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Chapter 4: Don't speak a word

Sunday, September the 28th rolled on by and my stomach was still as flat as ever, thankfully. My flat stomach allowed me to hide my pregnancy. I arrived promptly at the hospital a 6:30am. I checked in and went to the waiting room. The waiting room had lavish couches and coffee machines; there was a bookcase on the left wall and a plasma screen at the back. I made my way to the bookshelf and I spotted a short story that should keep me entertained for the next half hour or so.

I opened the book the moment it touched my hands and I was so engrossed in the story I didn't notice who I had sat next to on the couch until they spoke out to me. "K-Kuroko?! I shot my head up to the person; I was surprised someone was able to pick up on my presence first. My eyes lifted to see Midorima there wearing a golden crown on his head and wearing a dark green cape you would see on royalty. Even with me, who is the blankest person you will ever meet could not contain myself from bursting out into laughter and dropping to my hands and knees with tears forming in my eyes. Midorima's face changed to an impossible shade of scarlet. "Why are you here?" He asked flustered. "I should be asking you why you're wearing that! I think you finally took your lucky item too far." I gasped out, I lacked air after my laughing fit.

"Shin-nii! Shin-nii!" A little girl, who couldn't of been older than 5, came running through the halls of the hospital wearing a silver tiara and light green lacy dress. She stopped in front of me and stared up at her with her big emerald eyes. "Shin-nii, is that a ghost?" she asked. Midorima gave a sigh and bent down to her level, "Nanako-chan, this is Kuroko Tetsuna, she goes to my school and is in my extension music class." Midorima said with out of character sweetness. "I can barely see her, am I going blind like you Shin-nii?" She asked cutely to her brother. "No Nanako-chan, Kuroko is just very hard to see most of the time, it's actually quite impressive you managed to spot her in the first place." Midorima said as he pet her green hair. Midorima faced me again, this time with a more serious face (well, as serious as you can get wearing a royal crown and cape in a hospital) Without taking a glance at his little sister, "Nanako-chan, please wait with mother." He remained with his eyes locked on mine even as Nanako shuffled off.

"Kuroko, where have you been all month? Nobody can find you; even during music class you seem even more invisible. Is it because Akashi said that the 6 of us are not obliged to come to practice?" I raised my hand to silence him. "I have quit the basketball club because I don't believe in Teiko's policy to always win." I said to him quietly. An awkward silence filled the air between us after I said that. "Kuroko, I know that's not the only reason." He said calmly. I looked up at him with stony eyes but I bit my lip to hold in my shock. He couldn't have found out, right? For now I had to play an ignorant façade. "I have no idea what you're talking about, Midorima-kun." "Kuroko, last week I was organising my fathers documents for him when I came upon your file." I let out a gasp at his statement, how could my teammates find out already! "Don't worry, I didn't look inside but I just want to know if it's the reason you stopped coming to practice and games." He reassured me. "Midorima-kun, the reason I quit the basketball club was partly for that reason but mainly for another." I said shakily. "Teiko's policy to 'always win' was not something I believed in, you and the entire team changed and now you guys only care about winning. You don't even bother to stand on level ground with your opponents, it has made me hate basketball." I stared at Midorima coldly.

A deadly silence fell between us, Midorima shifted uncomfortably in front of me. "Kuroko, I'm sor-" He didn't get to finish his sentence as I had felt the recently familiar sensation of a churning stomach and made a bolt to the bathroom. I hunched over one of the toilets and emptied my stomach of what little breakfast I had.

"KUROKO!" I heard Midorima shout as the bathroom door slammed open. I lifted myself and washed my face in the sink. "Are you alright Kuroko? Do you need me to get you some medicine?" He asked me frantically. "Don't worry Midorima-kun, this has been happening a lot recently and it usually only happens once and in the mornings." I reassured the shooting guard. "Only in the morning? That sounds just like morning sickness." I stiffened as he said that, I needed to play it cool and brush it off. "Ha-ha, what a funny joke Midorima-kun." I said with fake mirth. "Kuroko, you know that I'm not the type to joke about health, especially when it comes to my friends." He said sternly, all traces of his frantic panicking from before were thrown out the window. "Midorima-kun, I don't know why you're being so serious, I'm perfectly fine." I lied shakily. He raised a suspicious, green eyebrow. "If you think you're ok then why are you here at a hospital?" "I was um…doing the…um, yeah…hi…" Oh shit, I had stuttered, I'm so busted.

Midorima let out an exasperated sigh and rested his head in his bandaged palm. "Kuroko, I have a vague idea of what you're trying to hide and I need you to listen because I will never repeat what I'm going to say. It may not be surprising but you and the rest of the team are the only friends I have, because of that, when I noticed the change in our friends I didn't want to do anything to make them turn against me, but know this Kuroko, I never truly like seeing my friends cry, it pains me greatly. Just tell me what's wrong so I can for once in my life not ignore the troubles of my friend." He stared at me with his soothing, emerald eyes and I knew he would support me as the friend I needed.

Before I had even noticed, my sight had blurred, my cheeks were wet and I was in the tight embrace of Midorima. "Midorima-kun, I-I'm pregnant." I sobbed into his chest. His large hands rubbed my back gently. "It's alright Kuroko, I'm here for you." He soothed. "Do you know who the father is?" I nodded gently, my face still imbedded into his chest. "A-Akashi-kun…" I muffled quietly, a new wave of tears had sprung forward and was quickly dampening Midorima's shirt. Midorima's body noticeably stiffened at the mention of his captain's name. I looked up at him with teary eyes, "Please don't tell the others, especially Akashi-kun." I pleaded. "Personally, I believe that they have the right to know…" I glared at him with promising of a hell, "B-but if you want me to then my lips are sealed." It was then that I gained enough sense to check the time on my phone. I opened the screen and noticed the digits 07:02 flash on the screen. Crap! "I'm sorry Midorima-kun but I have to go to my appointment now, thank you." I said genuinely, I couldn't refrain from letting the edges of my lips turn up very slightly. It felt good releasing a little of that bottled up emotion. I started out the door when the shooting guard called out to me.

"Kuroko." I turned to face him. "Just so you know I'm only doing this because we played on the same court, I-it's not like I care for you as a friend or anything." He said whilst adjusting his glasses. Doesn't he realise that already everybody knows he does that to cover his blushing? "That completely contradicts what you said earlier, you're such a tsundere Prince-kun." "Oi!" I giggled as I closed the door on him.

I quickly strode to the front desk, apologised for my lateness and entered Midorima-sensei's office for my check-up.

PLEASE READ! In case you guys may be worried, that scene just then was NOT MidoKuro. AkaKuro will find it's way in this story eventually so just bare with me please, I wanted someone as a friend for Kuroko during her pregnancy and the first person that came to mind was Aomine but I also needed someone who was responsible enough, as I'm writing this end note I am now realising that Momoi could of fit the picture but it's too late now. ALSO I am terribly sorry for not keeping my promise but I couldn't think of what to write (Curse you writers block!) and does anyone have any suggestions for names? Faves, follows and reviews encourage me to write!

#smilesout