Last time on 'When you doctor says':

"I can assure that what I'm about to reveal is all facts. I shall not lie. For it, does not benefit in anyway" Mr. Kuroko closed his eyes as a sign of approval "We'll start off with the basics."


"What Kuroko has is called Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or otherwise known as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. It means to have pain in the muscle and inflammation in the brain and spinal cord and not having enough energy for daily activities." the doctor paused to let the information sink in

"Wait a moment; if that is the case, how did Tetsuya caught this syndrome?" Mr Kuroko asked, but before the doctor answered, the door slammed open and startled everyone in the room

"Shi-!"the doctor covered her mouth from swearing.

At the door stood Kagami Taiga looked like he just did a marathon before arriving at the hospital

"I called but you didn't pick up, did *pant pant pant* you forgot I invited you to dinner today?" he explained himself as he bowed respectfully to Kuroko's parents and handed Kuroko a vanilla shake.

"Kagami-kun how did you know that I was here?" Kuroko sipped on the delicious milk.

"*pant pant* Lucky guess, I guess?" he placed his school bag on the table and took a seat next to the doctor.

"I heard your explanation. Go on." he looked at his friend meaningfully.

"I would appreciate it if next time you bring apples. Milkshake is not healthy. As Mr Kuroko was asking, currently no one knows what cause it. But some conditions may be triggered by viral infection, toxic exposure, trauma, gastroenteritis and etc."

"Wait. Gastro-what?" Kagami exclaimed.

"Gastroenteritis, inflammation of the stomach and intestine, typically resulting from bacteria toxins or viral infection and causing vomiting and diarrhoea." Mr Kuroko explained.

"Oh…" Kagami gasped.

"You seem to have quite a lot of knowledge." the doctor commented.

"I merely know a little bit in the field. Go on with your explanation." Mr Kuroko urged

"Yes sir, of course this may also develop slowly over time but Kuroko may be too young to catch the syndrome. The syndrome is very complicated and its symptoms are varied from person to person. In Kuroko's case, it is levelled to disrupted sleep, pain in muscles, joints or head, difficulties in thinking, concentrating, vision, clumsiness. At the current moment, there is no cure for this syndrome."

Mrs Kuroko face expression changed.

"However, people who receive an early treatment tend to be better. I have been running routine medical tests and additional tests to keep a close eye on his abnormalities, of course having a supportive community who understand about seriousness of CFS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) will improve his recovery. I am very sorry for not informing you sooner."

"(insert a name here)-san it was my request. You did nothing wrong." Kuroko assured his friends.

"Next time remind me not to do what you ask me to do." Kagami and the doctor replied

"It's okay Tetsuya, we understand your reason." His parents smiled understandingly.

"There are different levels of this syndrome - Mild, moderate and very severed, right now Kuroko is on moderate. All thanks to his stubbornness of not leaving the basketball club sooner. This illness is very often mistaken as 'just being tired' therefore some people will keep pushing the person with CFS through their limits many time which will only make their condition worse," the doctor paused to have a short staring contest with Kuroko.

"Would you please do the favour to explain in details of those three stages?" Mrs Kuroko politely asked.

"Yes, of course. In mild, the person activities are reduced by at least 50%. Moderate means that the person is mostly to be housebound. Very severed is even worse, not only is the person bedbound they will be depending on others for help for all day daily care." The room was silence as the doctor continues on "His condition can gradually recover, however it is a very slow process. This, I will leave to the doctors of this hospital. If you have any questions about Kuroko's recovery, please ask the doctors in charge. But I can tell you the basics, it involves a peaceful life with a steady pace, and he must never be pushed pass his limits."

"I see….I guess he won't be staying in Tokyo for any longer then." Mr Kuroko whispered

"Eh?" everyone turned and stared at Kuroko's dad for a moment.

"I've have decided," he suddenly said "I'll be moving Tetsuya to Kyoto, it is much more peaceful over there, we have a villa that we can use solely for Tetsuya's recovery."

"Indeed, that is true," the doctor thought "I agree. It is for the best…alright; I will make arrangements over in Kyoto and send medical equipments over immediately, once you give me the address."

Mr Kuroko nodded "Please do. Here is the address." Mr Kuroko scribbled on a piece of paper and handed it over to the doctor.

"Please wait a moment," Kuroko interrupted "May I please have one last week in Tokyo?"


Author's note: I...actually found the plan...so I'll try and get the story back on track and I have three story plan waiting to be typed up... after this update I'll be on a break at least until December so see you then! _(0v0 / L)_