Hello again! This is part 1 of 3 chapters to come (hopefully sometime during this week!) hope you like it! Please review if you can, it helps a lot! :)

"Come on Kuroko! Pass it to me!"
"No. I want to try."
"You have already."
"This is what coach made us come here for!"
Kagami sighed and stopped running, letting the smaller player make another tragic jump and fling the ball, it barely made it to the hoop.
Kagami couldn't help but laugh and Kuroko stared at him, his face was as emotionless as ever, but Kagami knew that inside he was furious.
"Stop it." He said slowly
"Oh, come on I'll show you how to do it!"
And still barely containing his laughter, he jumped and threw the ball with all his might, targeting the small hoop screwed onto the wall. He would've preferred doing a dunk, as was his style but unfortunately this petty little thing could never hold his weight, and then he'd have the street kids to answer to.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, Kagami felt two small arms around his legs, pulling him down and destroying his shot.
"KUROKO!" He yelled as he fell to the ground, just missing the blue haired boy as he landed. He was doing as much of a smirk as Kuroko was capable of, but it was short lived. A ear-piecing smashing bounced around their ears. They both jerked away and were left to gawk at the remnants of what was originally a butchers shop window.
"Oh…"
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!" Interjected a small man who was hopping around the shards of grass like a rabbit. His eyebrows couldn't possibly go any higher and he was running his fingers through the small strands of hair still remaining on his shiny head. After staring at the broken window for a few minutes, he remembered the two teens standing at the hoop.
"YOU!"
"I'm so sorry sir." Kuroko said bowing at the man, but he ignored him, marching straight to Kagami and bending his head up to stare him in the eye.
"HAVE YOU ANY IDEA WHAT THIS WILL COST TO FIX? AND THE DAMAGE YOU'VE DONE TO MY MEAT AND MYSELF ALMOST! "
"Sorry." Kagami mumbled, trying to avoid eye contact with the jumpy little man.
"SORRY, doesn't about cut it! I expect you to PAY for the damage!"
Kagami and Kuroko looked at each other, there was no way they could pay that sort of bill, they could barely pay their own rent, after all!
"I'm so sorry sir, but I do not think we could be able to pay that…" Kuroko started,
"WELL THEN! I expect that you could pay with your bodies, hum?"
The two gasped at what they'd heard, jumping back and Kagami pushed Kuroko behind him protectively. As they began to protest the little grey haired man swiftly walked around them, analysing their muscles and strength in a way that reminded them of the coach.
"Yes…yes your very strong, aren't you…" he muttered as the pair tried to escape him.
"You'll work at my shop until you've paid off your debt to me! Yes, I am generous, but not lax! I will expect you to" but before he could continue, Kagami broke off his speech,
"You want us to work in your shop?"
"NOT to interrupt me! And please try to keep up, yes! You have to pay me back somehow."
They were relieved it wasn't…what they'd originally though but as he droned on about their 'new responsibilities', the duo realised how tedious this was going to be. They had school and basketball, plus their own part time jobs already! Hearing Kuroko sigh in dismay, Tetsuya #2, who'd been hiding since the bang, came out and sat on Kuroko's feet until his master picked him up.
"In fact, you'll have to start now. There's meat in there that needs put into the big freezer in the back. Do that while and make sure you close the door tight when your done, but not when your in there, it locks from the outside. And don't even thint you can run away, I know your school uniform, Seirin, and two basketball idiots like you will not miss practice, I've met your type.
And with that, the small man whose name they didn't even know yet, started walking off down the street.
"WAIT!" Kagami called after him, "Where are you GOING?!"
He man didn't even turn around when he replied, "Home. And I'll expect to see you again at 6am sharp ok? Unless you want to PAY that is."
Kagami and Kuroko and Tetsuya #2 all exchanged looks.
"I suppose we better do what he wants."
Kagami wanted to argue, but he knew that the guy could get them kicked off the team if something like this came to the school, so he followed Kuroko to the shop, it wouldn't take that long anyway.

While Kuroko opened the door, Kagami just hopped through the window, laughing until he saw a little drop of blood from some broken glass on his hand.
"Bakagami." Kuroko said rolling his eyes.
They looked around the shop with sparkling shards of glass covering the floor.
What a mess, Kagami thought to himself as he watched Kuroko go over to the large raw meat in piles beside a huge door.
"That must be the freezer." He said, and he went to open it. As he pulled, it became clear that it was not as light as he thought it'd be. While he pushed it open until it slammed against the wall, Kuroko looked for a latch to keep it there.
"Oh no."
"What?" Kagami asked gruffly.
"The latch is broken, one of us is going to have to hold it the whole time."
Kagami sighed, realising that there was no way Kuroko could carry the huge bodies of meat anyway, he would have to do it all.
"Will you be ok, keeping it open? It's pretty heavy."
He nodded, and took over holding it. Kagami let him get use to the weight for a second before letting go completely and he silently laughed as Kuroko's eyes widened and he rammed his heels into the floor to stop it from closing again.
"Ok?" Kagami asked and Kuroko nodded again in response.

With the door now open, it was time to think about the heavy meat to carry in.
It must be at least the weight of Kuroko, he thought staring at one, hands on hips. He stretched a little, at least it'll be good strength training, he thought, before pulling the first piece up and onto his shoulders, slumping slightly under the weight. He shuffled over to the door and as he walked through, shivers ran down his back, it was colder than what he expected, and he only had on his thin basketball shirt and shorts with his Sierin jacket. It was hardly the correct outfit for this! He was furious with the butcher for shoving this on them, they obviously weren't able to do this!
Kuroko watched Kagami's pained expression as he dropped the first one at the back of the freezer. He was irritated that they had to do this, or Kagami had to, all he was doing was standing here, watching Kagami shiver in the cold. As he walked past the next few times he looked down sadly, it was his fault and he couldn't even do the hardest job. Seeing Kuroko was unhappy, Tetsuya #2 bounced over to him, he'd been asleep the whole time they'd been here, about an hour or so by now, then he ran over to Kagami in the freezer.
As he was dropping the last of the first pile he was startled by a bark behind him.
"AHHHH!" He screamed, slipping and falling on some of the meat,
"Kagami-Kun! Are you alright?" Kuroko ran over and lifted up the little dog,
"Kur-kuroko!" Kagami pointed as he heard the squeak of an unoiled door behind him,

THE DOOR!

He ran over the the door,slamming his fists against it as it closed, but it was too heavy! He heard Kagami run up behind him, but instead of feeling him push it open, Kagami fell down quickly, shoving #2 out the small crack left.

He had dropped Tetsuya #2, he would have been crushed to pieces if Kagami had not done that. But now…the door was closed shut. On the other side, the little dog barked. Kagami didn't even like dogs…yet he sacrificed himself for Kuroko's.
Looking up at him with his blue eyes, Kagami turned his head awkwardly,
"Supposed, you wouldn't want to see him crushed, you know?"
Then, as they stood there against the huge door, the realisation hit them. There was no way of opening the door from the inside and it was freezing, what could they do now?
"Number 2! Go get help! Go get Riko!" Kuroko yelled at the puppy outside the door.
He barked and they heard little paws scurrying out the door.
"He'll never come back, you know."
"He will, he's going to go get help." Kuroko stated and Kagami rolled his eyes.
"It's too far. It'll take him ages to even get there, never mind that a dog like him will probably get distracted chasing birds or something."
Kuroko sighed, they'd been dropped off here pretty randomly by Riko when they saw there was a lone hoop hanging here. In a few minutes their bus would come and go.
"They'll come look for us, won't they?" Kuroko pleaded, but Kagami looked away in the opposite direction,
"They'll probably think we've gone home."
Suddenly it dawned on them that they were most likely stuck here. All night.
They were going to die.
"I'm sorry…it's my fault Kagami-Kun." Kuroko whispered with a cracked voice, he looked down as tears rolled down his cheek, falling onto the icy floor and freezing. "I ruined your shot, I didn't help carry the bags, I dropped Tetsuya #2, if I wasn't so…"
"Stop!" Kagami interrupted, he shuffled quickly along the floor over to were Kuroko had his back against the cold walls. He took Kuroko and turned his wet head to look straight into his eyes. "It's not your fault, I don't care about those things, I don't care about dying or basketball or ANYTHING! I just…" he stuttered, "I just want to be, with you, Kuroko."
He dropped Kuroko's head and started to look away himself, but Kuroko couldn't stop staring at the taller boy. He couldn't believe what he'd just heard. Did, did Kagami LOVE him?
"What…what do you mean?"
Kagami choked and went to say something but stopped himself, even while his face was blue with the cold, Kuroko could still see the sharp blush that had appeared.
"Do," he looked away, about to ask the question he'd only thought possible in his deepest, darkest thoughts, "do you love me?"

The whole room was quiet for what seemed like hours, never once did Kuroko look away.
"Yes."
Suddenly Kuroko came aware of his breathing, Kagami's breathing. Little white clouds intermingling as their heart beats quickened. Neither had the courage to admit it, but they had loved each other since the start, relishing every moment spent together, on the court, with the team or alone. Each second in Kagami's company was like a second in Heaven for Kuroko and every time the light danced off Kuroko's eyes, Kagami's heart skipped a beat.
As the truth suddenly came out, Kagami's loud laugh rang throughout the small room.
"I can't believe it!" He gasped, "All this time! I thought you loved Momoi! I thought you'd hate me if I told you!" He gasped for air as his continued laughing, after a few minutes he was completely out of breath and leaning forward, coughing.
"What the…?" He choked,
"Kagami-Kun! Try not to laugh so much," he said while grinning more than he had in his entire life, "This freezer is air tight, we could run out of oxygen quicker than we could freeze!"
"Well then," he said while smiling devilishly, "we'd better stop you from using up so much air." And he grabbed Kuroko's head roughly, and kissed him so passionately he thought he might faint just from that, never mind the current situation.

Giddy with the warm embrace, Kuroko almost forgot they were trapped in an air tight freezer. When they finally pulled away, he quickly became aware that it was indeed getting harder to catch a breath (a breath he sorely needed) and Kagami, who he was now lying against, was completely blue.
Kagami looked down at Kuroko's eyes, they were shaking. He was trembling badly, and fear spread through Kagami's mind like poison. How cruel was this life, that as soon as he finally confessed his feelings for Kuroko, they were to be torn apart so harshly. He bit his lip, and felt tears sting his cold eyes.

I will not let him die. He thought. I will NOT LET HIM DIE.

Looking back at his blue hair, he pulled him closer until he was lying on his lap. He could barely think straight but as he felt the tremors pierce through Kuroko against him, he knew there was only one thing he needed to do. Anything else didn't matter.

So tired. Kuroko thought. So tired. So happy. He was on Kagami's lap now, he loved Kagami. He gripped him arm, tensing up as he felt an unexpected chill run down his back from the touch. He wanted to just stay here forever.

Kagami's lip shook as he felt Kuroko's little hand grab his skin, his eyes were slowly drifting close. He too was sleepy, as he went to yawn he stopped himself.

Got to stay awake. Got to. Um… he thought hard for a second. What was it?

As a second grip pulled at his skin he jolted back awake. Kuroko. Got to protect Kuroko. He looked down at him, his head resting against his chest. He could still feel shivers run down him every time he breathed. How long had it been? He had no idea. He could only think of Kuroko. Everything else was foggy and vague.

I love Kuroko.

He frowned as the little body on him started wheezing, his breath slowing as the cold settled in his weak bones.

"No. I'll pro-pro-t-tect y-you!" He tried to shout but ended up whispering. What could he do? His mind was so slow, so blank. It came up with nothing. His frown deepened. Then he figured it out.

He lifted up his stiff arms and softly pushed Kuroko onto the floor beside him. Then he reached up and dragged the zipper of his jacket all the way down, showing his Seirin basketball tee more and more until it separated at the bottom, with each extra centimetre it went down, a new blast of ice attacked him. Shifting about uncomfortably, he managed to pull it off his arms and back until it fell to the floor. Quicker now, he pulled Kuroko's body up and wrapped the jacket around him. It went around twice, he was so much smaller than him. Then he pulled the little cocoon up to his chest again, wrapping his arms around him and snuggling his head in while his practically bare back and arms felt like they were being sliced by the icy cold wall.

It's so warm now. He thought as he felt Kuroko's labored breath against his cheek.
So much warmer. He yawned again and didn't stop himself. As his eyes closed he smiled, giving in to the comforting call of sleep.