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Chapter 14: Going Home…

Sigh.

Sighing. That was all that Kuroko could do at the moment. The club had been fun, minus the near death experience that was fortunately avoided thanks to Kurokos' swift actions. But after that, when Momoi had left the club room again to do and odd job, everyone, and I mean EVERYONE started thanking her and praising her non-stop, especially Aomine. Nobody else but Aomine knows what horrors Momoi could bring with her from the kitchen.

Now, if it hasn't already been mentioned, Kuroko does NOT like getting attention. That's why even though sometimes she feels lonely due to her invisibleness, she likes the quietness and solitude it brings her. Even if she would be getting praise from her doting parents for a job well done either on supper or in her academic career, she would feel flustered.

Club activities were over for the day, everything had been cleaned up, she was back home and she had done her homework. Somehow saving everybody, including herself, from Momois' cooking had tired her out. Maybe it was the excessive attention she ended up getting from that.

Boys. Such strange creatures. Kuroko was thinking about just how weird boys are when her front door got a knock. Pulling herself from her bed, she made her way over to the door, looked through the peep hole as always, and opened it, letting her guest make his way in.

"Ehhhh…Tetsu-chin, you aren't gonna make supper?" questioned her giant friend.

"Sorry A-chan. I'll make you something now," and with that, Kuroko headed to her kitchen.

In her strange tiredness, she had forgotten about Murasakibara and the fact that he comes to her in the morning and at night for a meal. Fortunately for her, when she went to her fridge to see what she could make with rice, she saw that she had already made onigiri, put them on a plate with saran wrap over them and had left herself a note.

To myself: Due to my tiredness, I will probably forget that I even made food for A-chan already. Give these to A-chan, my weary self.

-To, myself

"A-chan, would you like some onigiri?" she asked her ever-hungry friend.

At this, he perked up. Food. FOOD! Murasakibara nodded his head vigorously. Kuroko didn't really need to ask him. After all, would he ever turn down food? Exactly. He never would, unless it's food that Momoi made.

"Then come over here and sit at the table. Is green tea alright with you?" Kuroko offered.

"Sure," he said. Whenever food is involved, he likes to get right to the food. His stomach doesn't like to be kept waiting.

"Hai, hai…there you go A-chan. Enjoy," Kuroko was saying as she served the green tea to her friend.

…..5 minutes later…

"As usual, A-chan scarfs everything down in less than 10 minutes. Well, at least with the tea, he'll have to wait for it to cool down," Kuroko thought to herself. Seeing as she wasn't hungry, for the first time since Murasakibara had been coming to her house for free meals, she was able to see what sort of face he makes. You'll be amazed. The face he was making…was the exact same face he wears every day-unless you stare into his eyes which were sparkling, which is what Kuroko did.

"A-chan, do you need any help with homework?" she asked in an innocent voice.

Gulp.

You were actually able to hear the 'gulp'-ing sound that Murasakibara made at that. Kuroko thought that she was seeing some sweat running down his face, but she shrugged it off as her own mind playing tricks on her, since she was tired.

"N-no, I don't need ANY help with my homework! Thank you very much for the meal. Excuse me," and with that, Murasakibara left her alone in her apartment again.

Kuroko decided to just go to bed. She had a feeling that the next couple of days would require much more energy of her. Heading to the bathroom to get her shower, she yawned. Really, what had come over her?

"I'll most likely feel better after a nice cool shower. Besides, right after that, I'll be able to go to bed. Ah, I can't forget to brush my teeth- I don't wanna get cavities," Kuroko thought.

Little did she know what the next day would bring her.

…..

"I was right- all I needed was a refreshing shower and a good night's rest," Kuroko happily thought.

Getting ready for school as usual, she failed to notice the time. It was the next day…but it was 1:00 in the morning! She looked up from making her bed, and noticed that it was dark outside.

"Hmm, the weather forecast didn't call for cloudy skies or rain for the next couple of days. Now that I think of it, I still haven't set my alarm off," Kuroko pondered.

Finally looking at her alarm clock, she stopped everything she was doing when she saw the time say: 1:02 A.M.

Figuring that something was wrong with her since the day before, rather, a number of hours ago, she went to her bathrooms' medicine cabinet and she grabbed the thermometer. She checked her temperature, and it read 100.1. So she had a fever of 100.1 degrees Fahrenheit. She looked around her cabinet and she picked out what she was looking for- Tylenol. She took it every single time that she ever got sick. Wondering how it was that she could've possibly gotten sick, she remembered that she had forgotten to bring an umbrella with her to school. Even after club activities, the rain was still falling. She listened carefully and she found that it was still raining!

Simply put, she had gotten a fever because she had gotten wet which, mixed with wind, will end up in her getting cold. She hadn't dried off properly when she had gotten home, and then when she got her cold refreshing shower…she should've gotten a warm shower. Sighing, she figured she wouldn't make it to school that day. What with having a fever mixed with little sleep equals a person in no condition to go to school. If she was good and rested, she'd be able to go to school the next day.

Thinking about possible assignments that she might miss, she remembered a certain purple haired teen. "A-chan will be coming tomorrow-no, today in a few hours for breakfast. If I want to get some undisturbed rest, I should leave a note on my door. Yeah, that's what I'll do," she planned.

Taking out a sheet of paper, she wrote on it in her neat handwriting:

'To A-chan:

Sorry, but I won't be able to make your breakfast or supper for you today. I have a fever, so I'll be resting the entire day. Hopefully I'll be well again tomorrow.'

Satisfied with her note, she got some tape, made her way to her front door, opened it and she stuck the note next to the door knob. She closed her door very quietly so as not to wake up her neighbors, given the time of night that it is. After locking it again, she went back to the bathroom, filled a glass with water and took her medicine. She shivered, even though she wasn't actually cold. She shivers whenever she takes medicine-she doesn't like the aftertaste, even if it's a pill that doesn't even have to get chewed, just swallowed.

Turning off the lights, she made it back to her bedroom with her glass of water in hand, in case she woke up and was feeling worse, or if she was thirsty, or both, so that she wouldn't have to get out of bed. Putting the glass down on her bedside table, she happily, though drowsily, climbed into bed. Good. It was good to be drowsy. Being drowsy meant that the medicine was working.

Happy that she was back in bed, she let her Lala Land claim her mind once more.

…

When Murasakibara made his way over to Kurokos' apartment that morning, he saw a little white thing. Was that paper? Well, whatever it was, to Murasakibaras' uninterested mind it was of little importance. That's what he was thinking, till he noticed that the 'little white thing' was actually a note and that it was taped onto Kurokos' front door.

Taking it off the door, he read the note:

'To A-chan:

Sorry, but I won't be able to make your breakfast or supper for you today. I have a fever, so I'll be resting the entire day. Hopefully I'll be well again tomorrow.'

It took a while for Murasakibara to understand what the note said. Realizing that his smaller friend was sick, he quietly stepped away from the door, down the stairs, and out of the apartment complex. Well, it's not like convenience food is bad.

"I wonder if Tetsu-chin would want some Jell-O when I get back home from school," Murasakibara thought.

Yes, surprise surprise. Murasakibara Atsushi, human with a bottomless pit for a stomach, had thought about a friend instead of food, for once. He stopped at the 24 hour convenience store that he had led Kuroko to on their first day. Looking over at the shakes, he thought again, "Maybe I'll get her a vanilla milkshake as well."

….

Kise and Murasakibara looked the same, for once. At lunch, without Kuroko there, it just wasn't as fun. Kise was tired out from the sudden rush of fangirls that he had forgotten about in the span of a few days. Momoi and Aomine expressed concern, as did Akashi and Kise, when Murasakibara told them that the little light blue haired girl was sick. They decided that they would make something for her to eat when she felt better that day in their club. Raisin cookies sounded good.

It was only lunch time, but it felt as though a century had passed. The remaining hours of the school day ticked by, seemingly endless. Finally, it was time for the Cooking Club. While Kise and Momoi, the most talkative of the group, informed their senpais, Murasakibara went around to the teachers that he had classes with. He had forgotten to get second papers for Kurokos' homework. He had not forgotten, however, to take the best notes the world has ever seen! He had obediently copied everything down from the board, word for word. He was proud of himself for that, seeing as Kuroko would only have to copy the notes, and then she would do her homework.

When Murasakibara finally got back to the club room, he was greeted by all the club members, fellow first years as well as second years, were standing in front of the door, with their bags over their shoulders.

"Ara, are we not having club today, Kiyoshi-senpai?" Murasakibara asked.

"Nope. We're gonna come with you to visit Kuroko-chan. Since sweets aren't really the best thing for a sick person to eat, we'll pick some ingredients up at a store, and then head on over to her place. She lives next to you, right?" Kiyoshi inquired.

He got a nod as a reply, which was followed by, "I'm gonna stop at the convenience store near our home, since they have vanilla milkshakes there, and Tetsu-chin really likes those vanilla milkshakes."

Everybody made a mental note of that. The guys wanted to thank her more for her saving them from some garlic powdered cookies, and they were happy to know something else about the small girl. They could always get a vanilla milk shake for her as a treat. It wouldn't hurt anyone at all.

"Well, since it's decided, let's get going! Tetsu-chan might have woken up by now; she could be feeling really tired yet really hungry," started Momoi.

Everybody nodded to that, and followed Murasakibara. They would get their Kuroko back to good health in no time, and make sure that she wasn't lonely-after all Momoi was DEFINITELY not cooking for a sick person. If her cooking was enough to put a healthy person in the hospital, imagine what her cooking could do to a sick person?!

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Didn't think I would make Kuroko get sick all of a sudden…but then again, I didn't think that I would already be at chapter 14! O.O Awesome! I am happy. I hope that you guys are happy too and that you are enjoying my fanfiction! Please review!