of the Generation of Miracles still hot on their trail, Aomine and Kuroko exited the zoo. "It's still pretty early. We have time to catch a movie or something if you want, Tetsu." Aomine said as the two of them walked down the block.
Kuroko seemed to be staring off in another direction. "Look over there, Aomine-kun." He said, pointing.
"Huh?" Aomine turned to see what Kuroko was gesturing at. Hung up on the fences of the nearby basketball courts was a large banner that read: Sakura Park's annual 2-on-2 basketball competition!
A smirk slowly appeared on Aomine's face. Now this was something he was much more familiar with. "You thinking what I'm thinking, Tetsu?"
Kuroko smiled slightly. "Of course, Aomine-kun. Shall we?"
"A basketball competition?" Hyuuga asked, skeptical. "They're going to a basketball competition next?"
"Damn." Kagami cursed. "I should have entered this with Kuroko. With our team play, we would have wiped the floor with everyone."
The rest of the Generation of Miracles merely exchanged a knowing look and shook their heads.
Kise looked amused. "If it's teamwork, Kurokocchi and Aominecchi has definitely got you beat, Kagamicchi."
"What?" Kagami growled.
"Indeed," Midorima said, pushing up at his glasses. "Quite frankly, I'm surprised that a simple-minded idiot such as yourself is capable of drawing out even half of Kuroko's potential."
Murasakibara nodded, waving his lollipop around for emphasis. "Back then, no one could match up to Mine-chin and Kuro-chin in terms of team play."
"I must admit, I look forward to seeing Tetsuya and Daiki play together again after all these years." Akashi said. He smirked. "Seirin, you're about to witness something amazing. Come."
Shrugging, the Seirin basketball team wordlessly followed the redhead as they made their way to the spectator's bleachers.
"The grand prize is pretty good," Aomine said, glancing down at the flyer that he and Kuroko had received when they registered for the competition. "Two annual passes to the amusement park, a large flat-screen TV, and a year's supply of sporting goods at the local store."
"Let us aim for the top then, Aomine-kun." Kuroko said, adjusting the team number that was attached to the front of his shirt.
Aomine smirked. "Of course."
"According to the schedule we were given, our first match should be on this court." Kuroko said.
When the two of them walked onto the court, they were immediately met with two gangly teenagers who wore matching red jerseys.
"You our first opponents?" One of the teens asked, jabbing a finger at them.
"I would believe so." Kuroko said.
The other team gave a start when they suddenly sensed Kuroko's presence. "Where the hell did you come from?" The other teen demanded. "Wait, you can't actually be playing!" He exchanged a sneer with his partner. "What are you? A middle schooler or something?"
Aomine noticed an almost imperceptible twitch appear on Kuroko's face at the comment. He stepped forward threateningly. "Yo. You got a problem with my partner?" Aomine growled.
"No, no problem." The other teen said, though his sneer clearly said otherwise. "I just think that you won't last long in this competition if you have such a deadweight on your team."
"What did you say?" Aomine was about to lunge forward at the other teen, but Kuroko held him back.
"Aomine-kun, save your energy for the match." Kuroko stated calmly.
"Tch." Aomine reluctantly backed off. He cracked his hands. "Alright, let's go, Tetsu. We'll show them the power of the Generation of Miracles' light and shadow."
Kuroko had a small smile on his face as he tugged on his black wristbands. "Yes."
The match started and the jump ball was won by the other team. The teen smirked and was about to run to the basket, but the ball was knocked out of his hands almost immediately. "What the?..." He whirled around to see Kuroko behind him. "When did you get here?"
Aomine quickly retrieved the ball that Kuroko intercepted and dribbled it towards their basket. When the team's other player began to follow him, Aomine threw the ball behind him without looking. The ball was immediately caught by Kuroko.
Kuroko didn't hold the ball for more than a second before he directed it back to Aomine with one of his specialty passes. Aomine, who was already in position next to the basket, jumped up, caught the ball in midair, and proceeded with a forceful slam dunk that rattled the very basket.
Aomine landed and smirked at sight of the flabbergasted expressions on their opponent's faces. "You picked the wrong people to mess with." He said with a smug look.
The rest of the spectators were whispering up a storm after Aomine and Kuroko's amazing first play.
"Wow! Did you see that slam dunk?"
"What's up with that pass?"
One of the spectators suddenly gasped when he realized who he was watching. "No way...is that Aomine Daiki of the Generation of Miracles?"
"Aomine Daiki? The Aomine Daiki?"
"But who's his partner?"
There was another gasp of recognition. "Could he be the phantom sixth player? The one from the Generation of Miracles?"
The two opponents gulped when they realized what deep trouble they had landed themselves in. Aomine turned toward them with a wide slasher smile. "So, what were you saying earlier?"
Aomine and Kuroko bumped fists when they easily won their first match with an ending score of 96-13. The two then proceeded to sweep through the rest of the competition with more coordination plays, invisible passes, and national-level techniques, scaring their opponents witless with their sheer skill and power.
Watching their games from the stands, Riko commented, "I hate to admit it, but Kuroko-kun and Aomine-kun really do work well together in basketball. It's almost as if they were reading each other's minds or something."
Kagami let out an annoyed 'tch', but even he couldn't deny the fact that the way that Kuroko and Aomine played together was absolutely flawless.
"After seeing this, I have no doubt that Kuroko-kun and Aomine-kun were partners in the past." Izuki said. Hyuuga silently nodded his agreement.
Akashi let out a satisfied smirk. "Seeing the two of them like that—it almost feels like we're back in our Generation of Miracles days." He twirled his scissors idly in one hand. "Mm...I'll forgive you this time, Daiki, since you and Tetsuya showed me such an interesting display."
Kise looked starstruck. "Their coordination plays seem to be even more polished than before!" He hopped up and down on his seat. "Kurokocchi! Aominecchi! So coooooool!"
Momoi pouted. "If only Dai-chan could show half of this effort during our team practices..."
"It's great to see Mine-chin and Kuro-chin working together like this again." Murasakibara commented, not snacking away for once.
At this time, the competition had already come to an end with Kuroko and Aomine winning by a landslide. The two of them were just about to leave the courts with their prizes when Kise, unable to contain his excitement after seeing such an invigorating display of basketball skills, called out, "Kurokochi! Aominecchi! That was awesome! Play with me next time!"
"Ryouta!" Akashi hissed sharply, but the damage was already done.
Aomine whirled around at the sound of his name and frowned when he saw the blond basketball player. "Kise?" Only then did he seem to notice the other people Kise was with, all who were vainly trying to hide their faces behind their hands. "...Seirin? And the rest of the Generation of Miracles?" Aomine's frown deepened. "The hell are you all doing here?"
"Hello everyone." Kuroko said, taking everything in stride.
"We just, uhm, happened to be passing by." Riko said, laughing awkwardly.
"Stupid Dai-chan!" Momoi exclaimed. "Why didn't you tell us that you were going on a da...mph! Mph!" Riko and Kise quickly clasped their hands over the pink-haired girl's mouth before she could say anymore.
Kise laughed an equally awkward laugh. "Yeah, it wasn't like we were stalking you on your date on anything...oops." Kise clapped a hand over his own mouth when he realized what he had said.
"What?" Aomine growled, eyes flashing dangerously.
Hyuuga sighed and silently cursed at a certain stupid, big-mouthed, blond-haired model in his head.
Aomine took a threatening step forward. "How long were you all here for?"
"They were here from the beginning, Aomine-kun." Kuroko said, blinking impassively.
At those words, everyone turned to stare at the blue-haired boy.
Aomine looked bewildered. "Wait, you knew they were there from the beginning? Then why didn't you say anything, Tetsu?"
Kuroko seemed to ponder for a moment. "I thought it would be interesting." He said expressionlessly, raising his fingers in a peace sign as he did.
Again, everyone stared wordlessly at Kuroko, but no one decided to question him.
"A-Anyways, there's still no excuse for what you have done, Dai-chan!" Momoi said. "How dare you go on a date with Tetsu-kun behind our backs!"
Aomine raised an eyebrow. "What are you..."
"Aominecchi is a traitor!" Kise cut in. "I want to go on a date with Kurokocchi too!"
"Why are you all complaining about dates and shit?" Kagami demanded. "That's my partner you're all talking about!"
"Yeah, Kuroko-kun belongs to Seirin!" Riko voiced her support.
"No! Tetsu-kun originally belonged to Teikou!" Momoi shot back.
"Well, he's in Seirin now!"
"But he was part of the Generation of Miracles first!"
Midorima huffed angrily. "Honestly, this whole thing is getting extremely ridiculous. Not that it wasn't in the first place."
"Kuro-chin sure is popular." Murasakibara remarked as he took out some popcorn he managed to buy earlier.
Akashi stepped forward amidst the chaos. "Well, Daiki, how are you going to explain yourself?" Was it just a trick of the light or did Akashi's scissors just gleam?
"I...uh..." Aomine looked completely overwhelmed at the scene before him.
Kuroko seemed to take pity on his date. "Ah, look over there, everyone." Kuroko said, pointing at a spot behind. Everyone turned to look.
"Wait, I don't see anything..." When Riko turned back around, she realized that the two had taken advantage of the sudden distraction and had already disappeared when everyone was looking. "Kuroko-kun, you can't use your misdirection for your own personal affairs!" Riko screeched at the empty spot.
Kise cried silently to himself. "Kurokocchi...where did you goooo?"
Hyuuga sighed. Maybe now they could finally go home.
Aomine let out a sigh of relief when they finally lost their resilient pursuers. They had just dropped the flat screen TV that they had won off at Kuroko's apartment and were now relaxing at the nearby basketball court.
Aomine threw a sideways glance at his partner. "Did..." He hesitated. "Did you have fun today, Tetsu?"
"I did." Kuroko replied with a small smile. "I enjoyed myself on this date."
"So then why?" Aomine couldn't stop himself when his innermost thoughts suddenly came pouring out. "Why did you leave?" The unspoken 'me' hung in the air. "If you didn't leave us at Teikou we could've had fun like this every single day!" Aomine buried his head in his hands and sighed. "Sorry. I...just don't want to lose this again, Tetsu."
Kuroko leveled Aomine with a calm look. "I told you before, Aomine-kun. I could not stand the policies of the Generation of Miracles. The way we played back then really made me hate basketball." Kuroko gave a small smile. "But it wasn't like I hated every single moment of it. There are moments that I would like to go back to. Especially hanging out with you like this—I really did miss it, Aomine-kun."
Aomine looked away. An awkward silence hung between the two for a moment, only to be broken by the sound of loud barking.
"Tetsu, your dog's out again." Aomine said dryly as the two of them turned to see the energetic puppy racing toward them once again.
"Ah, so it seems." Kuroko bent down to scratch #2 behind the ears. "If Aomine-kun wishes to, I really would want to return to those old times." Kuroko said, continuing from their previous conversation. He looked up at Aomine. "Or start something even more, perhaps."
Aomine's eyes widened. "What do you mean by that?" But before Kuroko could reply, #2 barked happily and began to run circles around Kuroko. Aomine experienced an odd sense of déjà vu when he called out in warning, "Oi! Tetsu, look out!"
To his immense surprise, Kuroko easily sidestepped his pet before #2 could make contact with his feet. Aomine sighed. "That was close, Tetsu. I thought for sure you would trip again like that other time."
Aomine's eyes widened when a sudden realization occurred to him. "Wait a sec...you tripped that last time, but not this time." He frowned. "I thought it was kinda weird how you managed to trip last time since you have your above normal observation skills. So why did you..." The answer slowly dawned on him. Aomine narrowed his eyes before voicing out his suspicions. "Tetsu, did you trip on purpose last time?"
Kuroko didn't bother to deny it. "Ah, you found out." He said simply. "As I thought, Aomine-kun is very clever."
"...So you set me up?" Aomine gaped. "This...this whole date was a freakin' set-up?"
Kuroko blinked. "Are you angry, Aomine-kun?"
"Hell yeah, I'm angry!" Aomine exclaimed. "You played with me, Tetsu!"
Kuroko bowed. "I sincerely apologize then. Is there anything I can do to repay you, Aomine-kun?"
Aomine narrowed his eyes. "Oh, I know exactly how you can repay me." Kuroko's eyes widened when Aomine suddenly took a step closer to him. "I want you to go on another date with me." He smirked before leaning in even closer. "Or better yet, why don't you go out with me, Tetsu?"
A/N: Say 'yes', Kuroko! (spazzes out) Aaah, scheming!Tetsu is so amusing. But of course, not as amusing as the stalking Seirin and GoM members! Their interactions are absolutely hilarious. Oh, and I'm sorry if some parts of the date turned out to be completely random with everyone doing their own thing. All the characters just kinda played themselves out...
And I apologize if any of you are expecting more, but this will just be a two-shot for now. I promise that I will write more for this fandom in the future though!
Anyways, I hope you all enjoyed the date (plan) haha. Well, which part of the date was your favorite? Please let me know what you thought~
-Bird of Dreams