When Kuroko turned 7 years old, both of his parents passed away due to a car crash. After the incident, the blue haired boy refused to speak and from that day, he became mute. Kuroko was still able to talk, he just decided not to; he didn't want to interact with people and love them. He wanted them to stay far away from him. He wanted nothing to do with love. The blue haired boy was still as smart as ever even without his voice. He carried around a small notebook whenever he had to say something and he always had his cellphone to text out words instead of say them.

On Kuroko's first day of highschool, he bumped into a very tall boy with purple hair.

"Mm? Who are you?" The purple haired boy asked while nibbling on some chips. The purple haired boy's friends all turned their attention to the shy Kuroko who felt like he would pass out from the pairs of eyes glued to him.

"Murasakibara, don't be so rude." A green haired boy with glasses said. He turned to Kuroko and introduced himself, "I'm Midorima Shintaro. This purple giant is Murasakibara Atsushi."

A tanned boy in the group smiled and pat Kuroko's head, "You're so tiny. I'm Aomine Daiki."

Behind the tanned boy was a blonde who was….crying? Said blonde ran towards Kuroko and hugged him tightly, "You're so adorable~ I could just eat you up. I'm Kise Ryouta."

The blue haired boy trembled in fear as he was facing real human beings who expected him to talk. A smooth voice came from behind him,

"Atsushi, Shintaro, Daiki, Ryouta, you're scaring him. Step away from him."

Kuroko flinched at the voice and didn't even dare to turn around to see who it was. Aomine raised his eyebrows and said, "Akashi… I think you scared him more than we did."

A light hand touched his shoulder and turned Kuroko's small body around, "Is that true?"

Kuroko's blue eyes met a pair of mismatched eyes. One shone a bright crimson while the other one was a golden colour. The amount of intimidation shone off of those eyes made Kuroko shake his head furiously. The redhead smiled warmly and then said,

"My name is Akashi Seijurou and you are?"

Kuroko snapped back to reality, turning his gaze away from those beautiful mismatched eyes and he searched for his notebook. He neatly wrote his name on a piece of paper and showed it to the redhead. Akashi tilted his head in confusion,

"Can't talk?"

Kuroko quickly scribbled, "I chose not to at a young age."

Akashi just nodded and then walked away. The rest of the group smiled at Kuroko. Aomine threw an arm around the blue haired boy's shoulder and said, "Don't mind him, he may be sour at times, but he's really kind at heart."

Kuroko smiled back and thought to himself, looks like I made a few friends…

The group didn't seem to mind that Kuroko didn't talk. They actually had fun trying to read his expressions. Eventually, they were able to tell what he was trying to say and Kuroko didn't feel the need to bring his notebook around anymore. One day when Kuroko was absent from school, the whole group sat around in a circle to discuss their silent blue haired friend.

Kise whined, "I want to hear his voice!"

Aomine, Murasakibara and Midorima agreed. Akashi sat there with his arms crossed. The redhead wanted to hear Kuroko's voice but forcing it out of him was probably a bad idea. Afterall, none of them knew why he stopped talking at a young age.

"Ne ne~" Kise started, "Wanna see who can make him talk first?"

The group shrugged, not sure if it was a good idea. As much as they wanted Kuroko to talk, they didn't want to accidently trigger something to make him pull away from them. The blonde then thought of a better idea, "How about, we try and get him to laugh. We've never heard his laugh right?"

The next day when Kuroko came back to school from his fever, he was met with Aomine and Kise trying to tickle him. The blue haired boy pulled out his cellphone and typed, "Uh…I'm not ticklish if that's what you're trying to do."

"Kurokocchi, we just want to hear you laugh since you won't talk." Kise said.

The blue haired boy erased his previous message and typed another that said, "My laugh is just as silent as my voice."

When Kuroko got to class, Midorima and Murasakibara started telling him really lame jokes. The blue haired boy held an emotionless expression as they continuously tried to make him laugh. Kuroko looked out of the window during class and saw Akashi running on the track. The blue haired boy's heart started to beat faster. Kuroko clenched his shirt as if he was trying to calm his heart down.

What's wrong with me? He thought to himself, Akashi-kun is a guy and I don't fall in love anymore, so why is my heart beating faster?

The blue haired boy continued to notice Akashi more and more over the days. He noticed that the redhead was beautiful. Akashi's skin wasn't too pale or dark, his hair was always in place and his beautiful eyes held so much depth. The redhead noticed that Kuroko was looking at him from time to time; Akashi would be lying if he said that he didn't notice Kuroko as well. The two teens glanced at each other a lot in class or during lunch.

One day during lunch, the whole group sat together on the roof. Akashi rested his chin on his hand and watched Kuroko silently eat his food.

"Akashicchi, you've been staring at Kurokocchi a lot lately." Kise pointed out. The redhead smiled slightly and said,

"Well, that's because I love him."

The group was stunned with Akashi's words while Kuroko felt a blush flame his cheeks.

"Ah Tetsu!" Aomine yelled, "You're blushing!"

The blue haired boy looked flustered, he shook his head and then made gestures with his hands as if to say that he wasn't blushing. Akashi chuckled slightly when Kuroko his face by burying them into his knees.

"Minechin, you embarrassed Kurochin." Murasakibara said while pulling Kuroko's small body into his lap. When the blue haired boy was nestled into Murasakibara's lap, the group threw daggers at the purple giant with their eyes.

Kuroko slowly lifted his head once he calmed down and then he twisted to face Murasakibara. The blue haired boy gave the giant a genuine smile while warmed everyone's hearts.

Akashi got up and left without saying a word. Kuroko's smile then faded when he saw the redhead leave. He felt something sink within him as if someone important had left his life. Kuroko opened his mouth to say something to Akashi but no sound came out. He wished he would talk but years of silence made him forget he had his own voice. The blue haired boy felt a tear running down his cheek in frustration.

"Kuroko, you're crying." Midorima stated.

"Eh?! Kurokocchi! What's wrong?! What happened?!" Kise yelled.

Murasakibara and Aomine were the only ones to notice that it was probably because of Akashi's absence. The tanned boy brushed Kuroko's tears away and muttered,

"Why don't you just tell him, hm?"

The blue haired boy wailed silently and Murasakibara tried to help as well, "Akachin doesn't hate you. He just doesn't know what you're thinking. Try communicating with him somehow. I'm sure he feels the same as you do."

Kuroko spent the rest of the day trying to convince himself that he wasn't I love. He couldn't be in love. But the more he thought of Akashi, the more he believed that he was able to love again without being hurt.

At the end of the day, Kuroko went to his locker to get his stuff. Suddenly, he felt someone grab his wrists and pin hi, to the lockers. His gaze met those beautiful mismatched eyes of Akashi's.

"Talk for me, Tetsuya."