Title: Doctor of Love
By: Judaiteito
Pairing/s: AkaMi (AkashixMibuchi), MidoTaka, KuroKaga, Muramuro, DaiSuki (DaikixSatsuki), KasaKi
Summary:
Reo Mibuchi, shooting guard of the Rakuzan Basketball Team, was on a coma and on the brink of death due to an accident caused by kidnapping. Just when all hope was lost, Reo was given another chance to live but in exchange, he has to be the Doctor/ Messenger of Love! Can he fulfill the duty given to him before time runs out? Will he be able to help those people in need of their soul mates? And besides that...
... can he find his own love?
Author's Notes:
Judai: Hi minna! Sorry for the late update, again! I'm having a hard time balancing my time and plot bunnies kept on attacking me with new ideas... *sweatdrop*
Tsuna: By the way, Judai-chan and I would like to thank all who followed and favorite this story, thank you very much.
Judai: So, without further ado, welcome to chapter 4 of 'Doctor of Love'! Hope you'll enjoy it!
Warnings: Shounen-ai, possible OOC, and possible errors... i guess that's all.
Disclaimer: I definitely don't own Kuroko no Basuke and its characters and also the places in here.
-+DOCTOROFLOVE+-
Story 4: (Case 1) Miyaji Kiyoshi and Hayama Koutarou (Prelude)
It was on Wednesday, February 10, that the black haired, violet eyed shooting guard of Rakuzan, Mibuchi Reo, was permitted to finally go back to school. He was feeling better than before because of what happened a few days ago.
During the time he was in the hospital, he was visited by his friends, all old ones and new ones. Even Hanamiya "bad boy" Makoto visited him and scolded him for being such a martyr while on the sidelines, Kiyoshi Teppei was laughing, finding everything funny. It seems that the Uncrowned Kings had an impromptu reunion at that time.
The Kiseki no Partner (short for Kiseki no Sedai Partners) gave him 'get well' gifts and chatted with him. And since Reo became a part of the Kiseki no Sedai partners, they all bonded together all throughout the day (the Kiseki no Sedai got slightly suspiscious about the group). Himuro and Reo were labeled as the motherly duo when they both got worried about each other. Kagami and Momoi became 'cooking buddies' with him, much to the horror of others (note: Momoi's cooking). With Kasamatsu, they were like nee-san and nii-san for they both had a childish teammate who needed babysitting (note: Koutarou and Kise). While with Takao, they were like big sister and little brother duo or as they call themselves: Buddies.
The Kiseki no Sedai all got their fair share of interaction with the patient. As a symbol of apology and gratitude, they all got gifts for him. Midorima gave him a lion plushy, which surprisingly had a dual colored eyes: red and yellow. Kise gave him his photo book, which earned him a smack from Kasamatsu saying that Reo doesn't need that, and a new blue jacket. Murasakibara gave him a bar of chocolate, saying that he deserved it for saving Muro-chin, which earned him a sweat drop from Reo. Aomine gave him one of his magazines which made Reo blush and looked scandalized and Momoi smacked the Touou's Ace with the now rolled up magazine. Kuroko brought him some boiled eggs which earned him a facepalm from Kagami and a thanks from the receiver. And finally...
"What?"
They all looked at Akashi expectantly, each giving a 'now it's your turn' look. The red haired Captain moved closer at Reo and placed a box in his lap. The Rakuzan Shooting guard opened the box and saw lots of scissors and a separate box inside. The others peeked at the present and froze.
"You need those to protect yourself from possible kidnappers." explained Akashi. The others backed away with thoughts of:
'Akashi is trying to make Mibuchi-san his apprentice.'
'Aren't sharp objects prohibited in the hospital?'
'Akashi Seijurou is one scary man.'
All the while, Reo opened the other box and blinked. Inside was a bracelet made of red and black colored beads. He held it up and looked at Akashi questioningly.
"Just saw it and thought you might like it." Akashi said while looking away, hiding his slightly blushing face. Reo smiled while putting the bracelet on his right wrist.
'Well, those days were fun but all things has to end. I still need to catch up to my school works.' Reo thought while walking inside the school building. He was on the locker when a voice called for him.
"Reo-nee!"
The black haired shooter slammed his locker shut and smacked Koutarou in the head.
"I told you to stop calling me that!"
"I'm sorry..."
Reo sighed and Nebuya appeared behind them.
"Are you going to the court after class?" the center asked. Reo nodded his head.
"Yeah, but I won't be practicing. I'll just watch and monitor you all."
Koutarou and Nebuya paled and shuddered.
'He's gonna be the Empress again?! Should avoid the clipboard of doom...' the two of them thought while the object of said thought was walking ahead of them.
"Oi! If you're just gonna stand there, you'll be late to class!"
-+DOCTOROFLOVE+-
"Eikichi! Run 50 laps around the court, now!"
"What?!"
"Koutarou, 50 push-ups, now!"
"EH?!"
"Mayu-chan-senpai, don't you dare use your misdirection to escape! Additional 25 laps around the court, now!"
"Tch."
"Sei-chan."
Everyone suddenly stopped what they were doing to look at Reo, the slave driver Empress, and Akashi, the Captain/Emperor.
"What is it?"
"It's unfair that you're just sitting in the bench while the others are practicing. I know you're our captain but today, I'm your coach so... 20 laps around the court, now!" with that said, the black haired shooter blew his whistle and everyone went back to what they were previously doing while Akashi looked at Reo bewilderedly and he ran for his laps.
'I think its a mistake for the coach to pass his responsibility to Reo-nee today.'
'I can't believe Reo told Akashi off!'
'Mibuchi-san can be quite bossy... Even Akashi is following his orders.'
'So this is the 'Empress' side of Reo that they were talking about.'
Unconsciously, the currently appointed coach of Rakuzan earned some respect from the Emperor Akashi.
"What are you all looking at? Get back to practice!"
-+DOCTOROFLOVE+-
February 12
Finally, the day of the practice game of Rakuzan vs Shutoku has arrived. The whole Rakuzan Team, except Reo, were on board on the train going to Tokyo. They left their shooting guard back in Kyoto to rest since he 's still prohibited to play and to do any strenuous activity.
... Well, that's what they all thought they did.
"You guys are late."
"Reo!/Reo-nee!/Mibuchi-senpai!/Mibuchi-san!"
The mentioned black haired Rakuzan shooter just waved his hand on them.
"Reo, what are you doing in here? Aren't you supposed to be at the dorms, resting? If you remembered, I told you you're not allowed to play today." Akashi said, his eyes narrowing at the sheepish Reo.
"But I won't be playing today, Sei-chan. I'll only watch the game and cheer for you guys from the bench. Right, Kazu-chan?"
The mentioned teen, Takao Kazunari (who was standing beside Reo and talking to him before the Rakuzan team arrived), nodded his head.
"You guys are being overprotective to Reo-chan. He's not gonna disappear anytime soon, you know."
Akashi, Koutarou, Eikichi and Chihiro all glared at the point guard of Shutoku. Said black haired teen sweat dropped while the Shutoku's coach sighed.
"Midorima, show them the locker room."
"Yes."
The green haired shooting guard of Shutoku motioned for the Rakuzan Team to follow him, leaving a sighing in relief Shutoku members, a shuddering Takao and a sweat dropping Reo.
"Why are they all acting like that?! Being overprotective and all! If they'll be that annoying all throughout the game, I'll run them over with a truck!" Miyaji Kiyoshi exclaimed. The black haired, violet eyed shooting guard of Rakuzan chuckled nervously and fidgeted on his shirt.
"Well... It's probably because I was one of the people who were kidnapped weeks ago..."
The whole Shutoku Team, except for Takao, looked at him.
"Oh, I see."
"Must be hard for you, huh?"
"I think I find it reasonable that they're acting like that."
"Yeah, cause a few weeks ago, you guys were equally protective of me too." mumbled a now snickering Takao, which earned him a smack on the head by Miyaji.
"Shut up, Takao."
-+DOCTOROFLOVE+-
When the Rakuzan Team emerged from the locker room, the two teams immediately started their usual warm-ups. Though, a little chat was included, in a form of a platinum blonde haired teen Small Forward of Rakuzan.
"Miyaji-san~!" Koutarou exclaimed while jumping on Miyaji's back. The blonde haired teen slightly went out of balance with the hyper teen on his back.
"Get off my back or else-!"
"You'll throw pineapples at me. Yeah, yeah, I know that already. But Miyaji-san's back felt more comfy so I won't let go."
"You little-!"
The other teammates of both teams sighed at the duo's antics, all except for one black haired teen whose eyes starting to widen and turn red.
"No way..." mumbled by a now red eyed Reo, staring at Miyaji and Koutarou's hands. To be more specific, at their pinkies.
Tied to it was the so called red string of fate.
Reo felt a sudden surge of pain hit his head, making his vision blur. He fell on his knees as he clutched his head with his left hand and his right hand grabbing the edge of the his seat.
'What's happening? Why am I-?'
His thoughts was cut off by a sudden wave of pain hammering his head again and he gave out a painful scream that caused everyone's attention to turn towards him.
"Reo/Mibuchi-san/Reo-nee/Reo-chan?"
The black haired Rakuzan shooting guard looked at the worried faces of his teammates, coach and friends. He tried to tell and reassure them that he was fine but another wave of pain came that caused him to yet again scream painfully as tears began to stream down his red eyes.
Upon seeing the state Reo was in, Akashi, Eikichi, Chihiro, Koutarou, Takao and Midorima immediately ran towards the fallen teen.
"Reo, oi, what's wrong?"
"Reo-nee!"
"Reo-chan, please don't cry!"
"Everyone, back away from him a little bit and give Mibuchi-san a space to breath!"
"Reo, where does it hurt?"
The black haired teen looked at Akashi and mumbled a reply.
"My head... My head hurts so much... Sei-chan, I-" he trailed off as he suddenly lost consciousness, his body leaning against Akashi's chest, who was holding him on his arms.
-+DOCTOROFLOVE+-
The squeaking of the shoes, the swishing of the net and other noises could be heard as soon as Reo opened his violet eyes. He immediately closed them upon seeing the bright lights of the basketball gym. This time, he slowly opened his eyes so that it could adjust to the place's lighting. He lifted his right hand and placed it on his head all the while slowly sitting up.
As what he observed from his surroundings, he was lying on a stretcher placed on the gym's floor behind their team's bench. He looked at the court and saw that the only members of the starting team playing on the practice game were Eikichi and Koutarou. He looked around, wondering as to why their team captain and power forward aren't playing.
"I see you've finally decided to come back to the land of living." a voice from his side said.
It was Chihiro, holding a bottled water on his hand and offering it to the black haired teen.
"What... Happened?" Reo asked, his own voice hoarse and his mouth dry. He accepted the bottled water gratefully and took a sip on it. The silver haired teen sat beside him and took the bottle as soon as Reo finished drinking.
"You fainted. Akashi called a doctor upon noticing that you were breathing hard. The doctor examined you and said that you fainted due to a massive headache that was caused by stress." Chihiro explained. The black haired shooter frowned and stared at his lap.
"By the way, the spoiled brat was angry at you, especially when we actually told you to stay at Kyoto and rest. And the others can't play seriously cause their worrying so much about you."
Reo paled upon hearing that. He looked at the scoreboard and indeed, Rakuzan was losing by 3 points, well, it's not as if they couldn't get those points right away. They're Rakuzan after all. He groaned and rubbed his temple.
"Sorry... I made you guys worry."
"You better be truly sorry, Reo."
Reo froze upon hearing the voice while Chihiro whispered a 'good luck' to him. The Rakuzan power forward left the redhead captain alone with the shooting guard, with the latter looking nervously at the former.
"Sei-chan, I-!"
"I already called my chauffer to drive us back to Kyoto. Gather your things and we'll immediately head out." came the strict orders of Akashi. The violet eyed teen let out a tired sigh and started to get up. But upon standing up, his legs gave out and he stumbled forward. If not for Akashi catching him, he would have been lying face-first on the floor.
"Wha-?"
Reo immediately moved himself away from Akashi and sat on the floor. He heard the redhead captain sigh. Suddenly, a pair of arms snaked around his body and he felt himself lifted from the floor.
"S-S-Sei-chan?!"
Akashi ignored the black haired teen's cry in favor of walking towards an amused Chihiro.
"Chihiro, gather Reo's things and bring them to the car. It seems that chauffer is already here."
"Hn. Whatever."
The Rakuzan power forward started gathering Reo's things all the while Akashi walked out of the gym with an embarrassed Reo in his arms.
"Sei-chan, you can let go of me now. I can walk."
"Reo, keep quiet. I'm still not happy with what you've done today."
And so, throughout the whole trip back to Kyoto, the black haired Doctor of Love kept his mouth shut, feeling the bone chilling bad vibes coming from the heterochromatic eyed teen beside him.
'Please, if there's actually some deity above, let me live!'
-+DOCTOROFLOVE+-
The walk towards the second year's dorms was as equally silent as the car ride they had. The hallways were bare of students since it was still Friday afternoon. Reo fidgeted with his keys all the while glancing at Akashi on the corner of his eyes. As they gradually got near the black haired teen's room, the owner mentally sighed in relief.
'Finally, it'll be over.'
They stopped in front of the room's door and as Reo was about to shakily insert the key to its keyhole, Akashi snatched it from his and opened the door himself. The Doctor of Love gulped as the redhead invited himself in.
"Go take a shower, I'll cook something for you." the heterochromatic eyed teen said. Reo stared bewilderedly at him.
'Eh?! Sei-chan's going to cook?!'
Noticing that all Reo did was stare at him, Akashi raised an eyebrow and snapped his fingers which made the other teen snap out of his thoughts. Reo immediately went inside his room to get his change of clothes then, he all but run towards the bathroom. All the while, Akashi proceeded to walk to the kitchen.
After a few minutes of bathing, Reo emerged from his bathroom wearing a white button-up shirt, with a chibi lion's head picture on its breast pocket, and a white loose pants. He was drying his hair with a towel when a smell of something burning hit his nose. He immediately went inside his kitchen and saw his redhead captain taking a burning pan out of the stove into the sink. Reo can't help but chuckle at the disgruntled look Akashi was wearing. With a shake of his head, he walked further inside.
"Sei-chan, shall I cook instead?" the black haired teen asked, smiling gently at the now stoic redhead.
"Are you implying that I can't cook something, Reo?"
The violet eyed teen chuckled again.
"Sorry, Sei-chan. It's just that, I don't really want my dorm room to be caught on fire. Besides, its just cooking. I can take care of it."
The Emperor eyed teen stared at him for a while but nonetheless, walked away from the sink and sat down on a chair.
"Serve me some tea first, Reo."
The black haired shooter smiled, glad that Akashi's anger towards him seem to decrease... somewhat."
"Ok!"
-+DOCTOROFLOVE+-
"It was a nice meal, Reo. You have my gratitude."
Reo smiled upon hearing Akashi's comment on his cooking. He continued to wash their dishes while the redhead was drinking tea on the table.
"Once you're done with that, go to your room and rest. Make sure to drink medicine if you still have some headaches, that's what the doctor's prescription."
"Yes, Sei-chan. Please stop worrying too much." the black haired teen said as he closed the sink's faucet. He wiped his wet hands on the hand towel and took off his lion printed apron.
"I have every right to look after you, Reo. You're still not perfectly well. You're my responsibility." Akashi remarked, putting his empty cup on the table. The violet eyed teen sighed and brought the cup to the sink.
"Sei-chan, please stop saying that. Besides, I'm a year older than you." Reo said, his hands now on his lips.
"Starting from now, stop thinking about my health and go spend time with your boyfriend."
"What do you mean?" the red-eyed teen looked at the black haired teen seated in front of him suspiciously while the other teen just chuckled.
"Do you really think that I don't know you and Furihata-kun from Seirin are dating?" Reo chuckled again while Akashi raised an eyebrow, slightly impressed by the shooting guard's observation skills.
"I see. So you knew."
"Yup! So far, Mayu-chan-senpai and I are the only ones who knew. The others have their own speculations but we just left them alone and not confirming it. That's why, Sei-chan should meet with Furihata-kun tomorrow. I know for sure that he misses spending time with you." Reo said, smiling sweetly at the redhead. The heterochromatic eyed teen seemed to think about it and after a few seconds, he nodded his head.
"Just for tomorrow, Reo, to humor you. But it doesn't mean I'm letting you off alone. I'll call either Koutarou or Eikichi to guard you."
Reo sighed at that. It seemed to be that he can't stop Akashi from thinking that the black haired teen's condition was his fault and must be held responsible for it. The violet eyed teen smiled and nodded his head.
"I'll ask Koutarou to accompany me tomorrow."
"Just in case that you'll never run off by your own again, I'll also call you every hour of the day, is that clear?"
"Ok..."
Seemingly satisfied, Akashi stood up and headed towards the door with Reo in tow. Before fully exiting himself, he gave Reo one more look that says 'you better not disobey me this time' which made Reo chuckle.
"Good night, Sei-chan!"
"Good night to you too, Reo."
With that, Reo closed the door and breathed a sigh of relief.
'Well, time to start my work as the new 'Doctor of Love'. But first, I need to talk with Koutarou.'
Reo fetched his phone from his bedroom and typed a quick message to be sent to a certain platinum blonde haired teen.
-+DOCTOROFLOVE+-
Walking in the empty hallway of the second year dorm, Akashi can't help but recall a certain image that made him somewhat curious.
Flashback!
"Reo, oi, what's wrong?"
"Reo-nee!"
"Reo-chan, please don't cry!"
"Everyone, back away from him a little bit and give Mibuchi-san a space to breath!"
"Reo, where does it hurt?" Akashi asked, his face calm yet there's a spark of worry that could be seen in his eyes.
The black haired teen looked at Akashi, his eyes red in color and glistening with tears. The heterochromatic eyed teen narrowed his eyes upon gazing at it and couldn't help but get drown in it. He was snapped out of his self-induced trance as Reo started speaking.
"My head... My head hurts so much... Sei-chan, I-" Reo trailed off as he suddenly lost consciousness, his body leaning against Akashi's chest, who was holding him on his arms.
Flashback End!
'I never knew Reo's eyes can change in color. Interesting...' the redhead thought, humming in thought as he finally arrived at the first year dorms.
"Maybe I'll ask him about this tomorrow."
-+DOCTOROFLOVE+-
In the bedroom, sitting on the bed with his back leaning against the headboard was a sneezing Reo. He wiped his nose with a tissue from the tissue dispenser on the side table and looked confusedly at his phone.
'Someone must be talking about me.'
With that, he continued texting on his phone with his newly acquired friends, all the while writing on his doctor of love notebook.
"Now then, how should I make them realize their love potential..."
Suddenly, writings magically appeared on the next pages of the notebook. The black haired teen blinked and began to read the writings.
"'Ways on how to be a good matchmaker'... Huh? This notebook sure is convenient."
Reo smiled and continued reading.
"'Number one. Know first if both of them are in love/ has a crush on each other'. Hmmm..."
Reo placed the notebook on his lap, silently contemplating on how to execute the first task. Suddenly, an idea hit his head and he quickly dialed a certain hawk's number.
"Hello? Ah! Good evening, Kazu-chan! I really need your assistance, will you help me?"
-+DOCTOROFLOVE+-
Author's Notes:
Judai: And that's a wrap! Man, it's really been awhile since I updated. *sighs* I'm really sorry about that. I really am trying to update this story cause I really wanted to finish this.
Tsuna: Good luck with that, Judai-chan.
Judai: Hey! You're going to help me too, Tsuna-chan!
Tsuna: Eh?
Reo: huh? Why am I here?
Judai: Reo-nee! *glomps Reo*
Reo: oof! *falls on the floor with Judai on top*
Akashi: ...
Tsuna: uh oh...
Judai: ummm... I can explain!
Akashi: no need. *lifts Reo up and drags him out*
Reo: EH?!
Judai: bye bye~! Come by again~!
Tsuna: sorry about that, minna. *bows* By the way, please review! Judai-chan desperately needed it to get her motivated.
Judai: hey! I'm not really that desperate, you know... *fidgets*
Tsuna: *sweatdrop* yeah, right.
Judai: please review minna! Pretty please with whip cream covered Kagami on top!
Kagami: will you quit involving me with your plea!
Tsuna: ja ne!
-+Incarnation of Death+-