CHAPTER NINE
~Kuroko~
After a glass of water, a big piece of chocolate cake, and a box of tissues, I finally stopped crying.
"What's wrong, Tetsuya?" Onii-san asked as he sat down next me, worry written all over his face.
"I-I'm just scared I guess. What if I don't remember him? What if I don't get my memories back?" I asked, my voice a whisper.
"That's okay; it's not your fault." Onii-san said as he rubbed my back soothingly.
"But what if somewhere down the road, Kagami gets tired of waiting for me? What if—"
"Taiga would never get tired of waiting for you"
"I know, but what if he did? What if he meets someone else? What if I meet someone else? What do I do then?" I say frantically, tears threatening to fall again.
Onii-san slapped the back of my head hard, grabbing my attention as I whipped around to look at him with an annoyed look.
"Stop over thinking everything, Otouto. Worry about the future when the times come." He said.
His words sunk in, and I realized he was right. "Yeah, you're right Onii-san" I said, my voice soft.
Onii-san snorted, "Of course I'm right"
I rolled my eyes, my mood instantly lifting. Then my eyebrows furrowed again when I realized the look on Onii-san's face.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"I wanted to give you something, but I'm not sure if right now is the right time" He said calmly, his arms folded across his chest.
"What is it?" I asked, raising my eyebrow.
"The police finally gave back your possessions yesterday; one of them is your cell phone, which miraculously didn't break."
"Oh…" I said, not sure of what to say.
"Do you want to see it? See the last things you said before you almost died?" I know he meant it as a joke, but his voice was so serious and calm that is gave me chills.
I nodded, and he disappeared into his room. I know it's silly, but do I really want to know? What I texted Kagami last, or what pictures we've taken over the years? I shook my head, mentally slapping myself. Of course I did, it was pieces to the puzzle, pieces of my memory. Onii-san appeared and placed the phone on the coffee table in front of me,
"I'll leave you alone, I need sleep anyway. Good night Tetsuya"
I opened my mouth wanting to tell him to accompany him, but he had already closed the door. I let out a frustrated sigh, and stared at the phone in front of me. Aside from a few scrapes and a small crack on the screen, it was okay. I took a deep breath, before picking it up.
The metal felt cool on my hand, and there was a small basketball hanging from a keychain on one of the corners. I turned it on, and was greeted with a picture of Amaya-chan and me. I had her on my shoulders, her hair shorter than it was when I met her yesterday. She was gripping my hair, her eyes shut tight and a happy smile on her face. I glanced at myself, I was wincing in pain, but I managed to grin at the camera, holding Amaya-chan's hands up. Again, the happiness shown on my face took my breath away, since when did I grin?
I thanked God that I hadn't locked my phone, and I slid my thumb on the screen, it opened. And I sucked in a breath when I realized it was a picture of me and Kagami-kun. We were at the beach; he sat in the sand as I sat between his legs. He had his arms wrapped around my waist. The wind was pushing both of our messy hairdos back. He had a content smile as he nuzzled his face into my hair, and I was looking up at him with a small smile upon my lips.
I jumped slightly when my phone buzzed countless times, all the text messages, missed calls, came flooding in. I waited until if finally stopped vibrating, before opening my text messages. 20 messages from Kagami-kun, 17 from Momoi-san, 9 from Aomine-kun, and 3 from Kise Ryouta. I raise my eyebrow, who's Kise Ryouta? I start opening them one by one.
From: Kagami-kun
09.43 – 03/12/13
Have you gotten to work yet? Hope you have a good day, I love you.
From: Kagami-kun
10.15 – 03/12/13
Are you okay? People are asking me how you are, and I have no idea what they're talking about.
From: Kagami-kun
10.17 – 03/12/13
Baby, pick up.
From: Kagami-kun
10.45 – 03/12/13
I'm on my way to the hospital. Hang in there. I love you, Tetsu.
From: Momoi-san
10.11 – 03/12/13
Tetsu-kun, where are you? My friend just texted me there was a car crash near her place, and I remembered it was on your way to work, please be careful.
From: Momoi-san
10.24 – 03/13/13
I just got a call from Kagami-kun, he's lying right? It couldn't have been you that got hit. It couldn't have.
From: Aomine-kun
10.20– 03/12/13
Where are you, idiot? Kagami's freaking out, pick up your phone.
From: Kise Ryouta
09.43 – 03/12/13
Are you coming into work today?
From: Kise Ryouta
10.01 – 03/12/13
Everyone at the office is freaking out because of you. I have to fly out to America today; I'll be back on the 17th. Get well soon.
I scrolled the rest of the texts, my heart clenching and guilt flooding over me, realizing how worried I had made my friends. But one question still remained in my mind,
Who was Kise Ryouta?
EARLY UPDATE! I'm trying to update when I can, so hooray today I can :) I know, the end of the chapter sucked but no whining haha~~ Awww poor Kuroko, I swear he's just the cutest thing ever! And I mention Kise again in this chapter, we'll be seeing that blonde idiot very VERY soon ;)
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