Authors note: Thank you for the reviews and I have another request suggesting Akakuro. By the 10th chapter I will decide who's going to be partnered with Kuroko or if there is even going to be a pair.
I like the idea of rare pairing so if you are one of those people please share your thoughts don't hold back.
I hope you enjoy this chapter ^. ^
Chapter 7:
The room is silent no one speaks, nigou watches from afar as the two boys just stare at each other. Kagami sits while kuroko stands barefooted in the wooden floor waiting for the silence to break.
Should he speak first or should he allow Kagami to speak, to let the taller teen express himself while he just listens and he takes everything in?
The dog gets up and walks away to another room, humans really are awkward and stupid.
"Finally that dog left" his eyebrows stop the horrible twitching. "Ah, now we can talk" he relaxes his shoulders making himself comfortable in the black couch. "Okay Kuroko, sit down" he points toward the smaller couch commanding the boy to sit down. Things are about to get serious, it has come to the point where Kagami must slip out of his character and face his best friend.
"Kuroko Tetsuya!… Ah no that sounds like my mother talking..." he scratches his head dropping his other hand in his lap trying to think of a better phrase than that.
"…" the blue head takes a seat and watches as his best friend tries to think of a phrase to make him scared.
"Kuroko, tell me why you resigned from the team and I want a solid reason" he asks with a stricter voice making sure he looks at the boy straight in the eyes.
"I always give a solid reason, but I don't think I'll be able to do that today Kagami-kun" he replies with a low tone trying to hide the shake in his voice.
"Why not, is it because you are afraid of something?" he leans forward from the couch and locks his eyes in blue ones. Making eye contact isn't something Kagami does often but when he does is because he needs to force his way into people's head. Tatsuya sure comes in handy, his brother always talked about looking at people straight into their eyes because from that you can see if they are lying or not.
"No I am not afraid…" his hair falls into his face hiding the lie.
"Kuroko, you are lying to me, just tell me why" he blinks slowly getting frustrated by the passing seconds. "Come on just tell me, im losing my patience here" he starts to shake his left leg in reaction of the silence of the other boy.
"I am leaving to America tomorrow afternoon" the words slip out of his mouth causing the other teen to stop shaking his leg and go into a "huh" moment.
"America, why on Earth are you going to America?" the confession makes him shoot up from his seat landing in his two feet in front of the small boy.
"My mother, she... she wants me to leave Japan and go live with her" the heavy weight in his chest lifts up by a small amount.
"Why? Did you do something that caused her to make this decision?" the question is ridiculous because he knows better than anyone that kuroko wouldn't do something that would make anyone take such drastic decisions, even if he can get under your skin with his words he knows when to hold back.
"It was something that was decided long ago, I...I had forgotten about it that's why I never said something" he gets up and walks toward the kitchen. Kagami follows not wanting to stay in one place after all that dog can come out of wherever he is and attack him.
Back in America when he was with his walking down the street with his mother a dog came out of nowhere and attacked him biting him in the leg when he was minding his own business. The damn dog was twice his size dragging him down the street as people just watched not doing anything to help him or his mother who was hitting the dog with her bag. His mother had to fight hard with the dog to let go of him, his teeth sank even deeper into the leg causing him to get his leg in cast for a month. It was very painful so now whenever he sees any type of dog he thinks of what happened back in America. The trauma is there to stay and there is nothing anyone can do about it. America is a scary place, especially with all those dogs out there.
"Want something to eat or drink?" kuroko breaks his terrible thoughts bringing the teen back into reality.
"Heh, you are going to cook?" the teen teases the boy as he leans into a wall across from the stove. Kuroko grabs an apron from the side and carefully wraps it around his waist not even responding to Kagami's question.
"I'll take that as a yes" he turns the stove on and walks towards the refrigerator where he has some left over rice he made last night.
"What are you going to make?" the red head leaves his spot in the wall and walks towards kuroko curious at what the teen is going to make.
"Pass me the following ingredients" he says, making Kagami stop and wait for the command.
"½ medium onion" he looks around the kitchen to find kuroko pointing to a cabinet on the other side of the stove. The kitchen is big enough for the both of them so the place is not cramped and he can move around easily.
"1 chicken thigh" he hands him the onion and walks towards the refrigerator looking for the chicken. Surprisingly kuroko has a full refrigerator not empty like he had thought.
"1 spoon of olive oil" he points to the top of the refrigerator where the small plastic bottle of oil lies half full.
"½ cup of frozen mixed vegetables, defrosted so place it in the microwave for 3 minutes" he places oil in the pan and waits for it to heat up before placing the onions in the pan.
"Salt" he commands. Quickly I grab a knife and start to cut the chicken into small pieces.
"Can I have the chicken now" he turns around and looks down to the meat.
"I don't know where you keep the cutting board" I complain before placing the meat in a plate and giving it to him.
"No worries" he turns around and slowly he lets the meat fall into the pan. The smell of onions and meat fills the kitchen. "Smells good" I compliment. On the side Kuroko blushes a bit because this is his first time cooking for someone other than himself and its fun.
"Get the ground black pepper" I walk over to the cabinet and looks for the pepper. "Hell where is it" angry at the pepper not appearing a small hand touches a small bottle in front of me. I look down past my shoulder and find kuroko staring right at me. Surprised I back away not excepting him to be looking at me with such patience.
"1½ cup of rice" After that he stopped asking for ingredients so I went back to the spot next to the wall and stared at his back. He looks nice in a black apron it suits his appearance right now.
"…" wait what? Was I now just thinking such thing? "…." A small voice replies in his head "well it is true Kuroko does look good in an apron, what else will he look good in?" another voice questions itself. "…." This is horrible I am having creepy thoughts about my own friend.
"Kagami-kun, please go take a seat in the table" the small voices fade, "May I use the restroom" I ask trying to get away from him as soon as possible.
"Go down the hallway, then the door to your left is the bathroom" without hearing the last part correctly I rush towards the bathroom. His house is empty with no to many things around only a few tablets here and there with papers and nothing more so if he really leaves to America there won't be much to miss.
I arrive at the bathroom, tracing the walls to find the light switch I find it and turn the light on closing the door behind me.
"Man what's going inside this stupid head of mines" reaching for the sink I grab the handle and turn the water on.
The water runs and my reflection is portrayed in the mirror.
If he leaves tomorrow will we ever meet again?
How will I tell coach?
Is he happy?
"No impossible if he was happy about leaving to America he would have told us"
*sigh*
"This is terrible" turning off the water, I open the door and head towards the kitchen when I am stopped by a familiar sound.
*Bark, Bark*
Gulp...
"Eh, Oi….Oiiii… Kuroko come... come get your dog!" my feet freeze in place, my body tenses up and before I fall into the floor like a complete idiot Kuroko comes in to my rescue and picks up the horrible thing up.
"Now, Kagami-kun there is no need to be afraid of Nigou he won't do you any harm" he looks away to hide his laughter in. Kagami was shaking and sweating like a total idiot indeed making the blue head forget about his worries for a few moments.
"Don't you dare laugh idiot"
"I won't, now let's go into the kitchen the food is ready" curious on what he made I forget the whole scene and rush towards the kitchen to find something interesting.
"Pffft"
"What's funny Kagami-kun" with dog in hand Kuroko watches as Kagami makes a funny expression before bursting into a loud cry.
"Hahaha, im sorry" he walks towards the seat and pulls it back taking a seat to not lose his balance as he laughs his ass off.
"What's funny, I want to laugh as well" his sarcasm comes out making Kagami laugh even more. "Oi kuroko, thank you for the food" he picks up the chopsticks and begins to eat his food still laughing between bites.
Kuroko pissed off lets go of nigou and walks away into the living room blushing from head to toe. His anger was because of Kagami laughing at god knows what and his embarrassment came from Kagami thanking him for the food.
Minutes passed and kuroko sat down in the living room eating his food while Kagami was in the kitchen still making small laughing sounds.
After a while they both finish their food and head back into their conversation leaving aside the laughing scene.
"Okay, now we should talk about this situation more in details"
End of chapter
What kuroko made was an omurice which is popular with children and fathers in Japan hopefully I am correct with that statement. That's why Kagami was laughing because kuroko made a child's dish and he found it cute.
Thank you for reading, until next chapter!
