Shutoku could feel something wrong with their ace. The green haired shooting guard had made his shots but they weren't as elegant. Somehow, his shots were depressing. Nobody yelled at the green haired teenager. Nobody even talked to him and Midorima didn't say anything either. Midorima carried his lucky item but somehow, he seemed less enthusiastic about it. He was absentminded and his eyes were clouded in anxiety. In the gym, everyone was quiet because of the depressing atmosphere. Even the cheerful Takao was silent. Takao then had an idea to make Midorima feel better.
"Shin-chan! Shin-chan! Do you want to go see Kuroko? You can visit him at basketball practice!"
"Yea, let's go Midorima! We can have a practice match with him!" said Otsubo.
"We can play with them and have fun." stated Miyaji. Even Miyaji knew something was wrong and wanted to comfort his kouhai.
"We can go now!" said Kimura.
Midorima stopped mid-way into his shot. He dropped the basketball and froze. They saw his shoulders begin to tremble. Midorima turned around to face them. They saw the tears rolling down his cheeks. Midorima smiled weakly with the tears running down his face and said, "Yea, let's go visit Kuroko. I don't think he will have basketball practice today though."
The coach saw what was going on and decided to end practice early.
The five teenagers went to buy some flowers. They also bought a dog plushy which was the lucky item for Aquarius. The Shutoku members sensed something wrong.
"Shin-chan! Shin-chan! Seiren is the other way!"
"Midorima, where are we going?" asked Otsubo.
"Is this where Kuroko is?" asked Miyaji.
"Are we lost?" asked Kimura.
Midorima suddenly stopped in front of a hospital. He motioned for them to follow him inside. They were all confused. Where was Kuroko? I thought we were going to go play basketball with Seiren and Kuroko.
"Can I please visit patient 110?" asked Midorima to the receptionist.
"Oi! Midorima! Where the hell are we go-" Miyaji was cut off.
Midorima shushed him and the opened the door. Miyaji immediately stopped talking. They all stood in shock. They couldn't believe it. Kuroko was lying on the hospital bed. He had a mask over his mouth and plenty of machines that were attached to him. He seemed to be in a peaceful slumber. They saw all the machines around Kuroko beeping and making lines.
Midorima motioned for the basketball players to sit down. Midorma sat down next to Kuroko. Midorima took his hand and kissed it.
"Kuroko, how are you today? Today I decided to bring some people to visit you. Are you happy that people came to visit you? I bought you the lucky item of the day too. It was a dog plushy. It looks a lot like your dog. Do you remember them? The people who are visiting you? This is Takao. This is Okamura. This is Miyaji. This is Kimura. Do you remember them? You beat us in the basketball game remember? I know that you don't like how I treated them so I treat them better now. Please look at me, Kuroko. I turned into a better person. Please wake up to see us. I want to see you wake up, Kuroko. Please get up…"
Then Midorima began to cry. Takao went over and hugged Midorima. The sempais went over to Midorima and then began to soothe him. Midorima hugged Takao and cried into his shoulder.
"Kuroko… Kuroko got into an accident. The bus lost control… and then hit Kuroko. Kuroko went through a surgery and it was successful… It was successful but Kuroko went into a coma. The doctors said… they said that Kuroko has a chance of almost 0% of waking up… and even if he wakes up, he will never play basketball again…"
The other basketball players were shocked. They would never play with Kuroko again? Kuroko might not wake up? It was all too much for them. They just stood there silently and cried along with Midorima.
"Kuroko! Kuroko! Kuroko! Don't leave me! Don't you dare leave me again! I need you!" sobbed Midorima as he hugged Takao. Takao just hugged back.
When they finished mourning, everyone left but Takao stayed for a little longer.
"Hey Kuroko! I hope you wake up soon! I'm going to take good care of Shin-chan for you so you don't need to worry! I'm going to do a great job!"
"Are you coming with us, Takao?" asked Midorima.
"Yea! Just wait! I'm going now, Kuroko! Hurry and get better!"
Takao left the room with tears dripping down his cheeks.
