Gray Skies

Summary

Kuroko, betrayed and replaced by Seirin and the Generation of Miracles, quits the basketball club, gets discovered by Musical Tendencies Records for his musical abilities, then disappears for half a year. After those six months, Musical Tendencies is now co-owned by a company which is unknown to Kuroko. What will Kuroko do when he finds out the Akashi Corp. co-owns the agency?

~Prologue~

You know, maybe some things just aren't meant to be.

I thought friends were supposed to be with you always. They were the ones who were supposed to support and believe in you. All the friends I've had always end up abandoning me. They always leave. This has happened three times already.

Maybe I wasn't meant to have friends.

The Generation of Miracles… You'd think they would stay, seeing how they're always so clingy to me, especially Kise, but they didn't.

Aomine… You'd think he'd stay? Well, no, you're wrong. He didn't. he was actually the first one to leave. The others soon followed.

Kise was the second. He called out to Aomine asking to play a one-on-one and just walked out the door. Guess who was left alone and forgotten?

Akashi had turned into a different person after a one-on-one with Murasakibara. This Akashi did not care nor had any need for me, the humble shadow.

Murasakibara had started skippin practices to eat his beloved snacks. And guess who was the trigger of this lazy behavior? Aomine, because he's the one who had started skipping first.

Midorima, well, he straight up told me I was no good.

I, myself, partially caused Momoi to leave. We had made a promise about getting Aomine to like basketball again. After the rest of the Miracles left, when Momoi asked about the promise, I lied and told her I forgot what it was about. I lied and made a girl cry. I really am a terrible person.

These so called friends were also the reason that I had lost my childhood friend. When we were younger, we had made a promise to play against each other after he moved away. He was in Meiko Middle School and we had a match against him. But I had gotten injured in the game before so I couldn't play against him.

The Miracles had toyed with my friend's team and fixed the score. They let Meiko score points against them.

My friend, Ogiwara Shigehiro, was heartbroken. When I rushed out of the infirmary to see him, his eyes looked as if they said 'How could you?'. He never contacted me again. I don't even think he's touched a basketball since then.

The skies were gray that day. That day when I walked to the park, I was soaked from the rain but I didn't go home just yet. I sang out my emotions, as I sat on a bench by the basketball courts.

When I got home, I had a fever. But guess what? No one was there for me. My parents are always working and have no time for me so I live alone.

I'll skip ahead since I don't feel like explaining.

I met Seirin. They were kind to me and appeared to care, but I was wrong. They left as well.

Starting with Kagami.

It truly is painful to hate something you love. I love basketball but I hate the way I have been hurt because of it.

I am Kuroko.

I am not Kuroko of Teiko.

I am not Kuroko of Seirin.

I am Kuroko, who was not cut out for basketball.

I am Kuroko, who was not meant to have friends.

I am Kuroko of Musical Tendencies.

I am Shadow and skies have always been gray around me.