Hi there! Here's a quick Akakuro fic for Valentine's Day. Sorry to the guys who are following my story Silent Presence or hoping for a new update on that story. There wouldn't be an update this week and probably would only be up next Sunday or later since I have a lot of tests next week and I've been under-performing from my usual standard. So, oh well.
*Disclaimer: Unfortunately, I do not own Kuroko no Basuke.
Summary: The bittersweet chocolate slowly melted and spread over Kuroko's mouth, matching with the bittersweet feeling in his heart. The bittersweet feeling of a broken love.
Pairings: Akakuro (I don't think I can really write any other main pairing)
Warning: Akashi won't be appearing in this story unless in a sequel chapter. He'll mostly just be mentioned. Oh, and there'll be quite a lot of Kagami-Kuroko friendship. I just can't see Kagakuro as an actual pairing (a big sorry to all Kagakuro shippers). I see it more as friendship.
Anyways, Happy Valentine's Day!
Valentine's Day, a day for couples and friends alike. A day where large amounts of chocolate of assorted flavours were given to loved ones and friends alike. This year, Kuroko Tetsuya did taste something bittersweet lining his mouth. It just wasn't chocolate. Only a sense of nostalgia and a feeling of longing.
This year's Valentine's Day went by as though it was any other day of the year. Kuroko Tetsuya didn't really knew what he expected but he would've imagined that Valentine's Day in High School would be more dramatic. Apart from the basketball captain Hyuuga finally deciding to man up and confess to the team's coach Riko - warranting an embarrassed flush and delighted squeal respectively - during morning practice, the day past by almost uneventfully.
After a lighter training session - courtesy of Riko's good mood from the chocolates and love confession - Kuroko and Kagami were once again walking towards their favourite fast food restaurant. As Kuroko quietly took a seat near the window, with a vanillas shake in hand and a small burger on his tray, he felt his phone vibrate, signalling a new message.
Watching his partner scoff down twenty or more burgers, the blue-haired young man took out his sky-blue phone and checked his messages. As expected, the latest one had been sent by Kise and Kuroko could pretty much guess what it would be about.
Kurokocchi! Happy Valentine's Day! I really want to meet you... I even got chocolates for you... I'm pretty this is the first I haven't been able to give you Valentine's Day chocolates... Oh, sorry, but Kasamatsu-senpai's calling us back to practice! Happy Valentine's Day, Kurokocchi!
Kuroko had to agree. This is the first year that Kise didn't give him a Valentine's Day gift. Ever since he knew the blond, the model had never failed to try to woo him with chocolate and love confessions. And whilst Kuroko admitted that he was fond of his former pupil and loved him as someone akin to family, he wasn't in love with him. Because Kuroko Tetsuya was in love with someone else. And not receiving a Valentine's Day greeting from that person had really stung.
Quickly, Kuroko texted back to Kise. It's okay, Kise-kun. Maybe another time.
"Hey Kuroko," Kagami called out, pausing his burger-demolishment.
"Yes, Kagami-kun?" Kuroko asked, watching as his teammates and partner rifled through his bag with one hand, appearing to be searching for something.
"Ah, here you go," Shrugging his shoulders, Kagami pushed a square box across the table before taking a bite of his burger. "Happy Valentine's Day."
Blinking, Kuroko set down his vanillia shake and gently pulled one end of the yellow ribbon that was wrapped around the box. Once he opened it, the blue-haired boy's eyes widened in surprise as the sight of seven chocolates of varying shapes and flavours greeted him. On each chocolate was a certain word and all together, the seven chocolates spelt out 'Thanks for being such a good friend.'
Eyes watering slightly, Kuroko looked to Kagami, touched by the strong gesture of friendship. Reaching across the table, Kagami ruffled his friend's hair. "It's okay, buddy. Thanks for helping me so much."
"Mm," Kuroko nodded. "And thank you too, Kagami-kun."
"No problem."
"But you don't particularly strike me as the type to do this type of things," Kuroko added, much to Kagami's displeasure.
Flushing a bit in mortification, Kagami then proceeded to explain how his 'brother', Himuro Tatsuya, had pestered him into helping him make chocolates for his teammates and Murasakibara.
Kuroko's lips quirked up into a small smile. "Murasakibara-kun would love that," he said with conviction.
After that, a comfortable silence befell the two and followed them until they stopped at the junction at a quiet road where they would have to split up to go home. Just as Kuroko was about to cross the empty road to get to his house on the opposite end, Kagami stopped him with a quiet, "Are you seriously alright, Kuroko?"
Startled, Kuroko back step and turned face his partner. "What do you mean, Kagami-kun?"
"I'm talking about that redhead middle-school captain of yours."
Immediately, Kuroko stiffened, his face turning as pale as a cod. "H-how did you know about him?" he asked hesitantly. "I don't think you've met him before."
"Murasakibara told me," Kagami said bluntly. "As thanks for my help, Tatsuya invited me to a practice game Yosen had against another school. I had a talk with Murasakibara while we waiting for Tatsuya to finish changing so he could treat us to dinner. When Murasakibara found out about me making chocolates for you, he warned me not to hurt you like what someone he called 'Aka-chin' did. That was before I corrected him, of course. After hounding him a bit, he told me that this 'Aka-chin' was actually Akashi Seijuurou, the captain of the Generation of Miracles... And the person you love."
Wincing, Kuroko muttered, "Yes, that's right, Kagami-kun." Another pregnant silence befell them before Kuroko broke it. "Although I'm a bit hurt that he didn't wish me a happy Valentine's Day like he did for the past two years, I'm alright."
He only received a concerned stare for his aloof words. "If you say so, Kuroko. If you say so."
Back at home, when Kuroko flopped onto his bed, his once again reached for his phone to check his messages. Since Kise's message, he had received a few more from the other members of the Generation of Miracle, including one filled with the day's Oha-asa lucky item and colour for Aquarius from the resident tsundere and another enthusiastic text from the pick-haired manager of Touou's basketball team.
But still none from his love.
Despite what he told Kagami, tears pricked at the corner of his eyes and an odd pang of sadness echoed in his the phone close to his chest, Kuroko recalled the previous two Valentine's Days - or any day for that matter - happily spent with his lover.
Once, the red-haired boy gave him a typical box of heart shaped chocolates before announcing that those chocolates represented his heart and when Kuroko ate them, he was keeping his heart captive. Kuroko could remember blushing madly because of that bold analogy and how Akashi smirked at hims slyly.
The previous year, before Akashi had changed for the worse, he had brought Kuroko out to an indoor rooftop restaurant for a Valentine's Day dinner. That had been one of the happiest moments of Kuroko's life. To have his the person he loved the most in the world by his side and enjoying Tokyo's night skyline together was one of Kuroko's most treasured memories.
Briefly, Kuroko wondered if Akashi was also thinking of the times they had spent together, eating together either in Teikou's school garden or the accompanying each other on the rooftop, one playing shogi against himself and the other reading a classic novel.
Kuroko wondered if Akashi remembered. Because Kuroko could certainly remember them. And sometimes he wished he couldn't remember so well, because that only increased his longing for those times to come back.
Taking out the box of chocolates he had received from Kagami, Kuroko took one and bit into it, slowly chewing on it, realising its flavour only a few moments later. It was nice, but bittersweet as well. That seemed to really fit his love life. Bittersweet.
Kuroko placed the chocolates on another side of the bed before burying his face into his hands, wordlessly sobbing at the bittersweetness of a broken love that should've been able to withstand all sorts of obstacles.
I don't know if I should do a sequel chapter. I guess it'll be up to you reviewers. If I get a positive response, then I'll write another chapter for White Day (probably ;P) Please review, favourite or even follow!
Cheers,
Latios963