Extra. Interviews

Side Purple

Glancing at Kuroko's unhappy face, Tatsuya smiles hesitantly before bringing up the subject. "So… Atsushi, what was this you told Tetsuya about us?"

Lazy purple eyes blink at him. "What are you talking about, Muro-chin?"

"Murasakibara-kun knows exactly what Himuro-san is talking about," mutters Kuroko beside them.

Taking a large bite from his red bean pastry, Atsushi tilts his head. "What are you talking about, Kuro-chin?"

Kuroko bites into a cream puff with vehemence. "Murasakibara-kun said that Himuro-san is his lover."

"Did not."

"Did too."

"Did not. Does Kuro-chin hear things?"

"Did too. Murasakibara-kun is very forgetful."

"Did not."

Watching the scene in front of him uneasily, Tatsuya silently offers Kuroko another cream puff and watches it disappear in three bites. Kuroko wipes his mouth and turns away with a huff, arms crossed and storm clouds hanging over his face.

"… Then what did Murasakibara-kun say?"

Licking his fingers, Murasakibara looks at Kuroko as if he is the forgetful one. "Muro-chin is mine, I told you. And Kuro-chin calls me forgetful?"

Tatsuya is treated to the rare and somewhat adorable sight of Kuroko struck dumb. He makes a fit of gestures and looks at Tatsuya helplessly.

"…Does Murasakibara-kun not see any contradiction in what was just said?"

Atsushi ignores him and reaches for another pastry. Resolving a crisis caused by what now appears to be one of Atsushi's ridiculous deviation from common sense is costing Tatsuya a lot of salary deduction. He'll have to put in a few extra shifts to comfortably afford the golden week trip to Kyoto he's hoping Kuroko will agree to.

"Atsushi," he begins chidingly.

"But Muro-chin is mine. Who else will feed me?" Atsushi mumbles, poking the last red bean pastry. "And now there's no more sweets…"

Tatsuya moves to get another plate from the counter but if stopped by a small hand tugging on his sleeve. Kuroko is looking at Atsushi with a thoughtful expression.

A moment later, his quiet voice asks, "Would Murasakibara-kun like a cream puff?"

Atsushi turns large sparkling eyes on Kuroko. "Can I?"

Tatsuya hides his smile with a cough.

Kuroko nods at the taller teen seriously. "I don't think I can eat anymore."

Happily accepting Kuroko's plate, Atsushi munches on the cream puffs wordlessly and gets cream on his nose.

Tatsuya knows everything will be alright when Kuroko, with a sigh, wipes the cream off with a napkin and Atsushi pauses in eating long enough to let him do it.