Well I'm glad I ripped your hearts out! I thrive off tears. Okay so here's the epilogue, you deserve it!
No one knew the reason Kuroko died. It was so quick that many did not even have the time to turn around and see it, but the results were obvious. Kuroko was gone, and Kagami was kneeling in a puddle of puddle blood clutching soaked limp clothes with shaking hands.
Recognizing Kuroko was gone somehow, Kagami went into shock. He dimly recognized people rushing over and asking what happened. His vision was getting very blurry, and his tears dropping on Kuroko's clothes were slowly washing away the blood. He didn't know how long he knelt there silently sobbing, but soon he was pulled away by the paramedics someone must have called. They ripped the clothes out of his hands, and his sobs turned to wails.
He only looked at his hands covered in blood, Kuroko's blood. A paramedic began to question him, and Kagami replied with distant answers between cries, trying to wake up from this horrific dream.
Around him his team gathered, giving support. But they left after an hour or two. Kagami stayed, sitting on a bench, preferring to watch the paramedics determine what had happened to Kuroko. At some point, Daiki and the rest of the Miracles joined him.
When the day turned long, Aomine dragged him out of the room and lead him home. No words were exchanged, it was too soon. For five days, Kagami holed up in his apartment, being depressed, looking through old photos, and listening to old phone messages. He dissociated for a while until Kuroko's funeral, hosted by the Akashi family, came around.
The funeral was closed casket. Of course it was; why would Kagami hope for any last look at his best friend's face when it no longer existed?
His team came around and expressed their worry at his sad state. He shrugged off all their concerns and walked away. He barely paid any attention to the funeral until Aomine came up to him and said a few words.
"Kagami." He grunted in response. "I heard you haven't been going to school for the past week. Have you even gone outside at all?" He shook his head. "Pathetic. You know, Kuroko would be ashamed of you." Kagami looked at him as he spoke. "He chose you as his light, yet here you are burning so low. I can't believe you."
"Are you saying I should just shrug it off?! He was the yin to my yang! And now- *sob*- now he's just fucking gone!" He was getting a few stares, but dammit- he didn't care.
"No you dumbass. Don't be so selfish. He was my best friend too. I'm going through the same damn thing you are, and I'm telling you Kuroko chose you over me because you were a brighter light. And look at you now. You're just moping around in your own sadness. Do you think Kuroko would want you to be depressed over him?!"
"N-no, but-"
"But nothing! We're all sad as hell over this, but do you think we're just letting it slow us down? Kagami, I'm sorry but you're not the only person who'd like to ignore the world forever until Kuroko comes back. But guess what? That's not happening. He's dead, and you need to accept it, no matter how strange the circumstances are. This depressed thing you've got going on- that's not something Kagami does. He powers through everything like a boss and comes through on top. The man who beat me should not sink this low."
"So I'm not allowed to be sad over my best friend's death?!"
"I'm not saying that. I'm saying, you shouldn't allow it to hold you down. It's been a week Kagami, nothing has changed since then and you need to digest what happened and move on. We're all trying to cope the best we can and get back to normal, and you need to do the same. You're not helping your team any by being a hermit. Are you just never going to play basketball again because it hurts to play without him?" Aomine's voice cracked as he began to speak of something more personal. "How could you blatantly disrespect and tarnish his memory like that?! That's the one thing that he would have never wanted. It hurts- damnit it really does, I know. But you've got to move on. We're both the aces of our team, I can't- We can't let them down. Because you know what? Time doesn't stop when one person dies, life doesn't come grinding to a halt because we're sad. We've still got practices and games, and school, and life! You can't just stop. You have to keep his memory in your heart and honor it by powering through life like you always have. Do you get it now or what?" His voice was tell tale that he was on the edge of tears. He angrily looked at Kagami for answer.
"Heh, that was really cheesy." With a half hearted smile, he looked at Aomine's surprised face. Aomine hit him hard on the head.
"Don't screw with me! Are you gonna stop being all sad 'n shit or what?!"
"I heard you loud and clear. But I'm not over his death just yet."
"What."
"I mean I'm gonna get back to school and all but I'm not just gonna stop being sad."
"Of course not. It never that easy to get through that thick head of yours. Fine, then let's make a deal. One on one, you and me. If I win, you stop being a depressed shit head. And I lose, then I challenge you again."
"That doesn't seem very fair terms-"
"Oh like you could ever beat me in the first place."
"I've done before."
"With Kuroko."
"Yeah! With- oh, right."
"Ugh! Don't get all mopey on me! Did I not just make a huge speech on that?!" Once the funeral ended, Aomine dragged Kagami out to the near court and began to play after they took off their coats. Kagami lost 4-3. However his competitive side awoke, and demanded a rematch. They played for hours. And the next day. And every weekend after that.
A beautiful friendship had been kindled, bonding over the late Kuroko Tetsuya. And they ensured that Kuroko would never be forgotten.
AN: Annndddd I believe that wraps this up. What a happy and nice ending :D. Of course not all loose ends are tied, like what happened to his grandfather, and how other characters dealt with their grief etc etc etc. I could go on with more detail and really make this shit good and depressing, but I think it's good enough. I was gonna make the ending rlly sad with something like no one remembering Kuroko and leaving it at that but I thought this was more nice. I haven't really looked over this chapter so I hope its up to standard. Thank you all so so so much for reviewingand favoriting!
Anyways, hey the rest of you followers of me: the next chapter of a Blue Ghost will be out soon.
~Frosty