Kuroko and the Seirin Basketball Club

"BEEP!" "Okay, break for five minutes, then it's on to the 'Run&Gun' training!"

"EHHHHH! MAJI KA YO[1]!" Everyone from the Seirin Basuke'buu[2] shouted unanimously.

"Nani?You guys don't want a break?" Riko said while sneering.

"Nande mo nai, oi ikuzo, hayaku[3]" Hyuuga said while running out the gym door with the rest following behind.

Riko turned around while sighing and got a shock of her life, basically, it's just Kuroko standing 5 centimeters away from her.

"Omae ika nai no[4]?" Riko asked.

"Boku iya desu.[5]" Kuroko said while looking on the floor with his always maintainable expressionless expression.

Riko tilted her head in curiosity. She pulled Kuroko's wrist and brought him to the rooftop after buying two packets of snacks.

Kuroko curiously asked "Kore nano koto desu ka?[6]"

Riko handed him a packet of snack she just bought to him, without saying anything she looked up to the sky.

Kuroko in a flash was lying on the floor, hands and legs sprawled out. Riko turned around, looked at him and thought there was something wrong with him until "I'm sad." He said.

Riko let of a sigh of relief and sat down beside him ,"What's wrong?" she said without hesitation.

"….I…feel like…..I'm…..pulling everyone back…." Kuroko said.

This time Riko was scared out of her skin, she saw a shining droplet fall out from the side of his eye.

"I must be thinking too much" She thought.

"Ah, Riko-san, five minutes have already passed" Kuroko said with his usual poker face.

"Yabai!" Riko shouted , grabbed Kuroko, and ran back to the gym.

Everyone turned towards them and asked unanimously ,"What took you guys so long?"

Kuroko randomly said, "We were racing…I won!"

"NANI?!" everyone shouted in disbelief.

"He was just kidding." Riko said with a sigh, "We were just out to feel the wind."

"Together?" Koganei asked

"Well, there is nothing wrong with a coach and a teammate to go out once in a while." Kiyoshi said hoping it would break the subject.

"He's right, anyways, let's get back to practice." Hyuuga ordered.

Practice finished and everyone went home.

"Ja ne.[7]" Hyuuga said to the rest before heading off to his home.

"Ano….Sempai.[8]" A voice said behind him.

Hyuuga shouted after being shocked before he turned around and saw Kuroko standing there. "What are you doing, following me?" Hyuuga asked after breathing out a sigh.

"Are you living alone?" Kuroko asked while turning his head to the side.

"For now…yeah. Let me guess, you want to sleepover at my house?" Hyuuga questioned him curiously.

Kuroko nodded.

Hyuuga sat down at his bed in his home clothes and looked at Kuroko who was sleeping. Hyuuga walked over, out to his room's balcony and sighed.

~Flashback~

Kuroko ran out of the room, fell, and curled up like a ball and started crying. The Kuroko that has always kept his poker face actually had enough.

"Kuroko" Hyuuga said as he looked at Kuroko.

Kuroko stood up and hugged Hyuuga.

"Kuroko?!" Hyuuga had no idea, why this was happening.

"I FEEL LIKE MY SOUL IS TEARING APART!" Kuroko screamed in tears as he squeezed Hyuuga.

Hyuuga eyes widened but turned soft in a second. Hyuuga put his hands around Kuroko's back and calms him down. "It was never your fault" Hyuuga whispered into Kuroko's ear.

Kuroko's hands fell out of strength and slid away from Hyuuga's back making him fall backwards. Hyuuga, who noticed early, caught Kuroko from falling. Hyuuga then put Kuroko on an extra futon for him to sleep.

~End of flashback~

[1] = ARE YOU SERIOUS!
[2] = Basketball club
[3]=nothing, hey let's go, quick
[4]= aren't you going
[5] = I don't want to
[6] = What is this about?
[7] = bye
[8] = ummm, Senior?