#and yet. in my hc he and takao become boyfriends BEFORE aokaga do

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sat here thinking about midorima and some of the other miragen + kagami hanging out at kagami's place. kagz is in the kitchen cooking something. midorima is sitting as poised as he could be in a giant beanbag on the floor, watching the others. the lucky item for the day, a blue scarf, is wrapped around his throat for divine protection despite the midsummer weather. takao and kise are chatting, occasionally midorima catches strays and has to defend his honour but that's fine he supposes. momoi and kuroko are playing with nigou. aomine had been playing with the dog too, but gets up. midorima assumes this is to go and bother kagami in the kitchen, and he's right.

"oiiiii," he hears aomine say as he approaches, "when's food? i'm starving."

and kagami replies in some good-natured but ultimately pissed off way that it'll be ready when it's ready. normal enough, fine. aomine slings his arm over kagami's shoulders but gets shrugged off with a complaint about the heat. aomine says something to the effect of i'm too fucking hot, you need a cooler apartment, before sauntering off out of sight. he goes down the hall. he returns a minute or so later in shorts instead of jeans, and looks a little less bothered. if possible.

they make eye contact. "you're gonna die in that dumb scarf, four-eyes," he says.

"it's not dumb, it's a lucky item. the pursuit of one's personal safety is never dumb." midorima is so right. aomine is stupid. "have you just stolen a pair of shorts?"

"yeah, my balls were hot."

kagami leaves the kitchen, heading for the balcony doors. midorima addresses him. "aomine seems to have made himself at home, kagami."

"yeah i know, it's a serious problem," kagami replies seriously, therefore midorima takes him seriously.

"shut up," aomine is ignored.

"you should take it as a compliment. if i didn't know any better," everyone hold onto your lucky items, here comes a zinger! kagami opens the balcony doors for safety purposes. "i'd say he has a crush on you."

"wait, what?" aomine is ignored again.

it's such a zinger that kise starts laughing. takao puts his hand on midorima's arm, trying unsuccessfully not to laugh.

"shin-chan," don't shin-chan him!

"oh nooo," aomine waves his hands around sarcastically, "my secret crush on my boyfriend has been revealed."

record scratch. "your what?"

"yeah, i thought all you guys knew already?" kagami realises that the outside heat is worse than the inside heat, and closes the door again. "he does have a crush on me."

"ugh!" aomine sinks into the sofa, "and you have a crush on me too, idiot! don't say it like that!"

midorima fixes his glasses, embarrassed to be the last to figure it out. "congratulations to the two most loud-mouthed, irritating people i know."

at least now, as his friends all laugh, he's in on the joke.