A/N: Yes, as you can see, I have quite a free vacation, don't I? Well, after all, I am the type who would rather stay at home, read, write or listen to music than go outside and have fun in the beach or something. No offense, that's just really me. We are all different.

Anyway, yes, I am making a new fanfiction again! Don't be surprised if new ones always pop up. I'm just trying to tire myself out while I have time, because once classes start again, I'll be a visitor of FFnet instead of being a writer here.

-laughs- Just so you know, by the way, my main OTPs are: AkaKuro, AoKise, MidoTaka, MuraHimu, and a little bit of KagaKuro.

Here's a new AkaKuro one. Something different again. I am trying to test myself for different genres, so yeah, expect something weird again next time.

If you want to read something deep and angst-y, you might wanna try this. –smiles-

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Doughnuts and Latte,

LFMH021


"Yesterday, Today, Forever"

Summary: They're supposed to be twins. Twins who were so close and couldn't be separated. But few years later, after finding out it was a mistake, Kuroko was given away. This is a fact both Akashi and Kuroko were hiding. Not siblings. Not enemies as well. Oh, and due to some circumstances, they need to live together. Could this mean 'second chances'? I think, it's not. Please R&R!

Chapter One:

The referee blew the whistle and made a hand signal. The buzzer rang, and everyone rose to clap their hands. "And this year's Winter Cup winner is Seirin High Basketball Club!" The announcer shouted.

Everyone screamed and clapped his hand. The ones supporting Seirin were all cheering wildly and were even hugging one another as they raised the sign they made to cheer their school. The ones on Rakuzan just stood up and clapped their hands. Their eyes clearly portraying disappointment.

The Seirin Basketball Club members grabbed one another and celebrated with tears running down their faces. "We woooonnnn!" Each and every member of theirs shouted in joy.

While the Rakuzan High Basketball Club members just looked at one another, and nodded. With few high-fives to one another, some teared up and began to cry in sadness. It was something new to them after all. Losing was something they never expected. Not against Seirin.

"Ugh, we'll win next year!" Hayama shouted.

"Calm down, we will win next year, right, Sei-chan?" Reo asked.

But their captain wasn't listening, he was silently staring at a certain teal-head on the opposing team. He wasn't listening for tears were also trickling down his cheeks as he gazed sadly on Tetsuya Kuroko. "I lost…" He murmured as he tried to wipe away the tears as quickly as possible.

"D-Don't worry, Sei-chan, we'll win next time!" Reo comforted.

Mayuzumi huffed, and grabbed a towel. "This is why I told you Basketball is boring and worthless."

"Said someone who's so pissed he lost against another phantom player." Hayama mocked.

The white-head gritted his teeth and tried to grab Hayama's collar when the latter suddenly dodged it.

"Hah. Not me. Dream for another century." Hayama insulted.

"You—"

Akashi took a deep breath. "Stop it, you two."

And the two quickly complied and shut themselves up.

"Teams, assemble!" The referee shouted. And with that, both teams' members lined up in the middle and shouted, "Thank you for the good game!" Before bowing their heads. After that, they separated ways. But some stayed and gave others a handshake, a greeting, even a fist bump. To be honest, it was what the Seirin members agreed on. Whether they lose or win, they'd take it whole-heartedly and reconcile with the other team.

After bowing to Reo, Kuroko backed away a little upon realizing it was already Akashi who was in front of him. "It…was a good game." He murmured.

Akashi smiled slightly. "Indeed, it was." He agreed. "I lost, and you've won." He stated. "I never knew losing could actually give a good feeling."

Kuroko blinked. "It could." He settled. "It could." He repeated with pursed lips.

"Uwaaaahhh! Mom! Sei-chan took my toy again!"

"But, it's my turn! Tetsuya always gets to play this toy longer than I do!"

"How about you share it, instead? You should stop fighting. It's not good. Someday, you two will separate, cherish each moment."

Akashi raised his head. "'You should stop fighting.'" He mimicked.

Kuroko blinked in surprise before continuing it, "'It's not good.'"

Akashi smiled. "'Someday, you two will separate…'"

Kuroko frowned sadly. "'Cherish each moment.'" He ended. "It was a great saying."

Akashi roamed his eyes on Kuroko's face, and remembered it so well, still. Those emotionless teal eyes. That spiky hair that always stood up when he woke up. That pale skin he was conscious of. Those long eyelashes that made him more adorable. And that slender body he still knew very well.

How could he forget? For seven years, they were together. For seven years, they were so close. For seven years, they were something more than friends. It was regretful to remember that they were just kids back then who didn't know what 'love' really was.

The teal-head bowed. "Thank you for the good game! Congratulations!"

Akashi chuckled before ruffling Kuroko's hair. "Why are you congratulating me?" He asked. "Anyway, thank you, as well, for such a great game. I've lost and you've won. Congratulations."

He knew; he just knew that Kuroko's eyes turned brighter for a little while, but the latter quickly turned around and ran back towards his team. His eyes never meeting Akashi's again.

"Sei-chan, hands!"

Akashi quickly intertwined their hands. "Better?"

Kuroko nodded with a wide smile. "It was so cold earlier, but your hands gave me warmth. Thank you."

Because of the adorable smile his younger twin was making, all Akashi could do was hug the other tightly. "Please, never grow up."

This was the memory he recalled as he changed into his uniform, and all he could do was laugh with how ridiculous he was back then.

"Never grow up? As if that would happen." He grunted out loud. Of course, he won't stay young forever. In fact, I like him like this. More mature. More understanding. More of a beast I still haven't woken up.

~LFMH021~

It was a cold day. A kind of day Kuroko hated. A kind of day that always made him remember. A kind of day that always left him in pain.

He wrapped a scarf around his neck before going downstairs. "Mom, I'm going."

She nodded and handed him his bento. "This'll be your lunch your today. Will it be enough?"

He took it, and placed it inside his bag. "I'm sure it is. You never give me less than I deserve, Mom."

She smiled. "I'll take that as a compliment, Tetsu."

He twisted the doorknob. "Kagami-kun's outside. I gotta go. Bye."

"See you. Oh, before I forget, Tets—"

But he didn't give any more time to hear his mother's ranting, so he shut the door behind him, and walked towards his partner, Kagami. "I think Auntie wants to say something…" The red-head stated.

He shook his head. "It'll be fine. I'm sure it's nothing too important. She's usually like that—lets me hang with her for announcement that doesn't concern me, so I've learned from consecutive ranting these last few days that I should just, you know, pretend I didn't hear a thing."

Kagami stared at him for awhile before laughing. "You're way to funny for a such a short guy—Ugaaah!" The red-head gasped when his partner suddenly hand-chopped his stomach. "What the fuck, Kuroko? That freaking hurt."

"Why do you always need to mention the fact that I'm short? You can just leave it when you comment, and I might stop hand-chopping you." Kuroko complained, emotionlessly.

Kagami grinned, and took hold of the hand the other used to hand-chop him. "It's fine. Without my continuous teasing, and without your continuous and hilarious reactions, I don't think we would ever get this close, after all."

The phantom player stared at his partner in fascination for awhile before hand-chopping the latter again. This time, turning away to hide the redness that was invading his cheeks. "Stop being such an embarrassing fellow, Kagami-kun."

~LFMH021~

"Sei-chan, I'm scared…" Kuroko sobbed.

"Tetsuya, come on, just jump. How did you get up there, anyway?" Akashi scolded.

The teal-head sniffed. "This kitten was stuck, so I wanted to help it. After rescuing it, I ended up stuck up here as well…"

Akashi sighed and made a smile. "Jump."

"But—"

"Trust me. I'm your older twin. I'll catch you. We're always connected, remember?" Akashi urged.

Kuroko stared at his twin's eyes, before gulping. "Don't let me down."

Akashi shook his head. "I won't." He promised.

With that, Kuroko jumped from a five meter tree into his twin's arms. It was a surprise Akashi did catch him, effortlessly. "You did catch me…" He murmured.

Akashi smiled, and leaned his forehead against Kuroko's. "I told you so." He proudly said. "Now, what shall we call that cat?"

"Mirai?" Kuroko suggested. "It has such beautiful eyes. Like rainbows…"

Akashi nodded, as he patted Kuroko's head. "Good name."

The latter stared at his twin before smiling widely. "We're the best twins. Ever."

He got back into reality when someone shook his shoulders. He blinked, and looked up. It was Kagami, who was staring at him worriedly.

"K-Kagami-kun."

The red-head sighed. "I've been calling your name for so long now. You were spacing out, and weren't responding…so I got a little worried. Are you alright?"

Kuroko nodded. "It's because it's raining, so I'm like this."

Kagami sat in front of him. It was currently lunch break, and room was almost empty. "What do you mean? Oh, right, you've been like this since yesterday when it turned cold and began to rain a little…Is something wrong with rain?"

Kuroko raised his eyes and met the red-head's honest ones. "A memory I cannot forget happened in a rainy day, so I remember it at times like this."

Kagami laughed. "That sounded so cheesy." He commented before messing his friend's hair. "The past is passed, Kuroko. Whatever it was. Forget it. We're here. This is the reality. I'm here, remember?"

His eyes widened. "…True." He agreed. "Wow, Kagami-kun, that was smart coming from you."

That made the other twitch. "W-What 'dya mean with that, you bastard?!"

Kagami is his present. Akashi was his present. They were not siblings anymore. Not enemies either. "The two of us were strangers who just a past." He whispered to himself.

He was not even sure if he was convincing his partner of himself.

~LFMH021~

"W-What happened, Sei-chan?" Kuroko gasped.

Akashi looked up and made an apologetic smile. "I just slipped, and fell."

Kuroko knelt beside him. "…It's bleeding. Does it hurt?"

He shrugged. "A little, but it'll pas—"

Kuroko placed his hands on top of Akashi's wounded knee and singsang, "Pain, pain, go away~ Pain, pain, go away~"

Eyes widened, he stared at his bluenet twin.

The latter then grinned and looked up at him. "Does it still hurt?"

"No…" He murmured before ruffling his twin's hair. "No, it doesn't anymore. Thank you, Tetsuya."

"And with that, we're dismissed!" Their coach shouted right beside him.

He blinked. "…What happened?"

Their coach looked at him in surprise. "…You didn't listen, Akashi?"

He frowned, and smirked. "Of course I did, Coach. I just felt a little pain in my back, so I said that out loud."

"Oh…" Their coach mumbled, and then looked at him directly. "…Then, care to repeat what I just announced?"

He blinked. "Alright, I shall do you want." He then took a deep breath. "Tomorrow onward, the first, second and third strings will have different training regimes. Then, the next captain for next year would be decided the day after. Tomorrow, there will be a general cleaning, so everyone should attend. A practice match against a team in Tokyo will be held after few days, which will also be announced tomorrow. The announcements for the ones to go to different strings will be announced on Friday. Before everyone went, you asked them to make a perfect three-point each. Correct?"

Their coach gulped, and nodded. "Y-Yes, everything you've just said is correct. In fact, even the ones I haven't announced yet were already stated by you just now. S-Sorry for doubting you."

He smirked. "It's alright, coach. May I be dismissed now?"

Their coach blinked. "That's rare. You're going ahead of Hayama?"

He nodded. "There's a special surprise that turned up earlier, so I need to pick up someone now. After all, I need two hours to arrive in Tokyo."

Leaving his team with confusion gave him satisfaction for some reason. After all, who wanted to meet someone who was two hours away?

~LFMH021~

"I'm so tired!" Kagami grumbled as they sat on an empty table in Maji Burger.

"That's rare coming from you. You just took my line, Kagami-kun." Kuroko complained.

Kagami laughed. "Well, Coach was pretty strict today! I didn't even get to finish my water bottle!"

"Ahhhh, Kurokocchi and Kagamicchi!" A familiar voice exclaimed from the door.

They both turned and found Kise waving at them. "Kise." Kagami greeted.

The blonde sat beside Kuroko. "It's been awhile, ssu!" He added and turned to the teal-head. "I missed you, Kurokocchi! Let me hug you—WAAAH!" He was punched in the stomach by no other than his seatmate.

"Sorry, my reflexes are trained to resist you hugs."

"MEAN!"

"Ah, it's Tetsu and Kagami!" A hoarse voice gasped.

"Oh no." Kagami grunted and glared at the approaching Aomine. "What are you doing here, you asshole?"

"Eating, you dumbass." Aomine growled as he sat beside Kagami. He raised his eyes to meet Kise, but the latter was busy texting and…obviously avoiding him.

"Shin-chan, aren't those—Looookkkk!"

The four turned upon hearing Takao's voice, and confirming their guess—with Takao was the tsundere Midorima, who was holding a kettle.

"Why's he holding a kettle?" Kagami whispered as the Shuutoku shadow and light duo walked towards their table.

"Probably his lucky item." Kuroko answered.

"Should we comment that he looks so ridiculous holding it as if it was a sacred thing, or not?" Aomine hissed.

"…We should not. He might explode with all his Oha-Asa predictions…" Kise murmured.

And with that, Takao sat beside Kise while Midorima sat beside Aomine.

"Getting cramped!" Kagami growled.

"Geeezzz, move!" Aomine grunted.

"How dare you! You're the one who suddenly came and disturbed us!"

"Taiga!" The six turned as they heard Yosen's Himuro's voice from a distance. And with the dark-head was a sleepy Murasakibara.

Kuroko blinked. "Do tell me why we're suddenly assembled together here…Was I uninformed that there was a meeting?"

Murasakibara shook his head before sitting beside Takao. "Nah, I was just dying to eat a very yummy hamburger, so Muro-chin dragged me here~"

Himuro smiled. "Indeed. I didn't expect seeing you all here." He agreed before sitting beside Midorima. "Pardon my intrusion."

"The only one missing is Akashi." Aomine commented.

"I'm gonna go order. What would you like, Kuroko?" Kagami asked.

Kuroko looked up. "The same."

"Geez. I'll add a burger and fries to yours. It's bad to always just drink vanilla shake for dinner."

"Thank you." Kuroko added as the red-head walked towards the counter.

Kise grinned. "Isn't Kagamicchi such a sweet person when he's with you, Kurokocchi?"

"I don't actually see where this talk is going…" Kuroko admitted.

"Eh? You mean Kagami hasn't confessed yet?" Aomine gasped.

With this, Kuroko blinked, and then blushed a little. "I don't see the reason for him to do so."

"Indeed, I don't see the reason for Taiga to do such a thing." A cold tone agreed from behind Kuroko.

They all turned or looked up, and stiffened upon seeing Akashi now standing beside their table. He had his arms crossed in front of his chest, and his heterochromatic eyes were blazing with a hint of anger and coldness. "You should stop bring up things that are impossible." He added.

"…That's odd. What are you doing here, Akashi? Kyoto's two hour away, what would be your reason to come here?" Midorima curiously mumbled.

And because of his interested gaze, Takao couldn't seem to help himself from clenching his fists and glaring at the shorter red-head.

"Aka-chin, been awhile~" Murasakibara greeted, and he received a pat on the head as a reply. Akashi pretended to have not seen how Himuro's eyes turned a little darker.

Kuroko was playing with his fingers when Akashi addressed for his attention, which made him flinch, "Tetsuya."

The teal-head blinked, and looked up with emotionless eyes. "Yes, Akashi-kun?"

"What do you mean, 'Yes?' Haven't you heard?"

"About what?"

"That—"

Kagami came back and placed Kuroko's tray of order in front of the latter. "Here yah go!"

"Oh, how much—"

Kagami grinned as he sat on his seat. "My treat. After all, you saved me earlier for being late in practice."

Akashi cleared his throat.

The taller red-head looked up. "Oh, Akashi."

"As I was saying," Akashi mumbled in annoyance. "Tetsuya, your mother called earlier. She said that she forgot to tell you that she, your father, and your grandma needs to go to Europe for paperworks. She didn't tell me what paperworks but it seemed to be so important and urgent that it needed the three of them for half a year. Yes, be surprised, but it's the truth. She left a legit paper proving it."

Kuroko blinked and looked at his partner.

Kagami grinned. "You can live with me for awhile, Kuroko. I don't mind. Oh, should we—"

The shorted red-head slammed his hands on the table. "No, Tetsuya. You're living with me for half a year. Not with Taiga." Akashi interrupted.

With widened eyes, the teal-head looked up at him in shock. "N-No need! Kyoto is too far from here, and I can just live with Kagami-kun. Besides, my stuff are still—"

"Your mother, herself, asked me to let you live with us, Tetsuya. I already said 'Yes.' And I can do something about the two-hour difference. Your stuff was arranged by your mother before they left earlier to the airport. She left the keys to the house to me, by placing I under the doormat. I hold it, but I forbid you to come inside and live alone, so you're staying with me for half a year from now on." Akashi stated, as if it was the most common thing in the world.

"How many stars are there up there, Sei-chan?"

"Billions."

"You're not sure?"

"My eyes cannot count all of them. Some are hidden or far away."

"Oooohhhh." Kuroko mumbled and then laid his head on Akashi's chest. "Sei-chan?"

"Yes, Tetsuya?"

"…Someday, we'll separate, right?"

"…I don't know."

"If that ever happens, you won't forget me, right?" Kuroko mumbled.

"I won't. I promise."

"Do I have any other choice?" Kuroko murmured.

"None." He stated.

Kuroko picked up his untouched order before standing up. "Fine." He mumbled before turning to Kagami, whose look at him was making him guilty. "It'll be fine, Kagami-kun. I'll call you once we arrive there."

"Seeing as it's Auntie's decision. I can't object. Be careful." Kagami mumbled as he patted Kuroko's head. "I'm just a call away."

~LFMH021~

Akashi on the driver's seat. Kuroko on the passenger's seat. And his stuff on the backseat. This had been their setting for almost an hour now, but only silenced filled the car.

"Tetsuya—"

"Please don't forget the fact that I'm just forced, Akahsi-kun."

"You used to call me 'Sei-chan.'"

"That was in the past, Akashi-kun. Please do forget about it."

Akashi's eyes turned a little sad. "But, I can't. I can't forget—"

"The truth that you didn't object when Mother—I mean, your mother, suddenly placed me in an orphanage just because they suddenly found out I was no twin of yours, and because I didn't belong as an Akashi because my true parents didn't look for me? Or the truth that you promised you won't forget me but never once contacted me when I was taken by another family? Or the truth that you told me you'd never let me down, but you pretended you didn't know me when we first saw each other again in Teiko?" Kuroko interrupted.

In each accusation, Akashi couldn't help flinching. "Tetsuya, I didn't mean any of those—I was just stupid back then when—"

"Don't worry, Akashi-kun. I'm not angry. I've just been hurt enough I couldn't seem to look you straight in the eyes. I'm not angry…I'm not…I hate you, Akashi-kun. I truly do. Yesterday, Today…Forever." This was the sob that came out as Kuroko tried to hold his emotions in.


A/N: YEAH, THIS WILL NOT TURN OUT LIKE 'Just Like A Merry-Go-Round.' This will be a little complicated. This will be a little angst-y. This will be a little feel-y.

I HOPE IT WASN'T BORING! More new fanfictions coming soon!

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SNEAK PEEK:

"Tetsuya, let's go." Akashi called out.

"I'm coming." Kuroko then grabbed his bag. "I'm going, Kagami-kun. I'll see you tomo—"

Kuroko raised his eyes when Kagami took one of his hands, and then lifted it to kiss the former's wrist. "Kagami-kun?"

The red-head kissed Kuroko's wrist before planting a kiss on his partner's forehead. "I love you, Kuroko. Yesterday, today and forever. Will you go out with me?" He asked before embracing the teal-head.

Kuroko unconsciously looked at Akashi.

Akashi huffed with a smirk. "Don't worry, Tetsuya. I don't care. What you do with your life is none of my business anymore."

And with that, Kuroko's healing heart cracked into pieces yet again.