I don't know if this is even close to what you expect, buuut Akashi's POV as requested. Sorry it's really short tho :s


How he becomes aware of the existence of Kuroko Tetsuya:

Akashi's doing a bedside patient review when he hears a scream from behind the curtain. Has the patient developed neurosis from the boredom of hospital stay?

He's really tempted to just ignore the ruckus and let one of the nurses to take care of it. Alas, he's a true health care professional. Not one of those arrogant, money-grubbing doctors who think they're above doing menial tasks.

The redhead doctor promptly excuses himself and promises that he'll be right back after making sure the other patient is alright.

What's he expecting to find? Hysteric patient trying to get attention (that one's already famous among the nurses for his bad attitude). Or surgical wound re-opened, accidentally or not.

What he's not expecting to find? A young man with a boyish face and baby blue hair trying to introduce himself and assure the patient that he's a student nurse and a live one.

Apparently, the young man has a weak presence and the patient mistook him for a ghost.

What an amusing fella.


How he becomes interested in Kuroko Tetsuya:

He's taking a patient's blood behind the closed curtains when he hears a scream yet again. Though this time the scream isn't followed by frantic obscenities and/or chanting. Instead, there's laughing and warm and friendly conversation.

It's about time these people get used to the student nurse's unique trait. And he's sure that one time the student was paired with Kazunari helped greatly as well. The patients trust everything and everyone the cheerful (loud and obnoxious, more like) nurse trusts.

It's all flowers and bunnies and sprinkles to his ears from the other side of the curtain until an angry shout kills them all.

"Don't just stand there and chat all day!," says the angry voice. He knows this nurse. Grumpy old maid tired of her boring, lonely life. No one likes her much. Or at all.

Poor guy for getting the old hag of the ward as his mentor of the day. It's going to be a long, long day for him.

"We still have mountains of work waiting to be done, you useless boy! We're not here to keep these people company!" Akashi raises his eyebrow. How is she not fired and stripped of her nursing credential yet? And the poor young nurse must be soiling his pants right now.

His mind's in the middle of listing ways to confront the head nurse when he hears a... not angry, just... cold and calm voice. Is that the student nurse's?

"On the contrary," the student starts. "Making sure 'these people' is comfortable and respected is our job." Well, he stands corrected because the young man is far from being meek and timid.

"I apologize for being rude," Akashi hears him say and excuse himself to the patient before the firm, quiet steps come. He can only imagine the look on the old hag's face.

He looks at the patient he's attending to and gives her a soft, assuring pat on her arm. "Guess that student nurse will protect you from that grumpy nurse today." She seems to relax and gives him a soft laugh. A nice old lady, this one.

He should really do something about that nurse... after he's done being impressed with the student nurse. The student nurse has dignity.

And he likes dignity in a person.


How the cupid finally strikes his heart with their arrow (cupid? Really, Seijuurou, really? What have the student nurse turned him into...):

Akashi takes a mental note to make sure Shintarou never forgets/loses his lucky items.

His green haired colleague lost his lucky item of the day to an angry patient this morning. Apparently, Shintarou forced the patient to wake up for daily review and the patient grabbed his raccoon statue tucked-not-so-safely in his coat pocket (obnoxiously customized to stretch to accommodate the size of his lucky items) and hurled it across the room.

He really needs to talk to his colleague about his obsession with precision (time only; let's keep his skill precision because it's the one redeeming thing about that weird colleague of his).

Shintarou's pace has been messed up ever since. He's been losing his things. He even somehow managed to lose his stethoscope and had to borrow Akashi's. And lost it.

So now he's left stethoscope-less when he needs it most. Fortunately, the student nurse always has his own stethoscope around his neck.

"Excuse me, may I borrow your stethoscope? I won't take too long."

The student nurse seems taken aback by his sudden request and takes a while to answer. A short and clear yes is the only reply he gets. And a smile that forces him to suck in a breath.

A cute, no, adorable smile... no... Beautiful? Angelic?

Maybe all of the above. But he can't pretend his heart didn't just skip a beat and another when he thanks the student and he smiles again.


He supposes he should start by making his existence known to the student nurse.


And we know it's super effective. Sorry still no kiss.