Okay, done with the second chapter now (*puh*) and thanks to every like and favorite and thank you Flow Love for your review =) well here is the second chapter, I hope I didn't disappoint you guys with it…

CHAPTER TWO: "When I Met You"

After school ended and Kuroko arrived at home, he collapsed on his bed. His mind repeated what Akashi had said to him earlier: "Meet me at the park, near your house, 10 o'clock tomorrow.

'Does that mean… it is a date?' Kuroko thought and he was glad that he was in his room as he felt his face burn again. 'A-a date? With Akashi-kun? Really? I'm not dreaming am I.' Kuroko couldn't take it anymore, as his mind overloaded itself with thoughts of Akashi, he rised from his bed and opened the window to let in fresh air, in hope of clearing his mind a little.

"Tecchan! Dinner's done." Kuroko's grandmother, Tenko, shouted from the kitchen. Kuroko opened his door and walked down the staircase and went in to the kitchen where his grandmother had already placed the food on the table and was sitting across the stool where Kuroko would always sit. They thanked for the food and began to eat.

"When is dad coming back?" Kuroko asked. His father, Tenzo, was a world famous photographer and was always in a different country when he called to check up on his son and mother. Kuroko's mother, Mizuno, had had a weak body like Kuroko himself and had died when she gave birth to him. Kuroko had inherited his mother's hair and eyes colors. He looked almost exactly like her. Except he had a little sharper features than her. His father was devastated when she died, but promised to live for her and their son's sake.

"I don't know my dear. But we can guess it will be sometime this summer, if I am right." Kuroko's grandmother replied.

"I… see." Kuroko wouldn't say it but he really missed his father and he wished to spend a little more time with him always when he was home from work. But then his father would always get an emergancy call from his agency, that he must attend and always promised, 'Next time I will spend the whole day with you!' with a smile but that promise would never be fulfilled and Kuroko knew that. So he just smiled sadly to himself as he answered back to his grandmother.

'At least I have grandma by my side now.' But Kuroko knew that his peaceful days with his grandmother will end someday. He can already see the signs of it. How she becomes thinner and thinner by each month that pass and how her memory sometimes fails her and how her medicine description changes every now and then. He hoped she would at least live 'til he had started university and had someone beloved by his side and she could be at peace and stop worrying about him. And he hoped that, that someone would be a certain red-head. Kuroko started to blush again and his grandmother was enjoying the sight of her grandson's expressions – she also knew who her grandson was thinking about – but Kuroko didn't notice.

'Tecchan thinks he has hidden the fact that he likes Sei-can. But he has forgotten that it is me who cleans his room sometimes and he should hide those pictures of him and Sei-chan a little better. Because if Tenzo finds them he's going to put two and two together and discover the one who has captured my cute grandson's heart.' Tenko thought to herself and she wouldn't say it but she liked to see her grandson and Akashi together. Because they make such a cute couple. Alas her grandson is too obvious to the red-head's advances that she is wondering where he inherited that air-headness.

'It must be from Mizuki. She was also a little obvious to Tenzo's advances to her.' Kuroko's grandmother realized. But she must stop her grandson's thinking right now or his brain will be overcooked.

"Tecchan?"

"Yes grandma?" Kuroko answered as he was now in the real world instead of his mind.

"Are you going somewhere tomorrow? If not I would hope if you want to come with me to my friends' meeting and they are taking their little grandchildren with them and those kids really loves you. Also this time the meeting is about how it was to be a wife to our husbands." She said with a smile. In that moment Kuroko felt a pang of guiltiness towards his grandmother, he wanted to spend time with her but he had promised Akashi first.

"I am sorry grandma…. I already promised to my friend that I will meet him tomorrow." Kuroko replied and he didn't show it on his face bu the was sad that couldn't accompany his grandmother. Tenko understood that her grandson wanted to accompany her and look after the children bu the also always kept his promises.

"It doesn't matter Tecchan but I hope you can enjoy your day tomorrow with your friend. And if you don't mind… may I know who it is you're meeting tomorrow?"

"I don't mind at all grandma." A smile showed itself on his lips as he knew his grandmother wasn't disappointed that he couldn't be with her tomorrow and instead tried to encourage him.

"I am going to meet Akashi-kun tomorrow." He answered.

"Oh! With Sei-chan?" Tenko said excitedly and was hoping that the red-head would finally confess his love to her Tecchan. Kuroko, obvious to his grandmother's thoughts, thanked her for the food and offered to wash the dishes, which he did anyway, and walked up to his room – which is baby-blue colored by the way – and stared outside at the stars by his window. After a while he was going to close the window and go to sleep but just before he was closing it, he saw a shooting star. He clasped his hands together and wished:

'I hope that Akashi-kun will enjoy tomorrow with me and have lots of fun.'

IN AKASHI'S ROOM

'Tomorrow I will finally be going on a date with Tetsuya alone. Only both of us. No Ryota or Daiki that will be stealing his attention and it will only be on me. Ah, now that I think about it…. It was this time of the year when I first met Tetsuya. He had a fever then so he doesn't remember our meeting but it doesn't matter. He changed me and filled or even now fills my world with all kind of colors. It really feels like yesterday when I met him.

It was a normal day for me four years ago. It was my first summer as a middle school student, in a school in Kyoto or namely Rakuzan Middle School. It was raining that day and I had unfortunately forgotten my umbrella at home. I was meeting with my old basketball team at a family restaurant to plan the upcoming matches. Believe it or not I was the captain then even if I was a freshman. Why? Because I am absolute of course.

Well, for some reason I decided to walk home and suddenly it started to rain. I took shelter at a nearby children's park under the slide. For once I was glad for my physique. But even so, was I a little too big for the slide so my shoulders did get drenched. And it seemed like the rain wouldn't let up for awhile. I was conflicted if I was gonna run home in the rain and most likely catch a cold or I could wait under the slide, in the cold for who knows long. As I was in my inner musings, I didn't notice a pair of sky blue eyes staring at me.

"Um.. Excuse me.." the owner of the blue eyes asked me and I noticed him. And I was entranced as soon I saw him. A boy shorter than me with baby-blue hair and sky-colored eyes. Pale skin and a round face, at first I thought he was an angel but I realized he was human because his body was radiating warmth. And his eyes showed his innocence and honesty. Something I have only seen in children. I snapped out of my thoughts again when I felt something dry my face and I saw he was holding his handkerchief and trying to dry the water that had soaked my hair and face as I was taking shelter.

"Thank you very much… umm?"

"Kuroko… Kuroko Tetsuya." he gave his name to me.

"Yes, thank you very much Kuroko-kun but you should go home now before you catch a cold."

"Ah, don't worry. I am not from Kyoto. I am just on a holiday here with my father. So I can't go home even if I want to."

"Then you should go back to your father before he starts to worrying where you are", I stated, but it surprised me when gave me a little sad smile – that others wouldn't have noticed but I could because of my superious observation skills – and I felt a prick of pain in my heart. Why would he smile so sadly when I mentioned his father? Well… I got my answer right after I asked him…

"You don't have to worry about that too…" he said, "My father got just a call from his work and is leaving right now for America." He thentugged my hand and dragged me under his umbrella. He wasn't strong but I didn't want to resist because it felt like he was so frail that he would snap in two if I added even a little strenght in my resistion.

"Where are you taking me?" I asked Tetsuya.

"I am taking you to the inn where I am staying at. I don't want you to catch a cold and standing outside in this rain will just guarantee it", he stated while he held my hand and dragged me to a closeby inn.

"Why are you helping me?" I asked him. I wasn't used to people helping me if I didn't ask – demand – for it. So I wondered why this boy, Kuroko Tetsuya, would help me a total stranger to him.

"Because I want to. Isn't that a reason enough?" he asked me.

"What if I was a dangerous person?" I was a little baffled of his honesty and godhearted nature.

"But you aren't, are you. If you wonder how I can tell, it is because I am used to observe people. And I knew that you aren't a bad person", he stated simply and somehow it warmed my heart, knowing there are people who are truly kind and not false, like Tetsuya. He was truly kind.

He took me to the inn and explained the circumstances with the owner and I got a set of clean, dry and warm clothes after my warm bath – because Tetsuya said, he wasn't gonna let me change my clothes before I took it – and had dinner with him. It was a silent dinner but oddly enough it didn't feel uncomfortable like it usually does when I am quiet, it felt really comfortable instead and somehow I knew I enjoyed Tetsuya's presence even then. But as the dinner went on… I noticed how dazed Tetsuya was becoming and his cheeks was tinted with a light pink color and he was sweating. I started to worry. For the first time in my whole life, I was worried for another person than myself.

"Kuroko-kun… are you okay?"

"Y-yes, I a-am fine, it is just the usual fever I get sometimes", he said and I hurried to his side to feel his forehead. He was burning up. I inwardly cursed at myself how I didn't notice it earlier. I asked him where the futons where and his medicine. I laid out the futon for him but as he was going to walk over to it, his legs collapsed under him. He was even too weak to walk or even stand up. It leaved my no choice but to carry him to the futon. I picked him up and he let out a surprised squeek but didn't resist – I also noticed his face becoming redder – and I carried him bridal-style to the futon and he murmured under his breath that I was emberrassing. I chuckled at that and his cute honesty, then I put him down on the futon and gave him the yukata that the inn had prepared for him. I turned around so he could change, I heard some rustling from his clothes and I thought a little peek wouldn't hurt.

I turned my head so little that he wouldn't notice but enough so I could see him. And I was surprised once again. He seemed to have some difficulties with the yukata and I could see almost everything he could offer. I let my eyes wander up and down his body. His pale complexion stood out even more and his pink nipples perked up from the coldness of the room. It was… alluring. Before I knew it I averted my gaze and wondered what in the hell was wrong with me.

When he was done I gave him his medicine and tucked him in the futon to keep him warm. It was then the inn's workers came in with my now dry and cleaned clothes, so I changed them again.

"Thank you very much for the help Kuroko-kun. I can't thank you enough", I thanked from the bottom of my heart before I was going to leave.

"It was no problem… but I should be the one to say thank you for taking care of me", he mumbled but I heard it. As I was going to leave, I took one last peek at the other and I realized he seemed lonely and he would be more so as he was sick. Then I remembered that his father had left him here all by himself with no company whatsoever. I walked back to the futon and sat beside him. And I remember that Tetsuya gave me a questioning look.

"I will be here until you fall asleep", I stated bluntly. Then… I saw the most beautiful thing ever. Tetsuya smiled. A full smile, not a small quirk of his lips but a full adorned smile with eyes that shined from happiness and gratefulness. It was so innocent and I felt my heart – me of all people – skip a beat before it started to race.

"Thank you", he whispered quietly to me as he closed his eyes and went to a deep sleep. I gave him a fond look one more time as I rised up from my sitting position and walked quietly out of his room, not wanting to wake him up. That was the last time I saw him when I was in middle school.

All throughout middle school I would remember that day when I first met him. Then it took three years before I saw him again, I had decided to move back to Tokyo for my high school years and then maybe my university years too. I had decided to attend Teiko High School and somehow I hoped that I would see this Kuroko Tetsuya I mett three years ago.

And I did. I was the one to give the opening speech for the freshmen because I was the representative – I got the highest score on the entrance exam – and when I was descending down from the podium, I caught the sight of baby-blue hair. My eyes widened as I recognised the boy with angelic looks abd he had become even more beautiful than he was three years ago. I wanted to go and greet him but I couldn't. We was in the middle of the opening ceremony of the school and it would likely create a disturbance if I did it. It took some self-control to not just walk to him and give him a greeting. But I was glad that I restained myself.

After the ceremony, all students walked back to their classrooms and luckily when I went in my classroom I saw the being of my affections – yes, I realized that I loved him when I was in middle school (and every year they change the classes so now we aren't in the same class anymore) – right before my eyes. I walked past all who wanted me to sit beside them to just sit beside Tetsuya. As I sat down Tetsuya's eyes looked at me for a second and I looked back and he looked baffled.

"Hi, my name is Akashi Seijuuro. Nice to meet you", I said with a smile and offered my hand for a handshake. He didn't take it so I asked him if I did something wrong, hes hook his head.

"No, I am sorry. I am not so used to people noticing me so I was just a little surprised", Tetsuya said and I noticed that he had a very low presence than a normal person.

"I am Kuroko Tetsuya, it is nice to meet you Akashi-kun." he also offered me a little smile, it was beautiful but not like the one I saw the first time when I met him. After that we quickly became friends and I learned much about Tetsuya. I learned that his father was a photographer, who traveled all around the world, that he was living with his grandmother – who seems to have taken a liking to and even calling me Sei-chan – and that his mother died when he was born and that he had a weak body so he couldn't join the basketball club with me when I asked him if he wanted to join it, instead he joined the library comittée and come sto watch us practice instead.

I also asked him which middle school he went to and he answered Seirin Middle School. I also told him I went to Rakuzan, which was situated at Kyoto and I asked him if he ever has been to Kyoto before – I already know that he has but I wanted to know if he remembered me – and he answered that he had been one time in his first-year of middle school but he also said that he had had a fever then and doesn't really remember anything. I was a bit disappointed but now I could always be with him and seriously. My life has gotten only more colors since then. I started for once look forward going to school and enjoying my daily-life more.'

Akashi had finished reminiscing when he first met Kuroko and started to plan his date with him tomorrow. As for Kuroko… He had a hard time falling asleep and kep squirming in his bed as he was nervous for tomorrow to come.

Well next time is the time for our dear cute Kuroko's and his own devil king Akashi's date