Work Text:
Usami was never able to properly partake in April Fools, unless he was on the receiving end of his older sister’s cruel pranks.
Until today.
Usami’s one and only goal for this year was to prank Kikuzato.
The haunting memory of his sister ruthlessly putting blue hair dye in his conditioner always came up in his mind whenever someone referenced the day.
He was bound to get revenge eventually but she wasn’t the focus of his attention this year..
Kikuzato was an absolute wreck recently, he was consistently flustered and seemed slightly down. He desperately wanted to see a smile on his face and he was sure the way to do it was a lighthearted prank, especially given that people were too hesitant to mess with him due to his prosthetic.
He remembered how grateful Kikuzato was that he had lectured him and he wanted to bring that same joy into his life again!
That being said, he was worried that the prank would be too much.
The scraps of drafts that covered his notebook over the next few days constantly weighed on his mind.
Too many of these were too harsh, not do-able, and overly disrespectful.
He eventually landed on a copycat variation of the Brown-E prank.
It was admittedly super lame but Usami didn’t care! The alternative was hurting his friend and he wasn't going to do that - at least intentionally.
He spent all night preparing delicious brownies, not forgetting to put some aside for them afterwards, and doused the rest in a sour cream frosting.
He wrapped them carefully in a heart shaped container and set them aside for the next day.
His mistake was not accounting for the fact that Kikuzato was planning to prank him back.
On the actual day, Usami was sure to text Kikuzato a heads up to save space for his delicious brownies.
By the time he met up with the boy in the locker room, he looked way too serious for someone who was about to receive Usami's 'delicate' sweets.
"Is something wrong Kikuzato?" Usami's brows furrowed as he looked down on the bench where Kikuzato was sprawled out on.
"I have something to tell you" His demeanor betrayed nothing so Usami heistantly sat down next to him, offering the brownies.
"Maybe these will cheer you up?" Kikuzato’s eyes brightened slightly at the sight of the brownies and hastily grabbed onto them.
He winced as the sour cream coated his mouth and lightly punched Usami.
“What was that for!” Usami felt horrible that the sour cream caused that, especially since his dear Kikuzato was already upset.
”We can’t be friends anymore..” Kikuzato’s face was stone cold as he looked into Usami’s eyes
Usami’s face began to tear up as he nodded carefully in understanding, completely forgetting the date, despite just having pranked Kikuzato.
Guilt was etched on Kikuzato’s face as he hastily corrected himself, “Because I want to be your boyfriend, even with your stupid sour cream brownies.”
Usami backed away, looking around to see if anyone else was in the locker room with them while the two were in silence, “Pranking me isn’t funny Kikuzato..”
”You just gave me sour cream brownies Usami” Kikuzato was deadpan, now dragging Usami to sit next to him.
”Joking about feelings isn’t funny either!” Kikuzato blushed at that before placing a finger over Usami’s lips.
”I wasn’t joking.” His cheeks were now dusted red.
“Are you sure?” Usami looked surprised.
”It’s bad timing but I didn’t realize it was April Fools till I tasted the sour cream..” Kikuzato huffed.
”Hm, it still could have been a prank..”
Kikuzato seemed lost in thought for a brief moment before gentle fingers began pulling at Usami’s face.
He nodded at the action before their lips met, The taste of sour cream was quite offensive but Usami found that he didn’t mind. He had Kikuzato after all.