The noisy vibration from Akashi's phone always irritated the simpleton beside himself in bed. She's groan and twist her body until the redhead would sit up and silence the device - rarely was there an exchange of good mornings. It always ended up being much later on.

As the buzz rippled through the still groggy 24 year old, he flipped back the thick duvet to leave with his girlfriend and proceeded to excuse himself from the room before finally answering his father on the other end; was it really so urgent he had to call at 7:38am on a Sunday morning...?

"Hello?" Akashi half asked while sliding the paper door shut behind himself and made his way to the kitchen area of his traditional styled home. On the other end of the mobile was an annoyed old man and it was then that the cold started to nip at Akashi's skin. He should have grabbed a yutaka of sorts on his way out of the bedroom.

"Seijuro, did you consider my proposal last night?" He'd cut to the chase and the younger Akashi had to force back a sigh of disbelief - would his father ever let him rest?

While his unoccupied left hand teased through his locks, Akashi diligently answered Masaomi, "I have, but it's a big decision to make. Although Hana is all for it, so I suppose there is nothing else to discuss." The formal words he spoke in were the same for everyone, his father included, "I will look into details this week." The heterochromatic eyes that defined Akashi landed on the kitchen door and he made his way inside. It was still too early to be thinking about this...

"That's good to hear," The aged voice answered him, "Make sure to visit a well respected orphanage."

"Yes..."

The line went dead after that and the redhead slowly lowered his phone to make sure the call had ended before placing it down against the dining table that filled one end of the kitchen. Hana was his girlfriend. A simple woman, not too high class like himself but someone with money to her name. She was pretty, cute even. But nothing special beyond that. She didn't ask for much but neither offered much. Most importantly, Hana accepted the mental state of Akashi who balanced a personality disorder. She also understood Akashi's predicament because both of their parents wanted their children to live in the traditional manner set out before themselves. It was annoying alright, but nothing could be done about it. They got along just fine. However, Akashi's father, Masaomi, was pushing him to finally start paying an interest to children.

For now though the ex-point guard and captain wanted nothing more than breakfast. The day's routine was drilled into him so while he prepared the meal for two and green tea, his attention focused on his phone. Even if he primarily used the device for work, he still had his close friends' contacts saved, and right now, he looked only for the kanji for Kuroko Tetsuya's name.


Author's Notes: A new fanfiction I've started. Primary ship that is sailing: AkaKuro !

I'm using chapters galore, otherwise this would turn out to be so dauntingly long. It also means there is more chance of me updating it, because I wont have to write up as much between weeks...

The general direction of this fanfiction is for Kuroko to find out Akashi loves him and has been patiently waiting to tell him at a 'suitable time', but it never seemed to come by - and now he's stuck with some girl he doesn't love and is being pushed to settle down and have a family.

I shall save the rest of the details for in the faction, but please leave me opinions of the outline so far! Also, I want to add a couple of other ships to this complex fic, such as Aomine and Momoi, so you guys reading this, please let me know your OTPs :)