Kasamatsu's suddenly everywhere. No idea why; no explanation. Just - he's awesome.
Summary : Chapter 26: Guilt. Mitobe lifts Kuroko off the floor, and Kise is trembling under Kasamatsu's hands.
Mitobe lifts Kuroko off the floor, and in the complete silence Kasamatsu is almost convinced he can hear that droplet of blood which just slid down the side of Kuroko's head and splashed onto the floor.
Kise is trembling under Kasamatsu's hands, and the nonsensical words his senpai is whispering at him – it's not your fault he'll be alright it's okay Kise he won't hate you – fall on deaf ears because nothing exists for him except the blue-haired boy in Mitobe's arms, his head hanging back over the crook of Mitobe's elbow, dripping blood on the floor.
Kasamatsu is pretty sure that if he could check – if he didn't have his hands full of panic-stricken ace – he'd find the rest of the Generation of Miracles in similar states of shock and rage in the stands.
Even Kagami doesn't have it in him to glare at Kise, because he's too busy stilling his shaking hands. Kiyoshi is holding him, anchoring him, just like Kasamatsu is holding Kise, but he doesn't seem to feel it any more than Kise does, because right now, the world has shrunk to the tall, silent player that cradles Kuroko so gently, so tenderly, as if he were something precious beyond measure.
And Kasamatsu can read Kise's tearful eyes, because he feels some of the same –guilt guilt shame why again why me I didn't want to hurt him he's my friend.