Warning:Knowing that it's Aomine,you should know what to expect xD yep vulgars. Probably not as strong though,just those innocent swearing. Lots of dialogue again ;;;Like the dialogue game in this chapter is really strong ;;;
I don't know what I just typed for like 99% of this chapter so I might rewrite it one day
I'm sorry if there are any mistakes,I didn't read this through ;;
"Yo,Tetsu!"
"Aomine-kun?"
Kuroko was slightly surprised that Aomine would actually contact him. Ever since that day,he rarely did.
"What did you call me for?"
"Err...nothing!Just wondering if you wanna like...you know,hang out tomorrow?Satsuki just wouldn't shut up about going shopping with her,"Aomine cleared his throat and made a high pitch sound that was supposed to sound like momoi. "Tetsu-kun~And I somehow got dragged into it."
"...okay?"Kuroko was not sure on how to react nor reply.
"Okay?...err... so you wanna?"
"I think I'm free on that day. Still,it's kind of surprising that you agreed to go shopping with Momoi-San so easily."
"Dude,my Mai-chan magazines were at stake."
"Of course,why am I not surprised."
A low chuckle was heard through the phone,"So,tomorrow at 10? We will pick you up."
"Sure,see you tomorrow Aomine-kun."
"Yeah."
"Come on Tetsu!"Aomine shouted while jamming his finger onto the poor doorbell.
"Dai-chan,stop pressing on the doorbell! You will spoil it!"Momoi,being the reliable childhood friend,reprimanded him.
"I will if Tetsu comes out. Shouldn't he be up by now?"
"Yeah,he should. I mean,even Dai-chan managed to wake up on time."
"I will pretend I didn't hear that for now,"Aomine deadpanned,"God,Tetsu! Hurry up and open the dam-"
His sentence was cut off when he heard a loud thump.
"...you hear that right,Satsuki?"
"Of course I did!"
Momoi quickly lifted a flower pot placed nicely at the side of the door and grabbed the spared keys to unlock the door.
"Wait,how do you even know the spare keys are th-"
"Wait for us Tetsu-kun,we are coming!"
Momoi ignored Aomine's grunts and slammed opened the door. She quickly rushed in,with the tanned man following behind her with a scowl on his face.
"Oi,Satsuki!How dare you-"
He cut his on sentence when he saw the pink head standing still with a look of incredulity plastered on her face.
"...Satsuki?"he asked with concern.
Momoi lifted a shaky finger and pointed at a certain direction. Aomine followed the direction she pointed at and his eyes widened by a large fraction.
"Tet...su?"he whispered to himself in both uncertainty and disbelief.
There,on the floor,was the short tealette both Momoi and himself know of very well. He looked paler than he already was and he looked even weaker than before. As if he was glass,he looks vulnerable,breakable,...fragile.
"Tetsu!"
Momoi snapped out of her moment of shock at Aomine's sudden loud volume and they both ran to the body sprawled out on the wooden cold floor.
Aomine shook Kuroko violently while chanting his name like a mantra. Momoi tried to calm the other down,but it's not like she could control herself either.
"Ao...mine-kun..."
The tanned man's eyes lightened with hope. "Tetsu!"
"...ngh...stop...shaking me.."
He quickly ceased his actions and waited to see what the tealette would do next. Kuroko fluttered opened his eyes and blinked a few times before pushing himself up-with the help of the two childhood friends,and greeted them,"Hello,Aomine-kun,Momoi-San."
Momoi sighed in relief that the other was alright before greeting back. Aomine on the other hand however,felt conflicted.
"Hello my ass Tetsu! Why are you even lying on the floor?! I thought...I thought you were dead!"
Kuroko grimaced at Aomine's choice of words,"Please mind your manners Aomine-kun. Also to answer your question,I wasn't lying on the floor."
"Then what were you doing? Sky-diving?"
"Aomine-kun,it's not possible to sky dive when you are already on the ground. I fell asleep while I was on my way to make breakfast."
"Tetsu-kun fell asleep on the way to make breakfast?Thats so...that's so...
"Stupid?"Aomine completed the sentence.
Cute!"
He rolled his eyes inwardly and looked at the bluenette with a worried expression,"You alright,Tetsu?How did you fall asleep on the way though?"
Kuroko nodded,"I'm fine,thank you for your concern. I think it's because I didn't get enough sleep yesterday."
Aomine raised a brow,"Don't you always sleep well? I mean you gave me lectures about the importance of sleeping quite a few times."
"Maybe I was too excited for this day. It has been a while since we last went out together after all."
Aomine looked at Kuroko with a surprised face before bursting into laughter,"What are you talking about Tetsu? You know we can always hang out anytime and anywhere you want right?"
The phantom smiled fondly,"Right."
He gave Kuroko a grinned before standing up,"Well,now that that is taken care of,"he fixed the tealette's atrocious bed hair and reached out a hand. "Let's go,shall we?"
"Yes."Kuroko grabbed onto the hand and stood up. Aomine's hand was rough-seeing as how he was a basketball player,yet,it was warm. It was a weird sensation.
"Oi,Satsuki!"He called out to the woman who was giggling to herself in the corner. "We are going now,hurry up and get up!"No response. Aomine clicked his tongue and dragged Momoi out of the house-much to her dismay. He ignored her whines of protest and threatens and just dug his ear with his right pinky.
"Aomine-kun,that's not how you treat women."
"Tetsu-kun is right!Geez,Dai-chan,unlike Tetsu-kun who is a gentleman,you are just a piece of bread!"
"Yeah,yeah whatever."
"So,"Kuroko started,"where exactly are we going?"
"Dunno,ask Satsuki."
"I swear I just told you not long ago,Dai-chan."she sighed. "We are going to the newly opened mall! Ki-chan said there is lots of good-looking clothes!"
"In case you are not aware Satsuki,Tetsu-"he jerked a thumb at the tealette,then,to himself."-and I,are dudes."
"Which is why I brought you two along!I wonder what two basketball idiots would do if they heard about a street basketball competition going on behind this very shopping centre~"
The said basketball idiots' ears perked up at that.
Aomine gulped,"what's the prize?"
Momoi grinned largely. Her plan worked. "It's a pair of LeBron James shoes."
The navy head's eyes twinkled in excitement,"We are winning this,Tetsu."
"Of course. Thank you for letting us know about this competition,Momoi-san."
"No problem,Tetsu-kun!"
With that,the two males ran to the basketball court with Momoi bidding them good bye.
'Hopefully this goes well.'were her last thoughts before heading off to shop for clothes.
"Geh! Why are there so many people!"Aomine managed to say while pushing through the swarm of people.
"It can't be helped,LeBron James is a popular brand after all."Kuroko said while getting through the swarm of people with ease.
"Which is why we are definitely getting those shoes!"Aomine used all his strength to push the people away and managed to get out. He collapsed on the floor after that whilst trying to catch his breath.
"...hah...finally out."
Aomine closed his eyes for a moment. And when he opened them once again,a familiar tealette appeared in his vision.
"Are you alright,Aomine-kun?"
He let out a unmanly scream and scooted away from Kuroko. He put a hand on top of chest to calm his heart down. "T-t-Tetsu!?"
"Yes?"
"...sigh. I haven't experience that in such a long time."
"Do you actually like being scared?"Kuroko joked.
"Of course not! It's just that.. I'm like being... You know,nostalgic?"
"I surprised you know that word,the world must be ending."
"Hey!"
Kuroko chuckled,"I'm just joking. We better hurry up before the registeration ends."
Realizing that fact,Aomine wiped his sweat away and quickly got up.
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"Let's do this,Tetsu!"
"Welcome,dear participants! Do you want to prove yourselves that you are the best in basketball? Well,now's the chance! Most people should have already known the prize,which is probably another reason why you chose to take part in this competition,but I'm repeating it! The prize is:A pair of LeBron James shoes! Isn't this wonderful? Now,enough talking,let us start the competition! Do your best everyone! Our first two pairs are:Satoru and Yuuya pair versus Aomine and Kuroko pair!"
Cheers resounded around the basketball court. Everyone was eager to find out which pair would win.
"Heh,we are the ones getting the shoes. You and your partner hav- Wait,where is your partner even?"Satoru asked. Single players should not be qualified for this competition.
Aomine smirked,"My partner's right here dude."
Satoru squinted his eyes at the area the navy head claimed his partner was at.
"There's no one there,don't be delu-"
"Look closer."
Satoru squinted even harder and finally,he saw a mob of light teal hair.
"Hello."
"What the hell!?"both Satoru and Yuuya exclaimed.
"Hey,"The referee spoke,"stop talking and making lots of noise. We are starting."
The two male tried their best to overcome their shock. They hope that they can concentrate in the game.
"Tip-off!"the referee blew his whistle and the fierce match began.
As expected,Aomine got the ball and he slam it at Kuroko's direction. Kuroko caught the ball and dribbled towards the hoop. Due to his horrible dribbling skills,Yuuya caught up easily with his abnormal speed(though still slower than Aomine)and stole it away. He was not even half near the other hoop when Aomine stole the ball back and ran to the hoop and dunk it in.
Satoru,Yuuya and the audiences' gape in awe,thinking how was it possible for a middle schooler to perform a dunk. Well,Aomine's height probably already created their doubts enough.
Satoru and Yuuya quickly snapped back into reality and proceeded to stop the navy head-completely forgetting about a certain phantom player. They only soon realize their mistake when they saw Aomine passing the ball to thin air-or so they thought. The ball curved and got caught by Aomine who ran past the other pair when they were trying to figure out how did the ball curve. It continued for a few minutes,until Yuuya remembered the invisible player.
"Satoru! It's the invisible boy!"
Hearing that,Satoru scanned through the court and tried to locate the phantom while Yuuya blocks Aomine,but to no avail.
'Shit.' He cursed inwardly.
Just then,he heard the sound of the whistle.
"End of Match! Aomine and Kuroko pair wins!"
Satoru turned to the score board,
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4-26
Their crushing defeat. Satoru ignored Yuuya's attempts in cheering him up and just simply stared at the other duo.
'Who exactly are these...these...monsters?'
"That was so easy."Aomine yawned.
"You shouldn't underestimate your opponents,Aomine-kun."
"Whatever."
Aomine walked a few steps forward,"Ah,wait. I almost forgot." He jogged back to Kuroko and raised his sweaty fist.
"A little bird whispered to me that you seem to miss doing this."he simply stated.
Kuroko lightened up and rubbed his eyes-hoping that he was not tearing up,before raising his own fist too. They gave each other warm smiles of their own,and their fists bumped.
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"That little bird is right,as always."
"So...what should we do about this?"Aomine asked.
They had won the competition and got the pair of shoes they wanted. But the thing was,it was only one pair.
"Rock paper scissors?"the tanned man tried suggesting.
Kuroko shook his head,"I think Aomine-kun should have it. Treat it as your birthday present."
"Tetsu,I appreciate your feelings but my birthday is still months away."
"An advance birthday present then."
"Nonono,the point is Tetsu,you should have it. You have been dying to get these shoes,haven't you?"
"I believe that was you,Aomine-kun."Kuroko deadpanned.
"...that's...not a lie...but-"
"Then you have it."
"Bu-"
"I insist. Besides,I already got what I wanted other than the shoes. And it's something much more important."
"And that is..?"
Kuroko gave Aomine a secretive smile,"It's a secret."
"Urgh...Tetsu being Tetsu. Fine,I will take the shoes."Aomine grumbled.
"Good. Now let us go meet up with Momoi-san."
"I bet you she bought bags of clothes. Just wait and see."
"Tetsu-kun,Dai-chan~!"
"Hello Momoi-san."
Aomine moved closer to Kuroko and whispered in his ear,"See,I told you she's gonna buy bags of clothes."
Which was true. The pink head have bags hung around both of her arms and each one had at least 12 bags.
"So,how was the competition?"
"Heh,we won of course!"Aomine boasted.
"I can see that! What I meant is erm...if you two...er...nevermind! You two must be hungry right? Let's hit Maji Burger!"Momoi said happily.
"Ah,wait. Natures' calling."
"Seriously,Dai-chan."
"Excuse you woman,my urinary system are still intact okay?"
Momoi rolled her eyes and let out a long sigh,"Make it quick."
With that,Aomine ran to the nearest toilet without pausing in his tracks.
"Momoi-san."
"What is it,Tetsu-kun?"She asked sweetly-a total contrast to her previous behavior.
"Momoi-san's real intention in inviting Aomine-kun and I out...was to mend our relationship,right?"
Momoi bit her lips. "...you caught me,Tetsu-kun. Yes,that was my intention."
"...Thank you very much,Momoi-san."Kuroko said. He really meant it.
She gave him a slight smile,"You don't have to thank me,I only did what I think was right. Dai-chan's behavior have been worrying me for quite a while and seeing you two-the best friends,the light and shadow duo of Teiko,drifting apart,"she paused for a while."It's just...kind of painful to stand and watch without doing anything."
"I still have to thank you Momoi-san. During the match,we somewhat got closer once again."
Momoi lightened,"Really?That's...that's...too good to be true."
"Don't worry Momoi-San,I will definitely change Aomine-kun back to himself. I promise."
"Thank you,Tetsu-kun. I will be waiting."
Kuroko gave the girl a smile. He wasn't quite sure,if what he did,was right. He was scared. Scared that he couldn't keep his promise. Scared that he would break this promise. After all,he really didn't have much time left. The reason he gave to Aomine and Momoi when they found him on the floor was a half truth half lie. It was true that he couldn't sleep well the previous night. The main reason though,was because of the devastating news he got from the doctor through a phone call after he had hung up with Aomine yesterday.
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The time he have,was lessened.
"Ah,Dai-chan is finally back!"
Kuroko snapped out of his daze and turned to Aomine,"Welcome back. You sure took your time."
"Yeah...sure..."Aomine replied.
The tealette raised a brow at the other's sudden weird behaviour. He was about to question him when Momoi pulled the both of them to Maji Burger.
"Welcome to Maji Burger. What do the both of you want?"the cashier,as expected,didn't notice Kuroko.
"I want set A,hmm...17-"
"25. Teriyaki hamburgers."Aomine cut Momoi's sentence.
"I want a vanilla milkshake please."
"1 set A,25...Teriyaki burgers and a vanilla milkshake. Understood,please take a seat. A waiter will serve soon after."
The trio found seats near the window and sat there. They were wrapped in an awkward silence.
"...So..."Aomine started,"how have you been doing lately,Tetsu?"
"I'm...doing well..I guess?"Aomine was definitely acting weird.
"No,not like that. Like...how have you been feeling?"
"...Well?"
Aomine sighed exasperatedly and smacked his forehead with his palm. "This is getting no where."he mumbled to himself.
Just then,the food came and they all ate in silence.
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Probably the most awkward lunch Kuroko ever had in his entire life.
The tealette sighed.
"Goodbye,Tetsu-kun! Be careful on your way home!"
"Same to you Momoi-san,Aomine-kun."
Kuroko gave them a smile before turning away to get back to his lonely house. He continued walking while sipping onto his vanilla milkshake-his third one,unknowing of the suspicious look Aomine was giving him.
-Earlier when Aomine excused himself-
"Urgh,that woman sure is troublesome."he muttered to himself on his way to the toilet.
"Huh,Aomine?"
The said person looked over his shoulder and his eyes widened slightly. "Nijimura-senpai?"
"Oh,so it's really you. How's life?"
"Full of annoying woman screaming 'Tetsu-kun~'every single god damn time."He replied while digging his left ear.
"...you mean Momoi right?"
"Who else?"
"...anyways,what are you doing here?"
"Got dragged here by Satsuki. Even got Tetsu into this."
"I suspected Momoi would be here but Kuroko?He's here huh..."
Noting the uncertain look on the senior's face,Aomine asked,"What's wrong?"
"No...it's just that...is Kuroko alright?Like,did he mention anything about not feeling well?"
"No?Well,when Satsuki and I went to fetch him,we kinda saw him on the floor. But he ap-"
"Excuse me but, he what?"
"I was getting there. He apparently fell asleep there on his way to the kitchen. Said he didn't sleep well last night."
"Wait,hold on. Doesn't everything sound suspicious?"
"Really?I mean I can kind of understand how he feels,I tend to fall asleep when I walk out of my room."
"...Of course. It's you after all. Sigh. What I meant is that knowing Kuroko,he wouldn't just fall asleep on the floor even if he didn't sleep well. He would at least get up,right?"
"That's...true."
"Aomine."
"W-what?"Not like he would ever admit it but he felt kind of nervous now.
"Look,what I'm about to tell you,it's better if you don't tell anyone. It's kind of...not confirmed yet but it's best if you just keep it to yourself."
Aomine gulped harshly,"Okay..."
Nijimura took a deep breath. "Last time when I went to the hospital to visit my father,I went out to get a drink for myself and I bumped into Doctor Midorima,you know,Midorima's father?"
Aomine nodded. The ravenette continued.
"He...kind of gave me a warning."
Aomine's eyes narrowed. A warning?
"He told me to look out for Kuroko,like if he suddenly collapsed during practice for a very long time or something."
"...Why did he tell you that though?Isn't Akashi the current captain?"
"I asked him the same. He said that if he told Akashi,he wouldn't want to be kept in the dark and he will definitely find out everything. He probably wouldn't handle it well either."
There was silence between them for a few seconds before Nijimura opened his mouth again,"And here's the main part. Doctor Midorima said..."
Aomine's eyes widened.
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"What?"was all he managed to let out.
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"The poor young boy,first a year and now...he doesn't have much time,only six months left. What a pitiful soul."Those words,were said with a sorrowful face.
And chapter 5 is done! Phew,all the dialogues xD
If anyone was wondering about Satoru and Yuuya,well,they are just random people with random names XD I needed opponents but I don't want to use any of the other canon characters soo...also I cnt write Bball scene
This chapter is a little bit rushed so I'm sorry about that ;;;; Ahhhhh,next is Akashi's turn! Finally the akakuro fluff before all the angst xD The next chapter might take a while as I need to figure out how to make the akakuro fluff...fluffy...with a tint of angst...what am I even saying?
Also,I'm really sorry if you reviewed and I didn't reply ;; it probably ate it. But please do review again! I really appreciate it :)
Q and A/thank you section~!
Daygon Yuuki:Wish granted~!xD
KuroShiroRyuu:I actually did plan out a few endings. Hmm...there is one with a plot twist,there is one that makes everyone confuse,there is one that is happy,they is one that is devastating,there is one that is bittersweet,there is also one which I have no idea what am I thinking about and probably a lot more! Hopefully the ending would not be a typical one but rather a special one~!
Whatnameshallitake:D'awww,thank you so much~!
Guest:Most likely xD I will try to make a mixture of both though~!
Kookie:Thank yo so much,sweetie 3 I'm glad that you like how Mukkun is xD MuraKuro is one of the pairings that I ship that is kind of underrated so I'm glad that you are starting to ship them~! Don't forget though,this fanfic is going more to the akakuro direction(but still friendship because I cannot with romance ;; I will try though)Thank you for your support~!
LizzyWizzie:hahaha xDD I have to admit,the title was really random. I didn't know what was I thinking at that moment xD
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