Oh, look, another short chapter. So, uh, I'm going to check the rest of the chapters and possibly combine a few chapters... Just so that there would be less short chapters. I actually already found a few as I was checking through them. It won't take long to do that, thankfully.

Here's some Akakuro for all of you. Hopefully that will make up for the short length.

Disclaimer: I don't own Kuroko no Basket or Assassination Classroom.

"Though, that surprised me", Seijuro admitted as he sat on a chair in the living room. Tetsuya sat on the couch, getting comfortable as Nigou jumped and laid besides him. Seijuro only glanced at it and sighed, not caring of the husky's presence anymore. At the start of their relationship, he hadn't wanted the dog to jump onto the bed or the couches, but eventually, he got used to it and was already okay with it.

Not really. He just knew by now that he could tell the dog to stop, but it would have no effect. Sometimes, Nigou could be really stubborn.

"What, exactly?" Tetsuya asked as he patted Nigou's head. The dog laid his head on Tetsuya's lap, making a sound close to a cat's purring.

"How Nagisa called me 'Father'", Seijuro smiled fondly. "How Karma called me 'Father'."

"And me 'Dad'", Tetsuya nodded. "It... It did surprise me, too."

"Although we have been together for quite some time already, I didn't think he ever would", Seijuro admitted. "He's been... awkward about it."

"I thought he didn't accept me, at first", Tetsuya admitted. He then smiled. "But, now I know for certain he accepts me. I think he had wanted to say that, but was afraid."

"He's so insecure when Aka", Seijuro admitted. "It's all thanks to Nagisa he's showing a more secure side now."

"How has he really been?" Tetsuya asked, looking at his redheaded lover. "Nagisa briefly told me what happened the other day. How is he?"

Seijuro sighed and bit his lip. "He's been better. It's not that he really refuses to go to school, he's just afraid of meeting his classmates."

"Since all the others have feared him afterwards", Tetsuya realized. He continued to pat Nigou's head, even as the dog raised his head, looking at them worriedly. He could read the atmosphere, despite being a dog. He always knew how to comfort any of them. Any of the four in their little family.

"His classmates are dear to him", Seijuro said. "I know that much. He has talked of them before to me. About how great they are and all."

"He doesn't want to see those looks on their faces", Tetsuya realized. "I... I kind of understand how he feels."

"Tetsuya..." Seijuro leaned against the back of the chair and tilted his head, looking up at the ceiling. "... Did I do a mistake when I allowed him to be Ki around everyone else but family? Did I do a mistake when I didn't, back when he was young, do enough to get rid of Akaki?"

"You didn't", Tetsuya immediately answered. As Seijuro turned to him, he saw determined eyes. Those same eyes that 20 years ago promised to bring him, the real Seijuro, Oreshi, back. "You didn't do a mistake. Had you not allowed Karma to be Ki around others, he wouldn't be where he is now."

"... I don't know", Seijuro sighed.

"You're just as insecure as he is", Tetsuya smiled a bit. "You just don't show it around everyone."

"Only to you", Seijuro chuckled humorlessly. "But seriously, could I have done something differently?"

"No", Tetsuya stated. "How things are now is the best they could be. Sure, Akaki is there, but we don't know how bad things could be if we had done things differently."

Seijuro knew he was speaking the truth.

"Now, stop worrying so much", Tetsuya ordered. "From now on, Karma isn't just your problem. He's mine and Nagisa's problem, too."

"I really need help with him. Especially from Nagisa", Seijuro admitted. "I hope he can get Karma to open up more."

"To get him to socialize with people", Tetsuya read between the lines, but saw it necessary to say it aloud.

"To get him to socialize with people in a mannered way", Seijuro added. "Not in the way Ki socializes with."

"It's... Ki is the strong person Karma wants others to see him as", Tetsuya stated. "He is kind of like a rebellious state of him. When he doesn't want to be the person he really is, when he doesn't want to act like his upbringing would deem necessary."

"Maybe that's why I allowed it", Seijuro smiled a bit. "Since I never got the chance. I always had to be perfect."

"That time is long gone", Tetsuya reminded. "It's back in the past, before your Father died."

"True", Seijuro admitted. He was quiet for a while before speaking. "You know, when Karma was born, I was really afraid. The way I had been raised, what if I turned out the same as my own Father?"

"You didn't", Tetsuya reminded.

"True, but I was so afraid", Seijuro smiled. "When five years ago, Karma stood in front of me as Ki, it just... it came down to me that I had been a bad father."

"But you hadn't. Karma said it himself, you had been the best father in the world", Tetsuya reminded. "You know that."

"I'm just worried", Seijuro said. "I hope Nagisa will understand."

"He's a nice boy", Tetsuya stated. "He will understand. Besides, you said it yourself back then. That you're busy and that you might be a bad father. Still, he accepted you with ease."

"True", Seijuro smiled fondly. "I really should stop worrying, no?"

"Of course", Tetsuya smiled back with a smile so similar. "They're our sons, Sei-kun. They will understand and they will still accept us as we are."

Seijuro smiled and nodded. "You're right."

Nigou barked happily, as if agreeing with them. They laughed a bit before Seijuro got up and walked to the window. He turned to Tetsuya and gestured for him to come over. Nigou jumped down from the couch as Tetsuya got up, both walking over to the window. Looking out of it as Nigou raised his paws to the window sill to look outside, they saw the green fields of the Akashi property. The yard was huge, even for the mansion. There was a maze further away from the mansion, at the back, a pond and a small river going through the yard and a medium-sized terrace near the pond, a basketball court near the back of the mansion, a big garden holding all sorts of flowers there, just everything you could dream of. But that wasn't what made both Seijuro and Tetsuya smile and Nigou to bark happily.

Karma and Nagisa were on the terrace, on one of the couches, entangled as they slept peacefully, with the evening wind gently blowing their hair, even with the little cover the back of the couch provided them. Both of them looked so peaceful as they slept there, keeping each other as close as possible, as if making sure the other won't go anywhere.

"They must have been tired after the dinner and their little tour around the mansion", Seijuro concluded.

"I think..." the redhead turned to his blue-haired lover. Said man turned to him, with a small smile on his face. "I think this will help us all."

Seijuro leaned down and calmly claimed Tetsuya's lips in a loving kiss. For some reason, he felt exactly the same.

Aww

Next chapter will have Nagisa and Karma again. To make up for the short length, I may or may not update tomorrow (I probably will, because my summer vacation just started and the weather here is horrible, so I have nothing better to do than write and just hang out with my laptop (Not that I have anything better to do, like, ever))

By the way, is no one going to comment on Tetsuya threatening Seijuro with a spoon in the last chapter?

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed!