Disclaimer: Kuroko no Basuke © Tadatoshi Fujimaki

Warning: Some KagaKuro guy-on-guy action (finally!), slightly anticlimactic plot (but it's not the real climax yet!), language, oOC-ness, etc…

A/N: I'm so-so-sooo sorry for being so late in updating. Life is being a hindrance for me to write. But I won't stop making stories. No matter how long it will take, I'm going to finish it. Here's the new chapter. Enjoy.

Chapter 14: The Rescue

Kagami jerked as he felt something big and heavy unceremoniously dropped on the mattress beside him. "Uh, what's going on?"

"A rat," the guy, the one who was in charge of Kagami-sitting duty said gruffly.

"Huh?" Kagami was confused. "What rat?"

"Apparently kids these days like nosing around something which isn't their business." He muttered lowly, sounding annoyed but there was also something in his voice that caused Kagami to wonder whether he was actually worried or something. "I'm going to report to the big gun. You, stay quiet with him." Then Kagami heard him walk away.

Unable to hear his footsteps anymore, Kagami turned to the lump at his side. He was still blindfolded and his wrists bound behind his back, so he couldn't see a thing and move freely, but the lump by his side was warm; warm enough to be considered as a body. Mr. Kidnapper said something about kids these days… did they kidnap another kid?

But why? Isn't their business with my dad only? Why did they take another kid? Besides, why isn't the kid moving? Is he even alive?—Kagami couldn't help paling at the thought that someone was dying in his vicinity. Slightly apprehensive, Kagami nudged the body beside him with his knee.

"Hey! Hey, are you alive?" he whispered frantically. There was no response whatsoever which caused Kagami to panic a little bit. "Hey!" He nudged the body harder and there was a quiet groan coming as the body shifted slightly.

Oh, thank God he's alive!—Kagami let out a relieved sigh for a brief moment, though he still needed to wake the guy up to make sure that he wasn't injured, bleeding or something equally horrifying.

"Hey, you okay? Can you talk?" Kagami promptly asked and there was a 'huh?' and a disgruntled noise, as if the guy was disoriented before he spoke.

"Why… is it so dark?"

Kagami snapped in shock because he knew that voice. "KUROKO?!"

There was a surprised gasp before- "Kagami-kun?" Kuroko seemed about to move, but then- "Ah, I cannot move my hands and legs…!" He sounded very troubled. "I can't see anything as well…! Oh God… I feel sick…" Then he made a retching noise, as if he was about to vomit.

Kagami made a move to get closer to the smaller boy. He didn't exactly know his position, but he could lean his right arm to touch any part of Kuroko's body, probably his side if he could feel the push and pull of his muscle as he was heaving, at least to give him some comfort because he must have felt terrible if he was drugged, the same way Kagami had been feeling when he first woke up after being kidnapped.

"Oh man… they must have blindfolded and tied you up as well. But, what the hell are you doing here?!" Kagami couldn't help raising his voice a bit because what the fuck?! Why did Kuroko get kidnapped as well? He had nothing to do with Kagami's dad's business, did he?

Kuroko let out a shuddering breathe a few moments after that. "I… might have seen a suspicious vehicle and followed them to the abandoned construction site…"

"Alone?!" Kagami wanted to yell about how stupid he was for doing something so dangerous without any adult around, or at least any back up. Didn't he realize that he was still a kid? He was in 8th grade for God's sake! A middle-schooler!

"I was reporting to the first responder in the police station," Kuroko's tone was rather defensive, but then he paused as if he was contemplating whether or not he should continue.

"And?" Kagami wasn't that patient of a person and took the choice from Kuroko because he just knew there was something more to his story.

"Um, they told me not to do anything until they arrived…" Now he sounded small and regretting.

"But you didn't listen to them, did you?" Kagami accused. If he hadn't been blindfolded, he would have narrowed his eyes at him.

"But then I would have lost the clue to find you, Kagami-kun. I was very worried…" Kuroko sounded really upset then. Kagami was surprised that the usually flat toned Kuroko could express his feeling through his voice like that. Moreover, he was touched that Kuroko was very concerned, and cared so much about him.

"Kuroko…" Kagami shifted his position so he could sit much closer to Kuroko who seemed to rise to sit up as well. Kagami felt something rest on his shoulder and instantly realized that it was Kuroko's head because his soft, sticking up hair tickled Kagami's cheek a bit.

"I am glad that you are at least in one piece, Kagami-kun…" Kuroko whispered nuzzling him blindly, but still got it right as Kagami huffed out a gentle sigh, nuzzling him back.

"Yeah, but I'm sorry that you got involved in this mess…" Kagami said whishing his hands free because he really wanted to pull Kuroko's body closer in his arms.

"What is actually going on? Why did they kidnap you, Kagami-kun? I heard some pretty disturbing words when those people were conversing earlier…!" Kuroko sounded really scared then and Kagami wanted to do something to comfort him, but without sight, hands and legs, it was almost impossible. Though, he could use his words, so he told Kuroko what he knew without showing how concerned he was with his own life.

Hopefully, Dad will take care of it—he wished inwardly.

"They are… my dad's business rivals, probably. They just want my dad to close his business down, though it seems that my dad has been doing some kind of underground dealing that I'm not aware of," he carefully spoke. "It will be alright. Dad will take care of it," he continued reassuringly.

"Underground dealing… is Kagami-kun's dad some kind of gangster?" Kuroko shifted his head aside and Kagami felt a sensation of breath on his neck and jaw, so Kuroko must have been facing upward then.

"God, no," Kagami barked a soft laugh, unexpectedly feeling rather hysterical if that was really the case. "No, of course not… I hope. Dad is rarely home and all I know is that he has a lot of companies across the States. I don't know what kind of trading business he is doing, but I'm certain that he's not a bad person."

I hope he's not breaking any law either, but that might have been overrated if he makes such kinds of enemies in his business…

"But he is not… in Japan, is he?" Kuroko was still worried. Kagami knew because his body trembled slightly.

"No, he's not," Kagami sighed, slightly dejected. "But Yama-jii will call him and he will do something to let those kidnappers know that whatever business my dad is running has been closed down. Then we will be returned home, safe and sound." Kagami could think positive. He had to. Or he would break down and that wouldn't help their situation.

Kuroko was silent for a few moments after that before he sniffed softly. "I heard… the word 'murder' in their conversation earlier, Kagami-kun…" His whisper was so soft that Kagami had to strain his hearing, and he wished he hadn't caught that word as Kagami's body shuddered violently at the icy feeling that word brought.

"They were talking about something else." Kagami reassured Kuroko, but mostly he tried to convince himself as he chanted inside his heart. "He promised that we will go home safely." He remembered one of his captors said that they needed him alive. He would hang onto that as long as possible.

"He?" Kuroko inquired.

"Yeah, I was able to connect with one of the kidnappers and he didn't seem like such a bad person that he would kill an innocent child," Kagami leaned more prominently on Kuroko's side. "I want to believe him."

Kuroko was quiet for a moment before he replied "Yeah, okay."

Then they stayed in comfortable silence for maybe an hour or two, just seeking comfort from each others' presence until the shouting started.

Kagami went rigid and Kuroko's body jerked in surprise as they heard the struggle; things being thrown around. The crashes, the slams, and then gunshots rang jarringly that both Kagami and Kuroko yelped, trying to stay still despite the shiver wracking their body in terror.

Shit! Shit! Shit! What's going on?! What happened?!

"Ka-Kagami-kun…!" Kuroko's voice sound small and very afraid and for the nth time Kagami wished he could move his hands to hug Kuroko because he was also terrified of this development. He prayed to god that he and Kuroko would stay safe. He just wanted to go home.

A life-time moment later, or maybe just a few minutes -Kagami wasn't sure since his ears were still ringing from the gunshot noises earlier-, the whole place grew very, very quiet. In unconscious effort, Kagami tried to position Kuroko behind him. He had to protect Kuroko no matter what. He waited and waited for something to happen and then… there was a clicking sound from the door that separated the room where Kagami and Kuroko were held from the debacle outside.

Kagami tensed and he might have heard Kuroko whimper as he dug his forehead on one of Kagami's shoulder blades.

"Hey, kid."

Kagami knew that voice. It was the man that mostly guarded Kagami.

"W-what's going on?" Kagami asked, stuttering slightly.

"No worries. You're going home," he said gently, a hint of smile on his voice.

"Eh?" Kagami didn't expect that. He straightened up in surprise.

"Mission accomplished. The ring leader and his goons have been subdued."

There was a static noise and the man apparently wasn't talking to Kagami as he started to report to the air… or someone else, someone who wasn't there, probably through radio or some kind of communication device. "Hostages secured," he said again and Kagami felt himself being hauled up.

"Ah!" Kagami yelped in shock.

"Kagami-kun!" Kuroko shouted, alarmed.

"It's alright. We're getting out of here," the man said before he made a move to… lug Kuroko up as well? He wasn't sure since he only heard Kuroko's loud exclamation as well before they started to move.

"Holy shit! You don't have to haul me up like a sack of potatoes! I can walk!" Kagami half panicked because he couldn't stable himself with his hands still bound together at the wrists.

"With that chain on your ankle? Not likely, kid," he chuckled lightly. "Sorry for scaring you two. It's alright, you're safe now." Kagami felt a gentle pat on his back and suddenly he felt so, so, so relieved that the tears made their way to his still blindfolded eyes. He tried not to sob, but his body was still shaking, and he doubted that the man didn't realize as he crouched more to him, reeling in the feeling of safety that squeezed his chest.

The man sighed and stroked his back up and down repeatedly in comforting gesture and Kagami was grateful that he didn't say anything to alert Kuroko that Kagami was sniveling like a baby.

"Mi-mister?" Kagami heard Kuroko's voice, calling the man in hesitation.

"Hmm?"

"Who are you?"

There was a pause in his movement before it resumed a moment later like there was none of it. "Well, you can say… an undercover agent trying to capture bad guys."

"Interpol?" Kuroko questioned, sounding curious and the man's movement faltered a bit at that.

"You're an Interpol agent?!" Kagami jumped in shock, jarring his position that he almost fell off the man's shoulder.

"Whoa! Careful! You might fall!" the man steadied his hold on Kagami's body more securely. "Sheesh… what's with you kids and your curiosity?" he grumbled after that, sounding rather annoyed. "How did you guess anyway?" he seemed to aim the question at Kuroko then.

"Well… this is Japan and you are obviously… not Japanese?" Kuroko didn't sound certain. "And you are an undercover agent. I do not think Japanese police force has undercover agent for foreign organization."

"Ah, right! You spoke Japanese!" Kagami just realized that. "Wait… you could speak Japanese all this time?! Why didn't you speak to me in Japanese then, before?!" he protested.

"Because I'm undercover, duh." Kagami could almost hear him roll his eyes. "I'd been in that group for more than a year, you know. I had to sound at least genuine when I worked with those pathetic felons," he explained. "You're sharp, Kid. Have to admit that." Kagami imagined that he was smirking as he said that.

"Thank you," Kuroko answered flatly.

"And you're overly calm for someone that had just been kidnapped," he continued, assessing.

"And rescued in matter of hours," Kuroko coughed lightly. "I would have appreciated it more if you did not drug me with… with what? Chloroform? I still feel sick of the remnant of it…"

"Don't be a baby. I only used quarter of a dose that they used on Kagami before, so you could wake up faster," the man scoffed.

"Still, feel sick," Kuroko burped.

Kagami snorted. "Can we at least know your name?"

"Unfortunately, no," the man shrugged. "My cover can't be blown. Just call me Mr. K, that's my code name."

"K-san then… Are you planning to put us down anytime soon? Because I could use some fresh water to wash away the bile from my mouth, and could you uncover our eyes? I want to ensure myself that you are not actually trying to kidnap us again." Kuroko's voice was so dry that Kagami almost felt sorry for K who made a protesting noise that Kuroko was very rude to someone who just saved both him and Kagami.

"Fine. I was just going to drop you guys at the nearest hospital so you could get checked for injuries, but if you prefer to be dropped off in the middle of nowhere then suit yourself." K stopped and put both Kagami and Kuroko down on the ground. Kagami's legs wobbled slightly as he tried to balance himself and he immediately felt that the chain around his ankles was being removed.

"Wait, you won't uncover our eyes?" Kagami asked him ridiculously.

"I told you, my cover can't be blown," K replied huffily.

"But, how do you expect us find our way home if we cannot see anything?" Kuroko quipped.

"You were the one who wanted to be dropped off here," K sounded smug then and Kagami heard Kuroko sigh.

"All right, I was wrong. Please drop us off at the hospital or police station. And we are very grateful for being saved," Kuroko said politely and there was an awkward silence for a while until Kagami heard the faint chuckle from K.

"You kids are so amusing," he said, gradually laughing. "Okay, since you can stand and walk by yourselves, I'll guide you boys to the nearest hospitals then."

Then Kagami felt K's hand on his shoulder and probably on Kuroko's as well, urging them to walk forward as he guided them to a certain direction.

"Won't the people from the hospital be questioning you if you bring us there in this condition?" Kagami asked then.

"They will, but I won't stay around to be questioned. As soon as I dropped you off there, I'm gone."

"Okay…" Kagami couldn't help wondering if they guy was a Ninja since he was so confident that he could disappear quicker than being spotted by the hospital staffs and getting caught.

~Kagami x Kuroko~

"So… this is what he meant by being gone as soon as he dropped us off…" Kagami's voice sounded rather annoyed. He could imagine that lots of beads of sweats and tics of irritation appeared on his face and temples.

"He is certainly creative," Kuroko sighed as he let some people –paramedics, he reminded himself- fuss over him a little, starting from undoing the blindfold.

They weren't dropped off in the hospital, but at the field near the hospital building. Then K apparently had called for an ambulance, hence their state of affairs right now. The paramedics who found them instantly took action of checking them for injuries. Both were immediately treated for whatever they suffered from the kidnapping.

Kagami was still too aggravated to explain anything, so Kuroko answered their questions as best as he could, but about the question regarding Kagami's kidnapping motive, he couldn't tell them in detail because he only knew what Kagami told him.

"I'd like to call my guardian and… and the police," Kagami said after the paramedic was sure that both Kuroko and Kagami were not in immediate danger.

"It's better if you do that in the hospital. You can rest there while you're waiting," one the paramedics, a man with silky brown hair and kind chocolate eyes suggested, and Kagami agreed.

As soon as they were settled in two of the beds in ER and Kagami informed them of his and Kuroko's emergency contacts, they were left alone in peace.

"Who's going to pick you up, Kuroko?"

Kuroko jolted slightly as he heard Kagami's question. Oh, he had dozed off a little there. He was still mulling over about what he had seen and heard before he lost consciousness. He swore he saw his father's face there for a second. But that couldn't be. His father was an ordinary office worker. True, sometimes he had office trips to other cities and wouldn't be home for several days, but getting involved in a kidnapping… Kuroko must have been seeing things. It couldn't have been his father. It was just plainly impossible.

Let's just forget about that. I might have been hallucinating because of the chloroform.

Kuroko then noticed that Kagami was looking at him with concern in his eyes, definitely because he had been silent for too long. Kuroko felt slightly bad for worrying him. "Pardon, I was a little dazed. Um, I believe my mother is going to pick me up," he answered softly.

"Oh, man… that's not how I plan to meet your family," Kagami lamented slightly.

"Eh?" Kuroko was a bit curious of his phrasing.

"Well… I'm dating her son, but I got him involved in a kidnapping. She's gonna think that I'll endanger you again in the future… NOT exactly a good impression," Kagami covered his face now.

Kuroko's face was a slightly warm at the mention of them dating and his heart fluttered as he read between Kagami's lines… that Kagami planned to be with him for the foreseeable future from the way he was worried about what his mother's would think of him. "Kagami-kun… it was not your fault. The one at fault were those kidnappers, and maybe me for being reckless," he smiled, placating, and Kagami uncovered his face to look at Kuroko with a bemused expression.

"Still, I feel responsible. If you hadn't been involved with me, you wouldn't have been kidnapped as well," the red haired teen pointed out and he sounded a bit dejected as he looked down. "I'm sorry," he apologized a short time later.

Kuroko shook his head. "I am not sorry for knowing Kagami-kun," he replied, earning him a perplexed look from Kagami. "Meeting Kagami-kun is a blessing for me… because only Kagami-kun can make me feel this way," he shyly looked upward at Kagami's eyes. "I am happy that I like you, Kagami-kun."

Kagami's face turned red at the confession and he made a complicated expression afterward, grumbling slightly about how embarrassing Kuroko could be while Kuroko silently chuckled at how adorable Kagami looked when he was blushing.

"Well, I'm just glad that we're both okay," Kagami said afterward, reaching out his hand to grab Kuroko's on the bed next to his. "I can't wait to join the match again." He grinned after that, seemingly excited.

"Oh," Kuroko couldn't help looking down at the reminder of the All Middle Tournament. Luckily, he could still join the match tomorrow, but Kagami's team had been defeated by Seitou.

"Ugh, I'd probably get yelled at for not showing up in the previous match, but…"

"Kagami-kun," Kuroko cut and Kagami blinked at him questioningly. "Your team… got defeated by Seitou in the previous match," he informed heavily.

"Oh," Kagami widened his eyes slightly before he looked down. "I see…" He looked very disappointed and there was a hint of guilt in the way his body hunched. Kagami must have felt that he was at fault for causing his team to lose. Kuroko didn't watch the game, but from what Akashi told him, he could guess that Shōei team had become distraught after the news about Kagami's kidnapping was passed to them, hence their sloppy performance in the last half of the game.

"Seitou team is quite formidable. They have Hanamiya Makoto after all, one of the Crownless Kings," Kuroko tried to lift his mood, but Kagami was still seemingly very remorseful. "Kagami-kun is not to blame for it either," he added, feeling rather desperate because he didn't want to see Kagami so depressed like that. It wasn't Kagami's fault. Just a series of unfortunate events, none of it was his to blame.

"Yeah… but it does feel like it," Kagami shut his eyes, most likely hurt by his own words.

Kuroko gripped Kagami's hand which was still in his hold a little more tightly. "Kagami-kun-"

"Taiga!"

Before Kuroko could continue, Yamamoto arrived with a pair of officers, effectively cutting his words as he had to release Kagami's hand. Yamamoto hurried to Kagami's side and hugged him, saying how worried he was and he seemed about to cry as Kagami held him back just as tight.

Kuroko felt like he was intruding if he spoke, so he was quiet in waiting as a few moments after that, the officers asked questions regarding what happened and how they could get out. Kagami told them everything he knew, including an undercover Interpol agent that saved them. But both he and Kuroko weren't allowed to see and know the agent's face and real name, except the code-name he gave them. Kuroko also informed them of the last place he knew of their whereabouts (or whatever left of them after all hell broke loose) before he fainted.

After that, both he and Kagami were discharged from the hospital since they weren't exactly injured. Though, Kagami got medication for the bump on his head.

Kuroko was waiting for his mother to pick him up, but apparently she took her time because it had been half an hour since they were allowed to go home, but she hadn't come yet.

"Maybe you should go with us first, Kuroko. Or, we could take you home," Kagami offered.

Kuroko shook his head. "I'll be fine. You go on home and take a rest, Kagami-kun. You have been through a lot after all," he said.

"Right back at you, Kuroko. You were with me, remember?" Kagami huffed.

"But-"

"No buts," Kagami cut rather curtly, sounding tense and worried. "I just… I don't want something else to happen to you again." He grasped Kuroko's shoulder and pulled his body closer to him before enveloping him in an embrace. "Yama-jii will call your mom later, okay? I want to stay with you a bit longer…" He whispered the last line as his hug tightened.

Kuroko was silent for a moment, and then he looped his arms around Kagami's sides, holding him back, drowning his face on Kagami's chest, inhaling his comforting scent. He felt good in Kagami's warm arms. "Alright," so he couldn't resist staying longer in them as well, so personal and close to Kagami.

Kuroko could feel Kagami heave out a sigh of relief. They stayed in that position for a long time until they both heard Yamamoto's "Ahem," which reminded them right away that they weren't alone. Kagami flushed in bright red color while Kuroko looked down with warm face, feeling rather embarrassed.

~Kagami x Kuroko~

In the end, Kuroko ended up staying over at Kagami's house that day since it was almost midnight when they arrived. He even slept in Kagami's room in Kagami's clothes. Yamamoto readied a futon for him, but Kagami insisted that Kuroko slept on his bed. Kuroko of course refused to hijack Kagami's bed and then-

"Why don't we sleep together? Your bed is big enough for the both of us."

Kagami's face still felt like on fire even after he took a shower and got ready to go to sleep. Kuroko didn't seem to mean anything strange with his suggestion to sleep together, but Kagami couldn't help feeling that he was being tested even though both he and Kuroko were still too young to even consider such thing.

It's just sleeping on the same bed! Don't think anything absurd, Kagami! Get a grip of yourself, you idiot!—he wasn't above cursing himself inwardly to remind him that he and Kuroko had been through traumatic experience and they should just sleep to rest, or better, to forget the experience altogether.

Though, it was kind of hard to sleep when your sweetheart was laid down beside you, on your reach to touch but you couldn't do anything about it because you were still too young to indulge yourself in such indecent manner. Kagami laid down on his side, his back to Kuroko, his heart beating too fast and loud for his liking. He was sure that Kuroko could feel and hear it through his pajamas.

"Kagami-kun," Kuroko finally called him and Kagami almost jumped.

"Ye-yeah?" Damn. Could his voice get any rougher?

"Will you face this way?" Kuroko requested and Kagami could feel his hand touching his back and he almost shiver from it.

Kagami silently changed his position to grant Kuroko's wish and he tried not to blush as he saw Kuroko's vulnerable look, looking at him with gentle eyes and open expression. His plain white T-shirt was too big for Kuroko that his clavicle and one of his shoulders were showing. His skin looked very soft to the touch, pale and fair. Kuroko was very cute and soft and defenseless. Kagami tried to keep his hands to himself despite the urge to touch and run his fingers on his face and hair and body.

"What is it?" Luckily, he could maintain his composure as he voiced his question.

Kuroko didn't release his sky blue eyes from Kagami's crimson ones. "Nothing… I only want to see your face," he said, a hint of smile on his soft-looking lips.

Kagami couldn't help blushing at such honest answer. He wondered why Kuroko wasn't embarrassed. He tried to think of another topic for conversation so as not to thwart himself for stammering through it. "Uh… your parents must have been worried since you weren't home and all…"

"Yes, well…" Kuroko sighed slightly. "I have to admit that I am not really close to my parents," he confessed.

"Eh?" Now Kagami felt a sinking feeling that he had started something he shouldn't have. He didn't know about Kuroko's family situation enough to have conversation about it.

"To be honest, both my parents are quite busy. Surely they provide financial support quite okay, but I am often alone at home. I know both of them are working hard for me, but I kind of wish that they were home more often. We have dinner together, but we are not quite talking. They ask about my day at school, but it feels more like a courtesy instead of genuine interest or curiosity because they always look tired and I am reluctant to add to their burden."

Kagami was listening to Kuroko as he talked about his parents. He didn't find anything strange in their relationship. Surely, the way Kuroko talked about them was a bit distant, as if it was conjured from a third party instead of the ones involved, but it was as normal as any family with working parents was.

"…-I guess… I do not have enough presence to be in their attention…"

Kagami reached for Kuroko's head and started to stroke it slowly, making Kuroko blink at him in puzzlement. "That's because you aren't making any effort to connect with them, right?" he asked and Kuroko widened his eyes slightly. "I know you're not the type that shows emotions easily, but if you build a wall around yourself too, how can they come in to see you?"

Kagami smiled at the stunned Kuroko then and leaned down to kiss his forehead gently. "Why don't you try and tell them how you feel more? I'm sure they will listen to you if you tell them as honest as you can. After all, they already make an effort to ask about your day whenever you have dinner together, right? If you communicate as much as you can when you have the time, that distance you feel between you and your parents will disappear," he continued with a grin.

Kagami was familiar with what Kuroko felt. Both his parents were also busy and hardly at home. Kagami sometimes also felt lonely because they weren't there with him, but he had Alex and Tatsuya and his friends then, and now… now he had Yamamoto and Kuroko here. He wasn't lonely. Not at all.

"You're right, Kagami-kun," Kuroko gave him a small smile, a hint of pink adorning his cheeks. "Kagami-kun is very kind. I feel warm and content with you beside me." He scooted closer then, reaching his hand to hold Kagami's pajama top and buried his face in Kagami's chest.

Kagami went red again at the feel of Kuroko's body so close to his. His heart jumped and quickened its beat, running in staccato for a mile per minute. "U-uh… t-thanks…" Kagami didn't know where he should put his hand. He finally settled it carefully on Kuroko's waist, not wanting to spook him.

"Kagami-kun…"

Kagami looked down only to be met with Kuroko's half-lidded eyes, his pink lips parted slightly and his expression was very… very seductive for god's sake! Kuroko must have done it on purpose. He was tempting Kagami too much!

Kagami tried. Really, he did. But denying his yearning to claim those lips were impossible. Besides, he and Kuroko were boyfriends. It would be alright for them to kiss, right? Just a kiss. It would be their first. It wasn't perfect because he had imagined the situation would be more romantic than this, but he wanted so badly to kiss Kuroko right now.

Kagami leaned into Kuroko, gently gazing at his beautiful eyes and then at his lips before he closed that small gap between them and kissed his lips; softly at first, once, twice, before he added the pressure on the third kiss more firmly, making Kuroko moan slightly.

Kagami loved the small noises that Kuroko made. It felt good and he wanted to hear more of his voice. Intuitively, he opened his mouth slightly and let out his tongue to lick at Kuroko's bottom lip. Kuroko gasped lightly and Kagami felt the movement of Kuroko's lips granting him entrance and Kagami really wanted to taste Kuroko, so he dipped his tongue inside Kuroko's oral cavity experimentally.

Kuroko tasted like mint from Kagami's toothpaste. There was a remnant of vanilla flavor from the milk that he drank before he brushed his teeth and it was so warm and enjoyable being inside Kuroko's cavern. It almost felt like he was melting.

"Nnh…" Kuroko groaned again and Kagami could feel his hand gripping the material of his pajama on his chest more tightly, flushing his body into Kagami. Kagami's hand moved on its own on Kuroko's back, stroking gently up and down before he felt the urge to feel Kuroko's skin as well and so slowly, his hand slipped inside his too big clothes, making contact with Kuroko's bare skin.

Kuroko keened. He had to let go of the kiss because the smaller boy was gasping for breath and Kagami was very interested to taste his skin as well, so he leaned down once more to catch Kuroko's neck in his mouth. Kuroko moaned loudly at that.

"Ah… Ka-Kagami-kun…!"

It was so easy to lose himself in Kuroko's soft voice, his warm pliable skin, and his small cries. Kagami didn't know what he was doing anymore. He just wanted and wanted and Kuroko seemed to desire the same thing and he craved more of Kuroko's skin and his pleas, and by the time he realized it, Kagami was straddling Kuroko, pulling the shirt off of the smaller boy and latching his mouth on Kuroko's chest, his nipples, kissing and biting, licking, sucking and marking him, and he couldn't help but ground his hips against Kuroko's need, and wow.

Just… wow.

It felt incredible. Too much but not enough at the same time. Kagami wanted more, more of that delicious friction.

"Ah! Kagami-kun! Aah!"

Kagami was aware that Kuroko was moaning too loudly. But his mind was too clouded to think better of what they were doing. There was only desire and arousal and he was so close to reach that amazing completion when there were suddenly loud knockings on the door, and when Kagami registered the noise, he literally jumped, rolled himself away from Kuroko so fast that he fell down from his bed on the hard floor.

"Taiga, Kuroko-kun, is everything alright in there?" Yamamoto's voice was heard and Kagami was still panting too hard and fast to answer and he didn't trust his voice not to falter when he tried to pace his breathing and will his arousal down.

Shit! Shit! Shit!—He cursed inwardly as he coughed, trying to sound normal as he answered.

"Y-yeah! We were uh… we were wrestling! Sorry for being so loud!" His voice was still cracking and too high for his liking, but he couldn't help it. He just hoped that Yamamoto would believe his words.

"Alright, but keep it down. And go to sleep, seriously. Aren't you guys tired? You'd just come home from a kidnapping. Sheesh… teenagers…" Yamamoto's exasperated voice was slowly getting away after that, apparently buying Kagami's excuse enough to leave them alone again.

…

…

Now the silence was awkward. Kagami tried to get up from the floor and looked at the bed, where Kuroko –already dressed again, sadly- laid down facing the wall and his back to Kagami. He crouched tightly in a ball and his shoulders visibly trembled. Kagami felt like a dick instantly seeing him like that.

"Kuroko?" He called tentatively and Kuroko flinched at that. Kagami felt his heart sink once again, but this time from guilt for scaring him. He lost control and he almost violated him. God, he was an idiot and a dumbass. "I-I'm sorry…"

Kuroko reacted to that apparently because he stiffened before he turned back to look at Kagami. "You are… sorry?" There was a hint of disbelief in the way he looked at Kagami and then, there was anger. "Was that just a joke to you?" His voice actually rose in volume and he sounded hurt. Kagami was very dumbfounded at that.

"What—No!" He immediately objected as loudly. "Of course it wasn't a joke, but I… I lost control and I scared you. I'm sorry for that. Even though I already promised myself that I'd treasure you... Sorry…" He looked down miserably now, feeling regretful.

"I did… not say that I disliked it," Kuroko said a moment later. Kagami looked upward at him with widened eyes, quite taken aback and a bit hopeful that Kuroko wasn't angry.

Kuroko's face was quite red, though. "I was just… surprised and horrified. I mean… my voice was so loud that Yamamoto-san heard it. It was quite… mortifying." His face turned a darker shade of red at this point and his eyes were not looking at Kagami. His voice was so soft and wavering and he seemed very embarrassed then.

"Oh…" Kagami flushed again as he realized what would happen if Yamamoto caught them like that. Holy shit, that was indeed mortifying. "Y-yeah… right," he felt like a fool multiplied by ten. "Um… I'll sleep on the futon then…" He didn't trust himself not to lose his sense again if he was in the same bed as Kuroko.

"N-no, I'll sleep on the futon," Kuroko got up.

"It's fine, Kuroko."

"No."

Well, both of Kagami and Kuroko were quite stubborn. In the end, after arguing for fifteen minutes, they decided to just sleep on the bed anyway, but with their backs facing each other.

"Good night, Kuroko."

"Sleep tight, Kagami-kun."

Though, both didn't get to sleep until much later, after they both calmed their heart that refused to beat in slower pace because they remembered how hot and exciting touching each other was…

End of Chapter 14

Tbc…

A/N: Ugh, in the end I have to increase the rating to M because of this chapter. Oh, well… maybe not M, but heavy T it is *grins* After all, nothing really happened anyway *coughs*. Alright, so this is chapter 14. A bit anticlimactic, yeah? Well, there will still be chapter 15, as well as the real climax and the last chapter for this story, maybe with an epilog as a bonus too. Feed back is always welcomed and encouraged!