Chapter 4

Aomine Daiki

"Dai-kun. Where is your sister?"

What did she say? Damn. Now I have to scan back. Damn. Why is the loading so slow?

"Dai-kun! Where's Kako-chan?"

What the hell is she talking about?

"In her room!" Why do I even bother yelling back all the time? She could just go check herself.

"Dai-kun! She's not there!" Was mom always this dramatic?

"Check the bathroom!" 9/10 times Kako's always in there combing her hair or lookin' in the mirror or somethin'. I don't even know why she bothers to look good at home. No one's lookin'.

"Daiki!" Now dad, huh? "Get down here!"

Damn. Where's my pants? Oh. There. Do I need a shirt? Yeah. Mom may get mad. Something about strippin' in front of Kako was inappropriate. But that's not the reason why I actually wear one. If I don't, Kako wouldn't stop staring at me. And then mom would get mad at me for embarrassing her. Women's logic—never understood, never will.

"Daiki. Where is your sister?" Dad's unhappy.

"Dai-kun! Kako-chan isn't home yet?" Mom clung on to my arm. Damn. I think this is where Kako inherited her touchiness. "You don't think she's in danger right?" Tears started rolling down Mom's little face. I've gotten to a point where I can't tell if it's real or fake anymore. Better play it safe. I'll assume it's real.

"Alright, alright. I'll look for her. Happy?"

"Thank you Dai-kun! Wait! Wear a jacket! It's so cold outside." Mom didn't toss it to me. She came all the way to hand it to me. What's with her? "Dad and I will eat dinner first. When you two come back, you guys can eat then okay?"

What the…

I waved my hand and didn't turn back. If I did, she'd blow me a kiss. Never mind. She did that anyways.

Man, it's cold. Where the hell is Kako anyways? I want dinner. Where'd she say she was again?

I think I got her voicemail on my phone:

You have two voicemails. First voicemail: "Daiki! It's Kako! I'm injured pretty badly. I'm waiting at the back corner of the school. You know, the place where when we were kids we ran around and you gave me a lollipop? Come quickly! Love you~ chuu~"

The hell… how can I ever take that seriously? Well, maybe the second voicemail makes more sense.

Second voicemail: "Daiki! Where are you? It's getting cold so I'm going to scoot back to the alleyway. Don't worry! It's still at the same place though. If you don't see me, you can just call me out in that manly voice of yours. I'll always respond to that. You can count on it! Come quickly, okay?"

Three hours ago? What the…that idiot can't still be waiting, right? Damn. It's chilly.

Before I even knew it, my legs started moving on its own. Faster. Faster. When did it get so dark? Damn. I can't even see clearly.

*Ring*

Kako? No damn it. Kise? Not now. I'm just around the corner.

"Kako!" Come on. Goddamn it. Respond! "Kako!"

Where is she? "KAKO!" My breathing got faster. "KAKO!"

Come on Aomine. Where the hell did you give her the lollipop? The hell would I remember that? Kako, why would you remember that?

Then it hit me.

"Wah!"

"Shut up, Kako!"

"Wah!"

"Here. Suck it and shut up."

"It's strawberry flavor."

"No, it's blueberry."

"Really? How funny. This blueberry lollipop is pink. Pink like that house."

"Stupid. It's strawberry."

I was on the wrong corner.

I sprinted. Akashi's gonna kill me for not stretching. Ah…to hell with it.

Kako. I'm almost there. Hang on just a little longer. Your big brother is…

"Kise?" What is he doing over there? Who is he holding in the alley?

"What the fu** Kise!" I shoved him to the side. When his large body moved out of the way, I finally realized what was cuddled inside his jacket.

"Kako! Wake up, Kako!" Why do I sound so nervous?

Then it was me who got punched. Right across the face.

"Get your hands off of her!" I barked. Blondie really pissed me off. First doing somethin' weird to my sis and now punching me. You're gonna pay for it.

"Don't fu** with me Aominecchi. Where the hell were you?!" He's got some issues yelling at me like that.

"The hell you doin' to Kako?" Her face was pale. Cold as ice. I quickly unzipped my jacket and threw it on her.

"What you should have been doing!"

Kise kneeled down beside us and grimaced as if he was the one hurting. A pained expression didn't suit this guy. He moved his hands to help zipper her up and then his hands traveled up her skirt.

"The fu** Kis-"

I saw it. How didn't I notice it before? Kako's knee was busted pretty bad. Dried blood and fresh blood were all mixed together creating a mess.

"Call the ambulance! Why didn't you call the ambulance?!"

I think I went mad. Lifting Kise by his shirt collar, I thrust him against the wall.

"You trying to kill Kako?!" I slammed him harder this time. "What is wrong with you!?"

Just then, there was a weak tug at my leg.

"Daiki. You came!" This was not Kako's voice. Kako is energetic. Loud. Annoying. This was not Kako.

I had to look down at the fragile creature. Her eyes were barely open. Her lips were cracked. Her breathing…was loud. Like she was huffing. Don't tell me she's sick.

"Let me beat this bastard up first!" I turned back to Kise who looked sorrowfully at my sister.

"Daiki…please…" I couldn't resist her. So I once again looked upon her in her pathetic state. And still, she had on a smile. Not a forced one, but a genuine smile. "I knew…you'd come…"

I glared at Kise.

"It's not Kise's fault. I told him t…that if he t…took me away, I w…would stop being his friend…d…because aniki would d…definitely come." And that idiot smiled.

Something's wrong with her. How can someone be so stupid? Good thing it doesn't run in my blood.

Putting one hand around her shoulder and the other one under her legs, I hoisted her up.

"Hospital. We're going to the hospital."

She gave me a light bonk on my forehead. "Hospitals are for emergencies. I'm not that sick, you idiot." I think she laughed too.

Idiot? Did that fool just call me an idiot?

"I want to go home." Kako squirmed closer to me. I didn't bother to reject her this time.

I turned to look back at Kise. I was not happy with him at all. He'll get it tomorrow.

"Kakocchi!"

Kako waved to him. "You're a good friend Kise!" she said with as much energy as she could muster. Which wasn't much since Kise didn't seem to hear. I was not in the mood to clarify.

I only picked up the pace, cutting her off from wasting any more energy on someone like him. How could he leave Kako like that? So what if she ignores him? Knowing Kako who has a memory span of a worm, she'd forget the next hour. And for that reason to let her stay hurt like this…

"Daiki." Kako lifted a thin finger and pointed upwards. "The moon…"

She's probably gonna say somethin' stupid like "it's romantic," but still I looked up. It was a full moon.

"…looks like a bowl of rice."

I looked back down at Kako.

"Are you drooling?" I think I almost dropped her when her saliva detached itself from her mouth to my jacket. Damn. My favorite jacket. Maybe I'm an idiot for giving it to her.

"I'm hungry…(for…you)…Daiki."

"Ah." I was too. I'm hungry too.

A/N: 5 8 12. So...how was it? Did I not make Aomine Aomine enough? Oh...I feel so confused when it's him. I want to write about him, but so hard to write from his perspective. I hope I didn't scare you away. If it relieves the damage, the next chapter is being told by the klutz again. Hope you can join me there. ciao~