Happy Birthday FURIHATA KOUKI!! (8/11) Special Gift for You! Fic: Mismatched (Aka/Furi; Pg-15)

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Mismatched




Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Rating: Pg-15 (slightly R-ish in the middle)
Genre: Humor/Romance
Pairing: Akashi Seijuurou/Furihata Kouki

Summary: Furihata doesn't understand why Akashi is interested in him in the first place and everyone agrees that he and Akashi are a 'mismatched' pair since they are too different in every aspect. Still, you can't really help with whom you are falling in love… can you?

Disclaimer: Tadatoshi Fujimaki owns Kuroko no Basuke and its characters. Luna only plays with them ^_^
Warning: slight AU, oOC, yaoi, Akashi and scissors (lol), language, possible spelling mistakes and grammar errors

A/N: Happy birthday, Furi-chan (8/11)! XD It's for your time to SHINE honey~3, of course with Akashi by your side *lol*. Anyway, this is my present for Furi-chan's birthday! Not exactly a birthday fic, but I really want to make this one, so… ENJOY!

Mismatched



"Surprisingly, you are quite interesting."

-was what Akashi Seijuurou said after they all bowed to each other, signaling the end of Winter Cup final match between Seirin's basketball team and Rakuzan's.

Well, Seirin had done their best, but with Kiyoshi's absence and Kagami's injury, the team couldn't possibly defeat the Emperor. Not yet, at least. However, it seemed clear in everyone else's eyes, except to the person involved, that Furihata had done something which somehow had quite impressed the Rakuzan team's captain.

"Huh?" Furihata blinked once as he noticed that Akashi spoke while facing his direction. He looked right and left before slowly realizing that Akashi was actually speaking to him; HIM of all people, not Kuroko or the others who should have been more profound to pique Akashi's attention.

Akashi chuckled slightly. The others visibly paled.

"Eh?" Furihata pointed at his own face, beads of cold sweat rolling down his cheeks as he stared dumbly and ridiculously at Akashi, quite in disbelief, actually.

"I'd like to know more about you, Furihata Kouki," Akashi said with that mirthful smile on his face and an amused glint in his dichromatic eyes.

Furihata immediately blanched and the others wisely stepped back several meters away, praying (chanting) for Furihata's safety as Akashi reached out his hand and grabbed Furihata's arm.

Furihata squeaked pitifully.

"Sei-chan…" Mibuchi's sweat dropped.

"Whoa, Akashi, your hands are fast!" Hayama laughed slightly, looking amused.

"Seriously?" Nebuya groaned.

"Furihata-kun… I hope you will come back in one piece," Kuroko said, looking another way with a slightly guilty face.

"You are so very cruel…" Kagami grunted at Kuroko, but he looked at Furihata with a very remorseful expression as well. "Sorry, Furihata… if only I hadn't been injured…" he heaved a deep sigh.

"Furihata-kun…!" Riko actually cried for him.

"Your sacrifice will be remembered always…!" Hyuuga and the others said proudly.

"Shall we change location now?" Akashi smirked.

Eeeeeeeh?! NO WAY!-really, Furihata couldn't do anything as Akashi dragged him away from their respective team members, well… while wailing inwardly that all his teammates were traitors, of course.

~Akashi x Furihata~

Furihata glanced at Akashi fearfully as they sat silently on a bench just outside the dome. They had made two small trips to Rakuzan and Seirin's locker rooms before the other team members were back, to retrieve their jackets since it was very cold outside.

Akashi hadn't said anything since they were seated approximately five minutes ago and Furihata was getting fidgety and increasingly anxious of why Akashi brought him outside. Why HIM and not Kuroko? Kuroko was Akashi's ex-teammate and the ex-Phantom Sixth Player of GoM and Furihata thought Akashi had wanted to have a GoM meeting again after the Winter Cup was over, but this…

Furihata didn't see this development at all. What did I do?-he couldn't help thinking slightly in terror.

"You know, at first I thought you were just a small fry in Seirin team… a mere bench warmer, that's why they never put you on the court during the official matches," Akashi suddenly spoke, surprising Furihata that he almost jumped.

"Uh…" Furihata wasn't sure how to respond to that. Being called a small fry was offending, but he couldn't exactly complain because it was Akashi Seijuurou who was speaking, damn it! And there were some truths in his speech anyway. Furihata was a bench warmer… at least until the semi final in Winter Cup where he played in the official match for the first time… against Kaijou to boot!

"But that doesn't seem the case," Akashi said, turning to face Furihata with a small smile gracing his lips. "Your contributions during semifinal and final proved it."

"Eh?" Furihata widened his eyes in surprise, not expecting that Akashi Seijuurou would look at him with such expression. And did he just compliment Furihata? Wait, did Akashi see Furihata play in semifinal as well?

Akashi chuckled again slightly. Apparently, Furihata had shown him a funny expression because he was sure he looked rather foolish and silly, almost gaping speechlessly, shocked by his own thought.

"It is a compliment and yes, I did see you," Akashi said, seeming to read Furihata's mind and the brunet couldn't help squawking while blushing in embarrassment for being so easy to read like an open book, and for the fact that he had appeared very ridiculous in front of Akashi.

"A brand new perspective on the court… surprisingly it works very well against my strategy. Thanks to your peculiar play-making, the last quarter became very interesting," Akashi said again.

Furihata's face couldn't help feeling hotter at the blatant praise. It was a flattering remark, from Akashi Seijuurou for God's sake! How was he supposed to take it?

Saying that it was just a fluke? But that will offend Akashi, right? After all he has gone all the way to say that all…! Aaaaah! What should I do?!-Furihata's eyes were spinning now, his face steaming in panic. He didn't know how to react to such words… especially from Akashi Seijuurou!

Akashi seemed to notice Furihata's rising dilemma because the red head hid a smirk behind his calculating mismatched colored eyes. "Just take the compliment to your heart," he said knowingly and if Furihata could flush even redder, he would.

Furihata already felt like a boiled lobster as it was, when he stammered "T-thank you…." His voice trembled and he felt such mixed feelings like mortification, embarrassment, horror and giddiness in one package. It was bizarre.

Then, the bombshell was suddenly dropped by Rakuzan's captain soon after. "You are quite cute," he said and Furihata exploded.

Well, his mind did, since Akashi looked at him with such interest now. Furihata thought his consciousness departed in that instant, since he couldn't exactly react accordingly to such… remark, from Akashi Seijuurou nonetheless.

How many times have I mentioned that it's from Akashi… that Akashi Seijuurou?-Furihata couldn't help thinking as his heart throbbed like crazy. His head was getting dizzy. He wasn't sure if it was from fright or excitement, but he did feel flattered that Akashi took notice of him.

It was exhilarating, seriously, being acknowledged.

"How… how can I repay such… words from you?" Furihata knew he was nuts when he asked that question out loud. He slapped his mouth shut immediately, totally horrified, when he was aware that Akashi stared at him as if he had grown an extra pair of arms from his head.

Furihata flushed again, darker and deeper as well as more intense this time when Akashi huffed out a small laugh in reaction of his idiotic unintentional question. "Then let me invite you to Kyoto to go sightseeing together sometimes, Kouki," the red haired captain said, an amused expression adorning his beautiful face.

Furihata almost literally went to heaven or fainted at the realization that Akashi Seijuurou had asked him out… on a date.

~Akashi x Furihata~

When Furihata showed up at school the next day, everyone in Seirin's basketball team immediately surrounded him and fussed over him and some even beamed at him in awe that he had actually survived after being abducted by Akahi Seijuurou the day before.

"You guys are so mean… leaving me like that yesterday…" Well, Furihata cried literally and whined at them for being so heartless.

"Aww, come on, Furi… at least you came back safely, ahahaha," Fukuda and Kawahara tried to console him, looking sorry and apologetic.

"Well, that's true, but… I was really scared, you know…" Furihata shivered, paling slightly as he seemed to remember yesterday event.

"So… what did Akashi want from you?" Kagami asked from the bench while Kuroko was staring at Furihata from beside the taller red head.

"Eh?" Furihata looked up at Kagami and his face turned slightly pink for a moment before he averted his eyes, looking shy and embarrassed so suddenly. "N-nothing…" he replied slowly… obviously lying through his teeth.

"What's with that reaction?" Fukuda asked, raising his eyebrows, seeming to wonder.

"How suspicious…" Kawahara narrowed his eyes, looking curious as well.

"It's nothing, okay?" Furihata pouted. His face turned a darker shade of red.

"Then why did Akashi-kun grab him yesterday?" Kuroko wondered out loud.

"Who knows? Furihata did show some amazing plans yesterday," Riko popped up beside Kagami, seeming to surprise him since the red head jumped slightly.

"Sheesh, Coach, are you trying to mimic Kuroko's abominable ability?" Kagami held his chest which seemed to beat more erratically because of the shock while looking at Riko with an annoyed expression.

"No, I was just curious as well about yesterday. What do you think, Kuroko-kun?" Riko glanced at Kuroko who was thoughtful for a moment.

"I had no idea," he finally said. "Well… Akashi-kun is always hard to predict, but more than anything he values the surprises and the unexpected more than anything. Seeing Furihata-kun unexpected play-making yesterday, it is probable that Akashi-kun may have taken an interest in Furihata-kun," Kuroko speculated, though, and it sounded very surreal even to Kuroko's ear, so Riko showed him a scrunch up, disbelieving expression.

"Eeh… Akashi Seijuurou is a very peculiar guy," Riko commented, a bead of sweat rolling down her cheek.

"All GoM members are weird," Kagami added. "That includes you, Kuroko," he continued while glancing at the blue haired boy with a knowing smirk.

"I am not weird," Kuroko argued, but didn't sound like arguing. "I am just a little bit different."

Riko snorted slightly at that. "Both of you are unordinary," she slapped the back of Kagami and Kuroko's head affectionately.

Kagami grumbled in protest nursing his head while Kuroko just caressed his own aching one carefully in silence.

"Kuroko!" Then Furihata suddenly called him and approached Kuroko. Kuroko looked upward at the brunet and raised his eyebrows in question. "Ah… I need to consult to you about something important!" he continued, sounding and looking desperate for some reasons.

Kuroko blinked once. "Alright. What can I do for you?" he urged the brunet to speak.

"Um… in-in private…" Furihata's voice sounded unsure and his face turned red again. He even fidgeted slightly, raising Kuroko's curiosity even more.

"Very well. Then we can speak after practice," Kuroko nodded since he wanted to know what Furihata was musing about as well.

Furihata brightened slightly after that and then they proceeded to practice even though it was just a light practice since yesterday they had just finished Winter Cup anyway.

~Akashi x Furihata~

"So… what is it you want to discuss with me, Furihata-kun?" Kuroko asked, as evenly as usual even though there was a hint of curiosity in his eyes.

"Yeah… it's… um… that…" Furihata stuttered, actually not knowing how he should ask. What he should ask.

Is Akashi Seijuurou gay? Too vulgar. Does Akashi Seijuurou often ask people out on a date so casually? Sounds so weird-Furihata was still musing about how he should ask when Kuroko seemed to notice his difficulty and started first.

"Does this have something to do with what happened yesterday with Akashi-kun?"

Furihata snapped and looked upward at Kuroko in surprise and then immediately nodded frantically. "Yes, yeah…" he looked down slightly, feeling hot all over again before blurting out "He asked me out!" very loudly and suddenly.

Kuroko literally blanked.

"WHAT?!" and there was a sudden collective screech from the bushes that made Furihata jump in shock. He immediately noticed that Kawahara, Fukuda and Kagami were there as well, hiding and spying on them.

"Moron! Don't yell out!" Kawahara reprimanded the gaping Fukuda and the speechless Kagami.

"Why are you guys here?!" Furihata blushed harder as he shouted at his teammates for being so nosy.

"Did you just say… that that Akashi Seijuurou asked you out?" Fukuda was still gaping like a fish out of water.

Kuroko hadn't said anything by time he was back to the world. "Pardon. My vision went dark for a moment there. What did you say again, Furihata-kun?" he repeated as Furihata was still yelling at Fukuda to shut up and to all of them to go away.

Furihata turned to face Kuroko now, totally embarrassed and disturbed. "Please don't make me repeat myself," he whimpered miserably.

Kuroko took a deep breath before exhaling it slowly. "Alright… I did hear what Fukuda-kun shouted just now," he pinched the bridge of his nose, looking somewhat troubled. "Did he…, Akashi-kun, seriously ask you out?" he asked again.

Furihata went even redder at that. He covered his face right after squatting down. "He said I was cute and he said he wanted to invite me to sightsee in Kyoto. Does he always do that to someone in the opposite team?" He knew that it didn't make any sense. People didn't ask other people out on a whim. But the idea of Akashi Seijuurou actually having an interest in him was beyond his comprehension. He just couldn't stomach it.

"No. Akashi-kun only does that to people that manage to get his attention and interest," Kuroko replied slowly.

Furihata groaned loudly. "What should I do?" he whined pathetically now.

"Furihata, you…! Akashi really…?" Kawahara seemed at a loss of words as well, still unable to express his reaction quite right.

"Wow… that Akashi Seijuurou really takes interest in our Furi… how surreal," Fukuda finally looked impressed as he stared at Furihata, totally awed. "Isn't that amazing?"

Kagami was still speechless, hanging his jaw open mouthed.

"This can be quite a problem," Kuroko said then, sounding grave despite his even tone.

"Of course it's a problem! It's Akashi Seijuurou! It will cost my life if I decline his invitation, won't it?" Furihata screeched, totally panicking. "Aaaa! What should I do?!"

Kuroko didn't deny that. "Well, Akashi-kun can be quite extreme sometimes, but I doubt that he will actually hurt you intentionally," he said.

Then if it's not intentional, he can?!-Furihata paled even more.

"Wait, you said it would be a problem, do you mean it for Furihata or for us?" Kagami, finally wearing off his initial shock and finding his voice again, immediately joined the conversation.

"It will be problematic for our entire school. Akahi-kun is-…"

"That is not nice, spreading rumors about me when I am not looking, Tetsuya."

Kuroko hadn't even finished speaking when a creepy voice suddenly came out of nowhere, cutting his explanation. Everyone jolted and snapped in shock at the sudden appearance of Akashi Seijuurou behind them and started to scream.

"Gyaaaaah! Since when has he been there?!"

Furihata instinctively hid behind Kuroko even though the bluenet was shorter and hid almost nothing of him. But he prayed that Kuroko's misdirection was in full blast so even Furihata could turn invisible around him.

"Akashi-kun… cutting in the middle of other people's speech is rude," Kuroko calmly stared at Akashi who chuckled slightly as he leisurely walked approaching him.

"Why are you here, Akashi?!" Kagami shouted and pointed at the smaller red head crudely.

"Too bad I have no interest in visiting you, Kagami Taiga and the other people as well," Akashi didn't even lose his smirk as he waved them off gaining boorish protest from Kagami and massive sweat dropping from the other two boys beside him, not even facing them as his eyes seemed to focus on Kuroko… or maybe on Furihata behind Kuroko.

"A-A-… Akashi Seijuurou-san, why… why are you here?" Furihata stuttered, clenching his hands on Kuroko's shoulders for leverage.

"Akashi-kun, what about your school?" Kuroko asked as well, not losing his composure even though Furihata was sure that he was slightly distraught as well.

"Rakuzan gave the basketball club permission to take a rest for three days after the Winter Cup, since we did become number one once again. They figured we deserved a reward for our hard work," Akashi's smile widened. "Then it occurred to me. Why don't I ask Kouki to sight see now when I'm not busy?" he explained.

"Because I still have classes and practices to attend?" Furihata asked back timidly and Kuroko sighed deeply, looking defeated.

"Don't worry. Kouki and the Seirin basketball team also worked hard in Winter Cup. I have visited Seirin's Principal and asked him nicely to cut you guys some slack, so it will be okay to skip classes and practice today," Akashi said again, still with that unnerving smile on his face.

Hiiii! What did he do to our principal?!-was in Furihata's mind and probably in the others' as well when they stared at Akashi in total horror. Well, Kuroko just narrowed his eyes at Akashi though.

"Akashi-kun, you are inconveniencing our school," Kuroko said, looking slightly annoyed.

"Don't be too strict, Tetsuya. I mean no harm. I just want to ask Kouki out on a date," Akashi said again.

What a bizarre reason!-Furihata thought fretfully and the others must have as well judging from their ludicrous looks.

"You are troubling Furihata-kun. Please look at him and tell me what you see," Kuroko dared then and Akashi seemed thoughtful as he looked upward at the surely shaking and paling Furihata who felt very frightened at that moment.

Akashi seemed to notice that as well then. His expression changed slightly to a look of apologetic. "Are you scared of me, Kouki?" he asked slowly, somehow… looking slightly disappointed.

Huh?-Furihata was rather… no, he was very surprised. He didn't think that Akashi could make such expression. Well, he was already quite in shock when Akashi asked him out yesterday, so he didn't particularly pay attention to Akashi's face, but Akashi's range of expressions were actually quite wide.

Yesterday, Akashi smiled a lot. He also smirked, but there were times when he smiled gently as well. Now, he looked disappointed. Compared to Kuroko, Akashi was more expressive.

But it's true that I'm afraid of him…-Furihata had no intention to lie, so despite knowing that it was risky, he told the truth anyway.

"Honestly… I am very afraid of you," Furihata said and that answer seemed to surprise not only Akashi, but also Kuroko and the others as well. "But, that's because I don't know much about you. When you suddenly asked me out, I didn't know why you did in the first place. I don't know how to respond to it and because there are a lot of rumors about you being… dangerous, I can't really help it," he explained further.

Akashi was silent, almost looking stunned for a moment, before a smile broke out on his expression and it definitely freaked the hell out of the others (except maybe Kuroko who only looked slightly astonished at that moment) when they started to whisper at each other:

"Di-di-did you see that?!"

"He's smiling! He's totally smiling!"

"Scaryyyyy!"

"Akashi-kun…"

"I see… then I have jumped the gun too soon. Will it be alright if we start to get to know each other from now on?" Akashi seemed to ignore the others' reaction and Kuroko's ridiculous dull stare at him when he asked, and Furihata's heart actually skipped a beat when he heard such sincere request and really saw Akashi's nice genuine smile.

Akashi looked very handsome when he smiled.

Furihata blushed slightly at that, his heart beating faster and somehow… he felt very hot. "Umm… if-if it's okay with you… we…we can start being… friends… first," he gulped slightly, his voice getting softer and softer until it wasn't more than a whisper at the end. He was getting very nervous now.

Akashi chuckled, huffing out a small laugh at that. "Kouki is very adorable," he said and Furihata's face felt like burning as he squeaked, totally embarrassed at that remark.

"P-please don't say such embarrassing thing!" Furihata protested, a bit indignantly, but he was more troubled than anything because his heart… his heart was beating too fast! He could get a heart attack at this rate!

"Uwaaah… we are already forgotten, aren't we?" Kawahara commented dryly at the sideline, looking somewhat bothered.

"What is Furihata complaining again? He looks very well smitten with Akashi Seijuurou already," Kagami commented while twitching, looking very annoyed that they were totally ignored now.

"Our Furi is starting to grow to be an adult…" Fukuda lamented dramatically.

Kuroko, who since god knows when had moved to the sideline as well, let out a long sigh. "Akashi-kun is always bothersome when he likes someone," he said with a hint of exasperation in his pale blue eyes.

…

…

…

"HE LIKES HIM?!" Kagami and the other two screeched in total shock at that.

"I thought Akashi just wanted to tease him…" Kawahara widened his eyes in disbelief.

"No, I think he's totally bullying Furihata," Kagami's sweat dropped.

"Furi…!" Fukuda looked very worried.

Kuroko sighed deeply at that. "Akashi-kun's way of liking someone is strange. He won't say that he likes them, but immediately treats them as his own. He's troublesome. He should just say that he likes Furihata-kun to spare him confusion," he continued evenly.

"See, all GoM members are weird," Kagami huffed. No one denied it except Kuroko who still stubbornly argued that he wasn't.

"Then, shall we start by sight-seeing in Kyoto?" Akashi asked, offering his hand and Furihata sputtered at that.

"We're still going?"

"Well, it's a waste of free time if we don't. Kinkakuji is awesome in winter, you know," Akashi didn't seem to wait for Kouki's approval when he grabbed the other's hand and started to drag him away.

"Eh?! But my bag! I meant… I haven't agreed yet…!" Furihata was about to struggle but Akashi tightened his grip on his wrist.

"Just leave your bag to your friend. No need to worry about money. I will pay and I want to start our friendship immediately," Akashi was smiling, but somehow there was a hint of impatience in his tone. "You will grant my wish, won't you, Kouki?" he asked while staring at Furihata's eyes deeply with his deadly, creepy hetero-chromatic ones.

Furihata froze in total fright and could only whimpered, "Y-yes…" completely fearfully because he knew instinctively that he really didn't want to make Akashi angry or else.

"Wonderful. Let's go now," Akashi pulled him once again and Furihata could only look pleadingly, panicking, at his friends/teammates, screaming for help inwardly while tears gathered in his eyes.

"He's totally threatened, isn't he?" Kagami's sweat dropped, looking very-very sorry for the brunet.

"Poor Furi…" Fukuda lamented again despairingly.

"Let's just pray for his safety," Kawahara said apologetically.

"How troublesome," Kuroko sighed again deeply.

~Part B~