Summary: Akashi rarely gets sick, but when he does, he's stubborn about taking his medicine.

Rating: M

Warning/Description: Fluff! Adorable! AkaKuro; Implied Sexual Content; No explicit content

AN: Enjoy 333 A rather late Dedication to White Day (3/14/17) To my Akashi, Michelle :)

The Cure

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The sky was still gray when Kuroko began to stir, peeling one pastel blue open at a time and squinting at the clock, the numbers blurry. Then he wondered – the clock? – how could he see it when usually his face was all smushed against Akashi-kun's chest.

He blinked awake as he sat up in bed, big blue eyes searching around the dark room. Kuroko had surprisingly great vision in the dark. But found no sign of his red-haired love.

"Sei-kun?" Kuroko called. When he got no answer, he stuck his lip out. Having a pretty good idea where Akashi was and what he was doing.

Kuroko's heart skipped a beat when the room suddenly lit up with white, lightning flashing outside, followed by thunder and pouring rain.

He pushed the covers back, and got out of bed, barefoot. A shiver ran his spine and he hugged his naked body as he bent down to grab the snow white Yukata off the floor, and slipped it back on. He easily gave up on finding the tie for his waist. And peeked out the window, catching a view of the mountains right before he left the room to look for Sei.

His feet thumped softly against the cabin floor as he walked down the short, dark hall. It was a little too quiet, even with the pouring rain outside. He began to hope Akashi-kun hadn't gone out. The redhead already showed signs of having a cold. Kuroko pretended not to notice or be worried about him. But Akashi-kun looked so tired yesterday. He was just too cool, and too stubborn to go take a nap, even when Kuroko encouraged him. Even when Kuroko tried tricking him, and pushing him down on the bed. Akashi wouldn't budge.

Quickly reaching the end of the hall, Kuroko heard clicking from the kitchen, and stopped. Slowly, he poked his blue head around the corner, and sure enough - there was Sei, typing away.

Kuroko was a master in stealth. He wanted to sneak up on Sei and scare him. But it was a challenging task. Akashi-kun was practically as fearless as he was humorless.

Not to mention he had that darn Emperor eye – it wasn't just useful for cheating at basketball.

Akashi froze when a hand reached from behind his shoulder, going straight for his laptop screen. But before Tetsuya could close his laptop, Akashi caught his wrist, frowning as he looked over behind him.

"Tetsuya.. you're up early."

Akashi single handedly removed his glasses as Tetsuya tried to pull away from him, but Akashi held on. His twin red orbs fell on Kuroko's pair of pillowy soft lips, which were frowning as well.

"I'm mad at you."

"I know, sweetheart."

Akashi's smile finally appeared, trying not to laugh at Tetsuya's menacing, puppy glare that only reminded Akashi of Nigou. He understood why Tetsuya was upset about him waking up this early to study. He was a part time cuddler, and it wasn't easy to sleep when Sei got out of bed.

"I was just getting ready to come back to bed." His fingers slipped away from Kuroko's wrist, and Akashi put his reading glasses back on.

"You're ly-"

Akashi sneezed, and Kuroko flinched. Immediate concern shined in his almost transparent pools. With all the stress and long nights he experienced as a university student that had 3 majors, Akashi-kun very rarely, and surprisingly got sick. So when exams were over, and Spring break began, Kuroko said yes to Akashi when he suggested they take a trip up to the mountains in Kyoto for a few days. It was beautiful up here. A nice view of ancient Japanese castles, tall, forest green trees, steam from nearby hot springs, and everything.

But Akashi-kun obviously needed to stay at home, and rest. Not be up at 5 am, working on research papers due after break. Or studying for an exam he probably had afterwards, too.

"Sei-kun.." Kuroko crossed his arms and waited for Akashi to look at him.

The redhead glanced at him, his nose a lighter shade than his hair. Kuroko placed a hand on his shoulder, sliding it to Akashi-kun's upper back when his boyfriend put an arm around his waist.

"What's wrong?" He asked, squeezing Tetsuya close to his side, first noticing Tetsuya's Yukata was loose and slightly open, before his eyes trailed up to focus on Tetsuya's.

"I'm going to check your temperature." Kuroko mumbled, laying his head down, on top of Akashi's as the redhead sat at the countertop, holding Kuroko with one arm.

"Meaning you want to be my nurse?"

"No." Kuroko lied. He was in a nursing program, but wanted to work with sick children, not adults. And told Akashi that he'd never take care of him if he got sick. "I want you to take some medicine and go to bed."

"But I'm not going to." He slipped one hand past the fold in Tetsuya's robe, feeling his milky smooth skin underneath. "I want you to make me feel better."

Kuroko removed Akashi's hand.

"I'd have to chain you up. Or you'd do bad, inappropriate things to me."

"But you'd like them."

"You give male patients a bad name, Sei-kun."

"Hm.." Akashi got a funny feeling in the back of his throat, and wiggled his nose. About 2 seconds later, he was sneezing.. into Kuroko.

Sei sniffled, a drowsy feeling coming over him. He started to feel warm, his cheeks turning a faint scarlet color.

He sniffed a few times, rubbing his face into the front of Kuroko's soft robe, and hugged both arms around the bluenette's waist, Kuroko trapped in his contagious circle.

"You're getting worse." he mentioned, both his arms up in the air as Akashi accidentally wiped his nose on him.

"Once I finish this sentence, I'll-"

He heard his laptop snap. Shut.

"Bath time."

Kuroko's body was in need of some serious scrubbing, to get all his boyfriend's icky germs off of him. And 'cause he was so nice, he'd let Sei take a bath with him.

"Then you're going to bed for at least 6 hours of sleep. Waking up, eating, and taking some medicine."

"Tetsuya.." Akashi began to argue. Although Kuroko was nagging in full blown nurse mode, and he couldn't be argued with. "I promised to take you hiking through the mountain today."

"It's okay."

It was only their second day here, hiking could wait. Besides, Kuroko was bound to get tired quickly, and Akashi-kun was in no condition to be piggy backing him down a mountain trail.

"And what about the snow monkeys-"

"They'll be waiting for us once you're all better."

And because Akashi-kun was proving to be so stubborn – on the account of his nearly perfect immune system and failure to ever be sick before – Kuroko knew he had to use his last, most powerful weapon.

"I'll be fine-"

"Sweetie… I'm worried." Climbing into Akashi's lap, he took the nearest hand, and pulled it inside the opening of his Yukata, placing it on his hip. Getting closer to the speechless Seijuuro, he threw his arms around Akashi's neck. "The rain might make it worse. We should stay inside, so I can take care of you… until you're all better." he quietly suggested, moistening his lips with his tongue about a centimeter away from Akashi's. He was well aware that kissing might make him sick, but because Kuroko was a firm believer in go big or go home: he leaned forward, kissing Akashi with a little nudge.

That should keep his chances of getting Sei's cold low. But if he happened to get sick, he'd just have to nurse himself back to health. And give Akashi the silent treatment.

But for now, he'd focus on his innate desire to help a sick patient feel better. In this case, it was his boyfriend, so Kuroko would be a little ... nicer.

"No more kisses until you're healthy again." Kuroko said as he slipped away before Akashi had time to respond. He held Sei's hand, pulling him to standing as well.

Akashi definitely felt slighted. But his left eye flashed gold, his mind immediately focusing and planning on what he was going to do to Kuroko in that tub..

"Deal.. I don't want you to get sick, after all."

As soon as he stood up, he slipped both his hands into Tetsuya's yukata, sliding it off his shoulders and causing it to drop down to Kuroko's ankles, his red and gold pools burning as passionately as they had last night. Meanwhile, Kuroko didn't try to cover up. Though the cool temperature in the room made him shudder.

"I doubt that'll stop you, Sei-kun."

He knew exactly what Akashi was thinking, and already was figuring out his own plan to not fall victim to Akashi-kun's advances.

"My first priority is always to take care of you."

He embraced Kuroko, sharing his body heat. He couldn't help but rub Kuroko's back, stroking his shivering, sensitive skin. As if Tetsuya's agreement to take care of him was the cure, Akashi was beginning to feel better already.

"A-choo.."

Or not really.

"No sex until you're healthy again."

He heard Kuroko say, smiling playfully as he said it.

Akashi rubbed his nose, sniffling. He wondered how he was beginning to feel a whole lot WORSE. He was completely fine yesterday, and when he got up this morning. He'd just felt more tired than usual. But capable of staying awake.

Now he only felt capable crawling into bed and closing his eyes.

"Come on.." Kuroko continued to smile, sensing the rapid change in Sei's persona. From stubborn and charming, to sleepy and helpless. Kuroko couldn't possibly leave him on his own like this. He lead Akashi back into the bedroom to have a bath.

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AN: Thanks for reading! Until next time~