He woke up as the light streamed through the curtains and hit him point blank in the eyes. He groaned and turned round to his human pillow. His pillow moaned and turned round so they both could get comfy. His hand placed firmly on the pillow's chest. He tried to fall back asleep but the sun was taunting him. He knew it was behind him. Just peeking through the curtains. Stalker.
Kise sat up in bed and stretched his limbs as he was all stiff. He stifled a yawn and climbed out his bed. He looked to the alarm clock to see it was only coming up for 7 in the morning. He trailed himself to the bathroom to get himself ready for the match this afternoon. He gazed at himself in the mirror at tutted. He looked very pale and was breathing quite rapidly. He glanced at the pillow and sighed as he had no clue what was happening. His blonde hair fell messily in front of his tired eyes. He sighed and quickly hopped in the shower to wake himself up a bit.
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His pillow woke up when he felt the bed shift slightly. He opened an eye and glanced at his partner. He was in his school trousers and nothing more. The pillow shuffled over and wrapped his arms around his partner's frame. He gently kissed his neck then down to his back as he greeted him.
"Come back to bed," he asked but Kise shook his head. His pillow tutted and placed kisses on his shoulder blades. "You seem tense. Want to tell me anything?" Kise tensed up and stood up in a rush. He coughed once but acted as he was clearing his throat.
"Daiki, you know that if I'm late Kasamatsu-senpai will be down my throat," Aomine huffed and lay back in bed but lay on Kise's side. It smelt much like him. Aomine watched as Kise placed his shirt on. He was upset as he could no longer see his toned chest. Aomine sighed and climbed out of bed as well and quickly rushed to the bathroom to get ready.
"Wait, I'll walk with you," Kise smiled and quickly made Aomine's bed to be nice. He found Aomine's magazines but placed it back under the pillow once he had fluffed the pillows up. Kise was quickly short of breath as he did so. He sat on freshly made bed and focused on his breathing.
Aomine came out in his navy blue school uniform. He looked a mess as his shirt was not properly done up. Kise tutted and slowly undid his buttons. Kise didn't dare to look at his face as he knew that Aomine would be blushing as well. He could slowly see his dark toned chest as it opened up like the curtains at the theatre.
"You said to wait. There was no need to rush," Kise coughed again. Aomine smiled and kissed his head. Both males grabbed their bags and headed out the door with one another. There was a few slices of bread left on the table so they took it with them as they walked with one another.
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Both of them were heading to the basket ball courts as they had a big game. They walked close to each other that they didn't need to hold hands. Aomine noticed Kise becoming out of breath as they climbed the stairs to the arena. Aomine patted his back as he began to cough and splutter. Kise noticed that there was some blood in cough. He quickly hid hand so Aomine wouldn't see.
"I'm fine, Daiki. No need to worry," Kise lied to him as he grabbed his hanky and began to clean his mouth and his hand. Aomine shrugged and walked up the stairs pulling Kise up by his wrist. Kise happily walked behind him as he was still breathing hard. The pair didn't tell anyone of their relationship except one person each. For Aomine, Satsuki knew of them. She was shocked that Aomine was gay but she didn't care as she had spotted them acting cute together. She was going to tease him about any relationship he had. There was no stopping her. Kise had trusted his captain to keep their secret. Kasamatsu didn't really care about his relationship but was shocked that Kise was in love with someone who had been so cruel to him in the games.
Kise walked off to his own team while Aomine walked off to his team. Satsuki quietly squealed as she saw them wave each other off. He blushed when he saw Satsuki excited to see him, she ran up to him and grabbed his arm,
"Why was Ki-chan walking beside you? Why are you so late?" Aomine didn't say anything as she probably knew the reason. "Did you have sex with him?"
"No!" He shouted out louder than expected causing the others to look round. They were still waiting for Shoichi to get there to lead them in. "We just slept. He looked ill last night and even now," Aomine turned to looked at Kise who was fawning over his senpai. He knew there was nothing between him and his senpai. It was how he acted towards the others but he couldn't but feel jealous.
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Kise walked over to his senpai and took a deep sigh which lead him to coughing again. Kasamatsu rolled his eyes and looked worriedly at his kohai. Kise waved him off; telling him that he was fine.
"Does Aomine know about it?" Kise just shook his head, slowly so he didn't cough again. "Your getting worse. Where's your antibiotics?" Kise held up his bag signalling that they were in there.
"How do I tell him senpai?" Kise asked as he wrapped his arms around him. Kasamatsu didn't care as it was normal behaviour for Kise to hug him. Kasamatsu glanced over to Aomine to see that he was glaring at him. Kise looked up and gently blushed and smiled towards his boyfriend. Aomine blushed and smiled back at him. Both males turned away with a red hue on their cheeks. They were hoping nobody saw them acting cute with one another.
"You and Ki-chan are so cute together. Are you in love?" Aomine shook his head. He didn't know what part of the relationship they were at. Was it love? Or was it like? How would he know if he loved Kise?
"I don't know. I just to wanted to be apart from him though," Satsuki squealed causing the other males to turn around, again. Aomine blushed and said there was a bee and they dropped the subject without questioning it.
-X-
Tōō began to walk towards the entrance - as soon as Shoichi showed up - to where Kaijo was standing. Satsuki moved to Aomine's other side so he could be closer to Kise. Aomine was panicking as he had to restrain himself once he was near him. He held his head low so he couldn't look at Kise but he caught a glance of Kise staring at him. Both males blushed as they walked past each other. The world turned slowly as the walked past. Annoyingly, for the couple who were trying so hard not to blush, Kaijo walked right beside them. They stood in their dog sled formation. Kise stood at the rear so he could walk beside Aomine. They had there hands beside their side. They brushed their hands against one another. Their back of their hands pressed against one as like they were holding hands. They didn't look down as they walked as they could feel them there.
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When they went their separate ways their hands were a little cold as they weren't being held be the other. Satsuki laughed and grabbed Aomine's arm as they headed to the changing rooms. Aomine sighed as he could no longer see him for another 3 hours. Kise was planning on returning back to his house after the match. They planned to see each other at the break but depending on how well their games went.
Kise was still in the changing room, resting against the locker with his antibiotics in his hands. Everyone went ahead of him so he could take a few more seconds to breath and to take his medicine. Kise swallowed the disgusting substance and walked out the room. He had to take it easy but he was the ace of Kaijo. Many people depended on him. Kise walked quickly to catch up with his team.
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They were already passing the ball in between each other. Kise quickly stripped and joined in the game. He ran up to the hoop and Hayakawa automatically passed the ball to him. Kise ran on his left foot, then right, then back to his left to pass the ball to the basket. Kise fell to the floor and began to cough ferociously. His teammates looked at him in worry as they had noticed that he was coughing more often. Kise staggered on his feet then sighed. There was no helping it as he was ill but he didn't want others to know about it. Kasamatsu was worried for his kohai. He had to let him play as it would draw attention if he didn't.
The game began and already Kise was struggling to breath. He jogged down the courts and often passed he ball so he didn't need to shoot. Jumping was a lot more effort. Kasamatsu was shocked that he managed to last so long with his poor lungs. They must be burning him from the inside and out. He was so tempted to pull him out the game but the coach would question the reason. Kise tossed the ball to Kasamatsu as he began to cough again. Everyone stopped as they saw him drop to his knees and began to cough up his stomach. He was catching his breath while he was on his hands on knees. They saw that he was now wheezing as he breathed. The referee called a time out as he was worried for him. Kasamatsu gently rubbed his back as he forced himself to breath.
"Someone call an ambulance! He is struggling to breath!" They watched as one of the men who managed the scoreboard quickly pulled out his phone and called an ambulance. Kaijo circled around him, even the benchwarmers and the coach circled him as they waited for the ambulance. They didn't want the crowd to see him in such a state. The other team just sat back on the bench as they knew it was serious. They knew they would be playing soon as they would just replace the ace. They knew they might have a chance of winning against Kaijo.
As the paramedics came, they instantly placed a oxygen mask over his mouth so that he could breath a little bit. They placed a stethoscope on his chest and listened to his breathing. Both paramedics helped the young male and helped him on the bed. They sat him up and kept the mask on him at all times. Everyone could see the worry in the paramedics eyes.
"To confirm, this is Kise Ryota?" Kasamatsu nodded his head and watched as they wheeled him out the room. They didn't bother to collect his things as they were in a hurry.
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Aomine was half assed playing against some weak team. Tōō just ran circles around them. They had managed to score a couple of baskets but they allowed them to so neither team would be bored. They weren't even going all out on them. Their defence was weak. Their offensive was alright but Tōō's defence was amazing. They easily managed to put up a barrier and jog back to the other teams basket.
Aomine casually looked up at the clock. It was near to half time for both teams. Kise had agreed to meet him outside for some fresh air. He was getting giddy to meet his boyfriend. Satsuki knew of their little plans and was squealing at their little date. Though it would only last for 10 minutes he couldn't wait to see Kise.
Momoi was glancing through her social page as she was so bored. She had written down everything she could on each player. There wasn't that much to say so it didn't take long. Their coach just went of in his own world as he watched the game. He would love for it to be over by now.
As she scrolled through her feed she gasped at some of the pictures. She looked to her watch to see that it was recent. She needed time to hurry so she could tell Aomine. She watched as minutes became seconds. She needed to tell him urgently. When the buzzer rang, she ran up to Aomine with her phone in her hand.
"Ki-chan has been admitted to hospital around 10 minutes ago! They said he had problems breathing!" She saw that he looked so anxious. "Go to the hospital. I'll bring your stuff to your home," Aomine ruffled her hair and grabbed his jacket of the bench and ran out the hall. Shoichi was about to call after him but Satsuki asked him not to.
-X-
Aomine sprinted all the way to the hospital that was closest to the area. His legs were sore but he needed to see Kise. He knew that he looked ill but he didn't say anything to him. Aomine prayed that it was nothing so serious.
When Aomine rushed in the door, he saw someone who his family was close to. Shikaku Midorima. The green haired male looked identical to his son but had more wrinkles on his face and was slightly taller. His hair was slightly grey at the top. Shikaku was shocked to see Aomine there. He never came to the hospital.
"Do you know which room Kise is in? I heard he had been admitted to the hospital," the older male wandered over to the reception desk and casually talked to one of the ladies who workers there. Aomine saw that she had a blush on her cheeks as Shikaku talked to her. The bluenette was sickened by her actions as they all knew that he had a wife and a family who he deeply loved. Often Natsume, Midorima's mother, would come to the hospital to see when her husband was coming home.
"Aomine! Kise is in ward 301, room 5. I will lead you up there as I am heading that way as well," it was an uncomfortable walk to the 3rd floor as Shikaku didn't say much. Aomine didn't get on well with his son as he was weird with his horoscopes and far to up himself. Although, he loved his attitude for basketball which made him cool.
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Aomine could see the door coming up. He was scared to see what state he was in. He dragged his feet as he approached the door. He saw in the glass, Kise sleeping up at an angle. Aomine just stopped at the window as he watched him sleep.
"They say, he is just resting. You can go in but no activities that will make him breath a little quicker," Shikaku said as he walked away from the younger male. Aomine approached the door, grasped the cold handle and trudged his way in the room. Aomine saw that he was rarely breathing by the movement on his chest. He slowly walked beside him and sat down next to Kise on the chair provided. Aomine slowly reached Kise's clenched hand and held onto it. Aomine studied his boyfriends face as he slept. He often did it when he couldn't sleep.
"Tell me, why you are in here?" He heard Kise groan and saw him open one of his eyes. Aomine smiled as he saw Kise's yellow orbs gaze at him. Aomine quickly wrapped his arms around his neck. He felt Kise wrap his arms around his body. "Why are you in here?" Aomine whispered into his ear. Kise could hear that Aomine was scared. He felt Aomine snuggle into his face. Kise gripped Aomine's uniform as they hugged one another. He felt Aomine kiss the side of his ear. He couldn't help but blush as he knew his boyfriend really cared for him. He didn't know if Aomine loved him but he cared for him.
Kise looked over to Aomine, who now was sitting back in the chair, to see that he was still in his uniform. He could see and smell that Aomine was all sweaty. Kise took of the mask and coughed again. Aomine rubbed his back as he saw how painful it was. Aomine sat on the bed and held held his shoulders as he coughed. A nurse came in and gave him a little pail to cough into. After she saw the blood, she gave him a tissue to clean his mouth and his hands and walked out the room with the pail to analyse.
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Aomine was resting on the chair, with his fingers interlinked with Kise's. They didn't speak as Kise was focusing on his breathing. Aomine played with his boyfriends fingers as they sat in silence. No one had their phones to occupy themselves. Kise stared at the bluenettes face as he daydreamed. He leaned over, removed the mask and gently kissed his chin. Aomine smiled and leaned up and kissed his lips gently. Aomine pulled back as he wanted baldy wanted to deepen the kiss. It would literally take his breath away.
"More," Kise wheezed but Aomine shook his head. "Please," he begged again. Aomine sat on the bed and kissed Kise on the cheek. Kise wrapped his arms around his neck and leaned into the kiss.
"Ahem!" They heard someone cough. Slowly they turned their head to see Kaijo standing at the door. Kasamatsu had Kise's belonging in his hands. "Have you told him off your condition?" Kise lowered his head and shook it. He glanced to Aomine who looked upset.
"Daiki?" Aomine glared at him. His eyes diluted as he stared. Kise sighed and touched his shoulder but he shrugged it off. "Can you look at me a little nicely? You look like you want to kill me," Kise said as he coughed. Aomine gave a deep sigh and instantly his eyes softened.
"So then, what's what's your condition?" Kise slowly reached his hand and held it tightly.
"I have chronic bronchitis. I can't breath properly due to my windpipe," Aomine stood up in a rush
"And he knew about it?" Jabbing a finger behind him towards Kasamatsu. Kise didn't say anything but Aomine just huffed and stormed out the room. He stopped at the door and tilted his head toward Kise.
"I thought I was your boyfriend, Ryota?" Kise squirmed out of the bed and chased after Aomine who stormed the room. He didn't want to let him go. The nurses and his teammates were forcing him back to his bed but he was putting up a good fight for him being ill. His teammates were shocked that Aomine and him were even a couple. They hadn't suspected a single thing.
"Kise, let him cool down. I will try to catch up with him and bring him back. The rest of you make sure he stays calm," Kasamatsu said as he rushed out the door to try and catch up with his kohai's boyfriend. He felt partially at fault for their break up. He never had eyes for Kise, they were just really good friends who supported one another.
-X-
Kasamatsu walked outside to see Aomine sitting on the step, holding his wrists. He could see that they were all bloody. Kasamatsu sighed and called out to him.
"Oi, there must be a good reason why you are not supporting your boyfriend," Kasamatsu said to him. Aomine turned around and turned back in disgust. He didn't want to even look at him.
"Why? He didn't want to rely on me about his illness," Aomine said as he pouted. "I should be one of the first to know but I'm one of the last people to know. Why did he tell you and not me?" Kasamatsu shrugged and grabbed the back of his shirt.
"You should ask Kise himself. I really don't know. So get moving," Aomine sighed and stood up and walked back into the hospital with Kasamatsu behind him. The older male was quite scary when he came to it.
Kise smiled when he saw Aomine re-enter the room. Kasamatsu forced his teammates out the room so they could talk in peace. Aomine just stared at his boyfriend who said nothing. They didn't know what to say so they didn't say anything at all.
"Wanna tell me why you didn't tell me off your illness?" Kise looked away and sighed. Aomine walked over to the bed and sat beside Kise. "I want to know. I deserve to know. I am your boyfriend," Kise sighed and held Aomine's hand. His hands were soft from touching the ball too much.
"I was scared that you will leave me. You wouldn't want to be with someone who can hardly breath," Aomine shook his head and kissed his cheek. "I can't kiss you without being breathless."
"I will say one thing and you better remember it. I am not shallow. I will...care for you no matter what," he didn't want to say love as he didn't know if he did. Kise smiled and leaned against his shoulder while Aomine snuck an arm around his waist. "Just tell me anything, I will listen to you," Aomine kissed gently Kise's earlobe. His nose nudging his ear.
"What are we going to do since my seniors know about us?" Kise asked as he held his boyfriends hand. Aomine massaged the top of his hand as he thought of a plan. Kaijo watched from the window as the males held each other. It was a sight to behold. Kise and Aomine from the generation of miracles in love with one another. Kasamatsu wasn't phased as much as he had caught them kissing each other before Kise got ill.
"We'll kindly ask them not to say anything then if they question us, we can beat the shit out of them," Kise laughed and coughed at the plan. It was so typical of Aomine to think of beating them up. He was glad that Aomine knew so he didn't need to hide it anymore. He so baldy wanted to see Aomine being attentive to him. It would be so romantic that Kise was all giddy at his boyfriend looking after him. Kaijo heard everything that they had said. They wouldn't dare tell a soul as they cherished their lives.
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AN: I hoped you liked this. It will be my first shirt series for kuroko no basket. Please review and tell me what you think.