Chapter 4 – Kuroko's wails

The whole court was silence. The sound of squeaky shoes and bouncing balls stopped. All attention was upon a certain red-head captain and blue haired baby that was smiling up at the red-head. Aomine stared at them in disbelieve, especially at the blushing Akashi. Kise was rubbing his face, Murasakibara was pouting about his ruined chips and Midorima was staring at the hoop like it was the first time he had ever seen it.

"Onii-chan?" Kuroko asked.

This somehow snapped Akashi out of his trance. He stared at the smiling Kuroko for a while before turning his head sharply at the Teiko basketball team. He gave them a glare and said icily "Today's practice is cancelled. Please come promptly tomorrow." Everyone, except the GoM, shivered as they know that Akashi's please mean "You better come or you'll die".

Everyone exited the court quickly, leaving the GoM, Akashi and Kuroko alone in the court. All was still quiet until-

"Mama and onii-chan no play?" Kuroko asked Akashi and Aomine. Akashi put Kuroko down and softly ruffled his hair. "Not today," he said softly "Onii-chan is tired and so is mama" Kuroko thought about this over before looking up at Akashi with wide eyes. Those sky-clear blue eyes were starting to tear up.

Kuroko toddled over to Aomine before hugging his legs tightly. A whimper could be heard from the little boy's quivering lips as he looked up at his mama. Aomine's heart tightened as he saw it.

"Mama's hurt? Mama okay?" Kuroko asked with concern in his teary eyes. Aomine gave a small smile and picked the little bluenette up.

"Yup," Aomine said softly, kissing Kuroko's forehead "Mama's okay, see?" He then flexed his biceps to show his muscle to Kuroko. Kuroko then gave a small smile and hugged Aomine's neck. "Mama no sad?" Kuroko asked softly in a sobbing voice.

"No actually Mama is really hurt." Aomine said sadly. Kuroko quickly looked at Aomine with tears streaming down his face before Aomine continued, "Mama is really hurt because Kuroko is crying." Kuroko looked at him with his head cocked to the side, questioning him what he meant. "If Kuroko stopped crying then Mama will stop hurting." Aomine continued on while lifting the little bluenette up in the sky. Kuroko then started laughing as he looked on Aomine's smiling face. Aomine brought him down to give a light kiss to the wet cheek before putting Kuroko back down on the floor.

Kuroko looked at Akashi and toddle over to him. "Onii-chan okay?" Kuroko asked. His blue eyes were red from crying. This made Akashi's heart clenched. He went down on one knee and gave the boy his rare smile. "Yup Oniichan's fine, so Kuroko should stop crying kay?" He said softly. His gaze was gentle on Kuroko, which was very rare as he's used to glaring, and his hand was softly petting Kuroko's head softly. Somehow, Aomine felt his heart be eratically in his chest as he see this side of Akashi. He looks so adorable when he smile like that. It make want to- At this thought Aomine quickly shake his head in order to get the idea out of his mind. He then redirected his attention back to the little tyke. Unfortunately, he did not realise that a certain red- head was looking at him with a lidded gaze.

Kuroko then toddled over to Kise, Midorima and Murasakibara. "Ki-chan (Kise), Mu-chan (Murasakibara), Mi-chan (Midorima) okay?" The three smiled and nodded at the boy. The boy than gave a gleeful smile and started jumping up and down while clapping his hands. The GoM just stared at Kuroko with affection in their eyes.

Aomine then thought of an idea. "Why don't we all go shopping?" he asked the GoM and Kuroko. Kuroko looked at Aomine with sparkling and exciting eyes. "Shopping! Shopping!" He said while jumping up and down. The GoM couldn't say no when the little bluenette's reaction was like this. They decided to go shopping after they changed back into their school uniform and Kuroko changed into a new pair of pants as he dirtied the other one.


In the shopping mall, Kuroko was excited at everything. He giggled and laughed. This brought a smile to the GoM's face especially Aomine. The purpose of going shopping was to buy clothes for Kuroko and some diapers but Kuroko and Murasakibara had another idea.

"Mu-chan," Kuroko shouted to the purple giant with his hands raised up. Murasakibara obliged happily and took Kuroko in his arms while balancing him and a bag of potato chip. "Lollipop?" Kuroko asked. Murasakibara realised he was out of lollipop as he checked his empty pocket. He was about to go to a sweet shop with Kuroko in his arms when Aomine's and Akashi's voice stopped him.

"Atsushi," Akashi scolded him "Don't just go away on your own with Kuroko. What if you guys get lost?"

"Kuroko," Aomine scolded the bluenette "You can't eat sweet until you eat lunch. What if you got a stomach ache?"

Kuroko and Murasakibara looked at each other for a while before turning to Aomine and Akashi with puppy dog eyes. Both of Aomine's and Akashi's eyes twitched. They had a staring contest for a few minutes before Aomine gave a sigh. Damn puppy dog eyes! He thought

"Fine," Aomine said reluctantly "But only one."

Kuroko and Murasakibara's eyes shone in excitement and went inside. Kuroko bought one HUGE lollipop while Murasakibara bought cookies, popcorn, chips, chocolate and Lots of little lollipops. Afraid of dropping the little bluenette, Kuroko was given to Midorima. The reason they didn't give him to Kise was because he would hug the baby to death.

Kuroko looked up at Midorima while sucking on his HUGE lollipop. Midorima looked uncertain for a while before he bounced Kuroko in his arms. Kuroko laughed while holding on tightly on his lollipop. Aomine smiled at his happy face but was a little irked because he didn't like people touching his Tetsu so easily. Midorima, however, was having fun as he usually don't get along well with children. Kuroko was the only child that smiled while being in his arms. It kind of made him happy.


Kuroko was about to bite his lollipop when he accidentally bit his tongue. The pain was excruciating to Kuroko that he started wailing his head off in Midorima's arms. He also started to wave his hand around before he accidentally let go of his lollipop. Apparently this made him cried harder. Midorima tried hushing the bluenette by jumping him up and down in his arms. However, this didn't work so he passed the wailing bluenette to Kise. Kise made funny faces and cooed at baby Kuroko but unfortunately this didn't work. Murasakibara then gave Kuroko another lollipop but was ignored. Akashi tried to shush the baby by rubbing his back but it also failed and it only made the baby cried harder. Akashi looked at Aomine as he started walking towards the wailing bluenette.

"Mama!Mama!" Wailed Kuroko "Mama!" Kuroko started getting frustrated and started to pull on Kise's hair. Hard. He was then placed onto another pair of strong arms which was familiar to him. He looked up to find Aomine looking down at him.

"C'mon Tetsu," Aomine said softly while rubbing the child's back "Please stop crying. If you cry you'll make everyone else cry even Mama. Do you want to see mama sad?"

At the question Kuroko immediately stop crying. "Do you want to see Mama sad?" Aomine asked again, pressing the little bluenette to answer. Kuroko sniffled and shook his head. "Kuroko no want mama sad." He said pressing his face to the crook of Aomine's neck. Aomine gave a small smile before sighing contently. "Then don't cry again kay? Mama wants to always see you smiling." Kuroko nodded again.

Akashi can't help but smile at this sight. He thought that Aomine looked good with little Kuroko in his arms, like it was fitting. As he kept on looking he realised that his heart was beating againsts his rib cage, wanting to burst out. What's wrong with me? Why is my heart beating so fast when i'm looking at Daiki? Could I be- No! no way! it can't be. Akashi shook his head really hard and concentrate on what was going on before him, especially on a certain tanned man.


Atsushi tried giving a lollipop to Kuroko and this time it was accepted. Aomine put him down on the ground. "C'mon say sorry to everyone." He told Kuroko a bit sternly. Kuroko flinched a little and looked up at Aomine, afraid that he might hit him but what he saw was totally different. Aomine was smiling at him with love and warmth in his eyes. He ruffled Kuroko's blue hair before pushing him towards the GoM. Kuroko toddled over to Akashi, Kise, Midorima and Murasakibara.

"I'm sorry for crying" He said sadly with a tint of fear in his voice. Akashi smiled to himself, forgetting about all the thought before, and bends down to the bluenette's height. He slowly hugged the bluenette and softly pats his back. "It's okay. It must have hurt huh, Kuroko?"

Kuroko clutched onto Akashi's shirt and nodded. He then slowly peeked at the other three of GoM behind Akashi's shoulder. They smiled reassuringly to the frightened boy.

"It's okay Kurokocchi! I'll never get mad at you" Kise said with his thumbs up.

"Kuro-chin is sweet. I could never hate you!" Murasakibara said while munching on a piece of chip

"Don't worry Kuroko!" Midorima said while pushing his glasses up "I'll hate Kise more than you." At that Kise started whining. "EHHHH! That's mean Midorimacchi." He started clinging unto Midorima like a leech before being flung away, three feet away to be exact.

Kuroko looked at the scene before him in Akashi's arms as Aomine went to get diapers for Kuroko. They can't get clothes as it's too late now so they decided to go another day. He looked at the red-haired boy. "Ki-chan okay?"

Akashi laughed and kissed the boy's cheek. "Yup," he said "He's going to be just fine." Kuroko then started laughing in glee while clapping his hands. Akashi looked at him with love in his eyes. I'll never let you cry again Kuroko.


Aomine came back with a bag of diapers for Kuroko and he smiled at the scene. The sight of Kuroko and Akashi smiling was a memorable one. He couldn't help but wish that Akashi will keep on smiling but he wish that it was for him only. Could I really be inlove with him? I mean he's the coldest person i've ever met and- Aomine's thoughts were disturbed at the sight of Akashi bending down to give a kiss on Kuroko's cheek. He the see him picking the little tyke up and swinging him around and around with small giggles. Unconsciously, Aomine gave a small smile before jogging up to them and ruffling Kuroko's soft blue hair.

However, they didn't realize a woman with long light blue hair with big light blue eyes was staring at them from the shadows. Her big blue eyes were filled with tears and some successfully escaped as she saw the happy smile her baby gave to those boys. I finally found you, my baby boy.

Hey guys! The fourth chapter is finally done… Who is that woman who was looking at Kuroko? Is she really Kuroko's mum? If she is why did she leave him? Well all this question would be answered at the next chapter. Please read and review