"Akashi... Akashi... please... please open your eyes" Kuroko called out in between sobs. He held onto Akashi's hand tightly and stayed by his side. Akashi's parents did not return after the afternoon commotion at the hospital. Akashi showed no signs of waking up from his coma...

That night, Kuroko fell asleep by Akashi's side... He had a very weird yet mysterious dream. In his dream, he was woken by the sound of the fluttering curtains, the cool breeze and the warm sunlight... but what made the perfect morning was the warm hand stroking his hair gently... Kuroko opened his eyes slowing... and his eyes met Akashi kun's eyes. In Kuroko's dreams, Akashi woke up but will Akashi wake from his coma?

"A...aka...shi..." Kuroko called out in his slumber...

The first sunlight that came through the window, causing Kuroko to stir in his sleep. Slowly, he forced his eyes to open hoping it would be like his dream where Akashi was already awake and waiting for Kuroko. But to his bitter dismay, Akashi was still lying in bed... Seeing Akashi still in bed, he nearly burst into tears but holding back when he remembered that there was basketball practice today... The generation of miracles were still unaware of their Captain's situation. Kuroko had to go for practice... Without him and Akashi,everyone would be suspicious. Especially Midorima... Kuroko unwillingly parted with Akashi kun and went for practice...

*Teiko's Gym*

"KUROKOCCHI!"

"Kuro chin, you're late."

"oi Testu it's rare for you to be late"

everyone went on about Kuroko being late for practice because it had never happened before...

"where is akachin? Isn't he super late?"

hearing them asking about Akashi brought tears to his eyes...

"Kurokocchi? Why are you crying?"

everyone gathered around Kuroko, puzzled by the fact that he started crying for no reason. But what struck them the most was that Kuroko was crying in front of them... Aomine might have seen Kuroko depressed but never once did he see Kuroko cry. They tried to calm the young teen down because seeing him cry was heartbreaking somehow. Even for Midorima who insists that he can't get along with Kuroko was worried about him. They comforted and calmed the young teen down.

"A...Aka..shi...kun. He... He got into an accident and... And he is in the hos..pital..." Uncontrollable tears fell...

Upon hearing such news, everyone was left speechless. Kise rushed over and held onto Kuroko who nearly fell to the floor. The generation of miracles quickly packed up and went to the hospital where Akashi laid in coma...

*Hospital Ward*

Each of them took a corner of the room to stand or sit... The uncertainty about Akashi's awakening left them emotionally unstable especially Kuroko who sat by Akashi and held onto his hand tightly. No one spoke a word... The tension in the room was suffocating... Kise who could no longer control himself, ran towards Aomine for comfort. Aomine wrapped his hands around Kise and he felt Kise's grip on his shirt. Kise buried his head into Aomine's chest which muffled his cries.

Murasakibara could not stand the silence and said "I'm hungry so i'll go get some snacks..." With the silence broken, Midorima stood up and went to get a warm drink for rest.

"Onii sama? You weren't home so I came..." Her voice trailed off when the tension in the room overcame her. Temari brought a fruit basket and some flowers for Akashi kun...

"ah Temari... Please leave those on the table. I'm sorry for not telling you i'll be home late." said Kuroko weakly.

seeing the state of her brother, Temari was heartbroken. She felt awfully guilty and regretful for even coming back to Japan. She hated herself so much for causing her brother's love one to be hurt and caused all his friends to be so upset. She wished that if Akashi could wake up, she would not even mind sacrificing her life...

"Kurokocchi... Aomine and I need to go home... Akashi will wake in no time! So don't worry!" He tried to say it in a happy tone but tears welled up in his eyes... Aomine dragged Kise out of the ward...

Midorima and Momoi decided to stay and forced Temari to bring Kuroko home. Though he was reluctant to leave, Murasakibara dragged the sobbing and struggling teen out of the ward and even sent the siblings home.

*Home*

That night, Kuroko could not sleep... Every time he closed his eyes, he would imagine the scene at the hospital where Akashi's heartbeat stops... Kuroko would scream, wake up in buckets full of sweat and crying too... His screams could be heard throughout the whole house causing his little sister to be unable to get some rest either. After hours of endless nightmares, the young teen managed to fall into a deep sleep.

"Onii sama! Onii sama! Please wake up! You are going to be late for school!" Temari was shaking him so vigorously that one might have thought an earthquake was happening... Kuroko got up slowly... But when he saw his alarm clock, he practically jumped out of bed. He had only half an hour to get to school but he would take around 40minutes to reach school. He threw on his school uniform, grabbed a slice of bread and dashed out of the house...

He ran at a faster speed but the train doors slammed shut when he was just an inch away... He was going to be late... Even if he ran from the train station to school, he would be at least 10 minutes late.

*at school gate*

He would be killed by the discipline master for his lateness. Afraid of facing the consequences, Kuroko used his misdirection and sneaked into school. Taking 3 steps at a time, he reached the 4th floor in no time. When he was outside his classroom, he gave Aomine a text message asking for help. Aomine made the class and teacher place their focus on him while Kuroko dropped his presence till he was practically invisible that even the generation of miracles could not sense him at all (with the exception of Akashi) Kuroko slipped himself into the classroom with ease. Even though Kuroko was late, no one knew except his partner in crime.

During lunch break, the generation of miracles gathered together at the rooftop for lunch as usual. Everything felt without Akashi but no one dared to speak about it because Kuroko would probably break down into tears again and everyone's mood will be greatly affected. They ate lunch silently at the rooftop... the silence was broken by Kuroko's phone which started to ring.

"Temari? did anything happen?"

"He woke up! Onii sama! He has waken up!"

~sorry about the late update... been a little busy with appointments. will try to update whenever i can.~