#kgkrweekend

Are you cold?

Are you hungry?

You need to eat more you idiot.

Let me see your hand. You’re so reckless!

I’ll go with you.

I’ll get it.

Here you go.

Tetsuya tried very hard not to look annoyed, not to roll his eyes or say something which he would regret later, but it was getting more and more difficult to keep his slight annoyance at bay.

Being with his boyfriend was comfortable yes.

As comfortable as it was frustrating at times.

Like today. He just wanted to make some tea, but Kagami-kun still had the habit of putting it in the top cupboard, even if he was the one to rearrange the kitchen to fit Kuroko’s shorter stature.

That in itself was sweet, but Tetsuya couldn’t help but feel like it stung his pride.

He didn’t say anything though.

Kagami-kun could at least stick to his own ideas, he thought as his toes cramped, and he only managed to push the can with tea further inside the cupboard. He was even considering climbing onto the counter, despite such behavior being uncouth, but then a different hand grabbed the can with ease.

“That’s what you want?” Kagami-kun asked simply, without a hint of teasing.

Tetsuya looked at him and dropped from his tiptoed stance, and thought that teasing would be better than almost pity.

“Yes.” He said and grabbed the can from Kagami’s hands, unable to stop the hint of frustration seeping into the way he almost ripped it from his grip.

“Whoa.” Kagami said and raised his arms in a placating gesture. “Someone’s angry.”

“I am not.” Kuroko said this time sounding almost neutral.

Kagami-kun didn’t buy it.

“Hm.” He hummed instead of commenting and closed the cupboard. Tetsuya put the electric kettle on and when he turned to put the can when it belonged, Kagami was already looking at him.

“You okay?” He asked casually.

“I am fine. Why?” Tetsuya said calmly, looking at the kettle when he realized there was nothing else, he needed to do.

“Hm. Dunno.” He shrugged and then reached to the side and grabbed a wooden Ikea stool. He made a point of dragging it across the floor ostentatiously so Kuroko had enough time to listen to the nasty scratch.

Tetsuya frowned.

Kagami put the stool in front of him and raised an eyebrow.

He hated that stool.

Kuroko looked Kagami straight in the eye.

After a moment of staring Kagami was the one to give up and shook his head. 

“You’re so stubborn.”

Tetsuya stopped himself from pouting.

“It wasn’t that high.”

Kagami snorted and missed Tetsuya’s glare.

“If you say so.”

The electric kettle turned itself off when the water was done boiling, and Tetsuya finally wasn't able to hold back what he wanted to say.

“I am not a child.”

That made Kagami laugh suddenly.

“As if I lould mistake you for one.”

“Then why are you treating me like one?” Kuroko asked sharply.

Kagami went silent and looked at him for a long moment. Then he sighed and sat down on the stool.

“What’s your problem?” He asked after a moment. Tetsuya didn’t hear a hint of anger in his voice but he did hear weariness and a bit of hurt.

He turned to the kettle and poured water into his cup, finishing up that cup of tea. Kagami waited patiently.

“The problem is.” Tetsuya started after he took a cautious sip of his hot drink and put it back on the counter. “That you do treat me like a child.”

Kagami sighed.

“I do not.”

Tetsuya shook his head.

“Okay how then?”

Kuroko turned to look at him.

“You tell me to bring this or that, you cook food for me, you ask me a million questions and you assume I can’t get a tea box from a cupboard.”

“Well you can’t.” Kagami said bluntly and cringed when Kuroko’s glare only deepened.

“I almost had it.”

Kagami snorted and rolled his eyes.

“It’s your fault, for not sticking to your own arrangement.”

“That’s why I got you this stool!” He said and stood up.

“That’s another proof.”

Kagami made a frustrated noise and looked angry. He closed the door of the cupboard and hid the tea in a lower placed shelf.

“There.” He grumbled and glared at Kuroko.

Tetsuya would have laughed if he still wasn’t annoyed.

Kagami saw that and slumped back down on the stool again with a sigh. He was silent for a moment before he spoke.

“Listen.” He paused to weight his words. Kuroko waited, sipping his tea for a moment before putting it aside.

“Listen.” Kagami repeated and shyly reached for his hand, loosely lacing their fingers together. Kuroko didn’t shake his hand of, but he didn’t reciprocate either.

Kagami chewed on his bottom lip.

“I know you don’t need me...for anything really.”

“That’s not true.” Tetsuya protested immediately, but Kagami held out his other hand.

“Wait let me finish.” He sighed. “I know you don’t need me. But you want me around. And y-” He stopped as if unsure, but then continued. “You’re one of the strongest people I know. And I know you can do...all sorts of things that I can’t. And you can take care of yourself, because you are not a child.” He looked straight into Tetsuya’s eyes. “I could never think that you are weak.”

Tetsuya swallowed subtly and nodded, but didn’t say anything more. He felt as if Kagami-kun hasn’t finished yet.

“But that doesn’t mean I won’t try and...and take care of you.” He finished, gaze not leaving Kuroko’s but his ears were red and Kuroko couldn’t help but smile fondly.

“So I apologize in advance if I’m…doing things you don’t like, but sometimes I just do them on autopilot and I guess I don’t really think about you. About what you want. So. Sorry.”

Kuroko wanted to laugh. Only Kagami-kun would think that he is not thinking about Kuroko while thinking about Kuroko.

“So don’t get mad at me. Too much.” He finished lamely and just when he was ready to let go of Kuroko’s hand, he used the opportunity to lace their fingers together and squeeze.

“I’m sorry.” Kagami-kun might have been the one to blunder more often out of the two of them but that didn’t mean Kuroko was somehow always blameless. 

Quite the contrary.

“What for?” Kagami asked, utterly confused, tilting his head adorably.

Kuroko smiled gently and lifted Kagami’s hand to place a quick kiss to his knuckles. Kagami blushed again but didn’t drop his hand. Instead he cupped Kuroko’s cheek, fingers brushing a few strands of blue hair behind his ear.

“For not trying to see it from your perspective.” Kuroko murmured and moved even closer, until their noses were almost brushing.

Kagami shrugged.

“It’s fine. Whatever.” He cleared his throat. The atmosphere slowly turned from comfortable to tense and slightly awkward. For Kagami at least. He was getting caught up in his own insecurities and Tetsuya wouldn’t have any of that.

Kuroko opened his eyes and stared straight into Kagami’s.

“Kagami-kun.”

“Hm?”

“I expect to be properly taken care of from now on then.”

Kagami stared at his boyfriend’s smirk, mouth agape for a moment.

Kagami suddenly grabbed Kuroko’s head in both of his palms. He squeezed and shook it briefly, not enough to hurt but enough to make Kuroko squirm.

“Ugh, I hate you.” Kagami said equal parts annoyed and smitten that not even a deaf person would believe him.

“Please let me go.” Kuroko said when Kagami squeezed his cheeks.

“Nope.” He said and relaxed his grip on Tetsuya’s face and brought their foreheads together. “No, I won’t.”

Kuroko huffed, a little annoyed, but a smile slowly bloomed on his lips.