Rebirth In KurokoNoBasket

Chapter 41 - Hanging Out

Currently, Shun was making iced tea for the guests that were visiting his house and were currently sitting in his living room.

He poured the iced tea in a serving jug, took out three glasses from the crockery cabinet, prepared some snacks, put them in bowls, and set them all things on a tray and bought the tray out to the living room.

Shun: "I bought some snacks and drinks."

Sitting in the living room were Aomine Daiki and Momoi Satsuki.

Aomine & Satsuki: "Thanks."

Shun had asked Satsuki to call Aomine to hang out with him on the weekend. What he truly wanted was to discuss the details of the bet that he and Aomine made.

Shun looked at Aomine and smiled. The hyperactive basketball player had bought a gift when he visited him and nervously presented it to him.

Shun set the tray on the table and sat down with them. He poured the iced tea into the glasses and served them to his guest.

Shun got up and picked up a yellow pad and a pen from the nearby and set it on the table.

Shun: "So Dai-chan, how are you today? I am happy that you accepted my invitation."

Aomine was really nervous about visiting Shun's house today. Usually, he wouldn't be nervous about visiting someone's house, but Kageyama Shun was different.

Aomine: 'This guy definitely invited me to discuss details about the bet.'

Aomine cleared his throat and said.

Aomine: "No-no, I am happy to be here."

Satsuki decided to chime in and said.

Satsuki: "Yeah, all of us are happy to be here."

Shun smiled widely, and that raised all the alarms in Aomine's head.

Shun: "Now, before we have fun, let's finish the business first."

Aomine: 'I knew it!'

Satsuki tilted her head and asked.

Satsuki: "Eh, what business are we talking about?"

Shun looked at her and said.

Shun: "I am talking about the bet that Dai-chan and I made before the finals, and as you are an important part of this bet, you need to be here."

Shun opened the pad and uncapped the pen and asked.

Shun: "Now I know that I didn't ask you before including in the bet, but I am willing to pay you the money upfront, I am willing to pay for grocery and man-hours."

Aomine started to sweat hard and started to shake badly.

Satsuki looked at both boys sitting in front of her. She looked at Aomine, who was shaking so badly and at Shun, who was looking at her expectantly.

Suddenly Satsuki started to cry, and tears came rushing out of her eyes.

Satsuki: "My cooking is not bad."

Shun and Aomine, who saw that started to panic and didn't know what to do.

Aomine pulled Shun closer and whispered to him.

Aomine: "You shouldn't have made this bet in the first place now see what happened. You made her cry."

Shun whispered back an answer.

Shun: "This is not my fault. None of this would have mattered if you had just won the bet. In conclusion, all of this is your fault, so don't try to push this on me."

Aomine looked at the guy sitting in front of him, who, in his opinion, was spewing bull-crap with every word that came out his mouth.

Aomine: 'This guy is so shameless.'

Shun pulled away from Aomine and moved towards Satsuki.

Shun: "Satsuki-chan, I am not saying that your cooking is extremely bad, and if you look at it, this is an opportunity for you to show that to everybody who says otherwise."

Satsuki, who heard Shun, asked him in between sobs.

Satsuki: "Really? What do you mean by opportunity?"

Shun smiled supportively on the outside and schemingly on the inside. He spoke softly and clearly as if it to lure prey into a spider's web.

Shun: "You see, because of the bet between Dai-chan and me, everybody thinks that your cooking is bad, and for that, I sincerely apologize.

But, if you make food for Dai-chan and make him eat it in front of everybody, then everybody will know how great of a cook you are."

Shun looked towards Aomine, and his eyes conveyed all things he wanted to say to Aomine.

Shun: 'You wouldn't make a girl cry in front of so many people, would you?'

Aomine, who got the message was stunned, he couldn't help but curse out loud in his mind.

Aomine: 'This guy is the devil, he wants me to eat her food in front of an audience so that I would have to pull a happy and satisfied expression and if I didn't that would make Satsuki cry in front of other people.'

Aomine had now truly experienced how terrifying was the person known as Kageyama Shun.

Just for a second in Aomine's eyes, Shun's face turned into that of a devil who was successful in his scheme.

Satsuki, who couldn't find any flaw in the logic presented by Shun, calmed down and thought about it.

Satsuki: "Really? Would that really help fix my reputation as a cook."

Shun smiled toward her gently and full of support.

Shun: "Of course it would, Teiko just won the Nationals, and Dai-chan was a regular on that team which makes him extremely popular in the school. So, people would naturally talk about your food if he eats it. This way, the news would travel fast, and your reputation would repair quickly.

And, if you make him food every day for a week, then some people would ask Dai-chan, why are you cooking him food, and then he would answer to them that he likes your cooking.

See, just like that problem solved."

Satsuki, who was already trapped in the trap laid by Shun, took the bait and said.

Satsuki: "Yes, you are right! Shun-kun, I forgive you for making that bet causing false rumors to spread about my cooking. I will cook food for Dai-chan until everybody knows that my cooking is not bad."

Satsuki smiled brightly and turned towards Aomine.

Satsuki: "Dai-chan, from the next week, don't bother bringing lunch money from home. I will personally make food for you."

At this point, Aomine knew he was screwed and had given up any hope. He put on the best smile he could and nodded.

Aomine: "I-I would be looking forward to y-your c-cooking."

Aomine wanted nothing more to cry at this point, and on the other hand and Shun wanted to do nothing but to laugh like an evil maniac, but both of them held back their d.e.s.i.r.es in front of Satsuki.

After that, the three of them went out for karaoke, had lunch together, and they did some window shopping.

Satsuki bought some bath salts that she liked to collect.

Aomine suggested Shun about some good basketball shoes.

Shun took them to a batting center where they all had fun trying to hit home runs. Shun came out on top because he just copied the guys who were playing in the other batting cages.

They didn't play basketball because Satsuki was with them, and the batting center was the best thing that they could enjoy equally, both of the boys knew that if they started to play basketball, then they would get too absorbed and end up ignoring Satsuki.

All in all, it was a fun day, time passed quickly, and before they knew it, the sun had already set.

Shun and Satsuki parted ways with Aomine and headed home.

Satsuki was humming and skipping as they walked home.

Satsuki looked at the convenience store that they were crossing and said.

Satsuki: "It is hot today. Shun-kun, let's go eat some ice pops."

Shun too thought that it was hot, and thought that it was a good idea.

Shun: 'Well she did cry because of me today, I should treat her to make up for that.'

Shun stopped in front of the convenience store and said.

Shun: "Sure, why not. It's my treat."

Satsuki's eyes sparkled when she heard that.

Satsuki: "Really! Yeah!"

Shun went into the convenience store and bought one double popsicle.