Chapter 28 - Why…?
The airport was packed with travelers. Some waits for their flight. Some has arrived. However in a certain departure terminal, eyes were focused on a certain men that stood out like a sore thumb. Yes, it's the infamous Generation of Miracles waiting for their turn to pass through the security scanner while being nagged by their pink haired manager, Momoi Satsuki.
Aomine Daiki, who was busy occupying himself with the blue iPod in his hands, looked to the left side of the terminal. The airplane stood in its glory just outside the mirror waiting to load its passengers and fly off to its destination.
"Our next tour would be the in the America in two weeks which would last for 2 months. I believe you all will prepare yourself in 9 days as we will depart next week. No question asked." the red haired shrimp announced.
"Eh, Akashichii… Didn't we just finish our Tour here? I thought the tour in America was supposed to be held in two months?" Kise asked. Everyone else nodded except Aomine.
"Yes. However I have curtailed it and our first destination would in the Los Angeles. Here is the list of the songs that would be performing in the States Tour. We will start practicing this list now"
No one dared to go against his words as he passed a few piece of papers to each of them. He stopped in front of Aomine. The blue haired lead singer raised an eyebrow to the looming bassist in front of him.
"Daiki, I strongly advice that you will be mentally prepared for this Tour" his hetero pair of orbs looks at Aomine as if he is hinting something for him.
"You will need it." Akashi left.
After boarding the flight, Aomine took his seat next to the window. He rested his chin on his right palm, looking outside the window. He lets out a soft sigh.
"Means there's a chance I'll be meeting her again…" he thought.
"It has been over one month since the infamous HEAVEN second debut and final appearance in the music industry. It has been said that her concert is a once in a life time that must not be missed"
"I agree! However no one knows why she decided to retire. Some has said that her health is deteriorating, some rumors said her break up with the infamous lead singer from the Generation of Miracles has lead to this decision"
"She really lives up to her name as the mysterious genius composer/singer. Even her reasons are unknown"
"Either way, HEAVEN if you are watching this, we all wants to let you know that your fans will be waiting for your return"
Her azure orbs focused on the flat screen television in front of her. Her orbs sadden upon thinking her decisions.
"What can I do…I can no longer able to play the piano…" she thought until her room door slides open.
"Yo! Tetsu" Kagami greeted her upon entering the room. The blunette turns her head towards the taller red haired teen that walks towards her bed. She smiled. He took a seat next to her bed after turning off the screen.
"Where's…Muro…chan?"
"He's a little busy today, we will meet up with him in a few…but first…" he searched for something in the two paper bags he brought.
"Here, wear this. It's a gift from Himuro" he shoved the paper bag in front of her as he pulls out a sea blue cloth out of it. A one piece blue dress, with a small long ribbon on the waist. The sleeves were left short to shoulder.
"Tai…chan?" she does not quite get what is her childhood friend planning.
"I'm bringing you out for walk; I've already informed the hospital" he pulls down the blank that covers her legs; gently he pulls her legs to the side of the bed.
"Come on, let's get you change else we will be late" He grabbed the white cloth that was kept in the drawer, and then he blindfolded himself.
His hand starts helping Tetsuki to take off her pajamas and puts on her needed undergarments, lastly the blue dress that slides swiftly onto her slender frame. It has becoming a normal thing for Kagami to her changing her clothes. If anyone were to touch her skin, it would be Kagami. He never allows anyone else to help her changing other than the nurses.
"Tai-chan…where… we…going…?" she blinks as her big blue orbs follows the movement of the guitarist in front of her.
"You'll see" he did not stopped as he swiftly moves accordingly.
He then grabbed a pair of blue shoes from the bags and slides it onto her small feet. Gently he brushed her soft locks and ties half of it with a white ribbon as he lets the rest of the locks falls gently on her shoulder. After making sure, her hair is perfectly tied up. He rested his hands on his hips as he scans the blunette from top to bottom. He grins as he noticed the soft pink blush sprawls all over her pale cheeks, feeling proud at his effort.
"Hmmm…something is missing…" he eyed the blunette. From the corner of his eyes, he saw the soft blue coat and pink muffler hangs on the hanger nearby. Quickly he grabs them, puts them on her and wraps the muffler around her neck, making sure it was not too tight.
"Good, you're all set" he then step forward as he bends down a little, Tetsuki wrapped her arms around the taller man neck while Kagami carefully wraps his arms around her. He rose as Tetsuki small frame leans against his body, and then slowly he puts her on the wheelchair.
"Shall we go?" He smiled warmly at her. She nodded.
Aomine stretched his arms into the arm as he lets out a heavy yawn while the rest of his friends slumped into their chairs after their performance. He lets his body falls onto the couch, letting his head rest. He cracks an eye open.
Atsushi were busy munching on the pile of snacks on the dressing table. Kise yawns as pools of tears pooled at the corner of his eyes as he leans back on his chair, resting his chin on his palm, while Akashi was busy talking to their manager, Momoi.
He grabs his IPod and plugs the earphone into his ears, drowning the busy noise outside the dressing room. He closes his orbs as he listens to the voice he adores so much singing.
"Listen up everyone" Momoi clapped her hands, gaining each of the GoM attention. Akashi leans against the wall.
"We will be having an after-party in 2 hours. Please get changed into proper clothes. The drivers will send us to the location in 1 hour and 30 minutes."
"Ehhh… but we're tired…" Kise whined.
Lazily the all got up, after receiving death glares from a certain red haired bassist. Changing their attires, with much effort they dragged their feet towards the exit behind the dome.
"TETSU-CHAN~!" a familiar voice echoes throughout the hallway, that brought Kagami to halt the wheelchair abruptly. A pair of warm arms hugs the blunette gently. She blinks. It was Alex, the make-up assistant that assisted Tetsuki back in Japan when she was still in the GoM.
"I missed you, how have you been doing?"
"Alex…san…I have…been…alright…I missed…you…too" Tetsuki answered, the lady puts both her palms on the blunette cheeks to get a better look at the smaller. She smiled warmly.
"Why are you here aren't you supposed to be in Japan?" Kagami glares at the blond lady. She pulls away from Tetsuki as she straightens up.
"I'm here for the party, silly"
Kagami raised an eyebrow, he knows that, Himuro said there was a party being held but he never knew what it was for. He looks at the blond lady and Tetsuki. He bit his lower lip.
"Alex only works for the GoM. If she's here meaning they're here too…" Kagami thought.
He remembered one of the agency staff was mentioning something about the Generation of Miracles is making their tour in the states.
Did they purposely make their Tour here to meet Tetsuki?
"Tetsuki!" the familiar bassist voice calls out for her, the moment the trio enters the hall that was filled with people. Himuro waved at them as he walks closer.
"You looked stunning in that dress" he smiled as he pats her head. She blushed.
"So you're THE Tatsuya Himuro" Alex grins. She eyed Tetsuki. The blunette blinks adorably.
"Yes I am. I believe you're Miss Alexandria Garcia, the infamous makeup artist and also Tetsuki assistant back in the GoM" he handshake with the blond. After exchanging a few words, Alex left the group to talk to other people in the hall.
"Oi, Himuro. Whose party is this?" Kagami glares at the bassist after taking a cup of orange juice and a piece of vanilla cake for Tetsuki.
"Uhm…" Tatsuya sweat dropped as he swallowed the heavy lump in his throat. He could feel Kagami drilling a hole into his forehead searching for answers.
I completely forgot that Kagami hates the Generation of Miracles! What should I say?!
"TETSUKICHII/Tsukichin~~!" someone shouts out for her.
They knew who it was perfectly. Kise Ryota followed by Atsushi. The blond quickly latched himself on the blunette. Tetsuki orbs widened in disbelief. Kagami now glares at Himuro, ready to punch him.
"Ryo…chan…?"
"We missed you so much, we have been so worried for you!" a stream of crocodile tears falls down from Kise. Atsushi bends down near her wheelchair, he smiled. He puts a blue lollipop onto her hand. She blinks.
"Sorry, Tsukichin. I didn't expect you would be here. That is all I have at the moment"
Kagami turns to the fidgeting Himuro. His glares could freeze hell within seconds.
"You better have a good reason for not letting me know, that they are here" He looms over the bassist. The raven haired man can only gulped.
"Tai-chan…it's… okay…don't be mad… at Muro-chan" she tugged Kagami shirt, looking at the taller teen. He glares at her before huffing away.
"Thank you, Tetsuki but I'll bring back Taiga, so you stay here with them for a while, alright?" the raven haired bassist smiled before running after the red haired guitarist. She sighed.
Kise chuckled. "Kagamichii never changed, quite a handful isn't he"
"You're one to talk~~" Atsushi interrupted.
"Why are…you all …here…?" she asked
"Akachin decided that we should make our next tour here~~" Atsushi answered, stuffing the foods into his mouth. Kise nodded.
"I…see…"
Meaning…he's here too…
Aomine who has been leaning sitting at the veranda decided to goes back into the hall. Searching for his band members, he easily spots a mop of violet and blond hair over the crowds.
"Damn party, I told that red shrimp I hate parties like this" he mumbles, feeling annoyed with the crowds. Once he reached to the duo.
"Oi, when are we leaving?" he lets out a heavy sigh, he raised an eyebrow, wondering why the two looked at him like that
"Daiki, I strongly advice that you will be mentally prepared for this Tour" his hetero pair of orbs looks at Aomine as if he is hinting something for him.
"You will need it." Akashi left.
"What you two doing, just standing her—"his sight falls onto a familiar blunette in a wheelchair.
"Means there's a chance I'll be meeting her again…" he thought.
A familiar voice broke through the heavy atmosphere. Tetsuki froze. Kise and Atsushi shifted their gaze to the tan lead singer that walks through the crowd towards them.
Midnight blue orbs met sky blue orbs. Time seems to stop for both of them upon meeting each other.
"Tetsu…" his lips parted, speechless.
"Hello…Dai-chan…" she greeted as she smiled.
Aomine noticed the shaky movement and voice from the blunette, he frowns. Her once delicate fair skin is now completely sickly pale. Her frame looked so thin compare to before.
What happened to you, Tetsu?
A question he could not ask. He knows the answer to it already.
She is dying.
"Aominechii, why don't you go accompany here for a bit while me and Atsushichii look for Akashichii"
"Huh? HEY!" Aomine protested. Kise quickly pushed the larger drummer away from the two blue. He waved them a goodbye before disappearing into the crowds. The tan lead singer, sigh.
"Now what?" he thought as he stole glances of the blunette from the corner of his orbs. He bit his lower lip before taking a deep breath.
"Tetsu, you wanna go to the veranda? It's not crowded there" he suggested as he walks behind the wheelchair, waiting for her answer. The blunette blinks before nodding.
Carefully, he pushed the wheelchair towards the veranda, leaving the noisy crowds for some peace and silence. He parked her wheelchair near the veranda. He took his seat once again.
Several minutes passed by quietly.
"It's been so long since we last looked at the sky together…far too long…" he broke the silence.
"Mhmm…" she mumbles.
"Tetsu…did you really hated me, for leaving you alone that night…?" he wants to jump off from the veranda for asking that stupid question.
"I…never hated…you…Dai…chan…"
"And for…hurting you…" he gritted his teeth as he clenched his fist, feeling so mad for himself.
Tetsuki shifted her gaze to the midnight blue haired man in front of her. She noticed his body gotten thinner, his expressions screams mentally exhaustion.
Has he been blaming himself all these while…?
"Dai...chan…it's not your…fault…" she held his clenched fist gently as she looked at him. Her blue orbs shines warmly, smiling at him with the smile he adores so much. His tears threaten to fall.
"I'm sorry…" he hugs her gently, burying his face into her locks.
"It's…alright…it's all…in the…past…" she returns his hug.
He missed her smile…he missed her laughter…he missed her warmth…he missed her voice…finally…after so long…
He cried.
"I love you…Tetsu"
Her orbs saddens, she could not answer.
"Oi, Kise. What you doing here? Where's Tetsu—" Kagami approached the two GoM members that was hiding behind the door, with their head poking out a little looking outside at the veranda. He followed their line of sight. His orbs widened.
"Kagamichii, don't!" he tried holding back the taller man by his arms. Kagami pushed him away.
"WHY THE HELL, ARE YOU HERE!" he punched Aomine, who noticed the red haired guitarist approached them, his orbs flares with pure anger. All orbs widened.
"I FUCKING WARNED YOU NOT TO SHOW YOUR STUPID FACE IN FRONT OF ME OR TETSU ANYMORE!" Kagami growled as he grabbed the lead singer collar. As he was about to punch Aomine, Kise and Atsushi quickly stopped him.
"Kagamichii, please stop!" Kise tried to restrain the wild tiger. Tetsuki was shocked at the scene in front of her. Tatsuya finally arrived at the veranda upon hearing the commotion.
"Tai…chan" she tries to reach out for them before she start coughing.
"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!" a voice broke through the commotion swiftly stopped the fights, all eyes on a shorter crimson haired bassist at the veranda door. Glaring at them with his hetero orbs, only then they heard.
Kagami stopped and shifted his gaze to the coughing blunette. He quickly went to her side, he rubbed her back. It did not work. He noticed she was chocking. He could not hear her breathing. He turns as white as paper.
"SOMEONE, CALL THE AMBULANCE!"
Tetsuki stretcher swiftly wheeled down the hospital hallway leads to the Emergency Room. Kagami and Tatsuya followed as fast as they can, ignoring the eyes of everyone around them.
"Please, stay here!" one of the nurse tried to stop Kagami from entering the ER. His orbs never left the sight of his childhood friend until the door slides close. He froze in front of the door for quite a while, staring into the nothingness.
Beep…beep…
The room was deathly silent except the small sound from the heart monitor. Kagami sat silently on the chair with his hand held tightly on the blunette small hands. Tatsuya enters the room quietly, looking at Kagami that did not left Tetsuki once after she was discharged from the ER.
"It seems her throat muscles are deteriorating, she could not swallow down her saliva…she was lucky that she arrived in time else her condition would be much worst" Takao said as he puts down the report holder onto the table.
He frowns. Suddenly he heard Kagami shifted in his seat.
The blunette eyelids flutters open slowly; the blinding lights of the room almost blinded her. Weakly she turns to her right.
"TETSU" Kagami voice sounded so relieved, however his eyebrow knitted into worries.
"Tetsu…?"
"Tai…chan…I…could not…say it…to Dai…chan…" she mumbles as tears start flowing down. Kagami knew what she meant. He carefully pulls her into a gentle hug, she cried.
When I am with you, I keep dreaming a dream that I can never have.
"Here's your visitor pass and she is in the 3rd floor, you just need to go straight and then turn right. You'll find her room there" the nurse on the front desk said after he signed his name on the visitor book.
It has been four days since he last saw Tetsuki at the party before the ambulance brings her away. He has been so busy with the tour he barely has enough time to do anything else. Today he finally got the chance as they will be heading to the other part of the state in two days.
"Guess that Kagami and Tatsuya is there…" he mumbles.
In the elevator, he made sure the flower bouquets are properly wrapped, while in his other hands carrying a paper bag containing a cup of vanilla milkshake and a few piece of cakes with different flavors. He smiled, hoping Tetsuki would be happy upon the gifts he was bringing.
"Let see…she said turn right and I'll find Tetsu room…" he mumbles while his orbs busy searching for the said room. He noticed a room with a door left open, he checked the tag.
"That wasn't hard to find" he chuckled. He took a deep breath before slide open the door more.
"Tetsu, I came to v—"his words trailed off, so is his pace. His sight falls onto the floor.
The blunette is sitting on the floor, both of her hands supporting herself. She did not notice Aomine presence. His orbs falls onto a pool of yellowish water underneath her, he noticed her lower part of the pink floral print pajamas is wet.
"TETSU!" he was about to step into the room before he was cut off.
"DON'T COME NEAR ME!" she shouted, her long bangs covers her face. He stood froze to the ground at the door. Kagami pushed him aside, followed by Tatsuya, rushing to her side.
He can only watch. He can hear the soft sobs from her as Kagami helped her to get up and grabbed a pair of new pajamas from the drawer, while Tatsuya grabbed a bucket of water and a clean cloth from the bathroom. The bassist who just came out of the bathroom stopped, he quickly pushed Aomine out of the room.
"Aomine, I don't think she can face you like this. Please visit another day." Tatsuya close the door, leaving Aomine stood froze in front of the door.
"Tetsu, let's change your clothes. You'll catch a cold if you stay in those" Kagami tries to unbutton her front part of the pajamas. She slapped away his hands. Tears falls. Kagami and Tatsuya exchanged looks before focusing on the blunette.
Why?
"Tetsu…I know it's hard but both me and Tatsuya will be here for you, if you need to go to the bathroom just let us know or you can go at a fix time" his voice getting further and further from her, she cries. Her tears kept falling.
Why did this disease choose me?
Aomine has met Tetsuki. How will things turns out as time is closing in. Kagami held dearly for his childhood friend, he was willing to do anything to keep her safe and protected. What will happen next? Please drop a review!, I'll be so happy if this fiction reviews would hit 110 at least before next chapter! Thanks for reading!
Preview
"You finally came, what makes you change your mind?" Takao chuckled.
"Tai...chan...can we...go see...them...tonight...?" she smiled. Kagami nodded. Tatsuya looked at her worriedly.
"I HAVE BEEN HER FRIEND FOR OVER 25 YEARS, HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF THE PERSON YOU HAVE BEEN STAYING CLOSE TO YOU EACH DAY, DYING IN FRONT OF YOU EACH FUCKING DAY!" Kagami cries as he lets go of his collar. He falls onto his knees.
"We love you, Tetsu..."Her childhood friend hugged her gently, followed by the rest. Both Alex and Momoi are in tears.
"She wants you to keep singing no matter what happened" Tatsuya smiled as he gave Aomine a piece of letter from Tetsuki.
"TETSU, PLEASE DON'T GIVE UP!" Aomine cried.
