"Akashicchi and Kurokocchi, come with us to the convince store!" Kise yelled from across the school grounds. Tetsumi looked up and saw the blonde waving them over with the others. Seika turned her attention to their friends and looked over to Tetsumi.
"You can go if you want too." She said to her. Tetsumi frowned.
"What about you?" Tetsumi asked confused. She never went somewhere without his sister before and was kind of afraid of the idea. Seika placed her book in her bag and stood up from the table.
"Father has something planned for me and I don't want you to sit around by yourself. You don't have to stand by my side all the time, you know that right?" Seika said to her.
Tetsumi just stared at her sister as she walked away. She wanted to go after her because what if the "other one" comes out again. Tetsumi had already seen the terrible side of her sister and she didn't want to see it again. Kise yelled her name again and Tetsumi found herself walking over to her. Seika is right. I don't need to be at her side all the time. She thought to herself. Kise hugged her and started babbling on about what she was going to get. Murasakibara lead the way because of how hungry she said she was and Midorima trailed behind them scolding Kise about being so loud.
"How come Akashi didn't come along?" Aomine asked Tetsumi while stretching her back from practice. Akashi really worked them today. Tetsumi looked at her closest friend before looking in front of her.
"She had somethings to take care of. Out of everyone here, I'm surprised you actually care about Onee-san." Tetsumi said. Aomine glared at her and huffed out in annoyance. Kise laughed at her face.
"Aominecchi, I'm sure Akashicchi would be flattered to know you care." She said holding the convince door open for the others. Tetsumi looked around for something to get when her eyes landed on a vanilla ice cream bar just begging her to buy it. She brought something for Seika and headed outside with the others.
"Mhm, I should go buy another one." Murasakibara said to herself as she disappeared into the store to buy more snacks.
"I'm surprised she's not as big as a house yet." Midorima said eating her candy. The others nodded their head in agreement. The headed to a park bench and chatted away. Tetsumi enjoyed spending time with her friends but it would've been even better if her sister was there with them. She watched as Kise got into a wrestling match with Murasakibara because the blonde wanted some of her candy.
"That idiot should know not to mess with that giants food." Aomine tsked and shoved a handful of chips in her mouth. Midorima nodded her head in agreement.
"Kuroko, has Akashi been having any mood swings lately?" Midorima asked. Tetsumi looked over to her friend and furrowed her eyebrows.
"Not that I know of. Why do you ask?" Tetsumi said. Midorima shrugged.
"It's not like I cared, nanodayo." Midorima turned around to avoid eye contact.
"If Aka-chin did have her mood swings, wouldn't we notice them?" Murasakibara said with a mouth full of Kise's snacks while sitting on top of the blonde.
"Murasakibaraicchi, you're so heavy!" She cried out trying to push the other girl off of her.
"Yeah but most of the time she's good at hiding them." Tetsumi said ignoring the blonde girl. They settled into a comfortable silence until Tetsumi's cell phone ringed. She answered it seeing that it was her beloved sister and was about to greet her when a strangers voice spoke up. She listened intently to what the person was saying. Her eyes widen and she quickly ran out of the park with the others looking at her weird before they followed her.
Tetsumi dodged the people on the sidewalk and managed to get passed a group of teens, who almost made it impossible for her to get through. The rest of the girls were running after her trying to figure out what was wrong.
"Kurokocchi, slow down!" Kise yelled almost out of breathe. Tetsumi couldn't though. She couldn't bring herself to. Kuroko rounded the corner and saw the crowd of people gathering around the area. She pushed through the crowd and found a little boy with his bike crying on the sidewalk and a busted up limousine. It was completely totaled with another car smashed into the side. An ambulance was there lifting the drivers into the vehicle. Kuroko's eyes darted back and forth over the debris before she saw vivid red hair covering the ground. She rushed forward, getting passed the policemen and ran toward her sister. Seika was laying on the street with a peaceful expression covering her face. Her skin was bruised and cut by glass but she was still breathing. The other girls gasped behind the policemen seeing how hurt she was.
"Seika! You have to get up!" Tetsumi said with tears in her eyes. She gently shook her sisters shoulders and waited for her sister to wake up. A man came over holding Seika's phone and handed it to her.
"You must be Kuroko Tetsumi? You were in her emergency contacts. Would you come with us?" He asked as two people gently placed Akashi on a stretcher and lifting her up. Tetsumi nodded her head and made her way in to the ambulance with her sister while sending a sad smile to her friends.
"We'll be there soon!" Aomine hollered and the others nodded when the doors closed.
At the hospital, Akashi was rushed to the ICU while Kuroko waited in the waiting room. She hated the fact that she couldn't go in there and stay by her side. Tetsumi was sitting down with a bottle of water in her hands that she hasn't drinking from yet. Her mind was racing with so many thoughts. If Seika doesn't make it, father will definitely be sterner on her. If she doesn't make it, I won't have anyone to talk to any more. My best friend...would be...Tears fell down her cheeks and she shook her head. No. Seika will make it. She always win no matter the situation.
It's been 5 long hours since the gang had arrived. They got on the nearest train to get to the hospital. Kuroko was happy to see all of her friends there to support her and sister. Murasakibara was offering her some of her umaibo when the doctor showed up.
"Is there anyone here for Akashi Seika?" He asked and immediately the group of friends surrounded him asking questions.
"Is Akashi alright?!" Midorima asked.
"Is Akashi dying?!" Aomine said panicking.
"Is Akashicchi a mutant?!" Yelled Kise.
"Can I give Aka-chin some of my umaibo?" Murasakibara mumbled out. The doctor looked startled before he finally relaxed and answers their questions.
"Yes. No. What does that even mean?! And not yet." He said causing the girls to sigh happily. Kuroko stepped forward.
"What's her condition?" She asked fearing for the worst.
"Well, she has broken two ribs, fractured her knee, severely sprung her neck, and took a hard hit to the head." The doctor read off of his clipboard. The girls face paled at the news.
"I'm actually surprised that she's still stable. You can go see her now but only a few at a time. She's in room...156." The doctor said and was amazed at how fast they were already down the hall and onto the elevator.
Kuroko was standing in front of the door and took a deep breath before going inside. Midorima had suggested that she go first since Seika was her sister. The room was dark with the only light on was the one by her bed. It illuminated her face and created a peaceful feeling. Seika had a neck brace on along with a cast on her left leg. A band aid covered her right eye and one was wrapped around her head. She was resting peacefully as Kuroko gently pulled out a chair from the table and placed it beside the bed.
"I'm glad your okay." She said softly listening to the beeping of the heart monitor. It was soothing and terrifying in a way. If it stopped beating, Kuroko didn't know what she'll do.
"I should've been there. M-maybe I could've stopped that boy from riding in front of the car." Tears welled up in her eyes again. She reached out and held onto her sisters hand. If Kuroko knew that being away from her sister would cause this, she would've dragged Seika along to the convince store.
"Seika..."Kuroko hiccuped as she wiped her eyes.
"Tetsumi, you're so emotional today." She froze and looked up to see Seika staring at her. Kuroko gasped at the color of her eye. A beautiful golden color.
"You're-"
"Yes, Seika needs to rest for a while so I'm here. I hope you don't mind." The 'other' Seika said cutting her off.
"You're not supposed to be here." Kuroko said. Seika gave her a small smile.
"But aren't you glad that I am? It means that Seika is going to be okay and you have nothing to worry about." She said. Tetsumi frowned.
"I have everything to worry about since she is here. I have to do my best and take care of her." She said. Seika gave the tiniest of smiles and hummed.
"That's where you're wrong, Tetsumi. You don't understand what's going on in this beautiful head of hers. I'm the only one that can take care of her. Physically and mentally. She is my responsibility. You and that boy will not get in the way." Akashi said without batting an eye. Kuroko didn't know what to say to that. She was right though. Tetsumi didn't understand but that wouldn't stop her from trying. What boy was she talking about though? The door opened slowly and four heads popped in.
"We got some stuff for her since you were here." Murasakibara said holding a bag of what was definitely snacks. The four of them entered the room and Kise placed a huge bouquet of flowers by the window. Aomine had a hand full of get well cards. Midorima was carrying a huge 'get well' bear and declared that she didn't do it because she wanted to while blushing. And Murasakibara placed the sweets on the table even though knowing that Akashi probably wouldn't eat them. Kuroko looked at her sister again and noticed that she was asleep. A frown made its way to her face again.
"What's wrong, Tetsu?" Aomine asked. Kuroko shook her head.
"Nothing. Thank you all for getting all of this. You didn't have to." She said politely.
"Of course we did! Akashicchi is really important to all of us. If anything she's like another sister!" Kise said. Aomine rolled her eyes.
"Why would you want another one of those?" She said.
"You can never have too many sisters, Aominecchi." Kise shrugged her shoulders.
"Anyway, Kuroko, the doctor said that she'll be in here for about a week or more. Seeing that she has a lot of healing to do." Midorima said cleaning her glasses with the edge of her shirt. Kuroko nodded her head and gently squeezed her sisters hand.
"Get well soon, Onee-san."
It's been a whole week and school was really, really...bland. Kuroko never noticed how much her sisters presence covered the place until she wasn't there. She felt out of place because she'll usually be at Seika's side but she's not here. At least she's getting better though. Tetsumi was on her way to the roof when Nijimura called after her. Tetsumi stopped walking and was surprised that he spotted her so easily.
"What is it, Nijimura-sempai?" Kuroko asked when the senior stopped in front of her out of breathe.
"Hey...um... I was just wondering why Akashi hasn't been here the whole week. There's been rumors going around but I wanted to know from you what really happened." Nijimura rubbed the back of his neck and looked everywhere except at her.
"Seika is fine. There was an accident but she is doing much better." Tetsumi said smiling on the inside about how concern he was.
"If I may ask, how did you not know she wasn't here? You don't have any classes together and we didn't even eat in the cafeteria this whole week." Tetsumi said. Nijimura's ears redden a bit.
"Well, I was just looking for her and yeah... I gotta go..." Nijimura turned around and speed walked down the hallway out of sight. Kuroko smiled softly at her sisters admirer and continued towards the roof.
"Kuroko, if you keep frowning like that your going to get wrinkles." Midorima said as Kuroko's frown deepened as they sat on the roof.
"What's wrong, Kuro-chin?" Murasakibara said stuffing chips into her mouth. Kuroko looked up from her spot by Aomine and tilted her head.
"What do you mean, Murasakibara-kun?" Kuroko asked confused.
"Kuro-chin, looks angry at the world." She said. Kise gasped loudly.
"Kurokocchi, you'll tell us if you're being bullied right!?" She exclaimed.
"Idiot! No one would mess with Tetsu as long as she has us!" Aomine said. The two of them got into an argument and Kuroko sighed.
"I was thinking about how I'm going to visit onee-san if we have practice after school. Practice is already draining me of energy and I don't know if I'll be able to go to the hospital." She said frowning even more. Midorima scoffed.
"That's simple. Skip practice." She said.
"But onee-san wouldn't like that." Kuroko stated.
"She won't but think about it, Kurokocchi. Akashicchi is more important." Kise said smiling. Kuroko smiled gently.
"You are right, Kise-kun. Your smart sometimes." Kuroko said. Kise's eyes widen and she began to sparkle.
"Kurokocchi, complimented me!" Kise said causing Aomine to throw her shoe at the blondes forehead.
"Not the face! Not the face!" Kise said. Kuroko gave her a dull look.
"I take back what I said." Kuroko said as she stood up.
"Wah!"
